Chapter 1103: Chapter 336: Zhou, I Didn’t Poison You, Was That Really Necessary? (6k)

At the southern part of the city, he changed into three different styles of clothing in succession at the tailor shop, finally putting on a Profound Iron Mask in a dark alley.

After ensuring he had shaken off all spies, he quietly doubled back.

"Don’t go in yet, there’s someone inside, it looks like they’re from the Imperial Palace!"

Just then, a message came from Luo Lingling, prompting Zhou Qing, who was ready to leap, to halt immediately.

It was already dusk; why were there people suddenly at this abandoned place?

"How many people are there? What is their cultivation level? Are you two still safe?" Zhou Qing’s fingertips coursed with Spiritual Power as he quickly wrote on the Jade Scroll.

Very soon, Luo Lingling replied: "The exact number is unknown, but they’re cutting weeds and tidying up all over, Dust-removal Talismans are pasted everywhere."

Zhou Qing was even more surprised.

After pondering briefly, Zhou Qing still decided to sneak in and investigate.

He first sensed a small area to confirm there was no one, then quietly climbed inside.

After all, this [Jintian Palace] was quite large, and soon, he saw many eunuchs cleaning, roughly estimating there were no less than a hundred.

"It’s him!" Upon seeing the leader, Zhou Qing squinted slightly.

The man wore a dark purple robe with a python motif, with a sinister face, standing with his hands behind him, giving cold orders to the eunuchs.

He was none other than Gao Xianzhong, the Chief Eunuch.

If memory serves, Gao Xianzhong was not only in charge of the palace’s internal affairs but also held power over one of the three major prisons, the Heavenly Edict Prison; he wielded tremendous power.

In the past, even County Governor Zhong Yao and Mansion Master Xiao Ji had to be cautious and smile meekly in his presence, not daring to show any neglect.

At this moment, inside and outside [Jintian Palace], over a hundred eunuchs were busily moving about, transporting miscellaneous items, dusting, moving in unison, evidently well-trained.

With so many people moving around, it was truly difficult for the first senior brother and second senior sister to come out for the time being.

Just as Zhou Qing was about to contact the two to see their exact positions, all the eunuchs suddenly stopped their actions, turning uniformly in one direction.

Following their gaze, Zhou Qing saw an elderly woman with white hair, leaning on a wooden dragon staff, tottering out from the depths of Jintian Palace.

Her figure was hunched, her face gaunt, but her cloudy eyes fixed intently on Gao Xianzhong.

"Get out!"

The hoarse voice sounded like it was squeezed out from the depths of the earth, her chapped lips cracking with these words and oozing blood.

Gao Xianzhong squinted, giving a cold smile, "Nanny Su, what are you doing?"

"His Majesty has been dreaming of the First Prince lately, saying the Prince was in severe pain... that’s why the old servant was entrusted to clean up..."

Before she finished, Nanny Su’s cane suddenly struck the ground with a "thud," raising a circle of dust.

"Pain?" she grinned, revealing a few wobbly yellow teeth, "When the Prince was sent back, only a bloody skeleton remained. Didn’t anyone ask if he was in pain?!"

At this, the entire scene fell dead silent.

Gao Xianzhong’s expression changed drastically, his eyes suddenly gleaming coldly.

He slowly scanned the surroundings, the eunuchs all lowering their heads, unable to hide the shock in their eyes.

"Ha..."

Gao Xianzhong suddenly let out a cold, faint laugh, a cold glint flashed from his sleeve.

In an instant, hundreds of strands of Silver Hair shot out from his sleeve, winding around each eunuch’s neck like venomous snakes with precision.

The eunuchs had no time to react, and suddenly saw a flash of ghostly light on the Silver Hair—

"Chh!"

Blood splattered, hundreds of heads simultaneously rolling to the ground, fresh blood gushed out, casting an eerie red mist under the sunset.

Afterward, a vast Divine Sense swept across the entire [Jintian Palace], confirming there were no others left.

Only then did Gao Xianzhong leisurely retract the Silver Hair, gradually transforming it into a fine silver bell, which he tied back at his waist.

"Nanny Su, you’re confused in your old age." He resumed a genial smile.

"The First Prince clearly died from poisoning back then, where did a skeleton come from, let alone being sent back... he was assassinated by a villain in this very palace."

He stepped forward, his boots embroidered with gold thread making a sticky sound as they stepped into the pool of blood.

"Consort Mingyi passed early, you were the First Prince’s true wet nurse, raised him from infancy..."

His voice suddenly softened, yet it sent chills down one’s spine, "His Majesty cherishes old relations, and you wouldn’t want to leave, that’s why he allowed you to spend your twilight years here."

"But if you keep talking such nonsense..."

Gao Xianzhong walked straight to the old woman, then leaned down, whispered in her ear: "Don’t blame me for taking you for a trip to the Heavenly Edict Prison, your old bones wouldn’t last....."

Hearing this, Nanny Su’s skeletal fingers gripped the dragon staff tightly, her joints making a teeth-chattering sound.

Then she slowly raised her head, her cloudy eyes staring directly at Gao Xianzhong, with a sinister smile curling at her lips:

"You will die without a grave."

Gao Xianzhong was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter, "Ha ha ha ha... Good! Good! Worthy of someone who served Consort Mingyi, you have backbone!"

Soon his laughter abruptly ceased, a grim look appearing on his sinister face, "Then I’ll wait and see who dies without a gravesite first!"

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