Chapter 60 Cloud Sleeves
In the luxurious Fengyi Palace late at night, candlelight flickered and the air was filled with the scent of precious incense, but it could not dispel the stagnant, suffocating tension.
The queen was wearing a bright yellow nightgown, and her well-maintained face was now filled with gloomy anger.
She stared intently at the dark figure kneeling below.
It’s Xue Minglan.
He was still wearing the black suit that made it easy for him to move around, but at this moment, he was covered in dust and there seemed to be a faint smell of gunpowder on his body.
The Queen's sharp voice cut through the silence of the palace.
"What did you say?!"
"Renxinzhai is burning?!"
That voice was filled with disbelief and a kind of rage of having one's reverse scale touched!
Xue Minglan lowered his head and his voice was steady.
"Reporting to the Queen, when I arrived, Renxinzhai was already a sea of fire."
"The fire was so fierce that it could not be put out."
He cleverly concealed any possible manipulations he might have done.
The queen suddenly stood up from the phoenix throne, her chest heaving violently.
"Asshole!"
She snapped.
"I asked you to stop Chen He from investigating! I didn't ask you to destroy Ren Xin Zhai!"
The grief and sorrow in his tone was definitely not just because a pharmacy was destroyed.
Xue Minglan slowly raised his head.
In the dim candlelight, his face, which was always hidden in the shadows, now had a hint of feigned confusion?
"Your Majesty, calm down."
His tone was calm, even a matter-of-fact.
"I think that since we want to stop Chen He from investigating the secrets of Renxinzhai..."
"Wouldn't burning it to the ground be the most thorough and cleanest way?"
"In this way, all clues and account books will be burned. Even if Chen He has the ability to traverse the sky, he will not be able to investigate."
This statement seemed to make sense, but it also carried a chilling cruelty and a distortion of the Queen's orders.
The queen felt choked up by his words!
yes!
Stop Shen He from investigating!
But……
But that’s Ren Xinzhai!
That was the business she had secretly managed for many years! It was a vital source of income for her private treasury! The owner of the business was her confidant!
How could she tell Xue Minglan this? !
This lackey who only knows how to follow orders!
What does he know?!
The raging rage was boiling in her chest, but she couldn't express it. This feeling of pent-up anger almost set the Queen on fire!
“You…you…”
The queen was so angry that she was shaking all over. She pointed at Xue Minglan but couldn't say anything harsher.
She couldn't reveal what Ren Xinzhai really meant to her!
She had no choice but to swallow this loss!
There is no place to vent anger!
“Bang!”
A crisp sound!
The queen was furious. She grabbed a white jade teacup at hand and smashed it hard at Xue Minglan!
The teacup hit Xue Minglan's forehead accurately!
The scalding tea and broken porcelain pieces splattered everywhere!
This smash was an expression of unspeakable anger, a vent of rage, and also a warning of losing control! *
Xue Minglan didn't move at all.
He didn't even frown.
only……
Bright red blood slowly seeped out from the place where his forehead was smashed.
Drops of blood meandered down his smooth forehead, flowed over his straight nose bridge, and finally dripped and seeped into his eyelids.
Blood stained his drooping eyelashes red.
When he slowly raised his head again...
Under the flickering candlelight, the blood-stained eye revealed an indescribable coldness and weirdness.
Like a Shura crawling out of hell, with a bloody smell, he stared at the world coldly.
At that moment, the air seemed to freeze! The blood, the candlelight, and those eyes without a trace of warmth formed a terrifying scene with a strong impact!
When the queen met those eyes, her heart skipped a beat!
An inexplicable chill instantly spread throughout my body!
She subconsciously took half a step back.
This look...
So strange!
So scary!
Is this still the same Xue Minglan who always obeyed her orders, with a look of respect and obedience in his eyes? When did he become so frightening?
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please calm down!"
A pretty palace maid in a light green palace dress hurried forward and supported the queen who was shaking a little.
She is Yunxiu, the most capable maidservant beside the Queen.
Yunxiu gently patted the queen's back and soothed her softly.
"What can I do if I'm so angry about this? Master Xue is so eager to do things for the Empress that he..."
The queen took a few deep breaths, trying hard to suppress the shock and anger in her heart.
She glanced at Xue Minglan, who was still kneeling there with blood on his forehead and a terrifying look in his eyes.
Then she gave Yunxiu an imperceptible look.
Yunxiu immediately understood.
She let go of the queen, walked aside and took out a clean handkerchief.
Then she walked in front of Xue Minglan and bent her knees slightly.
"Master Xue, you..."
There was a barely perceptible tremor in her voice.
Yunxiu turned her back to the queen and carefully wiped the blood from Xue Minglan's forehead with a handkerchief.
When her gaze inevitably fell on the wound and the still cold eyes, a hint of deep heartache and worry quickly flashed across the depths of Yunxiu's eyes!
That look, soft and eager, with unspeakable emotions almost overflowing, formed a sharp contrast with her respectful posture at the moment!
Xue Minglan's gaze seemed to move slightly.
The two people's eyes met briefly in the air.
Almost too fast to catch.
Silent communication and hidden emotions flashed by in this oppressive palace like an electric current.
The queen looked at this scene, and her irritability subsided a little, but the feeling of uneasiness did not disappear.
She waved her hand, her voice filled with fatigue and impatience.
"Okay, back off."
"I don't want what happened today to happen again!"
Her gaze sharpened again.
"You! Check it out immediately!"
"Make sure to find out for me! What on earth did that little bitch Chen He find in Renxinzhai?"
"As soon as you have any news, report it immediately!"
Xue Minglan lowered his eyelids, covering his heart-pounding eyes.
"Yes, I obey your command."
His voice was still so steady, without any emotion in it.
He stood up. The bloodstain on his forehead had been simply cleaned up by Yunxiu, but the remaining bloodstain was still shocking.
He bowed respectfully, turned around and walked out of the hall.
Just as he was about to step out of the palace gate and blend into the thick night outside...
He paused slightly and glanced vaguely at Yunxiu, who was standing beside the queen with her head lowered.
That glance was meaningful, with a slender and resentful feeling, and Yunxiu's eyes were deep and emotional, but so fast that it seemed like an illusion.
The Queen was distractedly thinking about the aftermath of the destruction of Renxinzhai and the possible threat posed by Shen He, and did not notice this brief glance.
Yunxiu kept her head down, as if nothing had happened.
Only her slightly clenched fingers hidden in her sleeves revealed her uneasy heart at the moment.
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