Chapter 508: Eyes That Are Fiery and Disgusting
Cui Yi was stunned when he heard this.
It took a long time.
He silently gave a thumbs-up.
It’s high, really high.
This trick kills two birds with one stone, and no one who doesn't know black sesame filling would think of it.
"This plan is brilliant, but there's a problem."
Cui Yi said, "The emperor has always been suspicious and skeptical, and his temperament is unpredictable. What we can think of, he might also think of. What if he predicts your prediction?"
Yu Lingye glanced at Cui Yi.
Nothing was said, everything was contained in that look.
Cui Yi was irritated by Yu Lingye's look.
What does this mean?
Implying that he is stupid?
Okay, he is stupid.
He wants to fight with these smart people!
Yu Lingye: "Look at the map carefully."
Cui Yi stared at the map for a while, but his eyes were sore and he couldn't see anything.
"What's wrong with this map?"
Yu Lingye casually picked up a pen and drew a circle on the map, deliberately marking a very, very thin boundary, so thin that it was almost invisible on the map.
"The encircled area is my fiefdom."
After drawing it, Cui Yi immediately understood it.
"Why didn't you draw it earlier? It made my eyes sore." Cui Yi muttered.
Judging from the map.
The geographical location of Tangyuan County is very special, with a strange snake shape.
The serpentine terrain winds its way through the mountains and extends to the other side of the mountain.
The other side of the mountain is the main location of Yu Lingye’s fiefdom.
From a visual point of view, Luoqing County is far away from Prince Ling's fiefdom.
In fact, Luoqing County is only more than 30 miles away from the long, snake-shaped Tangyuan County.
Most people would not think of this unless they have carefully studied and are very familiar with all the counties in Prince Ling's fiefdom.
Cui Yi clapped his hands: "Great."
"This is totally unexpected."
He scratched his head and chuckled twice. "Sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought you were teasing me on purpose and didn't draw it for me. It turns out you wanted me to see the before and after comparison."
"Indeed, if I hadn't specifically pointed out this tiny area, I wouldn't have imagined there was a county town with such a strange terrain, let alone that it was part of your fiefdom."
Yu Lingye: "You must not investigate the affairs of the Mu Mansion. Both the Mu Mansion and the Dun Mansion are under constant scrutiny. If you start investigating, you will definitely alert the enemy, and then your mother's plan will fail."
Cui Yi nodded: "My mother has already told me."
He stood up respectfully and saluted Yu Lingye: "Everything is in the hands of Your Highness Prince Ling."
Yu Lingye said, "You're welcome."
"My fiefdom is in need of a doctor like Imperial Physician Cui, and a loyal minister like Lord Cui Gu to assist my princess."
Cui Yi was stunned.
He understood the hidden meaning of Yu Lingye's words.
Cui Yi bowed deeply, turned around and left without saying a word.
When Xie Yingmian heard that Cui Yi was coming, she specially brought him some new flavors of ice cream and explained the misunderstanding about the pregnancy-preserving medicine that day.
When he arrived at the study, he was told that Cui Yi had left.
Xie Yingmian handed the ice cream to Yu Lingye: "Is Senior Brother gone?"
"He had someone bring us Zhaixinglou's signature dishes. Wasn't he supposed to dine with us? Why did he leave?"
"Maybe something's wrong." Yu Lingye took a bite. "Lotus flavored ice cream?"
Xie Yingmian sat down opposite Yu Lingye, propping up her chin with one hand and tilting her head slightly. "It's made with lotus flowers, mung beans, lotus seeds, honey, milk, and other ingredients. It's inspired by Lotus Town. How does it taste?"
Yu Lingye: "Not bad."
Xie Yingmian: "To get a good review from you, it seems to taste really good."
"How's my brother doing?"
Yu Lingye: "Don't worry, with Princess Mingyi here, the Cui family won't fall."
Xie Yingmian didn't ask any more questions.
She believed that Princess Mingyi would make the most correct judgment.
Yu Lingye said, "In two months, Princess Mingyi will be celebrating her eighty-fifth birthday. We need to prepare gifts in advance."
Xie Yingmian had a good impression of the Cui family.
In particular, he had a very good impression of Princess Mingyi.
Cui Yi had taken her to the Cui family before, or perhaps Cui Yi had specifically told her that the Cui family, referring specifically to the Dunguo Mansion, had a particularly good atmosphere and she liked it very much.
Especially Princess Mingyi.
Princess Mingyi is an old lady in her eighties, and we felt like old friends the moment we met.
Princess Mingyi particularly liked the various desserts she brought, especially the puffs.
The little old lady liked Puff so much that she insisted on pulling her over and becoming her sworn sisters.
Cui Yi was so scared that his heart was beating fast, fearing that the lovely little junior sister would become his aunt.
Xie Yingmian: "Then I have to think carefully about what birthday gift to prepare for Princess Mingyi."
The little old lady likes desserts.
I have bad teeth and like to eat soft and chewy food.
Cake is the first choice.
Besides cake, she had to think of other things.
"Oh, by the way, Aunt Frost, who is with the Queen, brought me some news when she came to get the medicine." Xie Yingmian took a bite of the ice cream that Yu Lingye handed over. "Do you know anything about Concubine Quan?"
"It was the concubine who suddenly fell ill and died a few days ago. She was not very old and was said to have been in the palace for less than two years."
"Aunt Shuangjiang told me that Concubine Quan died while serving the emperor in bed. It was a very undignified death."
"I have reason to suspect that the emperor's mental perversion is becoming increasingly serious. I've heard that people with physical disabilities like this, unable to be humane, will come up with countless ways to torture women to obtain secret pleasure."
Yu Lingye paused while eating ice cream.
He looked at Xie Yingmian.
As a man, he could probably understand the emperor's enthusiasm for cutting off roots.
After years of being cut off, there is finally hope. The emperor is afraid that he can't help but take action against Xie Yingmian.
Yu Lingye told Xie Yingmian his guess.
Xie Yingmian also had this premonition.
This premonition was not something she speculated, but something she analyzed from the emperor's eyes.
The emperor looked at her with eyes that were like those of a prey he was about to catch, hot and disgusting.
"Don't worry about me." Xie Yingmian said, "The more the emperor wants to cut off the roots, the more he will be afraid to act."
"He should know very well that I am his only hope."
"He won't attack me easily. At most he'll test me."
Yu Lingye frowned.
The possessiveness in the emperor's eyes almost became tangible. How could he feel at ease?
"Yingmian, you don't understand him. He treats you..."
Xie Yingmian walked behind Yu Lingye and put her arms around his neck: "He wants to be Emperor Minghuang of Tang, but I can't be Yang Guifei."
Yu Lingye: "Who is Emperor Minghuang of Tang?"
Xie Yingmian: "A rotten old man."
"The old man fell in love with his own daughter-in-law, forced her to divorce, and made her become a nun. A few years later, he found an opportunity to bring her to the palace, and she became his favorite concubine."
"The old man was addicted to pleasure, neglecting state affairs, and favoring corrupt officials. The country was unstable, and rebellions broke out everywhere. This is known in history as the An-Shi Rebellion."
"The rebels forced the palace, and the old man fled with Yang Guifei in a hurry. During the march, the imperial guards pinned the crime of causing chaos on Yang Guifei and forced the old man to kill her."
"Yang Guifei hanged herself at Mawei Slope."
"A prosperous era needs beauties to embellish it, but a troubled era needs beauties to take the blame. Isn't that ridiculous?"
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