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While nanny Hua was panicking, an imperial guard suddenly arrived at the Hundred Flowers Palace.

"Who's in charge here?" A few guards with sabers stood at the entrance of the Hundred Flowers Palace and shouted.

Senior Servant Hua's heart thumped when she heard the bodyguard with sabre's shout. However, the Saber Protector held a lot of power in the palace. Hua mama didn't dare offend him, so she trembled as she hurried to the entrance of the Hundred Flowers Palace.

"This old nanny Hua would like to add you as the steward of the Hundred Flowers Palace. My dear bodyguards, may I know what business you have in coming to this Hundred Flowers Palace? " Senior Servant Hua tried her best to make a smile appear on her face.

"Senior Servant Hua, have any of your pretty girls gone missing in the past two days?" The moment the guard with the sabre opened his mouth, Hua mama was scared out of her wits.

"Well, well, there was a missing pretty girl named Chun'er." Senior Servant Hua thought about it for a moment and decided that the others had already come looking for her, so she could only force herself to admit it.

"Damn it!" Truly, good things never go out, while bad things spread far and wide. Only now did I know that Chun'er had gone missing. "Why did the guard with the saber come to us?" The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, but with the Saber Protector right in front of her eyes, she didn't dare show any of her emotions, lest she cause any unhappiness with the Saber Protector.

The imperial palace was extremely powerful. As the name implied, the guards with sabers were allowed to walk within the imperial palace with sabers. Their status was higher than the imperial guards', but they were also inferior to the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The most important thing in the palace was the emperor's consolation. Therefore, even if a random person were to be recommended to the palace, they would have to undergo a thorough search to confirm that there was no threat to the people within the palace before they could enter.

Of course, a small number of military generals who were highly favored by the Emperor could bring their weapons into the palace if they received the permission of the Emperor. After all, the most important and reliable partner of a military general on the battlefield was his usual weapon.

Imperial guards with sabers were usually responsible for matters of greater importance in the Imperial Palace, so when Senior Servant Hua heard that Imperial guards with sabers had come to the Hundred Flowers Palace, she instinctively felt that something big was about to happen, and a bad premonition arose in her heart.

Sure enough, the imperial guards knew that someone was not at the Hundred Flowers Palace the moment they opened their mouth. They didn't know the name because the Hundred Flowers Palace was the best in the world for the hundreds of beautiful girls. Although the women were skilled in their own field, most people would feel dazzled when they saw it and wouldn't be able to tell which one was which.

Apart from the minister who had initially screened the beautiful ladies, the hundred beautiful ladies had been placed in the Hundred Flowers Palace. All of the major and minor matters had been handled by the steward, Senior Servant Hua.

Although Senior Servant Hua wasn't young anymore, she was very keen on power. She knew that the hundred beautiful girls would eventually soar to the heavens, which was why she put in so much effort in this place.

Who would've thought that before Senior Servant Hua even reached that day, one of the hundred Elementary Scholars had already gone missing? Moreover, Senior Servant Hua had just received the news and had not even gotten a chance to deal with them when her guard with sabers came knocking on the door. She only felt wronged.

"Flower mama, since you know of the disappearance of a pretty girl, why didn't you report it? Do you want to come with us to the Little Sects' residence?" After the imperial guard finished his sentence, his face revealed a menacing, menacing expression.

When Senior Servant Hua heard the name Little Sectmaster's Mansion, she was so frightened that she immediately knelt down. My bros, please spare our lives! This old woman had just received news that Chun'er had gone missing from the other maidservants. The old body immediately went to check, not daring to delay for even a moment. "Prepare to report to the higher ups after confirming the truth of the news. Otherwise, this old one would not dare to disturb the official business of the young brothers with sabers." Senior Servant Hua trembled as she spoke.

Senior Servant Hua was usually the steward of the Hundred Flowers Palace, and was the master of every word she said. However, when she heard the name of the small clan's residence, she was scared out of her wits. After all, the reputation of this small clan's residence wasn't well-known, but after staying in the palace for so long, an old man like Senior Flower Servant like her knew the small clan's residence very well.

Everyone knew the name of the clan, but the world didn't know much about the clan. This was because ordinary commoners would not be able to come in contact with the clan members' residence. The clan members' residence was specially used to manage institutions like the imperial harem. In other words, it was a high-grade yamen.

This was why the royal family from a long time ago had set up the clan palace to judge the internal affairs of the imperial family and had continued to this day. The small sect's residence was another management organization within the imperial harem, known as the Imperial Secret Service of the Imperial Secret Service.

Normally, if there were any important cases in the palace, they would first be handed over to the imperial guards or the Saber Guard Battalion to make a preliminary judgment. Then, those cases that were true would be handed over to the Imperial Secret Service to be dealt with.

Many of the palace maids and eunuchs had committed small mistakes or cases where the facts were relatively clear, and the guards and battalions would usually deal with them. Some of the more serious ones, such as those with the emperor's orders or the empress dowager's orders, would generally be dealt with immediately.

In the small clan's residence, the main function of the Imperial Secret Service was to have a special trial for those criminals who had concealed their identity from the public. In the legends, very few criminals who entered the headquarters of the Imperial Secret Service would be able to come out alive, and one could often hear screams coming from afar near the headquarters of the Imperial Secret Service.

Generally, new female palace eunuchs didn't know the name of the small clan's residence, but for an old man like Senior Servant Hua who had spent most of her life in the palace, she completely understood the meaning of having a guard before the imperial palace with a saber.

After all, people of Senior Servant Hua's age wouldn't have any chance of survival once they entered the small clan's residence and received torture. That was why Senior Servant Hua was so frightened.

"Flower mama, since you know the name of the Little Sectmaster's Manor, then things are much easier." Let me ask you, how did you become a steward of Hundred Flowers Palace? You didn't even know about the disappearance of the palace maid until now? Do you know that Chun'er is already dead?! "Right now, this matter has already alarmed the emperor. I want to see how you'll take care of the aftermath." The words from the guard with the sabre stunned Hua mama even more.

"What?" Chun'er died? "How could this happen?" Senior Servant Hua murmured. But then, Senior Servant Hua remembered something and shouted loudly.

"My fellow bros with sabers, the Hundred Flowers Palace, as its name implies, has a hundred of the emperor's chosen women. He was only this one person, how could he take care of all of them? "If the young bros don't believe me, they can go in and ask me. I have already done my best to look after these hundred beautiful women for the emperor. I have been wronged and have absolutely no intention of deceiving them. I also do not dare to deceive the emperor." Senior Servant Hua cried out as she wiped her tears away with her sleeves.

"There's no point in saying these things now. Just follow me to the Saber Protection Camp and wait for my lord to finish." "Take him away." After the guard with the sabre at the front said this, he waved his hand and two guards with sabers came from the back and picked up Senior Servant Hua. Senior Servant Hua cried out that she had been wronged, but she was still taken away by the sabre guards.

At this moment, due to Senior Servant Hua's loud voice, it had already attracted the attention of many of the beautiful ladies and palace maids from the Hundred Flowers Palace. When the crowd saw Senior Servant Hua being led away, they all thought that a cold light flashed across the pretty girl's face who wore a hundred flowers' attire.

"This senior sister Hua, just what in the world did you do?" How could he be taken away with the sabre guard? Do you know who it is? " A palace maid quietly asked a palace maid nearby.

"You don't even know this? A pretty girl named Chun'er had gone missing. I only found out this morning. It's just that I didn't expect that the bodyguards carrying sabers would already receive the news and bring Senior Servant Hua away so early in the afternoon. The palace maid at the side looked around before carefully covering her mouth as she spoke.

On that day, Yi Feifei ate with Pearl as usual. Yi Fei helplessly shook her head as she looked at the pearl beside her wolfing down her food. Although she felt a little helpless, Pearl's food was not very decent, but Yi Fei really liked Pearl, this straightforward and straightforward little girl who did not have any schemes.

There were too few people who could be trusted in this palace, which was full of schemes and traps. Normally, a smiling face might welcome others, but when there were benefits, many people would reveal their vicious nature.

Back then, Yi Feifei had been deeply indebted to Dongfang Ziqing for saving her life. She had never been able to repay her kindness even after thinking about it. Yi Fei had never had any thoughts of fighting in the harem, she only wanted to live in peace. Therefore, when Dongfang Ziqing was in trouble, even Yi Fei couldn't get involved.