C10

At the entrance of the inspection area, all the gold coins made way for the four young ladies of the Gu family when they saw them walking over, allowing them to enter the Imperial Palace as a matter of priority.

Gu Moxue had a face full of haughtiness. Without even looking at the other young ladies who had made way for her, she walked up to them and examined them with a smile.

The nanny was also used to seeing all sorts of scenes, hence she acted like she did not see anything. After receiving the bag of identity plates from Gu Moxue, she suddenly realized something.

"So it's the young miss of the Prime Minister's Estate. Please excuse this old servant, young miss, please enter!" After the Senior Servant checked the weight of the bag, she smiled so much that she looked like a chrysanthemum flower, flattering Gu Moxue.

Gu Moxue casually said her thanks and was led to the imperial garden by a palace maid who was waiting by the side.

Gu Morou and Gu Moyun's examination went as smoothly as Gu Moxue's. When it was Gu Shiyi's turn to examine her, the mama's smile that had not stopped suddenly stiffened.

"So it's Third Miss. The Miss arrived here before you. Third Miss, please wait for a moment and let this old servant inspect the Miss who arrived here first!" After saying that, without caring about whether Gu Shiyi agreed or not, he shot a glance at the palace maids standing in a row to the side, and two palace maids with plain faces walked out in front of the crowd, and caught Gu Shiyi in one go and pulled him to the side.

Gu Shiyi originally wanted to resist, but after thinking about it, she gave up on resisting. She wanted to see what they were planning!

The rest of the nobles who had yet to enter the imperial garden were also whispering in each other's ears.

"Did you hear, she is Gu Shiyi!"

"The direct descendant of the Prime Minister's Palace, the Gu Shiyi who can't even compare to a lowly servant?"

"Who else could it be other than her? If I were her, I would have made a ruckus a long time ago. How would I accept my fate like this?"

"It's not like you don't know that she's weak and cowardly. Look at her. She can still laugh even after being bullied!"

Gu Shiyi was still as indifferent as before, until everyone was brought into the imperial garden after they had finished their inspections.

"Grandma, can I go in now?" Gu Shiyi said with a face full of caution.

"Third Miss, don't tell me you don't know the rules?" The wet nurse had a look of despise on her face as she rubbed her thumb and forefinger towards Gu Shiyi.

"Mammy is right. Eleven is stupid!" Gu Shiyi's face was full of understanding as she took out a black bag and handed it over to her.

After the mama received the bag, her face was filled with pride, but in the next second, the smile on her face froze. Immediately after, her expression became stiff and unable to move.

When Gu Shiyi saw this, she took out the bag in her hands and walked straight towards the palace. At this time, the leading palace maids had already left before Gu Shiyi finished inspecting everything, so Gu Shiyi was not worried about being discovered at all. Until Gu Shiyi's figure completely disappeared around the corner, the wet nurse also fell to the ground in a daze, her eyes wide open, without any signs of life.

Inside the bag was the Scorpion Tail Tail that she had caught not long ago. Momo getting stung by the tail was her own fault. Who told her to be so greedy? Who told her to deliberately make things difficult for her?

If someone bullied her, she would return it a hundredfold!

To show mercy to such people was to dig one's own grave!

In truth, she cared very much about her life!

Above the imperial city, a sharp gaze was fixated on Gu Shiyi's back figure that was getting further and further away.

Feeling an uncomfortable feeling from behind, Gu Shiyi turned her head back vigilantly. On top of the city walls, there was nothing but a few lonely flags fluttering in the wind.

Could it be because he hadn't had a good rest during this time, that he was hallucinating?

Gu Shiyi shook her head. In the past month, for the sake of this day, she had slept very late every night, and even woke up early to train, to the point that she had not been able to sleep at all. If she wasn't a doctor herself, she wouldn't even have had the spirit to come to the palace to participate in the Phoenix Festival trials.

The palace was very big. Without the palace maids to lead the way, Gu Shiyi simply did not know where the imperial garden was.

It was unusual for a palace maid to have not seen a single one of them after walking for so long. Just as Gu XI was standing at a corner, pondering over which way to go, a palace maid walked hurriedly towards him with her head lowered.

When she brushed shoulders with Gu Shiyi, Gu Shiyi grabbed the palace maid without thinking.

"Where is the imperial garden?" Gu Shiyi held on tightly to her, but the palace maid was still unable to free herself from her grasp even after trying several times.

She looked at Gu Shiyi's clothes and thought for a moment. After a moment of hesitation, she timidly said: "This servant will bring you there!"

Hearing her words, although Gu Shiyi felt that something was amiss, she still let go of her and followed behind her.

Along the way, they met many guards who were patrolling, as well as palace maids and eunuchs. All of them had their heads lowered, walking in a hurry, just like the palace maid who was guiding her, causing Gu Shiyi to think that all the servants in the palace were like this.

The palace maid only stopped when they reached the entrance of a palace.

"Miss, entering from here is the Imperial Garden, your status is low, you are not allowed to appear on the Phoenix Festival, please enter by yourself Miss!" The palace maid bowed to Gu Shiyi and spoke sincerely, she did not detect anything amiss.

Gu Shiyi glanced at the tightly shut door, there was a large signboard hanging on it, and then looked at the green leaves that stretched out from outside the wall. Furthermore, she was not sure if the imperial garden was a fixed name, so she did not doubt it anymore as she walked towards the main door.

Just as Gu Shiyi entered the Flower Garden, the door was immediately closed. She did not mind as she walked towards the garden that was still full of vitality despite the cold winter.

While Gu Shiyi was walking, she discovered that many of the plants in the garden were species that were not found in the garden of the Prime Minister's Residence. There were also many that had always been found by Gu Shiyi during this period.

Therefore, she started to pick the herbs in the garden. Gu Shiyi had a habit, to always forget everything in the area when she was engrossed with her favorite tasks, this habit of her was taboo to assassins.

In the past, because Gu Shiyi always carried some little poisons on her body, whenever she was in danger, she would always be turned upside down. But now, she seemed to have forgotten that this wasn't her original era, this was the Great Xia Kingdom!

A man dressed in a eunuch's attire was slowly approaching Gu Shiyi, who was squatting on the ground and picking herbs carefully, with a dagger in his hand.

When she turned around, the dagger had already arrived in front of her. With all her might, Gu Shiyi tilted her body to the side, and let the dagger that was supposed to stab into her neck suddenly stab into her shoulder.