Xia Jin withdrew the flame and picked up the jade pendant on the ground.
"It's Jin Yiwei!"
"What? People from Jin Yiwei!" Qin Hao'ou hurriedly crawled out of the creek and walked to Xia Jin to check the jade pendant in her hand.
"This is indeed Jin Yiwei's!"
Xia Jin frowned, recalling what Sun said when she entered the palace yesterday, and the Queen Mother's attitude towards her, and she already had the answer in her heart.
Who else but the Queen Mother could dispatch the Imperial Guards at will?
"It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's go back first!"
"Go to my Desheng Building! It's safer!" Qin Hao'ou said!
"Okay, let's go!"
Shortly after the two left, a dark figure appeared. Looking at the charred corpse on the ground, he hurried back to report to the Queen Mother.
"What, they're all dead? How is that possible! That's the best team in the Imperial Guard!"
The Queen Mother's face darkened, "Can you see clearly who did it?"
"I don't know! Why don't you send more people over..." the eunuch asked.
The Queen Mother pinched her eyebrows and said, "This matter will be slowed down for the time being, so as not to let the Emperor find out."
"Slave, you obey!" The eunuch retreated out of the palace and released a homing pigeon to a deserted area.
The homing pigeon flapped its wings and arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, where it landed on Qu Rongjie's arm.
Qu Linjie opened the envelope and looked at it for a moment, then his face fell.
"Jin Yiwei's assassination failed! How is it possible!"
The Jin Yiwei led by Iron Hammer were the most aggressive team. Every time the Queen Mother sent out an assassination mission, he was ordered to do it, and they succeeded every time.
But this time, he actually died?
He threw the letter into the stove and turned to look at his sister Qu Linglong who was gossiping with other ladies in the courtyard.
"Linglong, brother, I want to tell you something!"
Seeing Mr. Qu coming, the other ladies all looked shy. Qu Rongjie, the first princess in the capital, is handsome and talented! Most of the reasons why these women are close to Qu Linglong are because of him!
"Linglong, in a few days it will be your haircut banquet, we have to have a big one!"
When she thought of this incident, Qu Linglong couldn't stop smiling and curled her hair with her fingers.
"Brother, the Hairpin Banquet is going to be a big one, and dad told me last night! He will announce his engagement to the Prime Minister's Mansion at the Hairpin Banquet~"
"Engagement? Doesn't Lin Ziyi have an extramarital affair? Can you accept it?" Qu Rongjie joked.
Qu Linglong raised her chin and said: "Brother Ziyi has already cleared up his relationship with Xia Jin. Now that Brother Ziyi is innocent, and Mrs. Sun has also made an agreement with her father, she will definitely let the old lady propose a marriage!"
Qu Rongjie shook his head and said: "Although I say that, it is inevitable that people will not gossip. It is better to invite Xia Jin on the day of the Hairpin Banquet and explain it clearly in front of everyone, so that no one will gossip anymore.
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Qu Linglong touched her chin and nodded, "This is a good idea!"
"Then it's settled!"
Qu Linjie walked away from the ladies, maintaining his usual demeanor and elegance, but when he turned around, his eyes turned cold.
"Sir, why did you invite Xia Jin to attend the lady's wedding banquet? What should I do if she breaks the marriage?" Qu Rongjie's confidant asked doubtfully.
Qu Linjie sneered, "On the day of the banquet, I will reveal the identity of the princess she loves, and then arrest her for espionage and imprison her in the dungeon for interrogation. Once she is in the dungeon, do you think she can come out!"
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On the other side, in a private room on the third floor of Desheng Building.
Qin Haoou checked the Jinyiwei card repeatedly and finally confirmed it.
"This is Iron Hammer's royal guard card. If I remember correctly, he is directly under the command of the Queen Mother, and he does some shady things!"
"Sure enough, as I guessed, it was the Queen Mother who wanted to kill me!" Xia Jin lowered her eyes.
"The Queen Mother wants to kill the master, what is going on? The master has always been very low-key, how could he offend anyone!" Qin Hao'ou looked indignant.
"It's not that I offended anyone, but that I touched someone else's cake!"
Xia Jin stood up and looked at Qin Hao'ou, "You have to keep this matter a secret. I'm going back first. Don't come to me if you have nothing to do these days, lest you be targeted too."
Xia Jin looked tired. She just wanted to have a good sleep now.
Returning to the summer residence, Xia Jin closed the door and sat cross-legged, closed her eyes and entered her own alien space. The alien space is where people with supernatural powers store their powers. When the powers are full, it is a sea of fire.
After the superpower is exhausted, there are only a few weak flames floating in the air. Only at this time can the whole picture of the different space be clearly seen.
Xia Jin walked inside and was surprised to find that there was a door deep in the supernatural space. She knocked but there was no response.
"What exactly is this?"
"Miss!" Four Seasons' voice came from outside.
Xia Jin exited the different space, opened her eyes, and found that it was already the next morning. She had been in there for so long without realizing it, and she looked out the door.
"What's up?"
"Someone sent an invitation." Si Ji said.
Xia Jin got out of bed, opened the door and took the invitation from Siji. She opened it and raised her eyebrows.
"Qu Linglong and Ji Yan, invite me over."
"Miss, it's best not to go, that Qu Linglong doesn't look like a good person!" Si Ji said.
Xia Jin put the invitation on the table, "You can eat and drink for free, why not go!"
"By the way, there is one more thing! Yesterday morning, while the lady was away, the housekeeper of the General's Mansion came over and said that the old lady had learned about the separation between the lady and the general, and was anxious for the lady to come over and ask for the reason!"
After Siji finished speaking, he thought for a while and said, "Siji thinks it's better not to go. Anyway, we are separated from the general. If we go, we will have a lot of trouble!"
Four Seasons was right about this. There were a lot of troubles in the past.
It's just that Xia Jin has to go even if he doesn't want to go!
Sun wants to harm her, but if Xia Jin still hides and refuses to come out, why not tell them directly that she, Xia Jin, is a weakling and you can bully her at will!
She, Xia Jin, has always been the one to retaliate!
"Go and get ready. I'll be there in a minute. Well, let's go cook first. I'm starving now. I'll go after eating!"
Siji went to the kitchen, Xia Jin opened the wardrobe, chose a piece of clothing to change into, and combed her hair.
Not long after, Four Seasons came up with food, four dishes, one soup, and a big pot of rice.
Xia Jin walked over and picked up the rice pot and started eating. Si Ji was only surprised for a while and then stopped being surprised.
After all, this is not the first time that Xia Jin has a big appetite!
After eating, Xia Jin got on the sedan and arrived at the general's residence soon.
In the general's mansion, Mrs. Sun was massaging the old lady's shoulders. At this moment, the servant came over and reported:
"Old lady, Miss Xia is here."
The old lady's eyes lit up, she sat up and said quickly: "Let her in quickly!"
Xia Jin walked in. Before even saluting, the old lady stepped down from the chair, grabbed Xia Jin's hand and asked:
"Did Ziyi bully you? Why did they separate so easily? And they even made trouble with the Queen Mother?"
Xia Jin looked at Sun.
"The old lady has to ask Mrs. Sun about this matter!"