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Ruan Yunsheng was almost led astray by this guy. He slapped his forehead and suddenly remembered the key point, "Since the bell can force out the silkworm, the insect in Wen Ciyuan's body can naturally be solved!"
Shen Yunzhou clapped his hands excitedly: "Oh right! How could I have forgotten this!"
Several people rushed into Wen Ciyuan's bedroom. Ruan Yunsheng took out the bronze bell, took a deep breath, and shook his wrist lightly.
“Ding…ding…ding…”
The clear ringing sound spread like ripples on the water, and the person sleeping on the couch suddenly twitched violently! Under the skin, the protruding snake-like tracks moved, as if a living creature was escaping frantically.
"Now!" Shen Yunzhou pierced his heart with a silver needle and slashed it with a dagger accurately.
A fist-sized, pitch-black poisonous insect emerged and fell into the copper basin with sticky blood!
Before Song Tinghe could react, he felt his soul being pulled by a huge force!
The world was spinning, and when I opened my eyes again I was lying on the couch, my limbs felt heavy as lead.
He tried to move his fingers, and the joints made a slight "click" sound.
Shen Yunzhou moved closer curiously, almost putting his face close to his nose: "Brother Wen? Do you still recognize me? Which one is this?
He held up two fingers and waved them in front of his eyes.
Song Tinghe... No, Wen Ciyuan slowly raised his eyes.
His eyes flashed like ice blades, and his voice was hoarse but full of pressure: "Shen Yunzhou, is your brain stuck in the door?"
Shen Yunzhou flew three feet away. "Alright! It's the same familiar formula!"
In the secret room of Yunlai Inn, the hooded man suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, which splashed in the center of the talisman formation.
He covered his aching heart and stared at the shattered Gu plate in his hand in disbelief: "How is it possible that the 'Soul Devouring Gu' has been broken!"
He frantically cut his wrists, blood gushing into the bone bowl, and he muttered something in an attempt to mobilize the remaining poisonous power.
The blood in the bowl was as still as a pond, without even a ripple.
Apparently, the other party had completely destroyed the Gu worm. He dug his nails deep into the ground and asked, "What on earth is going on?"
It's so strange, without leaving any broken stations, just like that day... Could it be the same group of people?
News of Wen Ciyuan's reawakening spread like wildfire throughout the capital. Within half a day, a gilded imperial edict arrived at Wen's residence, urgently summoning the Prime Minister and Ruan Yunsheng to the palace.
Inside the Purple Palace, the emperor actually stepped down from the dragon throne himself and circled Wen Ciyuan three times, his beard trembling with excitement. "My dear, you have truly recovered. It seems the Imperial Master was right. Miss Ruan is truly your destined lucky star!"
Wen Ciyuan bowed and said, "Your Majesty is truly wise."
The emperor twirled his beard and asked, "My dear, what do you think of Miss Ruan?"
Wen Ciyuan smiled gently, "Of course it's the best."
The corners of his eyes drooped slightly, and his voice was like honey, "Your Majesty, I like it very much. Your Majesty has a unique vision."
"Hahahaha!" The emperor was delighted. "Then get married as soon as possible! I'm looking forward to drinking this wedding wine!"
However, Wen Ciyuan had been in a coma for half a year, and state affairs piled up like a mountain. The emperor pulled him into the study to review memorials, but after only half a cup of tea, he saw him absent-mindedly stroking the jade pendant at his waist, his eyes frequently glancing outside the hall.
"That's all!" the emperor laughed and threw down his red brush. "Look at how distracted you are! Let's stop here for today."
He waved his hands helplessly, it was really too much to bear to watch.
Wen Ciyuan took his leave immediately. The moment he walked out, his previous composure disappeared. He walked through the palace corridor like the wind, and the hem of his crimson official robe blew up gusts of breeze, making him look like a horse that had been tied up with reins for too long.
Eunuch Le beside His Majesty covered his mouth and laughed: "I usually see Lord Wen with a cold face, but I didn't expect him to look like this when he fell in love!"
The emperor stretched lazily and said, "Of course! I have to go find the queen too."
He pushed the memorial away with disgust. These boring things were not as comfortable as the soft and fragrant arms of the queen. He wondered if his little queen missed him.
As soon as Ruan Yunsheng came out of the Queen's Palace, he saw Wen Ciyuan standing quietly under the apricot tree beside the white marble steps. The warm spring sun shone through the dense branches, casting tiny spots of light on his crimson official robe. He gently held a bunch of freshly picked apricot flowers in his hand, and his demeanor was as elegant as a banished immortal.
The moment he saw Ruan Yunsheng, his cold brows suddenly melted, and soft ripples appeared in his eyes, like spring water just melting from a glacier.
"Ah He!" Ruan Yunsheng fluttered into his arms like a fluttering butterfly, her skirt lifted. "Did you miss me?"
Wen Ciyuan handed the apricot blossoms in his hand to her, and raised the corners of his lips slightly: "I saw it blooming on the road." His voice was low and gentle, "I always thought it would look good on you."
Ruan Yunsheng took the branch, playfully picked the most beautiful flower, and stood on tiptoe to pin it to his dark hair. "I think... this flower suits you better."
She tilted her head to study it, and the corner of her mouth curled up: "It's beautiful, like an immortal walking out of a painting."
Wen Ciyuan's ears blushed slightly, but he indulged her in her antics, reaching out to tuck her wind-blown hair behind her ears. "Did the Queen give you any trouble?"
"The Queen is very fond of me! She even gave me a pair of East China Sea pearls~" She suddenly smiled slyly, "But, they are nothing compared to the flowers our Ah He gave me."
A gentle breeze blew by, and apricot blossoms fell on his shoulders like snow. He gently held her hand, his fingertips warm: "Let's go home."
As the sun sets, its golden afterglow splashes onto the palace path, stretching the two people's shadows into long and thin, overlapping and blending into the cracks of the bluestone slabs.
"What did you say!"
Xuan Ji, who had just woken up from her coma, suddenly jumped up from the couch and grabbed the maid's clothes tightly: "Say it again!"
The maid was trembling with fear. "They're saying it outside... that the Prime Minister was able to wake up thanks to the Second Miss of the Ruan family." Her voice trembled. "They say they are a match made in heaven..."
"Made in heaven?" Xuan Ji laughed crazily, "She deserves it!"
She suddenly swept the glass cups and jade ruyi on the table to the ground! As the fragments flew everywhere, she screamed, "How could Ruan Yunsheng possibly get close to him? Not even a female fly can fly into the Wen Mansion!"
The maid added tearfully, "It is said that Miss Ruan moved into the Wen Mansion the next day..."
“Bang!”
Xuan Ji slammed the bronze mirror against the wall. "Shameless thing! She must have used some dirty tricks!"
“That’s enough!”
Crown Prince Xuan Hong kicked the door open and grabbed Xuan Ji, who was lying on the ground. "Look at yourself! Where is the dignity of a Southern Princess?"
Xuan Ji glared at him with red eyes: "It's all because of you! If you hadn't cast the curse on me, how could I have missed such a great opportunity!"
Bang!
A slap hit her hard on the face, causing the golden hairpins on her temples to fly off.
Xuan Hong's eyes were filled with poisonous fire: "That's because you stole the King of Ten Thousand Gu, ruined my long-term plan for a man, and now you are still obsessed with it!"
Xuan Ji stumbled into the peacock-blue folding screen, tearing the embroidered bird pattern apart and sending pearls and jade clattering to the ground. She curled up amid the shards and suddenly let out a shrill laugh: "Then why did you want me to wake up?"
She grabbed a piece of broken porcelain and slashed it across her wrist, blood splattering on her cheek. "Why not let me sleep forever, until my flesh rots and maggots gnaw at my bones..."
Xuan Hong snatched the blood-stained porcelain piece from Xuan Ji's hand. The sharp edge cut his palm, and blood dripped through his fingers onto her torn clothes.
"Are you crazy enough?" His voice was still cold, but his movements slowed down. After all, she was his sister who grew up with him. A trace of imperceptible pain flashed in his eyes.
After calling a witch doctor to tend to her wounds, he stood up and walked out the door, giving a cold order to the guards in the dark: "Keep an eye on the princess. Don't let her take a single step out of the room. If she loses even a hair, you will bring her head to me."
At night, Xuan Hong quietly left the inn wearing a dark cloak and sneaked towards the south of the city like a ghost. All of this was seen by the little ghost hiding in the corner of the eaves.
"Prince Yong's Mansion?"
Ruan Yunsheng asked vaguely while holding half a piece of mutton hotpot in his mouth.
At this moment, she was sitting cross-legged on the carpet in the warm room, steam rising from the copper pot in front of her. Wen Ciyuan rolled up his sleeves and served her the food. Hearing this, his brows furrowed slightly. "Prince Yong is Your Majesty's younger brother. He was a great warrior in his youth and quelled the rebellion in the northern border at the age of eighteen."
He picked up the fish balls and put them in her bowl. "It's a pity that I fell off a horse ten years ago and both my legs were crippled. Now I'm just an idle prince who enjoys appreciating flowers and paintings."
Ruan Yunsheng narrowed his eyes: "The Southern Kingdom's prince visited the idle prince late at night, there must be something going on between them."
She ordered the little ghost, "Go and see what they are up to!"
A gray mist suddenly emerged from the window.
Wen Ciyuan wiped the sesame paste from the corner of her mouth helplessly: "Although Prince Yong has retired, the late emperor once gave him 5,000 palace soldiers."
His eyes darkened slightly, "If the Southern Kingdom really colluded with him..."
Suddenly, the copper pot "popped" and oil splashed out.
Ruan Yunsheng suddenly put down his chopsticks. "Do you think he was responsible for your being poisoned six months ago? Otherwise, how would the people from the Southern Kingdom know that you were secretly investigating the Ye Mansion?"
Ruan Yunsheng suddenly put down his chopsticks and asked, "Do you think Prince Yong was responsible for your being poisoned six months ago?"
A cold light flashed in her eyes. "Otherwise, how could the people of the Southern Kingdom know your whereabouts so well, and even know about your secret investigation into the Ye Mansion?"
Wen Ciyuan's eyes were gloomy. "Although there is no concrete evidence, Prince Yong is indeed a suspect."
He tapped the table with his fingertips. "After he fell from his horse, all military power was transferred to Your Majesty. If he holds a grudge, it's possible that he would collude with the Southern Kingdom."
Suddenly, a head popped in from the window and sniffed hard: "What good things did you steal behind my back?"
Shen Yunzhou stared at the roiling copper pot with shining eyes. He unceremoniously brought a chair and squeezed in the middle. "What's this red pot? It smells spicy and delicious!"
Ruan Yunsheng raised an eyebrow, picked up a piece of tripe and tossed it in the hot pot. "Braise it like this for three breaths, then dip it in sesame oil and mashed garlic."
Shen Yunzhou followed suit, scooping up a large chopstick of beef and stuffing it into his mouth. He immediately gasped at the heat: "Hi Ha, delicious!"
He mumbled his admiration, but his hands quickly scooped shrimp balls and mutton rolls into his bowl, piling them up like a small mountain.
"You're a reincarnated hungry ghost!" Ruan Yunsheng grabbed the last piece of tender beef, "You've almost fished through the bottom of the pot!"
Wen Ciyuan silently pushed the plate of freshly cut meat in front of her, then turned to Shen Yunzhou and said coldly, "Go check the medication records of Prince Yong's Mansion in recent years to confirm the true condition of his legs."
Shen Yunzhou's cheeks were stuffed with food, and no one paid any attention to him. Did you know that talking about business while eating would affect your appetite?
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