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"What? Su Rourui is here? And she wants to search this place?!" Another Chao Du looked towards the palace gate in shock and anger, where a graceful and slender figure appeared.
The beauty's eyes were tender and affectionate, her clothes were light and thin, and she walked with a graceful sway, as if petals were falling with each step. Her voice was sweet and moving: "Greetings, Lady Chao. The Immortal Lord has ordered a search of the entire palace for suspicious persons, and this place must also be searched. I hope you will not take offense." Her tone was respectful, but she did not perform the slightest curtsy.
Another Asahi glanced at Asahi nervously, and Asahi reassured her, "It's alright, no one but you can see me or hear me."
Then Chao Du sighed to himself, his expression becoming somewhat heavy: the spiritual energy aura of Su Rou Rui in front of him was exactly the same as that of Su Ci, whom she was familiar with.
What had she gone through? That "Heavy Sword of No Mercy" was now so frail and pitiful. No thorns remained, only tender petals.
"What is Madam looking at?" Su Rourui asked with a smile, her gaze sweeping over Chaodu's position but finding nothing, so she had to look away. "If Madam is willing to cooperate with the Immortal Lord, then my people can go in."
Another woman, Chao Du, looked grim. Chao Du heard her struggling with her own thoughts: although she wasn't afraid of what Chao Du might find out, she didn't want her to go in.
'Why is she searching me? What right does she have to search me?! What right does she have to represent him?!' Asaka heard another version of herself angrily questioning in her mind, but what she said aloud was: 'I'll search here myself, I don't need you to come.'
But Chao Du was already quite pleased: at least he hadn't blindly obeyed, and the glutinous rice ball was much more upright than before.
Su Rourui remained unmoved, her smile deepening: "This matter is complicated and I dare not trouble you, Madam. Moreover, the Immortal Lord has ordered me to manage the internal affairs of the Qingyun Immortal Palace, so it is only right and proper that I take charge of this matter."
Asakawa could sense another version of herself gritting her teeth, but she didn't know what reason to give to continue refusing.
"Just tell her that she can search, but suspicious people are bound to be cunning, and you have to check the people around her who want to search here first."
Chao Du had just been observing the people Su Rou Rui had brought. Then her gaze locked onto a maid, whose expression was not very natural and whose eyes kept darting around.
Asakawa smiled: "There might be a surprise hidden among the people around her."
Another Chaodu's eyes lit up, and he repeated the words verbatim. Chaodu saw that the maidservant indeed stiffened and looked at Su Rourui with a nervous expression.
Su Rourui's smile froze for a moment, then quickly returned to normal, her smile becoming even sweeter: "Does Madam Chao not trust the people around me?"
Chao Du continued to act as the strategist, instructing, "Use her words to shut her up. Say, 'It's all to relieve the Immortal Lord's burden. Su Xianshi will surely cooperate, right? Besides, the darkest place is under the lamp. What if this suspicious person is mixed in with the searchers? Not only will we not find them, but it might also cause some new trouble, which would disturb the Immortal Lord. I'm doing this all for the Immortal Lord.' Sigh, speaking of which, he hasn't even become an immortal yet, so why is he already calling him the Immortal Lord? There's no need to repeat that sentence."
Another woman repeated everything except the last sentence, and the maid kept glancing at Su Rourui, her eyes filled with unconcealed panic.
Su Rourui's smile deepened: "Madam Chao seems a little different today."
"Not at all, not at all. I just wanted to help my husband share his burdens. Su Xianshi, you're not afraid, are you?" Another Chao Du sneered, his back straightening even more than before.
"What's there to be afraid of? Since Madam Chao is so eager, then let's search. It's just that I have to report the time wasted to the Immortal Lord truthfully." Su Rourui covered her mouth and giggled.
Seeing that the other Asato hesitated again, Asato said helplessly, "Don't be afraid, she's just trying to scare you and get your men to search."
The other man, Chao Du, emboldened, ordered his men to search.
A moment later, nothing was found.
Su Rourui raised her head slightly: "Madam Chao, can you rest assured now? Hmm?"
Another Asahi looked at Asahi somewhat helplessly. Asahi said unhurriedly, "Don't look at me, turn your head back. Don't rush, there's still the main event to search."
Chao Du pointed to the maid's wrist: "An ordinary maid, where would she get a storage bracelet? Moreover, that bracelet has been specially treated. To people with insufficient cultivation, it will just look like an ordinary bracelet. Go search it, there will definitely be a surprise."
The other Chao Du imitated Chao Du's actions, pointed at the maid, and sneered, "Go search her bracelet!"
Su Rourui was taken aback, straightened her back, her laughter faded considerably, and her eyes turned cold: "Madam Chao, we didn't find anything just now, what do you want to search for now? Even if she's just a maid, she's still my person, and I won't allow anyone to bully her."
Another Chao Du retorted without backing down: "Is Steward Su feeling guilty? It's just looking at her bracelet, what's there to be afraid of? Does Steward Su know that there's something shameful hidden inside?"
Madam Su bit her lip slightly and turned to leave: "Since Madam Chao insists on not cooperating and is making things difficult for my people, then I will have to trouble Madam Chao to search Qinseting herself."
"This is a rare opportunity, don't let her go easily." Chao Du suddenly raised his hand and grabbed the hand of another Chao Du, lifted it up, and then drew a wisp of spiritual power to instantly pull the bracelet on the maid's wrist into the palm of the other Chao Du.
Before the other person could react, Chao Du grabbed the other Chao Du's hand, channeled a wisp of spiritual energy through her fingers, and crushed the bracelet!
"No—!" The maid screamed in agony, her face ashen.
Another Chaodu stared in astonishment at the broken bracelet fragments in his hand and the token-like object lying among them: "There's demonic energy on this! This is... a token of the Demon Lord?!"
Instantly, gasps of surprise rose and fell throughout the courtyard.
The other woman, Chao Du, trembled slightly, clearly realizing the purpose of the object and the sinister intentions of the other party. Her eyes widened in anger, her voice trembling, and she questioned sharply, "Su Rou Rui, you want to put it in my courtyard to slander me and frame me for secretly colluding with the Demon Lord?!"
"...What does this have to do with me?! Guards, seize this spy and hand her over to the Elder in charge of punishment!" Su Rourui said coldly, ordering her men to tie up the maid and then trying to leave with her entourage.
Chao Du warned, "Don't let her leave. If she leaves, this 'demon spy' will either die on the road or at the hands of the execution elder, who must be one of her people. She wants to suppress the matter and extricate herself, so you should make a big scene and drag her into it."
Another man named Chaodu quickly ordered his men to surround them.
Under Su Rourui's icy gaze, another person, Chao Du, let out a long sigh.
Asahi was very pleased, feeling as if he had seen the glutinous rice ball finally grow sharp teeth, even though they were only two small ones, it was already an improvement.
"What, does Madam Chao not even trust the Hall of Punishments?" Su Rourui's smile was ugly. "Or does Madam Chao want to break the rules of Qingyun Immortal Palace and become the Elder in charge of punishments herself?"
Chao Du received a pleading look from his other self and prompted, "The most important person in this Qingyun Immortal Palace isn't the elder in charge of the punishment hall, is he?"
The other Chaodu suddenly realized, and said with composure, "This matter is of utmost importance, and of course it must be handled by the Immortal Lord personally! Someone, go and invite the Immortal Lord! No, the Immortal Lord is extremely busy, I will personally lead the people there!"
Asakawa: "..." She still couldn't forget him, and whenever she had the chance to see him, she couldn't wait to fly over.
A large group of people flew into the air. Chao Du didn't want to get involved in this lively scene, but he was afraid that his current methods wouldn't be enough to keep an eye on the "spy," so he reluctantly went with her.
"My husband!"
From a distance, another Chaodu impatiently called out to Fu Buci.
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