Chapter 345 Entering the Palace
Su Yue and Murong Li arrived at Prince Li's Mansion just before dawn. They were cold, tired and hungry. The servants hurried to prepare food and water for them. Su Yue quickly took a bath, ate, and went to bed, as there was a tough battle to fight tonight.
At noon, the palace was already busy, and Concubine Yun was still the one presiding over tonight's palace banquet.
Today's palace banquet is still held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The tables, chairs and benches in the hall have been set up. Many eunuchs and palace maids are wiping the tables and laying tablecloths. Everyone is busy and happy.
There has been no palace banquet in the palace since the last one. This time it is a New Year's Eve banquet, and the emperor attaches great importance to it. I heard that the emperor has important things to announce tonight.
So everyone does things very carefully, but if you look closely at these palace maids and eunuchs, you will find that some of them are moving their hands while their eyes are glancing around, and then they will exchange glances with each other.
Murong Li and Su Yue slept until the afternoon and ate something to fill their stomachs. The big pot meals in the palace were not tasty and were cold, so they could only eat a little. They had to eat something.
After eating, the two of them packed up and prepared to go to the palace for today's dinner.
"Murong Li, have your people entered the city?"
They both put on their own clothes and never asked others to do it for them. Murong Li buttoned his clothes while saying, "An Liu and the others have arrived. They are probably already infiltrated into the palace by now."
The secret guards had only seen the map of the palace but had never entered it. It would be better for them to go in early to scout the area. They could also kill some people who had sneaked into the palace and cut off the chain of those who wanted to cause trouble tonight.
"That's good."
The Dragon Shadow Army will definitely be used tonight. The Dragon Shadow Army can't speak, so if they are exposed and need to be questioned, the secret guards will take over.
Tonight they were just going to the palace to have a meal, so Su Yue didn't need to wear formal clothes. She only wore a set of warm clothes from the space inside. Of course, Murong Li also wore clothes. He put on a smoky-colored robe on the outside, a pair of cotton trousers underneath, and a white fox fur cloak on top.
The accessories on her head were also simple, just a white jade hairpin in her bun and a pair of matching earrings, nothing else. It looked simple and refreshing, not tacky at all.
Murong Li was wearing a black python robe, a black cloak on the outside, and a black jade crown on his head. He looked majestic and noble.
Looking at the noble and imposing Murong Li, Su Yue couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Murong Li's temperament was now more and more noble and extraordinary, and he also had a high-pressure aura. The timid ones felt oppressed when looking at him and dared not look at him.
Su Yue went up to him and took his arm, called Wuying and the secret guards that Murong Li usually used, and asked him to be both the coachman and the guard today, and follow Murong Li into the palace.
This time Su Yue didn't bring Caixia with her. This girl was helpless and would be a burden to follow her.
Things were not going well tonight, and she was afraid she wouldn't have time to look after her.
The four of them left the palace, got on the carriage, and headed for the imperial palace.
There were a lot of people going up along the way, and the road was very crowded. Carriages were parked next to each other, and it was a scene of hustle and bustle. This was the first time Su Yue had seen such a scene.
The journey that was supposed to take half an hour took an hour. When we arrived at the palace gate, the square was filled with carriages and people. It was really crowded.
Fortunately, they had a special place to park the carriage. The secret guard drove the carriage over and parked it, and then Su Yue and the others got off the horses.
As soon as he got off the carriage, he ran into Murong Yi and Chen Ying.
"Fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law, you just arrived too."
When Murong Yi saw the two people getting off the carriage, he greeted them with a smile.
The two nodded to him.
Su Yue glanced at Chen Ying beside him. It had only been a few days since they last met in the Marquis' Mansion, and she had become extremely haggard. Even the thick makeup on her face could not hide her haggard look.
When she realized Su Yue was looking at her, she quickly turned away, not looking at them or calling them.
The two of them didn't bother to greet her. They just nodded to Murong Yi and then walked towards the palace.
After the two left, Murong Yi's face immediately fell, and he said coldly to Chen Ying beside him: "Don't act like a dead person, or go back."
Tears welled up in Chen Ying's eyes. She gritted her teeth and lowered her head, her eyes full of hatred. If her father hadn't had something important to do tonight, she wouldn't have come.
Humph, Murong Yi, you dare to treat him like this. After tonight, let's see if he still dares to be arrogant. Then I will make him crawl at her feet like a dog, wag his tail and beg for mercy, begging for her forgiveness, begging her not to kill him.
"I understand."
Chen Ying concealed the hatred on her face, raised her head, and gave Murong Yi a smile that was uglier than crying.
Murong Yi glared at her fiercely and walked away. Chen Ying curled her lower lip and followed him.
Su Yue and the other person followed the crowd into the palace. They met familiar people along the way, and even unfamiliar people knew Murong Li and greeted them.
Su Yue used her mental power to look at the people from the Marquis of Anding's Mansion and saw that they had already entered the palace. In front of them, they were almost at the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
What was rare was that Old Madam Yun also attended the banquet tonight. She was accompanied by Feng, Second Madam Yun and several other female members of the general's mansion, but Yun Yan was nowhere to be seen.
Without that troublemaker, Su Yue felt much more relieved.
Su Yue covered the entire palace with her mental power and checked on Ma Bangzhu and others. She probably thought they had changed their appearance and could not see their figures. However, among the eunuchs and palace maids, there were many people with strong auras, which showed that they were all martial arts masters, but she didn't know which sect they belonged to.
She immediately told Murong Li her discovery, and he nodded slightly at her.
He knew this without Su Yue telling him.
Soon, the two of them arrived at the main hall entrance. Eunuchs and palace maids were there to greet those arriving tonight. When they saw Su Yue and the others, two palace maids immediately came up and saluted them, saying, "This servant greets Prince Li and Princess Li. Please follow us."
People of status had special seats. The princes' seats were usually below the emperor, but two palace maids still led them there.
When they entered the hall, the people inside immediately stood up and saluted them when they saw them. Murong Li waved to them and walked towards their seats.
Not long after they sat down, Murong Yi and the other person also arrived and took the seats below them. After greeting each other, they sat down.
After that, people came into the hall one after another. It took nearly an incense stick of time before a eunuch at the entrance of the hall could be heard shouting, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Noble Consort, the Virtuous Consort, the Good Consort, the Shu Consort, the Virtuous Consort, and all the other Consorts have arrived."
When everyone heard the eunuch's shout, they immediately stood up and respectfully welcomed the emperor into the palace.
(End of this chapter)
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