Chapter 37: No Return
Hearing only a clang, the jade cup was thrown to the ground, the tea splashed his robe, cold to the bone, He Yuan couldn't help but shiver, and hurriedly argued: "Niangniang Mingjian, this time the minister personally led the team to the curtain silk courtyard, where he met three masters, one is Li Huan's personal old servant, and the other two are incomprehensible. β
"What do they look like?"
"One young man was tall, and the other was a woman in white, covered with a scarf."
The queen pondered for a moment, then motioned for him to stand aside.
She didn't call the maid, she lit incense with her own hands, and the peaceful fragrance of Anya permeated the hall, and the queen rubbed her temples, only feeling irritable.
"Everything was seamless, and no one knew anything but the books......"
Her voice was low and ethereal, like a dream.
The smoke made the dormitory darker and darker, and the queen stared into the depths of the hall, only to feel that in the dark, there seemed to be a faint eye like a cold star, looking at her with a sneer.
"Jinyuan...... You're dead, and you can't help me anymore......"
The queen murmured.
She resolutely extinguished the candle, and a green smoke curled in front of her eyesβ
"I will honor the world and go down in history forever...... No one can shake me, because I have all the cards! β
Her voice was low, but it was as sonorous as a golden stone.
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Ji Xin sat in the room all night, time passed bit by bit, the morning sun finally rose, the pale golden morning light shone in through the window, and her heart also fell into the bottomless abyss.
His Highness didn't return overnight!
She guarded this secret panic alone, and her heart felt as if it had been eaten by an insect, and it hurt hollowly.
She stood up in a daze, but broke the porcelain bowl on the table with a crisp cracking sound.
This sound made her tremble, and then she remembered that Baojin was not on duty today.
She breathed a sigh of relief: there was no possibility of revealing the stuffing at the moment.
But His Highness has always been bold and careful, and he has never stayed outside for too long, and he has not returned today, is there something wrong?!
She was thinking wildly, but she heard the noise outside the alley, and she jumped up like a frightened bird, hesitated, and still went out to see what was going on.
The North Five is a desolate and dilapidated place, where there are some high-grade old palace maids, and some low-level concubines who have never been fortunate in their lives.
It has always been inaccessible, but now the alleys are noisy, as if there are some different characters.
Ji Xin looked from afar at the gate of the courtyard, and saw a young woman in bright clothes, accompanied by the steward, walking straight to this side.
"This is Miss Lin'er next to the queen's mother, she was ordered by the mother to see the girl Xuanyuran."
The father-in-law in charge came to Ji Xin and said so, although he had a six-grade rank, he was still respectful, thinking that it was because the other party was a celebrity in front of his mother.
Lin'er's Qingbi Palace skirt is embroidered with five-colored flowers and birds, which is brilliant, and it seems that she is quite favored by the queen's side.
She raised her face and laughed dryly, and said, "Please get up quickly, Niangniang is waiting!" β
Ji Xin was so frightened that her soul flew out of the sky, and she was instantly sweaty and heavy-dressed, she held back her fear and dizziness, and tried her best to say calmly: "It's really unfortunate, my young lady went out for a walk early in the morning and hasn't come back yet!" β
"Going out for a walk so early?!"
Lin'er looked at her with a smile, half teasing, half serious: "It can't be that when I heard the edict of my mother, I felt weak and hid in the room and didn't dare to come out, right?" β
Ji Xin only felt a bitterness in her mouth, and said forcefully: "How can there be such a thing......
Lin'er's eyes were sharp, she looked at her a few times, and found that she was a little flustered, and she was even more suspicious, she chuckled, and was about to go straight in, but heard someone at the entrance of the alley slightly surprised: "What happened to these people gathering together?" β
Lin'er turned around when she heard the voice, and saw a group of five or six people coming from the alley, and the first person was dressed in light-colored palace clothes, with an elegant and calm demeanor - it was the newly sealed Xu Jieyu Yinghua.
She was supported by a maid on her side, her body was stained with mud, her feet seemed to be twisted, and she was slightly lame and uncomfortable. Ji Xin's eyes were sharp, and she recognized it as her own master, and she couldn't help but exclaim and stepped forward in surprise: "Miss, what's wrong with you?!" β
"Be careful!"
Xu Yinghua hurriedly ordered: "Your young lady was walking in the imperial garden, and accidentally twisted her foot, if I didn't happen to pass by, I don't know what to suffer!" β
Ji Xin breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward and hugged Baojin, and saw her frowning slightly, as if her foot pain was not a fake, and she couldn't help but be surprised.
Lin'er hurriedly stepped forward to see Xu Jieyu, Xu Yinghua turned sideways, accepted the salute, and said with a smile: "Why does Miss Lin'er have time to come here today?" β
Lin'er explained the intention, glanced at Baojin's feet, and felt embarrassed, Baojin listened to it, and replied without hesitation: "Since Niangniang has an edict, how can I not go, but my legs and feet are inconvenient......"
Lin'er looked at Xu Jieyu's sake, so she had to let someone hold her and sit in a soft sedan chair, and the group headed towards Zhaoyang Palace.
(I can only write this today, and I will continue to do two more tomorrow)