Chapter 1381

Looking quite beautiful.

She called out from afar:

"Little Guizi."

Wei Xiaobao's face fell.

He responded loudly:

"Sister Ruichu, wait for me a moment."

He whispered to Hai Dafu:

"The Empress Dowager wants me over again."

Hai Dafu pondered:

"Then you should go. Tell me about it after you return."

Wei Xiaobao had no choice but to agree and follow Ruichu away.

Hai Dafu's expression shifted slightly, and he followed quietly.

Although he was blind, his ability to distinguish position by sound was not weak.

He followed Wei Xiaobao and Ruichu to the Cining Palace.

Gu Hanyuan was slightly surprised upon seeing this.

Better to arrive early than to arrive coincidentally.

Originally, he was just going to see what Wei Xiaobao was made of.

He did not expect to have an unexpected harvest.

Judging by Hai Dafu's stance, it seemed he intended to have a showdown with the fake Empress Dowager.

However, with Gu Hanyuan's discernment, he could also see that Hai Dafu was indeed terminally ill and his days were numbered.

If he didn't act now, there would be no more opportunity.

Gu Hanyuan also followed the three of them quietly.

Hai Dafu hid outside the hall, eavesdropping on the conversation inside.

Gu Hanyuan, relying on his superior lightness skill, snuck inside.

At this moment, the Ruichu who led the way had already left.

Inside the hall, a beautiful woman who looked under forty years of age, graceful and luxurious, was sitting and talking with Wei Xiaobao.

Gu Hanyuan's eyes flickered slightly.

The fake Empress Dowager Mao Dongzhu's disguise technique was very exquisite.

But upon careful observation, one could still find that the expressions on her face sometimes appeared somewhat unnatural.

Therefore, the vast majority of the time, she wore a serious expression.

If there were no surprises, the real Empress Dowager was the appearance Mao Dongzhu was disguised as.

The smile on Gu Hanyuan's lips gradually became playful.

Judging by Jianning's appearance, Mao Dongzhu would not be bad at all.

And perhaps there might be unexpected harvests.

He had already sensed the real Empress Dowager hidden by Mao Dongzhu.

After the Empress Dowager and Wei Xiaobao talked about some nonsense without much substance.

The Empress Dowager praised:

"Little Guizi, you helped me retrieve the 'Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters,' and I didn't have time to reward you properly before. Now I will make it up to you. Open the box on the table."

Wei Xiaobao's face showed joy.

"It is only right for a servant to do things for the Empress Dowager; how would I dare to ask for any reward."

While he was humble in speech, his actions did not stop for a moment.

He reached out and opened the box.

However, to his disappointment.

Inside the box were not banknotes or gold and silver jewelry.

But a bowl of soup that was still steaming.

The fake Empress Dowager's eyes flickered as she said:

"Little Guizi, this is a nourishing soup stewed with Tianshan snow lotus, which has the effect of strengthening the body. I see that you are thin and weak, so you should be properly nourished."

Wei Xiaobao was unwilling in his heart.

But on the surface, he could only respectfully thank her.

He picked up the soup bowl and was about to drink it.

A violent coughing sound suddenly erupted outside the door.

It was Hai Dafu, who was terminally ill and unable to suppress his coughing.

Gu Hanyuan saw at a glance that poison had been put in the soup.

Clearly, the fake Empress Dowager intended to kill him to silence him.

After all, this copy of the "Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters" was stolen from the Imperial Study.

In case it were discovered one day.

If investigated seriously, Wei Xiaobao would eventually be exposed.

Hai Dafu had unexpectedly saved Wei Xiaobao's life.

If this were without the influence of protagonist luck.

Gu Hanyuan would absolutely not believe it.

Hai Dafu, seeing that he was exposed, no longer hid his tracks.

He said in a deep voice:

"Servant Hai Dafu has a confidential matter to report to the Empress Dowager; please have the Empress Dowager come out to meet me."

The fake Empress Dowager scolded him a few times upon hearing this.

Not knowing what she was thinking, she eventually came out to meet him as requested.

Wei Xiaobao cleverly hid himself and observed secretly.

Hai Dafu first used the matter of the Shunzhi Emperor as bait.

Luring the fake Empress Dowager to speak of the deaths of the Empress Duanjing and Consort Zhen of the Shunzhi Emperor back then.

Both were killed by the "Bone-Melting Cotton Palm."

And the "Bone-Melting Cotton Palm" was precisely the martial art of the Shenlong Island.