Chapter 145: Zi Gu
After Jingwu finished doing all this, he planned to find the palace in the dense forest. He searched the entire area around the temple, but he couldn't find the palace.
What's even stranger is that despite the commotion, the old Taoist priest from Yiyang didn't come out to stop her.
Jingwu stood outside the temple, watching the Crown Prince's guards lead the people away, and felt puzzled.
Logically speaking, the evil god should be furious that such a large stronghold was destroyed by himself, so why hasn't anyone appeared to stop him yet?
In fact, there wasn't a single clue about the entire temple.
Jingwu was completely baffled. She turned around and took a deep look at the temple, temporarily suppressing her doubts, and then turned and walked down the mountain with Yue Huai.
On the other side, a palace stands tall in the bamboo forest of Guanyin Temple. Inside the palace, the decorations are luxurious, and countless luminous pearls are inlaid on the ceiling, illuminating the surroundings.
Yi Yang sat in a chair, holding a cup of tea, and said coldly to the person in front of him, "Now, both temples have been destroyed, and all our efforts have almost been in vain. Your Highness! Have you done what I asked you to do?"
Prince Hui sat opposite her, his face also grim: "I have already invited Jingwu here for a face-to-face meeting. She doesn't want money or status. What can I do?"
Yi Yang gave the person in front of him a deep look and snorted coldly: "Your Highness is just being presumptuous by bringing up the matter of the concubine. If you hadn't mentioned it, perhaps this matter would have been settled."
"I simply find her agreeable and wish to bring her into my household. What's wrong with that?"
"Your Highness, you can fool yourself with these words, why bother to fool me?" Yi Yang picked up his tea and took a sip: "You think she suits your taste? You're just afraid she'll be hard to control in the future, so you want to tie her to your backyard."
Seeing that his thoughts had been exposed, Prince Hui said no more. He leaned back and waved his hands, saying, "Then what do you suggest we do now? Both temples have been destroyed, and Father must have received the news. I'm afraid the Guanyin Temple won't last much longer."
Hearing this, Yi Yang felt a lump in his throat. He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "Didn't you go to find Jing Wu's family? Why don't you just take them hostage and threaten her?"
"We did search, but the Shao family was heavily protected by Jingwu, and the Crown Prince's men were also following them behind the scenes, so we couldn't find a way to make a move. Her biological parents were easier to target, but she had no feelings for them, so threatening them was useless."
Prince Hui recounted the information he had gathered over the past few days, his eyes cold as he held his teacup.
Yi Yang thought for a moment, then took out a small wooden box from his sleeve and handed it to the person in front of him.
“I’ve nurtured this Gu with my own blood for three years. Bring Jingwu’s parents to the capital and let them go to her for refuge. A girl this young shouldn’t be able to bring herself to turn away her own parents. Then let them find an opportunity to plant this Gu in Jingwu’s body. If you can’t have it, it’s best to destroy it to avoid any unforeseen complications.”
King Hui took it, and looking at the fierce eyes of the person in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Old ginger is spicier."
He agreed, carefully put the small wooden box away, and then asked, "What is the purpose of this Gu?"
“Once she is afflicted with this Heart-Eating Gu, her life is in my hands. If I want her dead, she will not live more than two days.”
A slight smile played on Yi Yang's lips as he looked at the person before him: "Your Highness, you really need to pay attention to this matter, otherwise when will you ever be able to bring down the Crown Prince?"
Prince Hui's expression turned grim. He was naturally concerned, but the Crown Prince was innocent; how could he be so easily brought down?
That old fool has no sense of right and wrong, yet he's trying to teach him how to do things.
Although he was displeased, he still agreed, since he still needed his help at this moment.
After Prince Hui agreed, he was about to leave when he heard the person in front of him speak again.
"Your Highness, it has been two months since the last woman. The Evil God is tired of her. It's time to offer a new one."
King Hui's lips twitched, and he couldn't help but think to himself, "This isn't the woman the evil god wants; it's clearly himself."
He got tired of her after only two months, and he wanted new concubines even more often than the emperor. What a disgusting lecher.
Despite his inner complaints, Prince Hui nodded and said with a smile, "I will instruct people to do so as soon as I return to my residence."
Yi Yang nodded in satisfaction, stroking his long beard, a glint of greed flashing in his eyes.
Meanwhile, at the Han family's villa, after Jingwu went back to his room to take a nap, he and Yue Huai went directly to the Guanyin Temple.
When the two arrived at the place, they found it to be a desolate forest. They searched for a long time but could not find the legendary Guanyin Temple.
Jingwu frowned. He had thought there was a barrier, but he couldn't see any clues at all.
Having no other option, the two returned to the villa, trying to figure out how to get in.
In the past few days, Shao Chengrui and Yan Shengming have both gone to participate in the imperial examination, and Yue Huai is also extremely busy, following the Crown Prince to investigate evidence everywhere. The villa has become deserted in an instant.
Jingwu couldn't stay at home, so he went to set up a stall on the street.
She had just put down her stool and sat down when a woman sat down in front of her and placed money for fortune telling.
"I've heard you're very accurate at fortune telling. Can you tell me when I'll be able to get married?"
Jingwu looked up at the person in front of him. She was dressed in a blue cloth dress, with her hair styled in a woman's bun, two silver hairpins in her hair, and a silver bracelet on her wrist. She looked like someone who was not short of food and drink.
Looking at her face again, I saw that her marital palace was stable and her children's palace was glowing, indicating that she was already a married woman and was pregnant.
Jingwu lowered his eyes and smiled, immediately guessing that the person in front of him was testing him. He smiled and said, "You have been married for five years and are now pregnant. I don't need to worry about whether you can get married."
Upon hearing this, a hint of satisfaction flashed in the woman's eyes. She smiled and took out another fifty coins, placing them in front of her, and said...
"Then can you do another divination for me and tell me when my difficult mother-in-law will die?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the people at the surrounding stalls all turned their heads and looked over.
Although conflicts between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law are common, it is rare to see one as openly discussed as hers.
Even if a mother-in-law has a thousand faults, she shouldn't curse someone to die!
The woman seemed to notice the gazes around her and guess what they were thinking, but she didn't feel that she was wrong at all. She raised her head and continued to speak.
“My mother-in-law is over seventy years old, but she causes trouble every day. She either tries to force women into my husband’s body or puts contraceptives in my medicine. If I hadn’t been lucky enough to find out in time, I probably would have miscarried long ago.”
Her name is Jin Wenting. Although her family wasn't extremely wealthy, they were comfortable enough to live comfortably. She was the second child in her family, and she met her current husband while on a spring outing in the countryside.
Her husband's family was in business and were much better off than her own. Her mother-in-law had always disagreed with their marriage, but her husband insisted on marrying her.
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