Rumble —
The capital was unusually quiet tonight. There was only the rumbling of thunder. Almost all the shadow guards were out. Not only did they close the gates early, but they also blocked all the roads outside the city.
"Master Cheng, the entire Stone Village has been surrounded. We are going from house to house looking for people." A shadow guard said to Cheng Zheng who was standing in the shadows.
"How is the Song Family?" Cheng Zheng asked in a low voice.
"Song Honao has been in the study. Second Princess is with Old Madam Song."
"You saw Second Princess with Old Madam Song?" Cheng Zheng asked.
"This …" The shadow guard hesitated.
Cheng Zheng's voice was cold. "Return to the palace immediately. Stop Second Princess. Don't let her see the Emperor."
"Yes." The shadow guard replied and left.
Pa pa —
The rain poured down. The raindrops hurt when they hit the face.
"Sir, the rain is too heavy, why don't you go back first …" A shadow guard holding an umbrella spoke in a low voice. Before he could finish, he was interrupted by another voice.
"Master, there is a house behind the forest."
Cheng Zheng's expression changed. He walked into the storm. "Guard all the exits of Stone Village."
…
…
Zhao Xiang finally got out of the secret passage. Before she arrived at the Imperial Palace, it was already raining heavily. She didn't take a carriage or an umbrella. She stood awkwardly in front of the palace gate, but was told that the Emperor had gone to bed. She was stopped outside the palace gate.
"Since the Emperor is asleep, I will wait in the main hall." Zhao Xiang looked at the shadow guard in front of her. She knew that Cheng Zheng wanted them to stop her from seeing Zhao Rao.
"Second Princess, please don't make things difficult for us." The shadow guard said.
Zhao Xiang was still standing in the rain. "Make things difficult for you? It's raining heavily now. How can I go back? "
A servant held an umbrella to block the rain for Zhao Xiang. "Second Princess, a carriage has been prepared for you."
"So it was prepared." Zhao Xiang smiled coldly. "If I don't see the Emperor tonight, I won't leave."
"Second Princess, the Emperor hasn't been sleeping well recently. It's rare for him to have a good sleep. The servants don't dare to wake him up. Why don't you come back tomorrow …" The servant persuaded softly.
Zhao Xiang looked at the palace gate and the dark sky. "Unless you kill me today, I must see His Majesty."
Several shadow guards looked at each other and prepared to follow Cheng Zheng's instructions. If Zhao Xiang insisted on seeing the Emperor, they could knock her out first.
"Second Princess, please excuse me." The shadow guard struck towards Zhao Xiang.
Pa la —
A bolt of lightning flashed past. Zhao Xiang was still standing straight but there were several figures behind her. Their clothes were no different from those shadow guards and they had already protected Zhao Xiang behind them.
Zhao Rao, who was sleeping in her bedroom, was suddenly awakened by the sound of thunder.
"Your Majesty?" The palace maid outside heard the noise and hurried in.
Zhao Rao looked around blankly. The person beside her wasn't there. She frowned slightly. "What time is it?"
"Your Majesty, it's already midnight," the palace maid said.
It was already midnight!
Zhao Rao got off her bed. She didn't see any familiar figures in the sleeping palace and became increasingly puzzled. "Where is the Grand Secretary?"
"After His Majesty fell asleep, the Grand Secretary left the palace," the palace maid replied.
"Left the palace?" Zhao Rao stilled. What else happened outside the palace today? "Did he leave any message?"
The palace maid helped Zhao Rao put on her clothes. "The Grand Secretary told us not to wake you up and to let you have a good sleep."
Zhao Rao smiled faintly, but she felt uneasy. She had a feeling that something was about to happen.
"How long has it been raining outside?" Why would there be a storm at this time when it was clearly getting cold?
"It rained in the evening and I thought it was clearing up. It started raining again at night and has been raining for an hour," the palace maid said.
Zhao Rao slept for most of the day and didn't feel sleepy at all. She saw that there was a large pile of memorials on the table that hadn't been read so she had the palace maid light the lamp. She was prepared to read the memorials while waiting for Cheng Zheng.
She knew that no matter how late it was, Cheng Zheng would come back to accompany her.
Ever since she accepted his feelings, he practically spoiled her to the heavens. Just because Fifth Brother had previously listened to others and reprimanded her in front of everyone, feeling that she had lost the face of the Imperial Family, Cheng Zheng simply let her become the Empress. This way, no one would dare to discuss the matter between them anymore.
Cheng Zheng … …
Zhao Rao inexplicably missed him. Even though he had become stronger in the past two years, she knew that everything he did was for her.
Why wasn't he back yet? With such a heavy rain, what else could he do?
"What happened outside?" Zhao Rao asked in confusion. She seemed to have heard the sound of swords.
"This servant will go take a look." The palace maid said in a low voice as she walked out of the palace to see what had happened.
Zhao Rao gathered her clothes and slowly walked out of the sleeping quarters. When she arrived outside, she was sure that she hadn't misheard. There really were people fighting in the rain.
"Emperor, there seems to be an assassin outside the palace." The palace maid said in a shocked voice. There was actually an assassin that dared to enter the palace.
"It's not an assassin!" If it was an assassin, then it would have alerted the imperial guards in the palace. With the palace being so quiet, it was clear that the people fighting outside were of no threat to her.
"Go take a look." Zhao Rao said.
A palace maid braved the rain and ran over, "Emperor, the Second Princess requests an audience. The palace's shadow guards and ….. the previous emperor's shadow guards are fighting."
The previous emperor's shadow guards? Wasn't that Zhao Yong's former confidant?
"The Second Princess requests an audience. Why are the shadow guards fighting?" Zhao Rao asked in a cold voice.
"It's ….. They are afraid of disturbing the emperor's rest, so they won't let the Second Princess enter the palace." The palace maid said in a low voice.
Zhao Rao shouted, "With such heavy rain, are we going to let the Second Princess stand outside? Go invite her into the palace, this one wants to see her. "
She understood Zhao Xiang very well. If it wasn't an emergency, she wouldn't enter the palace at this time and wouldn't have a conflict with Cheng Zheng's people.
"Forget it. Bring an umbrella for this one." Zhao Rao said. The shadow guards listened to Cheng Zheng the most, so she went to see Zhao Xiang herself.
Outside the palace, Zhao Xiang looked at the figures fighting in the rain. She didn't think that someone would come to help her, moreover it was her father's shadow guards. They didn't usually appear, as if they didn't exist, but now they were all experts, not any weaker than Cheng Zheng's subordinates.
She couldn't drag this any longer, she had to enter the palace to see Zhao Rao.
"Everyone stop!" Just as Zhao Xiang was about to rush into the palace, she finally saw a familiar figure appear.
"Big sister ….." Zhao Xiang rushed forward regardless of everything, "Hurry and save fifth sister."
Zhao Rao looked at Zhao Xiang who was completely naked. Under the light, her lips were blue from the cold, and even her voice was trembling, "Fifth sister is in Stone City, Cheng Zheng has already brought people to find her, hurry and save her."
"What did you say? How could Ning 'er be in Stone Village, Cheng Zheng won't hurt her. "Zhao Rao supported Zhao Xiang," Hurry and help the Second Princess in, get the imperial doctor here. "
Zhao Xiang held Zhao Rao's hand tightly, "Go, go save Ning 'er."
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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