Just as Rouge was racking her brains, the Emperor took her hand. "What's wrong? Are you so happy to see me that you're stunned? Come, come with me back to the palace."
She thanked him in a daze, then looked up, only to find that Young Master Bai had vanished without a trace.
【Five】
Rouge was ushered into the palace by palace maids to bathe, where she was enveloped in fragrant steam and thoroughly enjoyed herself.
However, none of this belonged to her.
She became more cautious and subtly inquired why Linlang had fallen out of favor. An older palace maid said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor's obsession with elixirs is nothing new. You shouldn't try to persuade him anymore; what's the point?"
So Linlang fell out of favor because she advised the emperor against practicing Taoism?
Rouge almost burst out laughing. She was cultivating her immortal roots, while the Emperor was practicing Taoism; they were kindred spirits. Advise the Emperor? She wasn't that foolish.
As night deepened, Rouge slipped past the patrolling palace maids and secretly entered the Cold Palace. She was determined to stay in the palace, so she needed to get rid of the real Linlang to avoid any unforeseen complications.
However, when she found Linlang, she was shocked.
Unexpectedly, Linlang had become emaciated and withered in the harsh environment. Upon seeing Yanzhi, she cried out in alarm, "Hehuan! You're Hehuan! A ghost! Help! There's a ghost!"
She quickly pressed the pressure point to silence Linlang, but it was too late. Even the Cold Palace, a heavily guarded area of the palace, was protected. Rouge hoisted Linlang onto her shoulder, and hearing the approaching footsteps of the guards, she became worried.
Her cultivation was too shallow; she could only conceal one person with her invisibility spell. If she abandoned Linlang and fled, her identity would inevitably be exposed. She couldn't bear to part with the ginseng snow lotus she had just acquired.
The instant the palace door was kicked open, someone embraced her from behind, and then her body turned into a wisp of smoke, and the surrounding scenery changed in an instant.
She knew who had kidnapped her, but it was too late to resist.
When she regained consciousness, she found herself in the suburbs, sitting awkwardly on the ground with Linlang sleeping at her feet, while Gongzi Bai stood clearly in front of her.
He sneered: "You impersonated a palace concubine, sowing discord in the palace, and now you want to harm the real concubines?"
Rouge argued, "I don't want to kill Linlang, I just want to send her away... Besides, I changed your Book of Love, so someone has to sever Linlang's love and continue the bond of Hehuan! Otherwise, the disorder in the human world will cause endless trouble!"
"So you went to rekindle your romance?" Young Master Bai sneered. "Or do you admire that emperor?"
"What's it to you?" Rouge retorted, but couldn't help explaining, "My cultivation of immortal roots requires the nourishment of rare and precious treasures. But the places in the palace where these things are kept all have demon-repelling talismans, I..."
This is the only way I can get what I want. Rouge's nose tingled, and she looked away.
He listened in silence for a long time before finally saying, "You may leave. I will take Consort Shu to a suitable place."
She was stunned for a moment, then thought for a while and asked, "Is your old acquaintance Hehuan? Do I look that much like her?"
There's no such thing as a free lunch. It makes no sense for a celestial being to actively help a demon.
He looked her over carefully and said, "If you were a little taller, thinner, and prettier, you would be just like her."
Rouge was so angry she almost lost her temper. She flicked her fingers and began chanting the Wind Control Technique, intending to return to the palace. But just then, she suddenly felt a dizzying sensation.
Looking down, I saw that Linlang, who was lying on the ground, had already woken up and had placed a demon-repelling talisman on her leg.
"Hehuan! Why do you keep haunting me? Go away and stop bothering me!" Linlang roared.
She was powerless to resist. From the day she was transformed into human form, she had been terrified of demon-controlling talismans. Was today truly her death day?
"Rouge!" someone called her in her ear, their voice filled with worry. Unexpectedly, she fell into a warm embrace.
【land】
Drifting along, it felt like returning to the beginning.
She remembered that in the beginning, she was just a mimosa tree spirit growing in front of the Cold Palace, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, but unfortunately, she was too poor in talent and her mind was not clear.
Until one day, a woman in palace attire came to the tree.
The woman sighed, "So there's a mimosa tree here. I'm also called mimosa... But how often have I ever had a happy face?" After saying this, she cried for a while, then crashed into the tree and died.
Having awakened her inner turmoil, Rouge often sensed Hehuan's sadness, which unsettled her. Later, she forced herself to forget Hehuan until she saw her name in the Book of Love.
She really didn't want to live such a sad life.
"Didn't you ask me why I want to cultivate immortality?" Rouge lay weakly in Gongzi Bai's arms, "It's to escape this situation where a single talisman can kill me..." "Don't speak. I've already used an elixir to freeze your soul. I still need to buy some medicinal herbs to replenish your primordial spirit," he said.
As the clouds dispersed in the night sky, she looked up at his deep eyes in the moonlight and suddenly felt at peace.
Was the tenderness in his eyes for her sake?
Arriving at the pharmacy by the stone bridge, Gongzi Bai stepped forward and knocked on the door. Yan Zhi quickly grabbed his wrist: "Have you forgotten? I swindled that thousand-year-old ginseng from this shop!"
If the shopkeeper sees her, won't he immediately put another demon-repelling talisman on her?
Young Master Bai said gently, "Don't be afraid. I've already paid the money and used magic to alter their memories. They don't remember you as a demon."
As they were talking, the door of the pharmacy opened, and the shopkeeper and his wife, as expected, no longer recognized her. They warmly invited them inside. It was a chilly February day, and she nestled on the couch wrapped in his fox fur coat, feeling wonderfully warm.
The shopkeeper brought her hot water and praised, "My wife is so lucky. Your husband is so considerate, even doing things like getting medicine himself."
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