Chapter 407
Chapter 407 Blast It To Smithereens
"All manner of troubles lie within the Jade Buddha!" Lin Wanrong looked at the slip of paper, utterly stunned. This sentence that seemed like a verse but not a verse, like a riddle but not a riddle, what did they mean? From the literal meaning, it seemed to refer to the Jade Buddha Temple. He had visited that temple when he first came to the capital, and it was there that he first met Xu Zhiqing. Besides that, he only remembered the temple's broken walls and ruins, and a large reclining Buddha statue. Wasn't the Emperor's note equivalent to saying nothing at all?
Xu Zhiqing watched him in a daze, sneakily glanced at the note in his hand, and after seeing the sentence, slightly started. Recalling how they met, she asked softly, "When you went to the Jade Buddha Temple initially, was it to find Miss Xiao Qingxuan?"
Lin Wanrong gave a helpless smile, shaking the note in his hand, "I am not a devout man or woman; why would I go to worship at a temple? Qingxuan and I agreed to meet at the Jade Buddha Temple in the capital on the seventh day of the seventh month this year, so I hurried to see her. The Emperor's note now is no different from what I already knew."
Miss Xu took the note and looked at it closely, then shook her head, saying, "Don't be disappointed yet. Miss Xiao suddenly appeared today and then suddenly disappeared, as if she has some unspeakable secret. This note seems like a hidden riddle; the Emperor's wisdom is extraordinary. His instructions may not be as simple as you imagine, and there must be a profound meaning in it. Why not go to the Jade Buddha Temple again? Perhaps you will discover something."
Xu Zhiqing's analysis was logical, and Lin Wanrong snorted, saying, "I will definitely go to the Jade Buddha Temple. But His Majesty the Emperor is truly disappointing. I've been working hard to help him think, and he knew Qingxuan's whereabouts but didn't tell me, making me extremely frustrated."
"You want to die?!" Xu Zhiqing hurriedly covered his mouth with the note, looking around to see if anyone was paying attention. Only then did she relax slightly, her eyes filled with anger as she glared at him, "Criticizing the Emperor in the inner palace, don't you want to live?"
‘He's my father-in-law, and I've criticized him more than once or twice,’ Lin Wanrong didn't mind. Seeing Miss Xu's angry yet worried expression, he knew she was concerned about him and felt a touch of emotion. Suddenly he grinned, holding her hand, saying, "Miss Xu, did you stay in the palace specifically to pass messages for me?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xu Zhiqing's face flushed, slightly panicking, she hurriedly took her hand back, scolding, "I have no time to wait for you. I saw that you are talented, and it would be a waste if you couldn't lead the troops against the northern nomads. That's why I wanted to do something for Great Hua. Don't get it wrong."