Let's just drift through life together in this quick transmigration story.

Chapter 422 Norio (15)

A young eunuch in the imperial court shouted at the top of his lungs, "Court adjourned!"

The emperor swaggered away, and the ministers said, "Respectfully seeing off Your Majesty."

Li Tian'ao stood up, without calling Lu Guanqi, and quickly walked out. He needed to go back and see what was going on.

Just as they arrived at the entrance of the main hall, a young eunuch peeked over and said, "Your Highness, the Imperial Concubine requests your presence."

Li Tian'ao recognized the young eunuch as someone from Consort Xu's palace and asked softly, "Did my mother say what it was about?"

"This servant doesn't know either, Your Highness, I'll trouble you to make the trip."

Knowing his mother must have something to discuss with him, Li Tian'ao left without hesitation with the eunuch, knowing he would have to postpone his return.

Lu Guanqi just came out of the main hall. Li Tian'ao gave him a wink and then left.

On the way, Li Tian'ao kept subtly asking the little eunuch what had happened.

The young eunuch simply followed behind Li Tian'ao obediently, flattering him as he said, "Your Highness will know when you arrive; Her Majesty has been thinking of you constantly."

Li Tian'ao suddenly remembered that he hadn't looked for Consort Xu in the two days since he returned.

He knew his mother must miss him, so he quickened his pace.

Consort Xu was sitting in the main hall drinking tea. It was only early summer, but ice had already been placed in the room.

The ice was taken from the river last winter and stored in the ice cellar. Ice can only be taken once a year, so it is extremely precious.

Li Tian'ao: "Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty."

Consort Xu raised her eyes and casually pointed to a spot, "Get up and sit down."

Li Tian'ao stood next to Consort Xu and massaged her shoulders. "Who has upset my mother again? We'll punish them by cutting off their monthly salary."

Consort Xu didn't mince words, "You've angered me, so you should reflect on your actions."

Li Tian'ao: "Mother, I have delivered the message."

"You see, as soon as court was over, your son came straight to find you."

Continuing to argue wouldn't lead to anything, so Consort Xu changed the subject, saying, "What's the deal with that woman in your household? I'll go teach her some manners."

Li Tian'ao's eyelids twitched. "Mother, which woman?"

Consort Xu thought Li Tian'ao wouldn't admit it, so she said directly, "I didn't even know that Xiong Bufan was a guy who liked to keep mistresses in a golden house."

Li Tian'ao was already thinking about going back. He let go of Consort Xu's shoulder and said, "Mother, she is a guard. She saved my life on the way back to the capital."

Consort Xu said innocently, "That's a pity. Go back and give her a proper burial." As she spoke, she frowned slightly; even a beautiful woman's frown makes her beautiful.

Li Tian'ao felt that his house was about to become a battlefield, but he couldn't bring himself to say anything to blame her. He could only obediently bow and say, "Mother, I will take my leave now."

"go Go."

She didn't take Xiong Bufan seriously at all; at most, he was just a woman, and there would be countless others like him even if he died.

A sinister female voice rang out, "I've found the real culprit."

As soon as Consort Xu turned around, she saw a woman hanging upside down from the roof beam and screamed, "How dare you trespass into the Consort's palace!"

Xiong Bufan found it annoying, so he jumped down from the roof beam and knocked her unconscious with a punch.

If this person weren't the mother of the money tree, she wouldn't be alive now; she's covered in black aura and stinks to death.

Xiong Bufan pulled out a piece of cloth and covered his nose, then began to search through Consort Xu's palace.

This place is much richer than the Prince's Mansion, and Xiong Bufan has rediscovered that feeling of wealth he once had.

The only sounds in the vast palace were Xiong Bufan rummaging through chests and cabinets looking for gold and silver jewelry. The other palace maids and eunuchs seemed to be lying on the ground asleep, their fates unknown.

After searching through Consort Xu's gold and silver, Xiong Bufan didn't even spare the palace servants' quarters, determined to find even the smallest piece of meat.

One of the eunuchs returned, but before he could even utter a sound, Xiong Bufan knocked him unconscious.

After Li Tian'ao hurriedly returned, he did not see Xiong Bufan.

Lu Guanqi sat in the courtyard drinking tea, his hands trembling. "He didn't put the tea in his mouth for a long time."

It was terrifying. The yard was full of people hanging from the ceiling. When he came in, they had all bled to death.

Li Tian'ao glanced at the courtyard, then his vision went black. "Someone, remove all these corpses and give them a proper burial." He then sat down on a chair with Lu Guanqi, trembling along with him.

The housekeeper arranged for the body to be removed. He wanted to complain, but he didn't dare, fearing he would be the next one to be hanged.

Li Tian'ao looked at the trembling Lu Guanqi and asked, "Where is Xiong Bufan?"

Lu Guanqi then realized what was happening and looked around. "I don't know, they must have gone out."

"Guanqi, do you think it was the right thing for me to bring her back?" Li Tian'ao was still sighing when he suddenly realized something and said, "No, what if my mother is in danger?" After saying that, he got up and left without hesitation.

Lu Guanqi had no idea what this matter had to do with Consort Xu, so he simply continued drinking his tea.

When Xiong Bufan returns, he can stay here to prevent her from leaving again.

The capital city is the central hub of the nation; nothing can be allowed to happen here.

Not long after Li Tian'ao left, Xiong Bufan strolled back, carrying a pork knuckle in his hand.

Seeing Lu Guanqi sitting there drinking tea, he went over without hesitation and asked, "What are you drinking here? Are you sneaking around eating alone behind my back?"

Lu Guanqi suddenly saw Xiong Bufan, and for some reason, he thought of those people hanging from the trees, and was so frightened that he fell down.

Xiong Bufan sat at the table, made himself another cup of tea, and slowly drank it.

Lu Guanqi struggled on the ground for a long time before finally getting up, slowly sitting down in a chair, and asked, "Did you kill all those people?"

This was clearly a rhetorical question, so Xiong Bufan asked, "What do you think?"

"You must have your own reasons."

Xiong Bufan was satisfied with this answer and explained, "They wanted to kill me, so they went to scout ahead first, to explore the road to the underworld."

"Ah."

Xiong Bufan drank cup after cup of tea. To outsiders, it seemed like she was suppressing her inner turmoil, but in reality, she had just eaten something too salty.

Lu Guanqi: "Brave Warrior Xiong, will you kill me and the Second Prince?"

"Let's see what you do. I'm not a bloodthirsty bear."

"Ok."

Lu Guanqi was now relieved and sat nervously next to Xiong Bufan.

In the distance, the steward was leading people to lower the body down. Lu Guanqi had reason to suspect that Xiong Bufan had hung the body up there to make an example of him and the Second Prince, two innocent people.

It must be admitted that Xiong Bufan's move was successful; now, no one in the prince's residence dares to underestimate him.

As for those in the palace, I don't know.