Chapter 725 - What do you want? (1/2)

Ji Cheng gritted his teeth upon hearing Feng Ju's words. He can't believe that Zhao Ming went out of the palace without his permission.

She is the Empress of Ji Dynasty and yet acting childishly, not caring about the rules and her security.

” Hah! She is now openly rebelling against me, is that it? huh? ” He scoffed in disbelief at which Wen Ru could only shake his head.

” Feng Ju, send your reliable guards to search her secretly. Don't make it too obvious and the news about her leaving the palace should not be spread in the palace. Got it?” Ji Cheng said at which Feng Ju nodded and went back to execute his orders.

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After roaming around the market the whole day and walking along the road, eating delicious street food, and looking at the items sold on the roadside stalls, Zhao Ming went to the lakeside and tiredly sat there to refresh her mind and wash her feet.

Due to the cold weather, the lake was frozen before but since the weather was changing and getting warmer, the water was not frozen anymore but cold.

Zhao Ming sat on a boulder and admired the beauty of the place. It was her first time coming out to see the landscape of this city.

Today she has walked almost all around the city, which caused her feet to hurt until she has no energy to even get up.

Since they came out sneakily, they couldn't take the carriage. Although she did take the local carriage to ride by using money, however, now she was almost out of money since she bought some clothes and hairpieces while shopping.

Lu shi sat beside Zhao Ming's feet and started massaging her leg, ” Your Maj...Miss, your legs have gotten swollen due to walking so much today. You shouldn't have taken so much stress.” Lu shi pursed her lips seeing the blisters on Zhao Ming's legs.

” It's okay. We don't get to see this beauty every day. It's good that we decided to come here even though it's far. Woah, I can't believe that I am alive to see this day.” Zhao Ming looked at the mountains that were behind the lake and the trees around the area making it look more greener and beautiful.

Lu shi nodded and said, ” Yes. It's really beautiful. But Miss, didn't you see these kinds of places with Master Zhao Bai when you used to go to the other villages before?”

Zhao Ming pursed her lips as she had no answer to this question of hers. She wanted to say that it was not her who has witnessed all these things but she couldn't say anything.

She stayed silent and enjoyed the sound of birds chirping, feeling the cold wind that was making her shiver and the calm atmosphere of the water made her relaxed.

Zhao Ming sighed and picked up a pebble from the ground and threw it in the lake leisurely. She was surprised to see how deep the lake is. She exclaimed in surprise, ” Woah, it's so deep.”

Lu shi nodded and said, ” Yes. I heard that this lake is one of the deepest lakes in the city. This has been dug even before His Majesty came into the succession. In the reign of the previous sovereign, many people died by drowning in this lake. The order was passed to dry out the lake, however, in two years it was filled again because of the heavy rain.” she sighed.

” Miss, you should be careful. You should not go near the lake.” Lu shi said worriedly, remembering that she fell into the water and almost died once.

Zhao Ming shook her head, ” Am I stupid that I would go near to this dangerous thing? I don't even know how to swim.” she mumbled the last sentence so that Lu shi could not hear.