Chapter 113 See You Again
The sky was already dimly lit, and Chen Yu knew she couldn't stay any longer.
The roof of the Forbidden Palace was covered with bright yellow glazed tiles. She could hide in the dark in her nightgown, but she would be obvious as soon as the day broke.
She glanced in the direction of the palace gate and jumped down, landing silently. She hid behind a pillar and waited for the patrolling guards to disperse before sneaking out.
"Who is it?"
Chen Yu was shocked, looked back, and secretly said that it was not good.
Man proposes, God disposes. Who could have thought that one of the guards in a row would fall behind and run into him when he came out.
"There's an assassin!"
The sound of swords suddenly rang out, and the guards immediately drew their swords.
Chen Yu didn't bring a knife tonight, she just took out a short dagger from her waist, blocked one person and snatched the other's knife.
She did not kill them. After she wielded her sword to fight off a few of them, she turned around and saw a large crowd of guards rushing in from all directions, with countless torches lighting up the sky which was about to dawn.
Shen Yu's heart sank.
There are too many guards, and she will never last until the end even if it is a round-robin battle.
The only option now is to retreat and not fight.
Having made up her mind, Shen Yu held a guard in front of her and retreated. She then quickly took out the powder from her purse, pushed the guard away and sprinkled it in the air.
The guards hurriedly covered their mouths and noses, and those who accidentally inhaled the air fell to the ground. However, in a flash, the assassin had already climbed up the high wall and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The guard said, "Not good, the assassin is heading towards the East Palace."
…
The sky gradually brightened, and at noon, the officials left the court.
Xie Tingzhou did not sleep all night and closed his eyes to rest in the carriage.
In the early morning, the warden of the prison came to report. Xie Tingzhou guessed that she had followed the Jinyiwei into the palace, hoping to get news from them.
She was getting more and more courageous. She didn't know what kind of place the Forbidden Palace was, but she dared to break in relying on her skills in martial arts.
The carriage drove all the way into the Forbidden Palace. After getting off the carriage, Xifeng immediately stepped forward and whispered beside Xie Tingzhou, "There was an assassin in the palace this morning. The Jinyiwei saw him heading towards the East Palace. They turned the East Palace upside down but couldn't find the person."
Xie Tingzhou said: "Since she hasn't been found, it means she is still safe, but she just can't get out of the palace. Let's go to the East Palace."
"But he must not be in the East Palace now. Let's go..."
Xie Tingzhou looked at the long palace alley and said, "I just want to tell her that I'm here to pick her up. Once she knows I'm here, she should be able to find a way to return to the East Palace."
The safest place is the most dangerous place. She left the East Palace during the search, and she will definitely want to return afterwards.
The Eastern Palace was used to avoid searches in other places.
Xie Tingzhou walked to the Chongming Gate. When he stepped into the East Palace, he paused slightly and looked towards the other side of the palace road.
The eunuch in charge of the East Palace came to greet them. Following his gaze, he saw several slender palace maids walking further and further away on the palace road.
"That's the maid who went out to buy things for her." The eunuch said, "Your Highness, please come in. The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess have been waiting for a long time."
The palace maid's clothes that Chen Yu was wearing were a little small. She had taken them off a palace maid, and they were a little uncomfortable for her.
In fact, she had always stayed in the East Palace and had never left. When the palace was searched, she changed into the clothes of a palace maid and disguised herself as a palace maid. After knocking a palace maid unconscious, she shouted that there was an assassin, and then she fell down and was carried out.
The Eastern Palace was searched thoroughly, but no one had expected that the male assassin would be disguised as a palace maid.
Chen Yu followed behind with her head down, afraid that she would be exposed as soon as she opened her mouth, and turned around the palace wall.
"stop."
The eunuch asked in a long tone, "Where are you guys going?"
Chen Yu secretly raised her eyes and took a look. There was a peacock embroidered on the eunuch's robe, so he must be a chief official.
The leading maid bowed and said, "In reply to your words, sir, we are ordered by the Crown Princess to go out of the palace to make purchases."
"Why do we need so many people to go out of the palace for purchases?" Liu Feng asked.
The maid quickly stuffed something into the eunuch's hand and said with a smile, "Eunuch Liu, you are a wise man."
Liu Feng weighed the silver in his hand and was quite satisfied with the weight.
He also knew that ordinary palace maids could not leave the palace for several years, so whenever there was a job requiring shopping outside the palace, they would try their best to go, and sometimes they would even bring two more people with them.
"Go ahead." Liu Feng waved his hand.
Chen Yu followed behind, and when she passed by the eunuch, a glimpse of her side profile made Liu Feng stare in amazement.
"Wait a moment."
Liu Feng took two steps forward and stopped in front of Shen Yu. He raised the whisk in his hand and lifted Shen Yu's chin.
The palace maid who led the way was so anxious that she broke out in cold sweats, fearing that she would be exposed. Shen Yu had drugged her, and she would surely die without an antidote.
Chen Yu's hand had already clenched the dagger in her sleeve, and just as she was about to take action, she heard the eunuch "tsk tsk" praise twice.
She calmly put the dagger back.
Liu Feng walked around her for a while and said in a pinched voice, "With such a pretty face, it's a pity for her to be just a maid."
Shen Yu didn't respond.
Liu Feng said in a drawn-out tone: "Once you enter this forbidden palace, you have to accept your fate. If you don't climb up, there will be people stepping on you to climb up."
He took Shen Yu's hand, and Shen Yu quickly clenched her fist, fearing that
He discovered the calluses on his hands.
Liu Feng thought she was unhappy, so he pinched her hand and patted it, saying, "You look like a lucky little girl. Do you want me to change your job?"
Liu Feng looked at her face and felt that it became more and more beautiful. This appearance of hers was not noticed by the masters in the palace, which gave him an advantage.
Chen Yu had heard that eunuchs and maids in the palace would look for lovers, but she never expected that this damn eunuch would dare to set his sights on her.
Chen Yu looked at the hand that was caressing the back of her hand. If she hadn't been trapped here, she would have chopped off this audacious eunuch long ago.
Chen Yu lowered her head and said, "This servant is in a hurry to go out of the palace to buy things."
Seeing that she was so ungrateful, Liu Feng threw away her hand and said sarcastically, "Humph, you don't want the grace given to you, so don't say that our family didn't support you later."
A voice suddenly came from the palace alley.
"A eunuch dares to speak so arrogantly and give people grace!"
When Liu Feng heard this, his legs softened and he knelt on the ground, "Fourth Prince."
The palace maids immediately knelt on the ground, and Shen Yu had no choice but to kneel down as well.
She had also heard the name of the fourth prince this morning, Li Zhaonian. In the mouth of Emperor Tongxu, he was worthy of the words benevolence and righteousness.
"You might as well tell me what grace you can give." Li Zhaonian said.
Liu Feng was horrified. "I was just joking with them. Grace is naturally bestowed by the masters. I am just a dog. How can I be the one to bestow grace?"
Li Zhaonian snorted coldly, "That's not what I just heard."
Liu Feng slapped himself immediately and said, "Look at my mouth. I can't speak. I beg Your Highness to forgive me."
The eunuchs in the palace are all people who look down on others for favors. The more arrogant they are in front of others, the more servile they will be in the back.
Li Zhaonian shouted, "Get out of here!"
Liu Feng quickly knelt aside.
Chen Yu lowered his head, and all he could see was a pair of court boots with Ruyi patterns under his python robe, and the person beside him, who was wearing a pair of cloud-shaped shoes under his court robe.
"You, raise your head." Li Zhaonian said.
Chen Yu had no idea who he was referring to. Her arm was suddenly bent by someone, and the maid whispered beside her, "His Highness is calling you."
Shen Yu gritted her teeth and slowly raised her head.
Li Zhaonian looked at the face as white as a lotus and found it was indeed beautiful.
Just as he was about to speak, he saw her looking at the person beside him, and her expression suddenly changed.
Li Zhaonian turned his head and the person next to him also had a shocked look on his face.
Li Zhaonian asked doubtfully: "Lianzhi, do you know him?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
