Chapter 29 Monitoring Devices
Gong Lan couldn't be allowed to know about the space, so Ling Chan asked her to guard a small road.
"If anyone passes by, throw a stone in my direction." Ling Chan instructed her.
Gong Lan was worried, "Miss, what are you going to do? Leave it to me."
Ling Chan shook her head, "I have my own plans, you just stay here."
Gong Lan nodded heavily, "Okay."
Ling Chan turned around and "walked" up the wall next to her, looking for an angle from which she could monitor the Queen Mother's bedroom.
There were small animals on every corner of the palace roof. She ran to several corners and used the power of the power bracelet to pull the small animals out from the corners.
He hid in a corner, slipped into the space, and turned several small animals into monitoring devices.
Then he came out again and went back to several corners of the house, nailed the little animals back to their original positions, and adjusted their positions.
After doing this, she 'walked' back to the ground and reunited with Gong Lan.
After the master and servant left, a masked man walked out from not far away, followed by a black-clad guard.
"Your Highness, would you like me to go and take a look?" The black-clad guard looked in the direction where Ling Chan and Gong Lan left.
The man didn't say anything, but instead jumped onto the roof and pulled out one of the little beasts that Ling Chan had just nailed back.
He looked at the little animal in his hand curiously. It was a phoenix, the king of birds, a symbol of peace and prosperity and a symbol of nobility.
Who was that little girl just now? Why did she pull these little beasts out and then nail them back in?
Also... this little girl looks so skinny, how can she pull out these little beasts that are fixed with iron nails?
"Why is she pulling this out?" asked the black-clad guard.
The masked man said nothing, and handed the little beast in his hand to the black-clad guard, "I will go to see the Queen Mother."
The black-clad guard followed him, but concentrated on fiddling with the little beast in his hand.
When Nanny Xian saw the masked man, she came over with surprise, "Prince Rui, you're here."
She turned and ran into the palace to inform Rong Ruxiang, "Queen Dowager, Prince Rui is here to see you."
Rong Ruxiang was in high spirits because she had just successfully poisoned Ling Chan. "Prince Rui is here, please invite him in."
But when she saw King Rui coming in wearing a mask, a flash of joy flashed across her eyes.
"Xiao Jin pays his respects to the Queen Mother." Xiao Jin knelt in front of Rong Ruxiang.
"Are you seriously injured?" Rong Ruxiang helped him up, let him sit below her, and stared at his mask.
Prince Rui Xiao Jin nodded, "Well, mainly because the wound is horrific, so..."
Rong Ruxiang nodded in understanding, "Thank you for your hardship."
"What did the imperial physician say?"
Prince Rui answered every question, "The imperial physician said it shouldn't come into contact with water. Take good care of it... maybe it won't be noticeable in a few years."
"How many years?" Rong Ruxiang seemed surprised. "So long?"
"Then your marriage... is fine. Tell me which girl you like and let the emperor arrange a marriage for you."
"A man's appearance is not important. The key is that he is responsible and accountable." She said earnestly.
"Prince Rui has matured considerably in the past few years at the border. Your mother should be relieved."
Xiao Jin smiled and said, "It's a shame to trouble the Queen Mother."
Rong Ruxiang sighed deeply, "Your mother is someone close to me, so it's only natural for me to worry about you."
Xiao Jin's mother was originally a palace maid named Yunshu who was beside Rong Ruxiang. She was sent to the bed of the late emperor by Rong Ruxiang and later became pregnant with Xiao Jin.
Nanny Xian brought tea and poured it for Xiao Jin, "Prince Rui, please have some tea."
When she was about to pour it for Rong Ruxiang, she was stopped by Rong Ruxiang.
"No more."
Xiao Jin picked up the tea and drank it all in one gulp just like Ling Chan.
After a few more words, Xiao Jin left.
Looking at Xiao Jin's back, Rong Ruxiang snorted coldly, her expression completely different from before. "Whenever I see him, I think of that bitch Yunshu."
"I only asked her to serve the late emperor for me a few times, and she actually dared to hide her pregnancy from me."
"Unfortunately, I was busy dealing with Xi Lingyue at that time, so she took advantage of the opportunity and gave birth to this bastard Xiao Jin."
Nanny Xian bent over, fawning over Rong Ruxiang, "The Empress Dowager is the master of this harem, and her fate is noble. How can Yunshu, with her lowly fate, bear such great grace?"
"And Concubine Xi, even though the late emperor doted on her, she has no children now, so she still has to kneel and bow to the empress dowager when she sees her."
"Hmph." The Queen Mother raised her head proudly, "If I wasn't so cruel..."
Concubine Xi and Yunshu became pregnant at about the same time, but because Yunshu deliberately concealed the fact, Rong Ruxiang didn't know that Yunshu was pregnant.
However, Concubine Xi, relying on the favor of the late emperor, paraded around the city every day with her pregnant belly.
As a result... Concubine Xi's child died in the womb at eight months old. It was a baby boy.
Yunshu gave birth to Xiao Jin, but she died of complications during childbirth.
The late emperor took into consideration that Concubine Xi had given birth to a child and Xiao Jin had lost his mother, so he simply let Concubine Xi raise Xiao Jin.
Concubine Xi, now known as Concubine Dowager Xi, lived in Ankang Palace.
At this moment, Xi Lingyue was fiddling with various supplements on the table.
After the death of the late emperor, she moved to this palace, which was far away from the emperor's palace and the empress dowager's palace.
Without the favor of the late emperor, there were fewer rewards.
Fortunately, the emperor still remembers her and sends gifts on special days.
She has been saving up these supplements for a year.
"My Lady Concubine, please stop. Isn't this all you have? How can there be any more?" Nanny Wei beside Xi Lingyue teased her master.
Xi Lingyue sat down and said, "I don't know how Jin'er's injury is. It's been a month since she came back, and she hasn't come to see me."
Nanny Wei sighed, "Prince Rui has a facial injury, so healing is the most important thing."
Xi Lingyue couldn't help but blame Ling Rui, "This Ling Rui is far inferior to the Marquis of Zhenbei."
"Prince Rui was under his command, and he still managed to get his face hurt!"
"And Rong An, if he hadn't fanned the flames in front of the emperor, Jin'er wouldn't have had to go to the border."
Nanny Wei listened to Xi Lingyue's complaints, but couldn't say anything. Given her status, she really couldn't say anything.
Fortunately, at this time, she saw Xiao Jin's figure.
"Queen Dowager, it's Prince Rui who has arrived."
Xi Lingyue stood up and walked to the door in small steps.
She watched Xiao Jin's figure approaching from afar, saw the mask on his face clearly, and tears involuntarily flowed from the corners of her eyes.
"Jin'er." She raised her hands, wanting to touch the mask on his face but not daring to. "How is the injury?"
"Didn't the Emperor send a royal physician to treat you? Why are you still wearing a mask?"
"They didn't treat you with all their heart?"
"Quick, take off the mask and show it to me."
Xiao Jin obediently took off the mask, revealing the injuries on his face...
There was a scar running from the corner of the eye to the corner of the mouth, with a large area of burns below it, extending all the way to the neck... and continuing down.
Because after treatment, it is not as horrifying as the bloody mess.
But the knife wounds that caused the flesh to be torn and the burns that caused the skin to be mottled... are still shocking, and it is hard not to think of the pain he endured when he was injured.
Concubine Xi felt a blackness before her eyes, and her whole body fell forward...
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