Yu Qianqian turned around quickly and immediately returned to Ziyun Palace by the same route. The chilling voice seemed to have remained in the same place.
The next day, she got up half an hour earlier than usual, but still didn't receive any news from Su Ruan and Li Chunfeng. Then, just as she was having breakfast, a eunuch from Luochen Palace brought her the Emperor's decree, telling her to get ready as soon as possible and prepare to go to Wuji Palace to welcome the Emperor in an hour.
Afterwards, she couldn't help but feel that Mu Beichen's actions were somewhat abnormal. Even if it was to please her, there was no need for him to go to such great lengths to go to Wuji Palace.
She knew Mu Beichen better than anyone. No matter how important other matters were, he would not abandon the affairs of state. Moreover, he had just eliminated Qi Xuan, which had caused widespread panic in the court. Now was the time for him to step forward and stabilize the court. How could he disregard the urgency of the matter and leave the palace to play with her?
Yu Qianqian remained expressionless, her cold gaze sweeping over the palace maids waiting for her orders. "Xiangxing, come and help me with my hair and makeup. The rest of you, go and prepare the bathwater."
She leaned back against the chair, slowly shoveling food and soup into her mouth, each deliberate movement carrying a hint of languor.
However, as soon as she finished speaking, everyone except Xiang Xing withdrew without prior arrangement.
After spending most of the day having breakfast, she finally sat down in front of the bronze mirror. Before Xiangxing could even begin to work on her face, she suddenly changed her mind and abruptly ordered, "Do you remember what I looked like before I regained my appearance?"
Xiangxing was immediately taken aback by her question and remained silent for a long time.
Holding a piece of cinnabar in her palm and casually playing with it, Yu Qianqian looked at herself in the bronze mirror and slowly said, "I heard that you are very good at makeup. Before you entered the palace, you specialized in doing disguises for people. Your skills are quite good."
"Your Majesty is too kind. This servant only knows this one trivial skill. If it weren't for Your Majesty's kindness in giving me food back then, I would have starved to death on the streets long ago." Xiangxing said with a smile as she recalled the past.
"Alright, now draw that half of my face burned, the more realistic the better." Yu Qianqian raised her hand and pressed it against her half of her face, her smile suddenly growing colder.
Hearing this, Xiangxing, filled with doubt, had no choice but to do as Yu Qianqian instructed, and in the blink of an eye, she had gathered a pile of colorful rouge and face powder in the room.
Holding a bunch of odds and ends, he skillfully applied them to half of her cheek.
Not long after, when Yu Qianqian looked up at herself in the mirror again, she was immediately shocked by her inhuman and ghostly appearance. The burns were so realistic, exactly the same as the scar on her face before.
Yu Qianqian leaned forward in front of the bronze mirror with a surprised expression, touching her own half of her disfigured face, and felt a surge of secret joy.
After changing her clothes, she covered her face with a red veil. After carefully preparing herself, she glanced at every tree and blade of grass outside the door with her sharp eyes. She noticed a little eunuch looking at her furtively not far away, but she remained calm and stepped out of the gate of Fengyi Palace.
She had barely stepped out the door when she boarded the phoenix palanquin and headed straight for the back mountain of Wuji Palace as promised. The moment she landed, she felt something was wrong. Looking around, she found the place completely empty, with no sign of Mu Beichen.
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