But just as her fingers were about to touch the clothes, a system notification sound she hadn't heard in a long time rang in her mind—
【warn! 】
The sound came suddenly, and Gu Jiangli abruptly withdrew his hand.
She looked around the room again and again, but there was no suspicious assassin. She was not in danger, nor did she intend to ingest any poison.
This warning came out of nowhere.
"What warning? Why is it silent?"
After she asked, the system still didn't respond.
The system wouldn't issue a warning to her for no reason, nor could it be that the system suddenly went mad.
Could it be...?
She looked at the dress with a hesitant gaze, a seemingly unlikely possibility arising in her mind.
"...No way?"
To verify this, she stubbornly stretched her finger out to the clothes in front of her again.
Sure enough, just as my finger was about to touch the clothes, the notification sound rang out again:
【warn! 】
"Holy crap! There's something wrong with these clothes!?"
Gu Jiangli exclaimed in surprise and quickly took two steps back.
The black robe before them had become a vicious weapon, exuding an eeriness and danger from top to bottom.
She walked around the black robe several times, and apart from the broken gold thread, she couldn't see anything wrong with it.
"But how could a piece of clothing possibly harm someone?"
Gu Jiangli was resting her chin on her hand, deep in thought, when her father-in-law suddenly came in.
"Your Highness, His Majesty has instructed me to inform you that he has important matters to discuss with several ministers. You need not wait for him today. His Majesty has ordered me to escort you back to Yongning Palace."
"Didn't he say when he'll be back? It's okay, I can wait for him, no matter how late."
She had just made a discovery and was eager to tell the emperor.
The eunuch smiled apologetically: "This servant did not know when His Majesty would return. It was His Majesty who ordered this servant to escort you back to Yongning Palace. This servant dared not disobey His Majesty's will. Please do not make things difficult for this servant, Your Majesty."
Gu Jiangli lowered his eyes and sighed, his gaze lingering on the outer robe for a while.
Well, since she hasn't figured out what the secret is in this dress yet, she can tell His Majesty after she finds it out.
However, these clothes can't be left here; they're dangerous, after all.
She thought for a moment and then called Du Shuo over: "Du Shuo, could you help me carry this dress back to Yongning Palace? The gold thread on this dress is broken. I have a skilled embroiderer who can mend it for His Majesty."
Du Shuo was about to make a move.
The eunuch grew anxious and said, "Your Highness, if the clothes are damaged, you can hand them over to the Imperial Wardrobe."
Gu Jiangli understood the eunuch's meaning and said, "Eunuch, there's no need to worry. I will leave a letter for His Majesty to explain the whereabouts of this garment. His Majesty will not blame you or me."
Gu Jiangli deliberately placed her hand on her lower abdomen to let others know that the emperor loved her and valued the child in her womb, and would not blame her for such a trivial matter.
Seeing that she said that, the eunuch relented and said, "Well... alright, Your Highness, this servant will escort you back to Yongning Palace now."
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