The old man felt a little guilty when he saw the things that had been thrown out, but he quickly covered it up and ran to check on Ah Feng's injuries.
The snake, which had been wrapped around Ah Feng's arm, was now caught by the guards and thrown away.
Ah Feng wasn't seriously bitten by the snake; he had a few bite marks on his arms and legs, but thankfully the snake wasn't venomous. Aside from that, he had some abrasions, probably from falling into the well. The most serious injury was to his foot; he had sprained his ankle when he fell into the well, and it hurt every time he touched the ground.
While waiting for the imperial physician, the emperor asked with a dark face what exactly happened.
Hu Nuan'er shrank back a little guiltily, after all, she was the one who released the snake to bite people. Ah Feng also looked guilty, but his eyes were filled with excitement as he grabbed the old man and exclaimed, "I've found the Holy Maiden! I've found the Holy Maiden!"
This left the emperor and his entourage even more confused, and they couldn't help but turn their gazes to Hu Nuan'er.
However, the first problem to solve is why Ah Feng ended up in the cold palace of the imperial palace.
When the question was raised, the old man avoided eye contact, and Ah Feng stammered. Finally, he forced himself to say, "I just thought the moonlight was nice and wanted to take a stroll at night. Who knew there were so many roads in your imperial city? I ended up getting lost."
The emperor squinted, while the ministers chuckled, their mocking and disbelieving gazes fixed on the two of them. Their final focus was on the pile of things that had fallen from Ah Feng's body and were now haphazardly picked up and stuffed back into his arms.
get lost?
You got lost and ended up in the dry well of the cold palace?
You're really good at getting lost!
[Hmm? It all started with that prayer ceremony around the palace!]
Chuanwen discovered a key plot point. Just then, the imperial physician arrived in a hurry, carrying a medicine box and panting heavily. The emperor quickly ordered the physician to treat Afeng so that they could have some space to watch the drama unfold with Chuanwen.
That day, the old man and his companions also started running, and then they found a dog hole next to a palace wall overgrown with weeds. After returning home, they pondered the matter, convinced that the saintess had heard their prayers during the day and thus bestowed that dog hole to guide them...
The emperor and his entourage finally understood. So it wasn't that the palace guards were incompetent and they managed to sneak in; rather, they crawled in through a dog hole.
The emperor's desire to rebuild the palace walls intensified once again, because these dog holes had caused so much trouble!
The Minister of War (former Minister of War Qiu Gao) crawled through a dog hole to attend court! The Third Prince also crawled through a dog hole to kidnap the messenger! Now another envoy from the Liang Kingdom has arrived! Is this ever going to end?!
[Tsk tsk tsk, the palace's infrastructure is really poor. That very night, they sneaked into the palace, searching every abandoned hall, and looted quite a bit, carrying large and small bags out... through the dog hole!]
Chuanwen became interested in the dog holes. The emperor glanced at Chuanwen and saw her growing interest. The muscles at the corner of his eye twitched. He felt he should hurry up and put the repair of the palace walls on the agenda, otherwise he felt that Chuanwen might look for every dog hole.
The Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial suddenly realized something, and the twitching of his facial muscles was even more pronounced than that of the Emperor.
In order to make his position as acting Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies official, he would visit the people from Xiao Liang Kingdom every day to prevent a repeat of their previous imprisonment.
He didn't think anything of it when he went to see these people every day a few days ago, but now that he thinks about it carefully, there are really a lot of suspicious points. At that time, he saw that they were all exhausted and sprawled out, with no energy or interest in talking to him. Moreover, there were many packages of various sizes in their rooms.
When asked, they said they liked things from the Great Jin Dynasty, so they went to the market to find them and planned to bring them back with them when they went back.
The people from Xiao Liang were so poor that they couldn't even scrape together ten taels of silver. They were so stingy that they would ask for reimbursement even after going out for wontons in the morning. How could they possibly afford to buy so many things?
The Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial was initially puzzled, but then he noticed that a package was not properly sealed, revealing a cheap wine vessel.
Since it wasn't anything valuable, the Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies dismissed his doubts. Considering that these stingy and exasperating people might end up picking up trash like Zhao Dajia had done before, he didn't say anything.
I just found it funny.
However, telling him now that these things were stolen from the Cold Palace by people from the Liang Kingdom is truly speechless.
Could it be said that the emperor's house was so big that even the rat holes were big? And that they didn't even notice that so many things had been stolen.
[Hahaha! When the Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial saw how much stuff they brought back, he thought they had picked up trash that people didn't want. He was even worried that the people would feel embarrassed and wouldn't bring it up. But believe it or not, the Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, despite his burly appearance, is quite understanding!]
The scholar, Chuan Wenchao, glanced at the Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, who immediately stiffened, slowly raising his head to meet the Emperor's gaze. If he wasn't mistaken, the Emperor's gaze seemed to be a cold laugh, as if to say, "Heh, how come I didn't know my dear minister was so perceptive!"
The Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial immediately knelt down, feeling utterly devastated. He had been robbed and yet he had thoughtfully provided the thief with even more bags; it seemed utterly foolish.
The Emperor must think he's stupid. My bright future is ruined!
"Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, what are you doing?"
The emperor smiled, but it was a cold smile; he asked almost through gritted teeth.
[Yeah, yeah, why did they suddenly kneel down?]
Chuan Wen watched the scene with great interest, glancing intently at the Honglu Temple Vice Minister, whose face was filled with bitterness.
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