Chapter 679: Dancing Princess vs. East Factory Admiral 39
Quan Jiu left the courtyard and returned to the Yangxin Palace in her maid's attire. As soon as she entered the room and glanced at the tea set on the table, she found that the furnishings in the room were not right.
Someone has been here.
He calmly pulled out a dagger from his boots.
Footsteps were heard and a handsome figure walked out of the house. The man was wearing a black robe and had narrow eyebrows and eyes.
Quan Jiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and put the dagger back into his boot: "Master Shen, why didn't you tell me you were coming?"
Shen Lang's dark eyes looked at her smooth jade-like face, lingering for a moment, and his eyes were darker than before.
"You're going out dressed like this?"
"Any questions?"
Shen Lang looked her up and down and concluded:
“Too ostentatious.”
This face is so beautiful.
"Although Meng Changxi has been missing for a while, many ministers in the palace have seen this face. If you are unlucky and run into someone who knows her, Chu Tuo will get the news quickly."
"I just want him to get the message." Quan Jiu stopped there.
The person who was happiest when Meng Changxi disappeared was Chu Tuo. Meng Changxi's existence reminded him every moment that he had obtained the throne in an illegitimate way.
Only when she disappears completely can Chu Tuo rest in peace.
Shen Lang quickly understood her plan: "It's too risky."
"Don't you, Lord Shen, protect me?"
Quan Jiu's eyes were smiling, and the woman's facial features after regaining her true appearance were delicate and gorgeous, and her every frown and smile was extremely seductive.
She stared at him with a smile, as if she was certain that he would avenge her.
This gaze of wholehearted trust was so hot that Shen Lang felt as if his entire face was brushed by flames and his eyes were burned by cigarette butts.
He is the governor of the East Factory who is on par with the emperor. Everyone respects him, fears him, but is more wary of him.
He had been in the treacherous political world for more than ten years, and was used to being surrounded by old foxes who were hiding human skins and telling lies. No one would be nice to anyone for no reason, but she seemed to be an exception as soon as she appeared.
He was not after power or status, but only after this notorious eunuch.
"Changxi, you can get revenge without my help."
She is careful, brave, and resourceful. Chu Tuo is no match for her, and she doesn't actually need his help.
This thought flashed through his mind, and Shen Lang inexplicably found it a little funny.
It seemed like he had nothing to offer her.
Gold, silver, treasures, official positions and nobility, these things that ordinary people pursue all their lives are easy for her.
If she followed him, she would get nothing except the bad reputation of "wife of a eunuch".
"Who said that?"
Quan Jiu held his slightly cold hand.
"You staying with me is the best help."
Looking at the ugly faces of Chu Tuo and He Miaomiao every day, she couldn't stay in the palace for a moment.
"Doctor Shen, the emperor is here."
Suddenly a palace maid came to report outside the door.
The heavy atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense!
Shen Lang and Quan Jiu looked at each other, and both of them changed their expressions.
Her tone was calm and indifferent: "I am changing clothes. Please wait a little longer, Your Majesty."
………
After hearing the palace maid's report, Eunuch Zhou looked at Chu Tuo worriedly.
"This Divine Doctor Shen is too bold to actually let Your Majesty wait outside the door..."
She was probably the only one who would dare to make the emperor wait outside the house.
"No problem."
Unexpectedly, Chu Tuo remained calm and there was no sign of displeasure on his face.
He put his hands behind his back and sat down on the stone table in the yard, as if he was going to wait any longer.
Changing clothes for women is already cumbersome.
Eunuch Zhou was shocked in his heart, but he didn't dare show it on his face. He poured him a cup of tea.
Halfway through the tea, the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation finally opened.
"His Majesty."
Quan Jiu walked out wearing an immortal green robe and a white jade mask.
Chu Tuo's eyes scanned her body: "Go in and talk."
inside the house.
Quan Jiu stood aside waiting for orders, and Chu Tuo sat on the stool, which was the stool that Chen Lang had just sat on.
Chu Tuo looked around and found that the table was covered with scattered medicinal herbs and medical tools, many of which were half-ground.
"Are you refining medicine, my dear?"
"I haven't had time to clean up yet. I'm sorry to have embarrassed Your Majesty." Quan Jiu said indifferently, but his eyes glanced at the wardrobe.
"I'm quite interested in the art of alchemy, but I've never found a suitable opportunity to study it. Today is a coincidence."
Chu Tuo picked up a piece of dragon tobacco, played with it between his fingertips, and said without turning his head.
"Eunuch Zhou, please go out first. I have Lord Shen here to accompany me."
Eunuch Zhou left with the palace maids, and only Quan Jiu and Chu Tuo were left in the huge Yangxin Palace.
"Don't pay any attention to me, my dear. I'm just taking a look. The herbs haven't been ground yet, so you can continue."
Chu Tuo stared at the medicine bowl where the medicine was ground, and seemed to be really interested in medical skills.
Quan Jiu rolled up his sleeves and said, "Then I will continue."
She threw the sorted herbs into the medicine bowl and crushed them. Her movements were quick and the herbs quickly turned into a uniform, fine, sticky powder in her hands.
"My dear, be careful."
Chu Tuo stood behind her at some point, one step away from her. The man reached out from behind her and lifted up her sleeve.
"Such a fairy-like dress would look ugly if it were stained with liquid medicine."
The breath he took in and out fell on Quan Jiu's neck, as if he would kiss him in the next second.
Quan Jiu narrowed her eyes slightly, and a cold light flashed in the depths of her eyes. She glanced at the closed wardrobe with the corner of her eye, and calmly took two steps to the left while taking the medicinal herbs, avoiding Chu Tuo's dirty hands that were attacking her waist.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
There was no emotion in her tone.
The action of his hands failed, and the faint fragrance in front of him also faded away. Chu Tuo's arms were stiff in the air.
In just a blink of an eye, his complexion returned to normal and his arms dropped naturally.
"My dear, do you have any complaints about my punishment?"
Quan Jiu said calmly, "I dare not."
Chu Tuo narrowed his black eyes slightly, his gaze falling on her white jade mask. After returning from the hunting ground, he thought about it for two days. Since she was a girl and the Purple Star of Meng Kingdom, as long as he married her, the throne would be secure.
Furthermore, she had committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, which was a dead end. The only way for her to stop people from gossiping was to marry him.
Chu Tuo approached her again, stood beside her, and spoke in a softer tone:
"Don't be angry with me. I'm doing this for your own good. I've been thinking about it over and over these past two days, unable to sleep at night, and now I've come up with a way to atone for your sins... Sigh."
"How dare I, a humble official under duress, complain to Your Majesty?"
Quan Jiu remained indifferent from beginning to end.
"Your Majesty cannot sleep at night. Perhaps you are exhausted from the past two days in Fengyi Palace. I will prescribe two prescriptions that will be effective soon."
Chu Tuo caught sight of the three words "Feng Yi Palace" and raised his lips slightly:
"Aiqing, you know my situation so well?"
He went to He Miaomiao's palace these two days.
Quan Jiu paused slightly, as if he didn't know how to respond.
"I won't be going tonight."
Chu Tuo reached out to her...
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