"Oh, I see... you think there's still a chance to salvage the situation?" He looked at her with a half-smile, but the next second, he ripped off the veil covering her face: "Why are you covering your face?"
The moment the veil was removed from her face, Zheng Quchi's mind went blank. She instinctively glanced in the direction of the chief eunuch, then reacted and turned her head away with lightning speed, covering her face with her hand.
Why did you take off my face mask?!
She angrily questioned Xing'an.
She spoke very softly, as if afraid that others would recognize her real voice.
However, it was all too late in the end.
The chief eunuch initially looked strange, his eyes deep in thought. After a moment's recollection, his eyes widened like copper bells, and he pointed at Zheng Quchi, shouting, "So it was you—"
"It wasn't me—"
She immediately retorted.
However, the chief eunuch was now quite certain: "It was you! I never imagined you would collude with bandits. I know, you're the one pulling the strings behind the scenes. I will definitely report this to the authorities—"
puff--
The shrill sound stopped abruptly, and a large amount of blood continued to spurt from the chief eunuch's throat.
Before the chief eunuch could finish speaking, the man clutched his throat, collapsed to the ground covered in blood, and died with his eyes wide open.
As Zheng Quchi stared blankly at his dead body, only one thought crossed his mind—it's all over.
This is a huge problem!
When Lord Liu saw the Grand Eunuch die right in front of him without warning, he was dumbfounded and trembling like a leaf. He had originally wanted to say something, but now he wisely kept his mouth shut.
He looked in horror at Xing'an, who was still laughing after killing people, and then at Zheng Quchi, who was in a daze. It was as if he had already concluded that she was the one who instigated the bandits to kill people, and that she had betrayed the emperor and the country.
Zheng Quchi rubbed his forehead, his head aching.
This matter... has become more complicated because of the death of one person, and I'm afraid it can't be resolved peacefully.
She thought that if the culprits in Xing'an were not brought to justice, given the nature of the King of Ye, he would "be unable to do anything about it" and would definitely use her and the Xuanjia Army as "scapegoats" to take the blame for everything. After all, what a perfect excuse for punishment!
She turned to look at Xing'an and calmly asked, "Do you really know who they are?"
"Aren't they just people from the imperial court?" Xing'an replied dismissively.
It seems he knew one thing, but unfortunately there was another.
"That's right, they are people from the imperial court, but they are not the kind of ordinary imperial officials you think they are."
"What do you mean?" Xing'an's expression turned slightly serious.
She pointed at the corpse on the ground: "The one you killed was the chief eunuch who was the personal attendant of the Prince of Ye, essentially his right-hand man. You crippled one of the Prince of Ye's hands with a single move. Do you think the Prince of Ye would be furious if he found out?"
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