季节”宫墙外”Chapter Four "Outside the Palace Walls"

季节"宫墙外"

Chapter Four "Outside the Palace Walls"

Li Xiao was in an old and dilapidated maid room, getting ready to go out. She put on the clothes Rory brought her and looked at herself in the mirror. She touched her hair, lifted it up, and then fixed it. Rory walked in on her holding a hat surrounded by fabric to hide her face.

"Ma'am, you haven't gone out before. Let me go with you to check on you," Rory said anxiously.

Xiao smiled at me gently: "No need, Rory. I'll be fine. Just remember I'm not good today and don't let anyone into the room until I get back."

She put the hat on her head and turned outward, then turned her head again: "I'll be fine, count on you already, Rory."

Rory nodded, believing that she would do what her lady asked of her. Li Xiao headed towards the exit door of the palace. The door was large and full of guards. I felt nervous as I headed straight towards the gate until I reached the inspection guards. The guard looked at her suspiciously.

"So, servant, is it your day off or do you have work to do outside?" asked the guard.

Li Xiao changed her voice to sound like a man: "Oh, it's my day off. My mother needs treatment, so I have to buy it for her."

The guard wasn't convinced: "Well, you have to take off your hat to see you."

Xiao hesitated to me because she didn't want to take off the hat: "There's no need to take it off, guard."

In a tone of anger, the guard said, "Do you oppose me? Put it aside immediately."

The guard raised his hand to do the thing, but someone blocked him. The guard looked at an attacking face, wanting to shout at him, but when he saw him, he immediately fell silent and smiled in confusion: "Some, sir, you are here, haha."

The Master turned away and looked at the guard and said in some words: "Why do you make things so difficult for servants and also bully them? I don't think it's the duty of the guard, do you?"

The goalkeeper justified in a confused tone: "Excuse me for my behavior, but it looked suspicious. I just asked him to see his face, he could be a criminal or a spy."

Mr. Ma Li Xiao pulled to his side, surprised, and put his hand around her shoulder: "So, have they become spies? I gave him a day off for his mother."

The guard bowed: "Excuse me, Mr. Ma, I didn't know he was from your entourage. So, show me the pass-through badge."

Xiao took out the badge to me, holding it with both hands, and presented it to him to see: "That's her, now can I go out?"

The guard looked at her with a sycophantic smile: "Yes, of course, please go outside. I bid farewell to Your Lordship."

Both Mr. Ma and Lixiao walked out together heading outside the palace. After Mr. Ma arrived at his carriage, he turned towards her: "You haven't said a word yet, won't you thank me or what?" he said with a gentle smile.

"Oh, sir, I thank you. I apologize if I bothered you," Xiao told me.

"No need. I'm the one who stepped forward to help you. Well, I have to go first. Be careful next time. Let's go. Goodbye."

After leaving safely, Xiao sighed to me: "Mr. Ma I didn't expect had good authority in the palace. Ma Zi Han, the son of Ma Hua, a trusted imperial physician, inherited his father's business after his death. Or rather after he was killed, yet they did not find his father's killer, only it was proven that he died of a terminal illness. I never expected to meet him in this lifetime. It might be useful to me one day. Okay, let's move on. My destination is the star bar."

"The urban center of the capital was crowded and full of life. Merchants and people are actively moving, and the overlapping sounds of conversations, laughters and carts fill the air.

The movement was energetic." , then I went to the bar. She walked in, and beautiful girls gathered around her trying to seduce her. She took on her role as a man: "Girls, take some gold. This is for you, this is for you, and this is for you. I want a favor from you."

The girls around her laughed and agreed to her demand: "I would like to meet Miss Chan, can you girls fulfill my request?"

The girls looked at each other and hesitated to speak, and then one of them approached Li Xiao with a smile: "Sir, you have to talk to the president, not us. So we can't help you. I'm just going to call the president to you. Mrs. May, there is someone who would like to talk to you. Girls, let's go."

After they left, Mrs. May came with a yellow handkerchief embroidered with the moon in her hands, swaying with her steps and a smile filling her face, speaking flatteringly: "The handsome master is new here, why didn't you choose one of my girls to have fun? Should I bring you a private room or..."

Li Xiao raised her hand to silence the talkative woman: "You seem to be the head of the bar. I would like to meet Miss Chan. Her reputation is high, and she was known to be beautiful with a sexy appearance, elegant voice and eyes as beautiful as moonlight. I would like to meet her and see if the rumours are true or just to attract visitors."

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Sir, Miss Chan has a guest so you can't meet her now. Take a rain check. I can tell her about you and set another time for both of you. As you are a new visitor, according to the bar rules, you will be served free of charge the first time you enter our pub. Enjoy," Ms. May said.

"Wait, take this letter to her, and I'll wait here to see her answers." He grabbed a letter and put it in the sleeves of her dress facing upwards, while Li Xiao sat waiting for an answer.

The head of the bar walked towards Miss Chan's room, knocked on the door and spoke: "Dear Chan, you received a letter from an unknown person. He insisted on meeting you, I tried to convince him to go but he refused."

Miss Chan opened the door carefully and took the letter. After opening it and her pupils widened, "Let him come, Mrs. May." She went to her office, holding the letter firmly, looking at the...

"Sir, you told me that my secret is not known, and you promised me that you would keep it. She told me to trust you," she said nervously.

A person dressed in elegant and dark clothes and wearing a mask that did not show his shape got up and walked towards her and pulled the message out of her hands: "I will take this with me. A visitor may come to you so I'll go. Your confidence is right, so don't worry. See you at another time."

After he left, the head of the bar came again: "This room has come, sir. Go ahead, take your rest."

"Thank you. You can go." I opened the door of the room and Xiao walked in to me. The room was elegantly decorated, and a girl sitting in front of the window looked outside with charming glances. Her long hair is air-caressed and her dress is heavenly coloured and outlined with elegant golden stripes. She turned her head and looked with a smile at Li Xiao.

She stood up and welcomed her: "Welcome, sir, please sit down."

Li Xiao sat down at the table: "The rumors were not false. Miss Miss's beauty is really impressive, you have captivated my heart with the act of my forgetfulness."

She smiles gently: "Don't compliment me like that, sir, you're exaggerating. I'm a simple person." She lifted the teapot from the table and tilted it to fill the teapots: "Go ahead, sir. This type of tea is special, it tastes good."

Without hesitation, Xiao drank it to me: "Right, it really tastes special. You're good at making tea."

I looked at her: "You drank it without hesitation, why did you suspect that tea was poisoned, for example?" Li Xiao laughed: "Miss Chan, you will not poison me, it is not in your interest.Li Xiao looked at Miss Chan and smiled: "Miss Chan, you will not poison me, it is not in your interest. Why kill someone who knows simple information without even knowing where he got it, right, Miss Chan Mei Liang? Or can I address you to Grand Lady Chen?"

Miss Chan stopped sipping the tea, and then quietly lowered the mug: "Do you consider this information simple, sir? You know I can kill you as an obstacle in my way."

Xiao smiled confidently at me: "Listen, I came here as a friend, not as an enemy. Also, I would like to ask for celestial agate."

Chan looked at her more concentratingly: "He will arrive through the path of the star. So are you a new member or a customer?"

"I'm a passerby, and I need some information, Miss. Also, ask for what I might pay you for this information."

Chan smiled, "So far I haven't known what to call you, since we're going to deal together."

Xiao hesitated to me a little before answering: "Call me Mr. Yuan. This envelope contains two things: one is my request, and the other is a gift from me. What I need is information and documented documents for Finance Minister Zhou about everything. My gift is, a week later Ward will enter the palace treasury, and this ward will be under heavy guard under the authority of Minister Zhou.

Minister Zhou, as an honest government employee, will embezzle the largest share of these treasures. My letter also has the place where the treasures will be smuggled. You can take it for you. I think it's a win-win deal. I would also like you to locate previously embezzled treasures."

Miss Chan got up from her seat and turned around, asking, "Mr. Yuan, you have enough information to convict him, and I think from your words you can even get the documents yourself. Why did you come to ask for our help?"

Xiao approached Chan and stood in front of her: "I count on you to help me, listen. So, is there an agreement between us?"

Chan smiled maliciously: "Mr. Yuan, why am I wasting this wealth you have given us? When you complete the information you need, we'll send you a signal that your order is ready."

Li Xiao walked towards the door and said, "You don't need to mention where I live, Miss Chan. You will follow me anyway."

Chan laughed: "Sir, you are well acquainted with us. So, I bid you farewell to our other meeting."

Xiao opened the door for me and walked out: "I'll be happy to meet you again, miss. I ask permission now."

After Li Xiao walked out of the bar, she walked through the center of the capital and looked around. As she walked around, she found herself in her former place of residence, the house where she lived with her husband. The place that had fond memories at its beginning and became a nightmare at the end.

When you see the old house

Li Xiao was flooded with conflicting emotions, and in the end these memories weighed heavily on her heart, and he regretted how things turned out there.

"What brings me here? What a joke. I didn't think I would come here. What a fool, I've fallen into his trap before with ease," Xiao told me with a sigh

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Suddenly, I heard horses coming towards her. She didn't notice at first because she saw Jin Chen's carriage heading to his residence. She turned around and saw the horses almost close to her, stopped in place and looked at the horses getting closer. She was very close and would already run her over.

Meanwhile, suddenly, someone quickly headed towards the horses, jumped to ride them and tried to stop them by pulling the saddle hard. Li Xiao is still motionless. The man narrowly managed to stop the horses, and the owner of the cart came towards her running after he fell from them, trying to stop them.

"Be careful next time, someone in the public may get hurt. Can you take responsibility?" the man said.

Holding his palm together, he apologizes: "I apologize very much for what happened. Sir, have you been hurt? Please forgive me, I didn't mean that."

Li Xiao, the owner of the carriage, did not answer and was content to remain silent. Then Jin Chen said, "Can go now."

Then the owner of the cart went, and Jin Qin walked towards Li Xiao: "Master, why didn't you move? You almost died. Don't you value your life?"

For a moment, Jin Qin doubted her and tried to get closer: "Master, do you hear me?"

Indeed, Jin Chen became closer, and he was right in front of her. Suddenly, Li Xiao turned around and ran away, trying to get away from him.

"Sir, shall we catch up with this master?" the guard asked.

Jin-Chen went to his residence door and walked in, answering the guard: "No need, he seems shocked by what happened to him. Min Lian, follow me."