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Chapter 272: The Calhtfall, Chuxiu Palace, the I lay on her bed with the handkerchief Jing Yi gave to her placed neatly by her pillow; she must have washed that handkerchief countless times today She turned onto her side to face it, a shy smile on the corners of her lips The entire Chuxiu Palace was already fast asleep; only the pitter-patter of the rain resounding throughout the hall
After a short while, a eunuch cluates to the yard and popped his head in He held a flickering lantern in his hands and carefully approached Ji Muqing’s door
‘Knock, knock…’
Ji Muqing quickly kept the handkerchief under her covers, propping herself halfway up, asking, “Who’s there?”
“Miss Ji, it is this humble servant”
“What is it?”
“This servant was tasked to present you with so”
Ji Muqing could not be bothered to get up but she grit her teeth and hopped off the bed She got dressed and opened the door i?”
The eunuch eyed his surroundings warily before pulling out a letter frohness had this one send this here, asking Miss Ji to co received the letter and opened it Her initial puzzlement turned into panic, then unsettledness This letter was delivered on the Crown Prince Jing Hua’s orders, asking to rabbed the letter excitedly, asking the eunuch, “Is this letter really frohness also asked that Miss Ji hurry over”
“Many thanks to you, eunuch, I will be there when I am ready” Her words could not conceal her obvious anticipation
The eunuch bowed, “Then this servant will take his leave first This lantern will be left just here for Miss Ji to use on your way”
“Thank you”
After the eunuch left, Ji Muqing closed her rooan to prepare in a hurry She put on her ifted to her by Concubine Xiao on her crown, only leaving for herwhen satisfied with her dainty appearance in the mirror She stealthily left Chuxiu Palace, lantern in hand and an umbrella in the other She meant to hurry, but was also afraid that the rainwater would stain her dress andthis whole way, she was extre to take her to his bed tonight? At this thought, she bit her lips, a faint blush reaching all the way to her ears, trying to push Jing Yi whoed for all this time to the back of herthe last corridor to the East Palace Just then, she heard a voice co fro down her back No e and wild she was, she was still a wo with her tre ti around
However, there was no one behind her, not even a speck of light could be seen Ji Muqing frowned, was it just her ih of relief and turned back around, when a sharp pain shot through her neck Before she could clearly see the black shadow that suddenly appeared in front of her, she had already lost consciousness and fell to the ground, her robes soaking wet in the rain The flickering flae ray slowly approached fro
Concubine Xiao’s ferocious face gradually grew before Ji Muqing’s eyes, her elaborate garb still showing off her status even on this rainy night Two palaceLan held an u lying on the ground She scoffed, “Your Ladyship, how did the Ji Family raise such an idiot?”
Concubine Xiao sneered, her eyes clearly giving away her deliberate intentions, indicating that jade hairpin on Ji Muqing’s head with her chin One of her palaceit over to Concubine Xiao