"Someone poured oil around here."
"Yes, we should investigate thoroughly and catch this person."
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After the fire was extinguished by rain, Chi Xuanye took people to check the surroundings. Not long after, he brought back an old woman covered in a black robe.
Chi Xuanye said: "There is no one else nearby except the villagers. Only this weirdo is sneaking around under the tree."
It was the old woman who watched the trees in her previous life. Her facial features were blocked by the black robe, so it was no wonder that Chi Xuanye thought she was a weirdo.
Zhao Chen raised his eyebrows: "There are guards around, how did an old woman pour oil on them from hundreds of meters away?"
Chi Xuanye also showed a strange expression.
In fact, he also didn't think that it was the old woman who did it, but this old woman was indeed strange, and maybe she knew something, so Chi Xuanye brought her back.
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At this time, Chi Rong on the side couldn't help but say: "Maybe she has some magic!"
Zhao Chen sneered and scolded Chi Rong: "Don't mention these witchcraft matters anymore. I don't want to hear them."
Unexpectedly, Lin Zhiya also agreed: "Yes, there may be witchcraft. The emperor must interrogate her carefully."
This time Zhao Chen said nothing. Chi Rong was so angry that she bit her lips and looked like she was about to die.
Chi Rong just felt that this old woman was very scary. She saw that the back of the old woman's hands were like tree bark, dry and scary. Chi Rong had seen many old maids, but this was the first one as scary as the old woman in front of her.
There seemed to be a poisonous snake under the old woman's sleeves. Chi Rong couldn't help shivering. She couldn't tell what the feeling was, but she always felt that this old woman would kill her.
Although Lin Zhiya knew it in her heart, she still decided to go through the general process: "Where is your home and why are you here?"
The old woman watching the tree said in a hoarse voice: "I don't have a home. I was just passing by here and resting under the tree, and then I was caught by the general."
Lin Zhiya: "Okay, but I don't understand, why are you dressed like this?"
The old woman watching the tree said: "My lady, this is the custom of my hometown. I practiced martial arts with my parents when I was young, and I cannot see the light if I hurt myself."
Since he couldn't get anything out of her, Zhao Chen had no intention of punishing the old woman. In his heart, he didn't even take her seriously. He was just anxious to return to the palace to find out what happened to the Nian family.
Just as everyone was preparing to set off, the old woman Guanshu took the opportunity to speak: "Your Majesty, Mother, I also want to go into the city but I don't know the way. Can I go back with Your Majesty?"
Zhao Chen glanced at her casually: "Okay."
Lin Zhiya was anxious. Although the old lady Guanshu said she would follow him to the city, based on her character in her previous life, she would not stop until she destroyed Zhao Chen.
She would definitely cause some trouble along the way and then follow everyone into the palace.
There's no Nian Zhaoyi anymore, so how can she be allowed into the palace?
Lin Zhiya secretly lowered her eyes and pretended to agree: "Then you wait for a while, and then set off with us."
While the old lady Guanshu was waiting on the side, Lin Zhiya took out the knockout drug given by the system and released it into the air. After a while, the old lady Guanshu could not even stand.
Lin Zhiya said with concern: "What's wrong with you? Why don't you take a rest first."
The old woman watching the tree: "...No...No, I'm obviously not sleepy. Let's go, into the city."
As soon as she finished speaking, the old woman Guanshu fainted and lay on the ground snoring regularly, which shocked Zhao Xiaoxiong.
Zhao Xiaoxiong: "Mom! What happened to her?"
Lin Zhiya squatted down, lifted her black robe, and saw a face as wrinkled as her hands. "She must be tired from walking... Hey, she looks a lot like the personal nanny beside Concubine Nian."
Zhao Xiaoxiong also came over to see what was going on, but he couldn't see anything, so he could only ask, "Really?"
Of course it was fake. Lin Zhiya remained calm on the surface and even asked someone to tell Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen was reading the bamboo slips that recorded the crimes of the Nian family. Hearing this, he became even more annoyed. "So that's how it is. It was the nanny beside Concubine Nian who pretended not to know me when she saw me. It seems she has a guilty conscience."
Zhao Chen ordered coldly: "Nian Zhaoyi's previous tricks must have been handled by her personal nanny. Send her to the border and reunite with Nian Zhaoyi."
The convoy moved forward along the way. The sun was shining brightly outside.
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After returning to the palace, Chi Rong vomited blood without any warning, and he hadn't even gotten out of the car at that time.
The maidservant beside Lin Zhiya was originally planning to go back to the palace to treat an illness, but who knew that she would really get sick this time? The old doctor Yu didn't even want to say a word.
That afternoon, Chi Rong passed away due to illness. It turned out that all her previous symptoms were just a last gasp of lucidity.
Chi Rong said to Lin Zhiya, "Are you happy this time?"
After Chi Rong was buried, Chi Xuanye also said goodbye to Lin Zhiya. He was going back to the border to continue his duties.
Chi Xuanye: "The next time I come back will be three years later. You must not hide from me anymore."
Lin Zhiya smiled awkwardly: "How could that be possible? It's all a misunderstanding."
Lin Zhiya also discovered that the country's fortune had turned positive. It turned out that ever since the old woman Guanshu was exiled to the border, the country's fortune had continued to grow after this major threat disappeared.
As time went by, more and more memorials were received on Zhao Chen's case.
Finally one day he couldn't stand it anymore and said to Lin Zhiya: "I want you to be the queen and Yuanling to be the crown prince."
Lin Zhiya thought for a while, then said with a smile, "Okay."
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