Becoming the Villainess: I Dominate the Cultivation Realm with My Wok!-Chapter 403
The area around Chen Muxue was bustling, while within the imperial palace, Lin Qingโs side was in chaos. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐ธ๐ซ๐ฎ๐.๐๐๐ถ
"Where is she?! Whereโs Chen, such a big girl?!" Lin Qing was frantic, turning the cold palace upside down with no trace of Chen Muxue.
"How could this be possible? Wasnโt she in pain all over... could she have been abducted by someone?!" The thought made Lin Qing even more anxious.
The woman holding the Fire Foxโs corpse walked beside him with a relaxed pace, figuring that whether they found her or not, rushing wouldnโt necessarily help; sometimes it just makes finding things even more difficult.
"Donโt worry, Chen is a grown woman who can take care of herself. In this palace, aside from those Hidden Guards, you said earlier that things arenโt going well on the emperorโs side and more vigilance is needed. With that in mind, there arenโt many who can take on Chen. Actually, there arenโt many Cultivators either." The woman analyzed with ease.
Lin Qing scoffed: "Being locked in there for so long, what do you know? Whoโs to say they havenโt recruited many experts by now?"
"If they really had recruited many experts, would you still be able to leap around here? Youโve already reached the territory of some nobles in the palace." The woman followed behind Lin Qing, watching him dart out of the cold palace, offering no warning.
For Lin Qing, the immediate priority was finding Chen Muxue; he didnโt care where he was going. After all, he felt no danger, and even if he did, wasnโt his master waiting inside the imperial palace with the Immortal Supervision Bureau? What was there to fear, other than calling for his master loudly enough to be embarrassed?
As they walked, the woman suddenly stopped, looking at an extremely luxurious palace ahead. From the outer wall, it was already demonstrating its endless extravagance, with a thick layer of gold powder on the wall that could blind a passerby.
Yet there was an incongruous vine climbing up one wall of the palace, blooming with multicolored roses. In the near-winter season, for the roses to still bloom with such brilliance must have taken a lot of effort and care.
"I suppose this is the residence of Imperial Concubine Wan," the woman mocked with a hint of disdain in her eyes.
Lin Qing found it hard to believe: "How do you know? The Imperial Concubine Wan is thirty now; you were already imprisoned in the cold palace when she entered the palace, werenโt you?"
"Concubines in the cold palace come and go, and most of them mentioned this Wan Concubine to me. Looking at this opulent palace, the outer wall already gives it away, not to mention..." The womanโs eyes were full of sarcasm, "I once was a thorn in the side of many concubines and lived in this palace, though I donโt know what name it goes by now."
Lin Qing paused: "Yet, Concubine Wanโs daughter has grown up unharmed, still retaining infinite innocence."
Upon hearing this, the woman tightened her fist under layers of worn sleeves not used to hold the Fire Fox, nearly breaking the skin of her palm.
But she quickly relaxed her fist, knowing that bleeding for unrelated matters would be a great loss. Surviving securely till now had much to do with the residual power of Xuan Qiu; this body was a gift from Xuan Qiu, and she wouldnโt spoil it for irrelevant people.
"Impudent! Who dares misbehave before the concubineโs palace?!"
