Chapter 49: A Sweet Day

East Palace.

Eunuch Xue was extremely busy. The Eastern Palace was in chaos. Dozens of palace maids and eunuchs had been killed. Now there was a shortage of manpower and they were trying to transfer them everywhere.

Prince Fu lay in bed, his face covered in a thin layer of sweat, his lips pale, and he stared at the sky with a weak and hopeless gaze. A thick quilt covered his lower body, from which the strong smell of medicine wafted. Everyone was terrified, afraid that any movement or word would anger the prince and bring about his own death.

While everyone was busy, a man in gorgeous clothes came over, covering his face with white jade, looking very imposing.

Eunuch Xue bowed his head upon seeing this man and said, "Greetings, Imperial Master. His Highness the Crown Prince is feeling quite depressed and righteous, so please come and see him."

Master Fu Yu glanced through the mask at this seemingly polite man. He remembered that the Zhu Yuxiang he had used in the East Palace before was probably the work of Eunuch Xue.

But these ants really underestimated him.

"I understand." He nodded slightly and walked into the prince's bedroom.

"National Master! National Master! You are finally here!" When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw the National Master, he felt like he had seen a savior.

"Imperial Master, please help me, what should I do..." The prince began to cry bitterly.

The Imperial Master gently lifted the quilt and looked inside. He frowned and covered the quilt again.

It is said that the prince was injured by a fire spell, but his lower body was not burned into charcoal. Instead, it was all like the skin was peeling off, with huge blisters bulging, bursting and festering layer by layer.

It has lost all its shape and is just a pile of mud. Even if a god came down to earth, it would be impossible to create another one.

This kind of wound is very similar to his method...

"But Li Yuanying hurt you?" The Imperial Master sat at the head of the prince's bed, close to him, just to comfort him physically.

The prince glanced at his servants and said, "All of you, please leave!"

Eunuch Xue led everyone else out of the bedroom and closed the door.

The prince hesitated: "Masked Bug..."

After saying these three words, he looked around, as if he was afraid that someone would hear him, and he made a gesture to keep quiet.

The Imperial Preceptor nodded, "I understand. Your Highness, don't worry. I can help you resolve your worries."

The Crown Prince's eyes lit up, and he immediately grabbed the Imperial Preceptor. "What should I do? I can still be saved, right? I can't... I can't be useless like this, Imperial Preceptor. Father will definitely give up on me! No... Not only Father, but those old men will also make him give up on me!"

The Imperial Preceptor removed the Crown Prince's hand and gently placed it on the bed. "Since it's Miss Li's achievement, let the Li family handle it. Your Highness, please rest assured and leave it to me. You only need to follow Miss Li and the others' plan. Don't worry about me, I will definitely find a way to escape."

"Okay, okay, thank you very much, Imperial Master, thank you very much, Imperial Master!" The prince was crying. He actually knew that he was already dying, but he still wanted to grasp this last straw.

Ever since the Crown Prince returned, he noticed that the people around him had begun to change. Normally, the concubines in the harem would rush to see him, but when he got into this situation, the Crown Princess came to see him first, and then the women in the harem stopped coming, as if they had agreed to stop visiting him.

These women are so snobbish and ugly!

Wait until this prince gets better, and then you’ll see how I’ll deal with you. The prince thought bitterly, he must get better, if he doesn’t, no one will be able to survive!

Whether it's Li Yuanying or that Qilang, none of them will have an easy time.

*

Zhang Qingchen dispatched the Ming Guards, and he, Li Yuanying and Qilang came to Chang'an City.

They said they were looking for the murderer, but in fact they already had a candidate for the murderer.

This person is Master Fu Yu.

When they were at Yanshan, Li Yuanying asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come back and insist that the incident had nothing to do with her and Zhang Qingchen, and then she said that the injury was caused by someone who could cast fire spells.

Speaking of this National Master Fu Yu, Li Yuanying had only seen him once in the Shengle Illusion, but from the aura emanating from this person, it could be inferred that he was most likely someone who practiced fire magic.

Especially since Li Yuanying's spells are mainly purification-based and belong to the water element, her sixth sense is extremely strong when it comes to fire spells which are incompatible with hers, and she can usually guess the person's intention almost accurately by the aura around him.

Although there was no direct evidence, she was willing to take a gamble. At that time, she saw that the national teacher's eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Qilang's. Maybe they knew each other. Qilang was a fire element, so the probability of this person being a fire element was very high.

Li Yuanying had very little information about the other party, so he could only fight hard if he could get close to the national teacher.

Even if the Imperial Master was not proficient in fire magic, she could still make a pretext, because her purpose was not to investigate the Imperial Master, but to enter the Imperial Master's residence - the Imperial Master's Mansion - and conduct a search.

The most dangerous place is the safest place. If it were her, she would do the same, so that thing must be hidden in the Imperial Master's Mansion.

"Wanwan, what is your next plan?" Zhang Qingchen asked.

Li Yuanying looked at the bustling Chang'an City, with people hawking food and cosmetics in the streets and alleys. However, the heat of this world had nothing to do with her.

She has six days left.

"We need to set up a formation first and conduct a large-scale search for anyone using fire magic throughout Chang'an City," said Li Yuanying.

"But even if we pinpoint it to Imperial Master Fu Yu, he can still argue that there are more than one person in the world who uses fire magic. Why must it be him?"

Li Yuanying smiled and said, "Really? Are there really that many? I heard that only the Fuxi tribe can use fire magic in this world."

Zhang Qingchen was a little confused.

"Anyone who has seen the prince's injuries will know that this is not an ordinary fire spell, it is real fire."

Zhang Qingchen suddenly realized: "However, he can also say that this person was sent by Buzhou Mountain and has nothing to do with him."

"Buzhou Mountain is the home of the Fuxi Clan. The Emperor cannot possibly go there to investigate. This would very likely lead to a war between the Fuxi Clan and us. But if Chang'an finds out there's someone who knows the Fuxi Clan's fire magic, do you think the Emperor would just leave it alone?"

If you want to accuse someone of a crime, you will always find a pretext.

Zhang Qingchen nodded.

"So, we just need to give the Emperor an excuse to search the Imperial Preceptor's residence."

Qilang stood not far away and listened to the plan of Li Yuanying and Zhang Qingchen. This woman was indeed not simple, but there was one thing he didn't understand. If she just wanted to obtain the seal of Jiuzhou, why did she search the National Master's Mansion?

Now that I have the Polar Cold Lotus in my hand, I just need to form a seal, so why add unnecessary complications?

If they wanted to search the entire Chang'an, it would take a whole day just to set up the formation. Zhang Qingchen was responsible for setting up the formation. Li Yuanying had nothing to do and she didn't want to waste this last time, so she told Qilang that although she had been to Chang'an, she had never had the opportunity to play in Chang'an and wanted to go for a stroll with him.

She had spent her entire life either hunting monsters or practicing martial arts at home, never having any time for herself. Now, she finally had a day of her own, and she was very satisfied.

Chang'an was full of delicious food, and the two of them enjoyed a wide variety of snacks, including cold toad soup, milk porridge, crystal shrimp, and lychee red. There were small shops everywhere. Li Yuanying found a place and ate at every one. They were so full that they ordered some osmanthus wine, feeling very comfortable.

There was a small shop with a street opera singer outside. The actor was handsome and Li Yuanying found him pleasing to the eye, which made Qilang a little jealous. She made fun of Qilang, which made it even more amusing.

"If there weren't this broken seal and this monster, it would be great if we could just travel around and enjoy the scenery, right?" Li Yuanying took a big gulp of wine. She had been feeling better these days, as if she were regaining some vitality. Especially after making love with Qilang yesterday, her cold seemed to have improved a lot.

"Yes, it will be over soon." Qilang also took a sip and looked at the woman in front of him tenderly.

He stretched out his hand, and his little finger lightly touched the back of the woman's hand. Their eyes were lingering together. Qilang had never felt such happiness before. It was a kind of tranquility and peace of mind.

Once he breaks through this Yuanming realm and gets what belongs to his mother, he can take her away.

They wanted to cross Buzhou Mountain and go to the farther Biluo Sea. They heard that there was no dispute and no worries there, and it was a paradise.

They would settle down there and live happily together. If she wanted, he also wanted to have children with her, and they would raise the children together and have them grow up with him.

"Qilang, after we resolve the situation in Chang'an, what are you going to do?"

Li Yuanying's question interrupted Qilang's imagination.

Qilang really wanted to say everything that was on his mind, but he didn't know whether Li Yuanying was talking about what he wanted to do or his plans for the two of them.

"Go travel and never come back."

Li Yuanying nodded. "You're truly a child from a wealthy family, you don't even have to worry about making a living. But, won't your family take you back to continue the family line?"

Qilang almost choked on his wine. He coughed a few times and said, "What does this...what does this have to do with them...it's still..."

Li Yuanying found his face flushed and found it very funny, so she continued to ask, "What else is it?"

"It all depends... on what you think..." Qilang didn't expect that he would be forced to this point. When the two of them were cuddling yesterday, her calls made him restless.

Li Yuanying was stunned. She understood what Qilang wanted to say, but she knew that she would not be able to wait for that day, but he didn't know it yet.

"What I mean is..." She paused, "Your family should arrange a concubine for you to give birth to a pure-blood child, right?"

When Qilang heard this, he put down his wine glass and seemed a little angry: "I told you before that we are different from you. We don't have three wives and four concubines. Since I married you, I can't have concubines."

"If I'm gone, won't you remarry?"

Qilang's eyes suddenly widened and his breathing became rapid. Li Yuanying could see that he seemed sad. When Qilang showed this expression, she suddenly felt a little sorry for him.

"Didn't I say it? I won't let this happen." Qilang said word by word.

Li Yuanying didn't want to spoil the fun. She didn't have much time left and didn't want to waste it being normal with him. Even if it was all lies, she just wanted to be happy for once in her life.

She looked at the man in front of her, his clear eyes, his high nose bridge, and his extraordinary temperament, and a thought that she had never had before arose in her mind.

That is something other than the Li family's mission, sentient beings and responsibilities. It is more down-to-earth, smaller and more real.

It is a bowl of rice, a cup of tea, two people hugging each other, and the daily necessities of life.

"I've never had a day before...that there will be a day..."

"What kind of day?"

The greed for life.

Li Yuanying didn't say anything. She never thought that there would be a day when she would become greedy for sex.