Star Trace Gate

The night is deep and everything is silent.

The carved windows of the princess's bedroom were opened by slender wooden sticks, allowing the cool breeze to flow into the room and the palace lanterns swaying gently.

Xu Qingzhao sat cross-legged on the futon, looking deeply at the bright starry sky. He held his chin with his left hand and played with the tea cup with his right hand. He didn't know what he was thinking about.

Not far away, Ren Ye was lying on the ground with his back stretched out, staring blankly at the ceiling, looking like he had been hollowed out.

After two full hours of "soul resonance", not to mention the fate of the pardoned person, even the hair on his body was almost sucked away. It is no exaggeration to say that this is the miracle of life!

Just like all the strong men in the world have one stone, Ren Ye feels that he has eight fights all to himself.

Fortunately, the princess is a woman of good faith. She kept her promise and showed the "Yin Yang Emperor" a strange and unpredictable Taoist technique...

"If you are tired, you can sleep here for a while. As long as I am here, no one should be able to kill you." Xu Qingzhao said without any emotion as the cold wind blew on his face.

There is no emotion, but it is actually an emotion.

For Xu Qingzhao, she was very afraid that she would be contaminated by the fate of the person who was forgiven by God, but for some reason, ever since she started to exchange the fate of the person who was forgiven by God at an equal price, she always felt that she had taken advantage...

On the soft wool carpet, Ren Ye stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and looked at the ceiling helplessly: "Oh, I haven't slept well in more than three years, and I won't miss this for a while..."

"More than three years?" Xu Qingzhao asked calmly: "Did you do anything wrong?"

"No, maybe I just haven't gotten used to it. I feel wronged, I feel unwilling, I feel a little regretful, and a little bit like this should have been the case? Oh, maybe it's all." Ren also completely let go of himself: "General...General It seems that there is a negative emotion that has been suppressed in my heart for a long time and has never been released.”

Xu Qingzhao didn't understand what he meant and didn't want to ask, so he fell silent again.

"Dang, Dang Dang~!"

Outside the quiet palace, several gongs sounded, interrupting Ren Ye's very conflicting thoughts.

It's time.

Ren also came back to his senses, suddenly sat up from the ground, grabbed the clothes next to him and put them on: "My dear concubine, you should rest early, I will leave now."

Xu Qingzhao ignored him.

After a while, Ren also put on his clothes and walked towards the palace door.

"...I said, if you don't seek death, I will try my best to keep you safe." Xu Qingzhao held his chin and turned his head: "But if you take the initiative, no matter what happens, I will stand by and watch."

Although Xu Qingzhao had an air of being aloof from the rest of the world, the affairs in the palace could not be hidden from her eyes. She knew that Ren would take a risk tonight, so she kindly dissuaded him.

"My beloved concubine, I forgot to tell you, I never like to be passive..." Ren Ye said with a smile, opened the door and left gracefully.

"There is no cure for stupid people..."

Xu Qingzhao shook his head gently and looked out the window with a calm expression.

……

A moment later, King Huai entered the palace.

Ren Ye sat on the chair and ordered: "According to the plan made yesterday, you go to Liyuan now to select the singer, and bring the female thief with you in the team. If she resists, you can take action directly, but Remember to stay alive."

"My subordinates take orders." Er Leng responded and hurried away with the accompanying eunuch.

Ren Ye looked at Lian'er in the palace again, waved his hand and urged: "Go to the Joy Palace earlier to prepare, and do as I told you."

In the hall, the candlelight flickered, Lian'er looked at Ren Ye with a pale face, and there was an inexplicable look of fear in her eyes.

Ren was also a little curious: "What's wrong with you? Why do you look like you've seen a ghost?"

"...No...I'll be honest with you, Your Highness, I really feel like I've seen a ghost." Lian'er replied bravely: "I don't know why, but after you came back from the princess's palace, you made me feel very eerie, just... …just like……!"

"It doesn't seem like anything, but it doesn't matter."

"It's like seeing dead people, or seeing those Taoist priests who wander in the mountains and fields to drive away ghosts and summon souls. In short, the yin energy is very strong." Lian'er told the truth: "You... you don't know how to...?"

"It doesn't matter." Ren Ye waved his hand and interrupted: "Every day when I come back from the princess, I will be very weak...but today I am particularly weak. I will be fine tomorrow."

"Then slave, are you going to prepare now?"

"Go!" Ren nodded in agreement.

……

It's past midnight, in Liyuan.

The eunuch of the ceremonial room shouted in a drake voice: "His Royal Highness has ordered that the chosen one go to the Joy Palace to serve him!"

The gong sounded, and the little eunuchs in the courtyard also became busy. Not long after, all the singers and maids in Liyuan gathered in the outer courtyard and stood in several rows.

"Guard Hong, please!" The old eunuch raised his arm and looked at Er Leng helplessly.

Er Leng nodded slightly in response, quickly walked into the queue of singers, and began to choose.

The night sky is filled with flickering lights.

Liu Ling'er hid in the queue of singers, stared at Er Ling'er, mobilized her thoughts, and once again felt the subtle connection between herself and the other party.

His state of faithfully licking the dog is stable and there is nothing abnormal.

After Er Leng selected more than ten people in succession, he came to Liu Ling'er. When he looked at the other party's enchanting figure, his eyes were filled with unconcealable enthusiasm.

"This slave is menstruating, so I'm afraid I won't be able to serve His Highness." Liu Ling'er gave her a courtesy and secretly winked at Er Leng.

"What do I need you for?!"

Er Leng scolded Liu Ling'er, followed the other person's eyes to look at another singer who was good at playing the sheng, and asked: "Are you having menstruation?"

The woman looked shy and shook her head.

"Then you get out of the queue." After Er Leng clicked the other party's clock, he stopped looking at Liu Ling'er and just hurried past.

……

Half an hour later, more than twenty singers who were proficient in playing, playing and singing were brought into the Joy Palace.

Ren Ye was sitting in the main hall, smelling of alcohol all over his body, and shouted drunkenly: "I am in a depressed mood. Please play music and dance. If you make me happy, you will be rewarded!"

The shouts resounded, and a group of beautiful singers began to get busy. After a while, the piano and harps began to sing in harmony, and simple and melodious music sounded...

Ren Ye drank the wine and pretended to be a dandy, admiring the enchanting figure of the dancer with narrowed eyes, but he was thinking about other things.

"I'm stunned...!"

"My subordinate is here."

"Can you tell who the female thief is?" Ren Ye looked at the women in the palace and asked softly.

He half-bent over and covered his mouth with his palm: "The woman playing the sheng on the left is the thief who fought with me in Chunxiang Garden."

"Are you sure?" Ren also turned around, his eyes staring straight at Er's stunned expression.

"I'm sure it's her."

"I will order this person to sleep with me later. You go to the palace to get ready first." Ren Ye thought for a moment: "Remember, don't reveal your flaws in advance. She is highly skilled in martial arts and has reached the pinnacle of Qinggong. You must not let him escape."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will capture this person alive." Er was stunned and left the hall quietly.