Consort of a Thousand Faces - Chapter 361

Chapter 361

CHAPTER 362 (1): COLD AURA ASSAILS

“The Winter Solstice palace banquet is tomorrow . Everyone should be focusing on sweeping . ” A frigid breeze accompanied Su Xi-er’s soft voice, causing everyone to suddenly shudder .

Paying them no mind, Su Xi-er’s eyes swept across them in disdain before picking up her broom and continuing to sweep .

Everyone who was originally fervently gossiping had all sealed their mouths shut and begun doing their work properly .

Chao Mu’s eyes were filled with admiration . She patted Su Xi-er’s shoulder and whispered, “You’re so amazing to make them shut their mouths with just a few words . With so many rumours floating around the palace, it’s hard to know their veracity, so don’t pay any attention to it . ”

“Chao Mu, you have to keep your temper in check when you leave the Imperial Library . Not everyone will give in to you like Shu Xian . ” Su Xi-er smiled as she softly reminded .

The sudden mention of the missing Shu Xian caused displeasure to arise in Chao Mu’s heart . “Maybe he’s staying in the Imperial Academy and won’t ever be coming back to the Imperial Library . Sigh, I have one less person I can talk to . I took him for granted in the past, but now that he’s suddenly gone, I actually find myself missing him a bit . It’s  like a family member has gone far away . ”

Chao Mu and Shu Xian were normally the two who bickered the most at the Imperial Library, which made Chao Mu unused to his absence .

Habit is a warm yet scary thing . Everything is fine as long as someone you rely on is nearby, but it suddenly comes crashing down once they’re gone .

Tan Ge silently observed everything from the side .  There isn’t much time left . The Winter Solstice palace banquet is tomorrow, which means that the final deadline is tomorrow, at 11 pm . If I still haven’t made a move by then, the consequences will be unimaginable,

Her emotions like a chaotic storm in her heart, Tan Ge’s slender brows briefly furrowed together before she relaxed, continuing to sweep the palace path .

Noticing Tan Ge’s change, Chao Mu couldn’t help but ask Su Xi-er . “I haven’t talked to Tan Ge for a few days . She doesn’t seem to have recovered . What exactly happened in the Tan Residence? I keep feeling that…”

She didn’t say the rest of the sentence .  I can’t tell others that there’s something very wrong with Tan Ge . She probably has a lot of secrets that are weighing down on her heart .

“Chao Mu, do your job properly . ” Su Xi-er smiled at her before turning her gaze to Tan Ge . After a brief glance, she turned away to continue working .

Chao Mu could only suppress her curiosity and continue sweeping .

Little did they know that an imperial guard from the Commandery Prince Residence had witnessed everything that had happened in the Imperial Garden . He immediately went to report to Xie Yun, who was currently at the Dragon Heaven Palace .

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Situ Lin was looking at Xie Yun in confusion while in the Dragon Heaven Palace . “Commandery Prince Xie, this Emperor hasn’t seen Imperial Uncle these past few days . Where did he go? It seems like he’s pretty busy . ”

Xie Yun gently smiled . “Prince Hao is indeed busy . There are so many things that he has to deal with in the army barracks that he’ll only be back in time for tomorrow’s Winter Solstice banquet . ”

“I see . Are you not busy, Commandery Prince Xie? This Emperor will diligently learn the ways of governance . You don’t have to supervise me every day . ” Situ Lin wore an earnest expression as he began flipping through his books .

“Don’t worry, Your Majesty . This humble subject won’t report to Prince Hao . ”

Situ Lin looked towards Xie Yun . “It’s fine even if you tell Imperial Uncle . This Emperor hasn’t been playing excessively, so Imperial Uncle won’t chide this Emperor . ”

He understood very well that the only reason he had been punished in the past was that he had done something wrong .  Imperial Uncle wouldn’t just punish me if I didn’t make any mistakes .

Xie Yun faintly smiled . “Have the supervisors of the Imperial Ceremony Office and the Imperial Household Department reported to you on the progress of the preparations for tomorrow’s banquet?”