On the third day, Eunuch Qin came early in the morning and said that there would be a ritual performed in the temple in the evening, saying that there was an evildoer in the palace.
His arrival was not as simple as informing me of the practice, but asking me to go to the temple and kneel for two hours starting in the morning and two hours in the afternoon until the practice began.
I sneered, thinking that this was Ouyang Shaoqing's deliberate torture of me.
How could he be so kind and leave me in the palace with food and shelter, living like a bug?
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Under Midori Sakura's service, I changed my clothes and ate some simple breakfast, then I went to the temple to kneel down and didn't come back to rest until noon.
Kneeling in the temple, I could faintly smell the scent of sandalwood. Although it was masked by the strong aroma of incense, I could still smell it vaguely.
I didn't notice it two days ago because I was allergic to fragrance, but now I can feel the familiar scent so clearly, as if the person I miss is right next to me.
"Fang——Luo——"
I called softly, with a sound like a mosquito buzzing by.
Close your eyes deeply and let the longing in your eyes be hidden in your heart.
I wasn't quite sure whether the source of the fragrance was Dongfang Luo, so I didn't dare to call him blindly for fear of causing unnecessary trouble.
All things are yet to be confirmed, even though I had already suspected them.
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In the evening, the practice was about to begin, and my kneeling ended.
Green Cherry helped me, and I stood aside, looking at the altar filled with tributes for a split second.
Ouyang Shaoqing's teasing gaze sometimes lingered on me, as if he was joking about something, which made me frown.
Ouyang Shaorong's eyes also appear on me from time to time. They are so gentle and doting, and they lack the ruffian look they had when we first met him in the Beiming Kingdom Palace.
On the contrary, his dissoluteness at that time seemed to have been transferred to Ouyang Shaoqing.
Such a dangerous man, a man with the power of life and death, I should have stayed far away, but I had to get closer.
In front of the temple, there were all people, including Ouyang Shaoqing's concubines and relatives, as well as the eunuchs and maids waiting on the side. I was the only outsider.
The so-called high priest also appeared surrounded by several people dressed in strange services.
"See the Emperor——"
The high priest did not kneel down, but only bowed to Ouyang Shaoqing. Ouyang Shaoqing was not angry, and there was no trace of curvature on his cold and handsome face.
"Um."
The rich voice responded lightly without saying anything. The high priest had already begun preparations.
Just when I thought everything was about to begin, Ouyang Shaoqing gave me a joking look, and then Eunuch Qin came to my side.
I was confused and puzzled, so Eunuch Qin said: "Girl, go and kneel on that futon!"
I suddenly understood that the so-called monster is me? Are you going to do something wrong with me?
Also, on the day I stayed in the palace, Ouyang Shaoqing told me that he wanted me to wash away the so-called filth on my body in the temple, and I also doubted that he would never let me go so easily.
Now, is this his next step in persecuting me, using his authority as emperor?
I walked towards the altar obediently and wanted to kneel on the futon, but when I passed by Ouyang Shaoqing, I was pulled into his arms forcefully.