Volume 4: The Case of Dust in the Mirror Chapter 110: The Enveloped Duan Ming
After leaving the Imperial City Pavilion, Duan Ming and Li Waner went straight to the palace.
"Why does the Queen want to see me all of a sudden?" Duan Ming was sitting in the carriage, looking at Li Waner beside him, and asked doubtfully: "Has the matter come to an end?"
"Yes, but not entirely." Li Waner said: "I told the Empress that you helped Xing Qianqiu solve the Linzhou Talented Scholar case. You also know that the Empress was under great pressure during the Linzhou Talented Scholar case.
, so after the empress heard about it, she wanted to see you and express her gratitude."
"Ah?" Duan Ming was stunned: "Does this lady already know?"
"As a department directly under His Majesty, the Mirror Division must report everything to His Majesty." Li Waner said, "How could the Mirror Division dare to deceive something as important as the case of Linyang Talented Scholar?"
"I see." Duan Ming nodded, leaned into Li Waner's ear and whispered, "Princess Waner, um, how is the Queen?"
"What, are you afraid? Is there anything in the world that Mr. Duan is afraid of?" Li Waner covered her mouth and snickered, then straightened her expression and said to Duan Ming: "The Queen is the best person I have ever seen in the world, and she is amiable and kind to others.
, no airs at all.”
"Oh, that's good, that's good." Duan Ming nodded.
Soon, Duan Ming and Li Waner arrived outside the palace gate. Since carriages were not allowed to enter the imperial city, Duan Ming and Li Waner could only get off the car and walk in on foot.
Daqi's imperial palace is grand and majestic, with towering city walls everywhere, and groups of soldiers patrolling the green-grey city walls. Most of them are soldiers from the Imperial City Division.
These soldiers were clad in golden armor and holding long halberds. They looked majestic and intimidating.
"When you enter the palace, don't wander around or look around." Li Waner whispered to Duan Ming, "Otherwise, it's easy to cause trouble."
"Yeah, I know." Duan Ming nodded. He was not a fool. Like in movies and TV series, he felt as if he was going home as soon as he entered the palace. He would always provoke a princess or a prince. All of them were fools.
Without the emperor having to say anything, the guards in the palace alone could have executed him on the spot.
The palace was very large, and since Li Waner was leading the team, they didn't have to worry about finding their way around. Soon after passing through high walls, they arrived at a magnificent palace - Changning Palace.
A palace maid was standing outside Changning Palace. After seeing Li Waner, the palace lady bowed slightly and said softly: "Jingru has met Princess Wan'er. This must be Mr. Duan Ming and Duan. The empress has been waiting in the palace for a long time.
.”
"Thank you sister Jingru, let's go in." Li Waner said after returning the greeting.
Jingru nodded, turned around and walked towards Changning Palace.
Li Waner and Duan Ming followed closely behind Jingru, not making the slightest sound as they walked.
Soon, Li Waner and Duan Ming arrived at the door of Changning Palace Ning Temple. Jingru gently knocked on the door, then stood sideways: "You two, please come in."
"Mr. Duan, please go first." Li Waner said to Duan Ming.
"Yes." Duan Ming took a deep breath, knocked on the door again, waited for a few seconds and then pushed the door open.
As soon as he opened the door, Duan Ming saw an extremely gorgeous figure standing in the center of the room.
"Mr. Duan?" The gorgeous figure turned around, revealing a beautiful face, and looked at Duan Ming with a smile.
"It's Duan." Duan Ming was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Duan Ming, a commoner, has met the empress..."
"Mr. Duan!" Duan Ming was about to salute when he saw the queen walking quickly to his side and grabbing his arm: "No need to be polite, please sit down."
"Ah, ah?" Duan Ming was pulled into the palace by the queen in a daze, and pressed to his seat.
"I'm glad to see you." The queen waved her hand and signaled her servants to pour tea for Duan Ming, and then said to Duan Ming: "Thank you very much for what happened last time!"
"Ah, you're welcome." Duan Ming's forehead was dripping with sweat and he was about to stand up to speak.
"Just sit down, there's no need to stand up." The queen pressed Duan Ming's shoulder and pressed Duan Ming back again.
"Wan'er has met the empress." Li Waner said softly, standing behind the queen.
"Hey, my dear Wan'er, you're back too, hurry up and sit down." The queen turned to look at Li Wan'er and said with a smile.
"Well, thank you, Your Majesty." Li Waner seemed to have been used to the Queen's behavior for a long time. After loading her luggage again, she sat aside.
"Okay, okay, don't be formal, just treat it as your own home, and I am your mother." The Queen said to Duan Ming with a smile, then looked up at the palace maid aside: "Why are you still standing there? It's delicious.
Hurry up and bring it up."
"Yes." The palace maid covered her mouth and chuckled, then quickly left here.
"Mr. Duan, you must try the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in this palace later. I tell you that it cannot be compared with the ones from other places." The queen sat between Duan Ming and Li Waner and said with a smile.
"Um, thank you for the reward, your Majesty." Duan Ming nodded with an extremely strange expression.
"Thank you for nothing. It doesn't cost anything anyway." The queen waved her hand and said with a chuckle: "By the way, Mr. Duan, I heard that you also have a nickname, what is it called 'Nancheng Lame Sixth'?"
"Yes." Duan Ming nodded.
"It doesn't sound good, it really doesn't sound good. Who gave you this name? Tell me, I will vent your anger on your behalf!" The queen said, "You are so good-looking, so you should definitely be called 'Nancheng is so good-looking'."
"Ahem..." Duan Ming's face turned even darker: "No need, the common people think this nickname is quite good..."
"Ah, that's it. Okay then." There was a look of disappointment on the Queen's face, and then she was happy again: "In this case, I will ask Your Majesty to designate you as the 'No. 1 Lame Six in the World'! Haha,
That's good. Let's see who dares to laugh at your nickname."
"This..." Duan Ming was about to speak, but was directly interrupted by Li Waner.
"Then there's Lady Lao." Li Waner said.
"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, I'll take care of it!" The queen became even happier.
"By the way." The queen suddenly changed the topic and looked at Duan Ming: "Mr. Duan, I heard that you want to help us with the case of breaking the blood sedan and the case of Xing Boy?"
"That's right, I'd like to ask the Queen to make it happen." Duan Ming nodded.
"What's the matter of success or failure? This palace can't make the decision." The queen shook her head: "But do you really think that Mr. Xing is innocent?"
"Of course." Duan Ming nodded: "Xing Qianqiu is so loyal to Da Qi, how could he do something like that? Besides, if it was really Xing Qianqiu who did it, how could anyone find out?"
"That makes sense. Boy Xing is indeed very smart." The queen nodded: "But I can't make the decision, so what should I do?"
Suddenly, the queen clapped her hands and said with a smile: "I have a solution!"
