C70 (1/2)
Master Chu gave Yu Wuyou a meaningful glance, then he whispered into Xue Wuhen's ear, ”Announce my last competition later. There are some matters that I have to settle, so it's up to you here.”
”What do you want?”
”Don't worry. I promise I will be harmless to Xue Lan.”
Before Xue Wuhen could stop him, Chu Shiyao had already left the hall. She wandered around the imperial harem for a long time before she came to a halt in front of a palace.
These palaces were rather remote, and just as they were about to enter, Yu Wuyou suddenly appeared behind them.
”Ah Yu, what did you discover?”
Master Chu shook his head. ”Nothing. The Imperial Advisor left the arena, but he did not leave the palace. Instead, he went into the imperial harem to search around in the imperial concubines' palaces. He must be in some palace.”
She remembered that when she was in Gangyan City, she had heard that the Imperial Advisor had an unclear relationship with the empress dowager, Xue Lan.
Master Chu and Yu Wuyou split up to search for Tian Chen's traces in each palace, to see which imperial concubine Tian Chen would meet up with in the palace.
One to the east, one to the west.
Master Chu ordered her to jump to the rooftop and carefully cross every courtyard. Finally, she saw traces of Tian Chen in each of the Fanghua Hall's palaces.
He saw Tian Chen being led to the backyard by two maids. The woman standing in the flower bed in the backyard walked up to him.
”Isn't the Imperial Advisor congratulating the imperial concubine today? How can you be free to enter my Fanghua Hall? ”
The woman was alluring and charming, appearing to be in her thirties. She had quite a bit of elegance. She was Emperor Shulan's noble and noble, Fang Yiming.
A few years ago, she was still very popular. After the rumors of her being unscrupulous with the Imperial Advisors spread, she was no longer valued and continued to live in the depths of the palace.
Tian Chen didn't say anything. He only saw Fang Yiming wave her hand to move away from the maids by her side. Only then did Tian Chen say, ”Truly, it seems that I've missed out on that old fox, the grand imperial concubine.”
”So what if it's the grand imperial concubine? What big waves can a woman from the palace stir up?” Fang Yiming asked doubtfully.
”I didn't expect her to have a nightingale zither in her hands. The nightingale zither was gifted to me by the Zither Saint Xiahou in the past, and is a pair with the Nightmare Zither. The nightingale zither was not scary at all. What was scary was the Nightmare Zither Tactic that Xiahou Yu had created that year. It could kill people without being visible, and it had the ability to cause illusions and sound transmissions. I think the reason why Grand Concubine took out the Nightmare Zither was because she wanted to lure Xiahou Yuqing to help her resolve the snow orchid crisis. ”
Fang Yiming did not know, but she had heard that hundreds of thousands of soldiers had been killed in the Western Territory. If those tens of thousands of soldiers had been annihilated in one night, then only the Nightmare Mantra had such power, right?
”Will Xiahou Yu Qing appear?”
Tian Chen said, ”Xiahou Yuan died decades ago when he was with the old man. Even if he appeared now, it would still be rare. He definitely wouldn't have the ability to activate the Nightmare Mantra. The one the grand concubine is looking for should be the descendant of the Marquis Yu Qing, or perhaps his successor! ”
”So you're saying, the grand imperial concubine's birthday banquet was a special occasion to recruit those zithers?”
Tian Chen nodded. If that wasn't the case, what else could it be?
”The other Zither Masters are quite ordinary, but one of them has to be on guard. If that woman named Luo Qing is able to attract the attention of the grand imperial concubine, then she is most likely to be the heir of Xiahou Yu Qing. This person must be eliminated.” The Dharma Idol released a fierce light as it spoke sternly.
Grand Concubine had always liked peace and quiet, so she wasn't the kind of person who liked to make a show of herself. This time, she suddenly used the Phoenix Nightmare as a bait to attract attention.
”The reason we met this time, was mainly because we wanted you to keep an eye on the imperial concubine's movements. Also, there's also that Prince Sickle. I'm afraid he's not living a peaceful life like his father, the Emperor.”