"Xin Zhe, Lin Qiaole, receive the decree!"
As soon as Xin Zhe and Lin Qiaole entered the palace, they were stopped by a group of guards. Apart from the leader, there was another person behind him carrying a tray.
Xin Zhe was stunned. She cupped her hands respectfully and said, "Xin Zhe accepts the decree."
"Her Majesty has decreed that Xin Zhe will be reinstated as the Commander of the Imperial Palace Guards and Lin Qiaole will be reinstated as the Librarian of Qingxin Palace Hall. The two of them will take up their posts immediately!" The imperial guard cupped his hands at the two of them and said, "Congratulations, Commander and Librarian Lin."
"His Majesty wants the two of you to take a bath and change your clothes before having an audience with him!"
"Yes!" Xin Zhe replied.
He lowered his head and looked at his shabby clothes. It was indeed not suitable for him to meet His Majesty.
It seemed that His Majesty had already thought of this.
Xin Zhe's armor, the token from the palace, and Lin Qiaole's clothes were on the tray.
"The commander's residence in the palace is still there. Nothing has changed," the guard said.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Xin Zhe will have an audience with the emperor after bathing and changing her clothes." Xin Zhe cupped her hands in greeting and took the tray. With the imperial edict and token, she could be considered to have been reinstated.
After that, Xin Zhe didn't need anyone to lead her. She was familiar with the palace, so she carried the token back to her residence in the palace. Along the way, all the guards she met bowed respectfully to her. Although Xin Zhe had just returned, she was still their leader in their hearts.
When he returned to his courtyard, it was clean. It seemed that someone had just cleaned it.
Xin Zhe went to the courtyard to fetch water for a bath. She had never relied on others to do these things before.
After taking a bath and changing her clothes, Xin Zhe carefully caressed the familiar armor before putting it on again.
He walked out of the courtyard and called for a guard, "Where's Librarian Lin?"
As soon as she asked the question, she knew that there was no need to ask anymore.
He went straight to Qingxin Palace Hall. Sure enough, Lin Qiaole was lying face down in the courtyard with the tray thrown aside. Only the candy that she snatched from Tong Lan was still tightly clenched in her hand.
Xin Zhe didn't hold back and kicked him.
The hairs on Lin Qiaole's body stood on end. She jumped up and struck with her claw.
This move wasn't very effective against Ren Baqian, so it was even more useless against Xin Zhe.
"Put on your clothes and follow me to see Her Majesty!" Xin Zhe said coldly.
Only then did Lin Qiaole remember that she still had something to do.
He changed into his clothes in the yard, yawned, and said, "Let's go."
The eerie old woman sitting on the second floor of Qingxin Palace twitched her ears and cursed, "This girl has forgotten who picked her up."
Although Supervisor Lin's feelings for Lin Qiaole were like that of a kitten or puppy,
But she didn't expect that the lass would fall asleep in the courtyard when she came back, and then she went to see His Majesty, completely forgetting about her.
For a moment, he felt that he had raised an ingrate all these years.
The two of them headed to the Azure Cloud Palace, which was the current location of the empress.
Originally, the emperor's sleeping quarters were located in the center of the palace. After it collapsed, they moved to the west side, and when the west side collapsed, they moved to the east side. Over the past few years, the interior of the palace had been demolished and rebuilt, and Ren Baqian and the empress could be considered to be living in less than half of the palace.
Counting the number of palaces that the Hao Nation's emperors had lived in for more than a dozen generations, the total number of palaces that they had lived in was probably less than that of two emperors.
Now, the entire palace was waiting for the new palace to be built so that they wouldn't have to go through any more trouble.
As for the instigator of all this, the roaring emperor was still diligently digging holes in the ground while no one was looking. The cobweb-like passageways under the palace that Honeysuckle had walked through were his masterpieces.
Now, that place had become a place for Honeysuckle to explore, and he was always able to find something that tasted good.
When they arrived outside the Azure Cloud Palace, the two of them heard a series of children cheering.
They looked in the direction of the sound and saw a seven or eight-year-old child jumping up and down along the trees in the courtyard.
In a short while, the child jumped in front of the two of them and looked at them curiously.
Looking at the pair of phoenix eyes that were exactly the same as the empress's, the two of them knew who this child was.
Xin Zhe also squeezed out a smile and said, "Princess!"
"Who are you?" Honeysuckle looked up at Xin Zhe curiously, sniffed, and his attention was quickly attracted by something else.
She moved her feet and appeared in front of Lin Qiaole. She circled around her and reached for the bag of sweets on Lin Qiaole's waist.
This bag was given to her by Ren Baqian, and it just so happened to contain the sweets that she had snatched from Tong Lan.
Smack!
Honeysuckle stared at the bag at Lin Qiaole's waist and felt a pain in his hand.
Lin Qiaole's ears trembled, and she bared her canine teeth. "It's mine!"
Honeysuckle was stunned. After being in the palace for so long, this was the first time that someone actually hit her without giving her anything.
For a moment, she forgot to cry.
"This is the princess!" Xin Zhe's face turned cold, and she really wanted to give her a kick.
"I'm also a secretary!" Lin Qiaole said disapprovingly. I've always been the one robbing others. When has anyone ever robbed me?
Xin Zhe's expression changed. "The princess is still a child!"
Lin Qiaole rolled her eyes, covered the bag of sweets with one hand, and said, "Who isn't a child?"
She wasn't even an adult yet!
Xin Zhe almost choked to death. If Her Majesty wasn't inside, she would have had a fight with her first.
She glared at Xin Zhe and went to see Her Majesty first before finding an opportunity to keep an eye on her.
Xin Zhe had known for a long time that Lin Qiaole was a secretary in Qingxin Palace Hall, but the two of them had never interacted much.
After going to the mines for three years, Xin Zhe finally knew what kind of person Lin Qiaole was. Her impression of Lin Qiaole had long since dropped to the freezing point.
Zhao Prince Consort could tolerate her, but Xin Zhe couldn't, given her rigid character.
Honeysuckle finally came to her senses. She pouted and wanted to cry, but she was afraid that her father would hear her and scold her again.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked around. With a slight movement, she arrived at the flower bed. She reached down with her small hands and pulled out a finger-long earth dragon from the soil.
"Swap!" Honeysuckle stretched out her hand and looked at Lin Qiaole expectantly.
"No!" Lin Qiaole covered the bag of sweets. She wasn't interested in insects.
More tears welled up in Honeysuckle's eyes.
She jumped onto the tree and grabbed a one-horned beetle. She raised her little hand in front of Lin Qiaole and said, "Swap!"
"No!"
Xin Zhe's face started to turn ashen.
Even if she had to risk being punished by Her Majesty, she had to teach this unruly person a lesson.
Honeysuckle's eyes were red and her nose was sniffling. She looked like she was about to cry. After thinking for a long time, she climbed up the tree and took down something the size of an adult's palm.
Xin Zhe's mouth twitched. She could clearly see that it was a skinned and dried rat.
Many aborigines ate this kind of thing, but who would dare to let this little princess eat it?
"Swap!" Honeysuckle looked at Lin Qiaole stubbornly.
"Sure!" Lin Qiaole beamed with joy the moment she saw the thing.
She carefully took out a piece of candy from the bag of sweets and stuffed it into Honeysuckle's hand. Then, she snatched the dried rat from her hand and hung it on her waist.
"We're even!"
Lin Qiaole said with a smile.
Honeysuckle looked at the nail-sized piece of candy in her hand. She didn't feel that it was a loss to exchange such a big dried rat for it. She directly threw the candy into her mouth and squinted her eyes.
She knew the meaning of happiness just by looking at her face.
"Her Majesty wants both of you to have an audience!" At this moment, the guard's voice sounded. Xin Zhe glared at Lin Qiaole unwillingly before turning around and walking in silently.
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