Song Xizhi listened in silence, looking up at He Jingyan's affectionate eyes, a thousand doubts rising in his mind.
He Jingyan... what exactly does he want to do?
After the banquet ended, a guiding eunuch waited for the two of them in front of the palace.
It was said that the Empress Dowager had invited Lord He and Judge Song to visit the Empress Dowager's palace for a reunion.
The eunuch was unfamiliar; he wasn't the same one as before, and Song Xizhi didn't recognize him either. However, she already knew that the Empress Dowager was going to invite her, and now that she had many hidden guards behind her, she gladly accepted the invitation.
As darkness fell, the eunuch leading the way carried a lantern, and He Jingyan and Song Xizhi followed behind him, walking side by side.
As the two walked, Song Xizhi looked at the surrounding scenery and felt that something was amiss.
The Empress Dowager's birthday banquet was also held in the main hall of Huaqing Palace, namely Huaqing Hall. However, when the eunuch came to guide her, he led her down a different path.
The road in front of him was completely unfamiliar, and Song Xizhi was certain that he had never walked it before.
She asked the eunuch in front of her with a smile, as if she were chatting casually: "Sir, does the road to the Empress Dowager's palace not pass through the small garden?"
"My husband and I spent a short time in the small garden, but we were so busy chatting with the adults that I didn't have time to properly appreciate the flowers at the flower-viewing banquet. Now that I think about it, I feel it's a real pity."
Upon hearing this, the young eunuch smiled and said, "The flowers in the palace are different from those in the Marquis's mansion. Every single flower at this flower-viewing banquet was specially cultivated by skilled craftsmen. I heard that there are not only green chrysanthemums, but also white peonies!"
"However, no matter which way you go from the palace to the Empress Dowager's palace, you won't pass through the small garden unless you take a detour... But the Empress Dowager is waiting in the palace right now, and there might not be enough time to take a detour to the small garden to admire the flowers!"
Taking a detour?
Why take a detour?
Upon hearing this, Song Xizhi's pupils constricted sharply, his blood began to run cold, and he felt a chill run through his body.
He Jingyan also grasped Song Xizhi's hand, feeling Song Xizhi's cold fingertips, he frowned slightly:
"It was because I was chatting with too many adults that I kept you from enjoying the flowers. If you like them, I will have the Marquis's residence plant some rare and precious flowers so that you can admire them every day."
Song Xizhi's ears were ringing; all she could see was He Jingyan's mouth opening and closing, his eyes gentle.
Song Xizhi felt he couldn't quite hear what he said.
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