"Jia Li 2"
3

At midnight Jia Li sneaked into the imperial library, as it was only midnight that the guard began to loose. Only a few warriors were guarding and going around, provided the cautious Jia Li was sure he could barge in without being caught.

Jia Li walked in the darkness, he tried hard to walk in the shadows and away from the lighting. Although it was difficult and several times almost fell, Jia Li continued on his way. That was Jia Li, who would never give up getting what he wanted. When Jia Li managed to get into the library without being caught by the soldiers through the back window of the library, he was quite excited.

Jia Li could see the huge library room, large and spacious. Jia saw many bookshelves filled with important books. It took him years to read all the books in there.

After making sure it was safe, Jia Li started looking for books that felt interesting, especially if not treatment. The time is only short, so Jia Li does not want to waste any time, because before 3 am he had to get out of the library, because at that time the servants began to busy working. Luckily, Jia Li had always valued time so much that she had never been negligent during her life. That's how his parents taught him, time is money, time is precious, and spending time without benefits is just as delaying success. Although reading the book made Jia Li's sleeping hours reduced, he remained high-spirited. The chance to scrape knowledge in the palace library should not be wasted.

Since that day, Jia Li had always come to the imperial library at the same hour. He would not have entered the library if there were people still in the library at the same time as he arrived, or because there was additional work from senior servants. During that time also no one knew if Jia Li went in there, it was because Jia Li had always done it carefully so that no one was suspicious and was so neat that it did not leave the slightest trace of the item.

In the morning, Jia Li did his usual routine, especially if it was not to clean the 3rd prince's palace. But today it looked different because the more senior servants just suddenly helped him work even in the entire imperial palace looked extremely busy, he said, The curious Jia Li ventured to ask and how shocked he was when he heard the remark from one of the senior servants.

"the first prince, the 2nd prince, and the 3rd prince have returned later tonight. They have come home from qualified. There will be a big celebration to welcome the princes later tonight." said one of the senior servants.

Jia Li was quite surprised, the reason his master would be home soon. Jia Li was actually quite curious about the likeness of the 3rd prince, in Jia Li's heart he wondered 'whether the 3rd prince would look like the painting he had all this time seen, or.... worse or prettier". Sometimes a painting/photo of a person will be exaggerated so that it can look much more beautiful than the original, nothing else to make it more interesting and pleasing to the eye, so as to look more attractive, that's what Jia Li knew from his previous life for example for advertising needs, movies, or entertainment needs etc.

It was getting dark, the nobles started to arrive at the palace. Many of them came with their daughters, many of whom were 13-19 years old and beautiful. The women were also in the groom as beautiful and attractive as possible, let alone the purpose if not to attract the day of the princes.

At night, everyone was in the palace hall. The senior servants would be there to serve the noble guests, and the soldiers would be more guarding around the hall to maintain security. A lowly servant like Jia Li was certainly not allowed in the hall, although jia li wanted to be there to see the likeness of the 3rd prince but he still could not. Even if he sneaks in, it will definitely be caught considering the guarding there will be very tight. Some lowly servants would work in the kitchen while others would steal the act of rest, as would Jia Li. Jia Li would also steal this time to go to the royal library, it was likely that he could spend quite a lot of time there.

Jia Li was ready with a special all-black shirt and also a face cover. Jia Li was deliberately wearing clothes like that to protect his identity if caught later, like in the movies.

As Jia Li approached the imperial library, he saw that the place was very quiet. There's not even a guard. Not that it was so good that he could read freely. Without wasting any time Jia Li entered the room through the back window as usual. 

"all right, which book are you reading ?" jia Li asked.

Jia Li picked up the book on herbal medicines, after taking the book he wanted to read, Jia Li walked towards the window that had a slight illumination from the oil lamp reflected from outside the window. 

"although reading in a dark room can make the eyes damaged, but I have no other choice. Just be grateful for what is there" said Jia Li.

Thanks to his intelligence and speed of reading made the book he read can be completed within 2 hours. After reading the book, Jia Li returned the book to the original shelf. When Jia Li was about to pick up another book, jia li accidentally saw a wooden table on which there were oil lamps and books. Out of curiosity Jia Li approached the table, she looked left and right to confirm if anyone was there. After making sure there were no people, Jia Li started reading the book standing up. By once reading jia li already understand what the meaning of the book, the book contains about the half-life of women in politics.

"actually in royal politics, taking concubines was a good thing to strengthen the king's position. But of course that, would not be good for the empress position, because the empress position could be threatened at any time especially her position in the heart of that emperor. For a wife to have the heart of the husband is the most valuable thing beyond everything, and when the contents of the heart of the husband have changed of course it will hurt his wife greatly. The worst thing is that a well-known woman can become a killer when her heart breaks. The point is that politics can be controlled by the owner of the heart of the king, because in reality the man is very weak against the person he loves. Whoever it is, including the king, because the king is human, he has few weaknesses. No wonder the king's women in the harem compete fiercely to steal the king's heart, not just want to get his affection but also control politics. Sneaky.... But that's the truth. Besides of.....Moreover, when the king's children who had grown up would definitely fight for the throne, it would not be inevitable. Sometimes children who have selfish hearts and envy in the end try to climb the golden chair, not even rarely kill their own brothers. Without them knowing it can make the kingdom destroyed. Huh... The kingdom is a golden prison full of blood, one must be smart to distinguish between opponents and friends. It's pathetic.me... Feeling sorry for those who were locked up in the palace and died miserably because of the deeds of greedy people....."

"Women have fragile hearts, they always hide feelings and always say it's okay or okay, but the truth was that he was so hurt that words could not describe his wounded heart. Maybe that's what the queen feels... His heart may have been broken without remaining.." Jia Li said grimly. She was really saddened by the condition of the empress. Jia li's eyes even glazed over.

But suddenly Jia Li remembered the love story behind a mysterious palace in the Chinese interior a few months ago.

"because promises can be broken, so all he needs is proof... The king really proved his sincere love and devotion to the idol" said Jia Li. Jia Li imagined what the king and empress would look like. 

Jia Li moved from where he stood. He felt he had been in the library for too long and had to return quickly, someone could have stolen it because he was not where he should have been. Jia Li returned the position of the book exactly as before, he did not want anyone to be suspicious. Jia Li quickly disappeared from the darkness. 

Tanpi without Jia Li tau, from earlier his movement was noticed by some people.

"who is he... ?" ask a man. The man looked very beautiful, more than a woman. 

"whatever. At first I thought he was a hit man, but I noticed he came here just to read a book" said another man, who came out of the shadows, his face was not far away looking handsome and looking dignified.

"even so, we have to be careful big brother. We have to investigate who that figure is" said the beautiful-looking man. The handsome-faced man simply kept silent without responding to his sister.

"lian, investigate who that person is" the beautiful-faced man told the man standing behind the shadow, he was his accomplice.

"yes, the 3rd prince" said the obedient lian. After saluting, lian left as fast as lightning.

"settle Wang Xuemin. I'm sure she's not our enemy, if she's our enemy where maybe she has such a sincere heart for the imperial mother" said the handsome-looking man who advised her sister, he was so confident that he could see the sincerity in the eyes of the mysterious figure. The man was Wang Chunying, the first prince who was most likely to become the next king. 

"hem.iya brother. But... Is it true that your mother's heart has been broken ?" wang xuemin asked with a sad face.

"i don't know. But maybe so" Wang Chunying said softly.

Wang Chunying had seen her mother look fine, but if she thought that what the mysterious person said was true. The more he thought about it, the more he felt sad on behalf of his mother. 

"quickly search this place and let no one miss" said Wang Chunying. After that order some men in black clothes came out from the shadows and immediately searched the library.

Actually the initial intention of them coming here is to find out about the will of the king who might be in this place. The will of the king is a will about who inherits the imperial throne that the emperor had not long ago made. But who knows if they will meet a mysterious figure, at first they think he is a spy from the 2nd prince but it is not, but it is not, if that were true then the imperial library would be where he was executed. But both Wang Chunying and Wang Xuemin were very confident that the figure was not an ordinary person considering his political knowledge and tactics were extraordinary. Perhaps if they obtained that figure, they would utilize his intelligence.

***

Elsewhere, the jia li who felt followed moved with great agility in the darkness. He tried several times to outwit people who had been following him, until jia li found a suitable place to hide. 

Jia Li hid inside the lake in the part where there were many lotus soldiers who happened to be right under the wooden bridge. The water in the lake was extremely cold, and almost made jia li numb. But he had to endure, he was afraid that the man who followed him would punish him for sneaking into the library of the empire. After feeling safe jia li just came out of the lake. 

"at..di.di.cold" said jia li with a trembling voice.