Chapter 295: What did you encounter?

Xie Yingmian couldn't figure it out.

If you can't figure it out, just stop thinking about it.

She said, "I can't take your three thousand taels of gold for nothing. So, I like the painting very much. I'll accept it. I owe you a favor. If you break an arm or a leg in the future, I'll fix it for you free of charge."

Yu Lingye: ...There is no need for this favor.

Besides, three thousand taels of gold was the price five years ago. The current price is more than that.

Yu Lingye didn't say this.

He was afraid that if he told it, Xie Yingmian would owe him an even more bizarre favor.

Peach blossoms are delicate and afraid of being crushed.

Once crushed, the quality will deteriorate.

Therefore.

The newly collected peach blossoms must be delivered to the winemaking workshop as soon as possible.

The wine-making workshop is just behind Taohuawu, and Fu Mo and Cang Yue will be there to deliver it.

Xie Yingmian, Yu Lingye and Qinghuang went straight to the main gate of Taohuawu.

After everyone leaves.

A young man in a wheelchair walked out from the depths of the peach blossom forest.

The young man stared at Xie Yingmian's back for a long time.

Peach blossoms are falling one after another.

It obscured the young man's burning gaze and also obscured his expression.

Qing Huang had noticed that someone was staring at them.

"Someone is watching us. Should we deal with it?" Qing Huang asked.

Xie Yingmian also noticed that gaze.

"I didn't sense any ill intention from the other party. Maybe he was just passing by."

"What do you think?" she asked Yu Lingye.

Yu Lingye said, "Don't worry about him."

Judging from Yu Lingye's tone, he knew the other person.

After Yu Lingye said that, they didn't care.

As soon as I approached Taohuawu, I smelled a sweet fragrance.

One after another, palace maids and eunuchs came in carrying trays.

Qing Huang's eyes sparkled when she saw the various snacks. "Are these snacks made from peach blossoms?"

Yu Lingye: "Yes."

"Is it delicious?" Qing Huang asked.

"It's made by the imperial chef who's the best at dim sum in the palace, and it tastes pretty good," said Yu Lingye.

Qing Huang couldn't wait any longer.

He hasn't tasted the imperial meal yet.

Male and female relatives are separated.

After entering Taohuawu, it is divided into East Courtyard and West Courtyard.

The east courtyard is for male relatives, and the west courtyard is for female relatives.

Yu Lingye said to Xie Yingmian, "There are so many people around here, be careful."

Xie Yingmian said, "You too."

"Zang Song, take good care of the prince."

Cang Song, who had been hiding in the shadows, appeared and pushed Yu Lingye's wheelchair: "Princess, please rest assured."

After Yu Lingye entered the East Courtyard.

There are already quite a few people in the East Courtyard.

They gathered in groups of three or four, drinking, playing chess, or reciting poetry and painting.

Yu Lingye was not interested in these.

He let Zang Song push him to Liuhua Pavilion.

Liuhua Pavilion is located on a high place.

From the pavilion you can overlook the entire East Courtyard.

There are peach blossoms everywhere in Taohuawu. When the wind blows, the peach blossoms sway with the wind. Looking from above, it looks like a flowing sea of ​​flowers.

Liuhua Pavilion got its name from this.

There is a stone table in the pavilion.

There are snacks arranged on the stone table.

Yu Lingye picked up a peach blossom-shaped dessert, played with it, but didn't eat it.

"Come out," he said.

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from the emperor's uncle." A clear male voice came.

Along with the creaking sound of a wheelchair rolling over pebbles, a young man who looked to be about twenty years old came to Yu Lingye.

He looks somewhat similar to Yu Lingye.

Compared with Yu Lingye's good complexion, his face was sickly pale, as if he had been hiding indoors for years without seeing the sun.

"Uncle Emperor looks good. I think he is in better health now," said the man.

Yu Lingye: "Old Five, you know I don't like beating around the bush. I'll just say it straight."

The person who came was none other than the fifth prince who had been living in seclusion since breaking his leg.

The fifth prince laughed and said, "Uncle, what are you talking about? Can't I just chat with you if I have nothing to do?"

The fifth prince gently stroked the wheelchair:

"Uncle, do you still remember that after the imperial physician announced that I had broken my leg, everyone avoided me, fearing any contact with me. Only uncle gave me this wheelchair."

"This wheelchair is very sophisticated, convenient, and very smooth. I know that it was made by the reclusive master of the Yan family at the request of the emperor's uncle. It is priceless."

"I will always remember the kindness that the emperor's uncle has shown me."

Yu Lingye listened to the Fifth Prince quietly, with no expression on his face.

The fifth prince didn't care either.

He finished talking to himself, looked at the tea on the stone table, and poured himself a cup of peach blossom tea.

Drink a cup of tea.

The fifth prince then said quietly, "I saw everything that happened just now."

Yu Lingye still had no expression on his face.

The fifth prince said, "I saw Princess Mu Ning beat herself with my own eyes. I can testify for the Imperial Aunt."

Seeing that Yu Lingye didn't react, he drank another cup of tea.

After finishing the tea, pick up a piece of dessert and put it in your mouth.

"This snack is delicious." The Fifth Prince said, "Wouldn't your uncle like to try it?"

"Liuhua Pavilion is located on a high place, and the area nearby is empty and cannot hide people. My patience is limited." Yu Lingye said.

The fifth prince paused while eating the snack.

He still finished the snacks, even eating up the crumbs.

He took a handkerchief and carefully wiped off the oil stains on his hands: "Uncle, do you remember how my leg was broken?"

Without waiting for Yu Lingye to answer, the Fifth Prince said:

"That year was also the Spring Festival holiday. I was playing polo when the horse I was riding suddenly went crazy and threw me off. The horse trampled over my legs so hard that they broke into pieces. I never got to stand up again."

Yu Lingye waited for the fifth prince to continue speaking.

The fifth prince said, "The Imperial Aunt has been targeted, just like I was back then. I'm afraid they'll use the same tactics again during this Spring Festival trip."

The main characters were missing from the Fifth Prince's words.

Who will repeat the same trick?

The fifth prince didn't say anything, and Yu Lingye didn't ask.

They understand each other tacitly.

"Why?" Yu Lingye asked.

The Fifth Prince's face was full of sarcasm: "Yes, I also want to know why."

"Maybe I accidentally overheard something and he wanted to silence me, but I was lucky enough to survive."

"Of course, it's also possible that I wasn't lucky. He didn't want to kill me in the first place. He just wanted to teach me a lesson, a lesson of having a broken leg and being abandoned by everyone."

The fifth prince laughed when he said this.

The laughter was full of sarcasm.

Yu Lingye's eyes were deep.

He looked at the Fifth Prince: "What did you encounter?"

The smile on the fifth prince's face gradually faded.

The pale, slender, yet rough hands tightly grasped the teacup.

The wind rises.

The peach blossoms under the pavilion fell one after another.

The petals were blown into the pavilion and landed on the stone table and the wheelchair.

Another piece swayed and fell into the fifth prince's teacup.

The fifth prince stared at the peach blossoms in the teacup in a trance.

A long while passed.

He then said quietly, "I accidentally discovered a secret room."

"There's a living dead in the secret room."

"A living dead with only one leg."

"I left quickly before being discovered. Not long after I left, he came back. He didn't ask me about it, so I thought I had kept it a secret."

"Later, during the Spring Festival parade, I broke my leg and became a disabled person."

Yu Lingye has always been able to control his expression.

His expression remained indifferent, unchanged, but a huge wave was stirring in his heart.

The living dead with broken legs...

Could it be Xie Jingyun?