The Regent's Tender Darling

"You are a member of my princess's courtyard, and you have served me with all your heart and soul for a while. I hope that you will continue to do your best in the future. If you have any difficulties, feel free to speak out."

Lin Jiaojiao tried to be gentle in her tone. She thought that Qin Zhi's difficulties were related to Mrs. Qin's illness. Now that she had helped her solve this problem, she also hoped that Qin Zhi could confess to her.

"Empress..." Qin Zhi suddenly felt that his nose was a little sore, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

His slightly parted lips hesitated to speak, and finally he simply lowered his head and said nothing.

"Qin Zhi, I have something to ask you. Were you really captured by bandits that day? This banditry is not a trivial matter. I just remembered today that this matter needs to be reported to the Imperial Guard."

Qin Zhi raised his head and glanced at her, his eyes tilted to the right, then nodded and said: "This slave was captured by bandits."

He said it with some certainty, as if he didn't want to confess anything to her.

She had no choice but to make it clear: "Qin Zhi, I heard that you left the house today?"

As soon as these words came out, Qin Zhi's face froze, and then he lowered his head even lower and said: "Your Majesty, I want to go back to see my grandma. Because I came back without seeing her, I was originally worried about her whereabouts. After hearing this As the empress has said, this slave will feel at ease."

Then he paused and continued: "My slave went out of the house without permission and broke the rules. Please punish me."

Hearing Qin Zhi's words, she was silent for a moment, then she smiled and waved her hand: "I know, I know. You can go down first, and let Qingtao take you to see your mother later."

"Thank you, empress." Qin Zhi saluted her again and felt a little more relaxed when he stood up.

As soon as Qin Zhi left, the room seemed even quieter.

She looked at the direction Qin Zhi was leaving, and pressed her index finger lightly on her temple, thinking. Qin Zhi was unwilling to tell the truth, either because he had something else to do, or because he was worried that he would be punished if he told the truth.

From beginning to end, Qin Zhi was thinking about how to hide it from her.

Boom, boom.

"Princess, slave Qingtao."

Hearing Qingtao's voice, she came back from her thoughts and said, "Come in."

With a creak, Qingtao opened the door and came in. After closing the door, he walked up to her and bowed respectfully under her gaze.

"Did you find anything?"

Qing Tao said: "Back to Princess, that thing Qin Zhi should be with you. There is nothing unusual in the room."

"What could it be that was wrapped in paper?" She asked Qingtao half-thinkingly.

Qingtao thought about it seriously and said, "I'm not sure, but the thing that can be pressed inside the brick is probably medicine powder."

"Where has Qin Zhi been in the house these days?"

"Back to Princess, Qin Zhi went to the kitchen to get snacks yesterday, but my servant checked and found that there was nothing wrong with the snacks."

"Kitchen?" She thought for a while and decided to ask Thirteen.

Not long after, Thirteen called the shadow guard who had been monitoring Qin Zhi in front of her. His outfit was a bit worse than Thirteen's.

However, the same black iron face was revealed, but the jet black outfit he wore had no lines.

She said, "Think about it carefully, what did Qin Zhi do when he went to the kitchen?"

"Back to the princess, Miss Qin Zhi arrived in the kitchen and waited in the yard to get snacks. After the people in the kitchen handed the snacks to Miss Qin Zhi, Miss Qin Zhi was about to leave, but she happened to bump into a young man who was delivering food. The snacks were scattered all over the floor, and the two of them didn't interact much. Afterwards, Miss Qin Zhi took another one. "

A food delivery person?

If there is something wrong with the food delivery person, wouldn't it be better to just give Qin Zhi something? Why let Qin Zhi go to the market to get it?

How did Qin Zhi know that there was something to pick up in the market?

It seems that a lot of things happened in the days when Qin Zhi disappeared.