"She lay in bed for half a year without anyone calling a doctor, and she became skin and bones. Originally, she had just caught a cold and was coughing every day. Because she kept putting it off, it turned into tuberculosis. Later, even the two old women who served her dared not enter her room. They even put her food at the door, and she had to get up to eat by herself. If she couldn't get up, she would go hungry."
Qingyan explained in great detail, recounting every little detail about Ye Ling'er over the past few months.
"How did Ye Ling'er find someone to deliver the letter to me? I heard that dilapidated temple doesn't even have a single nun left, only two old women watching her. The old women don't even like to talk to her. So who deliberately approached her and then delivered the letter for her?" Who is this person with ulterior motives who wants to use Ye Ling'er again?
Ye Ling'er has been disfigured. After the wounds on her face healed, and as she grew older, she looked less and less like Xingxing. A few years ago, Xingxing even went to the dilapidated temple to see her once.
Therefore, Ye Ling'er's appearance is no longer of any use, unless Yokoyama Chiyo uses the same trick again and changes Ye Ling'er's face. Sigh, Xingxing thought about Yokoyama Chiyo and always felt that the female Japanese pirate might jump out and cause trouble at any time.
Then she heard Qingyan say, "It's Yokoyama Chiyo. She came to the capital and somehow found Ye Ling'er. She risked getting infected with tuberculosis to get close to her. Ye Ling'er was in trouble because she had no one to ask for a doctor for her, so she asked Yokoyama for help."
Xingxing was even more confused after hearing this. "Is Hengshan that stupid? Why would he pass on a message for Ye Ling'er? She's too busy hiding her identity, why would she expose it?" It's too suspicious.
"This subordinate doesn't know either, and Ye Ling'er told me directly about Hengshan's approach to her. Judging from her calm expression, Hengshan obviously didn't ask her to keep it a secret." Qingyan also sensed something was wrong.
"What exactly does Yokoyama want?" Xingxing's face darkened slightly. She tapped the table with her fingers and said in a low voice, "Are you confident you can catch Yokoyama? It would be best to catch her and lock her up in jail. If necessary, you can just kill her."
"Since sending the message to the palace, Hengshan has never gone to see Ye Ling'er again. Ye Ling'er has no idea who he is, let alone where he is hiding." Qingyan also judged that the other party should be Hengshan based on Ye Ling'er's description of his appearance.
"Send a few more people to keep an eye on Ye Ling'er," Xingxing instructed.
"We've already sent ten people to keep watch outside the broken temple. If Hengshan appears, we'll do our best to capture him," Qingyan replied respectfully.
"Okay, I understand. You can go now." Xingxing waved Qingyan away and sat there lost in thought.
The Ming Prince's Mansion at night.
Dressed in a black outfit, Yokoyama Chiyo leaped over the wall into the palace. This wasn't the first time she had sneaked into the palace's backyard; she was very familiar with the layout. Yokoyama Eiko also frequented her sister's courtyard from time to time.
Therefore, the guards and servants in the courtyard were sent elsewhere, and there were not many people left to keep watch at night. Yokoyama Chiyo stood in the courtyard for a while and, not finding anyone else, whistled to lure her younger sister over.
Upon hearing the whistle, Yokoyama Eiko quickly came over. She was now the most favored woman of the Ming King, the so-called dancer who had made the Ming King plead with the Emperor to make her a concubine.
The identities of the musicians and dancers were obviously fake. She had bribed the madam to sneak into the music hall with the aim of luring King Ming into her trap. King Ming was indeed easily hooked. Yokoyama Eiko was very satisfied with her current life. She ate and drank well and was pampered. Her servants were at her beck and call.
This was the life she and her mother had always longed for, and now that it had suddenly come true, she felt it was all too real. She was afraid that one day she would wake up and find it was all a dream, and once she woke up, it would all be gone.
Looking at Yingzi, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes and adorned with gold and silver jewelry, Chiyo was almost blinded even in the darkness. She couldn't help but say in a deep voice, "Why are you dressed so formally and wearing so much jewelry in the middle of the night? Aren't you tired?"
Eiko Yokoyama pretended not to hear her complaints, stood up straight, and didn't mind that her complicated outfit was a burden. She liked to dress herself up in a dazzling way, and even her own sister couldn't stop her.
"Sister, is there something important that you've come tonight?"
"Didn't I tell you to behave yourself and stop thinking about such things? Why did you whisper in my ear and get Prince Ming to beg the Emperor to grant you a marriage? What kind of concubine do you want? Is your brain made of mud?"
If it weren't for her younger sister causing this trouble, she wouldn't have needed to deliberately approach Ye Ling'er to divert the princess's attention. The Prince Ming was her trump card; if the princess discovered her weakness, all her efforts over the past few months would be in vain.
"There are at least eighty or a hundred women in the Ming King's harem, all of them young and beautiful. I'm considered a bit older than those young harlots. Sister, you have no idea how much pressure I'm under. Right now, I'm of low status, and any of those women can come and trample on me. If I don't raise my status, I'll be busy enough dealing with those women every day. How can I have the mind to do anything important?"
Yokoyama Eiko almost took action against the concubines who came to provoke her several times, but she didn't dare to do so because there were too many people and too many eyes in the Prince's mansion. She was so frustrated that she complained a few times when the Prince came to her room.
At the moment, Prince Ming was deeply in love with her and would do whatever Yingzi said. In a moment of impulsiveness, he went to the emperor and asked to make Yingzi a concubine. The principal wife was bestowed by the emperor and her position was unshakeable. There was still a position for a concubine. Prince Ming could be said to be offering the best to Yingzi.
Unfortunately, the emperor disagreed, so pleading was futile.
Eiko Yokoyama felt a tightness in her chest whenever she thought about it. What kind of lousy emperor looked down on her and wouldn't even grant her the title of concubine? What a piece of trash.
"What's so special about being a prince's concubine? If you listen to my arrangements, you might even become the empress in the future. You'll be the most honored woman in the world. Think long-term, don't just focus on your immediate surroundings and short-sighted things." Yokoyama Chiyo started making grand promises again.
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