Empress Dowager did not find Xiao Li, and found it strange.
"I deserve death, when I had just brought Xiao Li into the palace, I happened to have an urgent need, and when I came back, Xiao Li had disappeared."
Princess Consort Shun’s face turned red.
In fact, she had taken Dongfang Chun and Feng Xiaoli halfway when Dongfang Chun and Xiao Li started arguing, and Feng Xiaoli, in anger, ran away where no one could see her.
The Imperial Palace is so vast, where that girl hid herself is unknowable.
Empress Dowager’s face immediately darkened.
"Princess Consort, how could you be so careless. I will send someone to look for her immediately."
Upon hearing this, Empress promptly got up to find people.
In the Imperial Palace, surrounded by buildings, Feng Xiaoli pouted her lips, having passed several palace walls, she was lost.
Blinking her big eyes, looking left and right, she was lost.
"Not a person in sight?"
Xiao Li was so dizzy from wandering.
Unknowingly, she arrived in front of a secluded large house.
Wild grass grew abundantly next to the palace, and the paint-peeling palace doors were ajar, through the cracks, one could faintly see the dilapidated houses inside.
Xiao Li, curious, pushed the door open and walked in.
The courtyard was large but looked very dilapidated.
Xiao Li had attended some classes at the Imperial Academy and could recognize many characters now.
Two characters hung in front of the palace gate: "Cold Palace."
As soon as she entered the Cold Palace, the air became chillingly cold.
Xiao Li felt goosebumps all over her body.
Subconsciously, she felt something was wrong with this place.
Just as she was parting tall wild grasses, taller than herself, preparing to turn back, she saw someone approaching.
Frightened, she hastily crouched down, the wild grass concealing her small figure.
"Are you crazy, coming to see me at this time?"
A woman’s voice, lowered.
Xiao Li blinked but did not speak, peering through the grass, she saw two people.
A woman dressed luxuriously, and a man dressed equally luxuriously.
Both were standing with their backs to Xiao Li.
The man couldn’t help himself, he hugged the woman.
"Let go, if we are seen, both you and I will die."
The woman said sternly.
"I miss you, I made a mistake. Won’t you forgive me? I don’t actually like her, my heart has always belonged only to you."
The man was hugging the woman, kissing her cheeks and neck.
A slap landed on the man’s face.
The man’s face was turned to one side.
His cheek now bore five finger marks.
Xiao Li had seen this man before.
She remembered seeing him in the palace.
"Next time, if you can’t control your lower half, I’ll chop it off and feed it to the dogs. Don’t forget, I can elevate you to your current position, and I can also destroy you. Without me, you are nothing."
The woman’s voice carried a sinister tone.
The man did not respond, that day he was also befuddled, not knowing how his brain became dominated by lust.
"As for the military provisions, handle it swiftly, the Wooden Holy Seal is entrusted to you first. Remember, it must not be misused; it requires a lot of energy to function."
The woman extended her hand, a hand pale and delicate, clearly pampered, and on her hand appeared a Jade Box.
Just as the woman was handing over the Jade Box to the man, Feng Xiaoli heard a noise at her feet.
Looking down, she saw a small snake flicking its tongue, lying there.
She stepped back in fright.
The man turned around and saw a little girl crouched in the wild grass.
His cold gaze fell upon her.
The man startled, Feng Xiaoli jumped up in fright, with only one thought in her mind: run!