Chapter 2980
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Ye Qiu’s gaze was firmly fixed on the purple crystal bracelet on the girl’s wrist, and an inexplicable feeling surged in his heart.
This bracelet seemed unusual. There was a strange power faintly emerging from the purple crystal. Although it was very weak, Ye Qiu still keenly sensed it.
This made him couldn’t help but take a few more glances.
Moreover, judging from the girl’s clothes and dressing, she simply couldn’t afford such a crystal bracelet.
“This bracelet… Where did you get it？” Ye Qiu asked softly, trying to get some clues from the girl.
Hearing this, the girl suddenly raised her head, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes, and then quickly lowered her head, pulling her sleeves to hide her wrist in the sleeves, as if afraid of being seen the bracelet.
“Don’t be afraid, I’m just curious.” Ye Qiu’s voice was extremely gentle, trying to make the girl let down her guard.
However, the girl still remained silent, shrinking her body like a wounded kitten.
Seeing this, the Long-browed True Man couldn’t help but frown and said, “This little girl, why is she so stubborn？ We saved her, but she won’t even say a word.”
Mo Tianji said, “Senior Brother, she has obviously suffered a great shock. We should be more patient！”
Lin Daniao also chimed in and said, “Yes, when her emotions stabilize, maybe she will tell us.”
Ye Qiu nodded and didn’t ask any more questions.
He knew in his heart that this girl must have experienced something terrible to be so frightened.
The four of them brought the girl and rode the sword with the wind, speeding all the way and finally returned to the imperial city.
Looking from a distance, I saw that the imperial city was still as prosperous as ever, with people coming and going and bustling with excitement.
“Fortunately, nothing happened to the imperial city.”
Ye Qiu heaved a sigh of relief.
However, at this moment, they had no intention of enjoying this prosperous scene. Their hearts were all covered with a layer of haze. The things that happened in those four cities made them feel very uneasy.
The group of people rushed straight to the imperial palace.
From a distance, Ye Qiu saw Zhu Qian wearing armor and sitting under the city gate of the imperial palace. There was still a table in front of him, and he was sipping wine leisurely.
Zhu Qian was originally a high-ranking official of the Great Zhou and had a very good relationship with Ning’an. Later after the unification of Zhongzhou, Uncle Zhu was in charge of the imperial city and was still a close minister of the emperor with a very prominent status.
“Uncle Zhu, you are living a quite comfortable life！”
Hearing this voice, Zhu Qian was shocked and suddenly turned his head： “Son-in-law？”
Zhu Qian was overjoyed and quickly stood up and bowed to Ye Qiu： “Greetings to the son-in-law.”
Ye Qiu smiled and said： “Uncle Zhu, there is no need to be so polite between you and me.”
The Long-browed True Person joked with Uncle Zhu: You, the leader of the imperial guard, why did you come to guard the city gate in person? Did you make any mistakes? How about I put in a good word for you in front of Ning’an?”
Uncle Zhu smiled and explained： “The Taoist priest doesn’t know. Ever since you left, I have been ordered by the emperor to stay here every day waiting for you to come back. Son-in-law, was this trip smooth？”
“Relatively smooth.” Ye Qiu asked： “Has there been any major events recently？”
Uncle Zhu shook his head： “Everything is fine.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Qiu and the Long-Browed True Man exchanged a glance that was not easily noticeable.
“Where is Ning’an？” Ye Qiu asked again.
Uncle Zhu said, “The emperor is in the imperial study. Son-in-law, I’ll take you there.”
Ye Qiu nodded： “Thank you.”
Immediately, Uncle Zhu led Ye Qiu and the others straight to the imperial study.
As he walked, Uncle Zhu said, “Son-in-law, you don’t know. Ever since you left, the emperor has been diligent in handling political affairs every day. But at night, he often stares blankly at the moon, as if he has lost his soul. I know that the emperor must be missing you.”
“Fortunately, you came back in time. Otherwise, the emperor might lose a circle of weight. When the emperor sees you later, he will definitely be extremely happy.”
“By the way, son-in-law, who is this little girl？”
Uncle Zhu pointed at the dirty little girl beside Ye Qiu and askedfeel uncertain.
“She is a little girl we met on the way…” Before Ye Qiu could finish speaking, he suddenly noticed that the communication jade slip vibrated. He took it out and saw that it was a reply from Nangong Xiaoxiao.
“Everything in the imperial city is fine. I was taking a bath just now.”
Taking a bath in the middle of the day？
Ye Qiu was a little was speechless. Just then, the communication jade slip lit up again, and Ning’an’s reply came.
“Everything is fine. Are you back？”
Ye Qiu put away the communication jade slip and frowned slightly.
Strange. Could it be that neither Ning An nor Nangong Xiaoxiao has received news about the disappearance of the population in the four cities？
“Uncle Zhu, has there been any major events in Central Continent recently？” Ye Qiu asked.
Uncle Zhu shook his head and said, “Since Central Continent was unified, the common people have lived and worked in peace and contentment. There haven’t been any major events heard of.”
Hearing this answer, Ye Qiu basically confirmed that Ning An didn’t know about what happened in the four cities.
Soon, several people came to the outside of the Imperial Study Room.
“Son-in-law, do you need me to go in and report？” Uncle Zhu asked.
“No need.” Ye Qiu said, “Uncle Zhu, there is one thing I want to trouble you with.”
Uncle Zhu smiled and said, “Son-in-law, whatever you need, just tell me. Don’t say trouble.”
Ye Qiu pointed to the girl beside him and said to Uncle Zhu, “Please help take her to take a bath, change into clean clothes, and prepare some food for her by the way.”
“Okay.” Uncle Zhu said kindly to the girl, “Girl, come with me！”
Unexpectedly, when the girl heard Uncle Zhu’s words, she seemed even more scared and tightly held onto Ye Qiu’s arm.
“It’s okay. Uncle Zhu is one of our own. You go with him to change clothes first, and I’ll come find you later.” Ye Qiu said to the girl.
Uncle Zhu also emphasized, “Girl, don’t be afraid. You are brought by the son-in-law. I will definitely arrange for someone to serve you well. Come with me！”
However, the girl held Ye Qiu’s arm even tighter.
Now Uncle Zhu didn’t know what to do either and looked at Ye Qiu： “His Highness the Consort, this…”
”Since she doesn’t want to, then forget it！ Uncle Zhu, you go and be busy first, I’ll go in and find Ning’an myself.” Ye Qiu said.
”All right, then I’ll go first.” Uncle Zhu saluted and turned around to leave quickly.
Subsequently, Ye Qiu and the others stepped into the Imperial Study Room.
Inside the Imperial Study Room, the light was soft and solemn.
Ning’an was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a crown inlaid with jewels. She was sitting upright on the dragon chair carved with dragons and phoenixes, and a majestic momentum that was not angry but awe-inspiring was revealed between her eyebrows.
In her hand, she was holding a vermilion pen and was concentrating on reviewing the mountain of memorials on the desk. Occasionally her brows would frown slightly, as if she was thinking about some tricky problem.
Hearing the footsteps, Ning’an looked up, and her gaze instantly locked on Ye Qiu and the others who had just stepped into the room. A bright smile immediately bloomed on her face.
”Changsheng！”
Ning’an exclaimed in surprise, quickly put down the vermilion pen in her hand, and walked quickly towards Ye Qiu. The hem of her clothes fluttered lightly, bringing up bursts of breeze.
”You’re finally back！”
There was an excitement that was hard to hide in Ning’an’ voice. She tightly held Ye Qiu’ hand and asked with a beaming face: Was this trip smooth?
“We were very smooth, but…” Ye Qiu was just about to tell about the population disappearance in the four cities, when suddenly, Uncle Zhu rushed in from the outside in a flustered manner.
“It’s not good, Your Majesty, a thousand-mile urgent report！”
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