Chapter 9 Out of the Palace(1/2)
Breathing the air outside the palace, Zhu Jinxuan felt much lighter.
I don’t know if it was because I had seen too many bloody storms in the palace since I remembered, and I knew the stories of the wronged souls that were either grand or exquisite in the palace. When Zhu Jinxuan was in the palace, she always felt a little cold all over her body, especially when she was walking in the palace at night.
If she had not left the palace before, she had become accustomed to life in the palace, but after leaving the palace twice, traveling through dozens of state prefectures and seeing the vast world outside, how could she still be willing to stay in the palace that seemed delicate but actually looked like a huge tomb?
Although she only left the palace temporarily this time, and her emperor brother was following her side to supervise her every move, after leaving the palace, she couldn't help but take a few breaths of freedom outside the palace, stretched her waist, and moaned comfortably.
The emperor who was watching her behind Zhu Jinxuan was not as exaggerated as her, but from her expression, he could also see that this time he could temporarily leave the palace and let go of the emperor's identity by taking advantage of Zhu Jinxuan as an excuse, he also regarded this time out as a rare pastime.
"Okay, it's already past the Wu time, and there's not much time left. Why don't you talk about what kind of backbone that boy Bai Shier has to say?"
However, although I was very happy that I could go out with Zhu Jinxuan this time, on the surface, the emperor still looked impatient and dissatisfied, and asked Zhu Jinxuan in a bad tone.
It seems that if Zhu Jinxuan's answer cannot satisfy him, he will directly ask the guards around him to capture Zhu Jinxuan back to the palace and lock him up next time.
"Brother, haven't I said everything? I can't be sure. I have to take a look, maybe I can think of any clues."
Zhu Jinxuan, who finally left the palace again, seemed to have completely let go of herself. Facing the most powerful person in the world, her brother was not angry and turned his head and rolled his eyes at him, curled his lips, and answered with disgust. As for the title, he shouted incredibly smoothly, without any sense of stagnation, as if he had been shouting for more than ten years.
"Could it be, brother, do you think I said that intentionally just to let you let me out?"
The expression on Zhu Jinxuan's face changed rapidly. The expression of disgust just now turned into a pitiful look with a pouting mouth in an instant, as if as long as the emperor nodded the next moment, she would immediately bring rain to the pear blossoms.
“…”
Looking at the emperor who looked like Zhu Jinxuan, I couldn't help feeling a little tooth pain.
As for Jiang Zhun, Mo Bin and Guo Ju, who were dressed as a servant and guard, lowered their already buried heads, as if they wanted to pierce their heads between their legs and buried them. They even walked much lighter, as if they were afraid that they would be heard by the emperor and Princess Xianyou who were "disputing" like ordinary brothers and sisters in front of them, and then noticed the existence of the three of them.
Of course, the three of them had already cursed Bai Shier, who put the three of them in such an awkward and panic situation, countless times.
"Bang!"
Just as the three of them buried their heads deep and followed the emperor's figure like the most gentle sheep, a crisp sound rang in the three of them, causing them to lift their heads that had been buried deep in an instant.
Although this time, the Great Inner Guard, the Jinyiwei and the East Factory sent dozens of good men to protect the surroundings, the three of them still did not dare to be careless at all.
After all, if things happen suddenly, even if those dozens of good players are all the best, they will have to breathe three or five breaths before they can arrive.
And three or five breaths are enough to happen too many accidents.
As the personal protection persons who were following the emperor, if they really failed to protect the emperor in these three or five breaths, even if the emperor had a small hole in his body, the lightest punishment for the three of them would be beheaded.
However, when the three people who raised their heads saw Zhu Jinxuan covering her head and exhaling pain, and when they saw the emperor holding a folding fan, which was still on Zhu Jinxuan's head, the three people immediately lowered their heads as quickly as possible.
At the same time, everyone is hypnotizing themselves in their hearts:
"I didn't see it, I didn't see it, I didn't see anything."
"No, I keep my head down, I never raised my head..."
However, the scene just now was so impressive that no matter how much the three of them hypnotized themselves, it was still difficult for them to erase the scene just now from their minds.
Especially when Zhu Jinxuan's cry of pain and subsequent coquettish acts continued to penetrate the three people's mouths.
"Brother, what are you doing? It hurts so much."
"Hmph, elder brother is a father. If you don't learn well as your sister, I, the elder brother, must teach you a lesson."
The emperor snorted, raised his face and showed off his stern elder brother.
Obviously, after seeing Zhu Jinxuan pretending to be like a normal brother and sister getting along, he immediately followed her thoughts and found a role for himself, and immediately got into the show.
"Hmph, other people's brother is too late to love his sister, how could he beat her?"
When Zhu Jinxuan heard this, she still didn't understand how she said, so she immediately continued to act along the play, snorted, pouted her mouth, and said with a grievance.
"Will other people's sisters make fun of you and always make fun of their brother?"
The emperor was kind-hearted on weekdays, but at this time, I don’t know whether it was because of rebelliousness or because I had been living a stern life for too long and was too bored. I felt that it was very interesting to act with Zhu Jinxuan at this time, so I continued to act.
"Hmph, Ignore you."
Seeing that when Zhu Jinxuan was still no match for her brother when reasoning, she had to use her last move, frowned, snorted in dissatisfaction, and turned her head to run forward.
"Why!"
The emperor seemed to be a little addicted. Looking at Zhu Jinxuan's back, he did not immediately call her, but shook his head helplessly, sighed, and quickly followed Zhu Jinxuan's figure.
After watching it, no, after listening to such a "realistic drama" with poor acting skills, Mo Bin and the other two naturally did not dare to neglect and quickly followed the emperor's footsteps.
...
While Zhu Jinxuan was taking the emperor, Mo Bin, Guo Ju and Jiang Zong in a little aimless manner, while he was wandering around the city, Bai Shier was paying attention to their every move.
Although he wanted to avoid dozens of good players scattered around the five people, he was a little far away and could not see clearly, Bai Shier immediately recognized the person wearing a square scarf and a blue Confucian shirt walking in front, Zhu Jinxuan, dressed as a man.
After staying with Zhu Jinxuan for so long, he was so familiar with Zhu Jinxuan's expression and movements.
At first, he was not sure in his heart and thought he had read it wrong.
After all, when he thought about it, Zhu Jinxuan finally returned to the palace, how could he leave again so quickly and so openly?
But after repeated confirmation, he was finally able to confirm that it was indeed Zhu Jinxuan.
"In this way, the scholar behind Xuan'er is dressed as my cheap brother-in-law."
After confirming that the other party was indeed Zhu Jinxuan, the three people who followed him and walked at the end were Mo Bin and the other two who came to the palace for help after getting his message. He also guessed the identity of the man who had been following Zhu Jinxuan, who was also dressed in a scholar.
Furthermore, he also guessed the reason why Zhu Jinxuan was able to leave the palace this time.
"Ha, Xuan'er really will seize the opportunity."
Bai Shier, who originally wanted to take this opportunity to ask Mo Bin and the other two to help send a message to Zhu Jinxuan, obviously did not expect that Zhu Jinxuan would take this opportunity to make a request and actually get the desired result smoothly.
However, the Arctic sky is still like an iceberg, most of which are hidden under the water, without seeing the true face, and the threat is still very great. He doesn't want to let Zhu Jinxuan leave the palace now.
But if Bai Shier could take this opportunity to meet and chat with his cheap brother-in-law first, he would think it was very good.
...
"Master Zhu, it's time to win the Wu time..."
Zhu Jinxuan finally got the opportunity to go out, so she naturally had a good time. As for the important matter that she had originally needed to find the "backbone" address mentioned in Bai Shier's letter, it seemed that she had already thrown her over.
The emperor, who has been constantly writing books by the censors of the Taoist entrusted recently, seemed to have been infected by Zhu Jinxuan. He took this opportunity to follow Zhu Jinxuan's footsteps and have fun.
However, Mo Bin and the other two who had been following the brother and sister, saw that the time agreed in Bai Shier's letter was getting closer and closer, and they couldn't help feeling a little anxious and angry.
But the three of them were hesitating for a moment when they saw the emperor wandering around.
Of course, the more important reason is that "the three monks don't have water to eat."
All three of them hope that the other two people can't bear it first and touch this "small head" so that they can avoid it.
So the three of them froze.
Until the time was gone, the three of them could not bear it anymore. After the fierce confrontation between them, the three of them walked forward a few steps together, found the opportunity for the emperor to have just gotten up from a stall, and gently reminded the emperor.
"Um."
After reminding the three of them, the emperor finally came to his senses and remembered his purpose of going out today.
Even though he had been ascending the throne for a long time, he had been intriguing with the ministers in the court for several years every day, and his face had long been much thicker than before, and he could not help but turn red because of shame.
Mo Bin and the other two who only reminded one sentence obviously had guessed the result, so after the reminder, they immediately took two steps back and lowered their heads.
"Ahem."
Despite this, the emperor couldn't help but cough twice, covering up the embarrassment in his heart, and finally stood up and grabbed the fun thing. Zhu Jinxuan, who was about to go over and take a look, asked with dissatisfaction.
"It's been half an hour, and it's about to reach eight o'clock that boy Bai Shier mentioned. Haven't you found the place he said called "backbone"?"
"I've found it long ago."
However, facing the emperor's questioning, Zhu Jinxuan opened her eyes open with an innocent look and said aggrievedly.
"What?!"
The emperor's eyes widened instantly, and a little anger appeared on his face. A series of questions mixed with anger hit Zhu Jinxuan.
"I found it, when did I find it? Since I have found it long ago, why didn't you say it earlier? If I don't ask, you won't say it tonight?"
"Didn't I see that you have been in high spirits and are worried that it will disturb your interest?"
Faced with the emperor's angry questioning, Zhu Jinxuan looked even more aggrieved and replied weakly, "I'm all for you!", which made the emperor, who was already angry, even more angry.
"You, forget it, and settle the score with you when you go back!"
The emperor pointed at Zhu Jinxuan with a folding fan, gasped for a moment in a short while, calmed down for a while, and quickly asked about the serious matter.
"Tell me where that 'backbone' is."
"It's right here."
The next moment, Zhu Jinxuan's answer made the emperor feel like a fool and had been fooled for a long time.
"What did you say? Here?"
But he suppressed his anger. After looking around for a while, he looked at Zhu Jinxuan again and asked word by word.
"What does this have to do with the three words "being strong"?"
"Twelve never said it was related?"
To be continued...