C12 Goodbye Shen Ruxue

Looking at Mo Linyan's back, Yun Qingrao was slightly surprised.

Even though she already knew that Mo Linyan cared a lot about Gong Liuyu and was very jealous, she wouldn't have attacked her when she first entered the mansion.

In the palace, she was the only one who liked to invite Gong Liuyu into the palace, even though it wasn't to meet up with Gong Liuyu.

Yun Qingrao kept the rest of the words in her mouth as she watched Mo Linyan pack her things and lead her subordinate, maidservant, to the palace.

In the dark of the night, Prince Yu's residence was bustling with noise and excitement. More than a dozen guards were guarding the mansion, and Mo Linyan, who was wearing an imperial concubine uniform, led maidservant and her companions directly into the palace.

Yun Qingrao stood behind Mo Linyan. Although she was also brought along, Mo Linyan, who was tied to Gong Liuyu, did not pay attention to Yun Qingrao.

Yun Qingrao had left the group the moment the royal carriage had entered the imperial city, taking advantage of the fact that no one else was paying attention to her.

For a moment, her heart felt empty.

Everything had happened yesterday, but now that Yun Qingrao was hiding inside someone else's body and looking at the palace from another angle, she realized that everything she'd put in so much effort didn't seem as important anymore.

Yun Qingrao knocked out one of the palace maids and changed into her maid attire before heading straight for Empress Shen's palace.

She needed to find out where Xin'er was.

Who knew that not long after he walked away, he would run into Shen Ruxue, who had hurried footsteps.

Shen Ruxue was as noble and elegant as she had been yesterday, followed by four to five palace maids of high status.

Yun Qingrao's pupils shrank when she saw one of the people behind her.

The Princess Mansion had been massacred and eventually burned to ruins by a huge fire. Logically speaking, the Queer that she trusted the most in had already died, so why was she still standing here?

In a split-second, all of their thoughts connected. It turned out that Queer had been one of Shen Ruxue's subordinates from the very beginning.

At that time, she still trusted him that much, but when she thought about it again, Yun Qingrao already felt relieved.

Shen Ruxue had memories of the future that others didn't have, so of course she knew her preferences. It would be easy for her to make arrangements for such a person to stay by her side.

Yun Qingrao's eyes narrowed slightly. She quickened her pace and dashed toward Shen Ruxue.

Shen Ruxue, who was walking at the front, almost fell to the ground from the impact.

Fortunately, there were two palace maids holding Shen Ruxue back, so she didn't embarrass herself too much.

However, his face was clearly filled with rage.

The two palace maids behind her walked up to her. Seeing that Shen Ruxue was uninjured, they relaxed and shouted loudly, "What are you doing? Why are you so flustered and afraid to walk? Why are you running into Empress?"

Yun Qingrao hurriedly stood to the side with her eyes slightly lowered.

"Your servant is terrified. Please forgive me, Empress!"

"Which palace are you from? Tell them to discipline this mama later. You have to discipline a little girl who doesn't even look at her walking like this!"

When Shen Ruxue saw that it was maidservant, she swept a glance at Yun Qingrao. She didn't even want to look at her.

But all of a sudden, a cold feeling came from the back of her neck. Shen Ruxue lowered her eyes and carefully sized up the girl before her.

The palace maid had her head lowered. Her clothes were no different from those of an ordinary palace maid. However, the strange feeling of having her back chilled and her scalp numb caused goosebumps to rise all over Shen Ruxue.

This palace maid …

Queer, who was following behind Shen Ruxue, said in a low voice, "Empress, it's time to go. The Emperor is looking for you in a hurry, don't waste his time over a palace maid. After we find out her identity, there'll be plenty of ways to deal with her!"

"En!"

Shen Ruxue didn't have enough time to investigate the situation, but she felt that she was overthinking things. She hurriedly walked forward.

No one paid any attention to Yun Qingrao, who was standing to the side. Yun Qingrao raised her head and looked at Shen Ruxue's back. The corner of her mouth curled up into a bloodthirsty smile.

The hand hidden under his sleeve clenched into a fist, and a deep scar appeared on his palm.

She slowly raised her hand and a golden phoenix tablet appeared on her fingertip.

This was a token that belonged solely to Shen Ruxue. It would be much easier for her to save Xin'er with this.

Quickly walking to the Queen's Amethyst Palace, there were two older palace maids guarding the entrance. Yun Qingrao slightly raised her chin. Under the night sky, the face that she had disguised a little was filled with a sense of solemnity.

"On Empress's orders, I came back for someone!"

She did not hesitate to place the command token in front of the two palace maids, and the two palace maids did not dare to slight her.

Even though she was curious about why Empress had sent someone to look for them after she left, she didn't dare to ask too many questions.

"I wonder who Empress wants!"

"Princess Xin!"

The two palace maids looked at each other, showing surprise on their faces.

However, when the two of them looked at the tokens, they could only whisper, "Follow me!"

Yun Qingrao's hand, which held the command medallion, was trembling slightly.

Closing her eyes tightly, she could imagine the scene before her.

Without his hands, eyes and ears, what would that five-year-old child look like?

Yun Qingrao's heart was pierced so hard that it bled profusely. Even though her body had been turned into another's, she still felt an excruciating pain that pierced into her bones.

A secret door was opened in the empress's chamber. Yun Qingrao looked towards the back of the door and could smell the thick stench of blood.

The two palace maids covered their noses and mouths as they retreated a step. Just as they were about to speak, Yun Qingrao spoke up before them. "This is what Empress had instructed me to do. You two can withdraw first. I'll go personally!"

The two men could not wait to step back and stand by the door.

Yun Qingrao stood at the entrance of the secret passageway. She wanted to take a step forward, but it was as if a nail had been nailed to her foot. She was unable to move no matter what.

She was afraid from the bottom of her heart, afraid of seeing some irreparable result.

If Xin'er really did die...

It was hard for her to imagine if she would explode once.

As Yun Qingrao dragged her steps into the dungeon, she was already able to clearly see the situation in front of her by the light of the candle. The sight of it made Yun Qingrao's heart skip a beat.