As the sun set and the bell rang, Yu Shu stopped writing and left the dedicated Wen Shaoan behind. She called Xu Qing to take the official seal and leave.
As soon as she left the small building, she saw Jing Chen standing at the end of the corridor. It seemed that he had something to say to her. Yu Shu had an intuition that it wasn't a good thing, but he was standing on the way out, so she couldn't pretend not to see him.
"Isn't the Right Commander going back?"
"Where are you going later?"
"Naturally, I'm going home."
Hearing this, Jing Chen hesitated and said, "Well, come back to the princess's residence with me."
Yu Shu frowned and was about to refuse, but Shui Yun's clever appearance suddenly flashed in her mind. She also thought that if Jing Chen couldn't say anything in front of the Celestial Commissioner, but he wanted her to go to the princess's residence, it was most likely Shui Yun's request.
Thus, he took a step forward and approached Jing Chen. In a low voice, he said, "Go back and tell your junior sister that I don't care what kind of good intentions she has. If she dares to plot against me again, I won't forgive her this time."
Yu Shu knew that Shui Yun schemed to take her life because of Jing Chen, so she accepted her bad luck. With her vengeful character, it was rare for her to forgive others. Now that Shui Yun was targeting her again, in Yu Shu's view, it was tantamount to courting death.
After saying that, she swayed past him. Lu Hong and Xu Qing saw that they had finished talking, so they followed.
Jing Chen was rejected by her and threatened her in return, but he wasn't surprised. It seemed that he had expected her to have this kind of reaction. He didn't stop her and watched her walk away with a normal expression.
.....
Back at the princess's residence, Jing Chen went straight to see Shui Yun.
Shui Yun, who was lying under the tree and taking a nap, heard his footsteps and woke up. When she opened her eyes and saw him, she was a little surprised. After the two of them had a gap, although they lived under the same roof. In addition to regularly checking the recovery of her hands and feet, Jing Chen rarely took the initiative to see her.
After thinking for a moment, she smiled, "Did Senior Brother invite Miss Yu for me?"
Jing Chen walked up to her and looked down at her. Instead of answering, he asked, "What kind of person do you think Xiaoyu is?"
Shui Yun's eyes flickered, but she still smiled, "Miss Yu is a smart and courageous woman."
"Anything else?"
"Extremely loyal."
"Anything else?"
Shui Yun slowly shook her head. "I don't know much about her. Why did senior apprentice brother suddenly ask me this?"
Jing Chen told her expressionlessly, "I thought you knew that she was not to be trifled with, but you didn't."
"She asked me to tell you that if you have any ideas about her again, she won't forgive you."
Shui Yun's delicate eyebrows wrinkled. He said, "Miss Yu is too prejudiced against me. If I don't meet her face to face. If I explain it to her clearly, I don't know how long she'll hate me, Senior Brother. I'll dictate later, and you can write a letter for me to bring to her. Okay? "
Jing Chen was silent for a moment before he said, "Am I someone that can be easily deceived in your eyes?"
"Ah?" Shui Yun looked confused. "Senior Brother, what are you talking about?"
"If you want to see her, you can go behind my back to see her. You clearly know that she hates you, but you still want me to pass on the message. You deliberately want her to have a deeper misunderstanding of me and hate me as well. Do you think I don't know what you're planning?"
Shui Yun's eyes narrowed.
Jing Chen confirmed his guess and a hint of disappointment appeared on his face.
Shui Yun saw this and immediately smiled bitterly, "In short, no matter what I do now, you think I have bad intentions. No matter what Miss Yu does, you think she's good."
Jing Chen didn't say anything.
Shui Yun bit her lower lip in grievance and said, "I think you just can't let go of her."
Jing Chen shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that you'll suffer the consequences of your own actions. I only advise you not to interfere in my affairs anymore, and don't involve innocent people. Otherwise, you'll harm others and yourself."
After saying this, he turned and left.
Shui Yun put away her unnecessary expression and breathed a sigh of relief. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, "Fortunately, it's not her."
The Celestial Commissioner had first appointed Jing Chen as the Right Commander, and later made Yu Shu his subordinate. When Shui Yun heard this news, she instinctively felt that this arrangement was deliberate. Coupled with the murder at the Imperial Historian's Library, she was surprised at that time — — would Yu Shu be the person that Jing Chen had been waiting for twenty years for?
This conjecture made her restless. Thus, she had tested Jing Chen this time, not to create a rift between them, but to find out whether Yu Shu was the real deal or not.
Fortunately, when she heard Jing Chen's last words, she was sure that it wasn't Yu Shu.
***
The next day, Yu Shu entered the palace.
She was invited into the palace by three imperial concubines at the same time. If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn't be able to sleep all night. However, Yu Shu had a good night's sleep. She went to bed early last night and didn't waste any energy thinking about how to deal with today.
Compared to her, she didn't know whether the imperial concubines slept well last night.
Outside the palace gate, she first handed over Imperial Consort Xue's token. After waiting for a long time, a palace maid came out of Yeting to take her in. Yu Shu didn't recognize this palace maid, but this palace maid recognized her. She smiled gently and said, "This servant has seen Official Yu once at the Gentlemen's Hibiscus Banquet. At that time, I felt that you had an extraordinary bearing and didn't seem like an ordinary woman. Now I must congratulate you on your career advancement."
Only then did Yu Shu look at her again. She vaguely remembered that this was the maid who served Imperial Consort Xue on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month. Thus, she asked for her name and the other readily answered that her name was Songlan.
There was a long distance from the Meridian Gate to the back palace. With this palace maid smiling and chatting with her, Yu Shu didn't feel tired. Along the way, she only met two groups of palace maids. They all recognized this Songlan and tried to curry favor with her. However, when it came to Yu Shu, they only cast curious glances at her and didn't ask too much.
"Official Yu, this way please. Be careful of the doorsill."
Imperial Consort Xue lived in Zhongcui Palace. The walls were tall and vermilion. Just the doorsill alone was taller than Yu Shu's calves. There were two doors in total. She lifted her clothes and stepped over it. In front of her was a large courtyard house.
On both sides were a flower pond and a painted screen. In the middle, there was a corridor paved with green and red marble that led directly to the main hall.
Yu Shu was led all the way to the door. She saw the palace maid in green, who was guarding outside the door, roll up the gauze curtain. When she looked up, she saw the dazzling Kong Lan sitting on the Luohan Chair with her arms crossed in front of her.
Yu Shu really couldn't think of any adjectives to describe Imperial Consort Xue. This was a woman that made people speechless. She immediately bowed and greeted, "This subject Yu Shu greets Imperial Consort Xue."
Imperial Consort Xue looked at her and smiled. Fortunately, Yu Shu had her head lowered. Otherwise, her eyes would be dazzled again.
"Come and sit. Don't be shy. You're Cheng Bi's adopted younger sister. If I treated you as an outsider, I wouldn't have asked you to come today."
Yu Shu raised her head and saw Imperial Consort Xue waving at her. Although Imperial Consort Xue was beautiful, this simple gesture made her feel inexplicably close.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for the seat." She spoke respectfully, but her hands and feet were free. She strode over and sat down on a chair right under Imperial Consort Xue's hand.
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