Chapter 94: Let's Eat Qinghong Together [Need Monthly Ticket!]_1

The rising moonlight penetrated through the window lattice, casting a grid of black and white onto the empty floor.

A man dressed as a scholar sat quietly on the floor, with a teapot and a cup on the table in front of him. Someone was pouring tea, and the fragrant aroma was rising with the wisps of steam.

"The Qinghong Banquet should have begun." The man glanced out the window and said indifferently.

"The sudden illness of Lord Prime Minister and his absence might arouse the Emperor's suspicion, don't you think?" The person across from him, who appeared to be of similar age to him and just as lean, was wrapped in a cloak of shadows, almost invisible in the darkness.

"I initially thought something big would happen, surprisingly it was resolved quickly in the palace. Now that the Empress Dowager has been arrested and the concubines have died, the disturbance should have been eliminated." The man said slowly, "With no incidents to report, what could the Emperor suspect me of?"