ushernet Chapter 406 World 725
Chapter 406 World 725
Knowing that someone was lurking outside Yaoguang Hall, Yinyin had a gut feeling that something was amiss, so she naturally paid extra attention on her way to Hongwen Hall.
When Yinyin reached the path by Mirror Lake, she looked at the artificial hill in front of her and suddenly stopped.
"Miss Yinyin?" The palace maid who was following her looked at her with some confusion.
Yinyin listened to the sudden increase in breathing from the artificial hill, looked around at the surrounding environment, and finally her eyes landed on the epiphyllum planted on the artificial hill.
"Is the epiphyllum budding?"
The palace maid looked in the direction she was referring to and smiled, "Miss Yinyin is very observant. The epiphyllum has already formed flower buds. Judging from the size of the buds, it will bloom in just one or two days."
“It’s a pity,” Yin Yin said. “When the palace gates are locked at night, the flowers can only bloom and close alone at night, with no one to appreciate them.”
The palace maid hurriedly said, "Miss Yinyin, it's easy to see the epiphyllum. When we return to Yaoguang Palace later, please ask Your Highness to instruct the flower room to send over a pot of flowers that are about to bloom."
Yinyin shook her head, not taking her opinion. She looked at the epiphyllum with feigned regret, but actually calculated the location of the person behind the rockery before continuing forward with the palace maid.
She cautiously passed the artificial hill, and just as she was about to step onto the winding stone bridge spanning the Mirror Lake, she suddenly heard hurried footsteps coming from behind the artificial hill.
"Oh dear, there's someone here!" The palace maid, carrying something, rushed straight towards Yin Yin without slowing down.
"Miss Yinyin!"
Behind Yin Yin, the palace maids from Yaochi Palace who had just emerged from the artificial hill widened their eyes and rushed over to protect Yin Yin.
But the path through the artificial hill was narrow, and once you left the artificial hill, you were at the lakeside. The palace maid carrying the things was much faster than them.
As the palace maid approached, Yin Yin, who had seemed frightened earlier, suddenly took two quick steps forward, just in time to avoid the palace maid and her outstretched hand.
thump!
The palace maid fell into the water, and a palace maid from Yaochi Palace rushed forward and just happened to shield Yin Yin from the splash.
"Miss Yinyin, are you alright?"
As the palace maids of Yaochi Palace were checking on Yinyin, they heard someone shouting loudly from not far away, "Something terrible has happened! Someone has fallen into the water! Help!"
The palace maid in Mirror Lake couldn't swim. She thrashed around for a bit and was about to sink. Neither Yin Yin nor the other two knew how to swim, so none of them intended to save her. In fact, the palace maid from Yaochi Palace even helped Yin Yin hide behind the artificial hill.
They had all seen the palace maid reach out her hand to Yin Yin. Who knew if the maid really couldn't swim or was just pretending? What if they had just saved Yin Yin and then something happened to her?
Just as they had settled down, they heard someone splash into the water from behind the artificial hill.
"Your Highness, please be careful!"
When the two people who had gone into the water swam up to them, Yin Yin and the other two could see clearly that one of the people who came to rescue them was none other than the Crown Prince.
Seeing only a palace maid in the water, the Crown Prince was somewhat bewildered and anxiously called out, "Qi Yinyin!"
Yin Yin's lips twitched, and she peeked out from behind the palace maid who was blocking her view: "Your Highness, did you look for me?"
When the prince saw that Yin Yin was still on the shore, he was stunned and realized that something had gone wrong. He went ashore without saying a word.
The two palace maids quickly blocked Yin Yin, afraid that it would give others something to say about her.
The crown prince was wrapped in a warm cloth and taken to a warm pavilion by the lake to change his clothes. The two palace maids felt uneasy and looked at Yin Yin together.
Yin Yin hadn't expected them to use such despicable methods in the palace, and she didn't have the patience to wait for the Crown Prince and the others to react. She quickly told the two palace maids to leave.
As for going to the Hongwen Hall, that's definitely not an option. There's only one place to choose from right now: the Xuan Shi Hall where the emperor resides.
Before she reached the end of the stone bridge, Yinyin saw someone guarding the intersection.
“Miss Yinyin,” a palace maid called out instinctively, then whispered, “those are the eunuchs and head maids of the Jiaofang Palace.”
Yinyin calmly said, "The three of us will rush over together later. You guys hold them off for me. As long as I get to Xuan Shi Hall, I'll make sure you're all safe."
The two palace maids naturally did as Yin Yin instructed.
In fact, Yin Yin is now ten years old and has been practicing martial arts for several years. Even if those palace maids and eunuchs rushed up at the same time, they wouldn't be able to defeat her with one hand.
On the surface, Yin Yin's kung fu is only slightly better than that of an average person.
It's obviously unrealistic for one person to defeat so many people.
The two palace maids were quite diligent; they put in a lot of effort to stop the person.
Yinyin spotted an opening and slipped right through them.
These people's task was to stop Yin Yin, not to get entangled with the two maids, so they immediately went forward to chase after her.
"Miss Qi, Her Majesty the Empress requests your presence!"
Hearing the shouts behind her, Yin Yin ignored them and kept running forward. In the end, she even secretly cheated by using her internal energy.
Those people in the palace still had to abide by the palace rules and couldn't chase each other too openly in the palace alleys, so once they left the Mirror Lake area, there were basically no people there.
But Yinyin didn't stop at all. Relying on the emperor's favor, she went straight to the Xuan Shi Hall.
When they arrived at the Xuan Shi Hall, they found Eunuch Wu standing guard outside the door.
Seeing that Yin Yin's hair was disheveled and she was out of breath, he quickly came over to help her: "Miss Yin Yin, what happened? Did something happen on the way?"
Yinyin waved her hand, pretending to be extremely tired, and then deliberately looked behind her in fear.
"Eunuch Wu, are there any officials presenting matters in His Majesty's hall at this moment?"
“One official just left, and His Majesty is governing alone right now,” Eunuch Wu winked at his young apprentice and said to Yin Yin, “Miss Yin Yin, just go in.”
Yinyin breathed a sigh of relief and entered the hall.
After bowing to the emperor, she didn't say much, only that she hadn't seen him for some time and missed him very much, so she came here specifically to see him.
The emperor knew she wasn't telling the truth, but he didn't expose her. Instead, he told her to practice calligraphy at her small table.
Not long after, Eunuch Wu walked in from outside with a grim expression and whispered a few words to the emperor.
When Eunuch Wu came in, Yin Yin put down her pen. Now, when the emperor looked over, her face was full of guilt. She looked at the sky and the ground, but not at the emperor.
The emperor snorted: "You know to come to me for refuge, but you don't know how to complain?"
Yinyin feigned a wronged expression: "It depends on who the other person is."
"I dare not complain about these two, nor do I have any say in their affairs. I can only wait for Your Majesty to investigate the matter yourself before I dare to speak."