Compared to ordinary families, the royal families would spend their New Year's Day in a more ritualistic way.
Before sunrise, Long Tianyu entered the imperial palace in a new ceremonial robe.
On this day, under Crown Prince's lead, all the princes and concubines would have to pay their respect to the empress dowager in Taihe Palace, and after that, they would receive officials in Yonghe Palace. Despite the emperor on the sickbed, the ritual was necessary on such a day.
After all these procedures, they would have to attend a banquet in Chongqing Palace.
The four maids all remained silent on the way to the imperial palace, and the main road of the city now was packed with carriages. Because of the festival, the palace was dotted with auspicious yet ceremonious decorations.
As Lin Mengya lifted the curtain of the carriage, a towering palace came into her sight. This ever-gloomy place now was lit up by countless lamps
"So, you didn't know that? Well, seems you're a bit incompetent as a leader. She carried your Bamboo Token with her when she came to see me, or what do you think she depended on to enter my mansion?" Long Tianyu looked grave as he spoke. It turned out that Master Bamboo was the one in actual charge of North Tower while Master Plum was there only to cover her. Few people knew that Master Plum was, in fact, just a talented geisha girl. "It's my fault, but rest assured, Your Highness, I'll settle the matter properly to make amends for my mistake." After Master Bamboo gave it a quick thought, things appeared clearer to her. Several days ago, Lu Ning came to her in Plum's carriage, at which Master Bamboo did not expect them to be so bold. Cold sweats started out on her foreheads. No wonder before Ruo Bing left, she would remind her to keep an eye on Plum. "You could start to handle it after our business i
"Please hold on, Your Highness." Night stood in Lin Mengya's way with a firm expression. "Why? What are you and Long Tianyu planning about?" Lin Mengya replied in an anxious voice. The reason that the empress had shown her hole card was that she tried to threaten Lin Mengya and stop what was going to happen. It confirmed Lin Mengya's guess that Long Tianyu told Night to stop her. "Sorry, Your Highness, I can't tell you anything." Their action was a top-secret that even those commanders who did not participate in did not know about it. Moreover, Prince Yu had ordered them that everything must go right, so, even if it was Princess Yu, Night could not tell her anything. "Move out of my way! I must see Long Tianyu. Whatever you're planning about, stop now!" Now, Lin Mengya was sure that the real Concubine De was in the hands of the empress, and what had happened before now was
Long Tianyu nodded his approval. In fact, he found many weak points in the Imperial Palace and the resting palace of the Emperor. It would not have drawn the attention of others, if it had been a weekday. But the palace banquet for New Year's Eve would be held here. The whole palace was supposed to be guarded securely. The only reason was that the Empress intended to trap Long Tianyu. Lin Mengya caught her breath slightly. If Long Tianyu would not heed her warning to stop what he was doing, then the banquet would end in a disaster today. Lin Mengya turned around and saw Night coming up at the side chamber. When she turned round the corner, Night had already disappeared. Lin Mengya checked the whole palace, but could not find any traces of fighting nor strange footprints. "They must have left secretly." Lin Mengya felt a little relieved. But when she was about to return to Chongqing Palace, something
"This is a conspiracy!" "A total conspiracy!" Lin Mengya immediately turned to look at the Empress, only to see the latter watching her in shock. However, she still caught a flicker of complacency in the Crown Prince's eyes, before he covered it up. "Very good, Princess Yu! Did you guys hear that? Did you hear what the assassin said? No wonder Prince Yu is absent. If it's not a prescient move, then, he must be the one behind this massacre!" Before Lin Mengya could react, someone already stood up and pointed a finger at her. But to everyone's surprise, she neither admitted nor lost her head. She just squatted on the ground, glanced at the person, and then scrutinized the dead body. "What are you doing? Are you trying to destroy the evidence? Your Highness, she should be detained and made to pay with her life for the deaths of our dearest family members!" He did not stop his indictment, n
The Crown Prince did not expect Long Tianyu to change everything. It was only right to save the Emperor first. Going by this alone, the suspicion about Long Tianyu was greatly allayed. If the Crown Prince stuck to Long Tianyu, others would not suspect him at all. The Crown Prince was glaring at Long Tianyu with hatred. But he had to let it go. But the fact that Lin Mengya would be under his control for the next few days, made him think up of lots of venomous schemes in his heart, immediately. Long Tianyu would be defeated as long as Lin Mengya was under the Crown Prince's control! "Yu'er, you should be awarded for your brave rescue. But it's an unexpected incident and I was very scared. Let's go back to my palace, Princess Yu. May a big fortune follow a narrow escape. The Crown Prince, remember to make a good arrangement for every family member. Yu'er, Han'er, I'll leave the guarding of the Palace to you."
The Empress and the Crown Prince were a pair of mother and son, who had different plans. Both of them were hiding their own thoughts on the surface. "It's not your fault. But I hope that something like this will no longer happen. Your father is still on his sickbed. Many people in the whole Capital City, are watching you and me." The Empress warned him sincerely and earnestly, like a loving mother. Her reminder surprised the Crown Prince. "Mother, she did not scold me in the least." For the Crown Prince, this was something unimaginable! "Don't you blame me, mother?" The Crown Prince asked a tentative question. The Empress gave him a friendly smile. "How could I blame you, my son. Nobody is perfect. You have made up for it and now your merits will offset any wrongs. Be cautious and thoughtful in future. You've been busy the whole night. Go back and have a rest. There's stil
"I won't go. Master, it's dangerous. You can't be left alone. Baisu is capable of kung fu, but without a close maid to serve you, what if your sickness recurs?" The speaker was Baiji, who always listened to Lin Mengya before. The other two immediately echoed what she said. Everything that happened tonight had given them a severe fright. It had been a real fight. They saw for themselves, a lady about Lin Mengya's age, killed by assassins, and lying in a pool of blood on the ground. Their round eyes were wide open, and reflected their reluctance to leave her. Therefore, the three maids refused to leave Lin Mengya alone in this place. Should Lin Mengya ever encounter any danger one day, they would sacrifice their lives for her, at least, to repay her for her appreciation of them. "I'm a doctor myself. So I'm clear about my own condition. Besides, I will not be staying here forever. I know,
They arrived at the gate of the Imperial Hospital soon. On the way to the hospital, Zhenzhu and Manao took turns to humiliate Lin Mengya. "They mistook my good cultivation as a sign of timidity." The two girls were unaware that they were dealing with a fiend with a human face. Glancing at them, Lin Mengya silently sneered. "You still have time to be haughty now. But later, don't beg for my mercy." The Imperial Hospital was exactly what Lin Mengya expected. Baili Rui told her that there were a number of famous doctors gathered there. She smelled a herbal fragrance when she went into it. Shen Nung automatically made an analysis, and gave a rough estimation that there were over a thousand herbs, including many rare herbs. Some of them could even raise the dead. She was wondering what kind of old age sickness the Emperor was stricken with. Even these medicines did not seem to
The wolves didn't come forward, but she heard the sound of leaves rubbing together.Looks like it was the head wolf.Lin Menya wasn't the least bit intimidated, but the head wolf's behavior was strange, it didn't make an attacking gesture.Instead"White!"The first rays of morning light blossomed and she saw the white pelt, hidden in the shadows.Heart racing, she embraced the huge figure that came hurtling at her.Unexpectedly, her little white, won!"You're really good, you came and singled out someone's boss, okay, a bit of my style!"The surprise made Lin Menya relax her entire body, but something wasn't quite right with Xiao Bai.After it plopped down on Lin Menya's body, it actually didn't move.Scared, she thought what was wrong and cleanly checked the wound for White.But what I didn't expect to hear first, was the little one's hoots and hollers.After half a day's messing around, Kohaku was exhau
"But, but we don't have silver, food and weapons, and how can we fight against those people with these 2,000 people and more?"Nie Qing stuttered a bit, he had been to the battlefield, naturally he knew that these things were not a matter of having many people."These, I have my own ways. But right now, it's a perfect time to sharpen. After dawn, the guards stationed inside and outside of Kanakura City will definitely search the mountain. If utilized properly, these two thousand or so people will become the heart of Jin Cang City. At that time, we'll eat away at these people's power little by little."An extremely large plan formed in her mind.Though she knew that there was no rush, right now, it was sort of the only way to house the two thousand or so people."You mean, let us occupy the mountain as king? That won't work, in case if the Wei people slow down and concentrate their forces on attacking us, how can we defend ourselves with just these two t
The one who spoke, was not very tall, and had only suffered a little because he was a prisoner of war.But in the end, after the army, baptized by war, the essence is still good.And, he's probably the superior of those five.The five men stood behind him out of habit, not saying a word.Lin Menya glanced at the man and couldn't help but light up.His eyes were clear and godly, with only the undaunted defiance of a soldier, without half the slipperiness and accidents of a soldier's oil, only a good soldier.The heart, too, is in the right place."In a while, let's go into the mountains and hide for a while first, with so many people, there's always a need for laws and rules. Since you've been in the army, I'd like to ask you to do these things, is that okay?"The man didn't realize that the GodEmperor was actually going to entrust him with such a thing.At once, the flame of grandeur in the man's heart was ignited.He looke
She quietly picked up the raw meat and practically crawled her way to the man's back, getting closer and closer to the man as she practically held her breath.Suddenly, the man turned his head around in a flash as if he had sensed something.Lin Mengya didn't care about anything else, the raw meat in her hand that was dipped in anesthetic, gagged the man's mouth at once.The man, shocked and angry, tries to escape.But she didn't know where the strength came from, both hands wrapped around the man's neck and tightly stuffed the large chunk of raw meat in the head of the man's mouth, refusing to part.The man, of course, was much stronger than she was, and only panicked for a moment before using his hand to tug at the flesh around his mouth.Lin Mengya was in a hurry and kneed the man in one of the acupoints on his waist.The blow was so steady and hard that the man lost a lot of strength at once, and her hand, never left the raw flesh.
Looking at the lock that was half a pound heavy, Gong Ping sighed.In fact, to this day, he didn't know who this fuss was really about.But looking at Missy's distraught look, he didn't dare to ask more.All I know is that what the lady is looking for is a large metal cage."Let's find it first, and be careful this time before someone sees us."Locked warehouses are usually guarded.This is the boundary of Kanakura Harbor, and those who are in charge of the patrol are also from Kanakura Harbor.These are the crew members who work on the ship and make their rounds on weekdays when they have nothing else to do.Lin Menya and Gong Ping dodged a group of people by virtue of their skinny bodies.But soon they were lost in the midst of dodging."How much longer do we have to look, miss?"The two crouched in the corner, Lin Moya's eyes, tightly focused on a crew that had just disappeared.Just now, they were so close t
If the nominal Gong Ya was still here, then she could have arrogantly and incomparably fought the auction with the intention of competing with the other party.But on the contrary, she couldn't easily reveal her identity.If one Lin Mengmai wasn't enough of a warning, then adding another Zhu Yan made the problem much more obvious.Lin Mengya was also thinking of a countermeasure, if it really didn't work, she would repeat her trick and use the same trick that Bai Su had used earlier to muddle through.But now that she was unprepared, it would be bad to reveal anything instead.However, the bidding didn't quite end there.Once they heard the Mu family bidding, the general public wouldn't dare to follow them.But there were still one or two, who felt that the teenager and the beast were strange, and had the guts to call for a price.Soon, the price climbed to six thousand taels.Those few families had subsided, the expensive price
But the third auction, however, made every Gong family member's heart feel a bit clogged.Because on the list, there were three dozen people from the Gong family that were being auctioned off as house slaves.Those people are the deepest hidden scars of the Gong family.From the moment the five sons of the Gong family entered, the atmosphere was, well, somewhat oppressive."My lord, the people sent by the lady have arrived."Gong Yang was still guarding the outside, but he led in a boy who was dressed, all ordinary."You go down."Gong Si waved his hand, allowing Gong Yang to leave.Turning, he asked in a low voice."What did Missy tell you to pass on?"The boy hung his head low, but pursed his lips and smiled."Missy said to spend the silver as she pleases and smash whoever she sees as disagreeable."Gong Si smiled along with him, but reached out and pulled the boy in front of a few other brothers."See,
"Hiss, why are you guys so heavy handed, trying to strangle me? Get out!"Lin Mengya yelled at the two female slaves in disgust, and the two immediately fell to their knees, trembling."Who are you playing pathetic and condescending like that for? If it weren't for me, you'd probably be dead!"She continued to curse, and Gong Si just couldn't stand it and ordered them to be taken out."Miyaya, how could you?""Why can't I be like this? Don't forget who's the head of the family!"Before the two slave girls went out, they heard an argument coming from inside.As slaves, they had to hang their heads lower to save themselves from the waves.How could the two of them know that since they went out, the atmosphere in the box had changed all of a sudden."Go on, keep an eye on them."Gong Si casually beckoned an attendant and softly commanded, the place where his line of sight fell, right where it should be, was the direction where
"I'm used to being at home. I went out in a hurry this time and didn't bring a few satisfactory maids with me. I see that on the list for today's auction, there are female slaves trained by the Rong family. I would like to ask Mr. Lu to ask for a few in advance, do you think it's okay?"Though she played it in the name of consultation, her tone was unquestionable.Lu Feng hesitated slightly, and she immediately pulled a face."I have let you earn a lot of silver, right, so a little request can not be done, you this business ah, do not often."She was not polite in the slightest, and her voice was not small enough to be heard by anyone around her.Gongbin frowned, not the least bit displeased that she was being so capricious.He was just about to open his mouth, but he was pulled back by Gong San."Big brother, little sister is a girl after all, delicate and weak, she should also find someone to serve her. How about this, Mr. Lu, these female