Chapter 167 Can I Marry You Then?

After Xue Youli finished talking to Chu Xinyue, he handed the medicine bowl on the bedside table to her and said, "Here! We've been talking for so long, the medicine is almost getting cold, you should drink it quickly. Murong Ye will definitely take some action soon, you need to get well soon."

Chu Xinyue's brows knitted into knots when she saw the black medicine, but after hearing the following words, she gritted her teeth and drank the whole medicine in one gulp, "It's so bitter!"

Xue Youli saw that her facial features were all wrinkled up. Just when she wanted to take out a dragon beard cake from her waist and give it to her, Erxi's voice came from outside the door, "Princess, Madam, the prince asked me to bring you tea and snacks!"

She walked in with a tray and saw that the bowl of medicine on the bedside was empty. She quickly handed the preserved fruit to Chu Xinyue's mouth, "Princess, this is the preserved fruit that the prince specially asked me to prepare for you."

Chu Xinyue pinched two pieces of candied fruit and put them into her mouth. After holding them for a while, the bitterness in her mouth finally faded away.

Xue Youli looked at the plate of preserved fruits in Erxi's hand and said with a smile, "Murong Nan really cares about you. He even remembered to send you preserved fruits."

Chu Xinyue curled her lips. "If he can't even do such a small thing, what's the point of having him?"

At this point, she turned around and told Erxi, "Go call the prince and tell him I have something to talk to him about."

Xue Youli stood up from the bed and said, "If I had known that Murong Nan would take such good care of you, I wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to run out of the palace."

Chu Xinyue hugged her waist and coquettishly leaned her face against her bosom. "Ali, I recovered quickly because of you. You gave me acupuncture and asked me to take a medicinal bath. After a good sleep, the pain on my body was not that bad when I woke up this morning. Just for your medical skills, I want to kowtow to you!"

Xue Youli laughed when he heard her exaggerated tone, "I definitely won't leave tonight. I finally got out of the palace. I will stay in the palace with you for two days, and then I will go home."

It was rare for her to leave the palace, and she was reluctant to go back so soon.

"good!"

At night, before it was completely dark, Chu Xinyue urged Xue Youli to finish washing up and get into bed with her.

She blinked mysteriously at Xue Youli, "Ali, guess what item of underwear Murong Nan asked Murong Ye for?"

In the morning, after Chu Xinyue called Murong Nan into the room, Xue Youli and Erxi went for a walk in the back garden of the palace.

Now hearing Chu Xinyue's question, she thought about it and replied casually, "Could it be stinky socks?"

Chu Xinyue's eyes widened in surprise. "Oh my god! How can you even guess this?"

During the day, she told Murong Nan that no matter what method he used, he must take a personal item from Murong Ye to prove that they had a good relationship.

However, she never expected that what Murong Nan brought back was Murong Ye's socks.

Xue Youli looked at her incredulous expression and replied with a smile, "We have known each other for so many years, how can I not understand you?"

"I never thought that Murong Nan would be so smart that he could get Murong Ye drunk, and then the two of them played a game of boxing, where the winner could take something from the loser. As a result, Murong Nan took off Murong Ye's shoes. Murong Ye had no way to deal with him, so he took Murong Ye's socks."

"You want to say Murong Nan is stupid, but I think he is quite smart. If I ask for something else while drunk, it will arouse Murong Ye's suspicion. But asking for someone else's socks is something only a drunkard can do."

Chu Xinyue was also proud of Xue Youli's praise for Murong Nan, "As the saying goes, 'If you keep company with someone you know well, you will be known by the same standards.' He became smart because of my good training."

"With this thing, I hope that when Princess Lan Zheng is controlled by the puppet dragon, I can kill him with one blow."

…

“Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah”

At this moment, Prince Xian’s Palace.

Lan Zheng, dressed in black and wearing a veil, appeared in Murong Ye's study.

Murong Ye's eyes swept over her. Even though he was dissatisfied with her behavior, he could only patiently remind her, "During this period, the emperor is looking for a marriage partner for you and Lan Luo. You came to my house without hesitation, and it would be easy for someone to target you."

Lan Zheng pouted her red lips in dissatisfaction, "I miss you, and I risked being discovered to come and see you. Aren't you happy?"

Murong Ye looked at her unhappy expression and softened his tone. "Of course I am happy, but I am worried that if someone sees you coming to Prince Xian's Mansion, it will bring you trouble."

Lan Zheng replied, "Don't worry, I'll have my maid dress up as me and stay in the room of the inn to rest. No one will know I'm here, so there won't be any trouble."

Murong Ye felt relieved after hearing what she said. "I learned from Murong Nan today that Chu Xinyue's injury is not serious. I calculated the time and the puppet dragon in her body is about to attack. It just so happens that I heard that Xue Youli fell into the water early this morning. Maybe we can take advantage of her visit to the palace to take action."

Lan Zheng nodded, "No problem. We can take advantage of Xue Youli being sick in bed to make a move. Our chances of winning will be even better."

Puppet dragons are things of Nanzhao, and Murong Ye doesn’t have a deep understanding of them.

Since Lan Zheng was here, he naturally wanted to ask her how to control the offspring through the mother pig.

So, he looked at Lan Zheng with pretended worry, "I have never manipulated a bug before, and I'm worried that I might fail."

Lan Zheng replied, "It's actually very simple. When the time comes, you just need to blow the jade flute to activate the insects and make Chu Xinyue obey your orders."

"I am not allowed to go near Lingyun Palace because of my status. At most, I can go to Cining Palace to pay respects to the Queen Mother in the name of visiting her. Cining Palace is not close to Lingyun Palace. Can the insect hear the sound of the flute?"

"Don't underestimate the insects. As long as you enter the palace, the insects will be able to sense you playing the flute no matter where you are."

Murong Ye got a positive answer and was completely relieved. "Once Xue Youli dies, the emperor will definitely hold a funeral for her. The marriage between Jiuzhou and Nanzhao will definitely be postponed. You don't have to marry someone you don't like."

Lan Zheng's eyes lit up when she heard that. "Then can I marry you?"

When Murong Ye heard this, some emotion flashed across his eyes, and then he looked embarrassed, "During the Autumn Hunt, Murong Che asked you and Lan Luo to choose a suitable husband from among the ministers, just because he didn't want to marry either of you or Lan Luo to me."

"Is he afraid that after you marry the Princess of Nanzhao, you will use the power of Nanzhao to compete with him for the throne?"

“Yes.”

Murong Ye nodded, his handsome face cold, "In fact, before the late emperor passed away, many ministers in the court wanted to make me the crown prince, but the current queen mother took out the edict written by the late emperor to shut everyone up."

Whenever this matter was mentioned, Murong Ye felt aggrieved.

Just because he didn't have a mother with a good family background and high status, and no one to plan for him, he could only watch helplessly as the throne fell into Murong Che's hands.

He was neither convinced nor reconciled.

Since no one is helping him, he wants to find a way to take back the throne that belongs to him!