After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

Without saying a word, she stretched out her right hand, placed it on the armrest of the chair and rubbed it carefully, staring at him with squinted eagle eyes, as if trying to see something from his face.

After staring for a while, he slowly withdrew his gaze.

Take him away first, we’ll talk about this later.

Although there was no result at that time, on the same day, everyone except was released.

A few days later, he was released. When a group of people went to see him, he was still lying on the hospital bed with injuries all over his body.

It seemed that he had suffered a lot of injuries during these days in prison, and he leaned weakly on the edge of the bed.

He opened his eyes to take a closer look when he heard the noise, and saw the leader coming in, so he struggled to get up.

He walked over quickly, raised his hand and then pressed it down to tuck in the corner of the quilt for him.

You are still injured, just lie down.

Sorry, I've been a bit busy lately and didn't come to see you earlier.

Well, we just found some time today, don't mind it.

How could that be possible? It's a great honor for you to come and see me. It's true that true friends come to know each other in times of trouble.

Come on, find a place to sit down and chat with me. You don’t know how suffocated I have been these past few days!

I don't know whether he is really stupid or pretending to be stupid. He knows that everyone was dragged into this incident by him that day, but he is not afraid of incurring public anger by bringing it up now.

His sincere eyes swept across the ward and then returned to him.

Although everyone pleaded for him at that time, in his heart, he was most grateful.

I felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him like that. No matter what, it was me who designed it first. I'm afraid there will be many places in the future where I will be asked to sacrifice my flesh and blood. I'll just compensate him in any way I can.

We chatted for a while, but the conversation was all over the place, as if we were trying hard to find a topic to talk about.

After chatting a few times, he turned around and saw that everyone was not interested, so he had to stand up and say goodbye first.

Since I have visited you, I have done my best to show my kindness to you.

It’s getting late and we have other things to do, so we won’t accompany you.

Don’t think about anything else, just take good care of your injuries.

Are you leaving now?

I watched them walk out of the ward until they finally closed the door. The look in my eyes changed again and again until it finally fell silent.

He thought a lot during the days he lay in bed and met many people who came to visit him.

Counting it up, this is the tenth wave from the time of hospitalization to today.

He had come to talk to him the day before and told him that the people behind this were not out for revenge but had a purpose on him, and asked him to pay close attention to the people who came to deliberately deal with him.

Among the people here today, he is most concerned about her because she is the most likely suspect in this plan.

I had already made all kinds of plans, but I didn't expect that he would leave with a sullen face before I could say a few words.

It’s hard to say whether it’s her or not.

As soon as he left, he came closer.

Did this guy get beaten up in here and become stupid? Why is he talking so incoherently? It gives me a headache.

He is no longer the straightforward person he used to be.

He didn't answer, but just stared at me, and his expression was much worse than when he first got on the car.

Indeed, today he was like a completely different person.

Every word is full of temptation, and if you are not careful you might fall into the trap.

Such a big change is impossible to happen suddenly in just a few days, so there must be someone behind the scenes who instructed him to say so.

She thought that she couldn't think of anyone else who would behave in such a cautious and suspicious way.

Fortunately, I realized it in time, otherwise I would be dead now.

Thinking back on everything that happened today, I breathed a sigh of relief.

After a long moment, he laughed at himself and turned to look out the window.

You can see that, he was not talking nonsense at all, it was obvious that he was testing us under someone's instructions.

After some guidance and thought, he figured out the reason for the strange speech and slapped his thigh.

Damn it, even though a few of us were implicated by that bastard at the time, we risked our lives to testify for him later on, and you still dare to doubt us?

Bah! I really took your kindness for granted. It's a pity that I brought so many things to visit him today. All our efforts were in vain!

He clapped his hands soothingly, his previous behavior was just to cover up the truth.

She was not a pampered young lady, so given her experience, it was not difficult for her to understand the meaning behind the words. Naturally, she showed her expression to those who were hiding behind her back.

The anger is fake, but the sudden change is real.

After what happened today, we’ll have to put off any efforts to get closer.

The first thing to do now is to dispel their doubts and push the matter to the top, so a series of plans are essential.

Thinking of the one hiding in the dark, his frown gradually relaxed.

It seems that I must see her one of these days.

There were spies deployed in the dark, and about five or six of them were discovered inadvertently. I'm afraid there are still a few who have not shown up yet.

Apart from work, I spend the rest of my time deliberately wandering around the streets.

After a few days, she dragged the group of human-shaped tails and visited almost half of the city.

But at night, she would close the doors and windows, and no one could be seen.

Sure enough, it came again today.

Pretending to have just woken up, she leaned on the sofa in a silk pajamas with sleepy eyes, yawning and looking at the people who broke in again.

It's really a big deal, so let me play with you.

This is the nth time this has happened. Tell me about it.

Breaking into the home of a woman who lives alone again and again, is this how you teach yourselves to do things?

Or, are you just taking advantage of my good temper and not wanting to bother with you, so you just want to bully me?

A few of them looked at each other, secretly groaning in their hearts.

This was because he saw that she had kept the doors and windows closed since sunset and there was no movement in the house. He was afraid that something might happen, so he thought of taking her by surprise.

Who would have thought that I would always run into people sleeping? It's so damn embarrassing.

Seeing that they were still not going to give an explanation, he reached out and grabbed something on the table next to him.

Since none of you are willing to speak, I will call you and ask him to explain it for you.

When he saw what she was going to do, he hurriedly stepped forward and led his men to bow and apologize.

Sorry, we did something wrong in this matter. Please forgive us, miss.

We are leaving now, please take a good rest.

Today's goal has been achieved, so there is no need for her to hold on any longer and they should both save face.

After those people left, he walked to the window and lifted a corner of the curtain. He watched them move to another place to hide, then turned around and quickly walked into the room.

It should be safe until tomorrow morning, but just in case, she sat at home and waited for more than an hour.

After confirming that everything was correct, he changed into simple clothes, quietly went out of the back door into an alley, came to a door, and knocked rhythmically a few times.

A woman came out of the house and asked the visitor's identity through the door.

It's me, the one who came to talk to you about the house a few days ago.

He answered in a low voice, with his face pressed against the door.

After hearing this, the people inside immediately understood and hurriedly opened half of the door to let the person in.

The person living here is the one I worked with a few days ago. In the past few days, she has been disguising herself as a distressed young lady who escaped from another place. She is also my distant cousin and is temporarily living here in my hometown.

In order to survive, they had to sell their ancestral homes in exchange for the middlemen who came to help others negotiate the prices of old ancestral homes.

After the two entered the house, their bodies leaned against each other softly.

Oh, you are finally here. I missed you so much...

He moved her head aside with disgust and pushed her back into the chair.

Come on, I just took some time off today. Time is tight, so I’ll make it short.

As soon as he heard that there was something serious to be said, he put away his playful look.

Need my help?

She nodded. She didn't have anyone reliable at her disposal, and she couldn't find anyone else suitable to do this.

I need someone under your command to help me. He is here now, and I will arrange the rest.

He understood that something must have gone wrong with the plan from the past few days, otherwise she wouldn't have come to see him in the middle of the night.

Let me guess, the bigger the fight, the better?

Yes, and you have to do it quickly, I'm afraid something might happen if we're late. After this, I'll secretly send you out of the city.

Understood.

But we don't necessarily have to do this ourselves. According to our actions, we have already offended a lot of people.

I understand what he did after joining the new master, and indeed caused dissatisfaction and anger among many people.