As soon as the eunuch came in, he reported quickly:
“Your Highness the Empress, someone has poisoned the Lord Protector Chiang. After investigating, we found a suspicious-looking woman who pretended to be a servant girl of the Chiang family and took the opportunity to poison the Lord Protector Chiang. Seeing that she had been discovered, the lady fled all the way here. The General of Valiant Cavalry chased after her, but because this is the hall where the women are gathered, the general waited outside and sent someone to ask for permission.”
After the eunuch said that, the person behind him said in a stern tone:
“The General of Valiant Cavalry ordered that all the women in the hall should stand where they are. That scum has poisoned the Lord Protector Chiang, so there must be a lingering poison smell on her body. The general has ordered people to bring a dog with a sensitive sense of smell. As soon as the dog arrives, we will be able to find the lady.”
As soon as the people in the hall heard that, they all became a little rowdy.
In particular, the young ladies of the different families were all worried and stayed pretty quiet.
Instead of appeasing the crowd, the old madam and the empress were worried and asked, “How is the Lord protector? Is he alright?”
The person that had conveyed the general’s message was the second in command. When he heard the question from the old madam and the empress, he quickly replied:
“I don’t know for the time being. The general has ordered a physician to check on the Lord Protector but there hasn’t been any news yet.”
Hearing this, the old madam and the empress became even more worried.
Among the crowd, Yun Qianyu looked at all of this indifferently. She even had a faint sarcastic smile on her face.
‘Serves your family right.’
In fact, Yun Qianyu was now more worried for the lady who had poisoned the Lord Protector Chiang.
The Chiang family was only second to the Yan Bei family. The Lord Protector Chiang was a blue spirit energy user and his two sons were also very capable, both of which were generals of the Dongli state. His eldest son, the General Who Stabilized the South, was in charge of 100.000 men and guarded the border.
His second son was the General of Valiant Cavalry. As a spirit energy user, he had always been posted in the city.
The Chiang family not only had talented people, but also great power. With Empress Chiang in the palace, they also had control of the eunuchs which made them even more powerful.
Right now, they were a very powerful family.
Thus, the person that had poisoned the Lord Protector Chiang must be extremely courageous or extremely foolish.
Thinking about the situation, Yun Qianyu suddenly felt as though someone else was beside her. She instinctively turned around and saw a tall woman in a long blue dress standing beside her. Although the woman was beautiful, her face was somewhat pale. Even her lips were slightly pale, as if she had been hurt.
Seeing that Yun Qianyu was looking at her, the lady only let out a weak smile and did not look at Yun Qianyu anymore.
Yun Qianyu returned the smile and looked away as well.
However, Yun Qianyu still thought about the lady that had appeared out of nowhere. She clearly did not remember someone like this being in the crowd before.
Moreover, the lady’s face was a little pale which clearly meant that she had been injured.
‘How could this lady be injured out of nowhere?’
Yun Qianyu suddenly thought about what the eunuch had said before. The Lord Protector Chiang had previously been poisoned, so could this lady be the assassin? Was she injured during her escape?
Thinking about this, Yun Qianyu looked back at the mysterious lady once again.
