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Chapter 392 - 316, White Jade Leaf_2

Chapter 392: 316, White Jade Leaf_2

She whispered, "Lingyun, remember this scene, and tell yourself never to be like them."

Zhu Lingyun softly replied with an "oh" and sat against the wall next to her, but her eyes couldn’t hide the bright light.

The Daoist Nuns finished tormenting Xuan Su, ignoring her broken right hand, and each one sat beside the shared bed, snarling, "Go, get us some foot-washing water."

Xuan Su’s right hand hung limply. She cried and said, "My right hand is broken, can’t you wait until I get better? When I’m better, I promise to get foot-washing water for you all, I promise to serve you well."

The Daoist Nuns menacingly replied, "No, go now, or you won’t sleep. Stand by the bed and recite the Taoist Scripture until dawn!"

Xuan Su had no choice but to limp towards the side room.

Bai Li wearily closed her eyes, but she didn’t sleep. She needed to guard against Xuan Su’s revenge.

Zhu Lingyun, seeing her tired face, whispered, "Sis, just take a nap. I’ll keep watch. I’ll call you if anything happens."

Bai Li pondered for a moment, finally nodded, and let her eyelids droop in exhaustion.

Uncertain how much time passed, a plump shadow silently approached the shared bed with tongs holding a piece of glowing charcoal, glaring menacingly at Bai Li.

Bai Li was asleep sitting against the wall on the shared bed, Zhu Lingyun’s head resting on Bai Li’s shoulder, drool trickling from her mouth.

Xuan Su held the fire tongs with the red-hot charcoal, about to burn Bai Li’s face.

However, at that moment, a hand smacked the tongs, causing the hot coal to fall with a thud onto the shared bed.

Startled, Xuan Su looked over to see Princess Yongchun with her hair down, giggling foolishly, "Don’t play with fire, Mother said playing with fire will make you wet the bed."

Xuan Su was shocked, "You!"

The commotion from Princess Yongchun alarmed the Daoist Nuns from their sleep, and they slowly got up, watching the red coal scorch the bed black.

One coldly said, "Still dare to retaliate deliberately, hit her!"

Bai Li looked toward Princess Yongchun.

Princess Yongchun then smacked the red coal to the ground, nonchalantly sitting beside her, speaking crazily, "Bodhisattva, sleep now, when you sleep, you can reach another world, see the people you want to see."

Bai Li was silent for a long time, "You’re not going to sleep?"

Princess Yongchun parted a lock of disheveled hair, peering at her through the gap, "I don’t need to, the person I want to see isn’t in my dreams, he’s waiting for me on the other side of Naihe Bridge."

Bai Li suddenly asked, "Are you really crazy or just pretending?"

Princess Yongchun giggled, avoiding the question, "Don’t seek death. You’re different from them. In their dreams, there’s no one left, but in your dream, there is."

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The sound of the bell from the Bell and Drum Tower echoed again from afar.

Bai Li opened her eyes and turned her head, seeing Princess Yongchun still staring, having not slept all night.

Xuan Su knelt by the door, and as the Daoist Nuns passed by her, someone kicked her, "Kneel properly!"

Xuan Su fell to the ground, quickly propping herself back up.

As Bai Li passed by Xuan Su, Xuan Su desperately pleaded, "Commandery Princess, I was forced, slowly becoming like this to follow Xuanzhen’s intentions... Please save me!"

Bai Li casually replied, "Why should I save you?"

Xuan Su urgently said, "You need me, Xuanzhen’s methods are too sinister. Without me, she will have you grave-danced."

Bai Li ignored her, pulling Zhu Lingyun along as they walked out.

Xuan Su hurriedly said, "Commandery Princess, today is the Zhai Jiao ritual, nobody reminded you. Each person must submit a piece of green words to the Inner Court Divine Palace Supervisor today, failure leads to punishment. In this deep palace, there are numerous rules. Newcomers who aren’t submissive can be tortured alive just by these unclear rules. Jiao Tu can’t help you, but I can."

Bai Li halted at the threshold, "I know how to write the green words, but your reminder comes too late now."

The green words are blessings or memorials addressed to the gods in the Zhai Jiao ritual of the Dao Court, written in red ink on green vine paper, hence called "green words."

Xuan Su shuffled forward on her knees, "Although it’s too late for today, you’ll still need me in the future. You haven’t seen the truly diabolical side of the demon yet. Commandery Princess, I’m valuable to you alive, don’t let them kill me!"

Bai Li crossed the threshold, continuing to walk forward, leaving Xuan Su alone kneeling inside the doorway, wailing.

Upon reaching the main hall, she saw an elderly red-robed eunuch standing before the main hall, with Xuanzhen quietly standing next to him.

The red-robed eunuch smiled and said, "The green words submitted last time pleased Your Majesty greatly and he specially ordered me to deliver some snacks prepared by the Imperial Kitchen for you this time. In addition, I’ve brought the items you asked me to buy from outside the palace."

Outside the main hall of Jingyang Palace, two little eunuchs stood, carrying a chest filled with personal clothes, cosmetics, silver mirrors, bronze mirrors and such small items.

Xuanzhen slightly bowed her head, "We are in here cultivating quietly, it’s thoughtful of Your Majesty and Lord Admiral to be concerned."

The red-robed eunuch laughed heartily, "As long as you write the green words well, nothing else matters."

Xuanzhen waved her horsetail whisk, and the Daoist Nuns presented their written green words one by one. The red-robed eunuch received them and flipped through each one, unable to help praising, "Good, good, these are even better than last time!"

After speaking, the eunuch looked up at Bai Li and Zhu Lingyun standing in front of the statue of the Three Pure Ones, "And what about yours?"

Zhu Lingyun hastily explained, "No one told us we had to write green words!"

Xuanzhen smiled slightly, "Didn’t I tell you the day before yesterday, how could you forget?"

The red-robed eunuch’s face slowly turned cold, "Writing green words is a task assigned by Your Majesty. In Jingyang Palace, except for Yongchun, no one else is exempt from writing!"

Zhu Lingyun tried to argue further, but Bai Li quickly pulled her back, bowing to the red-robed eunuch, "Lord Admiral, we accept the punishment, it won’t happen again next time."