Chapter 71

She returned to Mu Wang's mansion in a low mood, but she didn't have the courage to face Qi Muchen even after knowing the truth.

As soon as he entered the gate, a figure rushed towards him, Ying Qinyue slender body dodged, dodging the generous palm of the visitor, "Big bull, you want to beat me to death!" Ying Qinyue looked angrily at With a silly smile on his face, he punched him hard.

Da Meng pretended to show his teeth and said, "Ah Yan, what kind of kung fu did you practice? It's so good that I'm about to be injured internally by you. It's amazing, it's amazing!"

After his mischief, she immediately felt a lot more relieved, spat lightly, and laughed and cursed: "It's been so long since I saw you, your kung fu has not improved, but your kung fu of talking tricks has improved a lot."

"Hey, Ah Yan... Well, no, Bei Yi said that you are now the princess of our Shengyue Kingdom, or Princess Yue. I didn't believe it at first, but now I see it, it really looks like that. No wonder you look so good Jun, so it's the princess." Da Meng scratched the back of his head and stared at her dumbfoundedly.In his opinion, those princes and princesses are all handsome. Sure enough, she is a living example.

"Hey! Da Meng, you are good at flattering people." Bei Yi then walked out and looked at the two with a smile.

"General!" Yan Ci and Qi Muchen came out of the back room, and Da Meng hurriedly saluted him.

Mu Chen nodded lightly and walked past them with an indifferent expression, turning a blind eye to Qin Yue's eyes that hesitated to speak.Da Meng rubbed his head and muttered in a low voice: "Did I make the general unhappy again, but I just came back, and I haven't had time to see the general yet."

Ying Qinyue pursed her lips, but in the end she didn't stop him, and turned to Da Meng, "It wasn't you who offended him, it was me." After speaking, she turned and went into the backyard.

"Bei Yi, do you think the general and Ah... no, it's Xiaoyue, they all look weird, isn't she the general's unmarried wife? Why, the young couple are having a fight?"

Bei Yi smiled wryly: "It's better you don't know."

The next day, Ying Qinyue lingered at the gate of the palace for a long time, she couldn't even enter the gate without a token.

"Xiaoyue, what are you doing here?" Nangong Yi was wearing court clothes, and was about to enter the palace to meet the emperor, but saw that familiar figure outside the palace gate.

Ying Qinyue pointed to the guard at the palace gate and said, "I originally wanted to enter the palace, but they only recognized the sign but not the person. They told them I was a princess, but they still wouldn't let me in."

"Of course, even the princesses in the palace and the guards don't necessarily know each other, not to mention you have been out of the palace for so long. By the way, why didn't you let Mu Chen accompany you?" Nangong Yi took her and entered easily. At the palace gate, those guards recognized him, so they dared not stop him.

"He still has something to do. Yan Ci and Da Meng have just returned, and there are still many things waiting for him to deal with."

Nangong Yi sighed: "Xiaoyue, you don't have to lie to me anymore, you didn't tell him that you were going to enter the palace at all, now that Qijiang's frontier defense has settled down, how much else can he be busy with?"

Ying Qinyue lowered her head and said dejectedly: "Actually, he hasn't spoken to me since that day. Maybe he still hates me in his heart. After all, my words are difficult for you to accept. But it doesn't matter. Wouldn't there be you without him?"

I'm afraid of seeing you unable to control the thought of the alarm clock, Nangong Yi thought.But seeing her alone and helpless at this moment, how could he bear to abandon her.

"Yi, you're here." In Dongluan Hall, Emperor Yingyu seemed to be in a good mood with a smile on his face.

"Why is the emperor so happy?"

Ying Yu walked up to him with her hands behind her back, "I can see the children I miss again in this life, how could I be unhappy, cough cough...cough..."

As he was talking, he suddenly coughed badly. Nangong Yi hurriedly helped him sit down and patted his back, "Did you miss taking your medicine on time again? Look, you've coughed like this." He was anxious Zhong didn't realize that his words were more like reproaches of concern.

"If you don't eat it, it may not be of much use. Did you come today to find out the various strongholds set up by Zhen Cheng?" Nangong Yi has been in the dark all the time. He is known as a prince but has no real power in the court. Qi Muchen also guarded against him.

Since the emperor recalled him from Qijiang City, he asked him to investigate the secret strongholds set up by the Queen and Zhen Cheng. Someone had secretly reported that Zhen Cheng often secretly contacted officials in these strongholds, and even colluded with Tan Yu and Qu Some high-ranking officials in Li, I am afraid that they also know about the emperor's illness, and began to plan intensively.

Nangong Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'll bring you someone. Xiaoyue, come in."

There was a slight shadow at the entrance of the main hall, and a graceful woman entered the main hall with light steps.

"Yueyue, you, you're here!" The emperor stood up in surprise, his face hard to hide his excitement, "It's been five years, and my Yueyue is as beautiful as Xin'er. Hehe, you know, this In the past five years, I have missed you so much, I heard Mu Chen said, you, your dementia is cured, isn't it?"

Ying Qinyue looked at her so-called father complexly in front of her, the emperor with white hair and temples, but he was just over fifty. At this time, he looked more like an old man in his dying years, his eyes were full of kindness when he looked at her, How much she wished to obtain this paternal love in her heart, which she could not obtain in her previous life.

Clenching her hands tightly, seeing his trembling hand stretched out, she finally couldn't help calling out, "Royal Father."

As majestic as the emperor, she burst into tears, "Yi, listen, she finally called me father emperor. It's been 20 years, a full 20 years, and I can finally hear you call me father emperor, cough cough cough..." He was so excited that he couldn't help coughing again.

Seeing that he was coughing profusely, Ying Qinyue hurriedly stepped forward, put her hand on his pulse, and said softly, "Father, your blood is surging, your meridians are disordered and blocked, your body is weak, you must not work so hard." After finishing speaking, he turned over his long sleeves, and there was a square box in his hand. He opened the lid and took out a row of long silver needles from it.

The emperor looked at the row of silver needles and asked strangely: "Yueyue, what are you doing with these silver needles?"

Nangong Yi saw that she understood, and explained for her: "Your Majesty, Xiaoyue's medical skills are excellent, and her practice is unique. Let her try, maybe her unique therapy can cure your illness."

"Oh? If that's the case, it seems that Yueyue has learned a lot in the past few years, so I can rest assured." The emperor looked at her with a smile, but there was deep exhaustion in his eyes.

Ying Qinyue knew in her heart that the emperor had been ill for many years and was dying, all she could do was to reduce his pain.Nangong Yi carefully unbuttoned his clothes, Qin Yue held the silver needles, stared intently at the acupuncture points on his body, and skillfully inserted the silver needles into the acupuncture points one by one.

After a lot of tossing, Ying Yu couldn't bear the sleepiness that came from the invasion, Ying Qinyue said: "Father, you should go and have a rest first, and you will feel better when you wake up. I will come back tomorrow."

Nangong Yi ordered the servant to help the emperor to rest in the bedroom, and left the Dongluan Hall with Qinyue.

"Xiaoyue, I saw your gloomy expression just now, is it related to the emperor's illness?"

Ying Qinyue looked around and saw a pavilion built on the curved corridor of Jiugong River, "Let's go there and talk."

"Nangong, my father's illness is hopeless so far, and it's a blessing that he can last half a year at most." Hearing this, Nangong Yi felt his mind go blank and couldn't think for a long time. He didn't expect his illness to be so serious. But he refused to tell himself, was it because he was afraid that he would be worried?
Seeing him sad, Ying Qinyue only said that she was worried that the emperor was seriously ill and could no longer attend to court affairs, which would give the empress an opportunity, so she said: "I will often go to the palace to help him sort out his meridians in the past few days, although I can't save the emperor's life. It can save his life, but it can also save him from the pain of illness. Our time is running out, and the power to remove the queen must speed up."

Nangong Yi just nodded, but said nothing, appearing preoccupied.

In Lianyun Palace, Ying Manlin looked at her sister who was dressed in the mirror all day long, and couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Manxin, you should stop looking at yourself here. I heard that King Yi entered the palace today and even brought that idiot to him. Come in. Let me see, no matter how nicely you dress up, you can't look down on King Yi, I've been fascinated by that vixen long ago."

Ying Man frowned and said: "Why is she with Yi? Could it be that you are jealous that she married King Mu, you made her up, right? Hmph, you say others are better, Yi has always disliked other women approaching him, He doesn't even pay attention to me, so how can he pay attention to that fool?"

"Don't forget, she is not stupid now, I don't know who stole the limelight at the court banquet that day!" Manlin snorted coldly, her words were sharp, "If you don't believe me, you can go and see. Xiaomei told me just now She saw the two of them at Xiefang Pavilion. Not only did this vixen snatch away my Mu Chen, but she also wanted to snatch your King Yi. How can you swallow this breath! Hmph, on the day of the court banquet, I could Seeing that there is something wrong with the way he looks at that girl, you should be careful, lest even King Yi be snatched away by her, I see who you can cry to."

"Enough Manlin, let's go and have a look." Manxin was finally persuaded by her.

Manlin chuckled lightly and said, "By the way, she looks like a princess! Let's teach that girl a lesson, and see if she dares to go around provoking the person we like!"

Ying Qinyue was not yet familiar with the path in the palace, so Nangong Yi took her to look around, "In front of you is the Xuezhi Garden, named after the Xuezhi tree in front of the garden, and it is also the place where you lived before."

Qinyue came under this snow gardenia tree, and felt a sweet and light fragrance permeating under the tree. "It's so fragrant. I remember that I planted a tree in my Shulan Garden, which is not as tall as this one. There are a lot of trees planted in the back of the palace. In the past, the nurse used to make snow garden cakes for me. But now The wet nurse has left, and no one in the Palace knows where she is going."

But the Xue Zhishu gave her a long-lost kindness, reminding her of the nurse who has been with her since she came to this world.

"Ying Qinyue, so you are here!" An abrupt voice broke into her ears, Ying Qinyue turned her head and saw two beautiful women in palace attire, they looked alike, she seemed to have seen them before.The woman with gold and silver hairpins was very angry when she saw her, and she was the one who made the voice just now.

The other was thinner, but with a mocking look in the corner of his eyes, staring at her as if he was watching a show.

Seeing these two people, Nangong Yi's expression instantly became indifferent, "I have seen Princess Manxin and Princess Manlin."

Ying Qinyue knew that Nangong was reminding her of the identities of the two of them, so she understood, she nodded and looked at the two, "What is the purpose of the two sisters looking for Qinyue?"

Man Xin stopped looking at her, but stared at Nangong Yi with sad eyes, "Yi, why are you with her? Man Lin told me just now, I still don't believe it!"

"Fifth Princess, I don't need to worry about who I'm with." Nangong Yi looked at her proudly and said coldly.

Manlin sneered, and provocatively said again: "Manxin, look, he was really confused by this girl's appearance."

Her adding fuel to the fire made Man's heart even more angry. She no longer cared about her image, and pointed at Ying Qinyue and cursed: "You little vixen, just like your shameless mother, only confuses men. Hmph, Qimu Chentangtang is a great general, admired by others, and even more distinguished as a prince, how could he marry a shameless woman like you!"

"Manxin, that's enough! A dignified princess, yelling at you like a shrew on the street, has completely embarrassed your royal family!" No matter how good-tempered Nangong Yi is, he couldn't help but get angry.

Ying Man was so aggrieved that she burst into tears, "Yi, you actually scolded me for this vixen. Isn't he just a broken flower, worthy of your liking?"

The veins on Nangong Yi's forehead popped up, and he stared coldly at the two of them, "I repeat, who I'm with has nothing to do with the princess! Xiaoyue, let's go!" After speaking, he dragged her away from Xuezhiyuan.

"Manxin likes you?" Ying Qinyue stared at him curiously.

Nangong Yi frowned when he heard the faintly audible crying behind him, "I don't like her! Are you not angry at all when she scolds you like that?" Seeing her calm expression, she was not at all distracted. Words anger.

Ying Qinyue chuckled and said: "Why should I be angry? She is just a woman who has been dazzled by jealousy. It is common sense for her to speak unscrupulously. Why bother with her? Getting angry with her is just a waste of time." It's just me. It's just that she regards me as a rival in love, and it's not a good thing to be missed by a jealous woman." What she didn't know was that this sentence was confirmed not long after.

"Hey, isn't that Princess Wu'er?" Nangong Yi looked behind her, and a pretty girl about fifteen or sixteen years old came towards them.

Nangong Yi called her, "Princess Wu'er, who are you delivering food for?" She was holding a bamboo basket in her hand, and the fragrance of vegetables overflowed from the basket.Wu'er lowered her head and didn't notice the two people in front of her.

Hearing Nangong Yi's call, she looked up, saw that it was Nangong, and nodded to him with a smile.His eyes turned to Qin Yue beside him, he was stunned for a while, and he came back to his senses after a while, and immediately ran forward excitedly to stop her sleeve, put the basket on the ground, and gestured with both hands.

It turned out that she was a dumb girl, Qin Yue was puzzled, and asked: "Nangong, she knows me! What is she comparing?"

"She said that you have been out of the palace for five years, and she misses you in her heart."

Knowing that she has no impression, Nangong Yi explained, "Wu'er is the ninth princess."

"Oh, Wu'er, who are you giving food to?" She asked softly, but Wu'er's eyes darkened, and she stretched out three fingers.Nangong Yi asked, "But the third prince? Where is he now?"

Wu'er pointed to the place they had just passed by, Nangong Yi took a look, "Xuezhiyuan?"

Wu'er nodded, waved to the two, and prepared to leave with the basket.Ying Qinyue suddenly said, "Nangong, let's go together, I also want to see Xuezhiyuan again."

When the three of them came to the garden, Manxin Manlin had already left.Wu'er pushed open the somewhat old wooden door and walked in.

After entering the door, I saw a spacious yard with a well in the yard. There were many drying racks beside the well, which seemed to be the place for the maids to wash clothes.The surrounding high walls are covered with weeds, which should have not been taken care of for a long time.

This is, the door of the back room "squeaked" and opened.A pair of slender big hands protruded from the door, followed by a pale and delicate face, Ying Qinyue saw his empty eyes at a glance, and thought to herself, this blind man is the third prince Ying that Nangong said appoint?
"Wu'er, you're here, hey, who are the other two?" Although his eyes were blind, his ears were extremely sensitive.

Nangong Yi stepped forward to grab him, "Third Prince, I am Nangong Yi, and Princess Qinyue is also here."

"Oh?" Ying Ren heard that Ying Qinyue was there, and quickly stretched out his hands, groping, "Where is Xiaoyue?"

Ying Qinyue stepped forward and took his hand, "I'm here."

Ying Ren took a breath, and patted her hand: "Just now I heard someone quarreling outside, and I heard your name, and by the time I got out of the door, everyone had disappeared. It turns out that you really came back, I I thought I was hallucinating. I heard the rumors in the palace earlier, this time you come back, even the dementia is cured, the third brother is very happy."

"What's the matter with your eyes?" She found that the palace was very strange. First, she became a fool, and then Ying Ren was blind, Wu'er was dumb, and Man Xin Manlin was fine. "Could it be the queen again?" Why?"

Ying Ren said sadly and angrily: "That's right, this vicious woman is causing trouble in the palace, but the emperor has nothing to do with her. She didn't know how many harem concubines she killed behind her father's back, and even we would not let her go. Wu'er and I discovered that It was too early to save a life, and the eighth brother was not so lucky, and was killed. And the fourth brother, if he was not taken out of the palace by Concubine Yun, whose whereabouts are still unknown, I am afraid that he will also suffer misfortune."

Nangong Yi seduced himself, with sympathy in his eyes, "Don't worry, third prince, we will definitely get rid of the queen and avenge those who were killed by her." His voice suddenly became hoarse for some reason.

I didn't expect Zhen Yu to be so cruel, it seems that she had to be careful in the palace.

This day, she was about to go out again, but when she arrived at the door, she was stopped by Qi Muchen, "Are you looking for Nangong? I heard that you have entered the palace with him these few days?"

She nodded, "That's right, I'm going to see the emperor, and I'll be with him by the way."

Qi Muchen looked coldly at the guards at the door, each of them stretched their ears.Seeing Mu Chen's frightening eyes, everyone stiffened their necks and dared not look any more.He took Qin Yue's hand and strode towards Solan Garden.

"Qi Muchen, what are you doing!" She tried to shake off his hand, but he held it tighter.

Qi Muchen stared at her angry face, "I advise you to stop looking for Nangong in the future, and stop provoking him."

"Why did I irritate him? Didn't I just enter the palace with him? He's not annoying, but you get annoyed first." Every time I talk to him, I get angry.

"Don't you know that Nangong likes you?" This woman is as dull as possible, but she is probably still in the dark.

Ying Qinyue's pretty face flushed red, "What nonsense are you talking about! Nangong and I are just friends, who are you listening to gossiping! It's not like you don't know, I already have someone I like."

Qi Muchen sat down beside her, and his tone softened, "Of course I know what you think, but Nangong doesn't know. That's why he doesn't dare to tell you that I have been friends with him for many years, what does he think and what do I do?" I don’t know, do you know that every time you go to him, it will deepen his pain.”

"Why? Don't you make a divorce plan to destroy my friendship with Nangong." He was like this in Qijiang before, and Ying Qinyue slandered her.

Mu Chen was angry, "Who do you think I am? Am I wondering why Mu Chen is so stingy?"

"Then give me a reason first?"

"He is your elder brother, the fourth prince Ying Kun who was taken away by Concubine Yun who disappeared more than 20 years ago." Ying Qinyue was stunned by what he blurted out.

"He is..., does my royal father know?" No wonder he was so depressed when he learned of the emperor's illness that day.

Mu Chen nodded, "He already knew about it, and the emperor personally sent him to Nangong's house and entrusted Master Nangong to raise him."

(End of this chapter)

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