บท 144: Unable to Leave (2)

"Well anyways, I just wish they'd hurry up and give out the prizes so I can leave." Shen Tianyu stroked a lock of her hair.

"Is Wifey not anxious that they'll give subpar rewards for our efforts?"

"Where is this? To you and me, anything they can give is subpar so it doesn't matter. I just want some proof of my efforts okay? What I do with it has nothing to do with them."

As this overly rich couple talked about the chaos of the Imperial Palace as if it was just some idle gossip, the Imperial Palace was not as peaceful.

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There was a crash of porcelain but the servants didn't dare to move to clean it up, all standing stiff as a statue with heads bowed as low as they could get it. In the study of the Emperor Jing Lan were two men and one women who weren't bowing their heads. One of them was the Emperor of Jing Qie. To be exact, one of them did have their head bowed but they weren't a servant.