Chapter 224 The Emperor Sees Whose Dagger
Li Yuzong said sharply, "The Emperor has arrived."
Everyone in the front hall stopped toasting and stood up to welcome the emperor.
Emperor Wu Su was wearing a blue brocade robe embroidered with golden dragons, sea water, cloud cliff patterns. He did not bring the emperor's ceremonial guard with him on this trip, and Duan Mingfeng followed closely behind him.
The emperor came incognito to attend the princess' wedding banquet. After he entered, he casually said, "Stand up. I am just joining in the fun. Don't be restrained."
After all, Emperor Wu Su was present, and the atmosphere in the front hall suddenly became quiet.
The timid ones keep their heads down and dare not speak, while the brave ones communicate through eye contact or speak in a low voice to the people around them.
Someone asked Lu Juan: "Lord Lu, do you know what the emperor is here for?"
Lu Juan's eyes fell on the table of the female relatives opposite him. Seeing Ji Qingrong put down her chopsticks after taking a few bites, he said something to the servant behind him.
Then he replied: "Her Royal Highness the Princess is getting married, and the Emperor wants to come and share in the joy."
"But the wedding ceremony is over, and we've already eaten half of the meal, right..."
The man didn’t dare to continue speaking.
Lu Juan pushed the roasted venison in front of him to him and said, "Sir, try this dish. Perhaps the emperor is bored in the palace and wants to liven things up."
What's so exciting about this? The officials sitting at this table are the ones everyone sees every day when they go to court.
The man slapped his head. There were many young ladies from aristocratic families at the female banquet, and they couldn't help but glance at the emperor shyly.
Coming here today, you can naturally see scenery that you can’t see in the palace.
backyard.
Apart from the initial voice from Eunuch Li, Ji Qingwu couldn't hear clearly what happened in the front hall.
All we know is that Emperor Wu Su came in person, but by this time it was neither too early nor too late, and the wedding ceremonies had already ended.
Even if Princess Qingyun and her husband were naked in the bridal chamber, they had to put on their clothes and come out to greet him.
When I looked up, Mo Lingling was still standing stupidly on the road leading from the backyard to the front hall.
Ji Qingwu walked out quickly and tried to pull her aside.
She whispered, "Miss Mo, we can't stay here for long. Come with me."
Mo Lingling raised her head and looked at Ji Qingwu who suddenly appeared in front of her. Her lips opened and closed again, and she was too confused to utter a complete sentence.
It was obvious that she was still digesting what Li Chengxun said to her before he left.
It wasn't him who risked his life to save her in that dangerous den of bandits, and it wasn't him who told her that he would help overturn his father's case.
That dagger wasn't his at all.
Oh, dagger...
Mo Lingling hurriedly lowered her head and looked around, muttering, "Where is the dagger?"
Who cares about the dagger at this critical moment? Ji Qingwu walked up to her and reached out to grab Mo Lingling.
But the other party seemed to be provoked by something. She jumped into the artificial lake behind the grass in a assassin's suit.
With a plop, she sank.
Fortunately, the water level in this lake was not deep, and Mo Lingling floated up quickly, with the water only barely covering her waist.
She bent over and carefully felt the bottom of the lake with her hands.
Ji Qingwu knew how important this dagger was to Mo Lingling. He couldn't stop her from doing stupid things, so he could only keep watch for her.
She kept an eye on the movements in the bridal chamber and prepared an escape route in advance to avoid being caught by Princess Qingyun who came out to greet the emperor.
The sky was already dark at this moment.
The dagger was thrown in and sank into the mud. Mo Lingling searched all over the mud at the bottom of the pool but still couldn't find it.
Ji Qingwu, who was on the corridor, also became anxious and stomped his feet and took a small step back.
But the touch on her back was strange. She was leaning against a solid wall. The corridor was full of columns and windy on all sides. There was no wall at all.
Ji Qingwu lowered his head slightly and could see that the wall behind him was blue with woven dragon patterns.
For a moment, the only sounds he could hear were the other person's breathing and the sound of water as Mo Lingling searched for something in the lake.
How did Emperor Wu Su end up in the backyard of the princess's mansion?
She complained in her heart, but turned around and put on a smile, bowed again, and said, "Your Majesty."
Emperor Wu Su looked her over from head to toe.
Feeling his gaze lingering on her waist, Ji Qingwu also took a look. The colorful shawl with a wide blue satin border was embroidered with auspicious grass and cloud fungus. There was nothing special about it.
It is special in some ways, because the auspicious cloud grass on it was embroidered by her herself.
Only then did Ji Qingwu realize that Duan Mingfeng was also following behind Emperor Wu Su and was standing a few feet away.
Every time the emperor went incognito, this Imperial City Envoy would be there.
Mo Lingling in the lake only had the dagger in his eyes and didn't notice that there were two more people on the shore.
Ji Qingwu said, "Your Majesty, this is the backyard of the princess's mansion."
Would it be better to move to another place?
Emperor Wu Su's gaze moved to her face again, and fell on her lips painted with rose lip balm.
"I know this is the backyard. What are you doing here?"
Ji Qingwu looked at the dragon pattern on his broad shoulders.
She explained, "I was watching the ceremony in the bridal chamber. After it was over, the princess asked me to stay and talk for a while. I was about to leave and go to the front hall."
Emperor Wu Su raised his chin slightly towards the lake.
"What is that?"
Duan Mingfeng felt his back tighten. When he entered the backyard, he saw a figure in the water and recognized who it was at a glance.
Anyone with eyes can tell what he is here for at the sight of him being dressed like that.
Emperor Wu Su just glanced at her and then retracted his gaze to the graceful dark green figure in the corridor.
Just like now.
Ji Qingwu blinked slightly: "That's Miss Mo, His Majesty has seen her."
Emperor Wu Su asked again: "What are the ladies from Liangxiang Pavilion doing in the lake in the backyard of the Princess's Mansion dressed in black?"
"She, she came with me. My things fell into the lake and she was helping me find them."
Ji Qingwu looked at Mo Lingling struggling in the lake, his brain working faster than his mouth.
"I put on this black outfit specially to make it easier to find things to work in the water. This girl is simple and likes to do dirty and tiring work."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mo Lingling straightened up from the water.
“Found it!”
There was a simple and joyful smile on her face, but it would have been better if she hadn't held in her hand the shiny black iron dagger washed by water.
Why find it at this moment when I couldn't find it any other time?
Ji Qingwu had a premonition that the emperor was going to ask another question, so the corners of her lips curled up even more and she looked at him lovingly.
Emperor Wu Su raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did you drop a dagger?"
Duan Mingfeng's mission was to protect the emperor. When he heard the word "dagger", he boldly turned his head to look at Mo Lingling in the lake.
Mo Lingling's face was splashed with mud from the bottom of the lake. Her face and body were extremely dirty, except for her eyes which were surprisingly bright.
Duan Mingfeng looked at the dagger in her hand with his brows furrowed tightly.
Ji Qingwu said: "This dagger is actually used to cut Eucommia bark, it's very fast."
Duan Mingfeng's expression became even uglier when he heard her explain the purpose of the short blade.
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