Chapter 240 Only a Fool Follows
"That's a lot of rouge and powder. I only use it two or three times a month. It's going to take forever."
Chu Liuzheng held his chin and sighed. It would be better to just reward her with silver. Gold would also be fine. She is not picky.
In line with the principle of good sisters sharing happiness, Chu Liuzheng picked and chose, and divided the pile of things into six parts, one for Moxiang, Yuzhui, Siyue, Chenxing and Xia Qiaoru, and she kept one part for herself.
"This is pearl cream from Nanyang. Many ladies don't have it. Can you really give it to me?" Yuzhu was worried that Chu Liuzheng didn't know how rare these things were, so she quickly reminded her.
"Really?" Chu Liuzheng stuffed several boxes into her arms. "The weather is getting hot soon. How can I use all these? It's a waste to keep them."
"Then I won't be polite with you. I will share the reward with you when I get it." Yuzhui happily put the pile in his arms into the cabinet, ready to try it tomorrow.
She closed the cabinet and waved to Chu Liuzheng: "I'm going to work. You and Sister Moxiang just need to hold the door open for me. Don't wait for me. Go to bed early."
"Okay." Chu Liuzheng agreed, thinking of sending the things for Chen Xing and Si Yue next door first, but found that the door could not be opened. He shouted twice but no one answered.
Xia Chan, who was passing by, said, "I just saw Chen Xing go out."
She looked at what Chu Liuzheng was holding with a look of envy.
Chu Liuzheng was not a man who would give away money. He smiled, thanked her, and went back with the things.
Moxiang came back with water and was about to wash her face when she saw her come in with something in her arms. She asked in confusion, "Isn't Chenxing here?"
"Looks like she's gone out." Chu Liuzheng placed the things in his arms on the table and picked up a small, dusty bag beside him. "I'm going to go see Qiaoru. If Chenxing comes back soon, sister, help me give her the things."
"Okay." Moxiang agreed and watched her go out.
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"It's getting late. I'm leaving now. I'll come see you again in two days." Chu Liuzheng waved to Xia Qiaoru.
"Wait a moment." Xia Qiaoru called her, carrying a small bag and returning to the house. After a while, she came out with a white porcelain jar.
"I met Yuzhu this afternoon. She said you haven't been sleeping well lately and have been having dreams. I made you a tranquilizing decoction using dragon teeth and calamus. I was planning to give it to you tomorrow morning, but since you're here, you can take it home. You have a weak stomach, so remember to heat it up before drinking."
"Okay, thank you for your concern." Chu Liuzheng felt warm in his heart and reached out to take it and hold it in his arms.
"Why are you being so polite to me?" Xia Qiaoru walked her out and didn't return until she was out of sight.
The moon was obscured by clouds and the moonlight was as thin as a veil. Occasionally, one or two palace lanterns swayed in the wind, making the shadows on the wall dance.
Chu Liuzheng tightened his scarf, and the white shadow he had dreamed of these days kept flashing through his mind, walking quickly with a porcelain jar in his arms.
Suddenly, a white shadow flashed around the corner ahead.
Chu Liuzheng paused and blinked.
【Frog fun! Isn't that a coincidence?】
Although curiosity kills the cat, Chu Liuzheng had been having dreams recently that made him doubt his life, but he firmly believed that there could be no ghosts in the world. He hesitated for less than a second between chasing after it and not chasing it. He decisively placed the porcelain jar behind a large water tank not far away, and then... squatted down and turned on the system.
"Only a fool would follow him. Wandering around the palace in white at night should definitely be in the top ten of the Palace Horror List, right? I don't believe it's not in the system."
To avoid being brushed off by new gossip, she dove headfirst into the system's melon field and began searching through it as quickly as possible.
[Damn! A white skirt and white socks would be fine, but why are there white panties and a bellyband too? System, could you please be serious for a moment... Ah! Found it!!!]
Chu Liuzheng was so excited that he shouted in his heart and couldn't wait to open it and take a look.
As he looked, his once bright eyes dimmed like a candle in the wind.
[Damn it! You imposter, why don't you stay in Jingming Palace and cosplay the sickly but moonlit Prince Rui? Why are you wandering around in a seven- or eight-layered brocade gauze dress? Are you cosplaying a giant puff of cotton?]
Chu Liuzheng was so angry. When she saw Bai Ying, the counterfeit had not yet entered Beijing. It was obvious that Bai Ying had nothing to do with the counterfeit.
Disappointed, she wanted to shut down the system, but then she thought that since she was already here and had been searching for so long, it wouldn't be a big deal to see if the fake one was wandering around in the middle of the night.
So I continued reading.
As he watched, his curved eyebrows unconsciously twisted into caterpillars.
[Wait a minute, wasn't this imposter specifically hired by the Fifth Prince's wife to defraud the tyrant? Why is he connected to the Xixia spies?]
She said she didn't quite understand it.
[Aunt Qi, which side are you from?]
She originally thought that Aunt Qi was just a small follower, but now it seems like she is a small boss.
Following the principle of having seen everything, Chu Liuzheng mentally rolled up his sleeves and was about to look up Madam Qi's biography when a clear voice suddenly rang out from above his head, "What are you doing?"
[Holy crap! ! ]
Chu Liuzheng was so frightened that his hair almost stood up.
She slowly raised her head, and a face with a green glow came into view.
Pupils constrict suddenly.
In order to survive, she had vowed not to scream in the palace unless she couldn't help it.
Now is the situation that I can’t help myself.
"ah--"
The man quickly covered her mouth and leaned closer, saying, "Shh! It's me, don't scream!"
[Fuck! It's a fake!]
Because they were so close, Chu Liuzheng was forced to see the person's face clearly, which was as white as moonlight. His already tense heart instantly jumped to his throat and was ready to burst out at any time.
[This is over! Is this guy going to kill me to silence me? But I didn't follow him, so how could I find out even if I checked the system?]
Seeing Chu Liuzheng calm down a little, King Rui let go of his hand that was covering her, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips, "Why are you here?"
"I'm going to the pharmacy to get some medicine." Chu Liuzheng calmly took out the porcelain jar from behind the water tank and then calmly made up a lie, "It was too dark and I accidentally sprained my ankle. I'm just resting here for a while and won't leave until the pain subsides."
Hearing this, Prince Rui picked up the lantern on the ground and looked at her feet. Chu Liuzheng felt a little guilty and tucked her feet into her skirt, while making a hissing sound as if she was in pain and gasping for air.
"I'm sorry." King Rui realized his abruptness, looked away, and asked gently, "Can you still leave?"
[Nonsense! I've acted like this, so of course I can't leave!]
Chu Liuzheng frowned and shook his head, looking very weak.
[I am a white lotus, I am a white lotus, I am a white lotus...]
It's better to be a white lotus than to be cannon fodder immediately.
King Rui handed her the lantern and motioned her to take it.
Chu Liuzheng:?
"No way, what happened to the friendly and popular person I promised you? I'm pretending to be this way, and you still want me to hold a lantern for you? Where's my humanity? Or is my acting really that fake?"
Just when she was wondering if her acting skills had regressed, Prince Rui simply put the lantern in her arms, put one arm around her shoulders, and the other hand over her knees, and picked her up sideways.
Chu Liuzheng instinctively hugged the lantern tightly in his arms and sighed.
[So the green light just now was because the lantern's light was illuminating the glass beads on the counterfeit's belt. It nearly scared the hell out of me.]
[Hmm? Wait a minute! This doesn't seem to be the point!]
Chu Liuzheng stared at the very white moonlight's face that was so close to him.
[Is this fake character's image ruined? Does this sickly person have the energy to give a princess a hug?]
[Uh, wait, a princess hug?! Frog fun! Why am I being carried by a fake?]
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