Chapter 378 Master is unhappy?
Back at Mingyue Palace, Song Zhuran tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Whenever she thought of what Song Zhuyi had said that day, she felt extremely anxious.
I comforted myself again and again, while repeatedly denying myself in my mind.
Lying in bed, she seemed to have made a decision. Suddenly, she turned over, sat up, and strode barefoot to the dressing table, where she sat down.
"Your Highness, why are you barefoot? Be careful not to catch a cold." The head maid of Mingyue Palace was one of the few survivors in the organization. These people had escaped the calamity because they were assigned to Song Zhuran as spies in the palace.
Song Zhuran looked at herself in the mirror from left to right, "Tell me, am I pretty?"
The palace maid bowed her head and said, "Your Highness is very cute."
Song Zhuran turned to look at the palace maid who had spoken, "Just cute? How do I compare to Jiang Wan Ning?"
The organization's assassins would not lie, and the palace maid lowered her head even further. "Her beauty is different from the Empress's. The Empress's beauty has a touch of playfulness and cuteness."
"Makes everyone want to get close to you."
"The beauty of the Princess of Langya carries a sense of aloofness." The palace maid did not continue speaking. Apart from that aloofness, Jiang Wan Ning's beauty gave people a feeling that dared not profane her.
"Then I'll ask you again, which one do you prefer?"
The palace maid lowered her head and remained silent.
Song Zhuran already knew the answer in the brief moment of her hesitation.
Surprisingly, Song Zhuran wasn't angry. She just took a deep breath and finally asked, "Tell me, why doesn't Master like me?"
"Is he really just using me, as Song Zhuyi said?"
People of the palace maid's rank naturally had never seen what the Lord looked like. They only knew that within this organization, besides the Lord, everyone else had to listen to this young master.
And this young master's loyalty to the lord is obvious.
The palace maid continued, "Your Majesty, the Lord cares about you the most; you know everything about him."
"What else could this mean?"
"The trust one person can place in another is the rarest and most precious thing."
Hearing this, Song Zhuran's mood wasn't much better, because only she knew that her master didn't trust her, but was using her.
How could someone who could exploit the death of his own daughter without feeling any grief possibly have deep feelings for her? But then Song Zhuran thought of the handkerchief on Chen Jie's body.
That was Zhou's handkerchief; her master forbade her from touching it.
Lost in thought, Song Zhuyi unconsciously tightened her grip, and the comb in her hand snapped with a "crack".
The palace maid immediately took two steps back and knelt down.
Song Zhuran stood up and asked, "How are things going with what I asked you to do?"
"Your Majesty, it has been completed."
Song Zhuran nodded, "Help me change my clothes and keep watch for me."
"yes."
Song Zhuran carefully washed and dressed herself, then walked from the warm pavilion of Mingyue Palace. She gently turned the vase in the corner, and the bookshelf on the south side opened from the middle.
Inside was a tunnel that seemed to have no end, but thankfully there were candles lit on both sides.
Song Zhuran walked along the road and went inside.
The other end of the secret passage led to a hidden room in the Prince Consort's mansion. Song Zhuran rang the bell.
The prince consort had just finished bathing and was lying in bed when he heard the bell and immediately got up to check.
When Prince Consort Chen Jie arrived at the secret room and saw Song Zhiran, he asked, "What is it?"
Why not just go up?
Only he and Song Zhuran knew about this secret room, and he wasn't surprised at all that Song Zhuran was in it.
Song Zhuran remained silent, simply gazing quietly into Chen Jie's eyes.
"But has something happened in the palace?"
After a long pause, Song Zhuran finally said, "Nothing has happened in the palace. I just came to see my master."
Seeing Chen Jie breathe a sigh of relief, a reproachful look appeared on his face. "It's only been a few days. You'd better not leave the palace too often if you don't have anything to do, lest Xiao Yu become suspicious."
"Now that Pei Yanchuan knows my identity, I must be even more careful in the future."
“Master, Ranran misses you. Don’t you miss Ranran too?” Song Zhuran said. “Don’t worry, Master, no one will notice when I come here from now on.”
“Ranran wants to give Master a surprise,” Song Zhuran reached out to take Chen Jie’s hand. Chen Jie frowned slightly, but still followed Song Zhuran’s steps.
The distance between the prince consort's residence and the imperial palace was not far, but it was not easy to build a secret passage connecting them.
Chen Jie followed Song Zhuran to a secret room, which was furnished like a bridal chamber, with red silk and satin, and even two sets of wedding clothes.
On the desk next to her were the things Chen Jie had given to Song Zhuran.
"Master, do you like it?" Song Zhuran opened her arms and happily spun around. "This is my gift to you, Master."
"It's also a gift for us." Song Zhuran blushed slightly. "Ranran put in a lot of effort to build this place."
"How about we sleep here every night from now on?"
Song Zhuran looked on expectantly, but instead received Chen Jie's question, "When did you build this secret passage?"
"Where does the other end of this secret passage lead?"
“Naturally, it’s the Bright Moon Palace. It started on the very first day Ranran entered the palace, and the Bright Moon Palace was something Ranran had planned from the very beginning.”
From the moment she learned that she was to enter the palace to serve her master, she observed the location of every palace in the imperial palace every time she went to see Song Zhuyi, and this Mingyue Palace was the best.
She would often mention to Xiao Yu how wonderful the Bright Moon Palace was, how much she liked it.
When Xiao Yu bestowed titles upon her, he naturally thought of giving the Bright Moon Palace to her.
"Master has no idea that it took countless people to build this secret chamber. These people naturally started digging from the outside into the palace."
"But don't worry, Master, those who built the secret chamber will never be able to speak; they've all been sealed inside the walls."
"In the end, I threw all those who had entered the palace into the well."
"Only Ranran knows where this secret passage leads, and now Master is also there."
Chen Jie's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. "What else have you done behind my back?"
Song Zhuran pouted, "Master is unhappy?"
"As long as Master knows that Ranran will never betray Master no matter what she does, Master shouldn't betray Ranran either, right?"
As she spoke, Song Zhuran turned and walked towards the round table. She gently removed the lid of the incense burner on the table and lit the incense inside with a candle.
"Master?" Song Zhuran turned to look at Chen Jie.
Chen Jie immediately concealed the murderous intent in his eyes, but Song Zhuran still caught it.
Song Zhuran felt a chill run down her spine, but she still put on a sweet smile. "Master, look at what Ranran arranged. Do you like it?"
Chen Jie remained silent, and Song Zhuran continued, "How about this becomes our wedding room?"
"Ranran, is there anything else you're hiding from me?"
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