Chapter 40

Exiting from the study, Mu Ge looked up and saw the door behind her tightly shut. Lightly brushing off the non-existent dust on her clothes, she followed the eunuch into the Empress Dowager’s palace.

Once she went in, she waited in the study room.

Before she even saw the Emperor, the Empress Dowager’s eunuch came.

He said that the Empress Dowager wanted to talk to Mu Ge, after she talked to the Emperor.

In the end, the Emperor, who had not even showed up, heard the news and dismissed Mu Ge in the same manner as dismissing a beggar. He even said that since Empress Dowager wanted to see her, he did not want to let her wait too long, so he allowed Mu Ge to go over first and summon her into the palace another day.

Emperor, you annoying b*tch. Is it good to be so impulsive?

Mu Ge’s eyes were slightly cold, as she observed the situation in the palace and guessed the intentions behind the Emperor’s every move on the way there.

Did he want to let other people know that he still liked the Mu family, but he was too lazy to talk to a good-for-nothing, so he decisively sent her away?

Perhaps he summoned her into the palace to insult her?

Pfft.

Guessing the Emperor’s heart was akin to finding a needle in the haystack.

Mu Ge coldly shook her head in her heart and did not have a good impression of this Kingdom of Qin Emperor.

Of course, now that the Mu family was in a perilous situation, it was impossible for her to have a good impression of the culprit.

Mu Ge clearly remembered what her aunt, Mu Lianrong, told her when she returned to the Mu Residence that night. The continuous ‘accidents’ that took away the young generation of the Mu family.

Her aunt did not believe that they were accidents, and with her experiences in her previous life, she did not believe it either.

Then, who was the mastermind?

It seemed like she could lock in her suspect when she found out who was the one that did not want the Mu family to continue on the most.

Who was that person?

At this point, Mu Ge was already far away from the study. When she looked up, she saw a vague, sharp roof and dark light flashed across her clear eyes. She suppressed her emotions and walked closer to Palace Ci Xiang.

Mu Ge did not know that Mu Qingge had never stepped foot into Palace Ci Xiang. In any case, it was her first time going into the Kingdom of Qin’s most distinguished woman’s house.

She quietly surveyed the surroundings and finally landed her eyes on the kind elderly woman who was sitting high above her.

Looking down, Mu Ge calmly gave a military bow. “Greetings, Empress Dowager. Long live, Empress Dowager!”

The Empress Dowager smiled and nodded.

However, before she could even speak, Jiang Imperial Consort’s shrill voice sounded. “How dare you? Why didn’t you go down on your knees and greet Empress Dowager and gave her a military bow instead?”

Mu Ge lightly looked at her and raised her eyes. She cursed in her heart. There are indeed countless mesmerizing women in the palace. Who is this beautiful sister? And…

The corner of Mu Ge’s eyes landed on the similar-looking young woman beside her.

She was a very cold lady with an icy face, as if everyone owed her money.

Mu Ge pouted and silently retracted her gaze. She confidently said to the Empress Dowager, “The Mu Residence has been working for the army since my grandfather’s generation. Even though I’m useless, I do yearn for the war honors and those weapons, so I thought giving Empress Dowager a military bow was the greatest respect for you.” Of course, she would not say that she did that because she did not want to kneel down and greet an unfamiliar old lady.

“You! You’re ridiculous!” Jiang Imperial Consort was so angry that the accessories on her hair shook.

This stupid person is as arrogant as usual. How can my daughter be worthy of him? This is all Empress Dowager’s fault for unreasonably asking the Emperor to arrange their marriage.