He's gotten into trouble again.
After Mu Qi rode away, I helped Mu Li up again and tenderly rubbed his chest, asking, "How are you? Does it hurt?"
He laughed, took my hand and teased, "It's alright, it doesn't hurt much, but the princess must have hurt when she whipped her grandfather."
“In all these years, he has only been whipped once by me, which is already considered lenient.”
He took my hand, kissed it, and said, "Xu Yi, now everyone knows that you are mine."
"Yes!" I nodded. "There's no way to run away now..."
He laughed, straightened up, and pulled me into his arms, not letting go for a long time...
At this moment, the prime minister lifted the carriage curtain and glanced at us: "What, aren't you leaving yet? Haven't you had enough of being stared at?"
Muli smiled and pulled me back into the carriage.
Once I was in the carriage, I saw Ah Shi look up and stare at me for a moment, then lower his head and took a bite of pastry with a complicated expression...
"What's wrong?" I asked Ah Shi. "Are you too tired after just finishing the exam?"
“No,” he shook his head, and then remained silent for a long time.
I looked at the prime minister, who took a sip of tea and said, "Don't worry about him. He ate so much pastry that he lost his brain."
Huh? What's going on? I looked at Muli, who just smiled and didn't say anything.
Back at the Prime Minister's residence in the evening, Mu Li and I strolled hand in hand under the moonlight. Mu Li had a faint smile on her face the whole time, as if she was in a very good mood.
I thought of the Three Lives Stone with my name and the names of others engraved on it, so I asked him, "Mu Li, if our relationship doesn't work out, will you regret being with me?"
He stopped and touched my face: "How could that be? From the very beginning, all I wanted was the journey. Xu Yi, you are no ordinary person, and you may not stay in the capital for long. I can't spend unlimited time with you either, so I only ask for the present moment."
Bai Er's words echoed in my mind: You and Mu Li, you only have each other day and night.
I only ask for moments... You and Muli, only moments...
I only ask for the present moment... only the present moment...
I let out a long sigh of relief: "I don't regret it either. Just thinking about how you cleaned up all the broken pieces for me makes me realize that I'm not alone. What you gave me is far more than just a day or two..." After saying that, I stood on tiptoe and kissed Muli's lips.
Muli looked down at me, then instantly picked me up and carried me back to the room.
The next day, when Muli and I woke up and came to the main courtyard, we saw Ashi standing in the courtyard, holding a book in his hand, but looking at the sky. There was a sense of incongruity in him.
I walked over and patted Ah Shi on the shoulder: "What's wrong? Still worried about the results of the scientific expedition?"
A-Shi was startled and turned around, staring at my hand on his shoulder for a long time without looking away.
So, he won't let me pat his shoulder anymore? I resisted the urge to pull my hand away and squeezed his shoulder harder: "What? You've grown up, so I can't put my arm around your shoulder anymore? And you're glaring at me?"
He winced in pain, frowned, and took a few steps forward to avoid my hand, repeatedly denying, "No, Auntie, I just... spaced out for a moment..."
"Still thinking about the scientific expedition?" I went over and patted his face: "Don't worry, you'll definitely be fine."
He frowned: "I wouldn't even dare say I'm fine, how can Auntie be so confident?"
"I believe in you, there won't be any problems."
He smiled brightly: "Okay, if Auntie thinks I'm fine, then I'm definitely fine."
"Hmph," came the prime minister's voice from the doorway: "You're quite confident! Come in quickly, it's time to eat. I still have to go to court after I finish eating."
"Okay, okay," I grabbed Ah and ran into the house in a dozen steps. We sat down and started eating, only to notice a pair of used bowls and chopsticks next to us. So I asked, "Is the supervisor finished eating?"
The prime minister rolled his eyes at me: "You finished eating a long time ago and are already strolling around. Unlike you, who got up so late?"
Uh… I looked at Muli, who was eating peacefully with a smile on her lips. I felt a little awkward, so I said, “If you’re in a hurry to go to court in the future, you don’t have to wait for us…”
"Wow, I told you you overslept. Are you planning to keep oversleep like this?"
Uh… I quickly shook my head: “No, no, I will definitely get up early tomorrow.”
"Tomorrow?" The prime minister's sharp eyes looked over again.
I changed my mind: "I'll get up early from now on."
"Hmm." The prime minister was finally satisfied, ate a few bites of food quickly, and left.
Uh... they really were waiting for me... I'm a little embarrassed...
The prime minister left, leaving only the three of us young people in the mansion. Ah Shi stopped studying and started playing chess and drinking with me and Mu Li. Soon it got dark.
I was lying in Muli's arms listening to Ashi tell me interesting stories about the scholars he had seen during the imperial examinations when suddenly I heard the bell hanging on the white eaves ring once...
I looked around; there was no wind, yet the bell was ringing on its own. Something was amiss…
I stood up and instructed the servants attending me, "Go and see if anyone has arrived."
The servant bowed to me and had barely run out when I heard the prime minister shout, "What are you running for?"
Is that the Prime Minister? This tone...something's not right. I quickly stood up and saw the Prime Minister storming over with his hands behind his back, looking furious. When he saw that each of us had a pot of wine in our hands, he got even angrier: "You three, still drinking in your residence?"
Muli and Ashi both stood up, embarrassed.
I went up to him and asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen today?"
"What is it? There's plenty of it!" He frowned and looked over with a cold gaze.
I could clearly see a dark gray ribbon flash across his eyes—that was a hint of malevolence!
I helped him to sit down at the stone table, saying, "Don't be angry, don't be angry!"
His hand swiftly drew the bone whip, and he used the whip's end to stab it between his eyebrows.
Ah Shi exclaimed, "Auntie, what are you doing?"
"There's malevolent energy in him!" I manipulated the bone whip to draw out the malevolent energy from his body, then grabbed it and fed it to the shadow.
The prime minister slumped backward as if exhausted, but Mu Li quickly caught him. He let out a long sigh of relief, looked at Mu Li, and said, "Thank you." Then he looked at me and said, "I saw the crown prince today, and he seemed a bit off."
What's wrong with it?
"His tone changed as he spoke, his eyes turned fierce, like the angry crown prince of the past, but he quickly recovered..."
Could it be malevolent energy? No, that can't be. The Crown Prince's body contains the resentment of the Third Prince, who died young. He's been underground in the Hall of Light for decades; he should have learned how to deal with his own malevolent energy long ago...
Unless, that murderous aura wasn't his own...
I frowned, and Mu Li reminded me from the side, "Could it be related to the prescription you gave him?"
"Prescription?" Ah Shi and the Prime Minister both looked at me.
The supervisor returned at that moment and asked me, "What prescription?"
Facing the three pairs of eyes staring at me, I silently confessed, "It's a medicinal diet recipe from Chef Deng's book. My intention was to weaken his control over his body... to disgust him..."
"Sigh..." The supervisor sighed, "The Third Prince's control over the Crown Prince's body has weakened, so naturally he can no longer suppress the Crown Prince's resentment after his soul was devoured! Little Xu Yi, it's been so long, why did you still act without considering the consequences?"
"I...I didn't expect it to turn out like this...uh...it's my fault."
Then the supervisor looked at the prime minister and asked, "What is this?"
Ah Shi spoke up: "I was affected by the Crown Prince's fierce aura. Auntie just drew out the fierce aura."
"Hmm? Even someone as resolute as the prime minister has been influenced? What about the others?"
Oh no, my heart sank. "I've messed up again..."
The supervisor shook his head and beckoned to me, "Hurry up, come back to the palace with me and see what's going on."
Just as the Director and I returned to the Imperial Observatory, we ran into Baohe, who was leaving. Baohe jumped onto my shoulder and said, "Xu Yi, there are suddenly many people in the palace who have been infected by malevolent energy. Wu Qing has already taken people to deal with them..."
"Uh..." I admitted embarrassedly, "It's my fault..." I looked at the supervisor, "Supervisor, it's faster to have someone with malevolent energy come to us at this time. I'll go get an imperial edict from the emperor!"
Just as I turned around, I saw Wu Qing coming over with several palace maids. He came over and greeted us: "Supervisor, Miss Xu, these are the people I found to be afflicted with malevolent energy. I have already suppressed it once, and now they are gathered here waiting for Miss Xu to draw out the malevolent energy and dispel it."
That solved my immediate problem! I looked at him with bright eyes, then turned to the supervisor, my eyes full of admiration: You were so farsighted!
The supervisor snorted at me and went inside on his own.
I patted Wu Qing on the shoulder and praised him, "You're really good! I'll take these people to extract their malevolent energy first, and then you can go out and look for more."
He replied, "Yes," and left. I patted Baohe on the shoulder and said, "You go too."
"good."
I took the people Wu Qing brought with me to the courtyard where I shared the supervisor's place.
After I dealt with this group, I discovered that Ah Shi had arrived, and he had brought even more people with him. The palace maids and eunuchs lined up very conscientiously. I was somewhat surprised and looked at him: "Ah Shi?"
"Yes, Aunt, I've had everyone who's had contact with the Crown Prince come over. Wasn't the Crown Prince looking for the handkerchief the Crown Princess gave him? That's a very precious item..."
Crown Prince, are you looking for the handkerchief given to you by the Crown Princess?
I now know how to get people to cooperate without an imperial decree, and I secretly gave him a thumbs up.
It simply released the shadow from its purse and placed it at my feet.
Then, he would extract someone's anger and throw it directly to the ground, which was much faster...
I can't help but sigh, there's definitely strength in numbers...
Then I just sat in the yard, bored out of my mind, and spent the whole day venting my anger...
Uh... the Crown Prince only comes to the palace for the morning court session, how come he gets to interact with so many servants? I'm speechless...
Some even suspect he did it on purpose...
Sigh... You reap what you sow...
The supervisor was right next to me, leisurely sipping his tea. I turned to him for help: "Supervisor, please help me too!"
"I can't help you. Your intentions were impure, and now you deserve what you're going through..."
Well, in short, I deserve it.
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