Transmigrator meets Reincarnator

151-200

The eunuch flushed red in anger. As someone working in Yonghe Hall, even in the palace, not many people dared to offend him, and the only exclusions to that were the servants of the Emperor and Empress Dowager.

His face was a little contorted as he gritted his teeth and said, words dropping from his mouth like stones, "Is Honoured Lady Jinyi sure that she doesn't remember? You should think carefully. It wouldn’t be good if you offended the Imperial Concubine and Princess, right?"

Chu Lian wasn't afraid of him at all. Anyway, she didn't have any reason to enter the palace. Even if Imperial Concubine Wei and Imperial Princess Leyao wanted to take out their anger on her, they had to come out of the palace first!

Chapter 152: Honoured Lady (3)

"Oh my. Perhaps gonggong needs a reminder? I've only met Imperial Princess Leyao once at the Dingyuan Estate. If Imperial Princess Leyao lost something, then it should be in the Dingyuan Estate. Gonggong, this is the Jing'an Estate. When you came in through the entrance, did you not see the signboard above the doors?"

The eunuch was close to bursting due to anger. This was the first time that using the names of Imperial Concubine Wei and Imperial Princess Leyao hadn't worked.

Chu Lian was warning him that Imperial Princess Leyao had lost the golden qilin to her. She had to accept her loss if she was willing to use it as a bet in the first place. If she wanted her treasure back, she had to give up something in exchange.

This eunuch had just tried to falsely charge her with the crime of taking Imperial Princess Leyao's treasure. However, that bet had been carried out under the eyes of everyone at the Dingyuan Estate. If it were to get out that Imperial Princess Leyao had forcibly demanded her wager back, then it would reflect badly on the princess herself.

The eunuch held back his rage and instead, tried a different approach. He humbled himself and took out a plain purse from within his sleeve, holding it up with two hands as he tried to pass it over to Chu Lian. "Honoured Lady, this is a gift that Imperial Concubine Wei entrusted to me, for the sake of exchanging for the princess's golden qilin."

Chu Lian sent a look to Xiyan, who quickly returned to Songtao Court to retrieve the golden qilin.

Chu Lian had a spark of realisation; she didn't really need to be too courteous with this eunuch after all. She took the purse directly and opened it to peek inside before she smiled and said, "Gonggong, rest assured. Although it's something that the princess lost to me, I've kept it in good condition all this time. I'll pass it to you in front of everyone here today, so please look after it properly, gonggong."

Xiyan returned quickly with the qilin. The young eunuch took the brocade box from Xiyan's hands. He then opened it and looked over the contents carefully. After making sure that it was indeed Imperial Princess Leyao's golden qilin, he bowed and said, "This servant has troubled Honoured Lady Jinyi today. This servants hopes Honoured Lady Jinyi hasn't taken offence."

After the people from the palace had departed, Chu Lian was called to Qingxi Hall by Matriarch He.

She only came out of Qingxi Hall about an hour later.

On the way back to Songtao Court, Chu Lian thought about what Matriarch He had said to her as she felt a headache about to come on.

So she still had to enter the palace to give her thanks for the title bestowed upon her...

When she realised that she might even bump into Imperial Princess Leyao and Imperial Concubine Wei while at the palace, Chu Lian fell into a slight depression. Were the heavens against her somehow?!