Chapter 442 How did we bump into each other?
The moon is as cool as water.
Some people in Xiling Palace also had trouble sleeping at night.
The lights in the imperial study stayed on until midnight, but the person working at his desk showed no intention of returning to the bedroom to rest.
Nanny Jin brought tea back and forth several times. She couldn't bear to see the empress working so hard, and she couldn't bear to persuade her. In the end, she could only sigh silently and wait outside the door to accompany her.
Suddenly, a dark shadow passed by the half-open stained glass window, and the candlelight in the room flickered.
The queen looked up alertly and saw a man in black clothes walking slowly towards her.
He is tall and strong with a handsome face. As he gets older, his demeanor becomes more mature and steady.
Their eyes met, and the man's deep eyes were full of longing and pity.
The purple wolf-hair brush between the Queen's fingers rolled onto the table with a click. The fierce look in her eyes disappeared and tears suddenly welled up.
"Your Majesty!" Outside the door, Nanny Jin was the first to hear the noise. She pushed the door open and rushed in, shooting out hidden weapons. "You bold thief, how dare you assassinate the emperor—"
"Madam Jin, stop!" The Queen dropped her hidden weapon and blocked the man's way. Her chest rose and fell with her emotions. "This man is my spy outside. We have something important to discuss. You and the guards outside should withdraw. There's no need to keep anyone outside."
"..." Having almost hit one of her own people, Nanny Jin did not dare to say anything more after receiving the order. She immediately led her people to retreat, closed the door of the imperial study, and led the guards to retreat to the outer door to ensure that the conversation in the room would not fall into the ears of anyone.
When the study was quiet, the man finally spoke. His voice was deep and mellow, with a hidden smile and extremely restrained longing. "Spy?"
The queen said nothing, turned around and looked at him, her eyes instantly filled with tears.
Bai Kui was immediately flustered. He wanted to wipe her tears, but was afraid that the rough calluses on his fingertips would hurt her. In the end, he clumsily wiped the tears from the woman's face with his sleeve. "Look at you, why are you crying? Did I scare you? I know I shouldn't have come, but I'm really worried. Yu'er, that brat, ran to Xiling, and I'm worried that he'll cause trouble for you—"
The Queen's tears welled up even more. Even though her vision was blurry, she couldn't bear to look away. She choked with sobs and said, "I'm sorry... for all these years..."
Bai Kui paused and pretended to be relaxed, "Don't cry, I don't have a handkerchief with me, and my sleeves are not enough. And don't say sorry to me."
He had a gentle smile on his face, a blush hidden in the corners of his eyes, "Lin'er, all this is my own will, and I am happy with it. You are suffering more than me, but I still have Yu'er by my side to comfort me, but you have no one by your side."
"You really don't blame me?"
"It's really not my fault. If I hadn't met you in this life, I probably wouldn't have married and had children. Although I can't be with you forever, the fact that we share a deep connection is enough for me."
"Then why are you so distant? Is there a thorn in my flesh that you are so far away from me?"
Bai Kui, "..."
This must be explained, "I was afraid of offending you. It's been more than 20 years, and I'm already an old man. What if you dislike me——"
God knows, he never wanted to talk about this matter. He is a generation older than his Lin'er...
"Bai Kui!" The Queen's tears hadn't dried yet, and her excitement hadn't subsided yet, when the man's words ignited her anger. "Say it again!"
"I was wrong!"
"I've endured the pressure for so many years and refused to give in. Is this how you think of me?"
"Lin'er, I swear, I feel the same way about you. For so many years, it's just me and Yu'er at home!"
"Why, do you still want to get married?"
"No, I'm expressing my true feelings. Why are you misinterpreting me? No wonder Yu'er has been acting like a little ancestor since he was little. His cunning personality is exactly like yours! Come on, don't be angry. Let me tell you how difficult your son has been to please since he was little. The white hairs on my head are all caused by him!"
Queen, “…”
She swung the sleeves of her dragon robe and pretended to hit the man. "First, tell me how you got in! How dare you break into the palace? There are so many experts lying in ambush in the palace. Are you trying to kill yourself by trespassing like this?"
"Didn't you give me a token when you left? I used it to get in. This time I'm really a spy." Bai Kui pulled out a brand new, well-preserved purple token from his bosom and waved it in front of the woman. "If I didn't have it, I really wouldn't be able to get in. I'd have been stabbed in the neck the moment I climbed over the palace wall."
The Queen's face turned pale when she heard this.
The man, heartbroken, no longer cared about pretending and hugged the woman in his arms. "Don't be afraid, I'm standing right in front of you now. But I can't stay too long, so as not to arouse suspicion. Let's get down to business first. Yu'er, that brat, has become too powerful. He just dragged the Eight Kingdoms into the muddy waters, and Dongpu suffered. His next target is Xiling!"
“…”
"I figured if it really didn't work out, I'd tell him the truth. Otherwise, if he really had the guts to turn Xiling upside down, wouldn't a son attacking his own mother's kingdom be punished by heaven?"
“…”
The night deepens.
Outside the palace, a figure was hidden in the moonlight, stealthily searching for the entrance.
"They're all palaces, so why are they so different? I can get into the Longyuan Palace with just a flip, and the Dayue Palace is no problem for me... Damn, I've come to Xiling, but I can't even find a dog hole!"
The old man didn't give up. He climbed up the wall and looked around. He couldn't find the dog hole, so he tried to climb over the wall. But he was beaten out as soon as he reached the top of the wall.
If he hadn't run fast, he would either be in the prison or lying dead under the wall.
The old man was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
"Over there! Stop!" The pursuers' shouts and curses were heard again from the other side of the corner.
The old man kicked his feet up, dodging arrows from behind while cursing, "Chase your mother! I'm just passing by! Since when was passing by the outer wall of the palace a capital offense? I'm telling you, don't mess with me! If I get angry, I'll come straight to you!"
After finally shaking off the pursuers, the surrounding scenery had changed. The old man was hiding in a dark corner, panting.
That’s the bad thing about getting older: you can’t handle fatigue.
"Oh my god, where are we? I should have dragged Bai Xiaofeng along, at least there would be someone to cover us... Wrong decision, wrong decision!" After the pursuers disappeared, the old man stood up with the help of the wall, straightened his clothes and prepared to walk out in a swagger.
As the man stood up, a shadow fell on his head, and the old man was so scared that he threw a handful of poison powder.
"Fuck!" the man cursed angrily.
The voice is very familiar.
The old man pressed his back against the wall cautiously, added another poison, and watched the black shadow fall down before he stretched out a foot and kicked the man.
After making sure that the other party had no power to fight back, he stepped forward and pulled off the man's mask.
When our eyes met, we found that we were familiar with each other.
Poison is not invading, "...Why are you here?"
Bai Kui, "...Can you detoxify me before you talk?"
"If you have something to say, say it first and then get up. Otherwise, I'll run errands and ask Bai Xiaozi to come and see with his own eyes his father being a thief in the middle of the night! Even your grandfather couldn't enter the palace, how did you get in?" The old man shook his shoulders and smiled extremely sinisterly.
Bai Kui closed his eyes and pretended to be dead.
Damn it.
How did we collide?
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