Volume 1 ◆ The Palace in Chaos 043 Scanning his sister's land!
"What?!" Little Lin's mouth was wide open in astonishment. It was already midnight, who starts sweeping the floor at this hour?! Moreover, aren't there people cleaning outside right now?!
"What, you have an opinion on My Imperial Will?" he said coldly.
"I should die! I should die! I'll go and pass on the imperial edict right away!" Little Linzi said, then rolled and crawled out of the grand hall to pass on the edict.
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Zuo Xiangfu, the upper official, stood quietly in front of the desk, looking at the painting on it. A stunningly beautiful woman was quietly waiting in the painting, picking flowers and smiling slightly, with a face that was beautiful but not showy, carrying a warm and gentle atmosphere, with a hint of smile in her eyes, making people feel inexplicably relaxed in body and mind just by looking at her.
That woman's face was exactly the same as Su Jinping's! The only difference was that the woman had a pair of sky-blue eyes, which were even more beautiful than the azure sky.
Long and slender hands lightly touched the painting, in the deep ink slowly outlining, as long as it is a person who understands painting, can know that this painting, every stroke is extremely meticulous, with depth and shallowness, all containing the thoughts emitted from the painter's bone marrow.
A gentle and elegant voice rose softly: "Jinjin, Jinjin, is that you? How many years has it been since we last saw each other?" Memories gradually drifted away, returning to childhood, a little girl following behind a little boy, her clear voice like the sweet song of an oriole: "Brother, brother, wait for me, Jinjin, wait for me..."
His hand touched the eyes of the person in the painting again, blue, different from that person's eye color. The woman in the painting was also extremely gentle and not similar to that woman at all...
"Bang! Bang!" The sound of knocking on the door rang out.
"Come in." A soft voice, followed by a slow movement of his hand to roll up the painting.
The door was pushed open, and a stunning woman stepped in. Her oval face was captivating, with slender eyebrows arching above her large eyes, and a nose as white as jade, like fine porcelain. Her face was flawless, and in terms of beauty, she was on par with Su Jinping! This was none other than Mo Yuqi, one of the two most beautiful women in the world!
A purple lilac-colored dress, set off her noble elegance, but the faint coldness at the bottom of her eyes and the almost imperceptible heroic spirit between her eyebrows made people understand that this woman was not just a pretty face, but had a clever mind hidden inside. Her pale white hands held a tray: "Young master, it's late at night, have something to eat to warm up your body."
"Miss Mu, I've said it many times before, these things don't need to be done by you personally." The voice was still as gentle and elegant as ever, pleasant to the extreme.
"The young master has a life-saving grace for the little girl, serving in front of him is also what Yuqi should do!" A pair of beautiful eyes seemed to unintentionally sweep across the painting on the table, with a hint of loss flashing at the bottom of her eyes. It's been three years, she followed him for three years, and his eyes seem to only have that one painting, unable to see anyone else's shadow again.
Shangguan Jin sighed, three years ago, Mu Yuqi followed her father to the battlefield, but unfortunately, there was a traitor in the army, and the old general died on the battlefield. She escaped and he saved her life. The world thought they were a couple, but what they didn't know was that he and she were just kindred spirits, with equal intelligence and strategy, and were more suitable as comrades-in-arms fighting side by side.
She took the tray of porridge, smiled lightly and said: "What's the point of this?" The two of them were too familiar with each other, but because they were too familiar, it had become impossible. She knew his thoughts, how could he not know? But knowing it was impossible, why be so persistent?
"What's the use of being so anxious?" Didn't he also know that the woman he had been thinking about day and night had entered the palace?
His face changed color, and he awkwardly lost his smile: "Her? She's not what you think."
It's not like that, but what is it? However, a clever woman wouldn't ask more when she shouldn't. So seeing him like this, she just stood quietly beside him, saying nothing, waiting for him to finish the porridge...
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"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" The gate of the lower house of Jingren Palace was knocked with a loud crash.
"Who's there? Who's there?" Hong Feng hastily put on his outer garment and rushed to open the door.
The captain of the guard saw Hong Feng and, still somewhat polite, opened his mouth: "Hong Feng auntie, I am under the orders of His Majesty to summon Su Jinping to sweep the floor in front of the imperial study!"
As soon as the words came out, Hong Feng was slightly stunned. Didn't the emperor know that Su Jinping was not in the palace? Even if he didn't know, what did it mean to send someone to pass on the message? Moreover, at this late hour, what was the point of sweeping the floor? The mind of an emperor is hard to fathom, and she couldn't guess his intentions. She lazily opened her mouth: "You wait, I'll go call her!"
Before long, another worried-looking person walked out: "I don't know where that dead girl went, maybe she went to offer sacrifices, are you waiting or going out to find her?"
"His Majesty has given an order. If it's not in the palace, he orders the little ones to search the imperial palace. Auntie, I'll go now!" The captain of the guards cupped his hands together.
"Red Maple also smiled and said: 'It's getting dark, you guys be careful too!'"
"Thanks for your concern, Auntie!" With a wave of his hand, a team of people began searching the palace.
Su Jinping was sleeping in bed, but she could feel the heavy footsteps not far away. The killer's vigilance made her wake up immediately, and she irritably scratched her hair. What is going on at this late hour? Not letting people sleep, yet not letting people sleep?
The guest in the room also woke up, his thin lips moved slightly, thinking of the woman in the house. Could it be that Huangfu Huaihan wanted to frame him for a crime of debauchery and destroy his reputation, making it impossible for him to return to Nanyue?
People come and go through Liyuan, finally, a group of people are coming towards Liyuan!
Damn it! Su Jinping cursed under her breath, quickly put on her clothes, and jumped out of the window with a flash, but didn't go far, watching what this group of people wanted to do.
Ba Li Jing Hong could naturally feel the movements of people inside the house, his lips curled up slightly, it seemed he was overthinking! He got up lightly and slowly made his bed, putting the bedding back in the bedroom. At the same time, he heard a knock on the door...
The candle flame ignited, the door opened, and the servant appeared in front of him. Without saying much, he took a very rude glance inside the house, then looked at Bailing Xiong and left.
"Shall we continue searching, sir?" a young guard asked.
"The Emperor said that Su Jinping must go and sweep the floor immediately, without any delay. Are we going to look for her or not?" The Imperial Guard replied impatiently.
Go sweep the floor right away? Su Jinping's mouth twitched, this dog emperor, isn't he being too much of a bastard? Sweeping the floor in the middle of the night! Sweep his sister's floor!
"But what if we can't find that palace maid now?" The little guard asked anxiously.
The eunuch coldly laughed and said, "Can't find her? Tomorrow when she appears again, we can ask her where she went tonight. At midnight, she was still wandering around the Forbidden Palace, that's a capital offense!"
She gritted her teeth and whispered towards the window: "Leave!" She figured he should have heard it, then quickly scurried back to Jingren Palace! That treacherous Huangfu Haichan, I'm not done with you yet!
