"The Second Prince has been summoned by His Majesty. As his personal attendant, you should go and find out what happened."

Zhang Hui lowered his head, his emotions unreadable. "Reporting to you gentlemen, I met the Second Prince and Lord Qi on my way back, so I went with them."

"It was indeed His Majesty who summoned me."

"His Majesty has important matters to discuss with the Second Prince and does not like so many people following him. He has left two servants behind and sent me back first."

"Please rest assured, adults."

Zhang Hui was the Second Prince's most trusted servant, and had been with him for several years; there was no way he would cause any problems.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Hui bowed respectfully and then turned to leave.

Lord Pi sighed silently.

Remembering that Qi Yuan had said he didn't need to explain the Second Prince's situation, he would send someone to handle it.

Unexpectedly, this person turned out to be Zhang Hui.

When exactly did Qi Yuan recruit Zhang Hui?

Or is it that Zhang Hui, who has been by the Second Prince's side for many years, has always been Qi Yuan's man?

If that's the case, does that mean there are still people from Qi Yuan in this delegation?

The words of the Empress of Qing, "Unify the world," suddenly resounded in his ears again.

He glanced at the smiling and nodding ministers, and a deep sense of powerlessness enveloped him.

"Gentlemen, please continue your conversation. I am feeling unwell and need to rest."

Even as Lord Pi left, his back was slightly hunched.

Xiao Yuanshuang saw that only Zhang Hui had returned and was sitting in the room drinking tea. When Zhang Hui passed by her window, he gave her a slight bow.

It means that things went well, and everything unfolded as she had planned.

This matter seems to be coming to an end.

The next step is to figure out a way to get those 500,000 taels of silver notes from Xiao Yuanche.

After handing the matter over to Qi Yuan, Murong Yue put the affairs of Yun Kingdom and Yue Kingdom out of her mind.

He took Ah Hao and showed off in the palace.

This place is near Yanhuan Mountain, and there are many ingredients available only in spring, such as all kinds of wild vegetables.

Murong Yue was initially unwilling. Noble zombies are all meat-eaters, why would they eat grass if they have nothing to eat?

But when the fragrant fried elm seeds, sweet and sour pickled mustard greens, dandelion cauliflower rolls, and mustard green dumplings were placed in front of her, she felt...

So what if we eat grass!

Besides, there's also stir-fried duck eggs with toon leaves, steamed locust flowers...

Murong Yue had almost finished showing off all the wild vegetables on one of the small hills.

"Ah, are you sure we can't stay here?"

(Chewing)

She can now speak in more coherent sentences, although her word choice is still inaccurate and the order is sometimes wrong, but she feels that she is very capable.

Not only can they perfectly disguise themselves as humans, but they can now speak human languages ​​and learn human writing.

whee.

If you encounter other zombies in the future, curse them to death.

It's because all they can do is 'hoarse'.

"Alright, go get the pills."

She decided not to stay; although it was lively here, she missed going to court.

The sheer number of people begging to be beaten up is getting a bit too much for the zombies.

I rubbed my stomach; the sky was still hazy.

Murong Yue and Ahao were taking a walk in the palace, while Qi Yuan was busy investigating the secret Yun Kingdom forces, and Li Xuanji was responsible for Murong Yue's personal protection.

Murong Yue and Ahao walked ahead, while Li Xuanji and his men followed behind.

Seeing his little apprentice's enthusiastic expression, he was happy too.

As she walked, Murong Yue unconsciously arrived at a secluded courtyard.

And unusually, a sign was hanging at the entrance.

Throughout the entire palace, Murong Yue only saw a sign hanging in her own courtyard, which read "Suifeng Courtyard".

I didn't expect to find this here.

She tilted her head and pronounced each word slowly and deliberately, "Yuan-sheng-hai".

Ah Hao covered her mouth from the side and said, "Your Majesty, it's Hai Sheng Yuan."

Sea cucumber...

Murong Yue shook her head, "I don't like it, it doesn't taste good."

She didn't like it because it was so dark.

Li Xuanji stood at the entrance of the courtyard with a kind look in his eyes, his tone tinged with nostalgia, "Peace reigns throughout the land, the seas are calm and the rivers are clear, and the prosperous age is as promised."

ah?

Murong Yue turned to look at him with a curious expression.

"Once, the Emperor Emeritus and the Empress Dowager made a promise that when the world was at peace, the seas were calm and the rivers were clear, and the prosperous age was as promised, the two of them would return to their hometown to visit."

"That's how the Hall of Supreme Harmony and the Haiqing Courtyard came to be."

"Originally, the Emperor Emeritus wanted to name a palace for the Yan family, but the Yan family refused."

"So we put the name here. General Yan's name also comes from this, Yan Qinghe."

Murong Yue seemed to understand, but not quite.

"Then, where is our hometown, teacher?"

Li Xuanji shook his head. "I don't know, but I'm sure it's not the capital, not Lan Family Fort, it's a place I don't know."

Murong Yue pursed her lips.

Yan Qinghe...it's him again.

Pushing open the courtyard gate, a tall tree came into view. Murong Yue looked up and saw that the bare canopy was almost level with the highest point of the eaves.

The top of the book is already covered with a layer of green buds.

Wow, that's so high!

Murong Yue looked up.

A crescent moon hangs on the treetop like a beautiful woman's eyebrow.

"This is a ginkgo tree, and there's only one like it in the entire capital."

"It was a gift from the Empress Dowager to General Yan's wife."

A gift from my mother to someone else?

Why don't I have any?

Waaaaah—

Murong Yue pouted, but wanted to hear more of her mother's stories.

"And then? Why?"

"Giving a tree as a gift is quite special," Murong Yue pressed.

"General Yan's wife has the characters 'ginkgo' in her name. Madam Yan is from Xiangyang."

"When I was young, I followed General Yan in his campaigns. Later, I longed to return home, but my health did not allow me to travel long distances back."

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