C51 Reward

"What would Jin'er like for this bounty?" Without waiting for Xiao Yijin's reply, the emperor cast a meaningful glance at Imperial Concubine Lan, "Lan'er's children have indeed won one after another. Xiu'er has been sick for many years, so I didn't want Jin'er to fight for him."

Imperial Concubine Lan's face, adorned with exquisite makeup, had a smile that was as beautiful as a flower. Her eyes couldn't conceal the delight in them as they floated towards Imperial Concubine Ling.

"I have decided to grant Jin`er a fiefdom. I will also reward her with ten thousand pearls and a pair of jade ruyi …" The Jade Velvet Horn, a tribute of the Southern Moon Country. "

The State of Zhou was one of the richest counties near the capital.

Each of the princes had a different expression when they heard that the Luo Prefecture had been bestowed upon Xiao Yijin. The crown prince was still alright, after all, he was the ruler, and the world would belong to him in the future. They would not fight for this land, but they were still unhappy.

Xiao Yi Mo's expression was as dark as if it was his own name. He brought along the imperial concubine with the eldest grandson of the emperor to the palace and even specially used a prescription to curry favor with the emperor, but Xiao Yi Jin still managed to steal the limelight. His feudal fiefdom was located hundreds of miles away from Jingzhou. In terms of terrain, it was far from the ground.

When the eunuchs reported the gifts, many elegant palace maids brought jewelry, jade artifacts, paintings, antiques and other things to the princes.

Naturally, the reward from Xiao Yi Xiu was the most pathetic. It was said that he was gentle and talented; only he was worthy of his master's calligraphy and painting. Therefore, the painting in front of him was merely a scroll.

Xiao Yijin sat beside Xiao Yixiu. The several sandalwood trays that his rewards had not been able to fit, and the treasures presented by the palace maids instantly attracted Gu Qingli's attention.

Before this, she had left a snack bar when she heard the tribute. Now that she saw it, she was almost certain that this was the husband she had seen in the Star Moon Gambling Workshop! In the end, they still entered the palace. The worst case scenario was that it ended up in Xiao Yi Jin's hands!

Nanyue Ren actually didn't know what this thing was. From afar, it looked like jade, but it had small antlers shaped like deer, which was why she gave it such a name. As far as tribute was concerned, although this object looked good, it was of no practical value. No matter how much precious jade it was, it was just the same for princes.

Only Gu Qing Li stared unblinkingly at it, cursing in his heart that this tribute and the reward were all a waste of a treasure. He treated the rare herbs that could bring someone back to life as an ornament.

After the birthday banquet was over, the princes would be left in the palace. This was a rare opportunity for adult princes to stay in the palace for the night.

The princes were arranged to stay in the Palace of XuanShou, entering the Palace gates. The front and back halls were made of emerald glazed roof tiles, carved flowers and lacquer pillars, the doors were covered with beaded curtains, and the palace muslin fluttered in the wind.

When the crown prince returned to the Eastern Palace, the people who lined up in the front and back rows were Xiao Yimo, Xiao Yijin, Xiao Yixiu, and Xiao Yiyan.

However, the Xuan Yuan Palace was specially used to receive the crown prince and adult princes of the resident palace. They were divided into different halls, with the exception of the main hall, there was only one room in the main hall.

In this way, Xiao Yi Mo and Xiao Yixiu became extremely embarrassed.

Although the inner chamber was spacious and luxurious, it only had a carved, round, jade jade carved Hornless Bed. There was also an Imperial Consort's bed, so it was obviously not possible for the three of them to sleep on it together. She Yiyu had a big belly, so it was inevitable that she would have to sleep on a Imperial Consort's bed.

However, his problem was that he and Gu Qing Li were husband and wife, and they only slept together once. It was clear that he wanted to make things difficult for Gu Qing Li and deliberately embarrass her that night.

Gu Qingli glanced at the sleeping quarters as she pondered how to sneak out after Xiao Yixiu fell asleep. "I'll sleep on the Imperial Consort's bed, and the prince will sleep on the bed," she said.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yi Xiu said indifferently, "Princess, you can go to bed. I'll go to the west hall to find Seventh Imperial Brother to play chess."

Amidst Gu Qingli's stunned gaze, he slowly walked out.

When he reached the door, he suddenly paused, and without turning his head back, he asked, "Why are you helping this duke out of trouble tonight?"

Gu Qing Li was startled. After thinking for a while, she actually couldn't answer. At that time, it was only out of instinct. When he heard that Xiao Yi Mo and Xiao Yi Jin had teamed up and ridiculed him, he felt inexplicably unhappy. It was as if his territory had been violated and he wanted to refute them back without a reason.

Xiao Yi Xiu couldn't hear her reply and didn't press her further. He only whispered, "Princess, rest early. I won't be coming back tonight."

Her cold and slender figure left the hall, her clothes fluttering in the wind like a fairy under the moonlight, causing Gu Qingli to be lost in her own thoughts.

It was better not to come back, for her to do so.

Gu Qingli felt a wave of relief. She took out the night clothes she had prepared earlier and put them on, blew out the door light, then jumped out of the window to look at the flickering lights of the house. From the window, she could see the projections of two people sitting there.

She suddenly felt a sense of unhappiness. He had clearly gone to play chess with Xiao Yiyan in order to avoid her and not be in the same room as her.

Could it be that all the thorns in her body were annoying him as well?

As he thought of this, the joy he had had from having his freedom vanished completely. All that was left was a trace of anger.

She slowly climbed up the palace wall, lowered her body, and moved stealthily on top of the palace. Although she didn't have the ancient light technique of treading on the waves, with her flexible body and agile movements, it wouldn't be difficult for her at all.

Gu Qingli naturally didn't know anything about the palace, but based on her estimation of the palace's appearance and the people guarding it, she soon deviated from the center of the palace and headed towards the northwest corner.

The structure of the palace became more and more simple as they moved northwest. The number of auspicious beasts on the roof of the palace decreased from nine to seven, or five, and the glazed roof also changed from gold to jade, until it became black. It was obvious that they were heading towards a place of low status within the palace.

At this point, all one could do was to judge from the structure of the guards and the palaces which were the various storehouses and which were the various branches of the palace, but the furnishings and odors within each palaces were different, such as the overflowing aroma of the imperial kitchens and the tall chimneys.

The only thing that was unique to the imperial pharmacy was undoubtedly the fragrance of herbs.

Gu Qingli leapt down from the roof following the scent of medicine. Naturally, there were no guards there at night. All the doors to the medicine room were locked. Yao Cheng and the eunuchs were all asleep in the room.

She took out a hairpin, easily opened the latch and jumped in, beginning her search.

The medicine shelves were lined up in a row, and each drawer was labeled with a drug name. Gu Qingli found a candle and lit it, slowly reading it. She should be able to find all the ingredients she needed here. As long as tonight passed, she would be able to completely shake off Xiao Yi Xiu's control and leave the Mo King's Manor.

The thought only excited her for a moment, but then it faded, as if this unexpected event could no longer surprise her. On the contrary, she even thought that after she found the medicinal ingredients she needed here, she could go to Xiao Yi Jin's place and try to steal out her husband's horn …

She didn't even notice that her train of thought had changed from looking for the antidote to looking for the antidote on Xiao Yixiu, completely curing the poison in his body.