Chapter 25: Guarding the Ming Guard
Prince Fu looked at the water mirror in his hand. He placed his white index finger between his lips and bit it until the skin was sunken. His eyes were fixed on the two people in the mirror who were cuddling with each other. He was now anxious and his liver was ignited.
"This damn pretty boy, Imperial Master, how can you kill him?" The prince gnashed his teeth in hatred.
The man in the jade mask took his time, taking a sip of the black tea before he slowly said, "Your Highness, love is ultimately a matter of mutual consent. A forced melon is not sweet."
"A forced melon isn't sweet? I don't care! I want this melon!" The prince said, then seemed to feel that his attitude was too bad and immediately softened. "State Master, my good State Master, you must have a way. I want this melon. Can you help me think of a way? I don't care if it's a good melon, a bad melon, rotten or broken, it doesn't matter, as long as I get it."
"Everyone has a love for beauty, but if you want it to last, you must get it in a proper way and not be impatient." Master Fu Yu continued to keep the secret.
"Okay, okay, Imperial Master, as long as you are willing to find a solution, I won't be anxious, I won't be anxious." The prince looked extremely anxious, but he said something against his will.
"Prince, what do you think of the relationship between these two?" Master Fu Yu pointed at the two people in the water mirror.
"They are all slick and fake." The prince pretended to be disdainful.
"Is that so? I think these two are just beginning to fall in love and have developed feelings for each other. They're a perfect match." Imperial Preceptor Fu Yu glanced at the Crown Prince, who remained silent. He continued, "If Your Highness insists on separating them now, they will surely rebel, and their feelings will only deepen. The best plan now is to sow discord between them, making them suspicious of each other and resentful. Then Your Highness can take advantage of this opportunity and swoop in."
The emperor felt that what Imperial Master Fu Yu said made sense, so he leaned over and said, "Imperial Master, how do you think we can sow discord?"
"If Your Highness only has eyes for these two people, there is naturally no way to sow discord between them. You might as well broaden your horizons and see who else is around them?" Fu Yu nodded at Zhang Qingchen who was sleeping next to them.
"Zhang Qingchen?" asked the prince.
Imperial Preceptor Fu Yu nodded. "The Crown Prince is well aware of the Emperor's summons to Li Yuanying. As long as we make Zhang Qingchen an obstacle between them and create a misunderstanding, and then His Royal Highness can lend a hand, then this matter will be resolved, right?"
The prince frowned, "But even if there's a rift between us, won't this man still stand between me and Wanwan?"
The prince was really angry. He didn't expect that he would become the one who was not in the right position. He was the prince. Women in the world were just ordinary people. How could there be something he couldn't get?
Master Fu Yu took a sip of tea and looked at the incense burner in the Prince's Palace. The incense burner was emitting thick smoke and a fragrance wafting out from it. It was a smell he had never smelled before.
Imperial Master Fu Yu glanced at the people in the hall. These young palace maids didn't seem to have such a brain, but that eunuch Xue who followed the crown prince every day...
"Then the prince must see that Qilang die?" Master Fu Yu said lazily.
These words finally touched the prince's heart. He didn't want to play any roundabout tricks. He just wanted to kill anyone who blocked his way and clear away all obstacles.
"Does the Imperial Master have any good ideas?"
Master Fu Yu found it funny. It turned out that these people were used to being masters. They were used to just coming up with ideas, while the specific methods had to be figured out by the servants themselves.
"First, let Zhang Qingchen become the thorn in their side, and then... the mission that His Majesty has assigned to them this time is extremely dangerous. It is normal for one or two people to die. In this way, the prince does not have to worry. Both the person and the heart are yours." Master Fu Yu said.
"That's great! Imperial Master, you really lived up to my expectations." The prince was delighted. He had already begun to think about the good days after winning the beauty.
He had mentioned this to Li Zhongdao long before Li Yuanying even reached the age of marriage, but the old man was cunning and cunning, and who knows what he said to the emperor, who firmly refused to allow Li Yuanying to enter the palace. Ever since that day, when Li Yuanying saved his life, the prince has never forgotten her.
He had been with so many women in the world, but none of them looked like her. Her eyes were cold and pure, her lips were lively and youthful, her figure was graceful and enchanting. All the beautiful words in the world that could describe a woman could be used to describe her.
That day, he learned he was infested with masked beetles. After Li Yuanying coldly explained what masked beetles were, he fainted. Later, according to palace maids, Li Yuanying painstakingly injected him with thousands of needles, forcing the beetles out. There were hundreds of them, all flesh-pink, segmented and crystal clear, oozing from the prince's seven orifices. It was a truly eerie sight.
Each worm wore a human skin mask, and their expressions varied: some cried, some laughed, just like the various states of being in the world. When the worm emerged from the prince's seven orifices, it cried like a baby, a sound that echoed throughout the palace, preventing anyone from sleeping.
On that day, Li Yuanying started a big fire and burned all the mask bugs. Then he took some of the ashes, made a potion for the prince to drink, and the prince recovered.
The masked worm is a puppet among monsters. Its body is only a puppet, not its real body. After that day, Li Yuanying and his team searched for a long time but failed to find the mastermind behind the scenes. They could only set up a huge barrier in the palace to prevent the mother body of the masked worm from infecting the prince again.
From then on, the prince was not allowed to leave the palace. Although he seemed to be the freest person in this deep palace, he was actually living in the biggest cage in the world.
People say that it is because of this that the prince's personality became gloomy, abnormal and moody.
Therefore, when the emperor and Li Zhongdao disagreed with Li Yuanying entering the palace to be the prince's concubine, the prince could only worry. Fortunately, Master Fu Yu gave the prince a water mirror, which allowed him to see the figure of the person he loved thousands of miles away.
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After receiving a positive response from Qilang, Li Yuanying quietly put away a [Word Spirit] talisman. She hadn't originally planned to plot against Qilang, but Prince Fu was a troublesome character, so she had to prepare early.
Fortunately, Qilang, despite appearing to be cunning, was actually quite simple. With a little coaxing, he could get those words out. Otherwise, Li Yuanying thought, she wouldn't have had to force her senior brother to say those words.
The next day, the emperor indeed sent someone to invite Li Yuanying into the palace.
Li Yuanying had been waiting for this morning. She wanted to know whether it would be the eunuchs from the palace who would come to pick her up, or the guards of the Ming Dynasty. If it was a eunuch, like Eunuch Li, then there was still room for improvement. If it was the guards of the Ming Dynasty, it would be very dangerous.
When the deputy leader of the Guards of the Ming Dynasty arrived at the inn where Li Yuanying was staying, she and her companions were enjoying breakfast. Before she could even take a few bites, the emperor presented Li Yuanying with an imperial decree, summoning her to the palace to face the emperor. Li Yuanying knew the situation was dire; it seemed the emperor had become suspicious. Fortunately, she had a backup plan.
"Commander Zhang, I'm late. I should have come to greet you last night."
Li Yuanying only heard the deputy commander's voice. She didn't hear what Zhang Qingchen said. Instead, it was Bingyi who spoke.
"Commander Zhang, your men are here to pick you up, so hurry up and follow them."
"Miss Li, I will escort you and the commander to the palace."
"Shouldn't I go with you?" Qilang asked.
"Who are you? The emperor hasn't summoned you, so you can't follow him into the palace." The deputy commander spoke rudely.
"Qillang, you and Bingyi wait here for me to come back." Li Yuanying said.
"You are blind now, and I am worried about you following your unreliable senior brother." Qilang was a little unhappy.
"Qillang, there are benefits for you not to go to the palace. You have finally come to Chang'an, so please buy some new things for me to take back." When Li Yuanying heard Qillang say this, she handed him a note.
Qilang opened it and saw the words written on it: "If you have not left the palace before dark, immediately set off for Yaoshui Town. The entire Li family will take refuge quickly."
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