Chapter 299: Convergence Meets a Madman

"Here are the tokens, please be careful when you enter. If you are caught, my master will not recognize anything."

Outside the imperial palace gate, the master who had made the agreement that day sent his confidant to lead them in. However, before entering, this confidant did not forget to give detailed instructions and secret warnings.

Li Yaoguang and Ji Mo looked at the eunuch's attire and nodded to each other, "Don't worry, we know everything."

So, they disguised themselves as filth collectors and followed this man into the palace. When they were almost reaching the Hongwu Hall, this man pointed towards the Hongwu Hall from afar.

"Look, the body is just ahead, go quickly. If you encounter the Royal Guards patrolling or someone asks you about it, just say you are a newcomer to the clean room, and you are ordered to deal with the filth. Don't say anything else."

Li Yaoguang and Ji Mo agreed, and at the other's urging, they pushed the ground cart used for air transportation towards Hongwu Hall.

It was still early, and today was a grand court session. Logically, there should be no one at the entrance of Hongwu Hall. After all, everyone was afraid, and the corpses were rotting and stinking, so no one would seek bad luck by hanging around here.

But there are exceptions to everything, and it just so happened that when they arrived, there were several people surrounding the corpse standing in front of the entrance of Hongwu Hall. The leader of them was dressed in gorgeous clothes and holding a whip in his hand, and was whipping the corpse angrily.

Li Yaoguang and Ji Mo's expressions changed at the same time.

Is this whipping the corpse?
Who is so cruel and bold that he doesn't even spare the dead in the palace?

Could it be the emperor?
No! This smell is not light. Even if the emperor hates him, he can just give the order to whip the corpse. Why does he have to do it himself? Then who is this person...

Li Yaoguang couldn't help but squint her eyes and look carefully. With the help of the bright white light in the sky, Li Yaoguang could clearly see the person in front of her who was tired and panting. It turned out to be her old enemy, Zhou Gaishi, the young master of the Duke of Korea's Mansion!

How could this guy suddenly appear here and insult the corpse of Lord Cheng'en?
Damn this guy! He is simply a mad dog!
Li Yaoguang was so excited that he subconsciously rushed forward, but was stopped by Ji Mo who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.

Meeting Li Yaoguang's gaze, Ji Mo shook his head and said in a low voice: "This is the imperial palace, don't act rashly, be restrained."

Li Yaoguang also knew that he had to restrain himself and not act on impulse and drag down his father and brother. He could only tolerate him and turn his eyes away and try not to look. But even so, the sound of whipping and cursing in front of him still filled his eardrums continuously. Li Yaoguang's hands were shaking with anger, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth and cursed in a low voice over and over again.

"Zhou Gai Shi, you bastard, just wait for me. After this, I will settle all the old and new grudges and skin you alive..."

Even if she lowered her voice, how could Ji Mo not hear it?

Seeing her like this, still holding old grudges and new ones, Ji Mo immediately became concerned. He lowered his head and asked, "Do you still have old grudges? Did this guy bully you before?"

"Yeah!" Li Yaoguang nodded heavily and spoke in a low voice, quickly describing the hatred between them. A storm surged in Ji Mo's eyes, and when he looked at Zhou Gaishi who was using violence in front of him, it was as if he was looking at a dead person.

Perhaps it was because his gaze was too intense, the presence of someone at the deserted entrance of Hongwu Hall immediately attracted the attention of Zhou Gaishi and his group. The two eunuchs who had boldly led Zhou Gaishi here because of his favor became anxious, and they looked at each other. The older eunuch hurried forward to pull Zhou Gaishi away.

"Young Master, Young Master, someone is coming. Please calm down. You are almost done with your anger. Do you think you can leave?"

Zhou Gai Shi, who was in high spirits, stopped what he was doing when he heard this. He glared at the eunuch and followed the eunuch's gaze towards Li Yaoguang and the others. Li Yaoguang quickly lowered his head and avoided him.

Because they were far apart, they hadn't seen each other for several years. In addition, Li Yaoguang's appearance had changed a little. She had put on makeup when she entered the palace to collect the corpse. Most importantly, Zhou Gai Shi didn't take her seriously at all, so he didn't recognize her.

Seeing that the other party's eyes looked away immediately and obviously did not recognize him, Li Yaoguang suppressed his disguised face and breathed a sigh of relief, while Zhou Gaishi on the other end became more arrogant.

Seeing that the people coming were just two young eunuchs, Zhou Gai Shi snorted coldly, pushed away the eunuch who was pulling him, and glared at them fiercely.

"Hmph! You are such a coward. I am not asking you to accompany me through fire and water. It is just to deal with some garbage. What are you afraid of? I have waited so long for His Majesty to order the disposal of this corpse. I took advantage of the morning court today and secretly hid in my father's carriage to enter the palace. It was very troublesome. You took so much money from me, why are you not happy about it?"

The two eunuchs thought of the high value banknotes they had stuffed into their sleeves, nodded and shook their heads, "Young Master, you misunderstood. We are not afraid, but this is a prisoner after all, and it is something that His Majesty is watching personally. This place is dirty, and now someone is here, we are afraid that it will cause trouble. Young Master, we are only doing this for your own good, you misunderstood."

"Misunderstanding? Well, even if it is a misunderstanding, judging from His Majesty's attitude, I think he knows that I whipped the corpse to relieve his worries and vent his anger. He will only be happy. How can he blame me?" As he said this, Zhou Gai Shi glanced at Li Yaoguang and Ji Mo who were approaching not far away with contempt, and said contemptuously: "They are just two little eunuchs. What can you do? What are you afraid of!"

Well, they knew what kind of cowardly temper this person had. They also saw that the person was dragging a toilet cart, which showed that he was here to clean up the filth. Although the two were puzzled by the unfamiliar face of the person, they did not dare to say anything. They just stopped Li Yaoguang and Ji Mo when they arrived.

"Eh? You two are from the cleaning room? Why haven't I seen you before?"

Ji Mo hurriedly stepped forward to block Li Yaoguang completely, pretending to be submissive, and replied with his face that was dyed yellow with gardenia, with modified facial features and dotted with pimples all over.

"My dear eunuchs, I am new to the purification room. I was ordered by the eunuch above me to collect the remains. I have only been on duty for the past two days. My two eunuchs are nobles, so how could they have seen me?"

When the two eunuchs heard this, they were very satisfied with Ji Mo's attitude. They nodded condescendingly and waved their hands, "Okay, I understand. You two just wait a moment."

"This..." Ji Mo pretended to be embarrassed: "The superiors ordered us to do it quickly."

The two eunuchs snorted coldly and couldn't help but lectured: "Ha! New here, right? As seniors, we will teach you a lesson today. If you want to live a good and long life in this inner palace, you must learn two things: don't look at what you shouldn't look at, and don't ask what you shouldn't ask. Do you understand?"

Ji Mo pretended to be honest and shook his head.

The two eunuchs were so angry that they fell backwards, and pointed at the person next to them who was still happily whipping the corpse.

"Open your eyes wide and take a good look. This is the young master of the Duke of Korea's mansion. The Duke of Korea is a big shot in front of His Majesty. If you can be a little tactful and make this young master happy, you will definitely benefit from it in the future. Do you understand?"