PDLP Chapter 511 Looking for Enemies
Chapter 511 Looking for Enemies
Emperor Shenwu held a luncheon in the Cining Palace. Empress Dowager Li, watching the lively scene, even ate half an extra bowl of rice. Even in old age, one still enjoys the sight of children surrounding one's knees and grandchildren.
After the family dinner, Empress Dowager Li was exhausted and went back to her bedroom to rest.
Lan Qingwu arranged for several princesses and princes' wives to take a short rest in the palace, and then leave the palace on their own after waking up from their nap.
In a dark, unseen corner of the Imperial Garden, a tall palace maid cautiously bumped into another maid whose face could not be seen. The tall palace maid whispered cautiously, "Any news? Don't contact me unless necessary. Don't you know that every contact increases the risk of exposing me?"
A female voice replied softly, "I've already got you a token to leave the palace. You were originally here to replace someone else. The incident when the Empress was poisoned by the cold caused such a big stir that the greenhouses were completely reorganized. I barely managed to keep my job in charge of the porcelain room, and I haven't dared to contact you for all this time. I don't care whether you've completed that task or found the person. Anyway, take the token and leave, and don't come back!"
The tall maid's eyes sharpened, but her tone was sad and weak: "But my sister hasn't been found yet... She clearly entered the palace as a maid!"
These words were naturally meant to deceive the palace maid with the deep voice. The tall palace maid lowered her head and raised the corners of her lips coldly.
Sure enough, the other maid's voice softened: "It's been such a long time..."
The tall maid pleaded, "Sister, you've been in this palace for a long time. Is it true that there isn't this person in the palaces of the princesses and princes... in the Queen's palace?"
Another maid thought for a moment and said, "Several princesses have been married off one after another, several princes have married and left the palace, and the palaces of several high-ranking concubines are roughly clear. I won't talk about the Fourth Princess and the Sixth Princess, as their palaces have long been investigated. The only one left is the Dongde Palace of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the Seventh Prince and Princess have been living in the Fengqi Palace of the Empress. Finally, there is the Qianzheng Palace of Your Majesty and the Cining Palace of the Empress Dowager. This is too difficult. I am just a small maid. I can't get involved in the inner halls of these palaces at all. Even if I ask a few more questions about their affairs, I will be suspected!"
The maid's expression changed as she spoke, and she couldn't help but doubt the tall maid's identity. "Who are you? Why do you have to find people in those palaces?"
The palace maid told them one by one, and then she found out that the remaining palaces were inhabited by a few of the most noble and important people.
The tall palace maid finally raised her head. Her cold eyes were devoid of emotion and warmth. She replied icily, "You ask too many questions!"
The maid sensed something was wrong and her expression changed slightly, but she was then pushed into the corner by a tall maid's arm. "You!"
The next moment, the tall palace maid swung the dagger in her hand, and a "ho ho ho" sound came from her voice. She looked terrified, covering her bleeding neck with her hands. She wanted to shout for help but could no longer. She leaned against the wall and slowly slid to the ground.
The tall palace maid curled her lips, squatted down, and whispered, "You have fulfilled your duty and died a worthy death! You want to ask who I am? What is my purpose in entering the palace? I am just looking for someone! It's just an enemy!"
The tall palace maid stood up coldly: "The palace is very lively today! The princes and princesses have gathered in the Cining Palace. After a few years in the palace, I think I've had enough!"
"Remember, I am a subordinate of the Abandoned King Zhou Qihuai!"
There was still a side hall in the Cining Palace where the eldest princess lived. Empress Dowager Li asked the palace maids to clean it from time to time. After the eldest princess had a child, she ran to the palace to live every few days. In order to show her closeness, she did not return to her own palace.
When Empress Dowager Li woke up from her nap, the eldest princess came to say goodbye. Empress Dowager Li felt sorry for her granddaughter who had Li family blood, so she specially sent a sedan chair to escort the eldest princess out of the palace!
Who would have thought that on the long corridor of the palace, the eldest princess, sitting in the sedan chair with her beloved child in her arms, would encounter an unprecedented crisis.
At that time, the Shenwu Emperor was watching over the drowsy Lan Qingwu when suddenly a series of whistles rang out from outside, exploding in mid-air. The palace servants and eunuchs all looked up at the sky in confusion.