[1] The Rebirth of The Malicious Empress of Military Lineage

Chapter 127: Meeting With An Old Acquaintance

She glanced at the chess game on the table, and stood up before heading over to the windows and pushing them open. The autumn wind from outside blew in and brought in some coolness. There was some tree shadows swaying, and she looked at them for a while before turning around. But the oil lamp in the room burned out and the flame was extinguished.

As the light went out, the moonlight was like a river of water flowing into the room, lighting the room up with snow-like light. It was much more refreshing than the lamp.

A 'da' noise sounded from the table. One did not know from when onwards there was a person sitting in front of the chess board. His hand was holding the black pieces, and he placed the pieces down casually on the board before looking towards Shen Miao.

The purple and gold long robes were very gorgeous under the moonlight, and there was some familiarity to those lines. This was clearly an arrogant gesture but it was blocked by the half mask, which made it somewhat reserved.

Shen Miao did not feel surprised at the person who turned up uninvited. She closed the window without a change of expression, and suddenly the room became dark. Shen Miao walked to the front of the table and relighted the lamp after fumbling a wick out.

Under the warm yellow glow, the person with perfumed clothes and gorgeous hair looked extremely ambiguously. Shen Miao held the lamp and walked over and sat down across the person.

"You were waiting for me?" The purple clad youth's voice was low and it was exceptionally good to hear in the night, as the deliberate suppressed voice was somewhat raspy, as it if was spoken to a lover's ear. His voice also had a trace of a smile, which was very pleasant.

Shen Miao stared at the mask on his face. Even the mask could not hide his good appearance. A beautiful chin and red lines, that become more mysterious and breath-taking because of the cover-up. From the rumours, everyone in the Great Liang Imperial family was beautiful, and even though she had not seen the true appearance of Prince Rui, she knew that just based on elegance, this person was already extraordinary.

"Your Highness striked the pillar three times, was it not reminding this official's daughter to meet up before the third of the five night watch period (modern timing: 11pm – 1am). This official's daughter dare not disobey orders."

When the words were out, Shen Miao could clearly see that the person opposite hooked his lips up, "So smart."

His attitude was obviously frivolous and even somewhat romantic, but one did not know why it made others feel some distance. As if one was aware that this person was cold and cruel to the bones. Shen Miao quietly looked at him, "What does Your Highness would like to say to this official's daughter?"

The purple clad youth casually picked up a black chess piece from the basket to play. That lanky fair hand that held the black piece showed a different type of delicate beauty. He glanced at the chess game and said, "This game is interesting. Little Girl, the unstable situations of the world are all in your chess game, one do not know where would the Great Liang be? And which piece would this Prince be?"

He actually took a glance and was able to immediately break the map, and see that this was the chess game of the Ming Qi.

Shen Miao was silent.

His voice was lazy with a touch of casualness, "This Prince saw you in today's tribute banquet, and it seemed that you are acquainted with Princess Ming An. You had seen Princess Ming An before?"

Shen Miao's heart tightened. She was naturally aware of Princess Ming An and other than HuangFu Hao, with her today's performance, other would not have any suspicion at all. One was a Princess of the Qin country, and the other was the daughter of a Ming Qi's official and moreover, the Qin country was thousands of miles apart from the Ming Qi, and it was Princess Ming An's first trip to the Ming Qi, so no one would link Princess Ming An with her. But from the words of the person in front, he merciless ripped the surface apart and exposed the truth.