Chapter 100 - Ni Qing Run Away

In the next couple days, Jin Yu is keeping check into Ni Qing inside his palace. He is not letting her to run any where and fully recuperate under his strict supervision. Jin Yu is asking Physician He who is his personal physician. 

Ni Qing is feeling down when she cannot do anything while her condition already recuperates and back as normal. Jin Yu will keep checking every time even though he is really busy. Ni Qing got really bored and she needs to be out from the palace. As soon as she wants to step out from the emperor bed chamber, Zhang is stopping her. Xiao Nie also keeps her in check following the emperor decree.

The news about noble lady Chou travels on the whole harem. She is getting her tittle stripped and she needs to reflect by writing a sutra inside her palace. The news about she angers the emperor by punishing the emperor's new lady. Apparently, her title is one step lower than the empress title. No one in this harem with the emperor Jin Yu get the tittle as noble consort when they enter. Everyone in the harem want to getting close with her, but no one dare come to visit her. 

Ni Qing is staying with the emperor. No one can come as they want to visit the emperor chamber without getting summon by the emperor. They even get a cold shoulder from the emperor during their time inside the harem, but they can not come into the emperor palace.

Ni Qing is having hard time and needing to think hard to let the emperor to let her out from the room. She understands that her husband is working really hard due to the problem with the government. However, Ni Qing is having a news about the party today with the attendance of Ministry Jeong with the ambassador of the neighbour country. Apparently, the head of the mountain bandits near the An Kingdom.

The rumour about the party is only a camouflage for the black-market auction for the weapon. Lin Yue confirms with the emperor that some of weapon is missing from the infirmary. There is no witness, or no one caught to swap the weapon. Lin Yue is in puzzled with this mystery.

"Xiao Nie…. If the emperor is going out for outing today, can you stay in this bed and pose as me?" Ni Qing is instructing her loyal maid.

"I am not dare to defy the emperor instruction, young madame…. He is scarier than the old madame," Xiao Nie timid expression.

"We will see…. If my prediction is correctly. Can you take out my make up box?" Ni Qing is instructing her. she will posses as one of the entertainers and the main dancer in the party. In her hand, she is already instructing a special gate underground build connect under her palace in the outer ring of the palace. Mr Zhou is already preparing the carriage to bring her to the party venue. However, as Ni Qing check with Xiao Nie, the tunnel is not yet ready as they build it secretly. Ni Qing needs to think another way to go out from the palace.

She also got the guest list from the party as the venue is one of her business properties in the capital. There is few names and Lin Yue, Ni Sheng, Zhao Yun and Lord Jin name include in the name list. Ni Qing bets that Jin Yu will be in the party to investigate the rumour. And her prediction does not take a long time before Eunuch Wang is informing her about the absent of the emperor until the night-time due on the court matter. Ni Qing is accepting with a sad face and limping to the bed to rest up. as soon as Eunuch Wang excusing himself after seeing the noble consort inside the bed and closing the door, she is sitting on the bed side.

"Young madame, are you sure? We will be in deep trouble if the emperor catches us with all this scenario," Xiao Nie is nagging to her master.

"I will take care every thing about it. let get ready. Check if Zhang is standing in front of the gate or some other guards," Ni Qing is telling her maid to do the ground check. Xiao Nie is walking outside the door and find some other guard is standing there. He is nodding to the maid of the noble consort. His task today is guarding the safety of the noble consort and not let her to go outside this door as the emperor instruction.

"Young madame, it is some other guard stand in front of the door," Xiao Nie is whispering to her ear.

"Get my medication box from the wardrobe and get some snack from the kitchen," Ni Qing is telling her to do something for her plan. Xiao Nie is doing the exact thing in hurry and go back to the emperor chamber as soon as possible with the array of snack on her hand.

Ni Qing is opening her wooden box and take out the small brown clay bottle. She is lacing the snack with her sleeping medication and put it on the side so she can feed it to the guard.

Ni Qing is changing her costume with the noble lady costume. She remembers that she can get in and out to the palace before when her sister still alive inside the palace and no one know about her face and her position as noble consort yet. She is putting her make up to become a bold and strong personalities, yet her face can tempt any man with her eyes.

Apparently, Xiao Nie is telling some other maid to pose as Ni Qing and ask her to change clothes and lay down on the bed. Ni Qing does not believe the view in front of her.

"Why she is on the bed and not you?" 

"I am coming with you…. And your tunnel is not ready then you need me to walk you out this palace. No matter the punishment… I will be with you," Xiao Nie is refusing her idea to abandon her in the palace.

Ni Qing laughs to hear her loyal maid determination. She is finished with her make up and change of clothes. She is using her face veil to cover her exquisite beauty face. Xiao Nie is bringing out the snack for the guard and trick him to eat it in front of Xiao Nie. It won't take long for the medication to work it charm. The guard is falling down and sleeping before they drag him inside the bedroom chamber.

Ni Qing is making sure that the medication knocks him out for the whole day. She is walking out with xiao Nie escorts her out. They are going through the gate of the Palace when Xiao Nie is showing her name tag from the Ni family and their visit was to visit the late empress tablet. The guard let them out after see the correct carriage for the Ni Family. 

Inside the carriage, Mr Zhou is reporting about the appearance of the emperor with his entourage in the tea house, so they need to avoid that place. However, the time is tight, so they need to go to the venue straight away. The guest will start to come around five pm and at the moment, the time showing almost four thirty in the evening. 

"Young miss, are you sure that you can dance in front of many people like that?" Mr Zhou is asking her.

"Are you trying to look down into me? Do you think that I do not know to dance?" Ni Qing is giving him a look.

"No…No…. never mind," Mr Zhou never can win to argue with his lady boss. They are going to the venue when Mr Zhou is bringing her to the office of the special venue.

The venue is a restaurant in the front run by an old wise man, Mr Chen. However, in the back of the main building, they will be in an oasis for the VVIP guest. They build another building with a small man-made waterfall and exquisite garden in the middle of the courtyard. There is a small stage in the middle of the garden with the waterfall as the background. The fragrant flower smell with the spring water makes the ambience will drown them to another level. However, this place is not open for any common people or even the richest. Ni Qing put this place for hooking into special people who has money and connection.

Mr Chen is welcoming them from the front gate and escorts them to his office. Ni Qing is checking something before changing into her stages costume. The brocade is showing her ravishing tempting body. She is become the femme-fatale now in front of every man who is seeing her. Mr Chen and Mr Zhou all are drooling to see her seduction. She is listening to the musical song which going to supports her to dance and make sure her troops of dance will follow her direction.