Ye An was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Why again?"
Chen Ran was even more certain that he had lost his memory, and said gently: "Because you lost your memory once before. If not, you and I would not have become close friends."
Ye An wondered, does the original body's amnesia have anything to do with him?
"You and I...are close friends? How can I prove this?"
Ye An sneaked out of the palace for a few days. During these days, he also witnessed the warmth and coldness of the world.
Because he left in a hurry, the only things he carried with him were a jade plaque with the word "Ci" written on it and a jade whistle. Ye An knew that these were things that belonged to the original owner, but he had no money. It was okay for him to starve, but the other mouth in his stomach could not stand the hunger. Ye An gritted his teeth and found a pawnshop to pawn the two items. It seemed that he could get more money by pawning them alive. However, Ye An felt a little embarrassed. He had no choice but to redeem them later.
In the imperial city, a man with a big belly would be very conspicuous and would probably be discovered soon. Ye An had no choice but to disguise herself as a woman and announce to the public that her husband had just died. However, as a pregnant widow, it was almost impossible to find a job. Ye An took the little money and wished she could split it in half to spend.
He came into contact with many people. Some sympathized with his difficulties and secretly gave him a few copper coins or some steamed buns. There were also some who tried to take advantage of him as a widow. At this time, Ye An would use some tricks to punish them. Although he was living outside, he was subconsciously not worried about his future life, and he didn't know where the confidence came from. Today, I heard that this restaurant had free meals, so I hurried over. I didn't expect to encounter this kind of situation. Ye An has become much more alert, and his first reaction is not to believe it.
Shen Ran said: "I promise I won't hurt you. As for the evidence, please follow me."
Ye An raised his eyebrows but didn't move.
Shen Ran had no choice but to go into a compartment that was not open to the public and came out holding two tablets.
Shen Ran showed him one of the sides first, and Ye An was surprised to find that his name was engraved on the tablet - his name was the same as the original body, that is, it had the original body's name.
Chen Ran said, "My name is Chen Ran. You have done me a great favor. I was once a concubine in the palace, and you let me leave the palace. Therefore, I set up a longevity tablet for you and pray for your blessing every day."
Ye An: “…”
The original story was simply too unbelievable. The emperor favored the queen alone and even let other concubines out of the palace?
He pointed to another tablet and asked, "What about the other one?"
Chen Ran also gave him that side, and Ye An took a look and saw "Ye Xi" written on it.
Chen Ran smiled and said, "This is the name of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness's nickname is Dou Dou. This longevity tablet was set up together with yours before he was born."
Ye An felt that both Ye Xi and Dou Dou sounded familiar. The prince... wasn't he the eldest son of his original body? He left in a hurry and had no chance to meet him. Even if he did, he wouldn't know what to say to the prince of a country.
Upon closer inspection, both sides are indeed longevity cards, something like this cannot be fabricated in a short time. This shows that Shen Ran is indeed a close friend of the original body.
Ye An said: "Then can I still trust you?"
Shen Ran nodded and whispered, "You have helped me before. I will do whatever you ask. Did you... escape from the palace, or were you murdered by someone?"
Ye An asked nervously: "What would you do in these two situations?"
Chen Ran noticed Ye An's embarrassment and said after a moment's consideration: "No matter what, I will listen to you. I will do whatever you ask me to do."
Ye An said: "What if I don't want to go back to the palace?"
Shen Ran said: "You should know your identity, can you tell me the reason?"
Ye An gritted his teeth: "I... have lost my memory. I dare not face the queen, and I am afraid of giving birth to a child."
Shen Ran was surprised: "What about the baby in your belly?"
Ye An said aggrievedly: "It should be the Queen's."
Shen Ran: “…”
Shen Ran had seen how loving these two were, so how could they turn against each other?
It must be because of amnesia. He remembered that the emperor was also afraid of having children. Once he lost his memory, it was as if he had come back to life.
Chen Ran tried his best to persuade him, "You are in a heavy condition now, and it will be inconvenient for you to stay outside. You might as well stay here first. Although it is not as prosperous as the palace, it is safer than other places."
Ye An nodded hesitantly. During these days of wandering, he really had nowhere else to go. Suddenly he thought of the buns he had just eaten, which had the flavor of fish-flavored shredded pork. How could there be such a thing in ancient times?
Ye An thought he had met a fellow villager, and said excitedly: "By the way, Chen Ran, let me ask you something, did you make the buns I just ate?"
Chen Ran smiled: "Indeed, I made it. You taught me this before. You also gave me the name Ruyi Bao."
Ye An:? ? ?
The original body is really amazing!
Chen Ran warmly invited Ye An and he stayed in the restaurant temporarily. Chen Ran is handsome, kind to others, and takes good care of Ye An in everything. The restaurant is bustling, and Ye An can also learn a lot of news from the outside world. Not long after, Ye An met another shop owner, Chen Ran's husband Chen Yun. He then learned that Chen Ran was married to a man. It turned out that they were a gay couple. Ye An admired Shen Ran very much. Although Shen Aozhu was not as good-looking as Shen Ran, he had an extraordinary aura around him and was a perfect match for Shen Ran.
Chen Yun did not object to Shen Ran taking in Ye An, but she disagreed on whether to send a letter to the palace.
After all, Ye An is the king of a country. It is too dangerous for him to stay outside the palace while pregnant with the dragon heir. He should notify the palace in time and ask the queen to deal with it.
Chen Ran disagreed selfishly. He could understand the emperor's desire to escape from the palace after losing his memory. He had already promised to listen to the emperor. If he secretly delivered the letter without telling the emperor, wouldn't that be a betrayal?
The two had a big quarrel, which was accidentally heard by Ye An who was passing by.
Ye An was very grateful for Chen Ran's protection of him, and he could also understand Chen Yun's persistence. Ye An did not want the couple to have any rift because of him, so he chose to leave the restaurant overnight, leaving only a thank-you note for Chen Ran.
When living in the restaurant, Shen Ran stuffed him with a lot of silver bills, enough for Ye An and the baby in his belly to live for several lifetimes. Ye An planned to leave the imperial city and bid farewell to his original life completely.
In addition, the soldiers in the city began to search house to house recently. Ye An guessed that they were looking for him. If he continued to stay, he would only drag down Shen Ran and his wife. Ye An took the risk to redeem the jade token and jade whistle that he had pawned when he was short of money. He left the jade whistle to Chen Ran for safekeeping. The jade token belonged to the cub's other biological father. Although Ye An could not accept the boyfriend of his original father, he still had to give an explanation to the cub.
Because of the experience of escaping from the palace, leaving the imperial city was smooth.
On the day Ye An left, a warhorse carrying Mu Ci rushed into the city from another gate.
As soon as he received the secret letter from the Empress Dowager, he asked General Leng Feng to take his place. He only took a few guards with him, changed horses constantly along the way, and traveled day and night to rush back to the imperial city.
Ye An lost his memory and disappeared from the palace. He could not be found in Xuande Hall and Zhaoyang Palace. The person who had insisted on sending him off before he left with his hands full now left him with only a room full of memories.
"Mu Ci, the emperor has disappeared without a trace, what are you going to do?"
The Queen Mother urgently summoned Mu Ci back because she also wanted to know what Mu Ci was planning.
Mu Ci said firmly: "Please ask Queen Dowager to stay in the palace and wait for him. No matter where in the world, I will definitely find him back."
The Empress Dowager knew what the Emperor’s “amnesia” state was like. He could even forget himself and acted extremely irrationally. Generally, it is difficult to find a missing person at first, and it will only become increasingly difficult to find him/her, like looking for a needle in a haystack, with little hope.
The Queen Mother had sent people to search for her for quite some time. Having experienced two emperors, although she was extremely reluctant, she had already made the worst-case scenario plan over and over again. She said, "He will give birth in more than four months. If we can't find him by then, we won't be able to keep it a secret from the court officials... You should also be prepared."
The country cannot be without a monarch for a day. If the court officials knew about this, they would probably clamor for a new monarch. Although the emperor has appointed a crown prince, the prince is less than two years old. It is hard to say whether he can ascend the throne smoothly. There are too many people eyeing the throne.
This is one aspect. On the other hand, only the imperial physicians in the palace have experience in delivering babies for the royal family. If the emperor is pregnant and still hasn't found the baby by then, it would be very dangerous.
Mu Ci lowered his eyes and said, "It's all up to the Queen Mother. I just want to find him. As for what happens in the future, I don't care."
The Queen Mother said, "If that day ever comes, I will do my best to protect the Emperor and the Crown Prince. If you insist on going to find him in person, I will not stop you. For the Crown Prince and for him, you must take good care of yourself."
Mu Ci nodded, bowed deeply to the Queen Mother, and left Changle Palace.
Wang Xingren and Imperial Physician Zhang were waiting anxiously outside. At this moment, they came forward and said, "Master, Imperial Physician Zhang feels that there is something strange about the Emperor's amnesia."
Mu Ci stopped and looked at Doctor Zhang with his black eyes.
Doctor Zhang knelt down and said, "Your Majesty's amnesia this time, I don't think it's a reaction to pregnancy. I've looked through medical books and previous pulse records. It's true that pregnant women have had their memory deteriorate, but they haven't suffered amnesia. I also found that people who usually lose their memory have suffered a head impact or medication. According to my observation, Your Majesty has no external injuries..."
Mu Ci listened attentively and almost immediately asked, "So you suspect that he was drugged?"
Doctor Zhang bowed and said, "This is just my speculation. I hope to find the cause of the disease, and maybe I can help the emperor restore his memory."
This is also for Ye Xiaoan's good...
Mu Ci pondered for a moment and thought of the people most likely to have come into contact with the emperor's drugged people: the Yelu brothers.
Yelu Chu's original plan involved Lou Lan, Yu Luo and the emperor, and required cooperation from all parties. It was quite complicated. But if Ye An did not cooperate at that time, it would not be easy to forcibly bring Yu Luo back. So, could it be that they had given Ye An an amnesiac?
When Mu Ci thought of this, he immediately ordered the secret guards to bring Yelu Han and Yelu Chu from the Sky Prison to the Xuande Hall.
Yelu Chu and Yelu Han were tortured and covered with wounds. Yelu Chu knelt without dignity and begged for mercy. Yelu Han stood upright, as if he was still the purest white lotus in the emperor's harem.
Before Mu Ci could speak, Yelu Han said, "Where is the emperor? I want to see him!"
Mu Ci's mind moved. When the whole plan was implemented, Yelu Chu did not actually meet Ye An, but Yelu Han did!
Mu Ci said: "Yelü Han, the emperor will not see you. He has lost his memory in the past few days and has forgotten you!"
If the old Yelu Han heard this, he would definitely rush over and yell, but the current Yelu Han had a creepy smile on his lips and said, "It's better to forget it. Forget everything and you can start over."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Ci grabbed Yelu Han's neck with one hand, exerting force, tightening it more and more.
"Yelü Han, it turns out you were the one who drugged me!"
Yelu Han couldn't break free, so he just laughed crookedly: "Yes, it was me. I put the secret medicine on the mugwort leaves. He didn't guard against it and absorbed it all... It turns out that this medicine is really useful and can make people forget everything, hahaha!"
"Where is the antidote?!"
If Mu Ci didn't want to keep this man to find out the whereabouts of the antidote, he would have wanted to crush his throat.
Yelu Han said proudly: "No... there is no antidote. Even if there is one, I won't tell you. He won't love you anymore!"
Mu Ci was so angry that he knocked him several feet away with one palm. Yelu Han hit his head against the wall, his face covered with blood, but he was still smiling grimly, looking terrifying.
Mu Ci glanced coldly at the kneeling Yelu Chu.
Yelu Chu said hurriedly: "Queen, I know what medicine that is. It is a secret medicine of the Yu Luo Palace called Wangyou, which can slowly cause amnesia. Although I don't have the antidote, I have a prescription for you. Please give me a quick death. I don't want to suffer any more..."
The secret guards beat them day and night. Even if they sought death, they would be rescued and continued to be punished. Living was more painful than death. Yelu Chu just wanted to die as soon as possible.
After Yelu Chu finished speaking, Yelu Han's eyes were bloodshot and he shouted, "Yelu Chu, you coward!"
He was still cursing Yelu Chu when Mu Ci floated up to him, grabbed his neck and twisted it hard. Yelu Han's voice broke in his throat, and he died with his eyes wide open.
"Hurry up and tell me."
Mu Ci frowned and looked at Yelu Chu with eyes as sharp as lightning.
After Yelu Chu trembled as he gave the prescription, Mu Ci ordered Imperial Physician Zhang to study it carefully. An Er took people to investigate Wangyou and soon they got the news that the Yu Luo Palace did have this kind of amnesia-causing medicine. The secret guards also got the same prescription from the Yu Luo king and the imperial physician.
The antidote should be real, but where is the emperor?
Doctor Zhang hurried to make the antidote into pills that were easy to carry. Mu Ci carried dozens of pills with him. He planned to leave the palace to find Ye An.
Before leaving, the wet nurse brought the little prince to see him off.
Doudou hadn't seen his two fathers for a while. Mu Ci didn't care about him when he returned to the imperial city. Doudou hugged father Aci's arms and burst into tears.
"Daddy, stop talking..."
Doudou was crying and hiccuping. Mu Ci's eyes were slightly red. He touched his son's soft head and said, "Father didn't abandon you. He just can't remember you for the time being. Queen Father will go and find him back."
Doudou didn't know if he understood or not, he hugged Mu Ci's arm and said, "Doudou is looking for daddy..."
Mu Ci sighed: "Dou Dou, you are still young."
Doudou still said: "Doudou wants daddy!"
Mu Ci tried to persuade him in vain, and remembered what Ye Xiaoan said about the family having to be together, so he made a decision, touched Dou Dou's cheek, and picked him up: "Then father will take you to find him..."
Doudou finally burst into laughter.
Mu Ci found a piece of cloth and tied his two-year-old son to his back. He said to the stunned Wang Xingren, "Tell the Queen Mother that I am taking the prince away temporarily. I will take good care of him and bring him back if needed."
Wang Xingren, wet nurse: "..."
The Queen Mother sighed when she found out. Although Mu Ci was reckless, wasn't this the little prince's own choice?
Mu Ci took Dou Dou and started his journey to find Ye An. Whenever Ye An had something to do in the past, Mu Ci could always find Ye An, but this time it was not smooth.
He gradually received some news about Ye An, but it was always too late.
Shen Yun delivered a letter, and it turned out that Ye An had lived in Shen Ran's restaurant. Ye An was in good health and had some silver and money on him when he left.
There was a pawnshop where Ye An once pawned the Jade Whistle and the jade token given to him by Mu Ci. Later, he redeemed it. The Jade Whistle was given to him by Chen Jun, and the jade token was still in Ye An's hands.
Ye An had been pretending to be a pregnant widow. No wonder the Queen Mother's people couldn't find Ye An after searching the entire city... From the very beginning, they had been looking in the wrong place.
Mu Ci had a feeling that Ye Xiaoan, who couldn't remember anything about him, had most likely left the imperial city.
Four months later, Mu Ci still hadn't found anyone. The Empress Dowager had no choice but to release the news that the Emperor was weak after giving birth and that both the Emperor and the little prince needed to rest.
The empress decided to take care of the emperor day and night. The prince was young and could not take on the heavy responsibility of state affairs for the time being. After repeated discussions among the ministers, the empress dowager and the royal family, it was decided to ask the empress dowager and Prince of Dongling Ye Le to jointly manage the government affairs. If the emperor recovered during this period, the power would be returned to the emperor.
Mu Ci is still looking for Ye An. He started by following Ye An's footsteps and then began to search for Ye An's whereabouts in various towns one by one. Although the Queen Mother and Doctor Zhang both thought that Ye An was in danger, Mu Ci still did not give up.
Three years later, a young man with a child came to a small town called Yunzhou on the border of Wei.
The man was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, wearing a neat black robe, a sword hanging from his waist, cloud boots on his feet, a pair of eyes as deep as a cold pond, and a calm face.
The little boy he brought with him was only five years old, with bright eyes, white teeth, skin as white as jade, and a stern expression on his face. Although he did not look like a boy, their temperaments were exactly the same, and one could tell at first glance that they were father and son.
The boy looked at the people coming and going in the town, tugged at the man's sleeve, and whispered, "Dad, is he really here?"
The man smiled bitterly: "I don't know. He likes chicken legs. I heard there is a man selling chicken legs in this town..."
The boy was mature despite his young age. He had traveled to many places with his father over the years. Although he knew that this might be another wasted trip, he still cheered up and said, "It would be great if it really is him. Don't worry, Dad, we'll find him one day."
The man touched the top of his head and said with a smile: "Xier has really grown up."
The father and son who were looking for someone were Mu Ci and Ye Xi.
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The next chapter is about running away with the ball and chasing the wife to the crematorium.
Why did I write about amnesia? Because I also wanted Mu Ci to pursue Ye An.
Also, I really wanted to write a scene where a father and son meet face to face and feel familiar with each other but don't recognize each other.
Guess who it is, second child? ?
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