"Your Majesty, no! This servant only wishes to stay in the Begonia Palace to serve Her Highness."
Ruyan shook her head anxiously, almost kneeling down in desperation.
Seeing her panicked appearance, Qin Yu stopped teasing her.
"Very well, as you wish, my beauty."
After Qin Yu finished speaking, he seemed to remember something and glanced around.
"What's going on? Where is my Consort Jing?"
When Qin Yu asked, everyone noticed that Sima Jing was not there.
Seeing that the tyrannical emperor had indeed noticed, Ruyan's expression changed, and she became nervous.
"Your Majesty... Her Majesty is unwell and is currently resting in bed. It is not convenient for her to see His Majesty!"
Ruyan quickly made up an excuse.
However, upon hearing this, Qin Yu looked extremely anxious.
"What? My beloved concubine is ill? Then quickly summon the imperial physician!"
As he spoke, Qin Yu hurriedly walked towards the Begonia Palace.
"My beloved concubine, I've come to see you!"
Seeing Qin Yu's anxious look, Ru Yan hurriedly rushed inside.
"Your Majesty, the Empress is really ill and it is inconvenient for her to see you. Please wait until she is better before you come."
Ruyan grabbed Qin Yu and said anxiously.
But Qin Yu seemed determined to go in.
As he was about to push open the bedroom door, Ruyan's heart was in her throat.
"Ouch, Your Majesty, my chest hurts so much!"
At this moment, Ruyan quickly covered her chest and squatted down, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed as she spoke.
Seeing that she seemed to have fallen seriously ill, Qin Yu withdrew his hand.
"My beauty, what's wrong?"
Qin Yu reached out and hugged Ru Yan, asking with concern.
"Your Majesty, my chest hurts so much, could you please rub it for me?"
Ruyan blushed, but still grabbed Qin Yu's hand and placed it on her chest.
At this moment, she could think of no other way to help Sima Jing cover up the truth, so she could only rely on her beauty to ensnare this foolish emperor.
"Alright, alright, I'll help you touch it!"
Qin Yu immediately understood what Ru Yan wanted to do, and put on an anxious look, his large hands began to knead her hands restlessly.
Despite the pain from his pinching, Ruyan had no choice but to cooperate and put on an expression of enjoyment.
"Your Majesty, it seems we can't find anything wrong with this situation here. Would you please accompany me back to my room?"
Ruyan gently stroked Qin Yu's chest with her fingers, asking with seductive eyes.
"Alright, I'll accompany you back to your room for an examination."
Qin Yu chuckled and carried Ru Yan towards her room.
As the door closed, Ruyan's gentle expression faded, revealing a hint of worry.
She knew she was going to suffer again today.
As her dress was torn open, the room was instantly filled with the scent of spring.
The crowd waiting at the entrance of Haitang Palace were all taken aback when they heard this voice.
This foolish emperor was just pretending to care about Consort Jing, but it turns out he went in for something like this?
"Your Majesty is suffering so much, having to cater to the tyrannical emperor even while ill!"
"This tyrant is simply inhuman!"
Several eunuchs and palace maids couldn't help but curse Qin Yu in their hearts for being utterly incompetent and showing no pity for their Consort Jing.
Hearing the decadent music, Anfu could only wave his hand.
"Alright, everyone get back to work. Don't disturb His Majesty's enjoyment."
"yes!"
...
Just as Qin Yu was fighting a fierce battle in the Haitang Palace.
Misty Rain Pavilion.
Private room on the third floor.
The door to the private room opened, and a man and a woman walked in.
Of the two, the man was dressed in leather armor, clearly the uniform of a garrison soldier.
The woman was dressed in a flowing red gauze dress and was holding a pipa in her arms.
Upon seeing the figure sitting by the window, calmly sipping fragrant tea, the two immediately showed excitement and knelt down.
"Greetings, Master!"
Upon hearing their words, the figure by the window put down his teacup and helped them up.
"Didn't I tell you? You can call me sister, you don't have to call me master."
Sima Jing shook her head, her face full of helplessness.
The figure was none other than Sima Jing, who had secretly slipped out of the palace.
The two people she helped up couldn't help but show their gratitude when they heard Sima Jing's words.
But they still firmly shook their heads.
“Master, you have been so kind to us. You gave us our lives, so we should serve you as our master.”
Since both of them had said so, Sima Jing stopped dwelling on the matter.
"Alright, I've come out today because I have something very important for you to do."
Sima Jing looked at the two of them with a solemn expression.
"We have been waiting for this day for a long time. Whatever it may be, Master, please give us your orders. We will die ten thousand times over without regret!"
Upon hearing that Sima Jing had something to arrange for them, the two became excited.
Seeing that they were not afraid at all, and even seemed to have been looking forward to it for a long time, Sima Jing nodded inwardly.
Although she has been wholeheartedly loyal to Sima Lie and the Northern Underworld Sect over the years, she has not been completely without reservation.
For example, the two people in front of her were one of the backup plans she hadn't told Sima Lie about.
She single-handedly rescued the two from hellish suffering and carefully nurtured them for several years to gain their unwavering loyalty.
"I need your help to lure out An Yuntai, the commander of the West City, and preferably to take him into custody."
Sima Jing directly stated what she needed to do.
Upon hearing this, the two looked surprised.
"What business does the master have with this person?"
The man couldn't help but ask.
"There's something I need to ask him about."
Sima Jing did not hide it from the two of them.
Although she didn't specify what it was about, neither of them pressed for details.
“Good. I happen to know a few minor officers in the West City. We can invite them to drink and make merry at Chunmanlou, where Xianglan works. Xianglan can then use her beauty to seduce An Yuntai and control him. After that, Master can ask you what you want to know.”
In a short time, the man had already devised a meticulous plan.
"Let's do it the way Brother Zhou Ning suggested."
Xianglan nodded.
However, Sima Jing frowned.
“If you do this, it will be very easy to trace it back to you if an investigation is launched later.”
Sima Jing shook her head, wanting to reject this idea.
But the two of them just smiled indifferently.
"If it weren't for our master's rescue, we would have lost our lives long ago. Besides, doing this doesn't necessarily mean anything bad will happen. At worst, we can just leave the capital."
Seeing the two of them looking so nonchalant, Sima Jing was caught in a dilemma.
But she couldn't think of a better solution.
"Alright, let's do as you say. Once this matter is over, I will give you a sum of money so you can leave the capital."
In the end, Sima Jing nodded and agreed to the proposal.
The two bowed and withdrew to prepare to carry out the plan.
The two walked out of the Misty Rain Pavilion and immediately pretended not to know each other before parting ways.
However, they did not notice that several passersby on the street in front of the Misty Rain Pavilion had locked their eyes on them the moment they came out.
Soon, it got dark.
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