THE REVENGE OF FOX CONSORT

53. Suspicious

***Next room Residence of General Li Jin***

Bai Lu and Chang Ru hurriedly arrived at the front room. The two of them heaved a sigh of relief because Li Chang Le still had not come out of his room. There was only Eunuch Ma with the servants in the front room.

Eunuch Ma sat down while tasting a small snack and jasmine tea prepared by the servant of the Residence of General Li Jin.

Bai Lu smiled with satisfaction at seeing that Eunuch Ma had been well served as a special guest so that surely Eunuch Ma would not report anything bad to Queen Wen later.

"Eunuch Ma!" greet Bai Lu kindly.

"Mrs Bai Lu! I brought an invitation from Queen Wen to Miss Chang Ru and Miss Chang Le!"

"Please wait a minute, Eunuch Ma! It seemed like Chang Le had just woken up and was getting ready to come here!"

Although Bai Lu knew Eunuch Ma had been waiting for twenty more minutes because he helped Chang Ru get dressed, but Bai Lu bestowed all the blame onto Li Chang Le who had yet to appear.

Eunuch Ma only gave a small smile after hearing Bai Lu's words, then glanced at Chang Ru who was sitting quietly, without saying a word from the start.

Eunuch Ma felt astonished by Chang Ru's appearance today. The Hanfu that Chang Ru wore was so covered with a standing collar type that it covered all parts of the neck.

Though it has not yet entered winter in the Wei Kingdom. Young girls prefer to wear hanfu with a cross collar type.

Eunuch Ma did not feel curious about Chang Ru's cheeks that were still flushed because Eunuch Ma learned of Chang Ru's black magic possession and slapped her own cheeks.

When Wei Bu Yi drove Ying Ying home, the two of them had already noticed that there were spies lurking around General Li Jin's Residence.

Wei Bu Yi tells Ying Ying that it is most likely Queen Wen who placed the spy. Wei Bu Yi suspected Queen Wen of having ties to the Western Wu Kingdom so Wei Bu Yi also informed Ying Ying.

Wei Bu Yi wanted Ying Ying to be more cautious and wary of Queen Wen during her departure to pick up a delegation from the Northern Han Kingdom.

Therefore, the, Ying Ying accidentally asks Run Yu to spread the rumor that there is a living assassin and is being held by Prince Wei Bu Yi for interrogation of who is the mastermind of the assassins.

Ying Ying wanted to prove Wei Bu Yi's suspicion. If indeed Queen Wen had ties with the people from the Western Wu Kingdom, Ying Ying was confident that Queen Wen would invite her to the palace to find out how far Wei Bu Yi knew the identities of the hitmen.

The arrival of Eunuch Ma proved all of Ying Ying's conjectures were correct and her plan went smoothly.

While the swelling on Chang Ru's face was removed by Ying Ying while in the music room earlier, but Bai Lu thought the swelling was gone because Chang Ru was using dew water medicine.

Bai Lu and Chang Ru were completely unaware the two of them were stuck into the plan made by Ying Ying.

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Ying Ying, Tan Xiang, and Li Chang Le's spirit arrived in the front room. Ying Ying was seated on an empty seat, while Tan Xiang and Li Chang Le's spirit were standing behind Ying Ying.

Ying Ying deliberately stared intensely at Chang Ru from head to toe.

"Chang Ru's sister isn't too hot to wear this hanfu?" ying Ying asked with a sinless face.

"I'm wearing this hanfu because it's so cold!" chang Ru replied while gritting her teeth.

"Oh it is so! I'm sure brother Chang Ru will feel cold for the next few days!"

Ying Ying knew Chang Ru was trying to cover up the traces of the love relic bite from the two beggars on Chang Ru's neck and body.

Chang Ru could only bite her lower lip and glare towards Ying Ying, while Eunuch Ma stared at Chang Ru and Ying Ying in turn.

"Miss Chang Ru, Miss Chang Le! Queen Wen invites you to have tea together tomorrow morning. The chariot from the palace will come to pick you up!" said Kasim Ma.

Right now Ying Ying had just turned his attention from Chang Ru to Eunuch Ma. The identity of Eunuch Ma as Queen Wen's trusted eunuch was already known by Ying Ying.

"Eunuch Ma is young, but already a trusted eunuch of Queen Wen!" inner Ying Ying.

Therefore, Ying Ying felt astonished that this eunuch serving Queen Wen was so young. Moreover, Ying Ying had a feeling that he had met Eunuch Ma.

The first meeting was not in the palace room where the dinner was held. Ying Ying was so certain of that that he stared intently at Eunuch Ma's face.

Eunuch Ma lowered his head to avoid Ying Ying's eyes, then took the two invitations off the table and gave one of those invitations to Chang Ru first.

"Thank you Eunuch Ma!" said Chang Ru.

Chang Ru's mood was delighted that Eunuch Ma was putting herself first compared to Chang Le. Of course, due to her status as a candidate for the crown princess.

Chang Ru was determined inwardly to trap Wei Bu Xian with special medicine from Bai Lu so that her position as crown princess was not replaced by anyone.

"Miss Chang Le!" said Kasim Ma while giving the other invitation.

"Thank you Eunuch Ma!"

Ying Ying's pair of clear eyes stopped one second at the back of Eunuch Ma's hand, then behaved naturally as usual.

Eunuch Ma stood up from his seat and bailed home because the task given by Queen Wen was done by him.

Ying Ying gave the invitation card to Tan Xiang to keep. The invitation card had to be shown to the palace guards in order to obtain entry clearance.

Ying Ying decided to bring Tan Xiang in tomorrow morning. Ying Ying was unwilling to leave Tan Xiang alone with Bai Lu and the other servants. Ying Ying was worried that Bai Lu would make things difficult for Tan Xiang.

Ying Ying gestured an eye to Tan Xiang to leave the vestibule together. Ying Ying wanted to speak alone with Li Chang Le's spirit inside the room.

The two of them left without saying goodbye to Bai Lu. However, Ying Ying stopped his footsteps suddenly from hearing Chang Ru's whining to Bai Lu.

"Mother! I have to wear a new hanfu to see Queen Wen tomorrow!"

Although a few days ago, Bai Lu had just bought a lot of new hanfu for Chang Ru, but all of those hanfu were with this kind of cross collar so Chang Ru was unlikely to wear it tomorrow.

"alright. We'll go shopping later" Bai Lu replied.

Bai Lu decided to sell some of his jewelry to buy Chang Ru's new hanfu and also pay the rest of Li Teng's debt.

Ying Ying smiled widely, then walked up to Bai Lu and Chang Ru so the two of them were shocked.

"Why.why do you want what?" asked Chang Ru stammered.

The smile that was still adorning at the corner of Ying Ying's lips made Chang Ru intimidated.

"Bai Lu! Don't forget to keep your promise tonight! Otherwise, there are many things I can say to Queen Wen tomorrow!"

The faces of Bai Lu and Chang Ru turned pale instantly, while Ying Ying hummed cheerfully leaving the vestibule with Tan Xiang.

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AUTHOR: LYTIE