Chapter 248

Flower Knight (2)

Ye Mu wanted to walk past her, but Zhao Yiqin was stubbornly blocking the door. Ye Mu snickered, “Empress Dowager is speaking too critically. I only wanted to see how bad the fire is on your side of the palace. I was anxious and worried about your safety which was why I suddenly charged in. You misunderstand my good intentions.”

Zhao Yiqin glared even more intensely at Ye Mu. She already realized what Ye Mu wanted to do.

“Empress Dowager isn’t going to invite me in to sit a little? Or rather, do you already have someone else

inside?”

Ye Mu raised her head to smirk at her.

Zhao Yiqin snorted. The man that was inside should have already left by now. She shifted her body aside, “How impudent! I want to see what you’re plotting to want to enter so badly!”

Ye Mu went inside to take a peek. She discovered there wasn’t anyone inside, but she wasn’t disappointed. Sure enough, not long after, there was an imperial guard at the doorway that shouted, “Miss Ye, we’ve captured someone who has jumped out of the Empress Dowager’s dwellings.”

“Oh?” Ye Mu headed outside. Zhao Yiqin didn’t think Ye Mu would surround her facility so thoroughly. She suddenly grabbed Ye Mu’s hand!

“What exactly do you want to do? Are you trying to slander me so that you can suppress the scandal concerning the emperor?!”

Zhao Yiqin’s fingernails dug deep into Ye Mu, but her expression remained unchanged and calm.

“Empress Dowager, what is this? You couldn’t even catch a thief like this?”

She shook off Zhao Yiqin’s hand, “I really want to take a closer look at this little thief who jumped out of the Empress Dowager’s room. Let’s see what he could have stolen!”

Zhao Yiqin gritted her teeth as she saw how Ye Mu turned around without looking back. With her disordered outfit, she followed tightly on Ye Mu’s heels as they headed outside.

In the courtyard, besides Zhao Yiqin’s trusted aides and the imperial guards, there was a man covered only by a meager garment who was forced to kneel on the ground. He was panicking and repeatedly muttering “Oh no!” If anyone found out that he slept with the Empress Dowager, he was definitely toast!

Now, the only one who could save him was Zhao Yiqin herself. When he saw her heading over, he wanted to go to her side, but was held immobile by an imperial guard.

“Is this the little thief?” Ye Mu pretended to cover her eyes with her hands, “How come he doesn’t have any pants on?”

None of Zhao Yiqin’s people dared to speak. This is a mess. With this many imperial soldiers, if they didn’t subdue the current situation, the Empress Dowager’s affair would be spread throughout the country for everyone to know!

The flower knight could feel the tension suffocating him. However, since Zhao Yiqin was very fond of him when she saw his face, he thought for sure that she would save him!

Hence, he opened his mouth and yelled, “Empress Dowager, please quickly tell them that I… that I’m not a thief!”

Everyone’s attention turned towards the Empress Dowager. Zhao Yiqin’s complexion became extremely unsightly. Yet, the Flower Knight, determined to save his life, crawled a few steps forward towards her, “My Queen Mother, quickly save me, didn’t you say…”

At that moment Zhao Yiqin abruptly rushed forward!

She took the sabre from one of the closest imperial guards and, within seconds, stabbed the stomach of the Flower knight!

It was a pity his sentence was left unfinished, and he died with his eyes wide open. How could she do this? Didn’t she say that she really liked me?!

This was truly an unforeseen event that no one could have anticipated.