Chapter 166: Destiny 12 Do you like the Crown Prince he mentioned? ...

Qingluan Mountain can be seen in the mortal world, but mortals cannot reach it.

The snow on the top of the mountain never melts, but the vegetation on the mountainside is dense. A burst of blue light shot up into the sky, and the misty clouds were diluted for a moment. The sky suddenly brightened, and the clouds were illuminated by the dazzling light for a moment.

On the top of the mountain, the snow melted, and as the snow water melted, the face of a man in white clothes sitting on the top of the mountain was revealed.

She has deep eyebrows, a high nose bridge, clear features, a plain dress with a white background and black patterns, and her hair is tied up with a simple plum blossom jade hairpin.

He slowly opened his eyes, a flash of light flashed across his dark blue pupils, as if he had just woken up from a dream, and he whispered a name softly.

"Yanze."

He opened his eyes, raised his hand, and a panel appeared out of thin air in front of him.

[Small World 07-06, Dispatched Employee Number: 001, Current Strategy Progress: 90%, Current Darkening Level: 40%]

The letters and numbers on this panel are completely mirror-reversed.

He frowned slightly, raised his hand impatiently and separated a bit of spiritual power to follow Li Yanze's trail to find him.

"Ahem."

A man wrapped tightly in a blanket walked over on the flooded ground, revealing only a pair of bright and lively fox eyes.

"It seems that you have remembered everything and you don't call me Master anymore. Do I need to remind you? This is a small world. You are now Gu Fengze, his senior brother, a supporting character in a story."

Gu Fengze was silent for a moment: "Can't I fuse this fragment immediately?"

Yin Suohe nodded: "Sure, then the data was detected to be abnormal, the main system grabbed the data and started self-checking, you were taken back for benchmark testing and your memory was directly wiped to make your system, he was directly destroyed. I was directly judged to be in violation and arrested."

“We all have a bright future.”

Gu Fengze couldn't imagine that before his memory was activated, he and Yan Ze called this guy Master.

"This isn't the first time you've cheated on yourself." Yin Suohe rolled his eyes: "Just get over it sooner rather than later."

"Accompany him throughout this world and don't do anything unnecessary."

Gu Fengze flipped his hand and closed the backend page of this mirror, and Yin Suohe's figure disappeared. He stood up and walked out of the mountaintop. The white jade plum blossom hairpin was simple and elegant, with a naive shape, but the corners were white and shiny, and it could be seen that it was the result of long-term play.

They were originally one person. The moment Gu Fengze activated his memory, he could see the fragments of this world. Gu Fengze smiled sarcastically.

"He looks like a sickly person, full of lies."

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At the same time, Qi Youwei, who was sitting in the carriage, felt his heart move, and he had some kind of sense.

The memory of that Taoist priest suddenly became clear.

Qi Youwei gently embraced the sleeping Li Yanze, held him in his arms, lowered his head to rub his hair, and gently touched the side of his face with his fingers.

"No one can take you away from me."

Qi Youwei thought for a while, knocked lightly on the window of the carriage, and whispered a few words to the people outside.

Taoxi Village is not too far from the imperial capital, but it took four or five days to get there with frequent stops and starts.

Li Yanze had traveled all over the country before and rarely rode a horse. He would ride an oxcart when he could, mainly because he didn't have much money. This time, he had to keep an eye on Qi Youwei's situation and stayed in the carriage to accompany him.

Although every time he fell asleep and woke up, he found that it was Qi Youwei holding him, supporting his head, and allowing him to sleep soundly.

Most of the towns and markets along the way were very prosperous and full of vitality. Although some places had notices about evil spirit intrusions, most of the pedestrians on the streets were relaxed and happy.

Li Yanze couldn't help but look at Qi Youwei who was handling paperwork in the carriage. A few years ago, the scene was completely different. At that time, he could only feel the turmoil in the world and the chaos that had descended upon him.

Now, because of just one person, the situation has been reversed.

"It seems that the closer we are to the imperial capital, the busier you become." Li Yanze lowered the curtain, reached out and clasped his wrist, carefully checking his pulse.

Strangely enough, his spiritual power was gradually recovering, but there was still only a little bit available. Li Yanze didn't think about the reason and was just glad that he recovered in time.

Qi Youwei held his hand behind his back, preventing him from breaking free, while the other hand was still looking at the document seriously.

"We will arrive at the Imperial Capital this evening. I didn't expect the trip to be moved up a few days ago, and the side hall of the East Palace has not been cleaned up yet, so I can only bear with it and..."

"No trouble."

The largest houses Li Yanze had ever seen were the mansions of a few wealthy lords in the city, with three courtyards and several rooms. He had no sense of the reality of the Eastern Palace, which now stood at the top of the ruling class. He still thought of it as a few courtyards and rooms, and did not think how ridiculous Qi Youwei's words were.

"I'll stay at an inn when we get to the imperial capital. You can send someone to call me when you're done." Li Yanze thought for a while and felt that this was a good idea. "Besides, there are demons and monsters in the capital, so it's too unsafe to stay in the East Palace. It's better to stay at an inn so that we can get information from each other."

Qi Youwei's lips slightly flattened, and he loosened his tightly grasped hand: "It's up to you, everything is up to you."

Li Yanze glanced at him and knew that he was unhappy again, but... Qi Youwei had already said it was up to you.

"Then let me go after we enter the city."

After the carriage passed the city gate, they saw troops outside the imperial city from afar, and knew how strict the surveillance in the imperial capital was now.

Qi Youwei's face was pale and he said nothing. He just lifted the curtain and took a glance when passing through the city gate. The guards at the door immediately lowered their heads and made way for him.

Li Yanze stood up and took his bag impatiently, ready to leave. Qi Youwei looked at him, covering his heart with one hand, lowering his head and breathing heavily.

Li Yanze knew what was going on. He had just checked his heart meridian and had reserved some spiritual power to protect it, so nothing would happen. He waved at him, jumped off the carriage, and left with his bag on his back.

Qi You lifted the curtain slightly, put down his hand that was covering his heart, and his face was gloomy.

The attendant carefully glanced at his master's face, stepped forward and asked, "Do you need to send someone to secretly follow Taoist Li?"

Qi Youwei turned his head and looked at him with a cold expression, and only said: "Master Li?"

The attendant suddenly had an idea and boldly said, "The Crown Princess is walking alone in the capital, and I am afraid that someone will offend you."

Qi Youwei didn't say anything, just shook his head: "You can't keep an eye on him."

After saying that, he lowered the curtain and ordered in a calm voice: "Return to the palace."

No one who could follow Qi Youwei was stupid. They all hid their surprise in their hearts, but they all understood the attitude of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

His Highness has decided to keep Taoist Priest Li Xiao by his side.

Li Yanze randomly picked an inn to stay in. Before he went upstairs, he heard a group of idle people gathered on the first floor, discussing something in low voices.

"How many times this month is this?"

"There are almost no royal family members left, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been claiming to be ill and not going out. Is it because His Royal Highness..."

"How dare you say such a thing? You dare to criticize the emperor's relatives in the imperial city. Are you going to die?"

Li Yanze didn't hear any more, thinking about the sentence "There are almost no royal relatives left."

Why does this evil spirit specifically target the royal family to kill?

Li Yanze returned to his room and started drawing talismans. He used cinnabar at first, then thought about it and cut his finger and mixed his blood into it to draw a few talismans.

He had just vowed today that he would stay in the inn to get information, but after hearing this, he thought it would be better to stay with Qi Youwei so that he could find out the secrets of their royal family.

The imperial capital is so huge that it is unimaginable. It would take a whole day to walk from the east to the west market. The closer you get to the royal palace, the more dignitaries you will see. People of all kinds, all dressed in bright and beautiful clothes, you can tell at a glance that they are worth a fortune.

It was Li Yanze's first time to visit such a prosperous city. He sat at a noodle stall and ate plain noodles while listening to a storyteller telling the legendary story of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in vivid detail.

The storytellers referred to a certain prince of a certain dynasty who had no chance to be emperor, but everyone knew who he was talking about.

"It is said that this emperor is lustful and licentious. He is not satisfied with having many concubines, and he wants to replace the palace maids with a group of young and beautiful ones for his sexual pleasure. Among them is a poor girl, who is quite beautiful. She was sold by her family and sent to the palace."

"One day, the emperor fasted and bathed, and then prayed in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. The poor girl was in charge of sweeping the palace, and she ran into the emperor at night. The emperor fell in love with her at first sight, and promoted her to a higher rank, and even promoted her to a concubine after she became pregnant."

"Such a favor naturally makes people jealous. A favored imperial concubine became jealous and after several failed attempts to cause an abortion, she secretly found a Taoist priest to harm her. The poor fetus was born with a rare physique and was born with purple and blue scars all over her body and suffered from heart disease."

"The emperor naturally dislikes such a child. The imperial concubine used some unforeseen circumstances to make the emperor dislike this poor girl and this pitiful prince, and banished them to the cold palace."

"This prince is naturally intelligent. Even in the cold palace, he has grown into a genius. It's just that his talent cannot be fully utilized."

"At this time, the emperor's body, which had been in poor health for many years, suddenly fell ill and he could not get up. This imperial concubine wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to take the throne by relying on her prince and her powerful mother's family."

"The prince in the cold palace got wind of the news and secretly contacted the loyal officials in the court. The prince was endowed with the aura of a dragon, so he would capture anyone who disobeyed him when the imperial concubine started the rebellion. The emperor also appointed him as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and let him take charge of the government. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was kindhearted and spared the lives of the treacherous concubine and the prince..."

The storyteller told the story vividly, and there were even wonderful performances, while music was played to enhance the atmosphere. Li Yanze was completely fascinated and could not help but cheer along, picking up and putting down his mouthful of noodles several times.

"The noodles are getting cold."

Li Yanze wanted to hear more, so he subconsciously waved his hand and said, "Wait a minute."

After he finished speaking, he realized something and turned around to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself, dressed in purple, sitting next to him, picking up the chopsticks to pick up the noodles and bringing them to his mouth.

Li Yanze's back was covered with sweat, which was caused by the storytellers above. They certainly didn't know that the melon owner himself was listening below.

"If you ask me, His Royal Highness should directly ascend the throne and kill the treacherous concubine and the third... that prince. Or is he too indecisive? Which overlord doesn't use ruthless means?"

Li Yanze took the bowl and laughed: "I'll eat it myself."

Qi You nodded slightly, supported his chin and watched him eat, chuckled and said nothing, as if just watching him eat was enough and he couldn't hear any other nonsense.

"I just want to know how His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's mother died in the cold palace." Another person asked the storyteller loudly, and the people around him laughed because the storyteller did not mention the ending of the poor girl in the second half of his sentence.

When this person said this, didn't he mean that this story was true?

Li Yanze felt his scalp tingling and he secretly glanced at Qi Youwei's face, but he didn't see any change in his expression.

It turned out that his mother died in the cold palace and did not enjoy any happiness.

Li Yanze ate half of the bowl and stopped, having a heart attack because of this story. But Qi Youwei took it and ate the rest, and Li Yanze couldn't stop him.

"You... aren't angry?" Li Yanze carefully watched Qi Youwei's expression, fearing that he would be angry and have a heart attack.

Qi Youwei smiled slightly, and even took out some small change and threw it to the storyteller who came down to collect the money. The storyteller didn't know that this was the real owner, and kept praising the noble man for his generosity.

"It's just a story, don't worry about it."

Qi Youwei reached out to pinch the hair on his cheek, and Li Yanze saw that the headband he wore today was still the swallow headband.

"You're listening so intently. Do you like the Crown Prince he's talking about?"