C138 (1/2)

As Su Zhi sat in the carriage, she had already made her preparations.

Since An Yang was able to move the Empress Dowager, he would not let the matter rest.

Entering the palace this time would definitely force her to express her stance. If she didn't want to be a lowly person, she would have to let go of this path. Recalling what Xiao Qian had said to her last night, Su Zhi's heart turned sour.

It took a full four hours to go from Xuan City to the Imperial City.

The palace door was towering and heavily guarded. Only when the sounds of guards investigating the situation came from ahead did Su Zhi lift the curtain of the carriage and look outside.

She had peeked into the palace to see how resplendent the palace was. The stone steps below were all paved with fine white jade. The red walls of the jade roof were dazzling to the eyes, and the jade walls were beautiful beyond compare.

Five steps to the ground floor, ten steps to the pavilion; the veranda back, the eaves high peck.

Dressed in beautiful green robes, the palace maid bowed her head and lowered her eyebrows, shuttling to and fro in every corner of the palace. Every hundred meters, there were blade guards patrolling the palace.

At the back of the palace gate, in front of the main hall, carriages were not allowed to pass.

Su Zhi got off the carriage and followed the young eunuch on foot to the Palace of Destiny.

”Madame Su, when you see our empress dowager, you have to understand the rules of the palace. If Mistress doesn't wake you up, you can kneel down even if you want to.” ”Don't look at what you shouldn't, don't listen to what you shouldn't. Answer whatever you ask, and don't spout nonsense.”

Little De raised his thumb and said, ”Don't offend Master. When the time comes, you will only end up burying a dried up well.”

”Thank you for your reminder, Eunuch.”

Su Zhi followed behind the young eunuch. For some reason, her heart had already begun to tighten.

”Little De!”

”Yo, isn't this big sister Qian'Er?” What orders does the empress have? ”

A group of females dressed in pink walked over. The leading girl was around 20 or 8 years old and held a jade bottle in her hand.

”The Empress thinks that Tian'er is dry and needs some honey. I just got this from the storehouse.”

Little De gave her a bashful smile and poked her shoulder. ”Big sister Qian'Er, when are you free? I have a gold-plated bracelet that the empress dowager has bestowed upon me. It suits you quite well.”

Qian'er pursed her lips into a smile and suddenly stopped moving. Turning to the side, she said, ”I think …”

”Ouch ~”

Before he could finish, his ankle twisted, and the small porcelain bottle in his hand smashed towards Su Zhi's face.

Su Zhi had no time to dodge and was hit in the forehead by the porcelain bottle. A dull pain assaulted her, followed by a spray of the white liquid spilling out of the bottle and covering her entire face.

”Where did this lowly slave come from?”

Su Zhi instinctively touched her forehead, which was injured, and touched the incense on her face.

This woman was not stupid. She was the one that lost her balance and ended up being someone else.

”Elder sister, please calm your anger. The empress dowager wants to see him. Once the honey's gone, hurry to the storehouse for more, don't keep the empress dowager waiting.”

”How unlucky.”

Qian'er looked at the broken porcelain bottles on the ground in heartache, then glared at the bedraggled Su Zhi and left with the palace servants.

Little De unhappily rolled his eyes at Su Zhi, ”Do you have any eyes? Do you know who this person is? Of the maids by the empress's side, no one in the palace dares to offend them. ”

”I didn't hit her. She twisted her leg.”

”You still dare to talk back!”

Su Zhi shook her clothes and was too lazy to argue with him. Just as her face touched the scented powder, she began to itch unbearably.

She walked on patiently, scratching her face, feeling the pain and itch in the place she touched, like it was on fire.

”Hey, hey, what's wrong with your face?” Little De Zi noticed the commotion and turned to look at her.

”I don't know. It's extremely uncomfortable. Perhaps it's because that thing had just covered me up, so I don't feel well.”

Su Zhi didn't know what was mixed inside that honey fragrance. There were very few things that could cause her to feel uncomfortable in such a short period of time, especially now that things had developed to this point. She began to suspect if the contents of that small bottle were really incense.

”Hurry up and cover your face. With your appearance, don't scare the empress dowager later.”

She held her breath and took out a silk cloth to cover her face. She felt uncomfortable and uncomfortable.

After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, they finally arrived at the Palace of Fortune.

”Wait here. I'll call you before I go in.”

Su Zhi nodded and waited outside the palace.