So the queen could only turn away with hatred.

Little did they know that once the queen left, the news would spread throughout the harem.

It was nothing more than that the Empress went there in person, but still did not see the Emperor.

It was the senior eunuch beside the emperor who came out to make the announcement.

The emperor even gave a direct order for the empress to be confined to her house and copy Buddhist scriptures.

As soon as the news spread, those concubines who were originally ready to make a move became obedient.

Originally, they wanted to join in the fun after the Queen set the precedent.

The main purpose was to demonstrate one's deep affection for the emperor so that one could gain his favor in the future.

Now that the queen is treated like this, the concubines also know their own weight.

As for the princes living in the palace, after seeing this situation, they all had their own thoughts.

Zhao Ji didn't pay attention to these.

As long as there is harmony in the palace and there aren't so many problems, that's enough.

Now Zhao Ji has to maintain stability both inside and outside the palace, and he worries a lot every day.

At this moment, Zhao Ji came out of the Imperial Household Department and was suddenly bumped into by a young eunuch.

Because Zhao Ji didn't like being surrounded by a bunch of eunuchs and palace maids, he always kept to himself.

Yueying couldn't bear it, so she symbolically arranged a secret guard for Zhao Ji to protect his safety.

After the young eunuch bumped into him, Zhao Ji held him back and wanted to ask what was going on, which palace he was from, and why he was so reckless.

As a result, the next moment, I saw a cold light in the moonlight.

Zhao Ji's face darkened and he instinctively dodged to the side. There were three silver nails nailed to the ground where he had just occupied.

This eunuch is actually an assassin in disguise!

And he is a martial arts master.

He must be an expert at using hidden weapons.

Seeing that the attack missed, the eunuch quickly dodged backwards. The next moment, he raised his hand and threw out a bunch of silver needles made of thin hairs.

After Zhao Ji practiced the innate skills, his vision became extremely good. He could see that these silver needles were gleaming with blue light as soon as he raised his eyes.

Obviously, the killer also coated his hidden weapon with poison, apparently wanting to take his own life.

Zhao Ji narrowed his eyes, dodged sideways a few times, and picked a few leaves from the bushes next to him.

He infused his internal energy into the leaves, making them hard, and with a little force in his hands, several leaves turned into flying blades, knocking all the silver needles that didn't dodge to the ground.

A cold light flashed in the eunuch's eyes. He had not expected Zhao Ji to be such a skilled martial artist. He had no choice but to retreat and run away.

It was obvious that the eunuch had realized that he could not defeat Zhao Ji alone.

He was a killer, not a death warrior. When he missed the first strike, he immediately began to retreat.

However, Zhao Ji didn't want to let go of such a potential hidden danger.

Without saying a word, he began to use his light Kung Fu to chase after him. The killer's movements were very agile and he could easily climb over eaves and walls.

And they would go to the most remote places. The more remote the place, the more trees there were, which would be more likely to hide any traces of the killer's escape.

Zhao Ji frowned and chased after him step by step.

On the contrary, the secret guard sent by Yueying behind Zhao Ji was shaken off by Zhao Ji and the killer and disappeared in a few moves.

The secret guard touched his head and said, "Who did the leader ask me to protect? It's not me protecting him, it's him protecting me!"

The secret guard lost Zhao Ji and immediately turned around to report to Yueying, mainly to recruit people.

If Zhao Ji was surrounded by the enemy alone, the secret guards would have to send people to support him as soon as possible.

Zhao Ji chased and observed the environment all the way. It was obvious that the killer was heading for the most remote place in the entire palace - the cold palace!

Although the cold palace is remote, it is not uninhabited. After all, there are still some concubines living there. It is unknown when they have angered the emperor and were demoted to the cold palace.

If the killer rushed in, it would probably cause quite a bit of commotion.

So Zhao Ji secretly held his breath and unexpectedly generated another three points of strength, and his feet moved a little faster.

For a moment, the distance between the two people became closer.

The killer didn't expect Zhao Ji to be so difficult to deal with. He gritted his teeth and wanted to escape again. However, the next moment, the intuition he had developed from wandering between life and death saved his life. He sensed the crisis and subconsciously dodged to the side instinctively.

I saw a leaf sweeping across the position where I was just now indestructibly and nailing into the tree trunk not far away. It was a very soft leaf, and it was deeply embedded in the tree trunk like a nail, and there was not a single crack on the leaf.

At this moment the killer realized how powerful Zhao Ji was. This man was far superior to himself!

And it was because of his dodge just now that the killer's escape speed slowed down. Zhao Ji seized this opportunity to entangle the killer again. In just a few breaths, Zhao Ji subdued the killer.

"Tell me who you are and whose orders are you following to assassinate me?"

Zhao Ji's eyes were sharp and he secretly exerted strength with his hands.

[How could I possibly tell him that the Prime Minister sent me here… The Prime Minister gave me a lot of money…]

On the surface, the killer was unwilling to say anything, but in fact his true feelings had already been exposed.

Zhao Ji was too lazy to waste time talking to this unknown person: "So it was the Prime Minister who sent you here..."

When the killer heard this, his eyes widened instantly and he looked up at Zhao Ji. He had no idea how Zhao Ji knew this information.

Zhao Ji looked at the killer with a half-smile: "It seems that you killers need to study a performance skill in the future. I can read the answer from your face just by saying a few words casually."

Zhao Ji would never reveal his special ability to read people's minds. When he said that, the killer thought that Zhao Ji was deceiving him, and he was not fooled, which made Zhao Ji discover the mastermind behind him.

Now that he had obtained the information, Zhao Ji was too lazy to continue negotiating with the killer.

He picked up the man and pressed a few spots on the killer's body, sealing the acupuncture points around the killer, making the killer feel weak all over.

Then Zhao Ji slowly pulled the killer towards the outskirts of the cold palace.

Unexpectedly, just as I walked into a very deserted palace, I suddenly heard the sound of a door opening.

I saw a woman in simple clothes opening the door and looking out cautiously.

Seeing that Zhao Ji was still holding someone down, he immediately closed the door vigilantly. However, with just one glance, Zhao Ji also saw the woman's face clearly.

The woman had a gorgeous appearance. Even if she was wearing plain clothes and had no jewelry on her head, her beauty could not be concealed.

It even made the woman look even colder.

The combination of such gorgeous and cool temperament in one person is indeed contradictory, yet it is also particularly captivating.

Zhao Ji didn't expect that there was such a beauty in the cold palace, and he couldn't understand how such a beauty ended up in the cold palace?

However, since he had someone under his control, Zhao Ji did not investigate further.