Lu Wuyi frowned deeply. The call in his ears was getting more real. He began to feel afraid, stretching his arms to wave away those horrible sounds. However, his hands were controlled firmly by a force. His face was burning. He was slapped by someone.
Opening his eyes suddenly, Lu Wuyi only saw Leng Changxi's stolid face.
"You," Lu Wuyi got up in a hurry. He wanted to curtsey, but he was afraid that his movement would attract others' attention. So he lowered his voice, "Why do you come here?"
"I'm asking you. Do you know what's wrong with Elder Princess's food every day?" Qin Yunuan came straight to the point.
The evening wind was blowing gently, bringing a chill to Lu Wuyi, which was nothing compared to the coldness in Qin Yunuan's eyes. It was the first time for him to see Qin Yunuan's decisive and sharp eyes. At last, she had guessed something.
Lu Wuyi lowered his head, "I was also forced to do it."
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High-pitched as the woman's voice was, she was strange to all the people. Her thin voice was mean. The next moment, a brisk woman in a red short jacket and trousers appeared at the entrance of East Garden. She had a pointed chin and a small face. She looked unruly and stubborn with the end of her eyebrows slightly up. There were silks tied to her wrists in the same color as her clothes, holding her slightly-open sleeves tightly to make it convenient for her to move. She was holding a soft whip made of fine cowhide in her hand, which was different from the long whip used for driving carriages. It was generally used for women to self-defense and learn martial arts because of its excellent hardness and toughness. It seemed that the woman was a martial artist."Miss..." Just when Qin Yunuan began to talk, she found that the lady in red was followed by many people, all in the same uniform as servants. The two servant girls behind the lady in red were also businesslike. It lo
Wanyan Ba, the Grand Prince in North Di, should have engaged with this infanta. Qin Yunuan listened to that woman carefully. This sounded like a coincidence, but after a closer look, it really made sense. Other than being brutal and hot-tempered, Wanyan Ba was a good match for her given his family background, status and appearance. It seemed that West Xia now was not as powerful as before. It should resort to the imperial matrimony with another country for peace."Mengzhu, shut up." Mu Qingyu frowned with her arched eyebrows knitted. "How can you talk about this casually? The emperor hasn't issued any edict, so stop your wild guess."The woman in red was in a sulk and pouted. Feeling aggrieved, she walked behind Mu Qingyu and hid herself. Mu Qingyu looked up at Qin Yunuan, and the latter just gave her a light smile. "I've heard that the emperor is not feeling well these days. So he won't ask you to marry the prince soon. Your Grace, don't worry."
The weather got colder. Situated in the southwest of Qi, though, West Xia welcomed snow in November due to its geographical location. It was snowing heavily with the height of snow on the ground reaching people's ankle. White snow piled up on the low red wall. It seemed as if the plain courier station had put on a piece of white fox-fur robe.A scarlet sedan chair that came out of the east district in West Liang was quite eye-catching against the white snow. It passed by the streets and arrived at the palace gate. Looking up at the sedan chair top, the doormen immediately bowed to it obediently and cautiously opened the gate. They didn't look up until the sedan chair went through the gate."Ho, who's that? So lordly. I haven't seen any official of the first rank has been greeted in this way." A new guard knew little about royal members."Brat. Shut your mouth up when you know nothing." An elderly soldier scolded him. "The sedan chair top is pai
As soon as Jing Yuanchu gave his order, a man's roar immediately came, "What are you doing? Calm down. Calm down." This sentence made the people outside even more determined that there was an assassin inside.However, the door remained tightly shut and seemed to be bolted on the inside."Knock the palace door." Jing Yuanchu made a decisive decision. He must not let this opportunity go. Jing Yuanchu could not stop Elder Princess from seeing Jing Donghua, but at least he could kill her before she said the truth.It seemed that the men and horses were ready long ago, smashing open the hall door with a log thick like a wooden barrel. Jing Yuanchu took the lead with a long sword. Just as he was about to enter the palace to protect the emperor, the layers of curtains flew up, making the palace feel like a fairyland. However, the hall was extremely tranquil. Jing Yuanchu took a step forward, and the hall was so quiet that you could hear the sound of t
Outside the hall, Leng Changxi was wearing a silver mask. His eyes shone cold as if he could see through this Heavenly Master.Heavenly Master was already gray-haired and had wrinkled skin on his face. He was like an old fairy with the bones of immortality and stood beyond the world. For this master who suddenly appeared half a month ago, people don’t know much. They only know that the Heavenly Master had a surname, Lin. He was good at refining and could bring back the dead.Heavenly Master Lin had one defect that spoiled perfection. He had no legs. Heavenly Master Lin had to rely on his servants to carry him on a bamboo sedan chair. The trousers were empty, so he simply tied them into two knots for quick movement.Heavenly Master Lin had high social status ever since entering the palace, but now he was directly questioned by a young boy who didn't even dare to show his face."Sorry," Heavenly Master Lin smiled kindly, with a certa
"It's not you who decide to leave or not." All of a sudden, a high-pitched voice came from behind Leng Changxi and Elder Princess. Leng Changxi turned his head vigilantly. It turned out that the one was nobody else but Eunuch Meng, who had been following Jing Yuanchu and helping him.Eunuch Meng hadn't seen Leng Changxi before, but he had sent people to ask about him. He knew that the man wearing a silver mask beside Elder Princess was Leng Changxi, the first Great General of Qi as well as the bastard son of Jing Donghua and Elder Princess."He is good at martial arts. Be careful," Eunuch Meng told several master-hands who had been lurking on the wall. Having already felt the constant, secret flow of much genuine energy around them, Leng Changxi guessed that there were many master-hands ambushing in the surrounding. He quickly judged that two of them mastered Qigong, three of them mastered out-fight and one of them was good at using a sword. It seemed that
Qin Yunuan and Mu Qingyu looked at each other. Qin Yunuan knew that she had had so many enemies all the way here. However, she didn't think that even in West Xia, there was someone who dared to attack so obviously. Having thought for several times, nobody was suspicious except for that man."It's Jing Yuanchu." Qin Yunuan said in a half-guessing tone to seek Mu Qingyu's reaction.Mu Qingyu smiled a little and said naturally, "Or what? Who will be the one except for him?""There's one thing that I don't understand. Why can Thirteenth Prince do whatever he wants in the palace? With so many unforgivable things he does, why is the emperor still so indulgent to him?""Indulgent?" Mu Qingyu found it a little funny. But she understood it. Those who didn't know about the real Jing Yuanchu, like those folks, all gave Thirteenth Prince extremely good comments, "You only need to understand Jing Yuanchu with the mind of Prince Ray of Qi. What'
What Leng Wu said was as dreadful as a powerful bomb, greatly shocking Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan."What?" Qin Yunuan saw clearly that almost the whole mountain collapsed. No one in it could survive."It's true. I saw him clearly." Leng Wu explained slowly, "On the day when the Grand Prince's property was confiscated, I saw people bring heavily injured Wanyan Su back to the capital city right on my way out of the Grand Prince's Mansion. Wanyan Su's right arm was broken and started to fester because of late treatment. Although he was behind layers of curtains, I saw him clearly.""Wanyan Su indeed had broken his arm." Leng Changxi murmured, "Wait. The Grand Prince's property has been confiscated?""Right." Leng Wu continued, "Not long ago, the Grand Prince should have been out of confinement. But officials asked to impeach him for his adultery with imperial concubines. The Grand Prince insisted on his innocence, but an imperial con
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