I'm not a fortune teller.

Chapter 73: Ghost in the Imperial Palace (Part )

"Father-in-law, did you take the wrong road?"

Cui Yan looked ahead and frowned.

"Why does Lord Cui say that?" The eunuch stood still and asked without turning his head.

"I remember," Cui Yan hesitated and said, "the road back then didn't seem to be like this."

"Master Cui has a good memory!" The eunuch laughed, "The last time I entered the palace was three years ago. The routes in the palace are complicated. Even the guards on duty and eunuchs like us who have no roots need to spend several months to get familiar with these routes. Master Cui has only been here once, but he can remember them so clearly?"

Cui Yan lowered his head. Photographic memory was a talent he had since he was a child. Therefore, although he was ugly since childhood, his talent for studying made his family have to give up on him.

I could have passed the imperial examination at the age of nine. If it weren't for the interference of my family, I might have become the youngest Jinshi in the Jin Dynasty.

"You have a photographic memory?" The eunuch chuckled and said, "Master Cui is really interesting. This road is indeed a little different from the one you drew back then, but it's only a little different. Three years have passed and you can still notice such details. Why don't you remember what you did back then?"

Cui Yan was stunned. He really didn't remember it. He only remembered entering the palace that year, and then he didn't remember anything that happened after arriving at the palace.

"I wasn't the only one who came to the palace that year. Why did you bring only me?"

"Are you talking about Lord Zhang?" the eunuch asked quietly.

"The Queen just wanted to see who the Princess was so obsessed with. As for Mr. Zhang? How could a loser who was humiliated by the famous brands in Qingfeng Tower be qualified to catch the Queen's eye? He was just a messenger."

"But who would have thought that your childhood friend has such a good acting skill."

Cui Yan frowned when he heard this. He also realized that there was something wrong with his childhood friend.

Is everything that happened to me related to him?

I don't know what happened when I entered the palace that year. Doesn't Zhang Rui know anything about it?
"It's the prince's birthday. Is the queen free to see me?"

"Tonight," the eunuch chuckled, "I'm afraid His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very busy."
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"Dad, isn't mom with you?" The pretty girl in a goose yellow plain skirt ran to the men's area and found the former minister who was drinking with several colleagues.

Minister Shen frowned and whispered, "What does it look like?"

Before the Lantern Festival began, young girls in the boudoir were not allowed to go to the men's area without a palace maid holding a lantern to lead the way. This involved the strict separation of men and women. In such a public occasion, this damn girl wasn't afraid of being gossiped about.

"Mom is missing!" The girl gritted her teeth and said, "Dad, I think something might have happened to Mom."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The minister frowned. "This is the imperial palace. What could possibly happen to your mother? Why are you making such a fuss? Hurry and go back. If your mother knew you were in the men's section, she would skin you alive!"

"But."

"No buts, go back quickly!" Minister Shen glared at the other person, feeling amused in his heart.

This little girl is still so sensitive. Maybe she was frightened once three years ago. Now she is like a frightened bird when encountering a situation.
This is the imperial palace, guarded by the four Yin gods for a thousand years. As the second dynasty in history that could stabilize the political situation for a thousand years, the absolute military force of the four Yin gods also played a crucial role. How troublesome were these four things left behind by Taizu?

Many people have predicted that even if all the noble families in the capital rebelled together, the Yin gods they worshipped could be directly suppressed by the Four Spirits.

This absolute power is also the key to the Li family's survival for a thousand years.

No one would have thought that someone could cause chaos in the palace.

The little girl gritted her teeth and was about to say something, but Minister Shen was already called over by an old man not far away to have a drink.

"Go back quickly." Minister Shen glared at him, then walked towards the old man with a smile.

The "Dad" girl stomped her feet, but was at a loss for a moment.

My eldest brother received news yesterday that he would be leaving Beijing temporarily. If he were here, he would never be as old-fashioned as my father.

Just as she was anxious, she suddenly saw a familiar figure.

Most of the people who came to attend the banquet were officials above the fourth rank. Even old men like Dad, who had resigned from office for many years, wore a set of clothes from their former rank. At a glance, they were all black official robes, making the green robe particularly eye-catching.

"Master Zhang!!"

Both my father and my eldest brother thought that this young Master Zhang was a very capable person. Perhaps he...
As if seeing a life-saving straw, the little girl quickly walked over and grabbed the other person!

"Eh?" Zhang Rui was stunned. He turned around and looked at the girl who suddenly appeared and frowned: "Girl, this is the men's seat!"

He thought he had misheard, but it turned out to be a woman pulling him. Although he was very popular now, this was not good in the palace.

But I have to say that the little girl is quite pretty. Although she is petite and her figure is not curvy, her facial features are exquisite. Coupled with her watery and tender temperament, she is like a daffodil that has not yet fully bloomed. Although she is young, she is legal in this world.

"Sir, something might have happened to my mother."

Zhang Rui: “.”

Is it none of my business?

What's wrong with this girl? Are you familiar with her?
"Young lady, don't be anxious." Zhang Rui glanced around. Outside the Mingde Hall, the garden was divided into two areas, with male guests in the north and female guests in the south, separated by a winding water feature. Although there were no guards watching, everyone deliberately avoided the dividing line.

The current position is close to that line, so there are actually very few people around.

Zhang Rui suddenly became alert, took a step back and said with a smile: "Who are you, young lady? What do you want from me?"

"My last name is Shen, and my brother is Shen Yuan. You should know him!" "So I am a relative of the Shaoqing." Zhang Rui smiled and saluted: "I wonder what the lady wants to see me for?"

"Sir, do you think something will happen in this palace?" the little girl asked back.

Zhang Rui was stunned, but then his expression became serious: "Why do you think something will happen here?"

Looking at the other person's expression, the little girl suddenly became excited. The other person was different from her father!
"My mother is missing, along with the adults' family members. They are all gone."

"Are you sure, young lady?" Zhang Rui's smile disappeared completely, and his tone became more serious.

He was different from those people from aristocratic families. He never thought that the palace was safe. Perhaps many people had become accustomed to the safety of the palace, but he was not.

He even thought that the next time those hidden guys caused trouble, it would definitely be in the palace.

His Majesty also thought so, but he and I speculated that the other party would most likely cause trouble at the Qionglin Banquet after the imperial examination. After all, that was the time when some sneaky things could sneak in, and coupled with the special ability of the owner of the painting market, it was very likely that something big would happen.

But if it is today
Zhang Rui looked at the lively scene in the distance and felt a chill in his heart. It seemed like a good time.

"Just now, my mother over there first..." The little girl probably told Zhang Rui about the scene where Mrs. Shen's family had an accidental encounter with her family members just now.

Zhang Rui nodded after hearing this: "According to what the young lady said, after the Shangshu's wife helped my family out of trouble, she invited us to enjoy the flowers along the way. Didn't you come along?"

"My mother was planning to look for Madam Fang and the others. I didn't like being with them, so I deliberately lagged behind and tried to find a chance to escape. But when I turned around, my mother and the adults' family members were gone."

"Miss, have you found it clearly? This palace is very big."

"The palace is huge, but the space for guests to hang out is not very big. The garden outside Mingde Hall is not as big as the harem, and it is divided into male and female guest areas. I have searched for this place more than a dozen times."

"Is that so?" Zhang Rui's face was heavy and he was thinking of a solution quickly.

It's no wonder that she suddenly disappeared in public. It was the group of painting spirits who took action. I didn't expect them to come so quickly. But wasn't Murong Yunji with us? If she was there, how could she let us step into the painting?
Others may not be able to sense it, but Murong Yunji herself is a painting spirit, so she should be very sensitive.

In the end what happened?
"Young lady, take me to see the location you mentioned first."

"Sir, the place over there is not as hidden as here, there are a lot of people," the girl from the Shen family reminded in a low voice.

Zhang Rui frowned when he heard that. Indeed, that was the women's area, and if a man like him barged in, he would probably cause a commotion immediately.

Use fish eyes?

No, that won’t work. Although fish eyes can be mistaken for pearls, they have to at least look like pearls. If they are too conspicuous, the fish eye effect will be very poor.

"Can the girl wear makeup?"

"Eh?"
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"My Lady, Eunuch Yuan should be arriving soon. Should we bring him here directly?"

"Wouldn't it be better to bring him here?" The queen sneered and looked around the imperial study.

The palace maid lowered her head and dared not speak.

The Empress wants to find a man, and she does so in the Imperial Study. I dare not write this in the book.

The queen looked around coldly, then casually found a switch on a table and chair, pressed it lightly, and several scrolls fell on a wall of the imperial study.

"This is..." The palace maid was stunned.

The several paintings that suddenly appeared were all paintings of the same woman. The painting skills were very good and lifelike, but the most important point was that the woman in the painting was extremely beautiful!

How can I describe it? As a woman, when I saw the portrait, I wished I was a man!

How could there be such a beautiful woman in the world?

"He thought he hid it well." The Queen laughed, "But he forgot that my father was from the Ministry of Industry, and he loved tinkering with these mechanical devices since he was a child."

"Your Majesty, who is this woman?" Even though she knew this question was fatal, the maid couldn't help but ask.

It was so beautiful that she wanted to make sure that the woman was a real person or just an artist's imagination.

"Of course it's the good son-in-law that I originally planned to marry!"

"Forehead?"
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"grown ups."

In a secret corner of the garden, the little girl who was touching up Zhang Rui's makeup suddenly froze.

This gentleman has magical skills and can actually take out women's clothes from the scroll.

Daddy once said that no sorcerer can perform his magic in the palace, so why can he?
This is not the most important thing, what is important is
"What's wrong?" Zhang Rui frowned and looked at the other person.

"Has anyone ever told me?" The little girl swallowed her saliva, "You are so beautiful?"

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