Chapter 267 - Chapter 267: Chapter 267. The Suspicious Old Taoist
Chapter 267: Chapter 267. The Suspicious Old Taoist
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Do the dishes and wine suit your taste?”
The Empress asked lightly. Seeing Ye Changsheng’s wretched appearance, she frowned slightly, and a hint of disdain flashed across her eyes.
“It suits my taste. It suits my taste too much.”
Ye Changsheng had a smile on his face, revealing his sharp teeth. His face was wrinkled like a withered tree bark. His image was uncomfortable. Even if the Empress wanted to hold it in, she couldn’t. She looked away from him.
“Don’t worry, Your Highness. The Youth Rejuvenation Pill I made will make you return to your youth.”
After the Taoist priest drank to his heart’s content, he began to paint a giant cake for the Empress. The Empress’s disdain in her eyes lessened when she heard him say this.
Su Qing raised his eyes and looked at the Taoist priest. He looked like a dead man. If there was a rejuvenation pill that could restore one’s appearance, why didn’t he take one himself?
As expected, women were stupid for beauty. Initially, Su Qing only thought of the Taoist priest as a swindler, but the Empress’s following sentence caught her attention.
“The matter of Mo City still needs some time for Daoist Priest. 1 will wait for Daoist Priest’s good news.”
The Empress picked up the golden cup inlaid with red and green gems and raised her cup to Ye Changsheng.
“Empress, please rest assured. This Taoist will do his best to repay the Empress’ kindness.”
Ye Changsheng stood up in high spirits when he saw the Empress toasting him. He raised his glass with both hands and boasted to the Empress.
The Empress nodded satisfactorily and put the golden cup back on the table. Her eyes flashed with contempt. Do you think you are worthy of drinking with me?
Su Qing frowned slightly. What was the matter of Mo City that they were talking about?
“Alright, you can leave first. BenGong is over.”
The Empress no longer had the patience to look at Ye Changsheng’s ugly face. She supported her forehead with her left hand and waved her right hand to let him leave.
“I will take my leave.”
Ye Changsheng hurriedly put down his wine cup, reluctantly bowed to the Empress, and left the Empress’s palace.
“Throw away everything he used.”
The Empress waited for Ye Changsheng to leave. Her lowered eyes flashed with a cold light as she ordered the palace maids to throw away everything Ye Changsheng had used.
Su Qing’s current identity was a palace maid, so she threw things out with the other palace maids.
The palace maids were busy with their work. No one dared to say anything. Even when they left the palace, no one spoke.
Su Qing couldn’t find out anything even if she wanted to!
The two precious gems on the jug that was thrown away were very precious. Su Qing had been holding them in her hand. If he took them back and made them into a necklace, she could sell them for thousands of taels of silver.
She threw the wine pot into the system. When Xiao Qi heard Su Qing’s thoughts, she took the bottle opener and dug out the gemstone with all her might. This wine pot was also made of good silver. She would make a silver hairpin for her master to wear when she returned to the furnace.
Su Qing followed the palace maids back to the palace. The palace maids began to serve the Empress as soon as they returned to the palace. The Empress had to sleep at this time every day.
Su Qing couldn’t interfere, so she stood at the side. She found the Empress lying on the soft couch with one hand on her temple. Her eyes were moving back and forth in her eyes, and she was frowning with a heavy heart.
“Reporting to the empress and princess, they were attacked at the First Prince’s camp.”
Just as Su Qing was thinking about how to get rid of the Empress and the palace maids, a soldier outside the palace reported urgently. The Empress suddenly opened her eyes and sat up from the soft couch, ordering,
“Bring her in.”
The palace maid went over and brought the messenger soldier into the palace. Su Qing looked down and stayed out of it.
“What happened?”
The Empress stared at the soldier with a dark expression. What if that terrifying human demon came to assassinate again? She was most afraid of the Eldest Prince and his remaining party.
“After the princess was attacked by a woman outside the First Prince’s camp, her entire body became stiff and motionless, as if she had been frozen.”
The soldier was terrified but still mustered up his courage to report.
The Empress looked gentle, but she was most ruthless. He was worried that he would lose his head. As expected, as soon as he finished reporting, the Empress grabbed the milk teapot on the table and threw it at his head.
“Trash.”
The soldier watched helplessly as the milk teapot flew over, but he did not dare to dodge. He was immediately hit, and his head was bleeding.
Su Qing raised her eyebrows. She was worrying about how to get the Empress out. That unruly little princess had helped her a lot.
The Empress sat up from the soft couch. The palace maids hurriedly went over to help her put on her shoes. Su Qing was particularly eye-catching when she was poked at the side. She went to look for work, but she had never served anyone before and did not know what to do.
It was a palace maid beside her who reminded her,
“Hongzhu, quickly bring the Empress a cloak.”
Su Qing went to look for the cloak but couldn’t find it.
The palace maid who called her was afraid that she would be implicated, so she quickly pointed behind the screen and whispered,
“Hurry up and go!”
“Yes.”
Su Qing nodded and quickly walked behind the screen. A yellow cloak embroidered with a golden phoenix hung on the hanger. The collar was a circle of white fox fur, looking very noble.
She was very interested in the embroidery technique of the golden phoenix, but time was tight, and she had no time to study it. When she came out with the cloak, the Empress was impatient and glared at Su Qing.
“Hongzhu, hurry up.”
The Empress’ palace maid saw that the Empress was angry and quickly called out to Su Qing. Su Qing quickened his pace and helped the Empress put on the cloak.
The queen was wearing a jasmine fragrance, which assailed the nostrils.
Su Qing put the cloak on the Empress and went back to standing. She didn’t want to follow.
Fortunately, the Empress had no time to care about her. She put on her cloak and hurried out. Two palace maids followed closely behind her, leaving only Su Qing and the others in the palace.
The Empress’s palace should have strict rules. Even if she was not in the palace, the maids did not dare to whisper to each other. They quietly cleaned up the soft bed and dusted it. Su Qing wanted to ask about the Taoist priest’s situation, but these two people worked like robots, and one could not get any information.
Su Qing didn’t know how long the Empress would be gone, so she had to hurry. She asked Xiao Qi to take out a packet of knockout powder and pour it into the burning incense burner.
The two palace maids were busy working when they felt their eyelids grow heavy. Their vision went black, and they fell to the ground. Before they fainted, they saw Su Qing standing before the incense burner and looking at them.
Su Qing went over to test them. After confirming they were unconscious, she helped them up and stood them in the corner of the wall. It looked like they were standing there as deacons.
After arranging the two palace maids, Su Qing hurried to the secret room. The Empress’ secret room was in the temple hall behind the palace. This was what Xiao Qi saw from the system.
Su Qing walked in and saw that it was an ordinary temple hall. Unlike the Bodhisattvas in the Central Plains, there was a strange Buddha statue on the altar table. They wore exquisite octagonal hats and looked a little fierce. They also held weapons in their hands.
On the incense table were offerings of fruits and an incense burner. A golden kneeling mat was on the ground in front of the incense table. Beside it was a bookshelf with various Buddhist scriptures on it. Other than that, there was nothing else.
“Xiao Qi, where is Lingzhi?”
Su Qing asked Xiao Qi when she couldn’t find Lingzhi. Just as she finished asking Xiao Qi, she heard someone talking outside..