Chapter 267 The Emperor’s Demand

When Gu Shao reached the Palace of Xuanming, it happened that a few palace maids crowded round a gorgeous woman in green with accessories on her thick and beautiful hair and came out. Seeing that a eunuch led an old man dressed in an official uniform, a dark red robe with a high hat and uncommon imposing manner, the woman knew that he must be a high official at the imperial court. She turned the fan which covered her face and looked at him, as if lost in thought. Then she got into a small carriage under the stairs with the support of the maids and went away. “Is that Beautiful Lady Nuan?” Gu Shao didn’t want to pry into the emperor’s concubines, but he met one by accident, so he inevitably caught a glimpse of the passing beauty. After the glimpse, he frowned involuntarily. “Perhaps there is only one woman with such a beautiful face which can cause the downfall of cities even in the imperial palace, so it must be her.”