[There's an assassin!!]
In the solemn, imposing Chongyun Hall, Jiang Yingcheng suddenly let out a "roar."
Ran Hongyi, the Minister of Works, was presenting his report when his expression froze. His eyes darted uncontrollably in every direction, meeting the terrified gazes of several colleagues along the way, but he did not dare linger for even a moment. He simply kept searching warily for the "assassin" mentioned in the little one's thoughts.
Not in the rafters.
Not in the dim, candlelit corners.
Not among the rows of Imperial Guards standing along both sides of the hall, their faces almost too shadowed to make out!
Fine beads of sweat had begun to form on quite a few foreheads.
Where was the assassin?!
Where was the assassin the little one had mentioned in her thoughts?!
Where were they hiding?!!
Blazing fire seemed to burn in the eyes of the Upright Officials who could hear the little one's thoughts. They were determined to drag that assassin out and hack them into eight pieces on the spot!
A moment later-
[Hmm...]
After watching her gorgeous Imperial Father without moving for quite some time, the tiny figure on the Golden Terrace finally turned back around, crestfallen.
[No reaction-]
Jiang Yingcheng lowered her head and quietly reported to System Bro.
[System Bro, System Bro, Imperial Father didn't even twitch an eyebrow~]
He looked nothing like someone who had been startled by that "roar."
So-
[Could you be overthinking it, System Bro?]
Just yesterday, while she and her System Bro were happily enjoying some juicy gossip, she had suddenly heard her gorgeous Imperial Father laugh along with them. That unexpected reaction had immediately put System Bro on alert, and he had insisted that her gorgeous Imperial Father might be able to hear her thoughts.
He had even insisted