CMWKSD -Chapter 237 Ji Yiqing and Ji Chaomian Take a Blow

Ji Chaomian and Ji Yiqing deliberately disguised themselves.

They had already inquired about General Shen’s itinerary for the day.

The matter of the palace maid was of great importance, so it was inconvenient for them to appear openly.

After all, they couldn’t very well explain the source of their information.

As for the Dark Moon Pavilion, it was still better to keep it hidden from His Majesty.

Thus, they planned to seek out General Shen today, subtly informing him of the palace maid’s affair, so that precautions could be taken as early as possible.

Ji Chaomian disguised himself as a stoop-backed old man.

Ji Yiqing disguised himself as a lame middle-aged man with a large mole on his face.

In truth, they could have sent someone else.

But since the matter was critical, the two still decided to go personally.

They had just reached the back gate and hadn’t even gone out yet when they saw Shao Qing, who was about to enter through the back gate.

Looking at the way the two were dressed, Shao Qing felt a deep sense of speechlessness.

“Sir? My lord?”

He was actually very certain of their identities.

But with Ji Chaomian and Ji Yiqing dressed like this, it was obvious they didn’t want to be recognized.

So, with good judgment, he used a tone of doubt, ensuring the two wouldn’t feel frustrated at being recognized at a glance.

Even so, Ji Yiqing and Ji Chaomian could still hear certainty in Shao Qing’s doubtful tone.

They exchanged a look. “You can recognize us?”

Shao Qing wanted to roll his eyes and say he wasn’t blind.

But one was an elder, and the other was his master’s husband.

He didn’t dare.

He could only nod. “I can.”

Ji Yiqing and Ji Chaomian both frowned deeply.

Seeing them like this, although Shao Qing didn’t know what shady business they were dressed up to do, he was Jiu Yue’s most loyal steward.

Any abnormality had to be taken seriously.

So—

“Where are the elder and my lord headed?”

You’d better tell me. Otherwise, I always have ways of finding out.

Ji Yiqing tugged at his uncomfortable clothes.

“Isn’t it about that palace maid who’s in contact with the Northern Barbarians? This matter is extremely important. The two of us are preparing to secretly contact General Shen, absolutely not letting anyone know of the Dark Moon Pavilion’s existence.”

The information had been given to Ji Yiqing by Shao Qing himself.

So Ji Yiqing felt it was no problem to speak frankly with him.

Shao Qing’s brows furrowed slightly.

He clearly remembered telling Ji Yiqing and Ji Chaomian that the Dark Moon Pavilion conducted intelligence business with His Majesty.

He was absolutely sure he had said it!

So why had these two forgotten?

Shao Qing cast a subtle glance at Ji Yiqing and Ji Chaomian.

These two weren’t usually this unreliable.

What on earth had happened to make them both forget something so important?

Oh—he remembered.

At that time, Ji Yiqing was so excited about going on an assignment with Jiu Yue that he kept trying on outfit after outfit.

As for Ji Chaomian?

Ji Chaomian seemed to be looking for someone in the Court of Judicial Review?

He had been so obsessed that he was half out of his mind.

So no one really took Shao Qing’s words to heart.

And now they were dressed in such an unpresentable way, going off to deliver intelligence—

Little did they know that their master had already earned the silver notes back.

Shao Qing touched the still-warm one thousand taels’ worth of silver notes tucked against his chest, ready to be put into storage.

Their master—

Truly the best.

“This matter has already been told to Eagle Eye’s people by our master, and she even sold the information for one thousand taels.”

Ji Yiqing: !!!

Ji Chaomian: ???

What the hell?

What information was sold for one thousand taels of silver notes?

Shao Qing repeated himself, and at the same time bluntly told these two—whose brains must have taken a leave of absence during that period—that Jiu Yue had already brought the Dark Moon Pavilion’s business right under His Majesty’s nose.

What you’re doing now—Really looks quite foolish.

Ji Yiqing and Ji Chaomian listened in a daze.

They would rather believe that Jiu Yue had sold the Northern Barbarian envoy delegation for one thousand taels than imagine that she had directly sold the information to Ying Yi.

And selling it to Ying Yi wasn’t that the same as selling it to His Majesty?

Plucking hair from the tiger’s head—Jiu Yue was doing it more and more naturally.

The two turned around and went home.

Ji Chaomian thought of how favored Jiu Yue was, and of the way she handled matters.

They had underestimated her.

Jiu Yue was the type to be wise while appearing foolish.

Often, things they thought Jiu Yue should know and understand—She seemed to know nothing at all.

Yet the matters they felt Jiu Yue didn’t know or understand—She always had some unconventional way of handling them.

And the results were often unexpectedly good.

Ji Yiqing felt that every time he understood Jiu Yue a little more—He loved her a little more.

……

Jiu Yue pinched the invitation in her hand and looked at Shao Qing.

“You’re sure this was sent by Zhuo Mu?”

Shao Qing gave an affirmative hum.

Zhuo Mu being able to find out that the bookshop was under Jiu Yue’s name wasn’t anything difficult.

So these past two days, he had repeatedly gone to the bookshop hoping to “coincidentally” meet Jiu Yue, but to no avail.

If the Northern Barbarians knew that Jiu Yue had probably long forgotten she even owned a bookshop, they’d likely be so angry they’d cough up blood.

Thus, after not seeing Jiu Yue for several days in a row, Zhuo Mu simply sneaked an invitation over to her.

This was worth some thought.

Jiu Yue looked at the invitation.

Zhuo Mu had been openly and covertly inquiring about her whereabouts these past few days—she had long known about it.

She just hadn’t expected Zhuo Mu to use such a simple and crude method to approach her directly.

What was his purpose?

Jiu Yue’s face was full of confusion as she watched Zhuo Mu babbling on and on.

Then her gaze shifted downward—A whole box full of silver.

Each ingot weighed fifty taels.

A whole box of them.

How big could a box that sat on the table really be?

This guy was looking down on her!

Emperor Fengyuan also used boxes like this.

But his boxes contained one-hundred-tael silver notes.

One box would be at least ten thousand taels.

This Zhuo Mu gave her a box—Inside, at most, there wouldn’t even be five hundred taels.

So he was looking down on her!

She’d listen again to see what kind of bullshit he was actually saying!!!