It was at the midnight.
A black figure entered the Eastern Depot to the front hall and pulled down the black cloth covering his face. He bowed on one knee.
"Shi Lei, your subordinate, returns from Nanyuan to reply to the Master."
Leng Qingtang turned around with his hands crossed and his figure was reversed in the candlelight. His phoenix eyes fell darkly on the newly appointed seventh captain's young handsome face, converging his brilliance.
"Did you see that?"
Shi Lei nodded solemnly and said with a certain tone, "I have seen it. I am fortunate to live up to your mission and the condiments have been mixed."
Leng Qingtang nodded with satisfaction, "Thanks for your hard work, Seven. You can leave now."
"Yes."
The black image reflected in the lingering pupils gradually faded out and Leng Qingtang retracted his gaze with cold in his thoughtful eyes.
After a while, Qinge
The first gleam of dawn slanted into the carving gallery, separating the two Commanders-in-chief who were especially acrimonious.Ming Lan's long bluish eyebrows flew into the temples and he smiled evilly, "Leng Qingtang, you may learn that I get the Kunhuang Island map, so you have imperial edict. On the surface, you want to cooperate with the Western Depot. But you want to compete with me and save Tu Muxue, right?""Tu Muxue secretly investigates the mannequin case for me. She is a spy who was sent to the palace half a year ago. She is good at Kungfu and she is careful. She knows the art of dormancy best. The only shortcoming is that her early practice breakthroughs caused her body's true spirit to retrograde, and so she needs to use secret medicine to maintain it from time to time."Leng Qingtang speaking candidly, Ming Lan flashed his eyes and turned around to pick up a rouge box in front of the bookcase."Is it? The cream insi
Suddenly stabbed, the masked man crawled like a black worm on the ground, and a dull voice was released from his throat with pain and resentment.Struggling to prop up his upper body, he glared angrily. Blood constantly poured out from the wound, and it was extremely red seen through the fingers."Well done. You dare to plot against me..."The masked man gasped hurriedly and said weakly. The thick mask concealed his mysterious face, making it impossible to see what he was looking like.Gu Yunxi suddenly felt pain.It was this person who kidnapped her, changed her face arbitrarily, and then forced her to take Hanfu Powder in order to control her.All in all, she could have been cruel to him.But seeing him like this at this moment, especially when the bright star eyes behind the mask had fallen into the endless gloom, bitterness and dull pain suddenly surged up from the bottom of her heart. Her
Lu Qiange awakened from his deep sleep, stood up, and stared blankly at the flickering candlelight.Fu Danqing was holding up the porcelain bowl containing the soup. She turned her head when hearing the sound and hurriedly walked to the bed. She looked at Lu Qiange's pale face and said with worry,"Your Highness, you wake up. Lie down quickly. Your internal injury has not healed. I serve you to take the medicine first.""Internal injury?"Lu Qiange frowned with his purple eyes flashing to look at the very familiar furnishings in the room. He recalled what happened before, muttering to himself,"How do I have an internal injury?"Fu Danqing sat on the corner stool, took a spoonful of concoction, and blew it. While feeding the medicine to Lu Qiange, she explained in a polite manner, "You led people to stop Priest Wu on the way and Senior Wenren was worried when hearing the news. When they reached Yuyan Ridge
The Western Depot…Ming Lan spent the whole night smashing things in his room, venting his anger like Noble Concubine Wan.The Eastern and the Western Depots were ordered to jointly investigate the case. He had led the Western Depot guards to lure out the rebels, but the Eastern Depot had stolen the show. They wiped out the rebels who ransacked the execution ground and set off riots. They also drove straight to their den. Besides, the spies sent into the Palace were also uprooted.How could Leng Qingtang take all the advantages all the time? Great. Now that fox had played the Western Depot again!Ming Lan found it hard to accept that the Eastern Depot had used and thrown him away.Recalling the lethal arrow wound he had on the battle, Ming Lan was furious.Ming Lan kicked over the square table and then tried to flip it. But he sprained his wrist on the heavy woodwork. His face was twisted with pain and cov
The first faint sign of dawn appeared while the north wind was howling. In the square yard of red walls, undulating buildings and palaces were enveloped by an awful and depressing atmosphere.Leng Qingtang and Cheng Wanli quietly led six Eastern Depot guards into Qinming Hall via the side door. On the shoulders of two guards a thick log was carried, where a large wood chest beset with iron hoops and copper rivets was hung.The guards stopped before the long and wide marble steps and set down the chest.Leng Qingtang and Cheng Wanli ascended the steps to greet the new Imperial Chief Eunuch, Zhang Jihai and asked him to announce their arrival. In a moment, Eunuch Superintendent walked out and invited Leng Qingtang into the hall.Leng Qingtang fixed his robe and hat before entering. He then knelt down before the Emperor's bed.On the bed was the middle-aged man wearing a bright yellow shirt. His eyes were dark and bloodsh
Gu Yunxi followed Leng Qingtang to the Palace in the morning. He went to Qinming Hall while she was heading to Chuxiu Palace.So far, the Master had not explained to her why he had taken the risk of using a corpse in place of the masked man. It seemed that he meant to let that man off. But then why had he instructed her to impair his key points of internal strength and catch him alive in the Western Depot jail?She had many puzzles, but for now, she had to put them aside. The top priority was to go to Concubine Xu's palace.The two Depots had made a lot of noise to interfere with the enemies. Ming Lan had taken people of the Western Depot to search Chuxiu Palace. How could an innocent and solitary figure like Concubine Xu stand such a blow?Gu Yunxi was very anxious and walked quickly to the outer court of Chuxiu Palace, only to be stopped by Chief Eunuch Yan Gui."Well, isn't this Madam Muxue? Did you come from the Ea
In Chuxiu Palace, the die was cast.At the moment when Gu Yunxi saw the brocade box, her eyebrows suddenly widened. She was too shocked to say a word.There was no sadness or joy on Concubine Xu’s face. The cold edge flashed in her eyes, and there was no trace of affection."The things inside are really the best of emerald, and no one of the guards can buy it. If it weren't for it, I wouldn't be able to know that you had already fornicated with him. How can you stay in Chuxiu Palace!"Concubine Yu closed her eyes slightly and turned her head away with a deep sigh. She felt sorry for the humble female official in her heart but also had a bit of resentment and hatred.She really didn't expect that Leng Qingtang was such a person who harmed Yunxi and now almost hurt Tu Muxue. Chuxiu Palace was also involved. What a d*mn.Concubine Xu's long eyelashes drooped lightly with misty light under her eyes and she sai
The north wind was blowing softly, clearing away dense clouds from the sky. The shining sun then showed up as the sky looked like a vast blue velvet.That night "Gu Yunxi" returned to the mansion with Ming Lan. For two consecutive days, she did nothing but eat and sleep as she had done the first when she entered the mansion that year, which made Ming Lan feel at ease, along with the attendants who had suffered a lot from her in the past.Seeing that she was recovering day by day, Ming Lan couldn't restrain the desire in his heart. When he woke up in the morning, he told Nanny Gui who served in the west chamber to put some hypnotic drug into the decoction for "Yunxi".Thinking the time was almost ripe, he led Nanny Yan and Nanny Gui into the wing-room.On the large bed was a delicate beauty with long curled eyelashes, who was sleeping soundly as her head was resting on a soft pillow. Rays of sunlight pierced through the red embroide