Chapter 18

Translator: _Min_ Editor: Rainystars

Chen Mo’s mind was completely blank. As if a sword appeared in front of him and slashed very slowly towards him, but his body was stiff and he could not avoid it.

He didn’t even have the courage to dodge it, so he could only watch as the sword fell towards him.

The next moment, the imagined death did not happen. But in his mind, there was a terrifying sword intent, with an aura of destruction and slaughter.

However, this kind of destruction and slaughter was not stained with blood, but the intent was filled with an eternal light of redness.

“Hey, what’s wrong with you? You didn’t actually understand the sword intent, did you?” Zhao Fujin saw that Chen Mo just stood there silently, so she gently patted him on the shoulder.

The moment Chen Mo turned his head, Zhao Fujin’s eyes shrank, and she sensed a terrifying sword intent that arrived. Although it quickly dissipated, she clearly captured it.

“He…really understood it? It must be fake, right?” This time it was Zhao Fujin’s turn to be shocked. However, her expression quickly returned to normal.

“Your Royal Highness is joking.” Chen Mo bowed and smiled lightly.

“You have a big secret on you,” Zhao Fujin stared at Chen Mo’s eyes and said.

Chen Mo’s heart skipped a beat when he heard the sentence, and immediately said, “I don’t understand what Your Royal Highness is talking about.”

“Don’t worry, I will keep it a secret for you. You can tell me,” Zhao Fujin said excitedly.

Chen Mo narrowed his eyes. “I don’t know what Your Royal Highness means.”

“Stingy, if you don’t say it, whatever, boring. But we agreed, next time you leave the palace, remember to bring me with you,” Zhao Fujin said.

“If there is a chance, I will,” Chen Mo said respectfully. After that, Chen Mo turned around and touched it again. This time, it was not the stone platform he touched, but the statue itself.

[Ding! The gold talent has been expanded!]

Chen Mo’s eyes lit up.

…

Chen Mo first followed Zhao Fujin back to Fengyang Pavilion. She copied the words on the small bronze bell with rice paper. She planned to go to Imperial College tomorrow to find out more, and then gave him the object-preserving method.

Afterwards, Chen Mo returned to Weiyang Palace with the bronze bell.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of Weiyang Palace, he was stopped by Wang Ying, who said angrily, “Little Chen, you are finished.”

Chen Mo’s complexion changed, and he also tightened his grasp of the bronze bell in his sleeve robe.

“Little Chen, who gave you the courage to take the princess with you out of the palace. The empress learned about this and told me to bring you to her as soon as you come back. Little Chen, you are done,” Wang Ying shook the whisk and said to Chen Mo.

To be honest, at this point, Chen Mo’s legs were a little weak. The fact that he left the palace with the princess was indeed discovered by the empress. It was a serious crime to bring out a princess without permission.

Who is not afraid of death?

Chen Mo swallowed his saliva.

Chen Mo didn’t know how he got to the empress’ inner hall.

The palace maid, Cai’er, opened the bead curtain to let Chen Mo in, and then Cai’er went to the outer hall to wait.

As soon as he entered, he heard a shout. “Little Hong, do you know your crime?”

Chen Mo raised his eyes slightly, and saw a beautiful woman lying on the side of the couch. Although the dress was loose and extremely disciplined, it wrapped a delicate and graceful body curve that showed a seductive appearance.

The beautiful eyes and the gorgeous face was suppressed by the luxurious and graceful temperament, which exuded a feeling of a flower before its blossom.

Chen Mo immediately knelt down and said in a trembling voice, “I understand!”

“You understand? If I didn’t get Wang Ying to bring you here, I’m afraid you don’t even plan to confess to me.” Xiao Yunxi’s voice became cold, and then she continued. “Do you think you can hide this from me? You know, in this giant imperial city, if there is something I want to know, then I will know…”

“I don’t dare.” Chen Mo was frightened.

“You don’t dare, why don’t you dare? The moment you brought the princess out of the palace, why didn’t you think about the consequences?” Xiao Yunxi said with iciness in her voice.

“Yes…” Chen Mo wanted to say that Zhao Fujin threatened him to bring her out of the palace, but after he thought about the fact that they were mother and daughter, if he said this, wouldn’t he offend both of them by saying so.

“What’s yes? Say it.” Xiao Yunxi frowned, her bright eyes showed fierceness.

“It’s… it’s my fault. If Your Majesty wants to punish me or beat me, I will graciously accept the punishment,” Chen Mo said.

“What? You feel wronged?”

“No.”

“Good that it’s a no.” The coldness in Xiao Yunxi’s words suddenly softened, and she reprimanded. “There have been rebels ravaging the city recently. If there is an accident with the princess, is it something you can take responsibility for?”

“I accept the punishment.”

“Of course you must be punished, but because this is your first mistake, and nothing happened to the princess, I will spare you the death penalty.”

After that, Xiao Yunxi’s tone turned cold again, “Wang Ying.”

“I’m here.” Wang Ying was waiting outside the hall, and when he heard Xiao Yunxi’s words, he walked in quick steps with his back bent.

“Punish Little Hong by caning him a hundred times,” Xiao Yunxi said.

“Roger that.” Wang Ying hurriedly called two more eunuchs, and when he was about to drag Chen Mo down, Xiao Yunxi added. “He still has to cook for me.”

Wang Ying had to process the information for a brief moment. As Xiao Yunxi’s personal eunuch, he naturally understood what she meant by these words, and he was also shocked.

Chen Hong took the princess out of the palace.

Even if he doesn’t die, at least his skin will come off.

The result was being caned a hundred times.

And the meaning of these words was obviously don’t hit him too hard, to the point where he can’t get out of bed.

“Roger.” Wang Ying nodded.

“Go now.” Xiao Yunxi waved her hand to dismiss him.

…

Soon.

Chen Mo’s mourning sounded from the Weiyang Palace.

It was not fake.

It was really painful.

After one hundred times.

The robe near Chen Mo’s butt was dyed red with blood.

…

At the same time.

The other side.

Deep into the dark night.

In a big mansion in Bianliang.

Under the locust tree, a majestic man in an elegant robe with a crane embroidered on it, looked up into the night sky.

Behind him, a middle-aged man knelt on one knee.

If Chen Mo were here, he would definitely recognize that this middle-aged man was the owner of the small bronze bell.

“My lord, that Chiyang Bell was bought by a little eunuch in the palace. Our people followed along and found that the little eunuch came from the Weiyang Palace. The maid next to him turned out to be Princess Fumao.”

“Xiao Yunxi…” The dignified man frowned and said immediately, “This matter really has something to do with the royal family, and they still care about our treasures in the Southern Zhou Dynasty…”

While he said this, the five fingers of that majestic man were all clenched together, making a rattling sound.

After a while, the majestic man said, “Xiao Yunxi is in charge of the inner treasury, send someone to inform the Prestigious Concubine and ask her to test Xiao Yunxi.”

“Roger that.”

As the middle-aged man retreated, the dignified man also turned around. His hand stuck out from his sleeve robe. After he unclenched his fingers, there was actually a small bronze bell in the palm of his hand.

It was almost identical to the small bronze bell that Chen Mo bought.

…

Weiyang Palace.

Servant’s quarter.

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