EBE Chapter 331 Rest
Chapter 331 Rest
Although Murong Yanhui didn't know what she was going to do, seeing her nervous expression, he felt that something big was going to happen, so he immediately took her on horseback and went back to the camp together.
Prince Murong Cheng followed closely behind!
When the four of them returned to the base, they heard bad news that Murong Feng was assassinated and injured!
Yu Qingli's heart skipped a beat, thinking to herself that this was not good. They might have fallen into Murong Feng's trap. From the moment they entered the enclosure, they might have been trapped. And she didn't know what role Yu Zhengsha played in this matter.
The proposal of grouping is probably not as simple as it seems.
Because of the assassination in the hunting ground, Murong Shiling no longer had the mood to hunt, and the original three-day trip was aborted. So after spending a night in the hunting ground, everyone returned to the palace in a mighty procession.
Murong Feng's injury was not too serious. He was only hit by an arrow in the arm. Fortunately, the arrow head was not poisoned. He recovered after just a few days of rest. The emperor also began to thoroughly investigate the matter of the Weichang assassin.
In Ju'an Hall, Yu Qingli was leisurely arranging the chessboard. After returning from the enclosure, she had calmed down a lot. If she panicked now, she would only make her opponent laugh at her.
After returning to the palace, Yu Qingli got a new piece of news, saying that the Beauty Shop had not opened for some unknown reason.
"It's probably Murong Yuan's doing." After Xiluo told Yu Qingli about this, she murmured in a low voice.
"But it seems that His Royal Highness Prince Yan has gone to help solve the problem. I heard that it will be open tomorrow. This time, Miss, are you going?"
Yu Qingli still shook her head to indicate that she would not go.
"Why is this?" Xiluo was puzzled.
Yu Qingli sneered in her heart. Everyone knew Yu Zhenzhen's feelings for Murong Yanhui, and her hatred for herself was not only because she was controlled by her in every way, but probably mostly because Murong Yanhui was close to her.
This time Murong Yan went back to support Qu Linlang, and Yu Zhenzhen would inevitably go with her. Yu Zhenzhen's heart was as thin as a needle, and she probably couldn't bear to see Qu Linlang. If she saw herself again, she would probably be extremely angry.
In addition to these reasons, Yu Qingli also considered Murong Yuan. She wondered if the always domineering princess would mindlessly question the relationship between Yu Zhenzhen and Murong Yanhui. If Murong Yuan and Yu Zhenzhen talked it out, wouldn't Murong Yuan know all of Murong Yanhui's little tricks clearly?
Yu Qingli pondered this and said calmly, "The capital has always been a hodgepodge of good and bad people. The more people show up to support her, the more likely she will be pushed to the forefront."
"But the people in the capital are the most powerful. They always step on the weak and welcome the strong." Xiluo still wanted to persuade Yu Qingli.
Yu Qingli shook her head. "With Miss Qu's abilities, what do you have to worry about? Even without us, the Beauty Pavilion would already be packed with people."
Xiluo thought about it and nodded, "That's right. Miss Qu is so beautiful and charming. All those horny men can't wait to get close to her."
Yu Qingli lowered her head slightly and played with the chess piece in her hand. Her eyes were fixed on the white chess piece, but her gaze seemed to pass through the chess piece and fall somewhere else.
Xiluo looked at Yu Qingli who was suddenly distracted and said nothing more. She quickly cleaned up the remaining pieces on the ground.
Yu Qingli suddenly said, "Xiluo, go see Murong Yuan for me."
Xiluo was stunned when she heard this, then seemed to understand Yu Qingli's meaning and raised an eyebrow and asked, "Young lady, do you mean that she will cause trouble? But the half-month period of seclusion and reflection has not yet arrived. Does she have the courage to do so?"
Yu Qingli smiled coldly, "Is there anything in this palace that Murong Yuan dares not do?"
Seeing Yu Qingli's solemn face, Xiluo couldn't help but become serious. She put her things away and immediately turned around and left the yard. Yu Qingli looked at Xiluo's back as she left, but suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar skirt from the corner of her eye, and she disappeared stealthily into a corner of the yard.
Yu Zhenzhen?
Yu Qingli thought for a moment, then stood up and walked outside the courtyard. She saw a young eunuch happily playing with a jade pendant in his hand. He was hiding behind a rockery, probably thinking that his hiding place would be rarely discovered, so he was not on guard at all and just focused on looking at the jade pendant in his hand.
Yu Qingli slowly said, "This jade is of the old pit glass type, transparent throughout, and meticulously carved by the finest craftsmen at Yubaozhai. It would fetch at least five thousand taels of silver on the market."
When Yu Qingli said this, her gentle voice suddenly rose, and she said sternly: "How dare you steal things from the palace?!"
The young eunuch was so frightened by the sound that his right hand trembled. He fell to his knees with a plop and said, "Princess, I dare not steal anything from the palace. This was given to me by a friend."
"But I don't know when you became friends with Miss Yu Er." Yu Qingli looked at the little eunuch's increasingly ugly face without saying a word. She was condescending, and coupled with her innate noble temperament, just looking down at the little eunuch like this made him feel uneasy.
Sure enough, after a while, the eunuch prostrated himself on the ground, "Please forgive me, my dear princess. This is indeed Miss Yu's. She asked me about the whereabouts of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan, and that's why she gave it to me."
"How do you know the whereabouts of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan?" Yu Qingli looked coldly at the young eunuch assigned by Murong Feng, but began to wonder in her heart whether this person could continue to stay by her side.
"Young Master Yue has been clamoring to go to some ceremony with His Royal Highness Prince Yan early in the morning. I listened to him for a few words, so, so..." When the young eunuch said this, he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck, as if a cold knife was placed on his neck. He immediately realized that what he said was a big taboo for him!
As expected, Yu Qingli said coldly, "You have sharp ears and a long tongue. Since you like to talk so much, you should be transferred to a place like the laundry department to serve, where you can speak freely."
The young eunuch shuddered and kowtowed repeatedly, "I know I was wrong. I beg Your Excellency, the Crown Princess, to forgive me. I will never do it again. I will return this jade pendant to Second Miss Yu immediately."
The young eunuch kept begging for mercy. Yu Qingli looked at this pitiful and uneasy young eunuch and finally said, "This will not happen again. Do your job well. If you dare to do it again, don't blame me for being ruthless."
The young eunuch was as if he had been pardoned. He immediately kowtowed and slowly knelt out of Yu Qingli's sight.
Yu Qingli sighed, but heard Xiao Liuzi say, "The young lady finally softened her heart."
"Are you really going to send him to the laundry?" Yu Qingli looked into the void and spoke slowly. Then she turned to look at Xiao Liuzi and suddenly smiled faintly: "Since you are so free, why not keep an eye on him more when you have time."
Xiao Liuzi looked helpless, "Miss is still like this, never doing business that loses money."
"Of course the purpose of business is to make a profit. Have you ever seen anyone doing business at a loss?" Yu Qingli asked back.
Xiao Liuzi laughed, "The prince always seems to be doing business at a loss."
Yu Qingli naturally knew who Xiao Liuzi was talking about, but for a moment she didn't know how to express her feelings. She had too many complicated emotions towards Murong Yanhui. The memories of her past life were still fresh, but the Murong Yanhui of today was no longer the Murong Yanhui in her memories who hurt her so deeply. Which was real and which was fake? Yu Qingli couldn't figure it out for a while.
"Your prince is very rich, so naturally he doesn't care about paying even a small amount of compensation." Yu Qingli made up an excuse casually, but suddenly felt a little bored.
Xiao Liuzi was clever and naturally didn't want to keep harping on this topic. He immediately said, "Miss, the eunuch just now was called Xiao Guizi. His family background is relatively clean. I will definitely keep a close eye on him for you."
"Is his family background clean?" Yu Qingli turned to look at Xiao Liuzi suspiciously. "You've only been in Ju'an Palace for a short time. How do you know his family background is clean?"
Xiao Liuzi just smiled and said nothing, pointing ahead and saying, "Sister Xiluo is back."
Yu Qingli's attention was immediately drawn to him. As soon as she turned around, Xiao Liuzi ran away. Looking at Xiao Liuzi's fleeing figure, Yu Qingli couldn't help but feel annoyed. How could she have fallen for such a simple trick of this kid?
"Miss, you look so unhappy. Who has offended you?" Xiluo clearly saw Xiao Liuzi's back, but still asked recklessly.
Yu Qingli rolled her eyes at Xiluo in anger, "You all are trying to bully me in different ways, right?"
Xiluo hurriedly said, "Miss, who in this world would dare to bully you? Moreover, it's a question of who in this world could bully you."
Yu Qingli was too lazy to bother with Xiluo anymore. In fact, she knew it clearly in her mind that although Xiluo and Xiao Liuzi were loyal to her, in their hearts, Murong Yanhui was the real master. So they often said a few good words for Murong Yanhui intentionally or unintentionally. Just like just now, Xiao Liuzi deliberately said that Xiao Guizi had a clean background. Did he want to say that Murong Yanhui had already screened everyone around him?
When Yu Qingli thought about how Murong Yan would protect her in every way, both openly and secretly, she felt helpless and heartbroken.
"Miss?" Xiluo's call interrupted Yu Qingli's thoughts. When she raised her eyes, she saw Xiluo's half-smile, and her cheeks couldn't help but turn red.
Yu Qingli said hurriedly, "Murong Yuan's situation has not been reported yet, but she's getting bolder and bolder."
Seeing Yu Qingli's rare embarrassment, Xiluo's smile grew even wider. However, considering Yu Qingli's thin skin, Xiluo said seriously, "I have inquired and found out that Murong Yuan indeed threatened and bribed the guards and secretly left the palace."
"Murong Yuan, Yu Zhenzhen, this is really lively now." Yu Qingli said calmly and turned around to go back to her room, but Xiluo asked anxiously: "Miss, are we going back like this?"