"...It seems like there is, but also like there isn’t," Qiong Hua was unsure.
But Jun Ning was very certain, "There is, it’s the shadow of a person’s head."
"Now that you mention it, it really does seem that way!"
With Jun Ning’s guidance, Qiong Hua finally saw the shadow of the person Jun Ning was referring to.
However, unlike Jun Ning, who in her past life had undergone rigorous training in observing her surroundings before taking on assignments as an assassin, Qiong Hua did not have such heightened observational skills or sensitivity to external stimuli.
Therefore, she didn’t see much, only spotting the shadow of the person’s head where Jun Ning directed her to look.
Jun Ning, however, saw many shadows cast on the ground in front of the rockery, though not completely, they weren’t full human shadows. Roughly, she could only see hands, feet, arms, legs...and such.
The shadows of these people were scattered all over the rockery, indicating that almost all places behind the rockery were packed with people. The rockery, being on the outskirts of the Imperial Garden, covered a vast area.
From this, it could be deduced that there were many people hiding behind the rockery.
As for exactly how many people, it was difficult to estimate clearly at that moment.
An estimation was at least two hundred people minimum.
What puzzled Jun Ning was that the Imperial Garden was supposed to be the safest place in the palace, so why were so many people suddenly lying in ambush here? Were they planning to capture someone here?
Connecting it to everything that happened in the cave three days ago, Jun Ning suddenly understood everything.
That day, he was stopped by the Dog Emperor right after leaving the cave, and inexplicably, he said those things to him. At the time, it didn’t make sense why he said that, and he didn’t bother to think much about it. Now, he suddenly understood.
The Dog Emperor must have overheard the conversation between him and Jun Yu in the cave, which is why he said those words. Plus, to escape at the time, he threw chili powder at the Dog Emperor.
Bearing a grudge, the Dog Emperor took the opportunity of his meeting with Jun Yu to deliberately ambush so many people here, waiting for him to take the bait!
Tsk, the old man indeed has his tricks.
Jun Ning sneered coldly, thinking to himself, "Do you think with this, you can catch me? That I won’t be able to meet Ah Yu? Hah, then you truly underestimate me."
As he was thinking this, two people, one large and one small, suddenly passed by the cave of the rockery. The small one was about his size, and at that moment, was being led forward by an older palace maid with a notably cold demeanor.
It was apparent that the little girl was timid, clearly falling behind due to her short legs, unable to keep up with the palace maid’s pace, yet she didn’t utter a sound, simply allowing herself to be dragged forward, panting heavily to follow along.
Jun Ning originally thought that whoever appeared near the cave would likely be grabbed by those hiding people with the mindset of ’rather catch the wrong one than let one slip by.’ To his surprise, after the pair passed by, no one made a move.
It seemed the capture target was only him.
This made it much easier. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹⟡𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⟡𝙣𝙚𝙩
Qiong Hua, knowing there were people hidden behind the rockery, initially wanted to retreat, unwilling to proceed further; she didn’t want the rapeseed anymore. Even if it were placed right in front of her, she wouldn’t take it.
But Jun Ning was unwilling, as he had already thought of a good way to avoid those people and go meet Jun Yu.
Before Qiong Hua could speak, he whispered his plan into Qiong Hua’s ear, then got up and followed the two who had just passed by.
Qiong Hua felt it was too risky and didn’t plan to let Jun Ning go ahead. However, since Jun Ning had already followed those two, where did she have the opportunity to stop him?