Chapter 181 - 65: Kidnapping (Part 1)
Shortly after Yue Jinghua entered the alchemy room, the palace maid looked back several times as she left Lie Family Mansion, a hint of scheming crossing her eyes.
She gathered her energy, and it was as if she tread on clouds beneath her feet, quickly dashing into the alley and began to run at full speed.
The house guards from Lie Family Mansion who followed her were taken aback. They lost sight of her after not too long.
The palace maid continued to sprint forward until she eventually stopped at the residence of Sha Fei in the Little Shang Palace.
The palace wall was about thirty meters high, but the palace maid entered as if it was a place without people, quickly disappearing amongst the towers and pavilions of the Little Shang Palace.
By the lake near Liu Palace, Princess Xiu Rong was playing with a vine ball with a palace maid.
Sha Fei, who was more than six months pregnant, sat by the artificial mountain next to the lake, her face full of serene smiles.
The palace maid recounted to Sha Fei Yue Jinghua’s response and her reaction after receiving the gourd, after which Sha Fei pondered for a moment.
"Miss, I do not understand why you would give such a precious gourd to someone you’ve only met once," the palace maid did not refer to Sha Fei as Princess.
"That gourd, though precious, can only be used by the descendants of the Feng Family. It’s still too early to say whether Yue Jinghua can truly discover the mysteries within the gourd. Moreover, that person entrusted me to take good care of Yue Jinghua, so I am just returning a favor. He now owes us a huge favor; if Danlu and Divine Court have conflicts in the future, I will have an extra chip in my hand," Sha Fei said with a hint of shrewdness in her seemingly gentle eyes, and the warmth she had shown earlier vanished.
The palace maid paused briefly, still unable to hold back her curiosity, "But Miss, I don’t understand why he would repeatedly help a notorious failure. Could there be more to this matter?"
"The intentions of a Divine Pet’s owner are not something you can fathom. You have seen Yue Jinghua; do you also think she is a true failure?" Sha Fei brushed away a willow branch that was teasing her ear.