Chapter 1921: Chapter 1859: Kirin Guard’s Protection

The Central Palace Empress was placed under house arrest, and the news spread in all directions, naturally reaching the ears of Ah Jiu and his group.

"This is too sudden." Wufu was also somewhat astonished and said, "Even if he’s tempting Commander Zhao, it’s unlikely he’d act this quickly without verifying first, right?"

"I suspect mother made a move." Ah Jiu broke off a branch of wintersweet and handed it to her, expressing his view, "Since mother drove us out of the imperial city, I don’t think she would sit idly by."

Wufu took it and sniffed at the tip of her nose, the cold fragrance of the plum infiltrating her senses, invigorating her, and she couldn’t help but take two more sniffs; it was truly pleasant.

Just as she was about to speak, her eyes suddenly turned sharp, and she barked, "Who’s there!" as the branch in her hand shot to the right.

Before Wufu’s words fell, Ah Jiu had already jumped over.

A man in a grey robe with a pale face had taken hold of a plum branch, precisely the one Wufu had shot over.

"Who are you?" Ah Jiu saw he harbored no malice, and placed his hand at his waist where his Soft Sword curled as a belt.

Wufu also stood with Ah Jiu, glaring defensively at the grey-clad man, dressed so suspiciously, surely not a good person.

The grey-clad man looked at Wufu, a flicker of something strange passed in his eyes, but he quickly restored a cold expression and knelt towards Ah Jiu, "Grey Shadow greets the Prince."

Ah Jiu and Wufu exchanged glances.

Grey Shadow raised his head, "The Empress Dowager sent us to protect the Prince in secret."

He pursed his lips and let out a sharp whistle, before long at two spots appeared two other men similarly dressed in grey robes. Wufu moved closer to Ah Jiu; who knew whether they were friend or foe.

Ah Jiu squeezed her hand and asked Grey Shadow, "Are you one of mother’s people?" How did he not know?

"Subordinate is from the Kirin Guard."

Ah Jiu’s pupils shook, "You were father’s Kirin Guard?"

Grey Shadow nodded.

Ah Jiu steadied his mind and said, "Stand up and speak."

Grey Shadow stood up.

"What is happening in the palace, why did mother send you here?" Ah Jiu asked.

"The Empress has exposed Empress Song’s conspiratorial intentions to the Emperor, but their words didn’t quite align, so as a precaution, she sent us." Grey Shadow said, "The Empress Dowager means for the Prince and Princess Consort to stay away from palace grievances until the Winter Solstice and not interfere."

Ah Jiu frowned slightly, his expression somewhat cold, and looked at him, "Is mother okay?"

"Rest assured, Prince." Grey Shadow said, "On the former emperor’s orders, the Kirin Guard has become the Empress Dowager’s Shadow Guard, sworn to defend her to the death."

Ah Jiu was silent for a moment and said, "I understand, you may leave now!"

Grey Shadow cupped his hand and turned to leave, suddenly remembering something, he returned the plum branch to Wufu, saying as he looked at her, "The Princess Consort has quite the skill!"

So quickly realizing his presence, even using a plum branch as an arrow, it’s indeed a skill.

Wufu accepted the plum branch, and seeing it was once clustered with flowers but now almost bare, not even a leaf, just a naked stick.

Grey Shadow had already disappeared, she sensed carefully but couldn’t discern where he hid, and raised the plum branch to Ah Jiu saying, "What does he mean by this? Returning me a bare stick, is he purposely chilling me? His failure to hide is no fault of mine?"

As her words fell, suddenly a gust of wind blew, and plum petals fell around them.

A shower of flowers.

Wufu looked up and snorted, grumbling, "Show-off!"

Ah Jiu smirked lightly and took her hand, breaking a few more wintersweet branches and stuffing them into her hand, "Let’s go, back to put them in a vase!"

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