Upon hearing this, Bo Ji trembled with anger. She had left him standing there, thinking he would leave on his own after he got the hint, but she never expected him to give her such a big "surprise" when he turned around.
"He dares! What right does he have to interfere in the affairs of my Yanchun Palace?"
Hearing this, Zheng Quchi laughed. She deliberately imitated Bo Ji's expression, which was four parts mockery, three parts indifference, and two parts disdain, and said, "Of course he is. He is not only the regent of Ye, but also the crown prince supported by the cabinet ministers, our future king. Who do you think you are going against?"
This is infuriating! Absolutely infuriating!
Bo Ji was so angry she felt like her lungs were about to burst. She gasped for breath, then clutched the seemingly ordinary wooden hairpin in her hand again, sniffed it, and her ferocious expression quickly and strangely subsided.
What is this smell? It's very fragrant, yet very faint. How can such a faint, almost imperceptible scent be so appealing that one would notice it unintentionally and find it exceptionally fragrant?
Strange.
Something unusual must be going on.
The Queen's emotions also seemed to be greatly affected. Logically speaking, when a person is in a state of great anger, it is difficult to control the venting of emotions when the brain processes information because the needs are not met or are deprived. However, her emotions at this moment, because she smelled this fragrance, became polarized without any transition.
It has an effect similar to that of a numbing drug, or rather, a hallucinogenic drug.
Zheng Quchi secretly made a note of this matter, planning to ask Yuan Xingzhou about the situation in detail when she returned. She felt that even if the wooden hairpin was not the Divine Wood Dream, it must be some kind of key object.
Bo Ji nodded dramatically, her cold, venomous eyes sweeping over Zheng Quchi.
"Fine, fine, you... you'll all pay the price for this."
Having said that, she didn't waste any more time with Zheng Quchi and turned around to rush off with the palace servant who had come to deliver the message to see Yuan Xingzhou.
From avoiding each other to now being extremely anxious, Bo Ji has undoubtedly suffered a crushing defeat in this game of chess.
Yuan Chuhua watched Bo Ji leave in a hurry with worry. Her eyes held an unreadable expression. She was about to chase after her, but as soon as she took a step, she saw Zheng Quchi still there. She said irritably, "Aren't you leaving? Are you waiting for someone to arrest you and charge you with trespassing in the Queen's palace? While no one cares about your whereabouts, hurry back to your Hundred Departments Palace."
Zheng Quchi paused for a moment, then said, "Oh, okay."
"I don't know how you were born with that brain of yours. You can be surprisingly smart, and you can be just as unexpectedly stupid." She shook her head sarcastically and quickly chased after him.
The palace maids who had been guarding outside the Queen's palace glanced at Zheng Quchi with gloomy eyes, but remained silent and made no move.
Looking at Yuan Chuhua's graceful and beautiful back, Zheng Quchi suddenly couldn't understand her attitude.
She didn't intend to go to Yuan Xingzhou again. Firstly, she had already achieved her purpose in coming to Yanchun Palace, and secondly, she was confident that Yuan Xingzhou would definitely have a way to successfully retrieve the Three Armies Golden Seal.
But she had some doubts: how did Yuan Xingzhou know who Bo Ji's confidants were, who were spies, and who were innocent?
He had just returned to the palace, yet he was able to set up this scheme so swiftly to control the Queen. He must know a great deal about what was happening in the palace. How could that be?
Perhaps this is also a question the Queen wanted to know.
Sigh, that just goes to show, everyone in this world is complicated, and in the end, the only one who is truly innocent is herself.
Zheng Quchi left Yanchun Palace but did not immediately return to Baibu Hall. In fact, she had long coveted the ancient architecture in Yewang Palace. Now that she was out and alone, she could start learning from the masters without worry.
Most of the palaces in Ye Palace, based on the few she had visited, adopted a symmetrical layout along a central axis. The buildings on the central axis were tall and magnificent, while the buildings on both sides of the axis were low and simple. This was similar to the architectural ideas of ancient palaces she had seen before, and there was nothing particularly special about it.
However, the architectural complex of the Ye King's Palace also has unique characteristics of this period, namely its shape and color scheme.
She had seen buildings with yellow and green glazed tiles on their roofs, as well as walls painted red, white bases, and railings. In terms of color, the bases of lower-ranking buildings were usually blue or gray. But the Ye Palace was something else entirely. Its overall tone was a yellowish-brown, a mix of iron gray, purple, and dark green. At first glance, she wasn't used to it and felt that it was a chaotic mix of colors from different periods.
Indeed, based on her experience, most of the buildings in the Yewang Palace have a long history, some dating back a hundred years, some from the last few decades, and some added in the last ten years or so.
The strange thing is that there is not much difference between houses built in recent decades and those built more than ten years ago. What does this mean?
This shows that the artisans of Ye Kingdom have remained stagnant for decades, and their recent industry has truly made no innovations or progress.
However, as she walked along and looked around for a while, she felt that the solemnity of history and the ancient and long-standing atmosphere seemed to neutralize the jarring sense of disharmony. This made her wonder if history and the cultural environment could add a special filter to it.
Otherwise, using this color scheme normally would definitely give you the feeling of stepping in a puddle.
While she was still puzzled, she went to measure the wall thickness, the size of the tapering, and the ratio of windows to doors. She found that a large tapering and small windows would make the building appear particularly majestic and solid. The large number of horizontal decorative bands on the eaves and walls gave a multi-layered feeling. These features increased the sense of scale of the building in terms of art.
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