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Chapter 169 A Real Chess Player (Part )!

"How will you be here?"

After leaving the bedroom, the queen saw that there was no one around and finally grabbed Zhang Rui's hand.

"Why wouldn't I come when you're in danger?" Zhang Rui smiled and stroked the jade pendant given to the queen on her chest.

Is this what it is?
The queen's lips curled up into a smile, she thought it was some cheap jade pendant given as a gift, it turns out it has this function.

Zhang Rui sighed inwardly. This woman was so unlucky. Not only did she meet the wrong man, but she also married a husband who took advantage of her. However, her children became like that. No one knew how they managed to survive.

"Child, are you okay?" the queen asked in a low voice.

When asked, her ears turned red. For some reason, she felt justified in front of the emperor, but was a little shy in front of the real owner. After all, the child was not born in the right place.
"It's okay." Zhang Rui was a little embarrassed. Although the child was brought back to the Zhang Mansion, he had been avoiding her due to some psychological barriers. Usually, her was taken care of by his old mother. For some reason, his mother liked the child very much.

"Should be. He's doing fine. Mother likes him very much. He's grown fat in just a few days."

"Really?" The queen's face turned even redder. Zhang Rui's mother likes it?

"Well, how is things in the palace lately?" Zhang Rui noticed that the atmosphere was a little off and quickly changed the subject.

"What can we do?" The Queen said with a smile, "Our Majesty is an ambitious man. It is said that he is not interested in women, which is true. The concubines in the harem only sleep with him once or twice when they enter the palace. On weekdays, they hardly see him once a year. But when he disappeared, the concubines were so panicked that they ran to Concubine Qin to discuss countermeasures all day long."

"Noble Concubine Qin" Zhang Rui frowned slightly.

"The Qin family is the richest in Dajin. Concubine Qin spends money like water in the palace, so she naturally wins many people's hearts. Compared with me, the queen, she is sometimes more like the master of the six palaces. Haha. Speaking of which, it seems that Yueyao is not wrong. If her father had not given me enough face outside, perhaps I would have been unable to survive in this harem."

Zhang Rui looked at the self-deprecating queen, thought for a moment and said, "When I arrived at Beihai City that day and saw the Duke, he was already exhausted."

The queen was stunned. When she heard Zhang Rui mention her elder brother, she immediately became nervous as she held Zhang Rui's hand. She had wanted to ask Zhang Rui about her elder brother before. Why didn't he save him at that time? Was it because he had no choice or...
She was afraid. Afraid of asking something she didn't want to hear.

Having lived two lives, although Zhang Rui is a rookie in love, fortunately he has a quick mind and understands what the other person is thinking in an instant, and sighs inwardly.

"When I arrived, the Duke was already dying of the disease. Even if he didn't force himself to fight that battle, he would have lived for a month or two at most. After a long talk with me, he decided to take that last gamble."

Zhang Rui had a complicated look in his eyes. To be honest, Yuchi Peng was indeed unlucky, but now thinking about it, it was a little strange. Logically speaking, a half-step master who broke through to the master level should be possessed by a powerful evil spirit, but Yuchi Peng was not possessed by any of them. He did not understand the entanglements between these families before, but now he understood most of it through Shen Yuan. It should be that none of the ten major families would be willing to remove the evil spirit for Yuchi.

No one would hope that another master would emerge among the royal family.

Who removed the evil spirit from Yuchi Peng?

"What did he say at the end?" the queen asked in a low voice.

"He said that the Yuchi family has its own destiny, and he can only do his best here. The only thing he is worried about is his sister in the capital. He said that if I can help one day, I will help."

As he spoke, Zhang Rui took out a black iron plate.

The queen was shocked and took it carefully: "Did my elder brother give it to you?"

There are only three Xuantie Tokens in the Yuchi family, and only the head of the family, the chief elder and a hidden elder can use them. Unexpectedly, the eldest brother gave it to Zhang Rui.

This time she completely believed what Zhang Rui said. Her nose felt sore and tears kept flowing.

She knew that her elder brother must care about her, even though he hadn't visited her for so many years, it must be to protect her.

In this world, there are still people who care about themselves.
"Yesterday, I received news that someone from the Yuchi family had come to the capital."

The queen's expression froze, her tears stopped, and she looked at Zhang Rui.

"You must be careful." Zhang Rui whispered, "After the Duke is gone, no one can say for sure whether the remaining descendants of the Yuchi family will use you as their aunt. Besides, there are so many weird people out there now. I'm not sure if the people coming from Yuchi are from the Yuchi family. You must not get involved."

"Yeah." The queen nodded slightly, feeling warm in her heart.

He didn't ask me to do anything, but just kept reminding me to be careful. After giving me the token, he had no intention of taking it back.
He is different from that son and Yueyao. He never cares about the things of the Yuchi family.

"The last one is the Qin family." Zhang Rui looked into the distance and said in a low voice, "You should be more careful. If it is not necessary, do not deal with Concubine Qin."

"Why?" the queen asked curiously.

"There's something wrong with the Qin family." Zhang Rui shook his head and said, "From what I've seen so far, the Qin family has big plans. It's very likely that Shen Yuan's eyes were taken away by the Qin family."

"How dare they be so bold?" The queen was stunned. "For the sake of interests, there is nothing they dare not do." Zhang Rui said seriously: "The power behind the Qin family is far beyond your imagination. Compared with it, the Yuchi family may not even be qualified to touch it. If there is an emergency, you can hide in the scroll I gave you. I can take you away as soon as possible."

Take you away.
The queen was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.

"it is good"
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"Yueyao ran away?"

In Concubine Qin's bedroom, Concubine Qin, dressed in luxurious clothes, fiddled with her latest manicure. The gold patterns on the manicure were so dazzling in the sun that the maidservant who was responsible for serving her could not open her eyes. However, she did not dare to leave and could only carefully massage Concubine Qin's shoulders.

"Yes," an old lady said in a low voice.

"The old man beside the queen has definitely left the palace. That wolf cub also took this opportunity to negotiate with the queen, but was kicked out in the end? Is this wolf cub so easy to get rid of?"

"The two people she brought in are dead!"

"Are you sure this is someone secretly trained by the Dragon Elephant Temple?"

"It can't be wrong." The old lady laughed hoarsely, "The monks in that temple have been restless for a long time, but I didn't expect that they would target a girl like this."

"Humph, they are just some hidden pawns on the periphery. When the time comes, they can just shirk responsibility if a lay disciple makes trouble on his own. Does that little girl really think she is so powerful that she can get a thousand-year-old temple like Longxiang Temple to bet on her?"

"However, even if he is just a hidden player on the periphery, he is still a top-ranking expert. Is there someone capable around the queen?"

"They are not ordinary capable people." The old nanny whispered: "Those two guys were almost turned into pieces by the maids around Yueyao. The people around the queen are not simple. I didn't hear any fighting sound. It was over."

"Oh?" Concubine Qin narrowed her eyes. "I can't believe that old woman who stays in her bedroom all day has such energy. I underestimated her."

"The Third Prince seems unwilling to cooperate with the head of the family." The old nanny whispered.

"Whether he cooperates or not, it's still the same. How can he escape from the Qin family's clutches?" Concubine Qin sighed faintly: "In this world, I'm afraid that only Taizu back then could stop that old thing."

"My lady."

"Hmph, no need to comfort me, I've gotten used to it." Concubine Qin sighed, "Shuang'er has changed too?"

"That should be it," the nanny nodded.

"Is that so?" Concubine Qin suddenly felt bored and continued to fiddle with her nails.

"Don't worry, Madam. The head of the family promised you that he would let you go as long as the matter was done. All the businesses in Jiangnan will also belong to you. You will be free soon."

"Do you believe it?" Concubine Qin whispered.

The nanny was stunned, but didn't know what to say for a moment.

"You can't even trust the words of people, let alone the words of ghosts"

Upon hearing this, the nanny sighed and looked at the gentle sunlight in the garden, feeling a chill that could not be dispelled.

I’m afraid there won’t be many days like this where we can bask in the sun quietly. Maybe in the future, we may not even have the sun.

The Li family's great ancestor was a great man who was able to create a new world for the world back then. But now that the demon has awakened, even if the great ancestor were still alive, he would be powerless to save the world.
Suddenly, a flower bird flew over and landed directly next to the imperial concubine.

The imperial concubine took a look, picked up the snacks on the plate with interest, crushed them and fed them to the pig.

The bird seemed to be not afraid of strangers. After hesitating for a moment, it walked over and actually pecked the imperial concubine's palm. Perhaps the bird's peck made her palm feel itchy, and the imperial concubine couldn't help laughing.

"Mammy, go get some more snacks."

"Yes." Seeing that the other party was in a rare good mood, the nanny smiled and stepped back to get some snacks.

After the nanny left, the smile on Concubine Qin's face disappeared, and she looked at her palm seriously. There were actually words formed by ink where the bird had pecked just now.

"The Qin family's ancestor has come to the imperial city in person. Find his location as soon as possible!"

A hint of coldness flashed in the imperial concubine's eyes, and her palm slowly tightened and clenched into a fist.

(End of this chapter)