OBS Chapter 333: The Contest between Women
Chapter 333: The Contest between Women
Tiandu, early morning.
The carriage from the Marquis of Wushen Mansion slowly drove into the South City Gate.
Youhuang lifted the curtain and quietly looked at the familiar street scene, listened to the familiar shouts, smelled the familiar smells, and missed his old life a little.
"Mom, I want to eat spicy skewers."
Youhuang looked at Shen Zhaojun pitifully with his fox eyes.
She used the Shrinking Talisman to travel for seven days and seven nights, but the food she had was either dry food or watery soup, which almost starved her to death. If she didn't eat anything, she would die on the spot.
"This is just the first time. Don't eat it again."
Shen Zhaojun took out the veil and handed it over, saying, "Let Liu Shuang buy it, otherwise if someone sees your face, you won't be able to explain it clearly when you go back."
In fact, she deliberately entered the city at dawn. Only in this way could she let the empress know as quickly as possible that she had returned to Tiandu and see what the empress's reaction would be next.
"The boss knows what I eat. Just tell him that it's the skewers that the little mute wants, and he will pick out the ones I like and put them in." After getting permission, Youhuang immediately instructed Liushuang, staring at the stall of spicy skewers with his eyes dropped to the ground.
Liushuang walked over with a smile to buy her spicy skewers, glancing around secretly out of the corner of her eye.
"How did you get here?"
As soon as Liushuang left, Youhuang heard Xuezun's voice in his ears.
Facing the question, You Huang said helplessly: "I am not leading one or two people, but a whole team, and the spiritual energy consumption is too great."
Originally, Xue Zun wanted to take the mother and daughter, as well as a group of followers, to tear through space and return to Tiandu, but he suddenly received a message that he had to return to Xue Xuan Sect to deal with some matters.
After some discussion, Xue Zun finished his work and returned to Tiandu first.
He first used magic to create a dummy to replace Youhuang to go to the palace to study, so as to prevent the empress from getting hold of evidence against the Wushen Marquis Mansion and using it as an excuse to make trouble.
She cast the earth-shrinking talisman every day and led a large group of people out of Guangrun Prefecture, shortening the nearly two-month journey to seven days. Today happened to be the morning of the eighth day.
The shrinking talisman is not a great magic. If a person uses it, he can reach Tiandu on the same day.
This time he had to lead a team. Youhuang could not continue to cast spells, so he could only walk for a while and rest for half a day. It took him seven days to return to Tiandu.
On the tower, Xue Zun smiled and continued to transmit: "I have already settled the matter of the Ouyang family for you. Also, the red-haired fox is missing, maybe it was the Queen Fox who did it. Besides, everyone in Tiandu City is talking about the fact that the Empress has suddenly become younger. If you have a chance, go and see what's going on. It's not convenient for me."
"I understand. I will go to the palace to learn more about the situation tomorrow."
Suddenly realizing that the empress had become younger, Youhuang showed a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth. He suddenly thought of something and looked at Shen Zhaojun.
The empress was not the only one who suddenly looked younger. She smiled wickedly and said, "Mother, when His Majesty hears that you have returned to Tiandu, he will surely summon you to the palace."
The battle between women...
In addition to comparing husbands and children, people also compare who has a younger face.
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Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.
The empress handed the information sent by the spy to Ah Heng beside her.
After reading it, Ah Heng said, "With Chu Youhuang accompanying us, the people from the Zhushen Palace cannot touch the Marquis' wife. Without the Marquis' wife as a hostage, your majesty's plan cannot proceed."
"Go explain the situation to the Imperial Master and see what he can do." The Empress sighed and said, "I planned everything, but I didn't expect Chu Youhuang to show up. With her here, even if I send out thousands of troops, it won't be of any use."
"The Zhushen Palace is useless. Your Majesty should ask the Imperial Master to come forward." Ah Heng thought for a moment and said, "How talented is Chu Youhuang? His cultivation is even better than that of the Imperial Master."
"The Imperial Master can restore the youthfulness of His Majesty's face, so dealing with a mere Chu Youhuang should be no problem for him." As Ah Heng spoke, he secretly glanced at the empress's face, which looked 20 years younger overnight. He felt both unfamiliar and frightened.
Ever since His Majesty regained his youth, he no longer allowed her to serve him closely, but even from a distance, he could still faintly smell the smell of blood.
She had also smelled this scent on Princess Shude. She had always heard that Princess Shude had used some shady means to maintain her youthful appearance. Now that His Majesty was also emitting the same scent, did it mean that she had also used some shady means?
"What is the status of the Imperial Master? How can he lower himself to deal with Chu Youhuang?"
In fact, the empress was worried that if she failed to kill Chu Youhuang with one blow, her conspiracy to murder the family of an important official would be made public.
Ah Heng felt more and more confused about the empress's thoughts. After a long while, he said, "Your Majesty, with Chu Youhuang's cultivation, Madam Shen will return to Tiandu soon. If you can't do anything to the mother and daughter, why not find someone else to deal with them."
"Change someone?" The empress looked at Ah Heng in confusion.
"It's not like they are the only ones in the Marquis of Wushen Mansion, the others can make some moves too."
After secretly glancing at the Empress and seeing that she did not stop him, Ah Heng continued, "I heard that the second brother of Marquis Wushen, Chu Wen, cannot practice martial arts due to health reasons. Marquis Wushen and his wife are not in Tiandu, so the second branch is in charge of the family business. They have to go out to collect debts from the farm, so they sent a few people to pretend to be bandits to kidnap people."
"Now that winter is approaching, there should be no need for him to go to the farm." The empress suddenly looked at Ah Heng and said thoughtfully: "Ah Heng, how many years have you followed me?"
"Your Majesty, I have been with you since I was fifteen years old. I have been with you for twenty years."
Ah Heng hesitated and answered truthfully. The person above didn't say anything for a long time. He couldn't help feeling a little uneasy, wondering if he had said something wrong.
After a long while, the empress slowly said, "It is I who delayed you."
"It is a blessing for me to serve Your Majesty." When Ah Heng heard something was wrong, she knelt down quickly.
"..." The empress opened her mouth and heard a voice saying, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Master sent someone to deliver the Jade Maiden Beauty Cream. Please use it as soon as possible."
"You've been serving all day, go down and have a rest first."
The empress asked Ah Heng to leave, her tone was a little impatient, but also revealed a hint of expectation.
Ah Heng performed the formalities and left the imperial study respectfully. When he met the imperial teacher's messenger who was delivering something, he took the initiative to stand beside him and bowed to make way.
She continued walking after the messenger left. The empress suddenly said, "Ah Heng, ask the Ministry of Rites to draft an edict for me. Summon Madam Shen to the palace to see the emperor the day after tomorrow. I want to know the situation on the border."
"Slave, you obey!"
Ah Heng turned around and saluted respectfully, just as the messenger opened the food box.
Although there was still some distance, Ah Heng could still smell the bloody smell coming from the food box, and couldn't help but think of what the palace people had been discussing privately recently:
Recently everyone is dissatisfied with a group of new palace maids. It seems that someone disappears inexplicably every day, and sometimes they stay missing for a day or half a day. When they come back and are asked where they went, they can never explain clearly.
They were also very tired, as if they had been doing heavy work for several days and nights, and they fainted without even being asked a few questions.
The imperial physician came to examine him but couldn't find anything wrong. Thinking of the recent changes in His Majesty's health, Ah Heng couldn't help but worry about that.