Chapter 213: Chapter 169: Pitiful

Evening.

The sky was filled with a glowing sunset.

In the vast flower garden of Yi Fen Palace, the flowers were blooming splendidly.

Shen Jingxian checked the date and suddenly realized that there were only three days left until the palace examination.

Time flies so quickly.

Song Yan should be fine, she has been working so hard.

Shen Jingxian was actually a bit nervous.

She kept recalling the words from her dream lately.

If the plot really changed, then Song Yan should be able to become the top scorer, the first-ever top scorer achieving first place in all six categories, which is quite impressive just thinking about it.

Shen Jingxian suddenly wanted to see it in person very much.

She had never watched the palace examination before.

So, that night, the Emperor felt in paradise as his daughter, who hadn’t acted spoiled in a long time, actually acted spoiled with him!!

“Dearest Father, I want to go and see the palace examination, is that okay～”

The voice of his daughter was right in his ear! How could one refuse!

The Emperor was just about to say yes, but suddenly felt the pressure from the Empress, gulped a bit, feeling a little afraid to answer, and could only cautiously hint, “How about asking your mother?”

Shen Jingxian then clung to the Empress, rubbing on the left, rubbing on the right, while humming, “Mother, mother, I want to see the palace examination, I’ve never been!!”

Compared to the Emperor’s heart being moved, the Empress appeared much calmer. She slowly and calmly stroked Shen Jingxian’s head, holding her steady to prevent her from moving around, and gently said, “Go, but be good.”

Anyway, those who needed to be caught have been pretty much caught, there shouldn’t be any problems.

Shen Jingxian nodded vigorously, be good, be good, she was the best.

Once she got the Empress’s permission, Shen Jingxian excitedly stayed awake like a student about to go on a field trip, lying there counting sheep instead of sleeping.

Every time she counted to a hundred sheep, she would start again from one.

After all, numbers beyond a hundred required thinking, but Shen Jingxian was someone who couldn’t sleep once she started thinking.

“Ninety-nine sheep, one hundred sheep, one sheep, two sheep…”

After who knows how many times of counting to a hundred sheep, Shen Jingxian still couldn’t sleep, muttering that counting sheep was useless, wondering if she was counting the wrong kind and whether she should try counting white sheep instead?

White Sheep: You’re counting with your eyes open, no wonder you can’t sleep.

At night, Yi Fen Palace was extremely quiet, with no maids on night duty, nor any small animals rustling around, as if everything had been muted in fear of disturbing the Princess’s slumber.

Anything daring to make noise at night had already been taken care of by the maids.

What chirping of magpies under the moon, or crickets chirping in the late-night breeze? The scent of rice flowers and the croaking of frogs?

Nonexistent!

The maids declared that the poem was indeed good, taught by the Princess, but whether it was magpies, crickets, or frogs, as soon as they dared to make a peep after the Princess fell asleep, they would just drop dead!

They were sworn to defend the Princess’s sleep to death! Any dark circles on the Princess’s face were not allowed!

This was their belief as the Princess’s maids!

However, on this silent night, their belief seemed to be challenged, as a figure who shouldn’t be here was standing right in front of the Princess’s chamber door, seemingly unsure of what to do.

The person was covered in blood, with a strong smell of blood that they could smell clearly even from a distance. More importantly, there was a murderous aura about him from having seen human blood.

It was for this reason that the maids didn’t take immediate action upon seeing Wen Ranchen.

As experts among the Hidden Guards, they could effortlessly gauge the level of skill of their target. If it was an amateur, they could swiftly and lethally strike, but if he seemed like an expert, they would need to plan carefully.

Judging from the aura emitted by this person, he was clearly a top expert. If they rashly attacked him, they would definitely make a noise!! Surely, they would disturb the Princess!!

This was absolutely not allowed!

They had to come up with a perfect method to remove this person without making any sound.

The maids engaged in an intense discussion using just their eyes.

As for whether this mysterious man in black would be a threat to the Princess… They unanimously believed that the man didn’t have any murderous intent and there was no need to worry.

Their only concern was that with such a heavy stench of blood on the man, would it drift into the Princess’s room and wake her up with the stench!

If they used force and carelessly made a noise while throwing him out and disturbed the Princess’s sleep, what would they do!!

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