The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

After hearing this, Ye Buhuo figured out some information.

He opened his mouth and said:

"This person was able to enter your room and put something there openly without anyone noticing. He must be someone from the City Lord's Mansion."

"But he used you to deliver the letter. It should be that he himself couldn't get the carrier pigeon from the City Lord's Mansion. I guess he is not of high status."

When the two countries went to war, not everyone could send letters outside the pass.

In the City Lord's Mansion, only carrier pigeons with the City Lord's Mansion logo will be released, and ordinary servants are not qualified to use such carrier pigeons.

Ye Buhuo continued:

"I also told you to release a pigeon as a signal if the plan fails. This shows that this person must not be from the inner courtyard."

Hua Zhukong would enter and leave the City Lord's Mansion directly through the door of the inner courtyard, and the servants in the outer courtyard usually could not see him.

If Hua Zhukong intended to block the news, the people in the outer courtyard would not even know whether Hua Zhukong was dead or alive.

Ye Buhuo looked again at the white cloth tied to the pigeon that had not been released.

"General Hua has long blocked the news from the inner courtyard. I guess that person doesn't know how things are going."

"It's better to spread false news, go out and lure the snake out of its hole."

Hua Rongyu asked.

"What false news do you think should be spread?"

"Tie a red ribbon on the pigeon, so that the man will think that General Hua is seriously injured. We can take advantage of this opportunity and lure him to attack again."

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"Hurry, hurry, send some people to help in the inner courtyard. The inner courtyard is overwhelmed and urgently needs manpower."

Manager Xue shouted from the outer courtyard.

Three servants who had been cleaning the outer courtyard all year round followed Manager Xue to the inner courtyard.

"Manager Xue, what do you need our servants to do?" Zhou Sheng asked.

Manager Xue glanced at him.

"The people who were originally responsible for sweeping the yard have been transferred to help the acting city lord and the prince in their rooms. You guys will take over and clean the yard."

Zhou Sheng continued to ask:

"What happened to the Acting City Lord and the Prince?"

Manager Xue looked at him:

"Why are you asking so many questions?"

"No, I just went to the inner courtyard to ask about the situation."

"Just do your job and don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."

After Manager Xue left, Zhou Sheng continued to sweep the floor while chatting with others.

"What can possibly happen to this generation of city lord and prince? Why do they need so many people?"

Anzi used a broom to sweep the fallen leaves on the ground, without looking up, and answered:

"This is the inner courtyard's business. How can we, as the outer courtyard, be qualified to ask about it?"

Zhou Sheng curled his lips:

"Tsk, maybe if we perform well this time, we will be transferred to the inner courtyard, which is a great step to success!"

"Tsk, once you enter the inner courtyard you are still a servant, can you still be the master?"

Zhou Sheng glared at An Zi unhappily:

"How can you be so boring?"

After moving away from Anzi, Zhou Sheng went to talk to Shunzi on the other side.

"Shunzi, have you heard any news about the inner courtyard? What happened to the current city lord?"

Shunzi shrugged:

"Don't you know how strictly the news in this inner courtyard is blocked? Where can I go to inquire?"

"Oh, that's right too."

Suddenly, a maid carrying a tray hurried through the corridor.

Zhou Sheng hurried over and smelled the strong medicinal smell coming from the soup in the bowl on the tray.

"Sister, why are you in such a hurry?"

The maid glared at him.

"Get out of the way, how can you be so rude? You can't afford to delay the prince's medicine!"

When Zhou Sheng heard this, he quickly jumped to the side and made way.

"Alas alas."

Zhou Sheng nudged Shunzi with his elbow.

"Did you hear that? The medicine was sent to the prince. How did the prince get hurt?"

"Maybe he was accidentally injured in the military camp."

"Then... the acting city lord is also injured?"

Shunzi paused while sweeping the floor and whispered:

"Don't make blind guesses."

Zhou Sheng rolled his eyes.

"Okay, okay, okay~ I'll shut up, one by one, how can this be so boring."

That night, the three people were arranged to stay in the inner courtyard.

In the middle of the night, three people were sleeping soundly when they were suddenly awakened.

"Don't sleep anymore, get up and help in the kitchen."

The three people were still confused, Zhou Sheng said:

"What are you doing in the kitchen so late at night?"

"The wound of the acting city lord has worsened. The doctor said that he needs hot water. Don't waste time, go now!"

Upon hearing that the acting city lord was seriously injured and needed hot water, the three people did not dare to delay.

He quickly put on his clothes and ran to the kitchen.

About half a cup of tea later, Manager Xue came to the kitchen.

"Is the hot water ready? Someone please take it to the Deputy City Lord's room."

Shunzi was scooping water and answered:

"I will send it right away."

Manager Xue looked him up and down but couldn't see anything.

"Well, let's go."

After preparing the hot water, Manager Xue asked Zhou Sheng and An Zi to go back to their rooms.

Not long after, Shunzi also came back.

"How is it? Is the Acting City Lord seriously injured?" Zhou Sheng asked.

"I don't know. I didn't go in. I just gave them the hot water and left."

"It was in that room that basins of blood were brought out, and the air was filled with the smell of blood."

"Tsk tsk tsk, it looks like this injury is not light."

An Zi, who had his eyes closed, suddenly spoke.

"Stop talking and go to sleep."

The next day, the three of them were still cleaning the yard.

"Take good care of the prince and my father. There is something important going on in the camp today, so Jing'er and I will not be back. If there is anything urgent, send someone to the camp to find me."

Hua Rongyu and Hua Wujing explained to Manager Xue as they walked.

"I understand, Generals, go with peace of mind."

After sending Hua Rongyu and his son to the gate of the inner courtyard, Manager Xue turned around and went back.

When he turned around and went back, he glanced at the three people who came from the outer courtyard without leaving a trace.

Unfortunately, they were all sweeping the floor with their heads down, so I couldn’t see their expressions or tell anything unusual.

It's midnight again.

Manager Xue asked the three of them to boil some hot water and bring it to Huazhu's empty room.

But this time, Shunzi, who was lighting the fire, just stuffed wood into the stove without saying a word.

Then Manager Xue said:

"Zhou Sheng, go ahead."

Zhou Sheng suddenly covered his stomach with both hands, bent over and clamped his legs together, crying out "ouch, ouch".

"Oh, my stomach hurts so badly all of a sudden. I want to go to the toilet, Steward Xue."

Manager Xue's face darkened.

He waved his hand, and asked Anzi to carry the hot water to Huazhu's empty room.

The night passed.

"Acting City Lord, Your Majesty, those three people seem to be suspicious these past two days, but they haven't done anything unusual. What should we do?"

Steward Xue asked the two masters.

Hua Zhukong thought for a moment and said:

"Could it be that it's not the three of them?"

"But I have carefully looked through the book that records all the servants in the outer courtyard, and these three are the most suspicious."

“Everyone else knows everything.”

Ye Buhuo asked the three people about their behavior in the past few days in detail, then curled the corners of his mouth.

"Wait a little longer, I guess I can't bear it any longer."

In the evening, Manager Xue still asked the three people to deliver hot water.

The one who went this time was Zhou Sheng.