Chapter 51 Whose princess is wearing pink armor?

Xiao Beichen couldn't help but smile as he looked at Mu Yu's expectant face.

He waved his hand, signaling the guards to carry the items to the center of the courtyard.

"Little Yu'er, this is a gift for you."

He bent down and ripped off the black cloth covering it.

Under the sunlight, a small and exquisite suit of armor suddenly appeared before everyone.

The armor was made from the finest paulownia wood, and every part was polished smooth and rounded.

It comes fully equipped with a breastplate, shoulder armor, arm armor, and leg armor.

Most notably, the entire suit of armor was painted a pinkish color, with a few crooked little yellow flowers drawn on it.

At each joint of the armor, a small brass bell hangs.

As the guards moved, the armor emitted a pleasant "clinking" sound.

"Wow!"

Although Mu Yu couldn't see, she was incredibly excited just by hearing the sound.

"What is this?"

"I made this for you based on the Xuanjia Army's standard uniform." Xiao Beichen's voice was full of pride.

"I call it 'Pink Koi Golden Bell Shield for Ward Off Evil Spirits'!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Ziche, who was standing next to him, almost spat out his tea.

Goodness, what a name! Is it trying to make sure everyone knows how corny this thing is?

Xiao Beichen completely ignored Yan Ziche's eye roll and explained enthusiastically, "Look, if you wear this, it will make a sound wherever you go."

"That way, we'll know you're here, and you won't bump into anything."

"Isn't that amazing!"

Mu Yu nodded her little head vigorously.

"Amazing! Absolutely amazing!"

This is a treasure tailor-made for her!

She eagerly stretched out her little hands: "I want to wear it! I want to wear it now!"

Xiao Beichen and several maids hurriedly helped her put on the intricate wooden armor.

Don't let its wooden appearance fool you; it's quite heavy.

Mu Yu felt like a rice dumpling stuffed into a shell, her movements clumsy.

She tried taking two steps.

"Clang... Clang!"

The bell on the left foot rang, and the wooden nail on the right foot bumped into the stone bench.

She tried waving again.

"Ring ring..."

The bells on her arm made a series of crisp sounds.

This peculiar music echoed throughout the entire courtyard.

Mu Yu's playful nature was aroused.

She felt like the most powerful girl in the entire capital!

"drive!"

She called out in a childish voice, imitating Xiao Beichen's manner in the military camp, and began to "charge" in the courtyard.

"Clang! Clang!"

The backyard of Princess Anguo's residence.

A small pink figure was seen running wildly around the yard.

She ran with a swaying, unsteady gait.

The bells on its body rang diligently incessantly.

"Princess, be careful! There's an osmanthus tree over there!"

"Oh dear! Princess, don't run into the kitchen!"

"Stop her! She's going to Father's study!"

The maids and guards followed closely behind her, running around in disarray, causing chaos throughout the entire princess's mansion.

Yan Ziche sat on the veranda, holding a teacup, calmly watching the farce unfold.

Wherever this little rascal goes now, no one within a ten-foot radius can expect a moment's peace.

Mu Yu was having a great time.

She found the armor to be incredibly useful.

Before I could not see, I always walked very carefully.

Now, she can rush forward with her eyes closed!

Anyway, the bell will tell her in advance whether there is anything ahead.

"Charge!"

She shouted and launched a full-scale attack on the koi pond in the backyard.

That was the place she knew best; she would go there every day to whisper secrets to "Little Red" and "Little Gold".

"Princess! Danger!"

Everyone who saw her direction was terrified.

Although the pool wasn't deep, if someone fell in while wearing heavy wooden armor, what would happen?

Xiao Beichen was about to rush over in one stride.

Yan Ziche raised his hand to stop him.

"Don't rush, watch."

When Mu Yu was about three steps away from the edge of the pool, he suddenly braked sharply and came to a steady stop.

The bells on her body changed from a rapid "ding-a-ling" to a few soft swaying sounds.

She tilted her head and listened intently.

Then, she turned around with a smug smile on her face.

"I heard you!"

She announced in a clear voice, "The bell tells me there's water ahead!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, then felt incredibly surprised.

How can you hear that?

Xiao Beichen proudly raised his chin, "See? I told you my invention is amazing!"

Only Yan Ziche looked at Mu Yu with a thoughtful expression.

No.

wrong.

It's not a bell.

The pool water is still, so how could the bell "hear" the water?

unless……

Unless what she "heard" was not a physical sound at all.

Yan Ziche put down his teacup and walked to Mu Yu's side.

He crouched down to be at her eye level.

"Little Fisherman".

"Hmm?" Mu Yu was feeling proud of her accurate judgment.

"You just said you heard the sound of water," Yan Ziche said softly.

"yes!"

"Then, can you tell me what that sound of water sounds like?"

Mu Yu was stunned for a moment.

What does the sound of water sound like?

She thought about it carefully.

"Um... it's... gurgling?" she answered uncertainly.

“No.” Yan Ziche shook his head. “Feel it again more carefully.”

“Close your eyes… oh, they were already closed.” Yan Ziche said halfway through, then quickly corrected himself, “Listen with your heart, not your ears.”

Listen attentively?

Mu Yu seemed to understand, but not quite.

She tried to calm herself down, just like Yan Ziche did.

The sounds of the wind in the courtyard, the maids' breathing, and the chopping of vegetables in the distant kitchen... all gradually faded away.

Her world was reduced to darkness.

Then, in the darkness, she actually "heard" something different.

It's no longer the physical sound of "glug glug".

Rather, it is a kind of...flowing rhythm.

The rhythm was very faint.

“I heard it…” Mu Yu murmured to herself, “It’s… sleeping.”

Yan Ziche's eyes lit up.

He knew he had guessed right.

After Mu Yu lost her sight, her five senses were taken away, but this made her innate koi-like power more acute than ever before.

She can sense the "qi" of "water," or rather, the "life" of "water."

Just like she can see a person's "luck".

This is an amazing discovery.

Yan Ziche's heart began to race.

If she could sense the water in a small pond...

Could she sense the larger, farther, and more important water?

For example... the dragon vein water system that sustains the fate of the entire Great Chu Kingdom?

“Little Yu’er,” Yan Ziche’s voice was filled with excitement, “where did the water you heard that was used for sleeping come from, and where did it flow to?”

Mu Yu frowned, trying hard to "see".

That sleeping stream seems to have flowed from a very, very far place.

It flowed past the pond of the princess's mansion and continued to flow in another direction.

That direction leads to... the Imperial Palace?

She stretched out her little hand and pointed in the direction of the palace.

"It...flowed into the Emperor's house."

Yan Ziche suddenly stood up.

He looked in the direction of the palace.

He recalled a record of palace expenses that he had seen a few days ago when he was reviewing memorials with Chu Chongjin.

It is mentioned that the Imperial Astronomical Bureau submitted a memorial stating that the earth's energy in the palace had been unstable recently, and suspected that there was a problem with the underground water system. They requested an allocation of 100,000 taels of silver for "feng shui rituals to appease the earth dragon."

Chu Chongjin felt there was something fishy about this matter at the time.

The so-called "appeasing the earth dragon" is mostly a trick used by charlatans to swindle money.

However, the underground waterway is crucial to the safety of the palace, so we cannot take it lightly.

Now, he may have found a way to solve the problem without spending 100,000 taels of silver.

Yan Ziche walked to Xiao Beichen's side and patted his sturdy armor.

“Brother Beichen, your ‘Golden Bell Shield’ might have an even greater use.”

Xiao Beichen looked completely bewildered.

"What's it for?"

Yan Ziche pointed in the direction of the palace, and then pointed at Mu Yu.

"A moving, noisy, dragon-vein-detecting... living treasure."