Sure enough, as long as there's a chance to eavesdrop, this man will never let it slip by.
Shi Muyuan shook her head. "This is my business. I don't think it's necessary for the national advisor to interfere, right?"
"Has the empress dowager forgotten about helping me find something?"
If he hadn't suddenly brought it up, Shi Muyuan would have really forgotten about this. They were still allies.
Thinking of her cold - shouldering attitude, she felt a bit embarrassed.
"The national advisor doesn't need to be so impatient. I will surely find an opportunity..."
Before she could finish her words, the man interrupted her.
"Coincidentally, I've already found a place before. It's the very place the empress dowager was just talking about with Maid Xiao. This time, the empress dowager should be able to go and scout it out for me, right?"
Shi Muyuan never expected that there could be such a wonderful coincidence in the world.
She almost thought she had misheard and forced out a couple of awkward laughs. "The national advisor must be joking with me. I'm getting older. I can't take some words lightly."
Cui Qizhou's lips twitched slightly. "Why does the empress dowager think I'm joking?"
Seeing his serious expression, Shi Muyuan was suddenly stunned. Could it be that what he said was true?
"But that place is too dangerous outside. I'm already this old. How about sending someone else instead?"
"This was something the empress dowager promised me personally. Is the empress dowager going to go back on her word now?"
"Of course not! I'm just thinking for the national advisor. If others know that something happened to me while I was helping the national advisor find something and it gets spread, it might damage the national advisor's reputation."
"The empress dowager doesn't need to go out of her way to think for me. This matter is settled like this."
There was nothing she could do. Watching the man leap out lightly, Shi Muyuan gritted her teeth. She shouldn't have promised this man in the first place, but there was no turning back now.
She took a deep breath and thought about how she could infiltrate the enemy organization tomorrow.
...
The next day.
Xiao Xiao sent someone early to inform the young emperor, and then went to the bed to find her mistress.
As expected, the person in the bed showed no sign of waking up.
She walked over and gently patted her.
"Mistress, wake up quickly. We've planned to check out that assassin organization today. We don't know if we'll be able to find it."
Shi Muyuan turned over and mumbled with her eyes still closed, "Can I wait a little longer? It's not urgent anyway. How about sending someone to scout the news first?"
"I've already sent people to check. The last place those people were seen was in the black market. If we go there now, we might just run into them."
There was no way out. In the end, Shi Muyuan was pulled out of bed.
It was not easy for them to get out of the palace. By the time they reached the black market, it was already noon.
Looking at the black market, which seemed narrow on the surface but was actually so vast inside, Shi Muyuan felt a headache coming on.
"Isn't this place a bit too big? Have our people found the exact location?"
Xiao Xiao looked at the map passed on by her subordinates and nodded slightly. "It's probably around this area. Even if we don't find them now, as long as we have enough money, we can surely draw those people out."
It made sense. The group quickly moved towards the location.
When they arrived, Shi Muyuan looked at the tall building in front of her and felt a bit creeped out.
The huge plaque at the door was blank, but all around it were animal furs, dripping with blood, as if proclaiming the nature of the people inside.
The whole building was mainly black, without a single speck of other colors.
All Shi Muyuan could think was that it was wild and the greed was blatant.
However, Xiao Xiao was used to all this. She saw someone coming out to greet guests at the door and walked straight up, taking out what she had prepared earlier.
"I presume you are the receptionist of this organization. We've come here on important business. If you can help us achieve our goal, we will surely reward you handsomely."
The one who came out was a little old man with squinted eyes. There was a glint in his eyes. After carefully sizing up the visitors, he changed his attitude.
"We're certainly very welcome to have such honorable guests. Please come in, sir and madam. I'll go and invite our director right away."
Shi Muyuan imitated the mysterious responses she had read in novels and then followed him in.
A big shot, of course, should be unfathomable. Only when others couldn't figure them out would they not have other ideas about them.
Xiao Xiao was also very satisfied with her mistress's reaction. She was afraid that her mistress would expose her goofy personality here.
The group swaggered in, immediately arousing the vigilance of the people inside.
One of the rough - looking big guys stepped forward and asked in a vigilant tone, "Uncle Wu, who did you bring back this time? Are they new guests?"
"You brat never have a good word in your mouth. Alright, go and call the boss quickly. Just say that there are new guests."
Hearing this, the rough - looking big guy quickly turned around and left.
Shi Muyuan originally wanted to see where he was going, but was finally blocked from view by the little old man called Uncle Wu.
It seemed that only when she showed the token would this organization tell her all their secrets.
She wasn't in a hurry. Soon, that moment would come.
Just as she was thinking, voices came from inside, and then a figure pulled open the door and walked out.
"I heard someone wanted to see me. Is it a big deal?"
He walked out and looked around but couldn't find the person who wanted to see him. He couldn't help getting a bit angry.
"Uncle Wu, are you deliberately playing tricks on me? Where is anyone here?"
At first, Shi Muyuan was a bit immersed in the beauty of this suddenly - appeared handsome man. His appearance was like that of a typical domineering CEO, yet he also had a bit of feminine charm without being annoying.
But when he opened his mouth and was so blind that he didn't see her, Shi Muyuan immediately lost interest in this man.
There was no shortage of good - looking men in the world, but a blind one was out of the question. Otherwise, it might endanger her descendants.
She still planned to have excellent - gene descendants.
If Fan Zhen knew what was on her mind, he would probably jump up in anger.
Uncle Wu was also worried about his boss's eyesight. Could it be that at such a young age, he really was going blind?
"Boss, is there a possibility that you actually saw the person but just didn't notice? How about taking a closer look?"
Fan Zhen found it boring. "Apart from these few people who suddenly showed up in the hall, there's no one else. You're not going to tell me that this delicate - looking woman is the one who wants to buy our services, are you?"