Chapter 25 (1/2)
That poisoning assassination commotion turned out to be rather serious
Shaoran ca she knew
The back of the laundry shed was theon the wooden boxes there, eating hawthorn that were lined up like dango [T/N: bingtanghulu]
(There's probably no way that she thinks I am related to the incident)
The iing her legs er than she was
”It's a ht One who eats poison”
”I guess so”
She didn't lie
”I only just heard about what kind of person, but I don't know anything Are they okay?”
”I guess so”
She skirted the topic again, so very uncomfortable about it Shaoran, at a loss for what to do, pouted
Shaoran swung her skewer that had one piece of hawthorn left It looked like a blood-red coral ball kanzashi+
”Well, then Did you get any kanzashi+ and stuff?”
”I guess”
Four in all, iratitude She also included Consort Gyokuyou's necklace
”How nice Then, I guess you'll be leaving here”
(Mm?)
”What did you just say?”
”Huh? Aren't you going to leave?”
Infa had been insistently saying it
It was her own self who brushed it off
She was troubled at her failure
She shook her head, falling into self-hatred
”What's wrong?”
She looked at Shaoran who gazed at her dubiously
”Tellabout that”
Shaoran puffed out her chest at the sight of an unusually motivated Maomao
”Kay, will do”
The chatterbox girl taught her how to use the kanzashi+
Rihaku was su
While sweating, he handed his edgeless sword to his subordinate
A delicate eunuch handed over a bamboo slip and a woman's kanzashi+
It was the only one a the several he handed out before, the kanzashi+ decorated with peach-coloured coral
He didn't think anyone would take it seriously, knowing the courtesy, but it turns out it wasn't the case
It would be bad to eh with it was also troubling
However, it would be a loss if she was a beauty
He looked at the wooden slip as he thought of ways to gently refuse
'Jade Palace Maomao'
That ritten there
He handed it out to only one of the court ladies of the Jade Palace
It could only be that expressionless maid
Mystified, Rihaku stroked his chin as he prepared for a change of clothes
The Inner Palace was forbidden to actual men
Rihaku, who didn’t particular want to be cut doas in the obviously forbidden garden He probably shouldn't be here after this, it would be troubling if there was
Though it was such a terrifying place, if he had special permission, he could summon a court lady from within that
This kanzashi+ was one of the ways of doing that One of the many
Borrowing the office of the central gate, he waited for the person he summoned
The room, which wasn't really wide, had two persons' number of tables and chairs The doors on both sides each had a eunuch standing there
A skinny, short maid appeared from the door of the Inner Palace side
Freckles and spots covered the area around her nose
”Who the hell are you?”
”I get that often”
The maid, who said that with blunt indifference, covered her nose with her palm A face he's seen before appeared
”Don't tell uised with make-up?”
”I get that often”
He took in the truth without a look of displeasure
He got the gist of it
That she was that poison taster maid
However, he just couldn't link that fascinating smile of a prostitute when he looked at the face that was covered in spots
It was a matter of fact that she was a mysterious person