Alluring His Wife: The Evil King's Fifth Consort

Soon after, "Hua La La La" sounds of rain falling down like beans from the sky. In such a cold weather, when raindrops fell on a person"s face, it was as painful as a knife hitting a person"s face.

"Looks like the king won"t be able to leave today …" When Zhong Lixian heard the sound of thunder and rain outside, the corners of his lips lifted slightly.

The rain could not stop for a while. It was difficult to walk by land, let alone by water. It was extremely dangerous.

Mu Jin turned around to look at Zhong Lixian.

With such a heavy rain, it was easy for a boat to capsize while it was on the river.

Within Weiyang Palace, the sound of thunder could be heard outside as the rain continued to beat against the windows. On the roof, a small palace maid slightly opened the window a crack and a bone-piercing cold wind blew in from the outside.

Wei Yuanwei held onto an umbrella, in his hand was a small bamboo basket, he walked steadily into Weiyang Palace, out of the heavy rain. In a short period of time, her clothes were already soaked through, and his jade fingers that held onto the umbrella were completely red from the cold.

Seeing Wei Yuanwei entering the hall, a small palace maid immediately took the oil umbrella from him.

Wei Yuanwei lowered her head, waved her hand, and then walked into the hall.

The stove in the hall was burning brightly, as warm as spring. The difference between it and the freezing weather outside was like the sky and the earth.

"Esteemed empress, this commoner has found the ingredients for the ironwood pill!" Wei Yuanwei directly walked to the side of the empress, who was sleeping soundly, and said with a soft voice, her expression neither servile nor overbearing.

Empress who was dozing on the soft couch opened her eyes and looked at Wei Yuanwei: "Is the rain getting heavier outside?"

"Yes sir!" Wei Yuanwei replied.

Eunuch Li beside the empress then walked over to help the empress up. "Go and change into a set of clean clothes first!"

Wei Yuanwei lowered her eyes. "Yes …"

Eunuch Li looked at Wei Yuanwei"s elegant back and sighed inwardly at Wei Yuanwei"s good methods. However, in just a short day, she was actually able to understand the empress"s liking, and even coaxed his to be merciful towards him.

If any other girl came to Weiyang Palace to train, she would be in great pain. However, once this girl arrived in Weiyang Palace, not to mention her physical pain, even if she were to offend the empress, she would be able to quickly become a popular person in front of the empress due to her delicate hands.

"Empress, this Miss Wei"s culinary skills are quite good. If I were to stay in Weiyang Palace from now on, I"m sure that the Heavenly Dan in the empress"s hands would be able to create new tricks every day. In the entire harem, the Heavenly Ju Dan in the concubine"s hands is not as beautiful as you!" Eunuch Li flattered in front of the empress at the right time.

The empress"s expression was still indifferent, but her narrow almond-shaped eyes suddenly flashed with killing intent. "Let Su Yin and Yin Su follow behind me and study hard, she … "I can"t let him stay here any longer!"

Although the words were spoken softly, Eunuch Li felt a chill down her spine. The empress"s intention was to kill Wei Yuanwei.

Eunuch Li smiled as politely as before: "This servant obeys!"

The empress"s requirement was rather harsh, to the point that it reached the point where one couldn"t ask for a phoenix feather properly. Therefore, every time Wei Yuanwei gave the empress a piece of armor, he would test it on ten of the palace maids" fingernails, only allowing Wei Yuanwei to give the empress a piece of armor until the empress saw a satisfactory design.

Wei Yuanwei"s face for a few hours, was so tired that her hands were sore, but in the end, the empress only chose one she liked, which meant that in the past few hours, Wei Yuanwei had only given the empress a finger worth of armor.

If it was not for the Queen"s time to chant Buddhist mantras, Wei Yuanwei would have needed to wear the empress"s armor even if the empress had gone to sleep.

At this time, Wei Yuanwei was already so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back, and the palace maids were supposed to take turns, so even the last cla.s.s of palace maids had already eaten.

originally wanted to stop being hungry after falling asleep, but she was so hungry that she simply could not fall asleep. Honestly speaking, ever since she came to Weiyang Palace, she did not eat much food, and this queen was truly not an ordinary person who was easy to deal with. She was like a corpse that could breathe, cold to the point of being picky about everything.

Fortunately, the empress had a soft spot for him, so he was able to live a peaceful life in Weiyang Palace.

The rain outside had stopped. The freezing weather had already frostbitten a thin layer of ice off the water.

Wei Yuanwei held onto a lantern, and quietly walked out of the house, avoiding the eunuchs and guards on duty, she put on a cotton-padded jacket and rushed straight to the royal kitchen to look for food.

Because it had just rained, Wei Yuanwei"s embroidered shoes made crisp "pa pa" sounds when stepping on the water.

"Smells good?" Wei Yuanwei suddenly stopped in her tracks and sniffed around, as if someone was barbecuing something. It must be some palace eunuch or palace maid who was secretly barbecuing something.

Wei Yuanwei followed the smell and walked over, pa.s.sing a large tree, he saw a thick layer of ice on the lake, and under the reflection of the moonlight, it looked like a sheet of white frost.

Wei Yuanwei saw a small ball of flame at the side of the lake. Upon walking in, she saw that there were a few fishes that were roasted, probably just caught from the lake, half-cooked.

Wei Yuanwei looked left and right, seeing that the surroundings were quiet, and there were no signs of people around, Wei Yuanwei felt at ease and boldly picked up some dried wood, cooking it big, then waiting for the fish to roast.

In a place where the moonlight was dim, two tall and slender figures were quietly fishing by the lake. Each of them was holding a fishing rod, and the moonlight pulled the two figures to the side.

Xuan Li"s hand that was holding onto the fishing rod trembled, the fish that was about to take the bait, immediately swam away.

Mu Jin looked towards Xuan Li, her hand that was holding onto the bamboo fishing rod turning white from the cold, and said indifferently: "The fish should be cooked, let"s go eat it!"

Mu Jin only needed to think about Wei Yuanwei when she was sleeping in the palace. She didn"t think much about it in the first place, but when it was night time, longing surged like floodwaters, causing him to not be able to sleep at all. Seeing a lake outside the palace, he followed Xuan Li and smashed ice cubes to find a fishing rod to fish in.

He remembered that in the bamboo forest at the Prime Minister"s Residence, Xuan Li had caught four rich fish and grilled them for a girl to eat. That girl ate extremely joyfully and vigorously, as if she could vent the anger in her heart with each bite.

But now, that woman had left him and would probably never see him again.

Thinking of this, Mu Jin felt a dull pain in her chest.

The two put away their fishing rods and wrapped their cloaks tightly around themselves. Then, they walked towards the place where the fish were being roasted.

He had not taken two steps when he saw a small, round figure wrapped in a bundle. It was squatting beside the bonfire. It was extremely busy.

Just as Xuan Li was about to speak, she was stopped by Mu Jin.