Chapter 422: Can’t Go There
Although Yun Ran heard the sound of the golden nanmu coffin opening outside, he lowered his head to look at the coffin.
I thought I would see some kind of mummy or skeleton, but I saw a beautiful woman lying in the coffin.
The woman was wearing a bright red dress, with her eyes closed. Her skin was as white as snow and her long hair was as black as ink. She lay there as if she was just asleep.
Yun Ran reached out and touched it. The transparent coffin felt cold. After touching it, her fingers seemed to be slightly moist. It should be the legendary ice coffin used to keep the body of Queen Shuxian from decaying.
"This is my mother." Ye Jingzhen said softly from the side.
"She had a difficult labor when she gave birth to me and died from excessive blood loss. So, I didn't get to see her while she was alive. But later, I saw her here."
"She's very pretty." Yun Ran said, "Prettier than any of the women I've seen in the palace."
Ye Jingzhen put his arm around her shoulders and pursed his lips: "How many times have you been to the palace? How many women have you seen?"
Yun Ran looked up at him and said seriously, "It's just beautiful."
"Besides, Brother Xiaojing also looks a lot like Queen Shuxian."
"Me?" Ye Jingzhen raised his eyebrows. He didn't know how he looked like his mother. It must be that his brother looked more like his mother, so his father kept his brother by his side and made him the crown prince.
Yun Ran nodded, stood on tiptoe, and pointed at his eyes: "The eyes are very similar."
Ye Jingzhen couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth. No matter whether it was true or not, he liked to hear Yun Ran's words.
He doesn't like Ye Cangling.
Compared to Ye Cangling, the stubborn, cruel, and moody emperor father, he still prefers Jiang Nian, his gentle and elegant deceased mother.
Maybe this is how people are. The less you can get, the better it is. It is the white moonlight hanging in the distant sky.
It was very cold in the underground palace, so the two people huddled together to keep each other warm.
Yun Ran stared at the young beauty sleeping in the ice coffin, a little absent-minded.
She should have seen her biological mother, but Rong Ruoruo died when she was very young. The shadow engraved in her heart became more and more blurred as she grew up.
Looking at Queen Shuxian lying in the ice coffin, she sighed.
"What's wrong?" Ye Jingzhen asked her.
"It's okay," Yun Ran said, "I just suddenly felt that Brother Xiaojing and I were so pitiful. Our biological mother left so early."
Seeing her sad face, Ye Jingzhen reached out and pinched her soft little face, saying softly: "Everyone has to leave, sooner or later."
"Besides, you still have Madam Yun San who treats you well. Your mother in heaven would be happy to see you."
Yun Ran was stunned for a moment before she realized that the Third Madam Yun that Ye Jingzhen was talking about was her mother, Yin Qianlan.
Then he nodded and said, "Yes, my mother is very good to me, and the Yun family is very good to me."
"That's enough." Ye Jingzhen said.
"But I'm almost forgetting what my mother looks like." Yun Ran looked at the beauty in the ice coffin, feeling a little sad.
Ye Jingzhen held her little hand and said, "It's okay, she will remember you in heaven."
"If you're afraid of forgetting her, you can remember my mother's appearance in your mind, and then think that your mother and my mother are equally beautiful, so you won't forget her."
"Yeah!" Yun Ran responded, his clear starry eyes slightly red.
Ye Jingzhen pulled her down and knelt in front of the ice coffin.
Yun Ran didn't react for a moment: "Brother Xiao Jing, what are you doing?"
"Since I brought you here, it certainly can't be for nothing." Ye Jingzhen pursed his lips and smiled.
After he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked directly at the ice coffin, the direction where Jiang Nian was sleeping, and said softly, "Mother, I brought Ran Ran here. Bring her here to see you."
The emperor has already issued an edict to grant us a marriage. We will get married in three years, when Ranran reaches the age of 15.
He said in his heart, Ranran, Yunran, she is the one I chose, the one I like. I chose her since I first saw her in the cave when she was four years old.
The two knelt in front of the ice coffin for a long time. Although Yun Ran didn't know what Ye Jingzhen was thinking as he stared at the ice coffin with a serious look on his face, he stayed quiet and didn't disturb him.
But the lotus platform was too close to the ice coffin. The underground palace was already cold, and staying here for a long time would make one feel cold to the bone.
After meeting Jiang Nian, Ye Jingzhen pressed the wax figure's fingers as before, closed the golden nanmu coffin, and took Yun Ran to the bottom of the lotus platform, where he found two dusty cushions to sit on.
Yun Ran held her chin and looked at him, blinking: "Brother Xiaojing, although your father has a strange temper, he is really good to your mother. Queen Shuxian passed away so early, I suddenly feel a little sorry for him."
Ye Jingzhen remained silent. He thought for a while and told Yun Ran what he had accidentally learned before: Ye Cangling wanted to obtain the "Geographical Records" and go to Nanlin Kingdom to find the life-changing witchcraft.
I thought Yun Ran would think Ye Cangling was crazy, but unexpectedly, the little girl frowned and stared at him, saying only, "I feel even more sorry for him."
Ye Jingzhen was amused by her serious look. His Ranran was really simple and kind.
The two chatted about everything under the sun, and Yun Ran felt a little sleepy.
But it was too cold here and she didn't want to fall asleep.
Thinking of the mural they had seen when they had just come in, she stood up from the futon and stretched. "Brother Xiaojing, are you cold? When I just came in, I saw the mural on the wall. Let's walk around and take a look."
Ye Jingzhen has been practicing martial arts for many years and is a young man, so he is naturally not afraid of the cold. But when he saw Yun Ran stand up, he also stood up.
He replied, "Okay."
After hearing his answer, Yun Ran had already walked towards the stone wall on one side, and Ye Jingzhen followed behind her.
However, he was suddenly stunned when he stared at Yun Ran's brisk steps.
You absolutely cannot go there!
But it was too late. Yun Ran had already walked to the front of the mural and was looking up at it carefully.
Ye Jingzhen suddenly clenched his fists and rushed forward in two steps.
At this moment, Yun Ran was standing in front of the mural, with her starry eyes wide open and her chubby little face flushed red with embarrassment.
What is painted on this mural?
Her fair and slender fingers tightly grasped the hem of her skirt, and her heart was beating violently.
Isn’t this the warm and sweet daily life of the emperor and empress?
Why is it that this mural shows the naked Empress Shuxian and... the naked Emperor!
These two naked people were still... still hugging each other, doing this... that...
Yun Ran screamed "Ah!", her heart beating wildly. She covered her eyes and turned around and ran.
As a result, he ran only two steps before crashing into a solid and broad embrace.
Ye Jingzhen's unique cold voice also came to my ears, and he said in a calm voice: "Are you... okay?"
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