C101

Chapter 101 - Provoke

This Consort Shu sure likes to use her temper all the time.

"I heard this temple is picturesque. Sisters, why don't we take a stroll around?" It was the first time Du Qingcheng came to this temple as the new Queen. Hearing that this temple was very magical and had many nice looking places, he couldn't help but be interested in visiting it.

Qin Luofei was the first to agree, and said, "Sure! I heard that this place is very interesting and I wanted to have a good look at it for a long time. "

Seeing that the two were in high spirits, Consort Shu pursed her lips and nodded, saying: "Alright, I also want to take a look."

The three of them only brought their close female palace servants with them. Du Qingcheng also instructed the female monk to bring them a little monk that was familiar with the temple, so they could take a casual look.

It was indeed a royal temple. The majesty of the temple was comparable to the palaces in the palace.

The three of them toured all the way to the back of the mountain, where the scenery was even more picturesque.

In a mountain pass, there was an old tree that was a thousand years old. The branches extended and bloomed with flowers of unknown name. It was extremely beautiful.

The young monk laughed and said, "This is where the first generation abbot comprehended the Dao. I heard that the first generation abbot was a prince."

Seeing the wonderful scenery, the three of them could not help but walk towards the big tree.

This tree was close to the cliff and had a very steep momentum, causing people to shudder.

Qin Luofei walked a few steps before stopping. Du Qingcheng caressed the branches of the big tree, but Consort Shu was bold and curious, she looked at the back of the tree and if she walked any further, she would reach the cliff.

Just as Qin Luofei wanted to stop him, Zi Yuan, who was behind her, lightly pulled her hand.

Qin Luofei was fortunate enough to sit on a stone bench and watch the two of them admire that thousand-year-old ancient tree.

"This scenery is really as beautiful as a painting." Just as Qin Luofei finished speaking, Consort Shu cried out in alarm, and fell down from the back of the big tree.

"Consort Shu." Du Qingcheng exclaimed.

She raised her eyes to look at Zi Yuan, who also nodded slightly.

"Consort Shu." Qin Luofei did not dare to approach the cliff, so Du Qingcheng was supported back by the palace maids. The surrounding imperial guards, including the head of the imperial guards and the third young master, rushed over upon hearing the news.

Some soldiers brought ropes, and the Third Young Master tied one end of the ropes to an ancient tree while the other end tied to his waist. He was about to go down and save Consort Shu.

"Third brother." What did Qin Luofei suddenly think of? He stood up and called out to the third young master.

"No problem." The third young master said flatly.

Protecting the Consort Shu and Empress was his duty. If anything were to happen to the Consort Shu, both he and the leader of the guards would be punished by the Emperor.

Qin Luofei took off her cloak and said, "Third Brother, take this and help the Consort Shu defend against the cold."

Consort Shu fell down from the cliff. If there was any damage to her clothes, even if the third young master saved Consort Shu, she wouldn't be able to say it clearly.

The third young master nodded and took the cloak in his hand.

Du Qingcheng indifferently swept a glance at Qin Luofei, who quickly walked to Du Qingcheng's side and firmly grabbed her hand with a face full of worry.

If it wasn't for Third Young Master going out to save her, Qin Luofei wouldn't even be bothered to be such a good person.

Not long after the third young master went down, the rope shook, and a few imperial guards quickly pulled on it. The rope slowly tightened, and a beautiful lady pulled up.

Consort Shu was not shocked to the point of fainting, there were not many bruises on her face, only that her clothes were a little tattered.

Qin Luofei secretly went to look at Du Qingcheng, but Du Qingcheng's expression was already somewhat angry.

As expected, it was Du Qingcheng's method. She said how could he tolerate Consort Shu's provocative personality. Moreover, with Consort Shu here, she wouldn't place the treasure on her alone. Only after Consort Shu died would she be able to obtain the only care and love from Empress Dowager.

There were too many people talking in the palace, so she chose the temple and put in a lot of effort.

The moment Consort Shu came out, she threw herself into Du Qingcheng's embrace and said, "Empress, I thought I would never see you two again."

Qin Luofei didn't care about the Consort Shu, she only cared about the safety of the third Young Master.

The rope was lowered again, and it was only after a while that the third young master came up. His clothes were tattered, and even the corner of his lips had a hint of green.

Qin Luofei supported Consort Shu and said, "Empress, let's support Consort Shu and go back to rest first!"

Du Qingcheng nodded.

Being supported back to their own residences by the palace maids, Du Qingcheng and Qin Luofei were no longer in the mood to play after what had happened. Each of them returned to their own residences.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zi Yuan said to Qin Luofei in a low voice, "Just now, this servant followed Master to a mountain pass and discovered that there was someone hiding inside that big tree. Furthermore, his martial arts is extremely high, and even this servant may not be his match. "Miss, it's fortunate that you didn't go anywhere. Otherwise, Miss would still be the one falling off the cliff."

Qin Luofei shook her head: "She won't attack me. If I fall down two, she won't be able to explain it. She only wants to deal with Consort Shu."

Zi Yuan nodded and continued to speak: "If you fall from such a high cliff, there's no problem, this servant can determine that Consort Shu knows martial arts."

"I also know that person went to the bottom of the cliff with Consort Shu. I'm afraid that he went down there with him, afraid that Consort Shu wouldn't die and would chase after him. Her martial arts skills are definitely not weak, and she will be able to last until Third Young Master saves her."

"Don't know what's happening down there?" Zi Yuan's cultivation was limited, she could only hear some unusual activity from below, but could not sense anything.

Qin Luofei shook her head slightly, and said: "Try to find a way to meet Third Young Master. Tell him that no matter who he is asked to meet at the temple, he should not go."

Qin Luofei was afraid that Du Qingcheng wouldn't give up, and wanted to use Third Young Master as a cover to frame Consort Shu. Whether Consort Shu died or not, it had nothing to do with her.

Zi Yuan nodded.

After dinner, when Qin Luofei saw that it was still early, she took Zi Yuan to see the Consort Shu.

Entering the courtyard of the Consort Shu, they saw a few maid s chatting below the courtyard. When they saw Qin Luofei enter the courtyard, the personal palace maids beside the Consort Shu welcomed him with cold faces. He indifferently said, "Concubine Qin, my mistress has already fallen asleep. concubine should return!"

"Since your mistress has already rested, then I will come again tomorrow!" Qin Luofei ignored the palace maid's expression as he calmly said this.

"Then concubine is easy to leave." The corner of that palace maid's lips curled up into a cold smile, as he looked down on Qin Luofei.

Qin Luofei turned around, but just as she was about to leave, she heard footsteps inside the house. A delicate and pretty palace maid lifted the curtain and smiled at Qin Luofei, "Take care, Concubine Qin. My esteemed wangfei invites concubine to enter the house for a chat."

Qin Luofei stopped walking and followed the palace maid into the room, causing the palace maid to look awkward.

Consort Shu's face was as pale as jade, it was hard to tell how frightened she looked, but there were two maid helping her peel the fruits.

"Big sister, you've got quite the courage. You're still in the mood to eat after being frightened so much." Qin Luofei admired this Consort Shu to the point of being heartless.

When Consort Shu saw Qin Luofei, she hurriedly said, "Little sister, quickly come and do it. Big sister is just bored and wants to see little sister, but I'm afraid that the empress will find it inappropriate."

Seeing that Consort Shu was in high spirits, Qin Luofei was even more sure that this Consort Shu was not simple.

"Elder sister, is there anything else that feels uncomfortable?"

Consort Shu shook her head and said to the other maid: "All of you can go now! I have a few words with little sister Luo Fei. "

The maid s put down the fruits in their hands and retreated.

"Elder sister, why are you doing this?" Seeing Consort Shu wave away the palace maids beside him, Qin Luofei couldn't help but frown. It was inevitable that there would not be people from the empress among these palace maids. If Consort Shu did this, it would be unavoidable for him to suspect that she was colluding with the Consort Shu.

Consort Shu smiled flirtatiously and said: "Little sister, are you that afraid of the empress? "I'm afraid the empress won't let you off even if your sister is like this."

"Big sister, you're joking. Sister is not someone to be taken lightly, and is not really worth it for others to take action against. Qin Luofei truly didn't want to involve herself in the matter of Du Qingcheng and Consort Shu. From her observation, there would always be one person who would take action against the other.

Consort Shu peeled a fruit and gave it to Qin Luofei, saying, "Sister is really good. Then sister will help you deal with Imperial Consort Leng, and sister will help me deal with the empress."

Qin Luofei's heart moved slightly as she said, "Imperial Consort Leng and my sister have no enmity, so why would my sister want to deal with her?"

"Then forget it. Just pretend that sister didn't say anything."

Consort Shu wholeheartedly wanted to rope Qin Luofei into her embrace, to the point where Qin Luofei was trembling with fear. This Consort Shu wouldn't do it for no reason at all, could it be that she knew something?

Qin Luofei continued to chat with the Consort Shu for a bit before finally exiting her courtyard.

Returning to his own courtyard, he saw a few fresh fruits in his room. maid said that it was sent by the Queen.

Qin Luofei did not dare to be careless and use them. She first let Zi Yuan carefully examine them, and only when she saw nothing would she dare to taste one.

When night fell, Qin Luofei went to bed early, but when it was late at night, she heard people outside shouting, "Don't tell him to run away, catch him."

Qin Luofei opened the curtains and got off the bed. Zi Yuan, who was sleeping outside, put on her clothes and entered the house.

"Could it be..." Zi Yuan was a little worried that it would be her own Young Master.

Qin Luofei was also secretly suspicious.

Qin Luofei had just put on her clothes when the empress sent someone to take her to the empress's courtyard.

Qin Luo Fei, Zi Yuan and a few maid s who were serving beside her all went to the Empress's courtyard. had already put on his clothes and sat inside the house.

On the other side, there were already several black-clothed men battling with the imperial guards. Those black-clothed men's kung fu skills were unfathomable. A few imperial guards besieging a black-clothed man were unable to handle them.

"Sister, you were frightened. "If I knew it was like that, I wouldn't have brought you here." Du Qingcheng held Qin Luofei's hand, seeing the imperial guards rush forward, although the black clothed men's martial arts were good, they were still outnumbered, and could not help but be forced back by the imperial guards.

The Consort Shu was also blessed by others to come, and her clothes were arranged neatly.

The men in black were already retreating step by step. The leading man in black made a gesture, and the other men in black rushed towards the cliff, quickly jumping down. The imperial guards could only watch helplessly.