"Does anyone with a 'ding-dong' know where this happened?"
"No 'ding-dong' here, but I've seen this place. It's a Royal Villa of the Royal Family, located in the suburbs of the Imperial City of Beichen Star."
"Because only that place treats the extremely rare Scarlet Essence Cloud Top Peony like roadside weeds!"
"...But this doesn't make sense! The Empress is Princess Jing's biological mother, why would Princess Jing use her own mother as a shield?!"
"The person upstairs is too naive... Between a biological mother and daughter, to save their own lives, this isn't impossible..."
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"Everyone, do you think Emperor knows the truth?"
"Knows that his wife didn't voluntarily save their daughter, but was pulled by their daughter to block the attack?"
"Tsk tsk, I remember back then it was said that members of the Imperial Clan were trying to assassinate Princess Jing to fight for the right to inherit the throne?!"
"The person upstairs remembers correctly! Because of this, Emperor killed more than a hundred members of the Imperial Clan..."
"Hehe, can't help but indulge in conspiracy theories..."
"Is the video we saw really the truth? Could it be a video generated by Mechanical Intelligence?"
"The person upstairs has a point! But this video is too detailed. I just used software to detect Mechanical Intelligence-generated images, and it's confirmed that this is not a video generated by Mechanical Intelligence!"
"What authority do you have?! Shouldn't the Special Security Bureau test it?!"
"Tch! I remember that the Special Security Bureau handled the case back then! They should have already tested it, right?"
"Hey! Hasn't anyone thought that maybe the Special Security Bureau hasn't even seen this video?"
This comment was quickly completely submerged in the ocean of comments, and no one paid attention to it.
And the Special Security Bureau is also urgently investigating the source of this video.
Huo Yushen's expression was extremely grim.
He stood in his office, in front of a huge physical high-definition display screen.
He had already downloaded the video and was using Mechanical Intelligence to assist in the analysis frame by frame.
Not far away, was a virtual display screen, with Kang Shanxing's sweaty head on it.
He said sadly: "Chief Inspector, we really haven't seen this video! It's the Intelligence Division's dereliction of duty!"
Huo Yushen said coldly: "Then has the network address that posted this video been located?"
Kang Shanxing was even more uncomfortable, and lowered his head and said: "...No. This account suddenly appeared, and after posting the video, there was no movement."
"Its network address is the lounge of a dedicated hospital on the Royal Family side of Beichen Star Imperial City."
"But we checked the surveillance there for nearly a month, and no one entered that small lounge at all!"
Kang Shanxing lowered his head and continued: "That place is next to the suite where Empress is recuperating..."
"And Princess Jing has been in Empress's ward for the past few months, accompanying Empress."
Huo Yushen narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is there surveillance in that ward?"
Kang Shanxing said: "Yes, but the security there is the responsibility of the Royal Inner Guard directly under His Majesty."
"The Special Security Bureau needs to obtain an Imperial Edict from Emperor before they can retrieve the surveillance from them."
Huo Yushen's expression softened, and he slowly sat down and said: "Then just send an application and let His Majesty decide."
"Withdraw all our people, write the investigation results into a report, and send it to His Majesty."
Kang Shanxing was surprised: "Chief Inspector, aren't we going to continue investigating this matter?"
Huo Yushen said calmly: "Just state in the report that there are insufficient personnel and insufficient authority to continue the investigation. Please have His Majesty take over."
Kang Shanxing pondered the meaning of this sentence, and after a while, he suddenly realized and said: "...You mean, we're not getting involved..."
Huo Yushen nodded and cut off the video call.
This is Emperor's family affair.
They, the Special Security Bureau, would not get involved.
At this moment, the Emperor was indeed in a great Thunder.
He angrily threw the jade paperweight on the table, hitting the head of the Royal Inner Guard Leader kneeling on the ground.
The Inner Guard Leader was also a high-level Gene Evolver, and could have dodged the Emperor's angry throw, but he didn't dare to, and took the hit head-on, raising a bump on his forehead.
Emperor Tantai Hongyuan pointed at the Inner Guard Leader furiously and said, "Investigate! Investigate for me!"
"Why was this video not discovered during the initial investigation of the assassination attempt?!"
"How are you people doing your jobs?!"
"I have entrusted my life to you, and this is how you protect me?!"
His Empress, his Princess, had such a thing happen, and he was kept in the dark! He really thought that the Princess was assassinated, and the Empress took the bullet for the Princess! And the Empress had been unconscious since that assassination attempt, so no news had come out.
The Inner Guard Leader gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger! The department in the Inner Guard responsible for network security is gathering the most powerful network experts in the Empire to investigate the source of that video!"
"Also, the entire Royal Family Villa's monitoring system is being thoroughly investigated from the inside out, and we will definitely find out the truth!"
Emperor Tantai Hongyuan said sternly, "Get out! Find out the truth within three days! If you can't find it out, you can forget about being the Inner Guard Leader!"
The Inner Guard Leader's heart trembled, and he didn't dare to say a word, stood up and retreated, leaving the Emperor's Imperial Study.
After he left, Quan Jiuyi, wearing a plain ivory white gauze dress, slowly walked to his side.
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry..."
She hesitated to persuade him, and the jade bone fan in her hand gently tapped Tantai Hongyuan's shoulder.
Tantai Hongyuan turned his head to look at her extremely beautiful face, sighed, and hugged her, holding her in his arms, rubbing her desperately, and murmured, "Jiuyi, tell me, how could this happen... how could this happen..."
Quan Jiuyi sighed softly, leaning docilely in Tantai Hongyuan's arms, letting him do as he pleased, gently pleasing him.
...
After the clouds dispersed and the rain subsided, the two snuggled together in the small bedroom behind the Imperial Study, looking at the quiet night and the starry sky outside the window, and did not speak for a long time.
Tantai Hongyuan's face was a little unsightly, and he said, "I will go see the Empress tomorrow."
Quan Jiuyi lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes flickering like two rows of small fans, and said, "Your Majesty, I have also watched that video. Princess Jing is indeed a bit excessive, but I also find it a bit strange..."
Tantai Hongyuan said coldly, "What's strange?"
Quan Jiuyi bit her lip, frowned and said, "That Sniper fired so many shots, why did he only hit Princess Jing, but not the Empress?"
"Even when the two were entangled so closely, that Sniper could carefully avoid the Empress and only hit Princess Jing."
"In the end, Princess Jing probably discovered this, so she..."
Tantai Hongyuan sneered, "So she used her mother to block the bullet?! - What a ruthless wolf cub!"
From the video, the last shot that hit the Empress was blocked by Tantai Jing.
Quan Jiuyi did not speak.
After a while, Tantai Hongyuan laughed instead, and said, "Jing'er's character is actually a bit stronger than her elder brother."
"As the heir to the throne, if she doesn't even have this kind of decisiveness, I would be worried that she can't support this throne."
Quan Jiuyi was even more silent.
Tantai Hongyuan did not need Quan Jiuyi to speak at this time, he just needed someone to listen to him.
"However, it has been more than half a year since the Empress was shot, and she still hasn't recovered. Jing'er has served her for so long, it's enough."
Quan Jiuyi was stunned: "Your Majesty, do you mean that Princess Jing doesn't have to serve the Empress anymore? That's not good... and now the video is flying all over the place, who knows who is behind it..."
Tantai Hongyuan didn't care: "No matter who is behind it, as long as I don't care, it won't have any effect!"
"Tomorrow I will go to that special hospital to visit the Empress, and then bring Jing'er back and directly confer her as the Crown Princess!"
"By the way, let the media promote it, and tell everyone that the video was forged by Mechanical Intelligence, who would still suspect Jing'er?"
The corner of Quan Jiuyi's eye twitched: "Your Majesty is wise! Then I will go back to Cangge Star to live for a while tomorrow. Your Majesty should teach Princess Jing how to be a Crown Princess."
Tantai Hongyuan rubbed Quan Jiuyi reluctantly: "...You're leaving tomorrow, stay with me more today..."
...
In the eastern part of Beichen Star, in the early morning, it was the afternoon in the eastern part of Guiyuan Star.
Across the Star Network of the entire Beichen Galaxy, the appearance of this video completely suppressed all the previous hot searches related to Xia Chujian.
Even Zong Ruoan's campaign team didn't dare to ride the wave anymore.
The public's attention was completely diverted.
Probably before tomorrow, many people would have forgotten who Xia Chujian was.
Of course, this was for the general public.
For those who were interested, the name Xia Chujian still entered their sights.
But for Xia Chujian, it no longer mattered.
Because at this time, she had already received the "Gratitude Contract" sent by Zong Ruoan, and Quan Yuxun was studying it word by word.
Su Buyan was also nagging beside him, but Quan Yuxun's temper seemed to be pretty good. He didn't mind Su Buyan's nagging, and could even multitask, replying with a few words from time to time.
Xia Chujian quietly walked out, closing the door behind her, leaving the small study for the two of them to discuss undisturbed.
However, when she walked into the living room, she was met with Xia Yuanfang's uneasy expression.
She softly asked, "Chujian, what's going on between you and Young Master Zong? Why did he publicly confess his feelings?"
Xia Chujian quickly said, "Aunt, don't believe those things on the hot search. Nine out of ten hot searches are fake, and the other one is half true and half false."
"This is how it is. They asked me for help to solve a difficult problem in Zong Shao's campaign."
"I happened to owe him a life-saving grace, so I agreed, but it has nothing to do with confessing feelings."
"The so-called confession was just his team trying to gain popularity. Didn't you see that they've already secretly deleted that Star Blog post..."
Xia Yuanfang's heart had been in her throat, but now hearing Xia Chujian say this, she immediately relaxed half of it, but the other half remained uneasy.
She suspiciously asked, "Really? Is that really how it is?"
Xia Chujian said, "Aunt, why would I lie to you about this? I'm just helping them with a favor, and they even sent me a contract. I haven't even signed it yet. Chief Quan Da is helping me look at the contract details."
"If you're still worried, I'll forward it to you after Chief Quan Da is done looking at it."
Xia Yuanfang heard that there was even a contract, and the other half of her heart was also put down.
But thinking about it carefully, she still felt uncomfortable.
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Second Update at 1 PM. Moon Tickets for the beginning of the month, ahhhh!
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