The First Empress - Chapter 328

Chapter 328 A Pleasant Surprise
Linglong hurriedly stopped under a wind lamp in front of her. She knew that in such a defenseless Zihua Palace, she couldn’t escape even with her wings planted, Rather than fleeing in a hurry and making people laugh, it was better to wait and see who wanted to do what. Linglong had already cultivated an instinct to be fearless in the face of danger all these years. Facing danger was like facing all the unknown. There was an inexplicable uneasiness, but this uneasiness quickly disappeared and disappeared.

Linglong waited.

After a while, The sound of footsteps gradually came over. It was a Royal servant. Linglong stood. This Royal servant walked to Linglong’s side and did not greet her. Linglong stared at Royal servant with her beautiful eyes. Royal servant was at a loss. However, she quickly adjusted her gaze to meet Linglong. Linglong recognized this person in an instant. It was clearly Hui Ye. It turned out that the reason why Hui Ye hadn’t been found in the palace was that he had become Royal servant so quickly. In the past, he wouldn’t have sacrificed so much for his own sake in the future. Now, he might have become a crouching wolf trying to eat his guts. Linglong smiled faintly, just like Jiao Ying’s first song, “What are you looking for this palace for?”

Qin’er naturally knew Hui Ye, Although the face of the person in front of him was unrecognizably formidable, But those eyes were clearly Hui Ye’s, What kind of eyes were those, The coldness and violence, the lingering darkness, the emptiness and sharpness in his eyes were all fused together. The strands of coldness and the faint panic that emitted made this Royal servant look eighty to ninth of a degree similar. However, the voice was like a breeze that shook his flute. He said, “I’m here to deliver a gift.”

I–I came to deliver the gift.

This sentence was utterly domineering, without the slightest bit of flattery. Linglong was afraid that others would see through it, so she could only smile faintly and say, “Rites, bring it over.”

Linglong stretched out her hand like a soft catkin. The man smiled and took out a scarlet gold medal from his sleeve. Linglong put it away without seeing it clearly. Yan Rushunhua’s face had a faint smile on it. Hui Ye said, “Your Highness, don’t you want to see if it’s real or not? Are you not afraid that others will question you if you take it out in the future?”

Linglong smiled. Looking at Hui Ye, ‘”Why don’t I believe you? I know that you have the same goal as me. You want high officials and generous rewards to rule the world, and I want to leave this place. Don’t tell me that we are just threatening Huiqi. If you don’t have the ability, you naturally want to borrow arrows from the grass boat. I am very happy to be such a Zhuge Kongming,” Youlan said angrily. After saying that, Linglong smiled and looked at Hui Ye. When Hui Ye saw Linglong dissecting everything, he instantly said what he was thinking. He couldn’t help but admire Linglong in his heart. Linglong only smiled faintly.

“Where did you get this? Don’t steal it wrong. The Emperor’s five gold medals are all fake. Is this one real?” Linglong was a little puzzled. It was not necessary for a basket of bamboo to be empty. Hui Ye smiled and said, “Thieves don’t leave empty. This prince grew up in Zihua Palace. I have seen these things before. I can’t hide the truth from you.” Linglong’s cheeks flushed red as she smiled faintly, “Then thank you. At that time, this palace will need it. However, this palace has more elements of self-protection. If I help you restore Seventh Prince, this palace will have no interest or time. Do you understand?” Hui Ye naturally understood, and said, “If the time comes, then there will naturally be someone who will catch up from behind. At that time, this king will appear.”

Linglong smiled and said, “Is it really good for Seventh Prince to sit idly by and watch the outcome of a battle between tigers and mountains?” “Is it really good to sit idly by and watch the outcome of a battle between tigers and mountains?” After saying this, Hui Ye smiled and waved his hand, “Your Highness is not an ordinary person. It’s better to sit back and watch her success or failure. Isn’t everything something that Your Highness played with by the applause?” Linglong burst into laughter. She didn’t know what to say and said to Qin’er, “Thank you, Seventh Prince. Let’s go back first.”

Hui Ye hurriedly moved aside a seat and Linglong walked away. Qin’er said, “Is this person really Seventh Prince?”

‘”If it’s a fake one, I’ll let you see that none of you saw Seventh Prince die. The one in the Imperial Mausoleum–” Linglong didn’t know how to phrase it. After thinking for a while, she said, “That person is just a substitute that was found. Even I almost fooled around.” Qin’er nodded and said, “Is this gold medal real or fake?”

“It’s easy to use each other. Do you think it’s real or fake?”

“Seventh Prince won’t use fake things to deceive the Empress. Qin’er thinks it’s true.” Qin’er was delighted. “At that time, the Empress can leave this place logically. The money that the Empress gave Qin’er has already been given to her every month. At that time, Qin’er and the Empress will also leave this place.”

“Zihua Palace is not good?” Linglong couldn’t help but be a little dumbfounded. Even a little rough messenger girl was about to leave Zihua Palace. It could be seen that this place was indeed a place that made people feel cold and cold.

“Actually, there isn’t much, but this servant doesn’t want to be here just like the Empress.” After Qin’er finished speaking, she lowered her head and held Qin’er’s hand. “If we leave, we’ll have nothing left. We’ll live a self-sufficient life in the future. Do you know that we can’t retreat every step we take today?” Qin’er nodded, “Qin’er only needs to be happy every day. As for burying her name or farming and weaving her own name, Qin’er doesn’t care.”

Linglong smiled and nodded. At this time, the sound of footsteps behind her sounded again. Linglong hurriedly turned around and said, “You still have something to do?” In the end, it wasn’t Hui Ye who walked out, but Xie Yunxiao. When Xie Yunxiao saw Linglong walking in front of the flower garden, he couldn’t help but look at Linglong for a moment. Linglong’s eyes suddenly became slightly hot. Seeing Xie Yunxiao walk over, she almost stepped forward to hold Xie Yunxiao’s hand.

A bitter smile appeared on Xie Yunxiao’s face. “You brushed past death countless times today. I really don’t know if you’re lucky or unlucky. Now that Lan Sou Yu is in prison, should you be able to leave now?”

“The big deal is over. I can leave now, but I haven’t finished dealing with it yet. Wait for me?” Linglong suddenly became excited. It had been a long time since Linglong had truly been happy. Today’s good mood was quite difficult. No matter how much experience she had with death, Linglong did not care. She could withstand it.

Xie Yunxiao knew that although the palace was empty, he could not let down his guard. After saying a few words, he quickly nodded and prepared to leave.

Linglong and Qin’er continued walking and soon arrived in Yunluan Palace.

Qin’er took out Linglong’s treasure chest and put the five gold medals together. Linglong reached out and touched it. In these ten years, how many people had died because of the blood stains on their hands? They had never seen it with their own eyes. Linglong really wanted to laugh. Was she lucky or unlucky?

Qin’er tidied up the gold medal. Linglong changed into a brighter dress and the two of them went to the Calyx Pavilion in front of her. Tonight, if she was the guest of honor, there was no reason for her to be absent. Even if Linglong resisted, she still had to go. There were still some things that she hadn’t finished dealing with, otherwise, she could leave logically.

After a while, more than half of the day had passed. Twilight fell, and she was exquisitely inside the Calyx Pavilion. Just now, she had already dressed up with thin powder, and her eyebrows remained motionless with the pearls, showing her innocence in her lead-colored pins.

Huiqi was talking endlessly with Li Chen. Linglong walked in unexpectedly. Seeing a head wrapped in straw on the ground, she almost retched. However, when she knew that Lan Zhenglin had indirectly killed her, she felt relieved. So what if she didn’t?

The two of them were already slightly drunk. Huiqi said, “Linglong is a wise-eyed treasure. I didn’t expect General Li to be so powerful. To be able to stand up at the most dangerous time, just this Lonely Bravery alone is something that ordinary men don’t have.” Huiqi saw his heroic feat of slaying Lan Zhenglin on the field. Linglong convinced Li Chen to trust Huiqi just to make Huiqi approve of this marriage better.

“Imperial Concubine Bu–” Li Chen still called out after hesitating for a while. Linglong nodded, “Imperial Concubine Bu thanks you and Bao Luo for your hard work today. You are the hard-won meritorious officials of the Dali Dynasty.” Li Chen hurriedly knelt beside Linglong. “Without Imperial Concubine Bu, there would be no Imperial Concubine Li Chen. The last general was just a trick. Imperial Concubine Bu taught her children well. Although Imperial Concubine Bu and her son did not say much, what she said every time was very useful. Let’s talk shallowly and deeply!” Linglong helped Li Chen up from the ground. “He’s just a teacher of one word. It’s important to get a reward here.”

Hui Qilian hurriedly laughed, “Probably you’re worried. Eunuch Lu, bring over the ink, paper, and ink stone.” Linglong was naturally worried. With the imperial edict, Linglong naturally believed it. In a flash, Huiqi handed over the imperial edict after he finished writing it. Linglong was naturally a little dissatisfied when she saw that there was no jade seal on it. Hui Qilian hurriedly added the jade seal to it.

Only then did Linglong say, “Eunuch Lu, let General Li and Princess Bao Luo receive the decree.”

The two of them quickly knelt on the ground. After Eunuch Lu finished reading, Huiqi finally relaxed his brows and said, “Today, you are the one who contributed. I wonder what else I need to reward you for.”

Linglong smiled bitterly. Normally, when there was no reward, there was only the word “death”. Linglong took a sip of wine and said, “All the words are in the cup. Linglong drank this cup as if she was apologizing for being late.” As Linglong spoke, she asked the waiter to fill up the wine for the few of them. After drinking it all in one gulp, a red tide appeared on Linglong’s face, and she hurriedly accused them of being guilty and was about to leave.

“Don’t leave yet,” said Huiqi. “I have something to ask you.” Linglong already had the answer to what Huiqi wanted to ask. However, it seemed that Huiqi couldn’t remember what she said. She smiled and said, “I’ve been busy today. I’ve forgotten a lot of things. I’ll talk about it later. Left is just a trivial matter.” Linglong nodded and walked out with Qin’er’s help.

At this time, the sky had already gradually darkened. Linglong knew that there was still black in front of her. If she wanted to walk into the light, she would have to go through countless long dark nights …