Chapter 24: Golden Terrace Good! Disgusting! Heart!
Zhao Yan left the inn in a daze and stopped a horseman on the road. "Go to Jinzhou Official Post."
"Ten cents," the groom quoted the price. Zhao Yan threw him a silver ingot and said sickly, "No need for change..."
"Okay."
The coachman quickly took the young man to the Jinzhou official post station. Zhao Yan got off the carriage, feeling dejected. The thought of leaving without saying goodbye only made him even more depressed.
Brother Lan will definitely be very disappointed in him.
"Wait a minute—" Zhao Yan took a deep breath, stopped the coachman, and gave him some silver. "I have a friend at the inn. Can you help me deliver a letter to him?"
The groom confiscated Zhao Yan's silver and said, "No problem. The silver the master just gave me is more than enough."
"Thank you." Zhao Yan took the silver back and went straight into the post station. He wrote a letter for half an hour. Only after he was sure that he had made things clear did he hand the letter to the coachman.
"trouble."
After sending the groom away, the two Jinling soldiers protecting Zhao Yan stared at each other. "Your Highness, are you here to wait for the Empress's reply? The letter is still on the way..."
"No," Zhao Yan slumped in his chair, fiddling with his pen. "Go prepare the horses. I'm going to see the Queen Mother today."
Find out what the poison in Brother Lan is.
Two Jinling soldiers: "...Yes!"
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Zhao Yan and his mother had an appointment to meet at the royal palace outside Yujing City. After leaving Jinzhou, he walked to the palace almost non-stop. His inner thighs were rubbed so hard that they hurt, so he put on an extra pair of pants and continued on his way.
When they arrived at the palace, the two Jinling soldiers who followed Zhao Yan were exhausted.
Outside the palace, the Jinling army, dressed in gilded light armor, surrounded the palace tightly. Zhao Yan got off his horse in a panic. He hadn't touched the ground for two days and couldn't stand at all. As soon as he got off the horse, he stumbled and fell to the ground.
A large piece of skin was scraped off his snow-white elbow, and the pain made Zhao Yan burst into tears. Seeing this, the two Jinling soldiers behind him helped Zhao Yan up from the ground and said to the guards in front of the palace, "Why don't you go and tell the Queen that the Seventh Prince has returned."
Everyone then realized that the disheveled young man lying on the ground was actually their lost Seventh Prince: "...Yes!"
Zhao Yan was carried into the palace because his legs were swollen and he couldn't walk.
Not long after everyone carried him to the palace, more than a dozen imperial doctors rushed over. Some took Zhao Yan's pulse, some changed his clothes and cleaned his wounds, and the little palace maids and eunuchs who had served him before knelt in a row, crying inconsolably.
Zhao Yan knew why they were crying. When he was in Guanyang, assassins hijacked his carriage. Except for the young eunuch who helped him jump out of the carriage, all the other palace maids and eunuchs fled and no one cared about him at all.
The Queen Mother kept them until now probably because she was afraid of dealing with his people without permission and afraid that he would be unhappy.
Zhao Yan lay in bed, unable to move, his legs forced apart. The female imperial physician cleaned his wounds and helped him put on his pants. "Your Highness, you are so anxious. Even if you wanted to come back, you shouldn't have ridden a horse for so long. I wonder how distressed the Empress would be to see you."
Zhao Yan moved his legs. "Where's the Queen Mother? Why hasn't she come to see me yet?"
"You still miss your mother?"
As Zhao Yan finished speaking, a freshly dressed young woman entered the inner hall, surrounded by a group of palace maids and eunuchs. Empress Nangong's face was devoid of joy, her willow-shaped brows furrowed tightly. She said she wasn't worried about the young man at all, but her steps were hurried.
Empress Nangong was just having tea in the palace. When she heard that Zhao Yan was carried in, she almost fainted. But now she saw Zhao Yan lying well on the bed, not weak at all, and she couldn't help but want to say a few words to him.
Empress Nangong walked over to the boy's bed and sat down. Her eyes suddenly reddened and her voice choked with sobs: "Since I found you a few days ago, why didn't you come back?"
"You child, do you know your mother..."
Before Empress Nangong could finish her words, Zhao Yan hugged her tightly, and her furry head nudged against her chest, acting coquettishly and saying, "I'm sorry, mother. Something delayed me."
There is no mother in the world who doesn't want her child to be safe and secure throughout his life.
As soon as Zhao Yan started to act coquettishly, Empress Nangong's anger immediately subsided. Pearl-like tears fell into the boy's hair. Her hand, which was adorned with Buddhist beads, gently placed on Zhao Yan's back and said, "You, child, are never allowed to leave your mother's sight from now on. The person who assassinated you has been investigated. Once the murderer is found, I will not let him off easily!"
"My son has suffered." After saying this, Queen Nangong helped Zhao Yan up and touched his chubby cheek: "Yanyan, let me see you... How come you've gained weight in the past half month since you were missing?"
Zhao Yan, who was treated like a pig by Brother Lan: "..."
Whenever Zhao Yan thought of Brother Lan, he felt extremely guilty.
Zhao Yan licked his lips and looked at his mother seriously: "I met a very good person. He took good care of me."
Zhao Yan's eyes were filled with affection. Empress Nangong only took one look and realized something: "Doctor Liu stays, and the rest of you leave."
Soon, the only people left in the palace were Zhao Yan, Empress Nangong, and the imperial physician who had just taken Zhao Yan's pulse.
"What's wrong, mother?" Zhao Yan was confused, but his mother only gave him a look, and the imperial physician knelt on the ground and said seriously, "Reporting to the Queen, Your Highness is still a virgin, but the Qilin blood in her body has been stimulated. Congratulations, Your Highness, and congratulations to Your Highness."
Zhao Yan: “…”
Knowing that her child was not bullied, Queen Nangong finally felt relieved: "Ayan, tell me, have you met someone you like?"
Zhao Yan looked at his mother seriously and said, "Yes, mother, I am married to a man."
Zhao Yan: "He treats the child very well..."
Empress Nangong held her forehead with her hand, "Zhao Yan... shut up, mother!"
"I want to tell you, I will be responsible for him, Mother," Zhao Yan said more firmly, "Mother, that man is Yong Shaolan."
Queen Nangong: “?”
…
Zhao Yan explained clearly to Queen Nangong how he met Yong Shaolan and also the matter of the assassin.
After saying that, Zhao Yan, who had been depressed for several days, finally relaxed a little.
Brother Lan must be very anxious to find him now, right?
Queen Nangong simply couldn't believe what Zhao Yan said, but she knew that this was her own child and Zhao Yan would not lie to her.
But Yong Shaolan had written back a month ago, rejecting the marriage proposal with Zhao Yan. Her child was the first born since the founding of Dayan. She had already shown respect for him by agreeing to marry Zhao Yan, and how dare Yong Shaolan refuse!
Now, he still bows down at the feet of his child.
If she were to say, Yong Shaolan is a bastard!
"My mother doesn't approve of your marriage and has already found another suitable husband for you," Empress Nangong said, holding the young man's hand. "The Qilin blood in your body has been stimulated, and you will feel uncomfortable for a few days every month. We should quickly arrange your marriage after we return to the capital."
"Why doesn't the Queen Mother agree?" Zhao Yan didn't understand. Could it be true, as Brother Lan said, that he refused to marry her, so the Queen Mother sent someone to assassinate him?
It's impossible, it doesn't make sense.
Brother Lan is guarding the border for Dayan. The Queen Mother will not kill such a meritorious official casually.
"No reason," Queen Nangong said, looking at her bewitched child, furious. "He dared to reject your marriage proposal, bringing shame upon me, and now he wants to be with you. How could such a good thing happen?"
"..." Zhao Yan: "But mother, Brother Lan was poisoned. This poison needs the child's body fragrance to alleviate it. Was it done by mother?"
"Poisoned?" Queen Nangong's eyes tightened. "You said, Prince Yong was poisoned?"
Zhao Yan: “…”
He was sure.
It was not the Queen Mother who poisoned Yong Shaolan.
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Zhao Yan rested in the palace for a day. His legs were so swollen that he couldn't even get out of bed, and he couldn't do anything. And ever since he told his mother about his brother Lan being poisoned, she seemed to know something and stopped coming to see him.
A few days later, Zhao Yan was able to get out of bed and couldn't wait to run to his mother's palace.
When the gatekeeper saw that it was Zhao Yan, she opened the door and said, "Your Highness, if you insist on finding out, please come in."
Zhao Yan walked in without thinking!
Inside the palace, Queen Nangong was already waiting for the young man. There was someone sitting next to her, and it was Zhao Yan’s good friend Shen Buyu.
Zhao Yan walked into the door, "Mother, why did you bring Brother Shen here?"
Queen Nangong: "Prince Yong has gone to Jinling to look for you. Fortunately, you used the surname Shen. I asked Buyu to go back to Jinling to hide for you and drag him away."
After Queen Nangong finished speaking, Shen Buyu patted Zhao Yan’s shoulder and said, “Your Highness, listen carefully to what the Queen says.”
Without waiting for Zhao Yan to refuse, Shen Buyu left, "Mother? Do you know who poisoned Brother Lan? Can we find an antidote? If we find the antidote, all problems will be solved... Why let Buyu drag Brother Lan along?"
Empress Nangong sighed, "Yanyan, Prince Yong was indeed poisoned. This poison will make him unable to control his love for you and will be inseparable from you for the rest of his life. It was your father who poisoned Prince Yong before he left the capital when he was young."
Queen Nangong explained patiently.
"Originally, your father planned to use this poison to make Prince Yong fall in love with you. That way, when the eldest prince ascends the throne, Prince Yong will protect you and ensure your lifelong safety."
Empress Nangong changed the subject, becoming more pointed. "But now Yong Shaolan has guessed that he's been poisoned, and that Qilin'er can detoxify him. What will he do? Will he kill you and use your blood to make an antidote? Will he rebel?"
"Yanyan, the poison won't kill him. At most, it will make him completely blind and a cripple. As long as you don't see him, the poison won't be cured. Once he becomes a cripple, if you like, Queen Mother, take him in as your wife."
"My Queen Mother tells you this because she loves you. Will you please promise me that you will hide for a while?"
“………………”
Zhao Yan felt terrified.
Was it his father who poisoned Brother Lan when he was very young?
so what?
After taking advantage of Brother Lan's father and brothers, they were wary of his power and were ready to use him again.
Now that you know he can't be used, you want to destroy him?
This cannibalistic imperial power is truly disgusting.
Good! Disgusting!
"I don't want it!" Zhao Yan clenched his hands into fists under his sleeves: "Mother, I don't want it! Brother Lan is not a bad person. Even if he knew that I was the antidote, he wouldn't hurt me!"
Zhao Yan was so angry that he felt like bleeding from all seven orifices: "I. Want. To. Save. Him!"
Queen Nangong had long expected that her child was kind-hearted and would not be left alone.
"Come here, tie up the Seventh Prince for me and return to the palace immediately."
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