lcionline Chapter 488 Wait
Chapter 488 Wait
Chapter 488
Chun Tao stood there, watching her young lady leave with the group of people, then hurriedly turned around and got on the carriage, urging the driver: "Hurry, take me to Yinlongsi!"
She was anxious: "I am just an ordinary woman. If something happens to the young lady, I can't help her at all. In this situation, the only one who can help the young lady is the eldest son."
The situation in the capital was already turbulent, and Ye Yunzhou had been extremely busy these days. Furthermore, to avoid suspicion, he rarely met with Luo Shuiyao in public. He would usually sneak over to see her at night, and after a moment's leisure, he would quickly leave again after his longing for her had subsided.
Upon receiving the summons and learning that Luo Shuiyao's maid had requested an audience at the gate of the Shadow Dragon Division, Ye Yunzhou immediately dropped his work and hurried out to greet her. Knowing Luo Shuiyao well, he knew she was a very measured person and would never have allowed her maid to come here unless it was an emergency.
Sure enough, after listening to Chuntao's flustered description, Ye Yunzhou's expression gradually turned cold. He tightly grasped the hairpin handed to him by Chuntao in his hand, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the mark on the inside of the hairpin, and the gloom in his eyes became more and more intense.
"I understand. You go back first. I will definitely bring your young lady back safely."
Chuntao's panic finally settled. The eldest son was incredibly capable, and finding the young lady would be a piece of cake. He would never let anything happen to her. She said no more, bowed, and turned back to report.
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On this side, Luo Shuiyao looked up at the palace gate and thought to herself, "As expected" - she had just taken a closer look at the man. Only a eunuch in the palace would have that appearance and demeanor. She had guessed this a long time ago.
The eunuch said that he was acquainted with the master, but Luo Shuiyao thought again and realized that the only person she had met in the palace was Emperor Yuanzhen.
Although she didn't know why Emperor Yuanzhen was looking for her, she had left a token behind before. She thought that with Chuntao's cleverness, she would definitely go looking for Ye Yunzhou. Thinking of this, she felt a little relieved.
Not long after passing through the Imperial Garden, the eunuch signaled the driver to stop the carriage, and then his shrill voice came again: "Miss Luo, we have arrived, please get off.
Seeing Luo Shuiyao get off the carriage, the eunuch raised his hand and waved, and the carriage drove away with the entourage. He then bowed and walked sideways in front to lead the way: "Miss Luo, please follow us. Our master will be here shortly. I hope you will wait for a moment."
Seeing that the eunuch no longer deliberately concealed his identity, Luo Shuiyao did not play dumb and bowed: "No need to be so polite, eunuch."
The two exchanged a few simple greetings, and the eunuch turned and left.
After he walked away, Luo Shuiyao looked around carefully.
Although she had been to the palace several times before, it was always at night, in a hurry, and she had never observed it carefully. Now looking at this palace, with its pavilions and towers arranged in an orderly manner, it truly exuded an extraordinary grandeur. She secretly admired the wisdom and skills of her ancestors.
Luo Shuiyao waited in the palace for a long time, but no one showed up. She had noticed earlier that the palace was deserted for some reason. At first, she thought Emperor Yuanzhen might be looking for her and didn't want to be seen. Although she was puzzled, she didn't find it strange. But now, in this state, there was no one to question.
She waited patiently for a moment, but could no longer hold back, so she looked towards the palace gate and decided to go out to take a look. If she could meet a palace maid or eunuch passing by, she could ask about the situation in the palace and find out why Emperor Yuanzhen was looking for her.
Although she didn't understand the palace rules, she had watched those palace dramas before, so she didn't dare to go far and just walked around the palace gate. But she didn't expect that after waiting here for a long time, she didn't see a single person.
She was increasingly puzzled: There were hundreds of maids and eunuchs in the harem, and not a few concubines, so why was this place so deserted? Looking at this area, it didn't seem like a remote place!
Luo Shuiyao had no idea that, following Concubine Cheng's downfall, the palace had already dealt with many of the concubines, maids, and eunuchs implicated. Furthermore, Emperor Yuanzhen was old and uninterested in matters of sex. In recent years, he had rarely entered the harem, let alone taken in new women.
The atmosphere in the palace is already depressing. Not only are the palace maids and eunuchs unwilling to come out of their posts, even the concubines would rather hide in their own palaces and not show up.
What's more, this palace was originally the residence of Emperor Yuanzhen's first wife, the late Empress. At this critical juncture, how could an ordinary person dare to approach it easily?
After waiting for a while, Luo Shuiyao felt uneasy.
She was just an orphan. What had it been about her that caught the eye of the emperor, that he summoned her to the palace? But after summoning her, why was he simply leaving her aside and ignoring her? What was his purpose?
When people are bored, their thoughts tend to wander uncontrollably. This is the case with Luo Shuiyao at the moment, her mind full of incomprehensible confusion.
"Who are you? Why are you in Fengzhao Palace?"
The sudden voice made Luo Shuiyao's heart jump. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a child about ten years old standing not far away. The child's voice was still a little childish, but when he spoke to her, he stood up straight and tried to act like an adult. At this moment, he had his eyes open, quietly waiting for her answer.
Luo Shuiyao quickly gathered her chaotic thoughts, bowed, and said softly, "This humble lady greets His Highness."
She raised her eyes and explained briefly, her tone somewhat cautiously: "I was led here by a eunuch. He only told me to wait for his master here, and I don't know who he was waiting for. If I accidentally disturbed Your Highness just now, I hope Your Highness will not blame me."
Luo Shuiyao was cautious and didn't say who she was waiting for. Unexpectedly, the child stared at her for a long time, then suddenly asked, "How do you know I'm His Highness?"
The woman in front of him behaved strangely. Although he didn't often interact with people, he knew that the concubines and maids in the palace did not dress like this. He also hadn't heard that his father had accepted any new people into the palace recently. Thinking of this, he guessed that this woman was probably not from the palace.
So he was genuinely curious: since this woman wasn't from the palace, how could she have recognized him? Could it be that he had misjudged her?
Luo Shuiyao didn't expect that his focus would be here. Then she thought, no matter how much he pretended to be an adult, he was still just a child after all. How could he be so cunning?
She smiled, her tense mood relaxing slightly as she softly replied, "Your Highness, although you may be dressed modestly, as a prince, your bearing is naturally different from that of ordinary people. Even though I have never seen a noble in the palace, I can tell that someone like you is definitely not an ordinary eunuch or guard."
These words were an open explanation, but secretly a compliment. Luo Shuiyao knew in her heart that no matter how much he acted like an adult, he was still just a child. She didn't believe that he would embarrass her by saying this.
How could Luo Shuiyao really judge a person by their "demeanor"? She wasn't blind! The young prince's clothes might be unassuming, but the subtle patterns on his clothes and the jade crown in his hair were all treasures untouchable by ordinary people. Forget about his age, just considering the regulations for these items, which eunuch or guard would dare to use such fine items?