The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 2161: A Creepy Feeling

Chapter 2161: Chapter 2161: A Creepy Feeling

"Eighth Brother, Father Emperor has commanded you to inspect the situation in the mountains. Hurry along now; don’t dawdle so that when Father Emperor emerges from the Eastern Underground Palace, you have yet to return. Otherwise, there will be no pleasant consequences."

He addressed him with utmost seriousness.

"Uh."

Yin Lvqing was caught off guard and found himself at a loss for words.

In reality, if he couldn’t accompany Prince Niu, couldn’t he just swap assignments with his Fifth Brother?

He would go to the Western Underground Palace, while Fifth Brother would inspect the nearby mountains.

However, the plan that seemed so well thought out in his mind suddenly became impossible to express upon hearing the man’s words in front of him.

"So..."

"Go quickly."

Prince Niu didn’t give him another chance to speak and turned to leave.

"I also need to hurry. Who knows to what extent the Western Underground Palace has been destroyed? If the damage is severe, I’ll likely endure a fair amount of scolding from Father Emperor, alas."

He muttered to himself as he spoke, then walked away with his guards.

Yin Lvqing: "..."

His foolish Fifth Brother, when had he become like this?

Previously, he was quite cunning, agreeing to everything with just a few words.

But now... he couldn’t even get a word in edgewise in front of Fifth Brother!

Indeed, Prince Niu never gave him the chance to speak, cutting him off repeatedly and then leaving on his own accord, not caring in the slightest that he was watching intently behind him.

"My lord, shall we head down to the Western Underground Palace?"

The guard beside him paused for quite a while as he watched Prince Niu walk away, then, snapping back to reality, he asked his lord.

Before coming, the prince had planned to visit the Western Underground Palace. After all, there was something there he wished to obtain!

Unexpectedly, the Emperor had assigned such an important task of inspecting the Western Underground Palace to the simpleton Prince Niu, instead of to their prince!

"Head to the nearby mountains."

Yin Lvqing’s eyes reddened as he gave his guard a fierce glare.

Could he go now?

If Father Emperor found out, just as his idiotic Fifth Brother had said, would there be any good outcome for him?

That matter would just have to wait for another time; there would always be a chance.

"Yes, my lord."

The guard was intimidated by his glare, his scalp tingling, and could only comply.

He muttered to himself that he really should not have asked his prince such a foolish question.

It was like poking right at the prince’s sore spot.

...

Off to the side, Lin Caisang did not concern herself with the other two men, instead, she kept her focus squarely on the Emperor.

She wondered, by sending his two sons away, surely the Emperor’s intention wasn’t solely to inspect the thoroughly destroyed relics in the Eastern Underground Palace?

He had set up those mechanisms himself; he should be even more aware that once all triggered, what the outcome would be. There was no need to see for oneself to know everything was already destroyed.

And he, more likely, was finding an excuse to send Prince Niu and Yin Lvqing away so he could head directly to the Northern Underground Palace to see his sacred floral treasures.

Indeed, just as she suspected, the route followed by the Tomb Guard leading the Emperor grew increasingly lengthy.

But...

"This doesn’t seem like the way to the Northern Underground Palace, does it?"

She had once heard Yin Baiqing describe to her that the Northern Underground Palace was on the mountain behind the imperial mausoleum, but this path definitely wasn’t leading there.

However, the further they went, the more palpable the sinister sensation became.