Chapter 153.2 - Kindness and power as tools
But he couldn’t touch the person behind Yue Ji so he could only temporarily not fight it out against that mysterious person.
Otherwise, who else would help Shangguan Yiyun or Xiahou Rui?
A slender figure appeared in his mind as his eyes deepened, did he make a mistake of judgement?
He waved goodbye to Li Jingsheng as he stepped aside and waved behind him.
Instantly, a person appeared behind him.
“Has there been anything out of the ordinary lately?”
“Reporting to your majesty, nothing strange has happened at the Lou residence. Miss Lou has been staying in her Leaning Wind Pavilion these few days, not leaving her pavilion at all. But I have something else to report.” His hoarse and low voice was monotone and for some reason, made Xiahou Qing’s expression grow cold.
“Oh? What happened?”
“These few days, the Night Prince has been avoiding guests and not allowing anyone inside his residence. This is strange.”
“Did you find out the reason?” Because of Ye Ji’s words, he hadn’t noticed the Night Prince’s activities lately, focusing solely on Lou Qingwu.
But now that he thought about it, it did seem a bit strange.
When the Night Prince was injured, Lou Qingwu went to the Night Prince’s residence to visit him, so why did she suddenly stop?
Or was the Night Prince not at his residence?
“The Night Prince’s residence is heavily guarded, not even a fly could get in. I’m useless!” Behind him, the person dropped to their knees as Xiahou Qing grew silent.
“Alright, retreat. Continue to monitor the Lou residence and the Night Prince’s residence.”
“Yes!”
Behind him, the shadowy figure disappeared as quickly as he came.
Xiahou Qing tidied up his brocade gown before appearing on the busy streets of the capital again.
It’s better to be safe than sorry, it seemed like he’d have to investigate Lou Qingwu as well.
It was a pity she’d have to enter the palace, because when they’d meet again, their statuses would change.
He looked up towards the direction as his face darkened, before setting forth.
Inside the palace
Lou Qingwu and Lan Bai were on their way to the Kunning palace and the person who was leading them, was the empress’ personal housekeeper senior aide.
As they walked, the red tiles turned to green as the exquisitely built palace towered above them, majestic.
As she walked into the mai hall, Lou Qingwu suddenly turned towards Lan Bai.
Lan Bai silently looked up and quickly walked forward, chasing up to the senior aid and sneaking a silver banknote into her sleeve.
The senior aide froze, widening her eyes before quickly scoping around her and when she saw no one, relaxed.
“What does this miss want to ask?”
“Senior aide, do you know who’s at the Kunning place today?”
“About fifteen minutes ago, the palace only had the second prince and the seventh prince, no one else.”
“That way, hmm, thank you senior aide.”
“No problems, no problems.” The housekeeper senior aid waved her hands as she stuffed the bank note deeper inside her sleeves.
Lan Bai turned around to look at Lou Qingwu.
Lou Qingwu avoided her gaze and looked down, Lan Bai then quickly returned to Lou Qingwu’s side.
Not hearing the name she wanted to hear, Lou Qingwu’s eyes darkened before she quickly concealed that.
She adjusted her expression before stepping into the main hall.
On the master’s seat in the main hall, the empress wore bright red palace robes as she sat elegantly.
Below her, sat the second prince Xiahou Rui and the seventh prince Xiahou Liuyun.
The three people were chatting happily when Lou Qingwu walked in.
The eunuch called out in his reedy and high pitched voice, “Miss Lou is here --”
The empress quickly turned around and just seeing Lou Qingwu with her eyes downcast, her eyes lit up, laughing, “Qingwu’s here, quickly come. Let me see, I haven’t seen you in a few days, you’ve grown even more beautiful.”
Lou Qingwu walked closer before she bent her knees and greeted her, “Qingwu greets the empress, the second prince, the seventh prince.” Then she returned her smile with a gentle laugh.
The empress looked at her and her appreciation for her grew even more.
She gestured for Lou Qingwu to walk closer to her.
Lou Qingwu leaned in as the empress pulled her hand and started to warmly talk to her before the topic changed.
Her voice held a few notes of regret as she said, “About the hibiscus festival, I’ve let you feel wronged.”
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TL note:
Eye roll.
In other news, I went to the gym and it was awful.
Leave a comment and LQW doesn’t care about this silly empress and neither do I honestly xx
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