Chapter 2953

As long as it is hung by the water, this ancient mirror not only breaks all kinds of illusions, but can also check whether the person before it is under divine control or parasitized.

For the past few hundred years, this mirror has blocked who knows how many evil things.

Everyone who enters the Vaulted Palace must undergo its irradiation; once an abnormality is detected, the mirror will also sound an alarm.

Tonight, forty-three palace servants entered the Vaulted Palace, none of them new faces.

Lady Xiao, as usual, gathered them together and gave a stern lecture: "His Majesty will worship the Dragon God tonight; you all must not be lazy, but still clean properly. At the chen hour tomorrow, come to me to receive the supplementary reward for the ceremony."

Lingxu City is holding the Dragon God ceremony, so the palace must allocate many people to go to Ascending Dragon Mountain to repair the palace, prune trees, clean the gardens, set up the altar, prepare fruits and vegetables, guide the subjects, and so on.

With fewer people left in the palace but the workload unchanged, it amounts to each servant's workload increasing. Therefore, after the Dragon God sacrifice, the palace will issue subsidies to reward everyone's hard work.

The palace servants heard this and were overjoyed.

Thus, Lady Xiao and Xue Nao joined hands to open the formation and let the servants enter the Vaulted Palace.

In the next hour or so, they will clean the entire hall inside and out until it is spotless.

Lady Xiao will supervise each person's work on site, ensuring they complete it with quality and quantity. She excels at this; for decades, she has hardly ever made a mistake.

On the way to the Vaulted Palace, Xue Nao also whispered to her: "Recently, major events have been occurring both domestically and abroad; Lady Xiao, have you heard anything?"

Lady Xiao shook her head: "It has nothing to do with us."

"But it is related to the Heavenly Palace." Xue Nao said, "I heard that the fall of the Celestial Venerable Jia Lou has been confirmed, officials in Wang Ting have children in the Imperial Academy who were arrested and even injured, so the court is in an uproar, with several pairs already having brought the matter before the Emperor."

Lady Xiao smiled: "Commander Xue, do you also have relatives or friends in the Imperial Academy?"

Xue Nao shook his head: "No, that's not the case. The boys in my clan are all useless; they can't get into the Imperial Academy."

Lady Xiao then said: "Really? I thought Commander Xue was also involved, otherwise why would you be so concerned?"

"No, no." Xue Nao hastily waved his hands, "I really don't."

He also understood Lady Xiao's meaning. Since we are deep in the inner palace, the outside world's turmoil has nothing to do with us; we only need to focus on serving the emperor.

For over sixty years, Lady Xiao has passed her time in this undistracted manner; how much could things change in the future?

After bumping into a soft nail, Xue Nao said nothing more. The servants entered the Vaulted Palace and scattered, each busy with their own tasks.

Lady Xiao, as usual, first went to inspect the various formations, then refilled the mystic crystals, and finally wiped the Coiled Dragon Pillars.

The Coiled Dragon Pillar in the center of the Vaulted Palace is where the Demon Emperor practices daily cultivation. Lady Xiao never lets others handle it; she will personally wipe it clean and polish the scratches on the pillar.

She had just wiped the pillar halfway when she suddenly heard a crisp clang not far away, as if something had broken.

Then came the servants' exclamations.

Lady Xiao hurried over to see; it turned out a servant had accidentally shattered a pearl lamp.

The entire Vaulted Palace has one hundred and eight pearl lamps, each slightly larger than a fist, absorbing solar essence by day and glowing luxuriantly at night.

These one hundred and eight lamps happen to form a formation that aids the Demon Emperor's cultivation.

The servant who broke the lamp trembled all over with fear, knelt before Lady Xiao begging for mercy: "Lady Xiao, I didn't even touch it; it, it shattered on its own! It wasn't me———"

Pearl lamps are imperial court property, expensive; even a hundred or so he could not afford to compensate!

The young palace maid beside her, seeing Lady Xiao's unpleasant expression, knowing she hates subordinates making excuses to shift blame, hurriedly gave the servant a light kick, cutting off his words: "Lady Xiao, there are new pearl lamps in the garden storehouse here; I saw them yesterday!"

Lady Xiao glared fiercely at the servant, then said to the young maid: "Xiao Yu, go to the storehouse and fetch a new lamp to replace it."

"Yes."

The young maid ran off quickly. The garden storehouse is within the palace complex, no need to enter or exit the barrier, saving much trouble.

Most items in the Vaulted Palace have spares, kept in the storehouse to replace wear and tear.

Not long after, the young maid returned carrying a pearl lamp.

Seeing this lamp, Lady Xiao was somewhat dissatisfied: "What color is this? You took the wrong one! Ah, the style doesn't even match."

The young maid hurriedly said: "The storehouse manager Wang specially said, please take it in your hand to look; as long as it's installed, it will be completely the same."

"Nonsense." Lady Xiao took the pearl lamp from his hand, "Let me see."

The young maid, hurryingly, pushed the pearl lamp forward. The motion was a bit larger, and Lady Xiao's hand touched the lamp shade.

This lamp only looks bright, has no heat itself, and does not burn. Lady Xiao touched it, but then jerked her hand back, as if stung by a bee.

Lady Xiao? The several servants beside her saw her standing motionless, not moving for several breaths, and hurriedly asked.

At the moment she touched the lamp shade, Lady Xiao's eyes went straight, then became bewildered.

However, being shouted at by everyone, she quickly came to her senses, took the lamp and checked it back and forth, then handed it to the palace maid Xiao Yu: "It's not impossible; go replace it."

All the servants breathed a sigh of relief; Xiao Yu hurriedly carried it to the Vaulted Palace to replace the shattered pearl lamp.

In appearance, the new pearl lamp differs from the old version even slightly, and the Emperor would not care; once set into the pearl stand, no one would glance at it a second time.

Only Lady Xiao is strict about every detail, no matter how small. Passing her scrutiny means passing all troubles.

Aside from this small incident, the subsequent cleaning proceeded very smoothly, still finishing in about an hour. According to procedure, Lady Xiao and Xue Nao still led the team out.

However, as they passed the palace gate's imperial garden, Lady Xiao said to Xue Nao: "Commander Xue, please wait a moment; I need to change clothes."

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Xue Nao immediately stopped: "Please go ahead."

"I'm old, my body is no longer useful." Lady Xiao casually summoned the palace maid Xiao Yu, asking her to support her to the changing area behind the imperial garden.

This imperial garden also has a place for the Five Grains Reincarnation.

At midnight, with no one around nearby, Lady Xiao extended her hand to Xiao Yu and said: "What is the latest order?"

Her tone suddenly became low.

The young maid looked left and right, again confirming no one was nearby, then took out a slip of paper and a small jade bottle from her bosom.

Lady Xiao took the slip, read it in a glance, her pupils contracted, and her tone shocked: "They actually want to do such a big thing."

"This matter must succeed, failure is not allowed!" Xiao Yu whispered, "The Holy Venerable said, only you can go there."

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