Chapter 1230: You’re Really Not Afraid of My Anger
Chapter 1230: You’re Really Not Afraid of My Anger
Yuan Ruxin still couldn’t handle facing the Emperor with ease.Thinking of the torments her father suffered, she couldn’t help but clench the fists hidden in her sleeves.
"Emperor, my friend also came from afar, especially to see this servant."
"But if some villains are intent on harming my father, no matter how powerful a friend is, they cannot fend off overt and covert attacks."
Xie Yu raised his eyebrows, a bit surprised.
In his eyes, Yuan Ruxin had always been just an overbearing noble lady who only knew how to shout and make a fuss.
Unexpectedly, now she was retorting earnestly and seriously as if someone suddenly had her back, giving her much courage.
Xie Yu, with hands behind his back, smiled coldly with his eyes: "Dewan, why not introduce your friend to me."
"The position of State Preceptor just happens to lack talent. Her ability to vanish into thin air, I have seen, so I wish to have a chat with her."
"Who is she, you may as well tell me everything."
Yuan Ruxin lowered her head: "This servant does not know either."
Xie Yu raised an eyebrow: "Aren’t you friends?"
Yuan Ruxin did not deny it: "We met on the way, where she comes from, I did not ask in detail."
"Just like when Your Majesty, when you were young, called me elder sister. Can this servant claim we are siblings?"
The Chief Eunuch by Xie Yu’s side rebuked angrily: "Insolence!"
Xie Yu raised his hand, a sneer as cold as a snake eyeing its prey.
"Dewan, you are not afraid of my wrath."
Upon hearing this,
Bai Zhi’er turned her eyes, then whispered to Feng Fuce: "I need to enter the palace."
Feng Fuce was somewhat reluctant: "Now? Why bother, just confront him directly and see what he truly intends to do."
Bai Zhi’er shook her head: "The current situation is very disadvantageous for Ruxin and her people."
"Look at the Yuan Residence, shrouded in dark clouds, its fate dwindles. I visited their ancestral tombs earlier; their entire family is heading toward decline."
"But look at Xie Yu’s appearance, clearly a favored child of heaven."
"If destiny decrees the Yuan Residence’s fall at his hands, then revealing our identity now is not a wise choice."
Bai Zhi’er decided: "Wait for me here, I will go into the palace and return shortly."
Feng Fuce, though still somewhat unwilling, supported her decision.
He glared discontentedly in Xie Yu’s direction.
Said in a deep voice: "If in an hour, he hasn’t let you return, I will enter the palace to find you."
Bai Zhi’er nodded, spun around, and vanished from Feng Fuce’s side.
Feng Fuce silently concealed his presence, hiding himself in the darkness.
Shortly after, a guard indeed came to report:
"Emperor! That girl has appeared in the palace again, a palace attendant saw her admiring flowers in the Imperial Garden!"
Yuan Ruxin jolted with surprise.
Xie Yu did not miss any subtle change in her expression.
Thus he was convinced that Yuan Ruxin truly did not know the girl’s whereabouts.
Upon this realization, he instructed: "Go, return to the palace, and meet this master."
Xie Yu departed with a large entourage.
Yuan Ruxin couldn’t help but sweat.
Her master drawing the Emperor’s interest was certainly no good!
When Xie Yu returned to the palace, to the Imperial Garden surrounded by the Imperial Guard, there he indeed saw the silhouette of a woman under the moon.
Bai Zhi’er was seated in a pavilion, with her back towards Xie Yu, sipping tea.
All around the pavilion, thin white veils fluttered with the night breeze.
Her drifting dress and black hair made her seem even more like a fairy.
Xie Yu, while approaching, sneered coldly to himself—
Pretentious theatrics!
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