Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Su Kui’s eyes turned cold, and her face became as calm as water. She raised her eyebrows and gave a faint smile. “I just wonder whether this is your idea or His Majesty’s idea? I’m afraid that with my identity, it is inappropriate for me to stay in the palace for too long.”
“There is no reason for this to be inappropriate. Just don’t go back today, Sister. I have everything that you need here. I definitely won’t treat you badly!” Feng Qingqing grabbed Su Kui’s hands tightly.
She needed to complete the task that the emperor had given her!
Su Kui’s eyes darkened slightly. It seemed like Yuan Chen had made up his mind to detain her in order to pressure Jun Mo.
While she was deep in thought, the Chief Grand Eunuch’s sharp voice rang outside the hall.
“Announcing the arrival of His Majesty.”
Feng Qingqing immediately patted down her lavish dress. She wore a bright smile and greeted him with a head full of pearl and jade accessories. She bowed beautifully and spoke tenderly. “I pay my respect to Your Majesty. Welcome, Your Majesty.”
Before she could bend down in a bow, a pair of large hands immediately stopped her. “Please get up, my beloved consort.”
There was a gentle smile on his handsome face as if he did not have the authoritative attitude of an emperor.
When he saw Su Kui move to the door, he stopped her. “We are a family, so you don’t have to be polite.”
What a “family”.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.” Su Kui sneered but did not show it on her face. No family would think of killing each other every day.
She quickly thought of a countermeasure in her mind, but the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly came from the outside. A dusty imperial guard, who seemed to be particularly tired, collapsed in front of Yuan Chen. His words were full of grief. “Reporting to Your Majesty. The prince-regent, he… he…”
Su Kui’s mind turned blank. Her body felt cold as if a basin of cold water had been poured on her head.
“Why are you hesitating? Say it!” Yuan Chen swung his sleeves and snorted coldly.
The imperial guard closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. “The prince-regent was ambushed during the battle with the leader of the Jin army. Currently, he has been missing for three days. I am afraid, afraid that…”
Su Kui clenched her fists. “Afraid of what!”
“It is more ominous than propitious!”
Those six words were heavy like a mountain that made it impossible for her to breathe.
The air became thin, and her vision became blurry.
Su Kui did not manage to cry as she had fainted first.
Before she fell into the darkness, she heard a sound of exclamation. Some people came to help her, while some went off to call the imperial doctor. All these noises made her head hurt.
When she woke up, she was lying in the side hall of the Palace of Great Brilliance. Ambiguous pink gauze blocked the bed from the outside world.
The night wind in May brought along an unspeakable restlessness. Su Kui slowly opened her eyes, and they were full of clarity.
Feng Qingqing’s cat whimpered from time to time, and it made the harem, which was full of dead souls and skeletons, especially creepy.
However, Su Kui sneered. Her cat-like eyes gleamed unusually in the night. Usually, the imperial guard would report affairs in the outer court. How was it possible for him to run into the inner court? Yuan Chen had most probably done something on the battlefield, and he could not wait to discourage her here!
There was a high possibility that Jun Mo had disappeared, but as the imperial guard said, a disappearance…
Did not mean death.
At least she was still in this world, was she not? She still existed. That meant the mission was ongoing. Jun Mo… was still alive!
Before Jun Mo left, he told her to protect herself. For about one month, she could sense that the shadow guards around her had multiplied. The feeling did not disappear even after she entered the palace.
If that was the case, Jun Mo likely had a hunch that once he went on an expedition, Yuan Chen would definitely torment Su Kui who was left behind in the residence.
This man…
He was really meticulous. His constantly spinning mind was unpredictable. However, it seemed like he had arranged everything a long time ago.
Yuan Chen always thought that he was on the cusp of victory, but he did not know that when a mantis was trying to catch a cicada, a canary was behind it.