"Daughter-in-law, are you okay?"

"...Uh, so-so..."

"It can be cleaned up soon, just wait a moment."

Zhuge Ciyun spoke in a relaxed tone, as if he was cleaning a room, and then he neatly assisted the officials who were struggling to fight off their opponents, and defeated Zhao Jisheng's soldiers one after another.

"sharp!"

"Lord Zhongshu Ling is too strong!"

The beautiful swordsmanship attracted cheers from the palace servants. Zhuge Ciyun calmly raised his hand in response from time to time, beating the last soldier to a pulp, and then kicked the unconscious man on the ground to the corner of the room.

"Master Zhuge, you have stolen all the limelight."

"Who told you to be slow?"

"Don't say that. When we were in the Imperial Study Room, our contribution was greater."

These people seem to be officials from Zhongshu Province.

Qing'er breathed a sigh of relief, and Mingyan also let go of Qing'er's wrist.

"Lord Zhongshu Ling, I heard that you fell into their hands..."

"Yes! It was true just now, but the rope was broken, so I came to take care of them."

Zhuge Ciyun said, swinging the knife that could be hidden in his sleeve.

He must have used the knife to cut the rope and escape.

"So, we don't have to go out of our way to help..."

"That's not the case. Of course, the less trouble the better. You guys have been a big help by taking care of these guys."

These guys... Zhuge Ciyun pointed at the officials and princes and nobles who fell on the ground.

"Father, what should we do with them?"

"Well, tie them up first."

The court ladies couldn't wait to take out the ropes they had prepared long ago.

"Qing'er, how do I tie it up?"

"Wrap them around and around, making sure they are tight."

"Remember to tie your feet."

"Why are they so pale?"

"It doesn't matter whether their faces are white or red, as long as they don't wake up."

"...What on earth did you give them to drink just now?"

Mingyan used the toe of her shoe to kick Zhao Jisheng, who was tied up and rolled his eyes on the ground. Qing'er shrugged.

"I don't know, I just mixed the things Uncle Fu brought into the dishes."

"Oh, yes..."

Uncle Fu just happened to walk in and saw the tied-up princes and nobles being dragged around on the ground by the court servants and lined up in a row, showing sympathetic expressions.

"...You really can't do bad things."

"Ah, Uncle Fu, thank you for the medicine. Although I don't know what it is, it is very effective."

"That's good."

"Although this question is not important, where did those medicines come from?"

"I planted it in the backyard of the workshop. My friend from the medicine shop taught me to plant a lot of medicinal herbs and poisonous weeds, saying that they were just in case of emergencies..."

"...Although it really comes in handy, don't plant some weird things in the workshop..."

That was obviously not a medicinal herb, but a poisonous weed.

With the help of all the officials, those guys were tied up so that they could not move.

Seeing the joyful looks of all the court ladies, Qing'er looked back at her father-in-law and said, "We won't get scolded, right?"

"How could it be? It's too late to praise you!"

Zhuge Ciyun reached out and took the dagger from Qing'er's hand.

"Don't worry here, you can go back to Chunying Palace."

"I'll go back right now... Mingyan, I'm leaving first."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Mingyan waved her hand, Qing'er nodded, stepped on the big soldier who was tied to the ground, and walked out of the room.
Chapter completed!