The second volume of Case in Case, Tianxia's Granary Chapter 13: Escaping Failure, Entering the Palace Meekly

  I lowered my eyes, thought for a moment, and then looked up at Chu Yue: "Chu Da Guan Ren, thank you for the good intentions of the Protecting Country Lady, but I'm just a humble woman, really not worthy..." Just then, I saw Lian Niangniang behind Chu Yue repeatedly waving her hand at me, with a pleading look in her eyes. For a moment, I was a bit dazed - if it wasn't me, they could choose someone else; if they had to have a clean official, there were plenty of them in the "Hundred Flowers Palace".

  "It doesn't matter about your identity, Piaopiao girl," Chu Yue said with a smile. "I've already learned from Lian's mother that you're still a clean official and have a pure heart. Last time you came to the Guardian Mansion, although you didn't perform any art, you deeply pleased the Empress Dowager. This time it's also the Empress Dowager's intention to let you enter the palace, first to serve the Emperor, secondly to accompany the Empress Dowager and chat with her, relieving boredom."

  Gah! Although I'm expressionless, my jaw has already dropped. After talking for half a day, it's still Feng Xueyin's idea, and the whole thing is not ordinary. The queen sending women to the emperor, what kind of thing is this? Flattery? Planting loyalists? Or plotting against the monarch? Although rare in history, it's not unheard of. In this world, nothing can be thought through with normal logic.

  I never thought that Feng Qingya and Feng Xueyin were from the same faction, and Chu Yue was also under Feng Xueyin's command. Is it because Feng Xueyin didn't have any spies by Xuanyuan Yifei's side, so she decided to cultivate one? And I had no background, clean as a blank sheet of paper, naturally at Feng Xueyin's disposal.

  If she were a normal courtesan, being chosen by Feng Xueyun to enter the palace would make her overjoyed! She would be even more grateful that Feng Xueyun saved her from a desperate situation and would look up to Feng Xueyun with admiration.

  The problem is, I'm not an ordinary courtesan. However, looking at Chu Yue's sharp eyes, this matter I'd be happy to do, and even if I didn't want to, I'd still have to do it. Looking at Lian Po Po's expression, which seemed like she had lost her dowry, it was clear that Chu Yue had threatened her beforehand.

  Immediately, she got up and curtsied: "Thank you, Your Majesty the Empress, for saving my life. I will serve the Emperor well and make sure to satisfy Your Majesty."

  "Well, let's go pick up the young lady and take her to the Guardian Office."

  "But... I want to go back to "Baihua Palace" and pack up."

  "What's needed? Young lady, just say what you want, our mansion has everything."

  "No, no, no, Lord Chu misunderstood. I have some personal belongings still in the 'Hundred Flowers Palace', and I also have feelings for the sisters there, so I want to go back and bid them farewell."

  "I see. Then you can go."

  "Thank you, Lord Chu, for your help." Run!

  Chu Yue walked up to me and nodded: "After entering the palace, you must listen to the teachings of the Empress Dowager."

  "The concubine understands."

  "Ah, you're indeed clever...” Chu Yue's tone was momentarily hesitant, a thread of worry flashing across his eyes before disappearing. He seemed to be warning me in a low voice, "Don't play tricks, remember your identity. You are, after all, just a courtesan, remember who let you fly up the branch."

  Chu Yue's threat still echoed in her ears, was he afraid that she was too clever and hard to control?

  "Ah——” After Chu Yue left, Lian Yaya suddenly slumped into the chair, "Piao Piao ah. You——” Lian Yaya didn't finish speaking and stopped her mouth, she stared at the door with her mouth open, I turned my head back, but saw Xun Yu Zi Chen. Xun Yu Zi Chen in official uniform was more stable than Shan Shan. But like this, did he lack that bit of true nature?

  He wasn't wearing a official hat at the moment, his slanted fringe naturally stuck to his forehead, and his long hair on both sides was combed up to his eyebrows, a very simple hairstyle, but it showed off his elegance and handsomeness.

  Sun Yu Zichen glanced at Lian Nian, and the look in her eyes was clear to everyone - she wanted Lian Nian to withdraw. Lian Nian lowered her head and backed out with a bow, then Sun Yu Zichen sat down in the original seat where Chu Yue had been sitting.

  "Floating girl." A clear voice came. It also has a few similarities with Xianxian, today is the first time to talk with Chun Yu Zi Chen, before he looked at me always with a hint of doubt, I suppose now is to dispel doubts.

  "Lord Chunyu." I bowed slightly and then looked straight into his eyes. I liked those eyes, they were very beautiful and reminded me of Xianxian.

  The same fox eyes, but without Shan's gentle charm. On the contrary, they looked sharp and piercing. This feeling cannot be described, it can only be said that he is a fighter among foxes, while Shan is a jester among foxes. Furthermore, he is the attacker among foxes, and Shan is the receiver among foxes.

  A magnificent scene began to emerge in his mind, with a misty lake surrounded by ethereal aura. Zi Chen and Xian Xian were leaning against each other, with Xian Xian lying tenderly in Zi Chen's arms, sobbing pitifully. Zi Chen's eyebrows were tightly furrowed in agony as he held her close with almost crushing force.

  "We are brothers..."

  Zi Chen: "I know..."

  "This is a forbidden love, our clan will not tolerate it..."

  Zi Chen: "I don't care, I only know that the one I love is you! Piao Piao Girl... Piao Piao Girl..."

  Huh? How can a woman appear in such a cruel scene? Who's that? Oh, it's me. I refocused my gaze, which had wandered off due to daydreaming, on Chun Yu Zi Chen's face. He furrowed his brow, clearly slightly annoyed at my distraction.

  Dissatisfaction.

  "Sorry, I was lost in thought."

  "It seems that the floating girl appears to be distracted." Chun Yu Zi Chen gathered his gaze, staring more closely at my eyes.

  Is your mind unsettled? That's just my wild imagination. I smiled calmly: "Has Lord Chunyu withdrawn, or does Concubine Fei have something to ask of me?"

  "The floating girl is indeed clever and resourceful, no wonder she was chosen by the national protector. This official really has some problems and hopes that the girl can solve the mystery."

  "Oh? Does Lord Chunyu have a riddle that requires Xiao Feng to solve?"

  Sunzi smiled lightly: "I remember that last month, this official searched Jia Mingkai's house and when transporting the seized goods, I accidentally saw Miss Feng's heart aching with sorrow. So, I wanted to ask if there is any connection between Miss Feng and the Jia family?"

  "Huh?"

  Chun Yu Zi Chen's lips curled up with a smile, looking like she was tempting me to tell the truth: "I remember that at the time, the young lady was standing by the railing, and her eyes had a complex expression, as if she knew the Jia family. Could it be that you are also from the Jia family?"

  "Ah?" So that's it, I must have shown a painful and reluctant expression when I was heartbroken about the silver at that time. It's indeed easy to be misunderstood, no wonder Chun Yu Zi Chen paid attention to me at that time. Does this kid want to finish me off completely?

  "No, I don't know anyone from the Jia family."

  "What made you reveal such an expression at that time?" Chun Yu Zi Chen's gaze softened, losing a bit of its sharpness.

  "Alas... I'm heartbroken about that money." I let out a deep sigh.

  Sunzi's expression changed slightly, and I continued to sigh: "A little woman regards money as her life, I ask you, sir, when a greedy person sees box after box of silver passing in front of him, but not belonging to himself, what kind of expression do you think that person will have? I think it's probably the same as mine... Ah..."

  For a very long time afterwards, Chun Yu Zi Chen didn't speak again. In the beautiful fox eyes was an expression of being unable to cry or laugh.

  "Hmm..." He smiled and shook his head, "I didn't expect the answer to be like this. It seems I overthought it. In that case, Feifei can go back."

  "Thank you."

  "Ah, congratulations to Feifei for flying high." Chunyu Zichen said with a smile. However, the pair of fox-like eyes seemed to be saying that it was indeed all about the money that she entered the palace.

  Can't help but smile wryly, is this really a happy event?

  When I completely left the heavenly prison with Lian, I hugged the guzheng and scolded: "You're too unscrupulous, selling me out like this!"

  The old lady raised an eyebrow at the painting, clearly unable to believe that I also had a temper: "Oh my, oh me! You little stinker, you're already acting like royalty before even entering the palace!"

  "Even Buddha would lose his temper, I'm not worth it, you spent money to make me lose weight. You spent money to raise me like a flower, and then spent more money to groom me, dress me up, aren't you just trying to grow a money tree? Tell me, how much did you sell me for?"

  When I finished speaking, even the nanny's expression began to appear momentarily stunned. Immediately after that, she was pounding her chest and stamping her feet at the entrance of the government office: "Oh my heart! Oh my liver! Heartbreaking, heartbreaking, what kind of luck have I encountered this year? Ah...my Pi Pi ah——" She hugged me and wailed loudly, leaving me speechless.

  Patting her: "Stop crying, it's too embarrassing to cry at the entrance of the government office."

  "It's also..." The nanny wiped away her tears, "Ah..."

  All the way back to "Baifang Palace" with a sigh, I immediately rushed into my own room and didn't even let Mengmeng in. I quickly picked up the silver tickets at my fastest speed. Then I kowtowed to the ancient zither that had been ruined by flowers.

  "It's not that I don't want to help you, but I'm also struggling to save myself now. If you have a spirit in heaven, let someone else complete this task for you, goodbye!"

  Open the window, climb out of the window, one leg has just stepped out, and I see all the members of "Baifa Palace" standing downstairs. The leader is Lian Po-po, with her left and right guardians, Ben Po-po and Lin Po-po, followed by the four great golden warriors.

  "Uh... I'm checking if the window is secure..." I sat on the windowsill to check the window.

  "Floating, I just can't figure it out. Others are seeking gods and Buddhas to enter the palace as a phoenix, why do you want to be a mountain chicken?" Lian's aunt shouted at me, I stood with my hands on my hips and frowned: "Who wants to be a phoenix? Men have to share with other women, but here, although I'm a mountain chicken, many men pamper and adore me, isn't that great!"

  "Floating, mountain chicken is still a mountain chicken after all. Even if those men pamper and adore you, in their hearts, you are still a mountain chicken. If you want to become the phoenix in their hearts, then go be the Empress!"

  The Empress Dowager has been in power before! I really want to shout out this sentence, but I can't.

  "Floating, this time it's not an ordinary person who wants to buy you. If you run away, it will implicate our entire 'Baihua Palace'. Look, look, can you bear to let over a hundred people become homeless?"

  "Wooo——" Some bastard started playing the erhu, and the mournful music echoed through the air.

  A dark vein began to bulge, clutching the windowsill, wishing he had unparalleled martial arts skills! It wouldn't be so restrained by others everywhere! A breath was stuck in his throat, almost suffocating him with internal injuries.

  "Alright! I'm going——"