"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty! Somebody help. Empress Chen blacks out!"
At once, everyone flooded here. Servant girls and eunuchs went around to send the message that Empress Chen blacked out. In spite of losing consciousness, Empress Chen was still able to hear what people around her said. She clearly realized that she had fallen into the trap of Sima Ray, a ruthless and ungrateful man who she spent ten years bringing up.
In front of her, Sima Ray suddenly was not as obedient and humble as he used to be. She miserably grinned and wore a bitter smile. Then the knockout drops in her tea worked again, and she completely lost her consciousness.
Sima Ray, who looked excited, tended to step forward but was stopped by Leng Wu. He shook his right hand slightly but held himself back, merely staring at Leng Changxi who was indifferent.
"Empress Chen is under fierce emotional changes now. We don't know whether she is all right.
People only remembered Empress Chen to be gentle and dignified, but little did people know that the Emperor loved the mother of the Seventh Prince Sima Qiu, Imperial Concubine Shu, the most. The Emperor loved her so much that he wanted to name Imperial Concubine Shu the Empress as Empress Chen wasn’t able to get pregnant. However, the case of poisonous magic had touched the Emperor’s nerves. Not only did he either kill or exile every eunuchs and palace servant girls in Imperial Concubine Shu’s palace, but he also sent Sima Qiu, who was only six years old by then, to the remote Royal cemetery. He claimed that he wanted to let Sima Qiu guard the cemetery for him, but it was just another form of exile.It was an eventful autumn ten years ago. Right after Imperial Concubine Shu was put into jail because of the case of poisonous magic, she committed suicide in jail. It was also then when the Weiyang Palace was on fire. After that, Empress Chen became the crucial assistant of
Prince Ning? To Elder Princess?Qin Yunuan frowned. She had never thought that the lifetime lover of Prince Ning, who was very fond of Princess Ning, was Elder Princess.Sima Qiu continued, "It was said that when the Elder Princess's procession of imperial matrimony for peace arrived at Niutouling, the border of West Xia and Qi, they got robbed by bandits, and suffered heavy causalities. And even Elder Princess was missing. Prince Ning searched within fifty miles around for several months, and the emperor also dispatched troops to join the searching, and even the arrogant West Xia increased more people to search her. However, they all could not find her."And then Sima Qiu smiled, "There was a strange point. Niutouling was located in the area which contained only a few mountains, but people from three parties could not find anything.""Somebody hid Elder Princess on purpose?" Qin Yunuan posted a bold guess, though it was said that
"Pregnant?" Qin Yunuan asked with a sweet smile, "Are you sure?"Holding her head high proudly, Qin Yuwan started to flaunt, "Of course. The doctor had confirmed. Well, I did not mean to tell you now. You were.... But you know, you had a miscarriage, and I don't want you to be uncomfortable."Clearly, these words were intended to make her uncomfortable. Qin Yunuan sneered in her heart, but she did not show the emotion on her face. "No, not at all. You are my sister. I'm very happy for you.""Okay," Qin Yuwan pretended to be generous, "Then I will not blame you for sending me the jewelry used by Consort Cao on purpose."What a silly woman! Qin Yuwan actually mentioned Consort Cao before Princess Ning.Not surprisingly, Princess Ning pretended to cough a few times to conceal her unhappiness. Qin Yunuan leaned forward slightly and then replied, "You must be joking."At this time, Tang came here together with
Qin Yuwan clutched the jade pendant, which glowed evilly in her hand. Qin Yunuan squinted and smiled, "Sister, you must be joking. I had my own pendant. That one was not mine."Not mine, not mine....How could Qin Yuwan believe it? She heard the pusher calling her "second sister," how could she not be Qin Yunuan?"I don't believe you unless you show me now." Qin Yuwan held her belly. Fearing that Qin Yunuan might cheat on her, she held her servant girl Mujin by the hand hurriedly, "Go and tell Princess. No, she favored Qin Yunuan and would help her. Please call Old Madam over and redress the scales for me."Would Qin Yunuan be afraid of Old Madam?Qin Yunuan snorted with disdain. She was waiting for this moment.It was late at night. The lights in the Lotus Garden were dimming. Old Madam was almost at rest, but the maid by the door awakened her. After listening to the crying of Mujin, she immediately got u
When Qin Yuwan finished her words, she said to Qin Yunuan with sharp eyes, "Do you dare to pull up your sleeve to let us see your arm?"Qin Yunuan sneered and stretched out her wrist. Her left arm was as snow-white as a baby's skin. When Qin Yuwan saw this, her face became blue and white."I want to see Qingzhu's left hand," Qin Yunuan said suddenly. Her eyes were focused on Qingzhu, who was trying to hide her left hand so obviously that even Old Madam noticed it.Old Madam didn't speak but quickly winked at the chief servant girl by her side. All the servant girls of Old Madam were skillful. The servant girl stepped forward and caught Qingzhu by her left hand. With the sleeve pulled up, people saw a large burn scar extending on the whole arm of Qingzhu. Seeing the little jade-like white skin beside it, people would wonder how perfect and delicate the arm used to be before getting a burn.However, it was doubtful that the wound was
The exalted Fourth Miss in the Prince Ning's Mansion should wear a mask made of human skin every day. Seeing Qin Yunuan got shocked, Leng Suxin put on a self-mocking look. She kept taking off the thin yellowish mask, and several brown concave scars gradually showed up.Leng Suxin merely tore off a bit of the mask, but the scar was so terrifying that Qin Yunuan had already been shocked. A girl, about 15 or 16, should go through such a terrible disaster.Qin Yunuan looked at Leng Suxin without saying anything. The latter just smiled lightly and said, "You want to ask me how and when I got these scars, don't you?"Qin Yunuan still kept silent. Leng Suxin walked forward and quietly sighed when looking at the moon, "In this world, there are only two people knowing this, me and Leng Changxi, my brother. Do you remember the huge fire that happened in the Weiyang Palace ten years ago? That day, I was there."So, were the scars on her face
Leng Suxin paused, and her eyes flickered with confusion. Is it that there was actually someone else?Qin Yunuan knew what Leng Suxin was thinking. To soothe her, she just said, “I was just guessing. After all, the third prince was just ten years old by then. No matter how vicious and careful he was, he couldn’t figure out the secrets of the Weiyang Palace without any help, let alone sending people to cover Weiyang Palace in kerosene.”“I’ve doubted it as well.” Leng Suxin had thought about it. But she was too young at that time, all she knew was that she was afraid.“It’s not the perfect time for this.” Qin Yunuan looked at the mess on the ground and the broken arrows on the pillars. What was most important now was to cover everything up. She couldn’t let the opponent know that there had been casualties on her side. She wanted to show that she had known the tricks of the opponents. The steadier she looked, the more nervous the opponents would
Having seen Leng Suxin suddenly showed up, Princess Ning even felt so surprised.At the center of the feast, Leng Suxin, who used to look so offish, now gave a decent salute to Emperor Zhaoxuan and Imperial Concubine Yun, "It's my great honor to be here, Your Majesty and Your Highness." And then she nodded towards Murong Feng, "Nice to meet you, young master Murong."Murong Feng felt a little bit surprised by his wider eyes. He just nodded and praised, "I have heard that there is a Forth Miss in Prince Ning's Mansion, but to my surprise, you are so versatile."Leng Suxin always stayed in the mansion and had never gone out, but Murong Feng should investigate the information about Leng Suxin so clearly. Qin Yunuan praised in her heart that Murong Feng mastered a powerful intelligence system.When people here all praised the charming dance and melodious song of Leng Suxin, Imperial Concubine Yun suddenly sneered, "Though the Fourth Mi
Fortunately, Sun Miaoyang was in Prince Ning's Mansion. Unfortunately, Su Chenghai, the disciple of Doctor Sun, was suffering from poisoning at the same time. So when all the people in the Royal City and all the civilians of Qi were cheering for eradicating the evil, there were two dying people in Prince Ning's Mansion.The emperor of Qi re-ascended the throne with few concubines and descendants, so naturally, he valued Leng Changxi, his nephew, so much. He sent him countless precious tonics, and he even accompanied the Queen Mother to visit Leng Changxi after a busy day of political affairs many times. But it was a pity that Leng Changxi still didn't get any better. Qin Yunuan took care of him day and night, losing so much weight.At that time, Leng Changxi and Shi Ruisheng seemed to be vying with each other. There was only one blade of life-saving grass, but there were two people who needed it. Logically speaking, Sun Miaoyang should have given the life-s
All the people fixed their eyes on this little kid who seemed to be only three years old. The child looked extremely beautiful with big watery eyes and fair skin. He was so cute.Followed by the little child was a middle-aged man who looked strong and vigorous but was plainly dressed. People with good ears could still remember that the middle-aged man just called the little child young master. It seemed that the child should be from some noble family.Since his story was interrupted by such a little kid, the storyteller was so angry. He started narrating this story a long time ago, and everyone loved the story very much. But at this time, he was provoked by a little kid!"You kid, you know what? You weren't even born when the Royal City was chaotic.""Anyway, I know that General Leng and his wife are not dead." The kid looked unconvinced with a pout, refuting the storyteller."Hey, you kid. Do you know how many tons of
The burning of the city was the cruelest. In addition, it was the Royal City with a prosperous business and a large population. If Sima Ray was determined to have a life-or-death struggle, the people of Qi would suffer.The emperor of Qi looked at his unfilial son in front of him, feeling so furious. He pointed at Leng Changxi and said, "Get me the head of my rebellious son. I will spill his blood in front of the ancestor temple. I'll let all the ancestors see that there is such a rebel in our Sima Family."Sima Ray raised his head and his eyebrows slightly, looking so indifferent. It seemed that a bad reputation didn't matter to him at all, "I don't care at all. Besides, you never regarded me as a member of the Sima Family when I was growing up, right? You've always been ashamed of my mother. You felt it a shame to rape a maid and make her pregnant when you were young, so you never treated me kindly. I am just dispensable to you.""What nonsen
With his hands tied up behind his back, Leng Changxi remained so calm that people couldn't help bearing scruples. He looked up at Sima Ray and said, "You can kill your friends, brothers and soldiers at will. But I can't. I care for my men."When Sima Ray didn't figure out what he meant, Shi Ruisheng suddenly took out a sword that was tied to his waist. He wielded the sword to cut off the rope that tied Leng Changxi, and the latter was free at once."General, take it." Leng Changxi didn't take any weapon with him. And right because of this, Sima Ray wasn't fully on the alert. But at this time, Zhuge Qingtian shouted and directly threw the black-iron spear at him. Zhuge Qingtian had very strong arms so that the spear directly stabbed into the battlement after flying several hundred meters."Shi Ruisheng, how dare you disobey me?" Sima Ray always thought Shi Ruisheng was his loyal pawn. But unexpectedly, he should betray him at this crucial time.
Sima Ray had occupied Yu Haitang's body at the moment. However, Yu Haitang's appearance began to change because Sima Ray used the body to practice martial arts day and night. After a long time, he looked no different from Sima Ray's original appearance at a glance.Seeing Yu Haitang's shocking change, Qin Yunuan thought that the people around Yu Haitang might have noticed something. However, they all agreed to say nothing. To keep silent was the key to survive beside Sima Ray.Now Marshal Yu had already been a young man who looked exactly like Sima Ray without the name of Prince Ray."Leng Changxi, there are smoke bombs in four colors in my hands, red, yellow, blue, and green. They are responding to the codes of the people watching bonfires in the four corners of the Royal City respectively. Red is the east. Yellow is the west. Blue is the south. Green is the north. As soon as I let go of the smoke bombs, someone over there will immediately lea
"You want evidence?" Qin Yunuan raised her tone. She was considered a fool. Qin Yunuan suddenly reached out to grab Shi Ruisheng's collar. She was ready to see what's inside it."What are you doing?" Shi Ruisheng's face turned red. He covered his clothes with mild strength."What are you thinking?" Qin Yunuan stared at Shi Ruisheng. She grabbed Shi Ruisheng's collar, revealing three moles, which had a triangle shape besides his collarbone. "Yes, I remember, the elder male cousin Su has it. You were him, this is right, but," Qin Yunuan looked at Shi Ruisheng, and went up to drag his sleeve."Yunuan, what the hell are you doing?"Shi Ruisheng was shy about Qin Yunuan's bold behavior. Besides, he treated her well all these years."See," Qin Yunuan pointed at the thin black line on Shi Ruisheng's arm, "This is the poison I used to suffer. The origin of it was the Tamuer Village and the white poplar forest outside it, which
"You…" Qin Yunuan slightly opened her mouth, looking at Shi Ruisheng, who had a completely different appearance from Leng Changxi. She remembered that her cousin Su Chenghai did look familiar with Leng Changxi. However, Shi Ruisheng's temperament was quite another. The sense of Confucian scholar hid behind his expressions.Shi Ruisheng's words were doting. He seemed to learn from Leng Changxi to act in a mild and indifferent way."What's wrong? When you were a little girl, you wouldn't be like that. You used to talk a lot, but now…mature a little more, words little less." Shi Ruisheng said it naturally with the feeling of a brother. Qin Yunuan disdained him."That's because I have nothing to say to you now." She finished her words and left the tent. Shi Ruisheng wanted to chase her but was stopped by Leng Changxi, "Just let her go. Calm down, and she will be fine."Qin Yunuan kept walking. Along the way, she couldn't help but look
Qin Yunuan read the two documents in her hands. After comparing back and forth, she suddenly smiled and looked at Leng Changxi. It seemed that the two people could understand each other without speaking.In the morning half a month later, the mist dissipated gradually. The profile of the city wall, which was getting clearer little by little from afar, was outlined by the morning sun with a golden rim. The Royal City in the distance was the largest power center of Qi. Gold worshippers and desperate gamblers gathered here, crowding in the tiny space and thinking that they could gain fame and fortune. However, they all became the playthings of power."The world is supposed to be governed by the strong authority," a man in silver armor stood in the golden morning light on a high mountain from afar. The black iron spear in his hand glowed with cold murderous intent. The solemn atmosphere made people breathe cautiously."General Leng, it is me who he
Seeing that Heiying's face gradually become pale, showing a kind of dying helplessness, Qin Yunuan opened his eyelid and checked carefully. Leng Shuang seemed to be a little flustered."Madam, I..." Leng Shuang took a step closer."It's none of your business," Qin Yunuan turned her face to comfort Leng Shuang, "Besides, even if you don't kill him, Sima Ray will kill him. Even if he isn't killed by Sima Ray, he will be punished by me. How can he leave safe and sound after bullying my people?"Leng Changxi glanced at Heiying and ordered his servant, "Take him back." After saying this, he stretched his hand and pulled Qin Yunuan directly onto the horse. When he passed Tuoba Wuyu, he nodded with concern, "Thank you for your hard work."Qin Yunuan sat behind Leng Changxi. Putting her arms around the edge of Leng Changxi's armor, she lowered her head slightly, "It's so surprising that...""Nothing is surprising," Leng Changx