31: Chapter 29: Mister Bai!
31: Chapter 29: Mister Bai!
“You’ve been made a scapegoat…”
Outside the main hall of Kunning Palace, Liu Yu carefully applied the dicinal oil he carried with him to Chen Qing’s burned eyes.
“I understand…” Chen Qing responded softly.
He had actually been prepared for this.
That’s how it is for the weak.
When trouble arises, whether they are right or wrong, whether they can benefit or even survive, it all depends on the mood of the powerful.
At this mont, that powerful person was in a very bad mood.
He himself had suffered an undeserved misfortune, but what could he do?
Who could bla them for being powerful?
“Do you have any ideas?” Liu Yu asked as he applied the dicine.
“The Fox Demon is no fool…” Chen Qing stood up, looking at those trembling palace maids: “She deliberately humiliated the deceased Empress’s body to disturb His Majesty’s emotions.
But by angering His Majesty so, isn’t she afraid that, in His rage, he would kill everyone here?”
Liu Yu frowned thoughtfully: “The palace maids of Kunning Palace were all orphaned girls adopted by the late Empress.
The Empress was kind-hearted and treated her servants extrely well.
As soon as a palace maid ca of age, she would personally find them a good match, whether they be from the Imperial Army, guard, or a reputable wealthy rchant.
None of them would be wronged, and she would also provide a dowry.
His Majesty cares for those associated with his loved ones and wouldn’t easily harm these palace maids.”
“Not easily doesn’t an he won’t…” Chen Qing said coldly: “The Fox Demon has already infiltrated the palace.
Now that the Empress has been hard, no matter the cost, His Majesty will not let the Fox Demon leave.
Otherwise, how can the Harem be secure?”
Liu Yu didn’t refute, because it was true.
Under the current circumstances, if they couldn’t find the Fox Demon, His Majesty would err on the side of killing rather than letting her go.
If the Fox Demon could beco the Empress today, she might beco a certain concubine tomorrow—it’s impossible to guard against!
“Do you an…
The Fox Demon has a way out?”
“Yes!” Chen Qing nodded: “The Fox Demon was able to disguise as the Crown Prince to harm the Empress, but where is the body hidden?
Kunning Palace is not large.
How long did His Majesty take to co out just now?
The other party was able to hang the body at the entrance of the main hall so quickly, which ans the body wasn’t hidden well, and could even be taken out at any mont.”
“But in front of His Majesty, if it’s hidden so shallowly, isn’t she afraid of being discovered?”
“Therefore, there is only one possibility.
She can retrieve the body of the Empress at any ti, but it will absolutely not be discovered by His Majesty!”
Upon hearing this, a glint of insight flashed in Liu Yu’s eyes.
He too, was an extrely intelligent man, and imdiately thought of sothing his disciple, Wang Ye, had ntioned in a letter.
“The Path of Yin and Yang?”
“It’s the only possibility!” Chen Qing took a breath and said: “In the beginning, Lord Wang Ye and I were taken to the Path of Yin and Yang by that impostor Weichi Peng, using a Ghost Horse.
After the incident in Lyuzhou, we did not see that Ghost Horse, which we suspect might have been brought to the Capital City by an accomplice of the Fox Demon!”
“Only a Ghost General can control a Ghost Horse…” Liu Yu frowned deeply, his expression becoming even more serious: “I didn’t expect that apart from the Thousand-Faced Fox, they could also find a living Ghost General…
The preparation is indeed thorough, but if this is the case, it’s troubleso!”
A Ghost Horse can traverse the realms of Yin and Yang.
If the Ghost General had rescued her in the mont His Majesty rushed out, then there will never be peace in the Harem!!
“Wait…” Liu Yu suddenly shook his head: “There are countless Barrier Techniques within the Imperial Palace grounds.
Even if the Ghost Horse can travel between Yin and Yang, without knowing the arrangent of the barriers, it would trigger the Techniques.
Moreover, how did they bring the Ghost Horse into the Imperial Palace?”
“The Ghost Horse can be disguised…” Chen Qing sighed: “We have verified this in Lyuzhou already.
Although I don’t know the thod they used, they indeed can disguise it as a horse of normal size.
If the Fox Demon disguised as the Crown Prince enters the palace, bringing in an ordinary-looking horse is not a problem!”
“What about the arrangents within the palace?” Liu Yu persisted: “Do you know the Techniques in the palace were set up by several dozen magicians from the Capital City, not only with complex structure but also changing their configuration every three days according to the twenty-eight constellations.
Except for the magician on duty that day, no one else in the world knows the barrier arrangent of the Techniques in the palace.
The Ghost Horse, if it wants to travel between Yin and Yang in the palace, must understand the barrier arrangent, otherwise, it’s seeking death!”
“His Majesty doesn’t know?” Chen Qing was startled.
“His Majesty is not born from magician stock.
Even if explained, he wouldn’t understand!”
“What if that magician was replaced?” Chen Qing said in astonishnt.
“Impossible…” Liu Yu shook his head: “Not to ntion the remarkable capabilities of those ten magicians, very few in the world could threaten them.
Even if, as you suggest, they were replaced by an illusion Technique from the Fox Demon, if they didn’t participate in setting up the Techniques originally, even a top magician wouldn’t be able to manage the vast array of barrier Techniques in the palace!”
“So…” Chen Qing asked again: “Is it possible that among those top ten magicians, there exists soone in collusion with the Fox Demon?
We have speculated before that behind the Fox Demon, there must be a powerful force from the Capital City providing support!”
“Also impossible…” Liu Yu shook his head: “There’s sothing in the palace, which can be activated once every three days and can question the heart.
If one harbors treachery, they cannot pass that thing’s interrogation!”
Upon hearing this, Chen Qing was montarily taken aback, then a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
As a designer, he imdiately knew what that was once ntioned.
The Heart-Questioning Mirror!
One of the seventy-six Artifact Demons, capable of seeing through one’s heart.
However, it’s quite troubleso to activate, only once every three days, and can only check one person at a ti.
I never thought it would be used by the Royal Family as the Magician’s gatekeeper!
“If that’s the case, the way through the Magician’s area is completely sealed off…,” Chen Qing took a breath but then thought of sothing and said in a low voice, “Then there’s only one possibility…”
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Old people in the palace all knew that there was a place where one should not trespass carelessly.
The consequences of wandering into it by mistake could even be more severe than breaking into the Imperial Study— that place was the Thousand Cranes Palace where Mister Bai resided.
Outside the palace, few dared to ntion this person, but everyone could feel his presence all the ti because those guards who carried papers and pens, docunting every official’s words and deeds, were all controlled by this master, a sorcerer whom many regarded as the most formidable in the palace.
Mister Bai had no foreign affairs and never left the confines of the Thousand Cranes Palace.
He seed tireless, working day and night as the eyes monitoring the Imperial City for the Royal Family.
As usual, Mister Bai buried himself in his work, turning countless sheets of paper in his hands into living paper cranes and white rabbits that went out from the Thousand Cranes Palace.
The white rabbits ran in many directions, going to three places within the palace: the study of the Palace Affair Manager, the study of the chief eunuch, and the Empress’s Kunning Palace.
Most of what was recorded were trivial matters.
The guards’ conversations and actions throughout the day would be sent to the Palace Affair Manager’s study, while inappropriate words and deeds of cabinet officials would go to the chief eunuch’s study, and the actions and words of palace maids and concubines were conveyed first to the Empress’s Kunning Palace.
If a matter was of great importance, Mister Bai would discern it himself and transform the report into a paper crane that would fly directly into the Emperor’s Imperial Study.
At that mont, an old eunuch was instructing a group of new eunuchs and palace maids on these matters.
“While serving in the Thousand Cranes Palace, you must rember the routes.
Especially around Mister Bai’s inner hall, you absolutely must not approach recklessly,” the old eunuch’s eyes were cloudy, but when he admonished them, he was incredibly serious and earnest, “Especially, do not be curious about those moving papers.
Carelessly damaging them will have you taken away for interrogation as a spy.”
“Yes…” Everyone’s heart shivered, and they hurriedly bowed their heads in agreent.
“Also, don’t follow those papers out of curiosity…” the old eunuch said gloomily, “Don’t think that as long as you don’t damage those things, following them is harmless.
Following them is strictly forbidden.
Those who accidentally damage the papers might still have a chance to be released after a clear investigation, but those who dare to follow them without permission, even palace maids from the Empress’s own quarters, are sentenced to death without exception!”
“Why is that so?” A palace maid couldn’t help but ask.
The old eunuch stared coldly at the maid until she paled and knelt on the ground.
Then he slowly said, “Rember…
in the palace, don’t be too curious.
Don’t always think about figuring everything out.
There are so things here that…”
Before he could finish, he suddenly sensed sothing, looked up sharply, and his face showed utter disbelief!
A golden figure swept across the sky with a terrifying oppressive force, the originally dark sky illuminated by golden flas.
Paper cranes that flew along its path instantly turned to ash, and all the palace maids and eunuchs were so frightened by this terrifying apparition that they fell to the ground.
The old eunuch just stared at the sky, and in a few seconds, his murky eyes were scorched red, and he couldn’t resist collapsing to the ground as well.
Your Majesty?
Your Majesty rushed towards the Thousand Cranes Palace with a fierce montum, but why?
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Inside the main hall of the Thousand Cranes Palace, Mister Bai, sensing sothing, stopped his movents and put down his pen and paper, looking up toward the entrance of the hall.
A flash of fire passed, and all the candelabras in the hall were instantly lit by golden flas.
At the grand hall’s entrance, the Emperor’s tall figure stepped in unhurriedly, followed by Chen Qing, who was drenched in cold sweat.
Damn it, the old man just couldn’t take it easy.
He was truly frightened just now.
He knew all too well how tyrannical the flas of the Golden Crow were, being its designer.
According to the settings, not to ntion touching it, even gazing at it a little too long could blind you.
The old man yanked him along in a flight over here in his excitent.
Already agitated, if he had lost control and let a fla drift onto him, he could have been burned to a trace in an instant!
“Do you an…
him?” the Emperor asked coldly, his voice icy in the midst of the raging flas.
Chen Qing nodded, steadied his emotions, and stepped forward to salute, “Student…
has seen Mister Paper-Folding!”
Mister Bai was stunned, looking up at Chen Qing.
For the first ti, the always expressionless man, who resembled a wooden figure, smiled.
His sharp, serrated teeth were exposed, which looked extrely eerie.
“Three hundred years…” Mister Bai’s gaze beca fervent, “Since following the Siao Family, this is the first ti soone has called by that na!”
Upon hearing that, Chen Qing looked up seriously and said, “The second ti, isn’t it?”
Mister Bai: “…”
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