Chapter 372
372 Chapter 25-being honest (2)
“By the way, you accepted my money and went inside. Did you help to pass on the message?” Xu Qi ‘an stopped in front of the eunuch.
“Of course!”
The eunuch said helplessly, ” I’ve already informed her. However. sister lang. er said that she doesn’t want to see her. I’m too greedy and unwilling to return the silver notes. I can’t explain it to you, so …
So. she was prepared … Xu Qi ‘an nodded and was about to leave when lang’ er’s voice suddenly came from behind.
“Lord Xu, take care!”
“Lady lang ‘er.”
The muscles on Xu Qi ‘an’s back tightened, and he turned around as if nothing had happened.”What’s the matter?”
The pretty head Palace maid stopped and smiled faintly.”Her ladyship would like to thank Lord Xu for solving the case of the consort of blessing, allowing His Highness the crown prince’s injustice to be redressed. She would like to invite you over for a chat and thank you in person.”
……. Xu Qi ‘an’s relaxed muscles tensed up again. Perhaps it was because he had a guilty conscience, but he felt his scalp go numb.
“I still have important matters to attend to, so it’s not convenient for me to stay here. The case of Consort Fu was carried out by imperial edict, so it’s my duty. Your Highness, you don’t have to thank me.” He didn’t want to see noble Consort Chen now.
“Lord Xu is too polite.”
Lang ‘er covered her mouth and chuckled. She said jokingly, “”The Empress said that if Lord Xu does not go to see her, she will not allow Lord Xu to take even half a step out of jingxiu Palace.”
….. F! ck your mother!
Xu Qian’s heart sank. He secretly spread out his primordial spirit to sense his surroundings. After confirming that he did not receive any feedback from the “danger signal,” he heaved a sigh of relief.
. I didn’t tell anyone about my discovery just now, including lang. er. She didn’t notice anything wrong, so it’s impossible for noble Consort Chen to know that I’ve seen through her trick. She should just be thanking me and putting on an act …” Taking a step back, this is the Imperial Palace. There are inner court guards outside, Lin ‘an inside, and this spy sent by Emperor Yuan jing to monitor me. It’s impossible and impossible for noble Consort Chen to do anything to me here …
Besides, I can kill Li Yuchun with one slash. I’m not a pushover.
“Alright, I’ll have to trouble miss lang ‘er to lead the way.”
Xu Qi ‘an turned to the young eunuch and said, “”You follow me.”
The two of them followed behind lang ‘er, who was dressed in a Lotus-colored Palace dress. They passed through the winding corridor in the front courtyard and entered the backyard.
The main house of the beautiful scenery Palace was an exquisitely built two-story loft with layers of black tiles, upturned eaves, and horns. Twelve animal-carvings on eave crouched on the four-sided roof.
The second floor had an observation deck, which was suitable for drinking and enjoying the scenery in the warm spring or the cool autumn.
The young eunuch coughed hard when he arrived at the inner courtyard to give a reminder.
Xu Qian understood and stopped in the courtyard.
Without stopping, lang ‘er entered the room alone. Xu Qi’ an heard her soft voice.”Empress, Lord Xu has come.”
Noble Consort Chen hummed in acknowledgment and said softly, “”I have some things to say to Lord Xu. You can all leave and go to the outer court.”
Then it was Lin ‘an’s voice, coyly saying, “”Ah? Is Lin ‘an also leaving? I’m not leaving, I’m not leaving.”
“Lin ‘an, be obedient.”
“….. Hmph.”
……. What did noble Consort Chen mean by this? why did she ask the others to leave? was there anything that they couldn’t talk about while sitting under the sun? Xu Qi ‘an frowned.
Immediately after, Lin ‘an and the two Palace maids in the room stepped out of the threshold. When they passed by Xu Qi’ an, the mounted man secretly stuck out the tip of his tongue and said in a low voice, ”
“Remember to report to me later.”
The young eunuch was caught in a dilemma. He did not know what to do when he heard lang ‘er say, “”The Empress has said that the rest of you are to leave. Don’t you have ears?”
“AI.” The young eunuch nodded in response and turned around to follow.
wait, ” Xu Qi ‘an stopped him and scolded, “”The Emperor sent you to supervise me. You have to have the self-awareness of an” Imperial envoy “and straighten your back.”
I’m a foreign official after all, ” he said loudly. it’s not convenient for me to meet the Imperial consort in private. This eunuch is in charge of supervising me under the emperor’s orders.
On the surface, he said this to lang ‘er, but in fact, he was talking to noble Consort Chen inside.
After a few seconds of silence, noble Consort Chen’s voice came from the room, “”Then let’s wait outside.”
“Stand further away …” Xu Qi ‘an waved his hand.
The young eunuch obediently retreated into the distance.
Standing in the courtyard, Xu Qi ‘an pretended to tidy up his appearance. In fact, he was taking advantage of this short period of time to weigh the pros and cons and guess what would happen next.
“If it’s just to thank me, there’s no need to send everyone away. In other words, what noble Consort Chen said to me can’t be heard by outsiders.
“I asked the little eunuch to stand further away as a compromise to noble Consort Chen. The advantage of standing far away is that you can’t hear my conversation with the noble consort, but you can also clearly see our every move in the room.
this put an end to noble Consort Chen’s scheme of pretending to be an Eagle eating. chick while in fact framing me for bullying the consort … Even though this is a little rough, I can’t let my guard down.”
After he finished thinking, he entered the room and saw noble Consort Chen, who was sitting on a soft couch in a beautiful palace dress.
This was the second time that Xu Qi ‘an had seen noble Consort Chen. The last time was during the ancestral worship ceremony at the end of last year. He had shouted at the mountain river temple in Yongzhen to collapse, and then pretended to show his loyalty. He had seen the women of the Emperor up close.
Noble Consort Chen and Lin ‘an had the same face shape, a standard goose egg face, eyebrows, eyes, lips, and nose were all very beautiful.
In terms of appearance alone, noble Consort Chen was slightly inferior to the Empress, but her temperament was dignified and gentle, and her affinity was stronger than the Empress’.
However, the beautiful embroidered dress and the complicated and expensive jewelry on her head destroyed her friendliness.
Among all the women Xu Qi ‘an had seen, only Lin’ an could wear luxurious jewelry and clothes. The more luxurious it was, the stronger her charm was.