Chapter 280 The Unexpected

Author: Ju Hua

Chapter 280 The Unexpected

Because the masters in Cheng's mansion all went out of the distance and had not returned for a long time, the remaining servants in the mansion would inevitably become lazy.

When Li Lan arrived at Cheng Mansion, he saw this scene—

The gate of Cheng Mansion was closed tightly, with spider webs around and corners. The stone lions guarding both sides fell in gray. The scorching sun shone on it, but it looked gray.

The little eunuch stepped forward and knocked on the door.

After waiting for a while, the door opened.

The maid standing behind the door couldn't help but look confused when she saw the two of them wearing eunuchs' clothes.

"Girl, let's look for Miss Yuan who lives here." The little eunuch said with a smile, "It's the Empress, let's come." As he said that, he also took out the hand order.

Originally, seeing the other party wearing the palace clothes, the maid got a letter. Now that she read the handwriting, she didn't doubt him. She immediately said "Wait" and turned around to look for someone.

The maid was still very efficient and quickly brought the person over.

The woman who was brought to him was still hesitant on her face, but the moment the two of them met, the air seemed to have frozen.

"Miss Yuan." Li Lan gave a gift.

"Ah..." Yuan Zhenzhu then reacted and barely returned a not-so-standard gift. She subconsciously covered her face, feeling that her old and deteriorated appearance could not be as elegant as she was.

"Miss Yuan, I will be ordered to tell the girl." Li Lanyi said slowly, "Your Majesty said, the time is up, you can do what you want to do."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhenzhu was stunned at first, her expression was muddy, and her hand, which was still covering her face, was stiff in the air.

After a while, she suddenly shivered and her breathing became rapid.

"Miss Yuan?" Li Lan called her.

"Well..." Yuan Zhenzhu lowered her head and responded.

"Since the holy intention has been conveyed, I will not leave more servants here." Li Lan bowed.

"Thank you!" Yuan Zhenzhu suddenly knelt on the ground and bowed heavily to him, "Thank you, my wife!"

Her voice trembled, as if she was about to cry at any time.

The little eunuch glanced at Li Lanyi, walked forward tactfully, and helped her up.

"Girl, get up." The little eunuch narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Since the girl is grateful, let's take action quickly."

"Well..." Yuan Zhenzhu nodded, and she couldn't help looking at Li Lanyi.

Facing her naked gaze, Li Lanyi did smile indifferently, "Miss Yuan, but what else does it need to be told by me?"

"No..." Yuan Zhenzhu immediately shook her head.

"Since that's the case, I will take my leave first." Li Lan bowed and turned to the carriage.

The carriage was rumbling, and in just a moment, it got mixed into the market.

Yuan Zhenzhu moved her feet and followed the carriage for two steps until she could not see the shadow of the carriage, and then stopped.

She touched her old face, and wet tears passed through her cheeks, soaking her slender fingertips.

"It's all because of me..." Yuan Zhenzhu felt heartbroken and her palm slowly clenched into a fist.

...

The scorching sun was dazzling, and several workers sitting at the city gate were drinking water while talking about the ghost weather.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from outside the city gate.

The few people looked at it, but a dark horse roared past. The young man was in high spirits and was carrying a small-looking girl in front of him.

"Who is this?"

"have no idea……"

"Look! The waist card on his body seems to be from the palace."

Jiji, no matter what, without saying a few words, the dark horse had already taken people away.

The dark horse passed through a residential area and went straight to the palace gate. The boy immediately showed his token, and the guards guarding the city gate immediately gave way.

The boy dismounted and hurried into the palace with the girl.

When he arrived at the study room, Lin Heng had already opened the door. When he saw him, he asked him to come in.

Inside the room, Cheng Muqing sat in front of the desk, and the round fan in his hand was shaking constantly.

"I have seen Your Majesty, Empress!" Mingchen knelt on one knee and saluted.

"The girl from the folk has met the Empress, Your Majesty." The girl who followed him also learned to perform an irregular courtesy.

"You?" Cheng Muqing tilted his head and looked at the little girl.

The little girl looked up and smiled at her.

"Fairy sister, it's me."

"Little Flower!" Cheng Muqing blurted out in surprise.

The girl in front of me turned out to be a little flower?

"Why are you here?" Lin Heng couldn't help asking.

"Of course I'm here to help the fairy sister!" Xiaohua raised her chin.

"Don't help the worse," Lin Heng murmured.

"You!" Xiaohua wanted to refute, but when she thought of her current identity, she didn't dare to mess with her, "You are right."

"What are you talking about with the child?" Cheng Muqing couldn't help laughing.

"No..." Lin Heng pursed his lips guiltily.

"Xiaohua, then tell me, how can you help me?" Cheng Muqing returned to the topic.

"Sister Fairy, Lord Cao is not a good person!" Xiaohua's eyes were firm, "After you left, Lord Cao killed many people in order to cater to that prince!"

Cao Da? Thinking of Cao Da's hostility towards Zhao Duofu in the court, the couple looked at each other tacitly.

"What happened to Bashu after we left?" Lin Heng asked.

"After you left, Lord Cao took people to massacre the city! Those who were sincere to you were killed!" Xiaohua's lips trembled, as if she remembered the tragic situation at that time. "Many people died... the plague broke out again." She took a deep breath, "Fortunately, Sister Abao came back, she saved me and pulled me back to the world from the King of Hell. Later, not long after the plague stabilized, Lord Yong came tomorrow morning."

"He asked me and Sister Bao about the former Minister of Revenue, and we told him truthfully. In fact, the Minister of Revenue is a bit fierce, but if he is a corrupt official, it is really not enough. He only has a servant around him, and when he comes to us, he is just carrying a bag. He has nothing to do with him and is not bad to us. At least he has a lot of rice in the porridge he has given."

"No matter what, the former Minister of Revenue has never done anything to hurt us. Do you know that fairy sister? Cao Da! He killed many people with his own hands! If I hadn't been running fast and had a small figure, I would have saved my life long ago."

"What kind of killing method?" Cheng Muqing asked her subconsciously.

"Just... holding the sword, poking it one by one, poking several blood holes out of the person..." Xiaohua licked her lips, "It's so bloody, and those people died very terrible..."

Blood hole...

Scarlet robe...

Because of that dream, she had suspected many people, but she did not expect that this treacherous minister was by her side. She was still a person who was valued by herself and Lin Heng.

"Where is Zhen Chenggong?" Lin Heng asked.

"I don't know... I didn't see it." Xiaohua shook her head, "It's probably because she's locked up."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, "Go down and have a rest."

"You are running all the way, and I think you are tired." Cheng Muqing also said, "I have prepared the meal tonight. You two will go to bed after eating. I will call you later."

"Yes." Mingchen took Xiaohua away.
Chapter completed!