Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1270 - 1267_1

In April’s night, the chirpings of summer insects could already be heard.

To move around freely, Shangguan Xuanyi dressed in a eunuch’s clothing from Nangong Country, disguised himself as a eunuch and entered the Imperial Palace of Nangong Country through the tunnel entrance.

He ventured out of the Cold Palace, following the map given by the inside man and made his way to the Imperial Garden.

Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiao’er had visited the Imperial Palace of Nangong Country, and they had seen some of the eunuchs and Imperial Guards inside the palace.

Before attacking Nangong Country, Xiao’er, using her astounding memory, had drawn the faces of all the people she had met inside the palace and made them into masks for unexpected needs.

She even prepared a mask of Gong Qinghua!

She gave herself all these masks of men. He remembered her joking with Gong Qinghua’s toy at the time: Brother Shangguan, why don’t you disguise as Gong Qinghua, sneak into the Imperial Palace of Nangong Country and secretly kill Gong Qinghua, and then become the Emperor of Nangong Country, then there would be no need for war!

Not only masks, but Xiao’er had also prepared a set of clothes for the eunuchs, maids, and bodyguards from Nangong Country.

She had even prepared a set of the Emperor’s dragon robe from Nangong Country.

One could say, in order to conquer Nangong Country, Xiao’er had made many preparations.

She said, she never fought a battle without preparation!

Nobody else knew about this, only he knew!

Shangguan Xuanyi, wearing a mask, moved unhindered through the Imperial Palace of Nangong Country.

Then, on the small path of the Imperial Garden leading to the study room, he heard two maids whispering as they walked.

"How wonderful! Because Consort Yan is pregnant, the Emperor was so delighted that he decided to spend the night in Xiaohua Palace! We don’t have to stay up all night, and can finally get some sleep!"

"In recent months, Consort Yan has truly won the Emperor’s favour! The Emperor spends almost every night with her! Originally, she was just a girl brought back from the common folk by the Emperor himself. She was bestowed the position of a talent by the royal grace. Who would have thought that in just a few months, she would ascend from talent to noble, and now that she carries the royal child, she has been immediately promoted to an imperial consort! If she gives birth to a royal son, would she be made Empress?"

"That’s hard to say! However, Consort Yan is incredibly beautiful! I heard Eunuch Lin say that Consort Yan looks somewhat similar to Princess Rui of Minze Country, but she is not as stunningly beautiful as Princess Rui of Minze Country! I think Consort Yan is so beautiful that I forget to breathe! I wonder how beautiful Princess Rui of Minze Country could be? What a pity, I wasn’t here before, I’ve never seen her."

"I wouldn’t know, probably pretty similar I guess! Consort Yan is already so beautiful! How much more beautiful can Princess Rui of Minze Country be!"

"True! Let’s get going! Let’s go back and sleep."

The two walked away quickly.

Shangguan Xuanyi came out of the shadows. Did Gong Qinghua found a woman from the common folk who looked like Xiao’er and made her his imperial consort?

But no matter how similar she is, in this world, there is only one Xiao’er! No one else could be her no matter how close they look! They can’t learn to be her!

Someone actually dared to compare other cats and dogs to his girl!

Humph! Other women couldn’t even compare to his girl’s little toe!

Shangguan Xuanyi was displeased, but he didn’t dwell on this matter for too long.

He was not far from the royal study room now, he found a place devoid of people to hide and then quietly observed the guard situation outside the study room, realizing indeed, the security was tight.

Shangguan Xuanyi thought about the conversations of the two maids just now. Since Gong Qinghua was spending the night with his consort and wouldn’t return, why not just disguise himself as Gong Qinghua and stroll right into the study room!

It was already very late now, surely Gong Qinghua would not appear in the study room again this evening!

If he does appear in the study room, then he will do as Xiao’er suggested, and kill him!

Thinking of this, Shangguan Xuanyi quickly hid in the empty space, put on Gong Qinghua’s mask, changed into the dragon robe, and then carefully combed his hair and put on the crown.

He looked at himself in the full-length mirror, practiced Gong Qinghua’s expressions, until he felt he was flawless, then he exited the space, deliberately storming out from the darkness towards the study room. freёwebnoѵel.com

The bodyguards guarding the study room saw Shangguan Xuanyi, looking furious, everyone was momentarily stunned, then they quickly bowed their heads in salute.

Fury was etched on Shangguan Xuanyi’s face; he didn’t even glance at the bodyguards.

He arrived at the study room entrance, the guard immediately opened the doors.

Shangguan Xuanyi strode in, and the two bodyguards promptly closed the doors behind him.

The guard at the door couldn’t help wonder: Why did only the Emperor return?

Where had Eunuch Lin gone?

Why hadn’t Eunuch Lin carried the lantern for the Emperor this whole time?

After Shangguan Xuanyi entered, he came to Gong Qinghua;s desk, thought for a moment, and deliberately knocked everything on the table to the floor.

He had no idea that his action was exactly what Gong Qinghua would do when he lost his temper!

The two guards outside the door, hearing the Emperor knocking the things on the desk in anger, stood even straighter!

The guard immediately dismissed his doubts!

Perhaps Eunuch Lin accidentally made a mistake and was punished by the Emperor, and was severely injured, hence not being able to accompany him! Thinking of this, the guard straightened his back further and stood more upright! He also dared not breathe too loudly!

The soldiers downstairs outside the study room, after Shangguan Xuanyi went in, conversed softly:

"Didn’t the Emperor go to Consort Yan’s place? Why did he come back looking so furious?"

"Didn’t you see the Emperor holding something in his hand? That’s Minze Country’s declaration of war! Minze Country has declared war again! It would be strange if the Emperor wasn’t angry!"

"How did you know that was a declaration of war from Minze Country?"

"Don’t you remember? Last time when the Emperor received the declaration of war from Minze Country, he was so furious he threw it out directly from the study room, and it landed before us! You saw it then too! Think about it, how angry would the Emperor have to be to throw the declaration of war from Minze Country in front of us! How far are we from inside the study room!"

Another soldier remembered the event of that day! The thing that the Emperor held in his hand just now, it seemed to be the same as the thing that day!

No wonder the Emperor was so furious that he seemed to be steaming, and his walk was brisk!

It seems another city is about to fall in Nangong Country!

Who knew when the enemies would march to the Imperial Capital!

Alas, the poor Emperor, a rare piece of good news, he couldn’t even be happy for half a day and there’s a problem again!

Their days of trembling in fear are about to begin once again!

"We better stop talking. If we get caught by the Emperor, we’re doomed!"

The other soldier came back to his senses, quickly nodded his head, and the two promptly straightened their bodies, and stared straight ahead.

When Shangguan Xuanyi noticed that the guards outside didn’t even dare to breathe heavily, he began to search for the secret room mechanism in the study room.