Consort of a Thousand Faces - Chapter 370

Chapter 370

CHAPTER 370 (1): FULLY REEKING OF ALCOHOL

As night fell, big red lanterns were hung along the palace paths . The Imperial Kitchen would be distributing the dumplings to the palace maids and eunuchs from 9 pm to 11 pm .  

Su Xi-er was organising the books in the book depository, since they would collect dust if left alone for a long period of time .  

By the time she was done wiping down the books and shelves, two hours had already passed . The wind had picked up outside the storage room, causing the doors and windows to rattle when it blew past .

With the banquet in the Imperial Garden ended, many of the court ministers were being escorted back to their own residences by the guards . As for Xie Yun and his sister, they got on their own horse carriage and left the palace .

When they passed by a street, the horse carriage suddenly halted in its tracks . Xie Liuli looked at Xie Yun in confusion, and reached out to grab him when she saw him about to get off the carriage . “Elder Brother, are you going to enter the palace? I have already let go of the engagement . Why do you still insist on clinging onto it? Are the family’s interests that important?”

Xie Yun flung her hand away . , but when he noticed her miserable expression, he couldn’t help but say, “If they weren’t important, Mum and Dad wouldn’t have died . Liuli, just stay in the residence and don’t ask about anything else . Your performance at the palace banquet today was really bad . ”

With that, Xie Yun alighted the carriage and glanced at the guards, signalling for them to return to the residence as soon as possible .

Understanding his order, the imperial guard leapt onto the horse carriage and cracked the horsewhip . When Xie Liuli felt the carriage rapidly moving, she lifted the window curtain and disregarded the wind blowing against her hair as she yelled, “Elder Brother, giving in a step would be better!”

However, Xie Yun’s figure had already disappeared from her sight, leaving Xie Liuli to gaze listlessly at the walls of the carriage .

Upon entering the imperial palace, Xie Yun stealthily made his way to the Imperial Library . When he arrived, he happened to see Tan Ge leaving Su Xi-er’s room .  It appears that she’s already acted .

The cold wind caused Tan Ge to shiver as she frantically checked her surroundings, only to see Xie Yun smiling at her from a distance .

Her eyes were filled with terror, and she kept retreating backwards until she bumped into a soft body .

Su Xi-er supported her from behind and advised, “Tan Ge, return to your room and properly rest if you’re not feeling well . ”

Tan Ge’s expression immediately returned to normal as she nodded . “I have been having nightmares lately, and I dreamt of a devil harassing me . I thought I saw a black figure in the distance, but my eyes must have been playing tricks on me . ”

“Black figure?” Su Xi-er looked around, but there wasn’t a single person in sight .

“I’m going back to rest . You should too . ” Tan Ge then walked to her room, her hands tightly clenching a piece of yellow paper .

Right after Tan Ge shut herself in her room, she sank to the ground . Disregarding the icy cold floor, she brought her knees close and looked at the yellow paper, softly mumbling, “Su Xi-er, I’m sorry . ”

After observing Su Xi-er for a few days, Tan Ge had already familiarised herself with the former’s bedtime habits . She knew that Su Xi-er would always drink a small bowl of hot water to warm her body before going to sleep . It was in the heated pot of water that Tan Ge had poured the poison just now .

When Su Xi-er returned to her room, she picked up the pot and poured out some water . Just as she was about to take a sip, she remembered that she hadn’t shut the door to the book depository .

The wind will blow all the books to the floor with how strong it is tonight .

Su Xi-er put her bowl down and went straight to the depository .

After Xie Yun saw her leave, he entered her room and walked to the tableside . He lifted the lid on the pot, and saw a trail of white powder on the edges .  Tan Ge has indeed acted .  Smiling to himself, Xie Yun wiped all traces of the white powder away .