Chapter 559: Earthquake Clouds
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation | Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
However, Su Ying herself didn’t know much about the internal affairs of the
Red Demon Sect, nor did she know much about the temperaments of those people. This allowed the other party to take advantage of this lapse.
“Recently, the Red Demon Sect was involved in a case in the Imperial Court.
This Fire Token was found at the place of the key suspect in the case. Go and investigate and find out what exactly is going on.”
Mo Tu put away the Fire Token. “Don’t worry, Sect Master. I’ll definitely investigate and give Sect Master a reply as soon as possible.”
Su Ying looked up at the sky after she was done with her business.
It was getting late and she had to go back.
“I’ll go back first. If there’s anything, send me a message by eagle.’
Mo Tu stood up with a reluctant expression. “Sect Master, you are really heartless. You are seriously leaving after devouring everything.” Su Ying turned around to slap him. Mo Tu got a shock and only managed to dodge the slap after he quickly took a few steps back.
Mo Tu clutched his chest in mock fear. “Sect Master, you are really scary.”
Su Ying glanced at him icily. “Shut up.”
After that, she reached out and caressed Que Que’s tiny head. “It’s late today.
When I’m free, I’ll bring you around the capital city to play. Don’t wander around, okay?”
Que Que tugged at Su Ying’s hand reluctantly. She missed Big Sister for such a long time, yet now Big Sister had to leave again after they had just met.
“Big Sister, can you not leave?”
Su Ying also wanted to spend more time with this child, but she couldn’t bring her into the palace. There were too many eyes on Su Ying, and if Que Que followed her, it would only bring the child unknown danger.
“Be good. Big Sister will definitely come and visit you again. 1 mean what I say.” Que Que was a sensible child. Even if she was reluctant, she wouldn’t pester Su Ying. She only looked at Su Ying with a yearning gaze that made Su Ying want to carry her back to the palace right now.
However, Su Ying couldn’t do that.
Su Ying left the courtyard house as Que Que watched her leave reluctantly.
When she came out of the house, the sun had already begun setting in the west, and the orange glow illuminated half the sky.
Just as Su Ying was about to get into the horse carriage, she heard Zhou Qing exclaim softly, “Your Imperial Highness, look at the beautiful clouds in the sky.”
Su Ying raised her head and frowned when she had a good look at the clouds in the sky.
The clouds in the sky were like fish scales at his moment. The scales formed patches and were spread out in large swathes. When these clouds were illuminated by the multicolored light, they appeared very strange.
This was the legendary earthquake cloud, but from a scientific point of view, this was pseudoscience and had no basis. However, according to historical records, before many earthquakes occurred, such a cloud distribution did appear in the sky. However, it was mostly a coincidence.
Nonetheless, Su Ying was still cautious. After returning to the palace, she entered her interspatial store and took out the earthquake detector.
The accuracy of this detector was very high, but due to the limitations of the hardware, the range the detector could reach was limited. However, it could at least detect whether there was a problem within a hundred-mile radius of the capital city.
Su Ying took the detector to a higher place and started scanning.
She could feel the vibration of the detector during the scanning process.
Su Ying then stood a little further away. Only when the sky was completely dark did the detector finish scanning.
Su Ying eagerly checked the results. True enough, the results showed that there would not be an earthquake in the capital city for the time being. Upon seeing this, she felt relieved and returned to the Conjugal Phoenix Palace.
“Mother, where did you go?”
As soon as she entered the main hall, Ling pounced on her and sniffed Su Ying’s body vigorously with her little nose. “Mother, did you secretly eat delicious food behind our backs?”
Su Ying raised her eyebrows. She could tell just by sniffing?
“No, absolutely not.”
Ling’s tiny face puffed up, and she looked as if she didn’t believe Su Ying at all. “What did you learn in class today?” Su Ying quickly changed the subject.
Ji took a sip from the cup of water. His eyes were exceptionally clear. “Mother, you won’t understand even if we tell you.”
Su Ying was speechless. This kid was really such a “good son” to her.
“Greetings, Your Majesty.”
Xiao Jin gestured to the eunuchs to rise before he walked into the hall. “Why haven’t you taken dinner at such a late hour today?”
“Mother just came back after secretly eating food outside the palace,” Ling muttered softly.
“Secretly eating food?” Xiao Jin walked to Su Ying’s side. Just as he was about to sit down, he detected an unusual scent on her.
The scent was very faint, but for someone like him who was extremely familiar with Su Ying, he could detect it as soon as he got close. It was the scent of pine fragrance.
Su Ying’s five senses were very sharp, and she didn’t like to put fragrance on clothes. Besides, pine fragrance was usually used by men.
“You went to visit Lin Zhuyu today?” Xiao Jin asked without any change in his expression.
Su Ying nodded. Then she signaled to Zhou Qing that the dishes could be served.
“Yes. I saw that her condition wasn’t too good, so I told Bai Shuang to continue to stay there and accompany her.”
Xiao Jin murmured a reply. “You went to the streets again? Have you tasted delicious food from any restaurant? The next time we go out of the palace, we can go together.”
■’I didn’t go to a restaurant,” Su Ying replied without thinking.
-So you ate with Lin Zhuyu?” Xiao Jin poured her a cup of tea.
“No, she’s not in a good state, so it’s better for her to lie down. I went to see someone from the Red Demon Sect. Li An was holding the Red Demon Sect’s Fire Token, so I summoned someone from the Red Demon Sect and told him to investigate what happened.”
The Red Demon Sect members were all assassins. The most important thing for an assassin was to conceal his presence. Who among them would be so flamboyant as to put such a strong fragrance on his robes?
-Is he the former sect master of the Red Demon Sect that you told me about last time, the one you encountered on the island?”
Su Ying turned her head to look at Xiao Jin in astonishment. Did she say anything that revealed Mo Tu’s identity? How did Xiao Jin know it was him?
“Yes, it’s him. He has come to the capital city and I told him to settle the internal affairs of the Red Demon Sect.”
A dark glint flashed across Xiao Jin’s eyes, but he did not probe further. However, after finishing dinner, Xiao Jin instructed someone to bring the two little ones away to rest.
Su Ying thought that Xiao Jin had something important to tell her, but before she could say anything, he pulled her into the bathroom.
The hot water inside was already prepared. It was boiled with mugwort leaves. “In this kind of weather, it is indeed good to dispel the cold.” Su Ying was about to take off her clothes when she turned around and saw Xiao Jin standing there motionless.
Su Ying raised an eyebrow. “The weather’s getting cold. Shall we go back to bed and battle again?”
Xiao Jin’s eyes turned a deeper shade. When he raised his head to look at her again, his face was devoid of desire. “What are you thinking about? I will help you scrub your back.”
Su Ying gave a soft snort. Whenever he scrubbed her back, when did his hands not misbehave?
“Sure. I’m happy to enjoy Your Majesty’s service.”
Su Ying flung off her dress and sank her body into the very warm water. The steam from the hot water carried a faint fragrance of mugwort leaves, and it made her tense nerves relax.
Xiao Jin really scrubbed her back, and he scrubbed very hard too.
“My body isn’t that dirty. Just scrub once and it’s good enough.”
“Hmm. The smell should be gone now.”
Smell?
Su Ying raised her head and sniffed her body. Was she already so dirty that she stank? Surely it couldn’t be!
Su Ying stood up from the tub and was immediately wrapped up by Xiao Jin with a cloth. He picked her up horizontally and walked out.
Xiao Jin then planted a hard, brusque kiss on her lips and said in a hoarse voice, “Wait for me!”
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