Quick Wear: Beautiful, Strong, Miserable, Whitening Guide

A few days later, one afternoon, Lin Ci'an had to temporarily leave the imperial study and go to the side hall to get his private seal because of an urgent border report that needed the seal urgently.

He repeatedly instructed the eunuchs outside the door to take good care of His Majesty. He walked hurriedly, but the string in his heart was tense and he just wanted to go and come back quickly.

Less than half a cup of tea after Lin Ci'an left, a eunuch in charge of Empress Dowager Liu's palace came quickly and spoke to the eunuch guarding the gate in a polite but unquestionable manner.

"Eunuch An, the ginseng soup that the Empress Dowager prepared for Your Majesty in the small kitchen is now cooked. The Empress Dowager has instructed that a capable person close to Your Majesty should personally inspect it to ensure your safety.

Please, Eunuch An, take the trouble to fetch it immediately, so as not to delay His Majesty's use."

Eunuch An looked embarrassed.

On one side was the strict order of the Regent (with Lin Ci'an's manipulation, he was the Regent when Chu Ziyu ascended the throne), and on the other side was the Empress Dowager's decree.

Moreover, the Empress Dowager is your Majesty's biological mother. She cares about your Majesty's health and sent someone to call you to get medicine. It is legitimate and difficult to refuse.

Thinking that he would only be away for a short while to get some ginseng soup, it should be fine, so he finally bowed and replied, "Yes, I will follow the Empress Dowager's order."

He looked back every few steps and hurried towards the small kitchen in the Empress Dowager's palace.

At this moment, inside the hall, Chu Ziyu, who knew nothing about what had happened outside the door, had just finished watching an episode of a drama. He felt dry mouth and tongue, and was too lazy to even lift his eyelids. He subconsciously reached out to touch the teacup on the small table next to him.

(“Water…6872, give me another cup of virtual happy water…” He mumbled drowsily in the system space.)

However, he forgot that his real body was in a "melancholy looking into the void" posture. He raised his arm lazily, but did not estimate the distance well. His fingertips first knocked over several memorials stacked on the side, and they fell to the ground with a crash.

He was startled back to his senses by the noise and subconsciously wanted to bend down to pick it up, but he moved too hastily and his wide sleeves dragged down several brushes hanging on the pen holder, causing them to fall with a crackling sound. In his haste to steady the pen holder, he bumped his elbow back and -

As luck would have it, he bumped into a secret mechanism in the treasure chest behind him!

The secret compartment made a slight "click" sound and a small gap opened.

Chu Ziyu looked back curiously, and saw a flash of cold light in the gap - inside lay a gorgeously decorated, sharpened dagger!

This was probably kept by an emperor of the previous dynasty for his own fun, or for emergency use, but it was accidentally taken out by Chu Ziyu!

The dagger was pulled by the elastic force of the mechanism and fell to his feet with a clang, with the sharp tip of the blade facing upwards.

(“What the hell?!”)

Chu Ziyu was startled and woke up completely.

("What kind of place is this?! Why are there still restricted knives?!")

He bent down completely subconsciously, wanting to pick up the dangerous thing and put it away to avoid hurting anyone.

His fingers had just touched the cold knife handle, and perhaps because he leaned over too quickly, his chest, which had occasionally ached since he was poisoned, began to ache.

(Slight discomfort simulated by the system to enhance realism) Suddenly, there was a subtle but distinct tingling sensation.

("hiss……")

Chu Ziyu took a deep breath and subconsciously covered his heart with his other hand, frowning slightly.

This action made his grip on the knife handle look even more...decisive and painful.

And at this moment——

“Zi Yu——!”