I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

If given a choice, Liu Ming did not want the Empress to know about his incompetence.

But if he really had to deceive Liu Zhirou, he wouldn't dare.

Liu Zhirou now represents not only herself, but also the supreme imperial power.

Liu Ming's fear of the imperial power was deeply engraved in his bones. He could be very good at dealing with many dignitaries, but when faced with the ultimate violence, he dared not tell a lie.

If what he said affected Liu Zhirou's judgment and even affected the situation in the palace, he would definitely not be able to bear the responsibility, so he had to spend a lot of money to bribe the eunuch and have him deliver the news of Liu Zhijin's disappearance to the palace.

After receiving the news, Liu Zhirou was not particularly surprised. She thought tiredly that it seemed that the end was really coming soon.

This is not some childish statement. If, after receiving so much information, she still hasn't discovered the extremely unreasonable side of this world, then she is undoubtedly a fool.

"Empress Chun, the Empress Dowager asks you to go and worship Buddha." At this time, a soft female voice came from outside the house. Liu Zhirou had no choice but to answer yes, folded her father's letter, threw it into the brazier to burn, and then walked out slowly.

For some reason, the Queen Mother had been pestering him to worship Buddha with her these days. Liu Zhirou had to bow her head as she was under the eaves. Although she was still a little afraid of the Buddha statue that was glowing with black light, she still went ahead and worshipped it.

However, every time after coming back from worshiping Buddha, Liu Zhirou would spend a long time practicing the latest "Calm Mind" she had drawn to avoid possible influences. Although this was a very tedious action and might not have much effect, Liu Zhirou had never relaxed. Doing more now might reduce the possibility of regret in the future.

After worshiping the Buddha, the Queen Mother kept Liu Zhirou to chat about some family matters, and the conversation turned to Liu Zhirou's correspondence with people outside the palace.

Liu Zhirou was not surprised at all that the Queen Mother found out about this matter. After all, this was the Queen Mother's territory, and it was impossible for her to do anything here without being monitored. What's more, exchanging letters with parents and family outside was not something particularly taboo.

The current dynasty is relatively open. Although the harem is absolutely not allowed to have any connection with the previous dynasty, and the concubines in the harem cannot interfere in political affairs, there is no problem if they only communicate with their family members. The emperor cannot allow everyone to completely sever ties with their relatives and friends as soon as they enter the palace.

If not for this, the previous incident with Concubine Chen would not have been so easy to spread. Although it started off well but ended badly, it still caused a big stir in the palace.

Liu Zhirou told the Queen Mother truthfully about her communication with her father Liu Ming. The Queen Mother did not say anything but only sighed about the deep love between the sisters.

Liu Zhirou smiled shyly. There was no such thing as a deep sisterly love. She and Liu Zhijin had only met a few times, so what kind of deep love could she talk about? She just realized that there was another strange power in this world, and she was not the only one who realized that there was this strange power in the world and it led to a fixed ending, so she wanted to find out where Liu Zhijin, who was an outsider with him, was and what she had encountered.

The information she had received now allowed her to make a judgment. It was impossible for Liu Zhijin to commit suicide for no apparent reason. For a woman in ancient times, this situation was indeed very hopeless. However, they were modern people after all, with more open minds. Liu Zhijin herself was also a very resilient girl. It was impossible for her to commit suicide or run away from home because of such a trivial matter.

Even in modern society, a young woman who runs away from home may encounter various crises, let alone in ancient society.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Liu Zhijin goes out alone, she will be kidnapped by human traffickers who appear from nowhere within two days and become a sum of money in the hands of the other party.

Liu Zhirou was aware of this, and she believed that Liu Zhijin was also aware of this. Since the two possibilities of leaving on her own and seeking death were ruled out, the most likely possibility was that Liu Zhijin was taken away by someone else.

Who could take someone away from the Liu family’s farm quietly?

Liu Zhirou continued to think along this line, and found helplessly that there were too many candidates.

To be precise, as long as you find a few skilled guys, even if they are just a group of ordinary thugs, they can probably take people away from the Liu family's farm.

The Liu family's manor is just an ordinary farm, nothing more than that. If one expects the manor to have the same defensive functions as a military base and the same defensive strength as the Forbidden City, that is absolutely impossible.

Indeed, if they came to the village openly to bring people in, the farmers would stop them, but if they used some insidious tricks and secretly took people out at night or when no one was paying attention, the people in the village would have no way of knowing.

Even worse, it is very likely that someone in the village is disloyal for some petty profits and transfers other people away to create favorable conditions for those outsiders to take Liu Zhijin away. This is something that is impossible to investigate.

However, Liu Zhirou still asked Liu Ming to continue inquiring, although she did not have any hope for it.

Liu Zhijin is not important. To be precise, apart from the things in her mind that she doesn't know whether they are true or false, there is almost nothing in Liu Zhijin's identity that is worth others' coveting.

But at the same time, once someone noticed the things in her mind that shouldn't exist in this world, it proved that someone had indeed understood her to a certain extent.

Liu Zhirou was not worried that Liu Zhijin would betray her. Such a thing had no evidence and no one would believe it. It could neither be used as a handle to attack her nor as a basis for convicting her.

It's just that some people may have increased their vigilance against Liu Zhirou because of this. However, this kind of thing itself is a matter of fighting back. Although Liu Zhirou is not good at palace fighting, she has special abilities and can make up for her shortcomings in other ways. If she is really pissed off, she can find a chance to sneak out in the middle of the night and kill the opponent directly. It is also feasible to destroy the opponent by physical means.

She is not really a delicate and weak lady.