Chapter 485 - Proper Palace Intrigue (24) (2/2)

Lu Ruo felt more apprehensive. ‘Is someone trying to frame me again?’

“An Zhao Yi, give me(z) a sample of the medicine you fed Jing’er before.”

“Ah?” ‘You’re asking me for medicine?’

Yuwen Xun’s expression was a bit unsightly, so Lu Ruo hurriedly pulled out a porcelain bottle from her sleeve. ‘Luckily I didn’t finish all the meds I bought from System the last time.’

Yuwen Xun left after taking the medicine, leaving Lu Ruo utterly befuddled.

“System, what’s with him?”

“Yuwen Xun’s favourability of you has dropped to 50.”

“Ah?” ‘I didn’t even do anything! Wasn’t it 60 before? How come it dropped to 50?’

“Host, allow me to remind you that the medicine you purchased was only starter-level medicine—it couldn’t have possibly cured Yuwen Jing.”

Lu Ruo felt like she’d been struck by lightning on a clear day.

After a good long while, she muttered, “Then…how’d he recover?”

“I have detected an energy wave on him. It should be Zhuang Qiong.”

‘Zhuang Qiong…’

“What is her favourability of me?”

“Sorry, but I am unable to determine that.”

“Why???” Lu Ruo was a bit anxious. The ability to see someone’s favourability towards her had appeared with her system levelling up. Ever since she had this, she was very clear as to who meant her well and who wished her ill.

“She may have a higher level system, so I am unable…”

Ever since that day, Lu Ruo’s luck turned for the worse—she was banished to the cold palace on grounds of deceiving the Emperor.

By contrast, Yuwen Jing had helped to speak up for Shi Sheng to the ML.

While she’d been in his quarters, Yuwen Jing had woken up once and managed to vaguely recognise her.

As Shi Sheng looked at the stuff Yuwen Xun had sent to her, she really felt like rejecting them. ‘ML-sama, we have a deep enmity—what’s with suddenly cosying up to me(lz)??? Don’t think this’ll make me let you off the hook!’

……

Yuwen Xun’s birthday on the 9th day of the 9th month.

The tributary state, Xi Liang Kingdom, sent their Second Prince over to congratulate.

As for their Eldest Prince? He was a hostage in Dong Jin.

As the Eldest Prince of the Xi Liang Kingdom, Ming Jin naturally had to attend.

And perhaps due to Yuwen Jing speaking up for her once more, as the State Teacher, Shi Sheng was honoured with a seat too.

Of course, Shi Sheng didn’t know the reason why. She just thought the ML might have gone mad.

That or he was plotting something again.

Shi Sheng’s seat wasn’t very high or low in the arrangement. Ming Jin was seated diagonally across from her, his head lowered, his thoughts unknown.

Shi Sheng felt he was rather pitiful, being unable to return to his own land and held hostage here instead.

“State Teacher.” Yuwen Jing’s tiny frame swayed as he stood before Shi Sheng.

“What?” Shi Sheng lifted her head to look at him.

Yuwen Jing balled up both hands into fists and very ceremoniously bowed at the waist. “Thank you for saving my life, State Teacher.”

Shi Sheng, “…” ‘This brat could recognise me despite the delirium? Really now!’

“Why did the young prince thank her?”

“His Majesty actually really let her be State Teacher! How come our proposals were completely useless?”

“Shh! What do you know? That one’s got some tricks up her sleeve. Who knows? What if she actually does have some ability?”

The odd happenings at Star-Plucking Tower had spread throughout the streets.

Not being able to enter through the door, not being able to find the way out even if one managed to get in, seeing a white figure floating at the top of the tower in the middle of the night, etcetera.

Some said a devil lived within Star-Plucking Tower, while others said it was an immortal.

Basically all sorts of wild speculations were afoot.