C25

Two months later, Bai Feiyue returned safely to the capital. This was all thanks to the Disguise Pill. What a good thing! He could still remember the hungry expression on Bai Feiyue's face when she took out the pill.

"Is there anything else?"

The corners of his mouth twitched. "This is just a temporary pill I concocted. There's nothing left to waste here."

Bai Feiyue was immediately disappointed. Seeing her expression, he said, "If you need me, I'll send someone to give it to you in the capital after I've finished refining it."

Bai Feiyue raised an eyebrow. "I don't have any money."

"…" The veins on his forehead stood out. "I won't take your money!"

"That's not good, right …"

"Then you don't want it?"

"Mm …" It's better if you send me off. "

Jade followed Bai Feiyue into the palace. After entering, Bai Feiyue asked her, "Tell me, what would you do if Yuchen Ze took a fancy to you?"

Jade was terrified, cold sweat almost dripping down her face, "Empress … "You …"

Bai Feiyue pursed her lips, her eyes slightly closed. "You don't have to be scared. I'm just casually asking, there's no other meaning."

Jade suddenly knelt on the ground, "Empress, Jade only wishes for revenge. She will never think about anything else!"

Bai Feiyue scoffed. She really wanted to let Yu Chen Ze take a fancy to jade.

Inside the imperial study, the secret guard told Yuchen Ze about this. However, Yuchen Ze smiled: "She really asked that?"

The dark guard nodded without saying anything.

Yuchen Ze got up and paced around in front of her. Before long, he said, "Go check on Jade." He naturally knew that Bai Feiyue wouldn't accept useless people. If it was only because of the grudge between Jade and Yu QianXun, she definitely wouldn't have allowed her to enter the palace. The reason she kept Jade was definitely because this person was useful.

Yu QianXun hated Bai Feiyue to the core by now, so he tried very hard to find her. Therefore, he advised her loudly in the imperial court early the next morning, "Since the enthronement of the emperor has been a year, should we consider opening the elective and filling the imperial harem? The emperor is the root of the nation, and I hope the emperor will make a decision soon."

"I second that!"

"I second that too!"

Yu Chen Ze laughed coldly: "I have not even been crowned for a year yet you guys are already discussing the root of the nation, are you cursing me for dying early?!"

"This humble subject dares not!"

The officials kowtowed.

Yucheng Ze disapproved, his tone solemn: "Besides, I still have a queen in my harem, can't she help me with my heir?!"

"This …"

"We have our own opinions on this matter, there is no need for us to discuss about it!"

When this matter was revealed, everyone finally confirmed that Yuchen Ze was no longer the foolish emperor they had thought he was. The crowd of officials were terrified, and for a while, they were wavering between Yuchen Ze and Yuqian Xun. Bai Feiyue sneered. Choice? They thought that they still had a chance to make a choice?

Inside the Phoenix's Peace Palace, the sunlight shone through the bright yellow paper window onto Bai Feiyue's face. Her delicate skin shone even more brilliantly than before. Her hair of 3000 strands coiled lightly behind her back, gently swaying in the wind as a thin pearl tassel silver hairpin was inserted diagonally into her hair. She held a book in her hand and was flipping through the pages, her pink dress leaning against her but unaware of it. Yuchen Ze walked in from outside, pointing a finger to his lips, indicating that there was no need to announce him, he gently picked up her dress, she turned around, her tassels swaying, beautiful eyes beaming.

Yuchen Ze stood rooted to the spot, but Bai Feiyue only said softly, "The Emperor really is a deterrent to the four great powers in the morning assembly."

Yuchen Ze chuckled and sat at the side.

Xia Lian placed a plate of fresh grapes on the table, bowed, and quietly retreated.

Bai Feiyue smiled at her, then looked at Yuchen Ze, "Actually, Yu QianXun's words are true. You've already ascended the throne for a year, it's time for the talent show."

Yuchen Ze's smile froze, and there was some anger in his heart. "You mean that I should agree to their request?"

Bai Feiyue flipped open another page and casually replied, "Of course not."

Yu Chenze frowned, but Bai Feiyue smiled instead. "The Emperor's foundation is currently unstable. Isn't the talent show equivalent to giving Yu Qianlou a chance to spy on us? Naturally, he can't agree to that."

"Just because of this?"

Bai Feiyue raised her eyes to look at him. "What else?"

Yuchen Ze didn't know what to say. That's right, otherwise, as the queen, he would have to accommodate her. After he got rid of Yuqian Xun and stabilized the imperial court, wouldn't he have to choose a show?

Seeing that he was silent, she closed the book.

"Your majesty, speaking of this, chenqie has another request."

"What is it?"

"I heard that there are many ancient books in the palace in the library. Chenqie has nothing else to do, so I would like to take a look."

Yucheng Ze pursed his lips: "You are the empress, where in the palace is it that you can't go?"

Bai Feiyue nodded and smiled. "Your Imperial Majesty's words make chenqie feel at ease."

In the West Yuan Kingdom, other than the Stone Canal Pavilion belonging to Mr. Qingzhu, the library in the palace was the most comprehensive. Bai Feiyue only hoped that there would be some clues regarding her seal.

The library was located to the south of the palace. It was five stories tall and looked like a pyramid. At the top of the tower was a curving dragon head. The carriage was normally sparsely populated, with only a few guards inside. Upon seeing the empress arriving, they all greeted her with fear.

Bai Feiyue had them stand guard outside, only bringing Jade into the library.

The two of them stayed inside for an entire day, but there was no progress.

Bai Feiyue rubbed her brow and ran her fingers across the bookshelf. Suddenly, a warm sensation slowly spread to her palm. She closed her eyes and thought it was Jade. "Jade, did you find it?"

Without any response, she was startled and abruptly opened her eyes. A dream-like and illusory face was imprinted into her eyes.

That person had a head full of white hair, and he was lightly patting her with a purple ribbon. His sky blue eyes stared at her without blinking. His gaze was as deep as the sky, and a strong sense of grief slowly flowed from his eyes. Her lips were parted in a suitable thickness, as if she wanted to say something to her, but no, he said nothing.

He reached out slowly and touched her cheek with his fingers. In his other hand was a white book, and when he passed it to her, he disappeared.

Bai Feiyue reached out to grab it, but found nothing.

When he came back to his senses, tears were already streaming down his face.

Who was that person!? Why, why was she so sad …

Jade's voice travelled over, "Empress, have you found it?"

Bai Feiyue quickly wiped away her tears and hid the white paper in her sleeves. Then, she slowly walked out. "I haven't found it. I've already searched for an entire day already. Let's stop here for today. Let's go back and rest first. We'll talk another day."

Seeing that her expression wasn't right, Jade thought that she was worried about the matter of the seal. She didn't say anything more and simply lowered her head, replying, "Yes."

Late at night, Bai Feiyue rose and walked to her room. The moonlight was hazy, and the night wind was cold. Her heart was beating like a drum.

After lighting the candle, she gently opened the white book.

She flipped through the pages, but there was nothing in them.

Bai Feiyue's lips twitched … The so called Wordless Book?

Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her heart. She lowered her body, but after a moment, she felt nothing. Was the seal activated?

Bai Feiyue's mind was in a mess. She felt like something was about to break free from the soil, but every time she tried to grab hold of it, it would disappear without a trace.

Who was that person? Why did he give her this book? He could come and go as he pleased in the Imperial Palace, and even disappear before her eyes. Was he a Divine Array Master? Was the person who sealed him?

What was the mystery of this book? He did not believe he would give her a useless book.

In the past few days, Bai Feiyue had used countless methods to burn and flood the room, but none of them were able to make the book reveal a single word.

Bai Feiyue was frowning over this, but for the past few days, Yuechan was in high spirits.

"Scholar, Scholar …" Zixu!? "

Yuchen Ze called out a few times, but Bai Feiyue didn't react. Actually, he didn't blame her. Ever since she entered the palace, very few people called her Fu Ziqian. Even she herself had almost forgotten that she was using someone else's body.

Coming back to her senses, Bai Feiyue frowned. "If you have something to say, then say it. What are you screaming for?"

Yuchen Ze was somewhat baffled, but he could tell that Bai Feiyue was not in a good mood. "What's wrong with you? We've already removed several information points from Seven Stars Pavilion, are you not happy? "

She had set up all these footholds, and it was expected that they would be eliminated. How could she be happy about that?

Bai Feiyue secretly rolled her eyes, but remained unhurried. "Of course I'm happy, but Your Majesty must not lower your guard because of this. If we attack so viciously, Yu QianXun will not let us go so easily. He will definitely retaliate."

When the Seven Stars Pavilion's stronghold was discovered out of the blue, he did not believe that it was Yu Chenze who discovered it. If he could find out about these strongholds, he would have made his move a long time ago; he would not have waited until now. Besides, these footholds were personally set up by Bai Feiyue. By all reasoning, apart from herself, herself and the members of the Seven Stars Pavilion, no one else should know about them. But what was going on now? Adding on what Fu Zixian did a while ago, it was really hard for him not to relate these things to her.

Naturally, he was also in contact with the right person.

Bai Feiyue was waiting for his retaliation, also looking forward to it. Yu QianXun, you mustn't let her down.

Seven days later, the prime minister's fortieth birthday was celebrated. He asked the emperor for an order, and the imperial edict revealed that the empress had not returned to the province for the Jiang Nan disaster, and hoped the emperor would show mercy and allow the empress to return home.

Since the Prime Minister had already spoken, Yu Chenze had to let him go no matter how unwilling he was. Moreover, it was only natural for his father to want to meet his daughter on his fortieth birthday.

However, this human nature wasn't normal in Bai Feiyue's eyes. When Yuchen Ze mentioned this to her, she was watering the flowers with a glass jug. Yuchen Ze didn't wait for her to answer after a long conversation, but was about to ask again when she unhurriedly asked, "Did His Majesty agree?"

Yuchen Ze nodded. "The Prime Minister's memorial really was written with painstaking effort. Those who don't know how I took you away."

Bai Feiyue laughed. "Looks like Fu Yun won't turn back until he hits the wall."

As for Bai Feiyue's direct call for the Prime Minister's name, he pretended he hadn't heard. He blinked and asked, "What does the Empress mean by that?"

Bai Feiyue retorted with a question, "Didn't Your Majesty ask me how I learned of Seven Stars Pavilion's stronghold?"

Yuchen Ze pursed his lips in silence. It wasn't that he wasn't curious, it was just that he didn't ask her whenever she didn't say anything. It was as if she had never asked him how many cards he had in his hands.