Chapter 310 – The Lonely, Vacant, Cold, And Dangerous Palace
The palace was not big, but it was empty. As the palace maid pushed the heavy door open, the layers of curtains in the main hall fluttered.
Then, she brought Wei Yuewu to the innermost area. “Young miss, please wait here for a moment. I will go get it right away!”
With a nod, Wei Yuewu turned and looked at the palace she was in. Layers of palace curtains hung in the small place, and all she could see was the tiny space in front of her. There seemed to be only a chair behind the half-folded screen at the corner of the palace.
Seeing Wei Yuewu agree, the palace maid secretly grinned, a trace of satisfaction flashing across her face. The Heiress-apparent of Prince Nan’an had said that her only job was to bring Sixth Miss Wei to the screen of this empty palace, and the rest was none of her business.
“Wait a minute!” Wei Yuewu suddenly called out to the palace maid.
“Y-Yes? W-What is it, Miss?” Due to her ulterior motive, the palace maid was bewildered, and her expression sheepishly change. She had no choice but to stop in her tracks.
Looking at the palace maid’s nervous and pale face, Wei Yuewu asked with a polite smile, “Are there really shoes here?”
“Y-Yes, there must be. Please wait a moment!” the palace maid hurriedly blurted.
“Oh, please go then!” Wei Yuewu noticed the anxiety on the palace maid’s face, but she didn’t expose her. She then checked out her surroundings again. The layers of curtains indeed limited her line of sight as she could only see the inside of the palace vaguely.
Seeing that Wei Yuewu did not stop her this time, the palace maid was overjoyed. She lifted the layers of curtains and sprinted out without excusing herself. As long as she got out of this place, she would be able to obtain the reward from the heiress-apparent.
“Crick!” Suddenly, the heavy sound of the palace doors being pushed open echoed across the palace again, which shocked the palace maid. This palace had been abandoned for a long time, and no one would come. Who could it be at this time? Could it be the heiress-apparent?
Wei Yuewu lifted the curtains slowly as she treaded carefully into the palace while looking for the door to the side hall. A palace like this usually had a door that linked the main hall and the side hall.
“Is there anyone here?” There was a man’s voice that was a little feminine. Wei Yuewu had never heard the voice before, but the man sounded very young. It should not be the Emperor.
“No one is here! Even ghosts don’t come here!” A woman’s coquettish voice resonated. There was a kind of alluring charm in her voice that came from her soul. Wei Yuewu had never heard the voice either.
The doors of the main hall were pushed open. Through the layers of curtains, Wei Yuewu saw that the palace maid was frantically trying to dodge to the side, and her lips curled into a cold sneer. Wei Fengyao was indeed vicious. From the looks of it, even the palace maid was a pawn that was destined to die in her game.
As Wei Yuewu walked more and more quietly, she slowly retreated to the corner. She had observed several palaces before and knew that there was usually a side door at this part of the palace.
A man and a woman came to this vacant and quiet palace. They must be here for a rendezvous!
The doors to the hall were closed. Only two figures could be seen. One tall and one short, they embraced each other as they entered the hall.
“Your Highness…” The woman’s voice was so soft and charming that it almost melted the man’s heart.
Chuckling playfully, the man hugged the woman and pulled her clothes to both sides as if he couldn’t wait any longer.
Suddenly, a strange sound came from the depths of the curtain.
Hearing the noise, the man abruptly kept a straight face and released the alluring woman from his embrace. Then, he pulled over the curtains and saw a frightened palace maid curling up in a corner. There was a stool at her feet. It was obvious that she had accidentally tripped over it just now.
“Y-Y-Y-Your Hi…” Seeing the man’s somewhat feminine and sickly face, the palace maid trembled even more and couldn’t even complete a single sentence.
The man narrowed his eyes, and a murderous intent flashed across his face. In a blink of an eye, he strode over and grabbed the palace maid by the neck. She couldn’t finish her sentence, but she could clearly hear the sound of her neck breaking. Then, there was blood coming out of her mouth, and her head tilted. She was dead.
In this empty palace, only the sound of the palace maid kicking the stool twice before she died was heard, producing an eerie and tranquil harmony.
“Didn’t you say there was no one in this palace?” the man grunted coldly to the woman.
“T-There can’t be anyone! I-I sent someone to check before,” the woman hurriedly explained. Knowing how vicious the man in front of her was, she was so frightened that her face turned pale.
“You’d better check thoroughly, or else…” the man growled coldly, killing intent surging in his eyes. He casually lifted the curtains in front of him and went inside layer by layer.
“Yes… I will definitely check the palace clearly!” The gentle and charming expression on the woman’s face faded away. Right now, she was angry and annoyed because the man blamed her for not taking care of the matter properly.
Reaching out, she lifted the curtain on the other side and looked inside.
At this time, Wei Yuewu had already retreated to the door of the side hall. She carefully moved her footsteps. Even if she saw a figure swaying not far away, she did not dare to speed up.
As her hand touched the side hall’s door, she gently pulled it. Fortunately, the door was not locked.
Although she had long guessed that since the door to the main hall was open, there was no reason for the door of the side hall to be locked. However, under such a treacherous circumstance, she still felt relieved of her good luck.
She gently pulled open the side door, moved her feet slightly, leaned her body sideways, and carefully left the door. Then, she lifted her skirt slightly and tiptoed out of the palace, dropping the handkerchief in her hand to the floor lightly…
The entrance to the palace was just outside. When Wei Yuewu reached the entrance, she saw a bodyguard standing at the entrance to the main hall. She turned around and ran in a hurry. The back door was right in front of her, but as she pulled the handle, it was tightly closed.
The back door was locked…
Cold sweat began to drench Wei Yuewu’s forehead. Never did she expect that the back door was locked.
In this case, the front door was her only option for now, but there was a guard at the entrance of the main hall. If she went to the main door, the guard would see her, but if the couple inside the palace found the door to the side hall, they would chase after her too!
She had to leave now, and she had to leave quickly.
Gritting her teeth, Wei Yuewu took out a handkerchief from her pocket and covered half of her face. Then, she lifted her skirt and hurried over to the front door. However, when she reached the front door, she slowed down and composed herself as she looked at the guard who was standing at the entrance.
Then, she slowly walked out of the corner.
When the bodyguard, who was at the entrance of the hall, saw a woman appear, he was startled and stared at Wei Yuewu with burning eyes.
Wei Yuewu calmly pointed toward the palace and then put her finger on her lips, gesturing for him to speak softly. After that, she walked out confidently.
For a moment, the bewildered bodyguard did not understand what Wei Yuewu meant. He looked at the main hall. He knew that his master was inside the palace, but was this woman the one who came with him? He couldn’t know for sure, so he could only watch Wei Yuewu leave to see if she had any strange movements.
Suddenly, a low scream came from inside the hall that surprised the bodyguard. He could no longer care about Wei Yuewu and rushed into the hall hastily.
“Master!”
“What is this?” The man’s cold voice came from inside the curtains, and the bodyguard rushed to him in a hurry.
After walking around the dead palace maid and reaching the side hall, he saw a handkerchief in his master’s hand.
“There are still people here!” Turning to the woman, who had come after hearing his words, the man glowered coldly, “How can you let so many people in here?! Do you want to die?”
“I-I don’t know. T-This is impossible!” As the woman thought of the consequences of being discovered, her face turned ghastly pale, and she grabbed the man’s sleeve. “Y-Your Highness, what should we do? I-If the Emperor finds out…”
“Look who this handkerchief belongs to!” The man demanded coldly. He shook off the woman’s hand, took the handkerchief in his hand, and hurried to the side door.
If there really was someone here just now, this person would definitely be going to the side hall now.
“Your Highness…” The bodyguard hesitated for a moment. Before he could tell his master about Wei Yuewu, the latter had already lifted the curtains and disappeared in front of him. He could only chase after him.
The door of the side door was ajar. The man chased out, and sure enough, he saw another woman’s handkerchief on the floor. He hurriedly picked it up to take a look.
“Your Highness… just now, there was a woman who went out through the front door!” At this time, the bodyguard also chased over and hurriedly reported.
“Go after her!” The man’s face became more and more gloomy. As he stuffed the handkerchief into his pocket, he shouted and rushed out.
Seeing the bodyguard leave, Wei Yuewu hurriedly lifted her skirt and ran out. Before she could clearly see the road in front of her, she heard a sharp voice of a eunuch shouting, “Stop right there! Who are you?”
At some point in time, a eunuch happened to be standing at the intersection in front of her. When he saw the panicked Wei Yuewu, he pointed and shouted. At this time, Wei Yuewu did not care much and ran to another intersection.
When the eunuch saw that Wei Yuewu did not stop but ran away instead, he hurriedly took a detour and chased after her. However, he did not dare to make a sound and only shouted in a low voice, “Stop right there!”
Then, there was no more sound as he quietly ran after her.
Wei Yuewu ran past the intersection and looked around her. There was another intersection in front of her. On the other side of the intersection, there was a rockery. Coincidentally, the small rockery was wide enough to hide one person, and it was facing a small lake.
The rest of the place was too empty and spacious. No matter where she hid, they could see her.
As Wei Yuewu calculated the time, she was sure that Jin Ling should be coming soon…
Wei Yuewu pondered for a moment, and then she lifted her skirt and ran toward the rockery. The frantic footsteps behind her caught up to her. Without much time to think, she turned her body and hid in a small cave in the rockery.
There was a gap in the rockery where she could see the eunuch standing at the place where she had just been standing. He looked around nervously and did not know which way to go as he didn’t see Wei Yuewu. While he was hesitating, he suddenly saw a woman who looked like a maid rushing over.
After thinking for a while, he was overjoyed and hurried to greet her.
Although the incoming person was not the woman he chased after just now, he was certain that the former must be related to her.
Wei Yuewu stretched her neck to look from the entrance of the cave and saw a maid who was opposite her. She sucked in a breath. It was Jin Ling. She had returned…
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