The Night Before the Storm!
The night before the storm!
Imperial Palace, Chuxiu Palace. Night!
Ji Muqing lay on her bed, the handkerchief Jing Yi gave her by her pillow. She must have washed it countless times today.
She turned sideways and stared at the handkerchief, a shy smile on her face.
By now, everyone in Chuxiu Palace had fallen asleep. Only the pitter-patter of rain could be heard outside.
After a short while, a young eunuch quietly pushed open the large red door in the courtyard. He poked his head in to take a look, then entered with a lantern that emitted a faint light. He carefully walked to Ji Muqing's door.
Knock, knock, knock …
He knocked!
Ji Muqing immediately tucked the handkerchief into her quilt. She turned sideways and asked, "Who is it?"
"Miss Ji, it's this servant."
"What is it?"
"This servant has come to deliver something to you."
Ji Muqing was too lazy to get up, but she endured the cold and climbed out of bed. She put on a robe and opened the door.
She asked impatiently, "What is it?"
The young eunuch looked around a few times, then took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to her.
"Master sent someone to deliver this. He asked Miss Ji to go alone and not make a sound."
Ji Muqing received the letter with a strange expression on her face and opened it to read.
In a flash, she was shocked and flustered.
This letter was delivered by the Crown Prince, Jing Hua. He asked her to meet him at the side door of the East Palace.
She excitedly grabbed the letter and asked the young eunuch, "Is this letter really from the Crown Prince?"
"Yes, Master also asked Miss Ji to go quickly."
"Thank you, eunuch. I will go after tidying up." Her words were filled with excitement.
The young eunuch bowed. "This servant will leave first. Leave the lantern here, Miss Ji can carry it when you go."
"Mm."
After the young eunuch left, she closed the door and excitedly began to dress up. She put on makeup, powder, and the jade hairpin given to her by Concubine Xiao on her head. She looked at herself in the mirror, satisfied, and went to meet Ji Muqing.
She quietly left Chuxiu Palace with a lantern and an umbrella. She wanted to walk faster, but was afraid that the rain would splash on her dress if she walked too fast.
Along the way, her heart was tense.
Could it be that the Crown Prince was going to pamper her tonight?
Thinking of this, she bit her lip and couldn't help but blush. Once again, she forgot about Jing Yi, who she had been thinking about, to the back of her mind.
He hurried and saw that he would reach the Eastern Palace after another long corridor. Who knew that there would be a sudden whooshing sound behind him.
She stopped in her tracks and felt a chill down her spine.
No matter how arrogant this woman was, she was still a woman. Naturally, she would be afraid.
His hand, which was holding the umbrella handle, couldn't help but tremble. He stood still for a long time before he slowly turned around.
But —
There was no one behind, not even a ray of light.
Ji Muqing frowned. Was she thinking too much?
He heaved a sigh of relief, but just as he turned around, he felt a sharp pain in his neck.
Before he could clearly see the black shadow that suddenly appeared in front of him, his head went numb and he fainted.
Her body fell to the ground, and her dress was drenched by the rain.
When the lantern fell to the ground, its flame was extinguished.
After a long time …
An orange-red ray of light approached from afar, slowly moving towards her.
Right in front of her, Concubine Xiao's ferocious face gradually grew larger. Even in this drizzling night, her embroidered gown made her look very noble.
Beside her were two palace maids and three eunuchs.
Sang Lan held the umbrella for her and stared at the drenched Ji Muqing on the ground. Borrowing her master's imposing manner, she snorted. "Your Ladyship, how did the Ji family produce such a brainless person?"
Concubine Xiao smiled. Her eyes clearly showed that she had been plotting for a long time. She used her chin to point at the jade hairpin in Ji Muqing's hair.
One of the palace maids squatted down, took the hairpin, and handed it to Concubine Xiao.
Concubine Xiao turned it in her hand. After a while, she unscrewed the jade bead on the hairpin and pressed it down. From the small hole on the bead, a blue liquid flowed out.
Sang Lan was puzzled. "Your Ladyship, does this thing really work?"
Concubine Xiao replied, "Although the smell of this musk grass is very light, if you wear it on your head for a few days, even a clean body will have problems."
To put it bluntly, it was a disguised form of virginity!
The palace maid squatted down again and pulled up Ji Muqing's sleeve for Concubine Xiao to see.
Sure enough, there was no cinnabar mole on her fair arm!
Not even a fart!
In other words, smelling the musk grass would make the cinnabar mole disappear.
Concubine Xiao was very satisfied. She had the jade hairpin put back on Ji Muqing's head and ordered the three eunuchs behind her. "Carry her over."
"Yes!"
The three eunuchs came forward and carried Ji Muqing in the direction of Han Academy.
Concubine Xiao wiped her hands. The matter was settled, and all that was left was to wait for tomorrow's show.
She simply returned to Zhangzhi Hall with peace of mind.
That night, the drizzle gradually turned into a downpour.
The raindrops mercilessly beat on the red walls and green tiles of the palace.
Deafening!
The next morning.
In the inner courtyard of Han Academy, a door was kicked open.
Several eunuchs rushed in and surrounded the red bed covered by a veil.
Hearing the commotion, Ji Muqing was startled awake. She opened her eyes weakly and sat up on the bed. She twisted her aching neck and saw the eunuchs by the bed through the veil in front of her.
"You …"
She jumped in fright!
She looked down and found that she was only wearing a red dudou. She immediately pulled the quilt over her body.
This tug gave her a huge fright.
There was a man next to her!
"Ah!"
She screamed loudly.
Gao Bingze was woken up by her scream. When he opened his eyes and saw this scene, he was also scared out of his wits.
He sat up and scrambled off the bed, falling directly to the ground.
The eunuchs outside had captured her alive.
"What the hell is going on? Why is this happening? Why … "Gao Bingze was going crazy.
As the young master of Han Academy, he naturally knew who the woman on the bed was.
The eunuch said, "Young Master Gao, Concubine Xiao wants to see you."
"No, I don't know why this happened. I'm innocent."
"Whether it's true or not, it's up to Concubine Xiao to decide." He ordered the eunuchs who had captured him, "Take him away."
The eunuchs moved quickly and dragged him away.
The leader of the eunuchs rushed to the dazed Ji Muqing on the bed and said, "Miss Ji, please quickly put on your clothes and come with us."
Ji Muqing didn't know how long she was stunned before she was dragged to Zhangzhi Hall in a daze.
Inside the hall.
Ji Muqing and Gao Bingze were kneeling on the ground.
Concubine Xiao glared at them.
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