[Ding! The hero’s love for the heroine -20 points. The current love point is 40.]
The notification sound in her mind instantly woke Mu Yunge.
But then, she curled her lips into a smile and went back to sleep.
…
The next day, the case made new progress. A box of rouge and powder that Consort Shu had accidentally broken was found in Zi Ling’s room.
The rouge and face powder contained an aphrodisiac that would only take effect after two hours.
Upon hearing this news, Consort Shu was filled with lingering fear. It was indeed Zi Ling who had shielded her from disaster!
If she hadn’t accidentally broken the box of rouge and powder, she would have certainly used it on the Ninth Princess’s birthday.
What if she had lost face in front of the court officials?
How furious would the Emperor have been?!
Zi Ling was also extremely shocked. She had only secretly used some of Consort Shu’s unwanted rouge, and yet she had suffered such misfortune?!
The person behind the scenes was eventually identified as a concubine in the cold palace who had a grudge against Consort Shu. She was later sentenced to death by the Emperor, while Zi Ling was released without charge because she had shielded Consort Shu from disaster.
However, even so, because she was now considered impure and had fallen into a cesspool, Consort Shu rewarded her briefly before sending her away.
Overnight, Zi Ling fell back down from the position she had so painstakingly climbed to.
This time, because of her falling into the latrine, even the laundry department refused to hire her, as if letting her wash clothes would make those clothes smell bad.
In the end, Zi Ling was assigned to be a lowly palace maid who was responsible for cleaning outhouses.
Gripping the broom tightly, Zi Ling was filled with rage. She was determined to find out who had harmed her!
Three days later was the day the barbarian envoys were to leave the Great Zhou.
They had originally planned to leave in ten days, but now, with Prince Suo Tu’s rape of the palace maid, they had no face to stay any longer.
After conveying his intention to leave, the barbarian envoy waited at the post station for the Zhou Dynasty’s return gift, so that they could depart the next day.
Unexpectedly, this time, the Vice Minister of Rites prepared large sandalwood tables and chairs, exquisitely handcrafted vases taller than a person, and other very space-consuming return gifts for the barbarian envoys.
Thus, just half a set of tables and chairs could take up the space of a large carriage, and two or three large, well-packaged vases could take up another carriage.
As for the smaller, more precious items, apart from a century-old ginseng root, there was nothing else.
But when the return gifts were brought out, everyone saw that the Great Zhou had prepared sixteen carriages full of gifts for the barbarians!
The barbarian envoys were quite satisfied with this. They had thought that Prince Suo Tu had angered the Great Zhou Emperor and that they wouldn’t receive many gifts in return. However, they were surprised to find that the Great Zhou was so generous and still sent back so many gifts.
Suo Tu also breathed a sigh of relief; he had worried that he would return empty-handed because of his actions.
After leaving the capital, the barbarian priest couldn’t wait to open the list of return gifts and look at it.
A moment later, the barbarian priest’s expression changed rapidly. He couldn’t help but crumple the list of return gifts in his hands.
Seeing this, Suo Er immediately had a bad feeling: “Priest, what’s wrong?”
The priest took a deep breath and then glared fiercely at Suo Tu before tossing the list of return gifts to the Second Prince Suo Er.
“Look for yourself!”
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