"What?" Nangong Jinyuan took a breath, "A two-year-old baby is so cruel?"
"How can this be considered cruel?" Nangong Jinyun smiled and explained for Chu Xiaoxiao, "She gave the snake gallbladder to the Imperial Hospital of Dongsheng Palace, and made snake meat into snake soup and distributed it to everyone in the palace that day, even the maids and eunuchs on duty.
The snake skin was given to the emperor to make armor, which was said to be invulnerable to swords and spears. The bones were boiled into soup and distributed to everyone to drink. The boiled bones might be ground into powder and used as medicine.
The high priest is a half-bodied snake spirit. It is said that the high priest and the emperor of our Nanyun country found the place where it practiced and killed it.
Its body died, but its soul lived on. It took over the body of the high priest and has been living in the palace as the high priest ever since."
Nangong Jinyuan was stunned: "So he cursed our royal family, and his purpose was to take revenge on the previous emperors."
"Yes!" Nangong Jinyu nodded slightly, "My elder sister took me to ask specifically, and the national master can remove the curse."
Hearing this, Nangong Jinyuan was very excited. As long as someone was willing to relieve his pain, he would not mind any price.
"Tomorrow night is the fifteenth. Can we go find Dongsheng's national master right away?" Thinking of those difficult days, he didn't want to waste even a minute.
No matter whether the national teacher has real ability or not, since he is here, it doesn't hurt to give it a try.
He believed what the princess said, and thought that the imperial teacher might be able to save him from the dire straits.
"Brother! Wash up. I'll go and send you a visiting card right away. The Imperial Master is very busy every day. I don't know if he has time to see us."
"How busy can a two-year-old child be?" Nangong Jinyuan felt that his sister was exaggerating.
Nangong Jinyu told him: "It's true that the Imperial Master is a child, but she has to deal with a lot of things every day, she..."
He talked a lot, telling her everything Chu Xiaoxiao had done recently, and Nangong Jinyuan's eyes narrowed again and again.
"Is the Imperial Master so powerful? He can know the most obscure things in the ministers' families?"
"Yes." Nangong Jinyun came back after giving orders to the servants and sat next to his brother. "Now the people employed by the Dongsheng court are all loyal and dedicated to the public. They are united in doing practical things for the people.
If this continues, Dongsheng's glory is just around the corner. If we can rely on the name of the national teacher, we can take her to Nanyun for a period of time to help us purge the treacherous villains in the court.
If we can master the secrets of the major families, the Nangong family will no longer be afraid of having their royal power taken away by others. What do you think, brother?"
Nangong Jinyuan did not answer immediately, but remained silent.
The Nanyun Kingdom had been ruled by the high priest for so many years. They had finally gotten rid of him, but now they were going to be ruled by a two-year-old baby. He felt uncomfortable and unhappy.
But what the princess said does make sense. Without the protection of the high priest, it is hard to say whether the Nangong family can hold on to the royal power.
Nangong Jinyu saw that her brother seemed unwilling to let the imperial teacher help Nanyun, so she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. She had already discussed with her elder sister that she would stay in Dongsheng from now on and never return to Nanyun.
Although they were princesses of Nanyun Kingdom, they were actually maids of the high priest, and even defiled by him. If they went back, the Nangong family would definitely be criticized.
It would be better to stay in Dongsheng, hide your identity, and be an ordinary citizen. When the prince's illness is cured, they will pretend to return to Nanyun, then disappear, and return to the capital disguised as ordinary citizens.
Let the people of Nanyun Kingdom think that the sisters are dead, at least they can get some sympathy. If they go back, their status and position will be awkward, and living in the deep palace may not be a good destination.
The princesses of Xizhao and Beiguo have been taken back. It is said that the princess of Beiguo was killed by a group of people as soon as she arrived at the border of Beiguo.
No one knows who those people are, and perhaps this is what they deserve.
Princess Xizhao returned to the palace safely, but whether she could live a good life in the future was still unknown. They had served the high priest, and the high priest was a snake demon, so they would also be branded as evildoers.
It’s good enough not to be burned to death. If you want to live, you must abandon your original identity.
This is the last time they will help Nanyun Kingdom. Once their identities are removed, they will no longer be princesses of Nanyun Kingdom, but ordinary people.
Everything about the Nangong family has nothing to do with them, and they have already paid a huge price for it.
Nangong Jinyuan had no idea what his two sisters were thinking, and was led by the servant to wash and bathe, hoping to meet the imperial teacher as soon as possible.
As soon as he left, Nangong Jinyu's eyes suddenly turned red: "Sister! Can our plan succeed?"
"Yes, I must. I am already tired and don't want to worry about Nanyun Country's affairs anymore."
Although Nangong Jinyun and Nangong Jinyu are half-sisters, they have been close since childhood. They were also sent to the high priest together, so they sympathize with each other and appreciate each other.
"Jinyu! Don't worry, as long as my brother's illness is cured, we will have made the greatest contribution to the Nangong family. Every step forward in the future will depend on themselves.
We are not young anymore, and we should have our own lives. We finally got rid of the shackles, and we don't want to be involved again. When the time comes, we will ask the national teacher to think of a solution, and she will definitely help us.
As long as we don't betray Dongsheng, the Imperial Master will not stand by and watch us die. If we go back to Nanyun, it's hard to say whether we can survive."
Although they are princesses, they are already covered with dust. It is hard to judge whether the royal family can tolerate them. Even if the brother is unwilling to execute them, what about other people? Will they be so considerate of them?
The answer is not necessarily. Instead of going back to Nanyun and trying your luck, it is better to find your own way out from the beginning.
The sisters still have some savings, not much, but they can still live a normal life. Under the influence of the national teacher, the current Dongsheng Capital has become better and better.
Living here is the safest and they don't want to leave.
"Sister! I will listen to you."
Nangong Jinyu sat next to Nangong Jinyun, lowering her head, feeling very sad. They were originally from wealthy families, but because of bad luck, they had to hide their identities.
She was fine. When she left the palace, she had no one to worry about. After her mother had a younger brother, she didn't care much about her.
The eldest sister was different. She had a lover, but they were separated just like that.
The second year after they left, her lover married someone else. The eldest sister held herself together and did not dare to cry, for fear that the old snake spirit would see something and punish the Nangong family.
The old snake demon knew how to poke a person's lungs, so he told her the news. If it weren't for the elder sister's strong willpower, she might have died that day.
A big part of the reason why she didn't want to go back to Nanyun was because of her lover.
How painful would it be for the elder sister to see him living happily with another woman every day?
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