Shou'an Palace.
The Empress Dowager was already dressed and ready, and was just waiting for Gu Jinxi to arrive so they could go to the palace banquet together.
However, she stood there for a long time but Gu Jinxi did not appear.
This made the Empress Dowager frown slightly.
"What happened?"
"Didn't they say he went to the library?"
"Why haven't they come back yet?"
Upon hearing this, the young eunuch, who was sweating profusely with anxiety, could no longer contain himself and knelt on the ground, trembling as he said:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me, I... I couldn't find the young master."
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager's expression immediately changed.
What do you mean by "not found"?
What do you all eat?
"How could a child possibly get lost after just browsing in the library for a while?"
"Hurry up and go find it!"
The Empress Dowager, no longer concerned with attending the palace banquet, immediately ordered people to search for her.
But as time went by, the people sent out returned time and time again, but they still couldn't find Gu Jinxi.
This made the Empress Dowager even more anxious, and without thinking, she followed them out.
Just as she stepped out of Shou'an Palace, she suddenly heard a loud bang, followed by shouts.
"Fire! Fire!"
"Take water?"
The Empress Dowager panicked.
She turned to look at Granny Li.
"quick!"
"Quickly send men to put out the fire."
Seeing the Empress Dowager's anxious appearance, Granny Li ordered people to help her while comforting her.
"Your Majesty, please don't worry. This old servant has already inquired. The place where the fire occurred is just an empty palace, and few people usually go there."
“The young master is not the type to be playful, he certainly won’t go there.”
That being said, the Empress Dowager grew increasingly anxious as she searched for Gu Jinxi's whereabouts.
Meanwhile, in the abandoned palace...
A raging fire has already started.
Gu Jinxi held a hidden arrow in her sleeve and shot it at the last person, who fell straight down.
The people who came this time were just ordinary eunuchs.
Gu Jinxi didn't even need to lift a finger; he could handle it with the "weapon" he had made himself.
One hour ago.
Gu Jinxi has been kidnapped and brought here.
Perhaps thinking that Gu Jinxi was just an ordinary child, the other party did not take him too seriously, so they dragged him from the library to this place and casually threw him on the ground.
At this moment, Gu Jinxi still kept her eyes closed, pretending to be unconscious.
Then one of them asked, "Is the time almost up? When do we light the fire?"
Upon hearing this, the other person shook his head.
"We'll have to wait a while; there's still no signal coming in."
"Don't worry, time will be short. Once that woman finds out her son is missing, she will definitely come running over immediately."
"Then we'll set this place on fire and burn this child and that woman to death together."
As he spoke, he looked up and laughed.
"By then, all traces will be burned away completely, and even if someone wanted to investigate, they wouldn't be able to find anything on us."
As the group laughed, they suddenly heard a soft sound and turned around to meet Gu Jinxi's clear eyes.
He looked at everyone, blinked, and looked innocent and cute.
"Is the woman you're talking about my mother?"
"You want to go against my mother?"
But these people didn't answer her. Instead, they roared at her like ferocious demons, "Little one, you better behave, or else... *splat*"
Before he could finish speaking, an arrow pierced straight into his chest.
The person then collapsed.
Everyone was startled, only then realizing that Gu Jinxi still had a weapon on her person, and immediately tried to snatch it back.
But they didn't expect the little guy's weapon to be so powerful. Before they could even get close, more arrows were shot at them.
Their group of more than a dozen people was instantly reduced to half.
The men were furious and immediately rolled up their sleeves, wanting to grab Gu Jinxi and teach him a lesson.
But before they could get close to him, he pulled out a new weapon.
A large, round firecracker, trailing a wisp of smoke, rolled to the ground at everyone's feet.
After throwing the object, Gu Jinxi immediately ran back and hid.
Upon seeing this, the group immediately tried to run away.
But it was too late.
But then a loud bang was heard, and the "firecracker" in front of him exploded.
They were blown away, some to pieces, others missing limbs, struggling but unable to move an inch.
The explosion caused their prepared "things" to burst into flames instantly.
Upon seeing this, Gu Jinxi immediately ran out of the main hall.
He ran to the wall and, taking advantage of his small size, crawled out through the dog hole.
******
Inside the main hall at this time.
After Situ Mingji returned, Gu Yunjin's gaze fell on her.
Situ Mingji frowned, thinking to himself that Gu Yunjin was a fool.
Is he staring at her like that so that no one present can tell there's something going on between them?
He nodded slightly to her in order to get her to look away.
Gu Yunjin smiled with satisfaction.
Gu Jingchun, let's see how you get away this time!
Gu Yunjin originally only wanted to find someone to ruin Gu Jingchun's reputation at this banquet.
However, Situ Mingji was a bold man who actually planned to kill Gu Jingchun directly to end the matter once and for all.
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