Chapter 242: The Irritable Queen Mother vs. the Cold Imperial Master (25)

Seeing that the tea in the cup was empty, Ming Yan put it down and looked at the girl on the couch:

"What did the Queen Mother mean by the fox she just mentioned?"

He failed to ask last time, and afterwards, he didn't dare to come to see her.

After all, that kiss, and that piece of underwear...

Thinking of that touch of red, Ming Yan turned his head silently, and an alluring blush appeared on his ears.

Lu Cha said innocently: "Did I mention fox?"

Her jaw suddenly tightened and she was forced to look up.

Ming Yan leaned forward slightly, looking at the pretty little face. Her dark pupils, like an indissoluble dark ink, were filled with a chilling murderous intent.

"My patience is limited. Please, Queen Mother, please stop making trouble."

His fingertips dropped, brushed across Lu Cha's long sleeves, and finally landed on her waist, but he did not find any objects related to witchcraft.

Then why did he become so upset since he stepped into the Cining Palace?

"Is the Imperial Master taking advantage of me?"

Lu Cha leaned back slightly, her red lips curled slightly, she should have been charming, but instead, she revealed a hint of playfulness:

"Or, you don't like the bellyband I gave you last time, and want to change it?"

He actually hid from her for ten days!

Are you bullying her so that she can't leave the palace?!

Ming Yan angrily let go of Lu Cha and wanted to step back to create some distance, but then—!

Porcelain plates were scattered on the couch.

He was pushed against the low table by Lu Cha.

"Why didn't the Imperial Master answer my question?"

Lu Cha smiled and pointed at Ming Yan's chest, right where the cinnabar mole was on his heart, which had a special meaning:

"I thought you would like red."

Ming Yan's heart suddenly trembled.

Queen Mother, it turns out to be that little fox!

It turned out that she didn't run away.

An inexplicable joy surged from the bottom of his heart.

[Ding—Villain’s favorability +10. Darkness -5.]

Ming Yan looked quietly at the girl who seemed to be smiling forever.

But how did the Queen Mother accomplish the soul change?

Is it a monster?

He unconsciously raised his hand and wanted to hold Lu Cha's wrist to check for a pulse, but he grabbed nothing.

The next moment, Ming Yan had a bag of chestnut cakes in his hand.

"The Imperial Master has stayed here for too long. It's time to leave."

It would be bad if it aroused the male protagonist's suspicion.

Ming Yan pursed his lips lightly, but before he could speak, Lu Cha suddenly came close and whispered in his ear:

"There are too many people during the day, so you can come quietly to see me at night."

Feeling the girl's warm breath spraying on his ears, Ming Yan stood up shyly, his voice cold:

"Please respect yourself, Queen Mother!"

Lu Cha Youyou: "The last time you kissed me..."

As soon as she said a few words, Ming Yan ran out in a panic, completely losing his usual calm demeanor.

Seeing his red ears, Lu Cha couldn't help laughing.

The little villain is quite shy~

-

Near the palace gate.

Chu Yixiao, who was standing behind a tree, saw Ming Yan approaching with an oil-paper bag in his hand and sneered:

"Is this the reward the Imperial Master received from the Queen Mother?"

"Just because of a few pieces of crappy cakes, you made the Imperial Master ignore my orders and speak for her?"

Although he knew that Ming Yan would never cooperate with Jiang Lucha given his personality, he was still worried.

If Jiang Lucha used his tricks to win over Ming Yan.

He had no confidence that he could get rid of this mysterious imperial teacher.

"It seems to me that the Imperial Master doesn't want that person to live."

Chu Yixiao said this coldly, intending to teach Ming Yan a lesson, but he was suddenly grabbed by the neck.

The breath was robbed in an instant.

Chu Yixiao's face gradually turned red, and he couldn't break free at all.

But he asked everyone around him to retreat, and no one could come to save him.

"I, your servant, do not like threats."

"I advise the emperor to stop saying this in the future."

Ming Yan lowered his eyelids slightly and looked down at Chu Yixiao.

Those cold eyes were like a high and mighty god looking indifferently at the tiny ants.

Chu Yixiao managed to utter a few words: "I understand."

Ming Yan let go and left.

Chu Yixiao fell to the ground, breathing in the fresh air deeply, his eyes full of resentment.

Sooner or later, he will make Ming Yan suffer a fate both of life and death!

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The study in the Imperial Master's Mansion.

The first thing Ming Yan did when he came back was to wipe his right hand that had pinched Chu Yixiao.

Still no one was found on Zhuo Xuan's side.

He cannot kill Chu Yixiao.

Ming Yan stared blankly into the distance.

That year, when he was just sixteen, his mother, who was forcibly sent to the countryside by his father to recuperate, fell off a cliff and died for no reason.

Everyone in the village died mysteriously.

The murderer was dealt with very cleanly at that time. After the late emperor conducted a thorough investigation but found nothing, not long after, his father was tragically killed at home.

It should be done by a group of people.

He had no feelings for his father and only wanted to investigate the cause of his mother's death and find the murderer.

But by the time he had grown stronger, more than a year had passed and no clues could be found.

He stayed in the capital and served as the imperial teacher.

Because the hexagram shows that the murderer is right here.

However, his divination technique was incomplete, and he could only calculate these.

It was not until the late emperor fell seriously ill that Chu Yixiao ascended the throne and brought up what happened that year, saying that he had found survivors in the village.

But if he wants to see someone, he must help Chu Yixiao deal with the Queen Mother and the Jiang family.

Only when Chu Yixiao gains power and is no longer a puppet emperor will he hand that person over for interrogation.

Ming Yan withdrew his thoughts and caught a glimpse of the chestnut cake on the table. He picked up a piece carefully but did not take a bite.

He pulled out a yellowed book from the cabinet.

These are the notes left by the ancestors of the Ming family.

Ming Yan slowly opened the book, his eyes fixed on a line of words, his fingertips on the soft chestnut cake.

What was written on the paper was the Ming family's secret medicine - a dream in a hundred days.

【This poison is chronic.】

[Those who take it will be healthy for a short period of time, but after a hundred days, the poison will take effect and they will die in agony.]

Your Majesty, it has been more than half a month since you started taking the medicine.

Ming Yan silently raised his hand and took a bite of the chestnut cake.

Soft and sweet.

But it couldn't bring sweetness to his troubled heart.