Chapter 348: Empress Dowager's Sleeping Palace!

That day, the Golden Emperor almost collapsed.

He was busy building the teleportation array for Xu Que, holding a little expectation, feeling that Xu Que might be able to create a miracle again and help him change the imperial city within two days.

As a result, it was changed, but it was changed in a mess.

The common people in the imperial city were satisfied, but the officials below kept entering the palace to complain, impeaching Xu Que for destroying the city's appearance!

This guy sent people everywhere to hang banners, post slogans, and there were all kinds of strange words, and he didn't forget to add "Zha Tian Bang" at the end, promoting his own gang.

Even worse, those songs he taught the common people in the imperial city also spread widely, from eighty-year-old grandmothers to children who could just walk, all could sing them.

Walking on the street, one could hear people humming "You are the most beautiful cloud in the sky," "You are my little apple," "Big girl grabs a handful of sunflower seeds"!

And some people sang it wrong, and in the end, all kinds of strange lyrics came out.

For example, "You are my little..."

Anyway, the imperial city was happy for the common people, but bitter for the eunuchs!

Thus, on the third day, the Golden Emperor hurriedly sent people out of the palace to summon Xu Que into the palace.

Xu Que was naturally relaxed, and after waking up from the inn, he received the message, put on the King-Forcing suit, topped with the shining "Zha Tian Bang" characters on his chest, put on a pair of sunglasses, and went out.

Along the way, the common people loved him and pursued him.

Xu Que's Acting Cool Points rose again, especially in these two days, he had earned several thousand Acting Cool Points, having already earned back the Acting Cool Points spent redeeming the Iron Man suit, and there was even a surplus.

Now looking at the system's personal interface, the Acting Cool Points were about to break through thirty thousand!

Xu Que was happy all the way, humming a little tune enthusiastically.

Instantly, there were common people responding and singing along.

The scene was very lively, and the common people sang louder and louder.

Thus, Xu Que nodded very satisfied amidst the loud singing, strode forward, and entered the palace!

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Once inside the palace, a eunuch immediately came up to greet him, his attitude very respectful, full of flattery: "Young Hero Xu, the Emperor sent the old slave to pick you up, come, please this way!"

Xu Que nodded and followed.

But soon, he felt something was wrong; this was going deeper and deeper, it didn't seem like a place to set up a teleportation array.

"Eh, isn't this the road to the Empress Dowager's sleeping palace?" Xu Que remembered something and said in surprise.

The eunuch trembled, hurriedly explained: "Young Hero Xu, forgive me, the old slave lied to you just now, actually... actually the Empress Dowager wants to see you!"

"Hiss!"

Xu Que heard this, gasped, and said in shock: "The Empress Dowager wants to see me? Why, although I'm handsome, the Empress Dowager can't be like this, right? It's broad daylight, how embarrassing!"

"Ah?"

The eunuch was stunned, hurriedly smiled and waved his hand, explaining: "Young Hero Xu, don't misunderstand, the Empress Dowager has no other meaning, just wants to invite you over to chat for a few words, it won't take much time."

"Just chat for a few words? Then forget it, tell the Empress Dowager, I'm not making an appointment!" Xu Que said, turning around to leave.

The eunuch was immediately anxious, hurriedly ran up to stop Xu Que, and said bitterly: "Young Hero Xu, don't be anxious, the Empress Dowager said, she knows you are going to the Water Yuan Kingdom, so she has an urgent matter to discuss with you!"

"Related to the Water Yuan Kingdom?" Xu Que paused.

The eunuch nodded: "Yes, and it's related to the Water Yuan Kingdom's imperial mausoleum!"

Xu Que frowned slightly. 【

Xu Que frowned slightly.

Related to the Water Yuan Kingdom's imperial mausoleum? Then he really had to make a trip.

It's just that this Empress Dowager… she probably has some request as well. It seems to be a transaction!

The corners of Xu Que's mouth couldn't help but lift, and he smiled indifferently: "Fine, let's go. To the Empress Dowager's sleeping palace. It just so happens I have a massive secret regarding the Second Prince that I want to tell the Empress Dowager!"

"Alright, Young Hero Xu, please this way!"

Upon hearing that Xu Que agreed to go, the eunuch was full of joy and continued to lead the way.

Soon, the two walked all the way to the inner palace and arrived before the Empress Dowager's sleeping palace.

At this time, the doors to the Empress Dowager's sleeping palace were tightly shut, and no aura of anyone inside could be sensed. Clearly, the Empress Dowager was not here.

Xu Que was immediately unhappy. What the hell, are you standing me up?

The eunuch also realized the Empress Dowager was not there and hurriedly explained: "Young Hero Xu, please wait a moment. The Empress Dowager had this old servant wait for you at the palace gate since early morning. She probably doesn't know you've arrived yet!"

"Then what do I do? I'm in a rush. The plane is about to… pfft, no, the teleportation array is about to open."

"At this time, the Empress Dowager should be chanting scriptures in the Library Pavilion. This old servant will go and report it now. Please bear with it, Young Hero Xu. This old servant will return quickly!" The old eunuch said with a fawning smile.

Since one doesn't hit a smiling face, Xu Que didn't fuss and let the eunuch go to notify the Empress Dowager.

After all, he was also very curious about what that Empress Dowager wanted to say!

But after waiting for a while, seeing that the eunuch hadn't returned, Xu Que simply turned around and began to examine the courtyard of the Empress Dowager's sleeping palace.

Clearly, there was nothing to see in the courtyard.

But the Empress Dowager's boudoir was much more interesting!

After all, even the Second Prince's sleeping palace had a secret chamber hiding so many treasures; the Empress Dowager's sleeping palace must also have good things!

Thinking of this, Xu Que immediately stretched his demonic claws toward the main door of the sleeping palace.

"Creak!"

He gently pushed the door, and before he even walked in, a faint fragrance suddenly rushed to his nose.

"Eh, there's actually a floral scent!"

Xu Que raised an eyebrow, stepped inside, and began to examine everything in the room.

The furnishings in the room were very simple, mostly furniture made of sandalwood, emitting bursts of faint fragrance.

But the floral scent didn't know where it was coming from.

This immediately made Xu Que feel curious.

Could it be that the Empress Dowager still hid a garden secret chamber in the room? Doing indoor planting?

He began to wander around, occasionally moving the surrounding furnishings to see if there were any mechanisms.

But as he walked, Xu Que stopped in front of a neat bed!

Because he discovered that those faint floral scents were coming from this bed!

To be more precise, they were coming from the few colorful pieces of small fabric folded on the bed. This type of fabric had an elegant name, which was—bellyband!

Xu Que was a knowledgeable person, but a bellyband that could emit a floral scent was a bit rare.

"Eh!"

After examining it for a few moments, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise and grabbed those few bellybands.

Sure enough, the material used for these bellybands was a type of silk thread he had never seen before. Besides emitting a faint floral scent, it actually had strands of luster!

And it felt silky to the touch, as if it were nothing, like warm water sliding through his hands.

Wait… why is it warm?

Just changed recently?

Xu Que's eyebrows immediately lifted.

Generally, for fresh things, people have a subconscious action, which is to take a look and take a sniff!

So, after looking, while Xu Que was pondering why the bellyband would be warm, he inadvertently brought the pieces of bellyband to his nose and sniffed them.

That strand of faint floral scent was indeed much richer.

However, just at this moment, a chill suddenly attacked from behind Xu Que.

Following closely, a cold voice also suddenly came from behind him.

"What are you doing?"

"Uh?"

Xu Que was startled and hurriedly turned to look. At the doorway, standing there at some point, was a woman with a voluptuous figure and a light veil covering her face.

On this woman, there was also a faint floral scent, exactly the same as the scent emitted by the bellybands!

And between her brows, there was a kind of mature charm!

Clearly, this should be that legendary Empress Dowager!

But now, she was staring coldly at Xu Que, her gaze falling on the few bellybands in Xu Que's hands, her eyes full of annoyance, shame, and anger.

Xu Que put down the few bellybands in his hands very calmly and said with a straight face: "You might not believe it if I say it, but actually, I just wanted to smell which brand of laundry detergent you use!"

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