"Let me out!"
"I have a major case to investigate. This matter is of great importance. If something goes wrong, can you bear the responsibility?!"
In the side hall of Ningde Palace, in the bedroom, Lin Jingzhu was banging on the door loudly.
However, the door had been reinforced by an array, and no matter how hard she tried, it wouldn’t budge at all.
The guard outside said with a helpless tone, "Please, Miss Lin, calm down. Her Majesty the Empress wants you to rest here. I am acting on orders..."
"Rest? This is clearly confinement!" Lin Jingzhu’s face was pale with anger, and she gritted her teeth, "It’s been over twenty days now. How long do you intend to keep me locked up?!"
At Jade Building, a large number of women have vanished, and their whereabouts remain unknown.
Initially, she and Yu Hongyin were working together, one in the open and one in the shadows, investigating this matter.
But before they could catch the real culprit, she was suddenly summoned to the palace and confined in Ningde Palace for nearly a month. If, during this time, the culprit strikes again, wouldn’t it be a missed opportunity?
Regardless of persuasion or threats, coercion, or temptation, the other side remained unmoved.
And the Empress seemed to be deliberately avoiding her; she had not appeared these days, only sending people to deliver meals at regular intervals.
Judging by this situation, they were not planning to let her go anytime soon...
Boom——
Just then, the ground suddenly began to shake violently, accompanied by a deafening roar.
Immediately, exclamations rang out from outside:
"That, that’s the Observatory... How is it possible?!"
"Not good, there’s an enemy attack, quickly protect!"
As the clamor gradually faded, silence fell outside the room.
Lin Jingzhu furrowed her brows. The bedroom windows were sealed, making it impossible to see outside, but her intuition told her something big was happening!
"Who dares to attack the Imperial Palace?"
"Is my aunt in danger?!"
Thinking of the Empress’s recent strange behaviors, an ominous feeling in her heart grew stronger.
About an hour later, the sound of footsteps drew closer, stopping outside the door.
"Who is it?" Lin Jingzhu asked sternly through the door, her weapon at her waist unsheathed.
"Zhu’er, it’s me." Lady Jin Yun’s voice echoed.
"Mother?" Lin Jingzhu breathed a sigh of relief.
Buzz——
An invisible wave arrived, and the array was unlocked.
Lin Jingzhu pushed open the door, seeing Lady Jin Yun holding a seal in her hand, her cheeks bloodless, her eyes filled with panic and unease.
Lin Jingzhu frowned and asked, "Mother, what just happened? Why did the deep palace shake so suddenly? Could it be another earthquake?"
Lady Jin Yun hesitated, then shook her head and said, "Let’s go, follow me, you’ll find out soon enough..."
With that, she turned and walked toward the hall’s exit.
Lin Jingzhu was puzzled but followed Lady Jin Yun through the palace corridor, arriving outside the bedroom.


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