Chapter 1021 - 5: I Can See All the Cheats

The Emperor hurriedly took three steps in two, and eventually even broke into a trot, leaving the group of eunuchs and palace maids behind him struggling to keep up. Watching the slightly chubby figure of the Emperor, they were left in a cloud of dust.

Oh, I forgot to mention, the Emperor has loved eating since he was a child and is not too fond of exercising, so of course, he’s a bit chubby. But in Tianmiao’s eyes, the slightly chubby Emperor looks adorably plump.

Upon arriving at the Empress Dowager’s palace, the Emperor started shouting from the outside: "Mother, Mother!"

"My child, what’s happened, what’s the matter? What happened?" Tianmiao stood up to welcome the Emperor, face filled with worry, pretending not to know anything.

After the Emperor jogged inside, he waved at the surrounding group: "You all leave, guard the door."

The palace maids and eunuchs all bowed and retreated, closing the door behind them.

"What happened? Why are you sweating so much?" Tianmiao took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from the Emperor’s forehead. Poor child, was this sweat from the heat of running or fright? Maybe both, but probably more the latter.

The Emperor squinted, enjoying his mother’s care as she wiped his sweat. After a moment, he shook his head—no, no. He had something very important to tell his mother.

"Mother, let me tell you, I encountered something very strange just now." After the Emperor pulled Tianmiao to sit down, he lowered his voice carefully and said to Tianmiao, "Mother, it’s like this, just now on my way back, in the Imperial Garden, I encountered..."

The Emperor recounted the events in detail to Tianmiao, and then with lingering fear on his face, said, "Mother, could they be demons?"

"Probably not, Jing Concubine and Qing Lady both come from respectable families. However, the white spheres you mentioned are quite suspicious." Tianmiao first comforted the Emperor’s frightened little heart, then started analyzing with him.

"Are all those spheres demons?" The Emperor felt some retrospective fear, "Then quickly bring in some monks to exorcise them."

"Wait, my son, think about it, what were the messages on those spheres guiding your concubines to do?" Tianmiao guided him to think.

The Emperor frowned and blinked: "It seems they all guided the concubines on how to gain my favor."

"Yes, I noticed that too." Tianmiao nodded, "These spheres are guiding your concubines on how to please you, to make you like them, and then achieve their unknown purpose."

"What purpose?" the Emperor asked in shock.

"I don’t know either." Tianmiao shook her head, "I don’t want to know either, I feel achieving that purpose surely isn’t good."

"Right, right, I also think it isn’t good. So what should we do about this? What if the monks are no match for those spheres, wouldn’t it alert them and put you, Mother, in danger too?" The Emperor was both anxious and worried, his face turning pale.

"Then, don’t let them achieve their purpose?" Tianmiao suggested.

"Yes, not letting them achieve their purpose would be good. First, stall for time and then find a way. Right, Mother, is it because of the Jade Pendant you gave me that I can see those spheres? During the selection, I didn’t see anything on their heads." The Emperor suddenly realized, then took out the Jade Pendant Tianmiao had just given him.

"I’m not sure either, but the person who gave me this pendant emphasized that it is an immortal’s object with magical powers, and I should cherish it," Tianmiao said with a serious expression.