Tang Yu heard the palace maid beside her say that the slut from earlier was the old flame of one of Zou Heng's men.
The key question is, what was the face that guard had in front of Commander Zou Heng and His Majesty?
Tang Yu spoke to the palace maid beside her in disbelief.
"What did you say?"
"I'm telling the truth, that guard is quite capable."
The palace maid looked around to make sure no one was there, and continued...
"Those who offended Green Leaf before were all beaten up by Green Leaf, but those who were not satisfied retaliated."
"But that guard secretly dealt with them all, and he wasn't held accountable."
"Anyway, don't think too much about it. I need to go get Consort Yun's clothes to take back to the laundry department to wash them. I'm leaving now."
Standing there, Tang Yu stared in the direction Green Leaf had just left, her face contorted in a grimace.
At the same time, Tang Yu also had a plan in mind.
"Green leaves, huh? Well then, I'll let you truly be accompanied by green leaves."
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The palace maids ran along the palace road, all the way into Tinglan Palace.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty—"
Orchids bloom year-round, and since Lu Hua moved to Tinglan Palace, the palace courtyard has been planted with all sorts of orchids.
The cymbidium orchids in the courtyard are in full bloom now.
Lu Hua, who was squatting among the orchids, picked two orchids and held them in her hands when she saw Qingyun rushing over.
"Qingyun, what happened to you? Why are you running so fast?"
Qingyun ran to Lu Hua's side, one hand on her chest, the other on her hip, her upper body bent forward, panting heavily as she spoke.
"Your Majesty—Your Majesty…this servant…"
Speak slowly.
But Qingyun was in a hurry, taking deep breaths in and out, repeating this breathing pattern two or three times.
She excitedly said to Lu Hua, "Your Majesty, I saw him today!"
Upon hearing Qingyun mention "him," Lu Hua dropped the two sprigs of orchid she had just broken from her hand.
In the past, Lu Hua would feel heartbroken if the orchids lost their petals in the wind, but now she didn't care about the orchids on the ground at all.
He took a step forward and excitedly grabbed Qingyun's arm with both hands.
"What did you say? You saw him? Where?"
Qingyun, being shaken by Lu Hua, didn't even need to look to know how happy his mistress was at that moment.
More than two years ago, when her mistress saw someone who looked very much like him and knew that he worked for His Majesty, she sided with Consort Li, hoping to find him.
For the past two years, the Empress had not seen that person again, so hearing that she had seen him now naturally made her extremely excited.
"Your Majesty, after I delivered Your Majesty's clothes to the laundry department today, on my way back via another palace path..."
"I saw him enter the Fengying Water Pavilion."
"Really? Is it really him?"
Lu Hua said happily after hearing this.
"Your Majesty, this servant is certain it was him. He was carrying his painting tools with him at the time."
Lu Hua couldn't wait any longer and started walking outside.
"Your Highness, please wait for me!"
Without asking, Qingyun knew that Lu Hua was going to Fengying Water Pavilion.
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When Zisu saw Tang Yu return with a swollen face and looking angry, she silently minimized her presence.
'You can't see me, you can't see me'
As Zisu walked towards her house, she silently recited to herself.
But this didn't work; Tang Yu still saw the perilla leaves.
"You come here right now!"
When Zisu was called, she felt utterly dejected and turned to slowly move to Tang Yu's side.
Tang Yu led Zisu into Tang Yu's own residence.
As Zisu entered the house, she couldn't help but start trembling.
"Kneel down"
With Tang Yu's command to kneel, Zisu had no choice but to kneel as well.
After seeing Zisu obediently kneeling on the ground, Tang Yu, who was sitting on the stool, got up, walked up, and lifted the bed curtains.
He reached inside and soon pulled some things out.
Zisu trembled even more violently when she saw the wooden box in Tang Yu's hand.
As Zisu expected, Tang Yu opened the wooden box, took out the silver needles inside, and walked towards Zisu.
One needle after another, she inserted the silver needles into Ziyun's body. Zisu bit her tongue to keep herself from making a sound.
Otherwise, it would be far more than just needle pricks.
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Upon arriving at Fengying Water Pavilion, Lu Hua eagerly pushed open the door and went inside.
But once inside, there was nothing there except for the empty courtyard.
Lu Hua opened each door one by one, as if she couldn't believe it.
When the last door opened, there was still nothing inside. Lu Hua couldn't hide her disappointment and sat down on the threshold of the last door.
Hugging his knees, he began to sob softly.
Qingyun, standing to the side, was at a loss when he saw Lu Hua start to cry.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... please don't cry."
"I want to cry too, sob sob sob."
And so the servant and the master began to weep.
"Why, Qingyun? I've searched for him and waited for him for eight years! Eight whole years! Why won't he show up?"
"Why?"
"Your Majesty... this is a good omen. At least we now know for sure that he is in the palace. Are we still afraid of not being able to run into him?"
But I... really miss him.
"Waaaaah"
Lu Hua, thinking about all these years, could no longer hold back and hugged Qingyun, bursting into tears.
"Your Majesty... Oh, this servant will definitely help Your Majesty find him!"
Qingyun hugged Lu Hua, comforting her while trying to stop herself from crying.
"Qingyun, I miss him so much, I want to... I want to see him so much."
The two brought their own food and didn't leave until evening.
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Sha Ting followed Qin Jue and Xiao Xi'er to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Upon arriving at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Sha Ting couldn't wait to run laps around the hall several times.
After all, Sha Ting really wanted to see where his master, Qin Jue, lived.
Although Shatin was initially reluctant, he later became quite happy at the thought of living with his master.
And so, Sha Ting voluntarily picked up Xiao Xi'er with his tiger's mouth and tossed her onto his tiger's back, and began to run around the Hall of Mental Cultivation with Xiao Xi'er.
"Zou Heng"
"What are your orders, Master?"
Go and make it a nest.
Standing beside Qin Jue, Zou Heng looked in the direction Qin Jue was pointing and saw none other than the large white tiger, Sha Ting.
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Zou Heng started having people prepare this and that, and they were about to begin building a house for Sha Ting.
Little Xi'er, perched on Sha Ting's back, rolled her eyes and tugged at the fur on Sha Ting's head, causing Sha Ting pain.
"Huh—?" (What's wrong?)
"Kitty, let's go to Daddy's place."
Upon hearing Xiao Xi'er's words, Sha Ting ran to Qin Jue in two steps.
"Daddy, I'm taking the cat out to play for a little while now."
Okay, be careful, okay?
Qin Jue gently patted Xiao Xi'er's head and spoke softly, but his sharp gaze fell on Sha Ting, who immediately looked aggrieved.
"Roar~"
“Daddy, the cat says, ‘Master, you never pet the bed.’”
Xiao Xi'er, who could understand Sha Ting's speech, directly repeated what Sha Ting meant in his call.
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