At that time, Xi'er stepped forward and handed over the agarwood box, "Old Madam, it is found in Xiuru's room."
Seeing the familiar agarwood box, Old Madam nodded. The truth was quite clear now. Xiuru had been a thief. Sun Baozhen appeared that she was going to put righteousness above her emotion to Xiuru.
"Old Madam, I've only heard that Third Young Madam lost the heirloom you gave to her. However, I don't know what it is. It's better to open the box to confirm it clearly."
Qin Yunuan and Old Madam exchanged a glance with each other. They had both guessed what Sun Baozhen thought. She wanted to know whether what in the box was the fourth map that the Sun Family was looking for. Qin Yunuan made a small smile and agreed, "You are right. It will be very clear to open the box to see what is inside."
Following Old Madam's order, Yuanyang stepped forward and twisted the brass buckle on the box. In Sun Baozhen's expectation and Qin Yunua
The "guest" of Sun Baozhen was nobody else but Dou Meishuang, who had met Qin Yunuan before!Dou Meishuang had a pair of big and watery eyes as if they could take people's souls from them. At the moment, she was looking at Qin Yunuan with a smile on her face. Her smile was clean and unpretending, looking extremely natural and kind.Dou Meishuang was wearing a well knitted blue skirt, with neatly cut tassels hanging from her chest. She had a well-made jade orchid hairpin in her hair. Even though she only had a couple or two pieces of jewelry in her hair bun, every one of them was of the best quality. It was obvious that Dou Meishuang was living comfortably recently. Especially when Prince Ray was still missing, and the Qin family was in such trouble, it was really uneasy for her to live so comfortably.Seeing Dou Meishuang's attitude towards Sun Baozhen, Qin Yunuan got the whole picture more or less. There was a slight trace of obedience and fla
"The Grand Prince?" Qin Yunuan tried shouting at Sima Ray. He seemed to be pondering intently, so he did not respond to Qin Yunuan. Qin Yunuan walked closer and said in a louder voice, "Grand Prince?"Sima Ruo shuddered suddenly. He looked frightened when he saw the abrupt appearance of Qin Yunuan."Grand Prince, what's the matter with you?" Qin Yunuan felt so confused about the response of Sima Ruo, "The Fourth Prince of North Di let me collect the recent news of Saichun. But this time, I entered the Royal Palace and heard that the Grand Prince's Wife had stayed at her chamber for many days. Today, you looked out of mind. Grand Prince, is there anything happening to you?""Nothing!" Sima Ruo answered without any doubt. But her eyes were so carotic, "Everything is fine. Everything!"Qin Yunuan walked closer again, "Listen. Half a month ago, Grand Prince's Wife gave birth to a baby, the Grandson of the emperor, but why do people in
As Jinzhi retreated, Qin Yunuan turned around slowly and said to Imperial Concubine Yun, "Your Royal Highness, I don't know who the person was that told you the gossip, saying that I looked down up you and even faked Queen Mother's order. Now, you are acting on the empress's behalf and taking charge of the imperial harem. Everyone all admired your decisiveness very much, and so do I. I will never speak ill of you." She cast a glance at Sun Baozhen when she finished these words, and Imperial Concubine Yun also looked at her doubtingly.However, Sun Baozhen was good at acting. With her tearful eyes and skillful words, she removed all doubts and looked innocent again in other people's eyes.But since it was almost the time for the Yellow Flower Maze, Imperial Concubine Yun did not want to waste time on those trivial things anymore. Besides, if Queen Mother learned about this thing, she could get more kicks than halfpence."Will you take part in th
The concealed weapons came abruptly, making her unprepared. Qin Yunuan stepped back without noticing till her back was already against the cold wall. Suddenly, a purple-dressed woman jumped over the blue brick walls of the maze. With a bright flash, Leng Shuang took the soft sword out of the sheath on her waist. The tip of the sword collided with the dart and blocked it."Third Young Madam." Leng Shuang guarded in front of Qin Yunuan. At the same time, with three swishes came three people in black. They were all trim and petite. Qin Yunuan narrowed her eyes and noticed that all three of them had slightly uplifted breasts. They were women?"Please leave first, Third Young Madam." Leng Shuang was protecting Qin Yunuan on her side. Qin Yunuan raised her eyes and looked at Sima Ruo who was in the pavilion. Nobody could see here from the stand, but Sima Ruo was so close. Why didn't he move, but closed his eyes and ignored everything?The three women
"It's not murder?" Miss Qiao became wide-eyed and covered her mouth, looking surprised.Then they heard footsteps of many people from behind. Qin Yunuan dragged Miss Qiao to stand against the wall. They saw the emperor's sedan chair was heading to the Qingping Palace. Emperor Zhaoxuan sat on the chair. Although his face was covered by yellow valances, they could still sense that he was serious and grave.Even the emperor knew it. It was highly likely that the Grand Prince was truly dead.As expected, when Qin Yunuan arrived at the Qingping Palace, she heard cries. Eunuchs and servant girls who knelt outside the palace all cried loudly. Required by imperial rules, servants should all cry loudly once their masters or mistresses died. The more loudly they cried, it meant the more loyal they were.Taking a look at those crying servants, Qin Yunuan sneered. Imperial Concubine Yun rushed out of the palace, having her hair down and a pale
Zhang Ruting hesitated. He was absent-minded when seeing Qin Yunuan oncoming. Then he found that Leng Changxi was waiting from afar."Infanta Ping," Zhang Ruting curtseyed with his hand cupped in the other before his chest."Save it," Qin Yunuan appeared indifferent, "We don't need any extra manner for greeting each other. There's only one thing that I want to ask you. Why did the Grand Prince commit suicide?"Zhang Ruting glanced at Qin Yunuan imperturbably, "Now everyone was guessing how the Grand Prince had been murdered. Only you believe that he killed himself. I wonder," Zhang Ruting approached Qin Yunuan when speaking, "Why are you capable of minimizing the influence every time?""Know your enemy and know yourself will ensure victory," Qin Yunuan smiled slightly, "I know what person the Grand Prince is, so I understand his behavior. He was put into a corner by Imperial Concubine Yun. If she continued, he would destroy himself
Sun Baozhen and Prince Ning had been married for a month, but they didn't sleep together once. Even Old Madam knew this. One day, Qin Yunuan was rubbing lower legs of Old Madam whose health condition was worsening. Although she still looked spirited in front of people, those who stayed close to her, such as Qin Yunuan and Yuanyang, knew she was very weak now. Old Madam couldn't take supplements anymore and just had some very simple diets every day.But she was optimistic, so she lived with an open heart. She didn't even get upset on hearing the news about Imperial Concubine Yun and the Grand Prince. However, there was one thing that worried her."Mother." Coming back from the levee, Prince Ning was told by the doorman that Old Madam wanted to meet him immediately. Still togated, Prince Ning walked to the Lotus Fragrance Courtyard hastily."Humph." Old Madam seemed annoyed and said angrily, "How can you call me mother?"Prince Ning
"You're just a monster, who's neither a man nor a woman."Qin Yunuan's words were like a spell which controlled people's minds. It whirled in Sun Baozhen's head repeatedly. Sun Baozhen moved his chin slightly. Leng Changxi immediately leaped towards him and pulled his chin downwards. A poisonous pill in his teeth fell out."You want to die? It's not that easy." Leng Changxi shouted seriously.Sun Baozhen figured a weird smile, "What? Don’t you want me to die by setting me up? Or, in fact, you're scared? Oh right, tomorrow the Sun Family will return to Jinling. If they realize that something's wrong with me, huh, I'm looking forward to seeing you all kneeling in front of me, begging for my pardon."Sun Baozhen had returned to his own voice. But pretending to be a woman for all these years had changed his voice significantly. Now he just sounded like a eunuch in the palace. His squeaky voice was disgusting.Qin Yunuan sl
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