Chapter 5 (1/2)

005: Mistakenly breaking into a restricted place

Jun Qian Che swept a glance over her, saying calmly: “Was this not what you’ve always wished for?”

Under Jun Qian Che’s gaze, Mo Qiqi reigned in her anger, sat down again, and started to earnestly persuade him: “Your Majesty, this concerns my generous conduct. Tonight is meant for you and sister Yang to spend together in joy. If you stay overnight at my palace, it would make others gossip. I’ve finally decided to reform, but if you stay here tonight, others will say it was surely because I was jealous, that I didn’t let Your Majesty go to sister Yang. Say, wouldn’t that be unfair to me!”

Jun Qian Che looked at her coldly, then got up to leave.

Mo Qiqi was a little surprised: What’s this situation? Did I say something wrong again?

However, seeing him leave, her heart was very happy: “Seeing off Your Majesty.” Finally got rid of this nuisance.

Ban Xiang walked in from outside, asking in confusion: “Empress, His Majesty came to Phoenix palace with great difficulty, why did you make him leave?”

“If I didn’t make him leave, should I have let him stay, huh? Why didn’t you inform me when the emperor came?” She poked Ban Xiang’s head.

Ban Xiang spoke aggrievedly: “It was His Majesty who didn’t let me.”

Mo Qiqi looked at her own hands. Recalling how she’d been held by Jun Qian Che a moment ago, she promptly took off her clothes in disgust, and threw them at Ban Xiang: “These clothes have to be washed well, wash them ten times. No, wait, just throw them away! Don’t let me see these clothes ever again.”

Ban Xiang looked at the clothes in her hands bewildered, and asked: “Empress, how have these clothes offended you?”

“It’s not that they’ve offended me, rather, they were touched by someone they shouldn’t have been touched by. Thus, they need to be discarded.” Mo Qiqi’s face was resentful.

Ban Xiang felt bad for the clothes.

Mo Qiqi continued to wash her hands.

For the following two weeks, Mo Qiqi didn’t meet Jun Qian Che again. Apparently, the imperial court got very busy recently, and Jun Qian Che was occupied with politics during the day, and with Yang Shihan at night, truly balancing the foreign and domestic affairs.

But Mo Qiqi was also not idling away. On one hand, she was trying to understand the theory of relativity, on the other hand, she was looking for a way back home. She had paid a visit to almost all the toilets in the palace.

She had crossed over through a modern age toilet. If she wanted to go back, she needed to use the same method, but with an ancient times toilet. (*toilet/washroom)

But having spent these days searching, she hadn’t found any peculiar toilets. Now only the toilets in the emperor’s Royal palace remained, that she hadn’t seen. And she definitely couldn’t let go of any opportunities to go back.

Nightfall. Ban Xiang walked in, carrying the thing Mo Qiqi had requested: “Empress, the artist spent the whole day without food nor drink, and finally finished the blueprint of the Royal palace that you’ve requested. According to your instructions, he specifically marked the Royal palace’s toilets.”

Mo Qiqi took the map happily: “Great. Ban Xiang, thank you for your trouble.”

Ban Xiang was actually puzzled as she asked: “Empress, why do you need these toilets marked?”

Mo Qiqi chuckled mysteriously and said: “Because the toilet leads the way back home.” Ban Xiang scratched her head confused, she didn’t get the meaning of the empress’ words.

“Ban Xiang, thank you for taking care of me these days, I’m really very grateful to you. I’ll be going, don’t think of me!” She solemnly patted Ban Xiang’s shoulder, as if she would truly never return, then ran out with the map.