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Chapter 676 - 676 321 Midnight
Chapter 676 - 676 321 Midnight
?Chapter 676: 321 Midnight Chapter 676: 321 Midnight The little eunuch hastily headed to the Shanggong Bureau, and soon returned with Zhang Zhangshi.
Xiao Liulang waited for her outside the Renshou Palace.
Zhang Zhangshi is an old maid in the palace. In the imperial palace of the Zhan Country, palace maidens who have reached twenty-five can choose to leave the palace, and those who wish to stay can have their hair combed up in a bun, signifying their status as elderly, unmarried women.
Zhang Zhangshi chose the latter.
From palace maiden to elderly unmarried woman, then to elder maid, she had spent more than half her life in the imperial palace.
The little eunuch who brought the message did not explain the matter in detail. Zhang Zhangshi thought the Empress Dowager had summoned her. When she arrived at the entrance to the Renshou Palace and saw Xiao Liulang, she stood in shock for a moment, then retreated several steps in fright!
Her face apparently caused more than one person to mistake her for a ghost. Zhang Zhangshi, being of advanced years, was understandably even more afraid.
Xiao Liulang didn’t seem to mind. He said, “My family name is Xiao, and my first name is Liulang. I am a Hanlin academician.”
“Xiao… Xiao Liulang? Not Xiao…” Zhang Zhangshi was about to say the name, but suddenly remembered her lowly status and that she wasn’t worthy of uttering the name of the young master of the Zhaodu City.
She calmed herself down, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, and said, “My apologies, I mistook you for someone else.”
Xiao Liulang didn’t mind, he took out the token given to him by the old Jijiu – a missing piece from a piece of old ink stone.
Zhang Zhangshi’s face changed again when she saw the ink stone: “You…” She hesitated, then asked after a moment, “Did Huo Jijiu send you to find me?”
Xiao Liulang nodded and handed her the ink stone.
Zhang Zhangshi took the ink stone, her eyes reflecting complex emotions as if recalling something: “I never thought he would seek me out at this point. Is he well? I heard he returned to Capital City and resumed his position as Guozijian Jijiu… ”
Xiao Liulang reassured her, “He’s doing well, please don’t worry, Zhang Zhangshi.”