Jiang Muyu felt his gaze, looked over, tilted his head and smiled, "Your name is Sui Miao?"

He nodded blankly.

"Which two words?"

"The end of the year, the end of the month."

"I did learn a poem called 'The End of Years'."

"Oh? Madam, why don't you tell me about it?"

"All the boats of the travelers are moored, and the hermit is awake at night. At the beginning of the fifth watch, the water is high, and the walls are filled with singing. It seems that I have followed my will, and I think about this life. I am halfway through my life, and the things I have experienced are extraordinary."

Sui Miao looked at her, completely stunned.

Jiang Muyu felt a little embarrassed when he stared at her so intently, so she coughed lightly.

Sui Miao finally came to his senses, lowered his eyelids and bowed to her, "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Jiang Muyu said, "Do you have anything else to do?"

"yes."

"Then hurry up and don't delay your work." Jiang Muyu waved his hand.

"I'll take my leave." Sui Mo turned and left, but his mind was still unconsciously recalling the poem she had just recited.

He had never heard of this poem before. He suddenly thought of the little girl seventeen years ago who also composes poetry, looking up at the moon and chanting "Quiet Night Thoughts", which he still remembers.

Could it be that what His Highness said was true? She...really came back?

However, he still thought it was too absurd. He had seen with his own eyes that she was stabbed fifteen times by the rebels. How could she still be alive?

He shook his head to stop thinking about it.

…

That night, the Rui Palace was extremely quiet.

Jiang Muyu lay flat on the bed, staring at the ceiling above with his big eyes.

Liang Qingchen asked: "Can't sleep?"

"Well," she said, "I believe that I am not the only one who is in a state of confusion right now."

"Well, it all depends on whether this 'snake' can withstand the shock."

Jiang Muyu sighed, "I think I treated them well, but why would someone want to kill me?"

Liang Qingchen was silent for a moment, then said, "People's minds are no longer the same as they used to be. No one can predict for sure."

She thought for a while and said, "What do you think? Is it possible that she is not from the mansion? Just like the poisoning of my bamboo peach was done by Jiang Muxue who bribed the coachman, so could the one who killed the pig be her?"

"From the fact that she could only think of using the bamboo-scented peach to poison you, it's clear that she's not smart enough to come up with such a brilliant method. Moreover, both male and female crickets are hard to come by on the black market. Buying a pair would cost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver. With her family's little wealth, she can't afford it for the time being."

Jiang Muyu thought about it and agreed with this. "Then no one in our house can afford it except you."

Liang Qingchen was silent for a moment and looked at her, "Is this why you don't trust me?"

"Uh..." She shook her head awkwardly, "Your people are everywhere around me. It's hard for me not to be suspicious."

"Well, you're right. I was the one who sent them to monitor you in the first place."

"I expected it a long time ago." Jiang Muyu put his hands behind his head and said slowly, "But you said you wouldn't hurt me, so I'll believe you for now. However, I have to suspect someone."

"Are you talking about Yun Xuan?"

"Well, she knows medicine, and I can see that her medical skills are not as superficial as they appear on the surface. It shouldn't be difficult for her to raise a pair of worms. She also has direct access to my food, so I have to suspect that she is pregnant with worms."

Liang Qingchen nodded and said, "Your doubts are very reasonable. Yun Xuan's master was Wang Hebai, a famous doctor in the nine provinces. I'm afraid there are few people whose medical skills are better than hers."

"Do you think she could possibly harm me?"

Liang Qingchen was silent for a while, then he lay back beside her and let out a long sigh, "I'm not sure either."

"Can you tell me about her?" Jiang Muyu paused and said, "As far as I know, she is the descendant of a criminal. Her family was destroyed because her father offended the powerful. Is that true?"

"Yes." Liang Qingchen had nothing to hide, so he told the whole story.

It turns out that Yun Xuan's real name is Pei Xuan, a native of Xuancang. His father was a palace physician and his ancestors ran a clinic. However, they were forced to resign because they offended Prince Jing, and returned to their hometown to continue running the clinic.

I thought I could save my life and live a peaceful life, but who would have thought that Prince Jing was such a petty and mean person.

When passing through a small town one day, he met Doctor Pei Yu. It would have been fine if he had deliberately made things difficult for her, but he happened to fall in love with Pei Xuan's sister Pei Ying. He ignored her resistance and carried the girl onto the carriage and brought her back to the palace.

Pei Ying was already married and was going to get married soon, but she encountered this unexpected incident and was raped by Prince Jing. She hanged herself that night.

Doctor Pei Yu went to beat the drum to report the case, but Prince Jing touched his neck in the street and he died.

Prince Jing, however, had no intention of letting the Pei family go, so he beheaded all the men in the mansion and sold the women as official prostitutes. Only Pei Xuan was rescued by Wang Hebai.

However, only a few days after this incident, chaos broke out in the imperial capital, Wang Hebai was killed, and all of Pei Xuan's fellow disciples were killed. She was also shot and fell, but she was saved by being held in the arms of her fellow disciples.

However, in troubled times, the ones who survived are the ones who suffered the most. When Pei Xuan woke up, she saw corpses all over the ground. Each and every one of them was a person who had lived with her day and night and was as close to her as a brother.

After experiencing such pain twice, she lost all hope and picked up the bloody sword on the ground, intending to commit suicide. It was Liang Qingchen who arrived in time and saved her life.

Liang Qingchen said: "If these things had not happened, she would have lived a happy life, with a father and master who doted on her, and the company of her family and fellow disciples. Perhaps now she would have married her senior brother, given birth to a child, and lived a happy life."

This was the first time Jiang Muyu heard this. She never knew Yun Xuan had experienced such pain. Watching the people closest to him die one after another must have been such a painful thing. Even thinking back on it now, she felt so heartbroken that she almost suffocated.

She couldn't calm down for a long time. After a while, she asked, "Back then, Prince Jing of Xuancang was so arrogant, but the emperor didn't do anything about it?"

"Back then, Xuan Cang was troubled by internal and external troubles. The emperor was critically ill, Prince Jing and Prince Qi were at loggerheads, and the Crown Prince's faction was weak and alone, so the court struggle was raging."

As he spoke, he covered his eyes with his arm and said slowly, "Prince Jing's killing of Doctor Pei Yu in the street became a fuse. Prince Qi took advantage of the situation and joined forces with court officials to impeach Prince Jing. The emperor intended to punish Prince Jing and weaken his power, but who would have thought that internal turmoil would break out at any moment."

"Prince Jing forced the emperor to abdicate, Prince Qi plotted rebellion, the Crown Prince fought desperately, and an army of Prince Zhenbei took advantage of the situation and swooped in. This was a mutiny in the imperial capital, the most serious civil unrest in Xuan Cang in a hundred years."

Looking back on the past, Liang Qingchen's heart was filled with pain. He tried to remain calm on the surface, but his fingers still trembled slightly uncontrollably.

Until a soft little hand covered the back of his hand.

Her gentle voice was close to my ears, "Ah Chen, don't be sad, it's all over."