After several rounds of fighting, Zhou Qiang tried to escape, but was caught by a large net falling from the sky.

Zhou Qiang struggled like a fish caught in a net, and Cao Tianyue ordered his men to hold him down.

Nangong Ao turned off the lights and went to bed, and Nangong Ao's door was closed, until someone banged on the door of the Yangxin Hall. Nangong Ao, who had not yet closed his eyes while lying on the bed, was so startled that he sat up from the bed and lay in Nangong Ao's arms.

Qinhua was also shocked, "Your Majesty, what happened?"

Nangong Ao lifted the quilt, put on his clothes and stood up, "I'll go take a look."

Nangong Ao stood up and shouted to the outer room, "Your father-in-law!"

Zhang Fugui had just heard the report from the gatekeeper that there were assassins in Funing Palace and asked the emperor to hurry over.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Fugui trotted into the room and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen has discovered an assassin."

When Nangong Ao heard that there were assassins in Funing Palace, and when he thought about Ye Wange being pregnant, Nangong Ao didn't dare to think about those horrifying scenes if something happened.

"Something happened at the queen's place. I have to go there." Nangong Ao hurriedly put on his clothes, not even bothering to call someone in to serve her.

Qinhua lay in bed and got up. When she sat up, Nangong Ao's figure had already flashed out of the door.

"Go to Funing Palace." Nangong Ao ordered in a deep voice after getting on the dragon chariot.

Zhang Fugui saw Nangong Ao's anxious look and kept urging the servant carrying the dragon chariot to move faster.

Over at Funing Palace, Zhou Qiang was caught in a big net. After struggling for a long time, he could not break free from the net. Instead, he was held down and his hands and feet were tied up, unable to move.

Ye Wange was lying on the phoenix couch indoors without getting up. Only the servants from Funing Palace were shouting that they would kill the assassin in front of them.

Everyone knew very well that this assassin was Zhou Qiang, and they were just deliberately trying to scare Zhou Qiang when they said they wanted to kill him.

During the commotion, Nangong Ao came. Just as Nangong Ao stepped through the door, Cao Tianyue pulled the black face on Zhou Qiang's face. Ye Wange got up at the right time, looked at Zhou Qiang with a frightened look and said,

"Your Majesty, this is not..."

After entering the house, Nangong Ao looked at Zhou Qiang who was tied up in front of him, and his heart skipped a beat, thinking that Zhou Qiang was clearly asked to keep an eye on Funing Palace, so why was Zhou Qiang so strong that he became an assassin this time?

Nangong Ao looked at Zhou Qiang majestically and asked in a deep voice, "Master Zhou, I sent you to protect the queen, but why did you become an assassin and be arrested?"

When Nangong Ao said this, Zhou Qiang immediately reacted and said, "Your Majesty, the minister was ordered to protect the queen and came in with a masked gangster."

After hearing Zhou Qiang's words, Nangong Ao immediately said to Ye Wange, regardless of how low the credibility of these words were, "Queen, this is a misunderstanding. There has been unrest in and outside the palace recently. Lord Zhou is the secret agent I sent to protect the queen."

guard."

Ye Wange carefully set up a situation to find Zhou Qiang, the spy, from the darkness. At this time, Nangong Ao rescued Zhou Qiang with just a few words. How could he be willing to accept it, "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou said he came with the gangsters.

Then why do we only see Mr. Zhou and not the gangsters that Guard Zhou mentioned?"

When Nangong Ao heard Ye Wange's question, he immediately turned his attention to Zhou Qiang and asked in a deep voice, "Zhou Qiang, are you following the gangster?"

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen followed the gangsters in and was caught by General Cao. Wei Chen was trapped in action and the gangsters ran away." Zhou Qiang knew that he could not explain what happened even if he had the words to speak, so he lied casually.

"You're lying." Xiaodie, who had been silent all this time, immediately shouted loudly when she heard Zhou Qiang's words.

When Nangong Ao saw Xiaodie, a slave girl, rashly interrupting Zhou Qiang's words, Nangong Ao immediately frowned in displeasure and swung his eyes at Xiaodie.

Seeing Nangong Ao's displeasure, Ye Wange glared at Xiaodie and said, "Xiaodie, don't be presumptuous. When the master speaks, when will it be your turn to interrupt?"

Xiaodie was impulsive and couldn't control herself. She immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, "I know I was wrong!"

"Go down." Ye Wange scolded Xiaodie in a deep voice before Nangong Ao showed off his power.

Xiaodie immediately stood up and retreated. Ye Wange looked at Zhou Qiang and asked, "Master Zhou, did you say that some gangsters sneaked into Funing Palace?"

"Yes." Zhou Qiang responded.

After Ye Wange heard this, he immediately turned around and scanned the servants in Funing Palace with his black eyes, and asked, "You are on duty tonight, but you found someone suspicious sneaking in."

"My servant only saw Mr. Zhou and did not find anyone else sneaking into the palace."

"This servant only sees Mr. Zhou..."

Several slaves on duty all insisted that they only saw Zhou Qiang and no other gangsters.

After the servant from Funing Palace finished answering, Ye Wange asked Cao Tianyue, "Little General Cao, have you ever seen any other gangsters?"

Cao Tianyue replied, "No."

When Ye Wange heard Cao Tianyue's answer, he immediately turned his eyes to Nangong Ao and said, "Your Majesty, why is this thing so strange! Lord Zhou came following the gangsters, but my servants here didn't see anyone except Lord Zhou.

There is no suspicious person, even the Red Guards who have been patrolling outside have not found any other suspicious person."

Nangong Ao understood what Ye Wange meant, but Zhou Qiang was a spy sent by Nangong Ao. Of course, Nangong Ao had to protect Zhou Qiang, "Maybe the gangsters took advantage of the chaos and escaped!"

Nangong Ao found such a far-fetched reason, of course he wanted to protect Zhou Qiang's safety, so Ye Wange did not argue about the truth of the matter, and turned to Nangong Ao and said, "Your Majesty, I am so unsafe here.

I am willing to ask the emperor to let General Cao and the escort team protect the safety of Funing Palace."

Nangong Ao heard Ye Wange's words and pondered in his heart.

Nangong Ao sent Zhou Qiang to monitor Ye Wange in the name of protecting her, and now she asked Cao Tianyue to protect her in the name of protecting the safety of Funing Palace.

Ye Wange's idea was that as long as Cao Tianyue and his cronies came to protect Funing Palace, not only would the spies not be able to enter Funing Palace to inquire about information, but any of her actions would also become easier.

Of course, Nangong Ao didn't want to agree with Ye Wange's idea. He remained silent and said, "Quickly untie Mr. Zhou's rope."

As soon as Ye Wange heard that Nangong Ao was going to let Zhou Qiang go, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou broke into my concubine's palace without permission while wearing night clothes. He acted suspiciously. Your Majesty, do you need to think carefully before making any plans?"

Seeing that Ye Wange didn't want to let her go, Nangong Ao said, "Mr. Zhou, you came to protect the queen in my name. There is no ill intention."

Ye Wange said, "But Mr. Zhou lied and said that he came here after other gangsters? But except Mr. Zhou, there are no traces of other gangsters in this palace?" Ye Wange clung to this reason.

Nangong Ao looked at Ye Wange and asked, "Queen, do you not trust me anymore?"

Seeing that Nangong Ao was a little displeased, Ye Wange said with a domineering look, "I don't dare. I just think Master Zhou's behavior is weird. His intentions are unpredictable. I'm afraid..."

"The queen can't trust me?" Nangong Ao squinted and looked at Ye Wange and asked.

Seeing Nangong Ao's displeasure, Ye Wange said, "I don't mean that I can't trust the emperor. I just think what happened tonight is too strange.

The only gangster that the people in the palace saw was Mr. Zhou, but Mr. Zhou now said that he was following other gangsters. Since Mr. Zhou was ordered by the emperor to protect me, why didn't Mr. Zhou join the bandits when they climbed over the wall and entered the palace?

, capture the gangster, but let the gangster break into my dormitory?"

After hearing Ye Wange's words, Nangong Ao asked Zhou Qiang in a deep voice, "Master Zhou, please answer the queen's question."

"This..." Ye Wange's words left Zhou Qiang speechless and he didn't know how to respond.

After being speechless for a long time, Zhou Qiang replied, "The gangster acted very fast. Before I could stop him, the gangster had already broken in."

When Ye Wange heard Zhou Qiang's lies, he raised a sarcastic smile, "Master Zhou, do you mean that Master Zhou, who is highly skilled in martial arts, cannot defeat the legendary gangster?"

"Yes." Zhou Qiang responded.

"The imperial guards, who have always been famous for their superb martial arts skills, are no match for a gangster. How can Mr. Zhou take on the important task of protecting the emperor?" Ye Wange deliberately taught Zhou Qiang to show Nangong Ao.

Nangong Ao glared at Zhou Qiang, wondering why Zhou Qiang became an assassin, and gave Zhou Qiang a look that said he would settle the score with you when he went back.

Zhou Qiang felt that he was about to die unjustly because he had fallen into the Queen's way and would be blamed by the Emperor again.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou's martial arts skills are not as good as those of the gangsters, let alone the Red Guards who guard the palace. You send Mr. Zhou to protect the safety of my concubine?" Ye Wange stopped when he said this, looked at Nangong Ao, and asked Nangong Ao with his eyes.

, does the emperor want to send such a useless person to protect his concubine?

Nangong Ao understood the meaning in Ye Wange's dark eyes and said reluctantly, "Master Zhou no longer has to protect the queen from now on."

"Yes." Zhou Qiang, who was tied up by Wu Hua Dao, responded, and at the same time secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that if he were to protect the queen again, he would probably be tortured to death by the queen.

Nangong Ao looked at Cao Tianyue and said, "Tianyue, from now on, you will protect the safety of Funing Palace."

"Yes." Cao Tianyue responded.

After Nangong Ao finished his instructions, he looked at Ye Wange who was secretly proud and said, "Is the queen satisfied now?"

Ye Wange looked at Nangong Ao and said, "Your Majesty, I am so uneasy in this palace, how can I be satisfied?"

When Nangong Ao heard that Ye Wange had been pestering him about the assassin, he immediately changed the subject and ordered Zhou Qiang to be released.

After releasing Zhou Qiang, Nangong Ao did not return to Yangxin Palace with Zhou Qiang, but was stayed by Ye Wange.

Ye Wange asked all the servants to step aside, and she personally served Nangong Ao.

When Nangong Ao undressed and lay on the couch, Ye Wange asked as if unintentionally, "When did the emperor send Mr. Zhou as a secret sentry to protect my concubine?"

"It's been a few days," Nangong Ao replied.

After hearing this, Ye Wange said quietly, "Then why didn't the emperor tell me earlier?

In the past few days, I heard from the servants in the palace that someone was spying on Funing Palace outside the palace. I was scared to death. I thought Lord Zhou was a bad guy sent to assassinate me, or someone with bad intentions sent him.
Chapter completed!