Bei Mingxuan raised an eyebrow and pulled Chang'an into his arms, "If I don't understand my woman, how can I please you better?"
"You're such a chatterbox!" Chang'an said coquettishly, "You're just talking nonsense."
"It's always been human talk, I just touched some honey."
"..." Chang'an chuckled, "You don't have to worry about the Emperor. He's fine and safe now... As for the Empress Dowager, her safety is not a problem, but something seems to be wrong with Manager Li."
Bei Mingxuan frowned, pursed his lips, and his expression instantly turned cold. "She has been hiding it for so many years, really deep enough."
"Fortunately, when we left the little fox with the Empress Dowager, Headmaster Li wasn't around. She didn't know that foxes can understand human language. Otherwise, the little fox would have been killed."
Chang'an said, "Think about yesterday, after I saw you, I came out of the prison and went to the Queen Mother's Palace. At that time, Manager Li was guarding outside the door.
Today in the emperor's study, at first, Manager Li was guarding the empress dowager. Later, the empress dowager suddenly ordered Manager Li to go to the cell in person to pick you up.
At that time, after Li Zhanshi left, the Queen Mother's attitude towards me improved significantly."
"Thinking about it this way," Bei Mingxuan pondered, "that is, distance. If Headmaster Li is truly the one controlling the Empress Dowager, then the key lies in distance."
"But this doesn't make sense," Chang'an thought. "When we were in the Imperial Study, Manager Li was always by the Empress Dowager's side. So how did the Empress Dowager ask Manager Li to personally pick you up from prison?
If, at that time, Headmaster Li was controlling the Empress Dowager, how could he have allowed me to leave?"
After a long while, Bei Mingxuan finally spoke, "They will know. I have arranged for people to keep an eye on her and everyone in the Crown Prince's Mansion. They will definitely take action at this time."
This Chang An believed, "Bei Mingxuan, who did you say was responsible for the Ice Buddha Lotus poison?"
"Anyone could be involved," Bei Mingxuan said. "I've suspected the Queen, especially after seeing the Emperor's reaction now. I believe that even if she didn't use the Ice Lotus poison back then, she must have done a lot of things in secret.
Furthermore, according to Kurihara Naoko, every woman in the harem can be suspected."
Chang'an remained silent. She was thinking that no matter what Bei Mingxuan thought, he would never have thought that the poison was put into Xu Tongyi's body through Meng Sichan's hands.
"actually……"
"Actually." Bei Mingxuan looked at Chang'an and interrupted her, "It doesn't matter whether there is an antidote for the cold poison in my body or not.
The person who poisoned the food is not that important. If you know the person, your doubts will be solved. If you don’t know the person, it doesn’t matter.
Anyway, there is no medicine to cure my cold poison."
Chang An looked into Bei Mingxuan's eyes, and a trace of pain passed through his heart. "I don't like to see you frown."
As he spoke, Chang'an reached out and smoothed Bei Mingxuan's brows, "Looking at it this way, I feel that your heart isn't occupied by so many troubles."
"!!!" Bei Mingxuan arched his eyebrows, his eyes filled with tenderness and doting. He held Chang'an's hand, "Okay, I'll listen to you. From now on, I'll never frown again, okay?"
Changan smiled with satisfaction.
Bei Mingxuan then instructed the people outside the carriage, "Go to Ciyun Town, Biquan Temple."
"yes."
The carriage traveled to Ciyu Town and Biquan Temple.
Inside the temple, in the main hall.
"Master," Bei Mingxuan said, "Please prepare the bath aromatherapy. The prince and the princess want to pray for the queen mother and father."
"yes."
The sound of wooden fish and the chanting of Buddhist scriptures.
Bei Mingxuan and Chang'an, wearing monk's robes and hats, prayed devoutly for the Queen Mother and the Emperor.
Bei Mingxuan and Chang'an stayed in Biquan Temple, while Fu Lin, Fu Cheng and Bai Lu returned to their original place.
at the same time.
The Crown Prince's men, the First Prince's men, and the Fourth Prince Bei Ming Ye's men all reported the same thing at this time.
Prince Hyun and Princess Hyun stayed at Biquan Temple, praying for the Queen Mother and the Emperor all night. The entourage returned to Prince Hyun's residence.
When dawn broke, all the monks left.
Bei Mingxuan pulled Chang'an up and asked, "Are you tired?"
"Not tired, just confused."
Bei Mingxuan looked at Chang'an with a faint smile without saying a word, then reached out and gently patted Chang'an's head.
A pair of gentle eyes glanced around with caution.
Wait until the door of the hall is pushed open from the outside.
The abbot of Biquan Temple said, "Your Highness is ready."
"Okay, I'll trouble you here, Master."
Bei Mingxuan glanced at Changan and said, "Let's go!"
Chang'an glanced at the master suspiciously, then at Bei Mingxuan.
The master walked to the bottom of the candlestick of the Buddha, pressed a brick, and the whole Buddha began to rotate automatically.
It's a secret passage.
Chang An felt like she had been walking for a very long time, until the lights in front of her eyes suddenly increased. Chang An's intuition told her that they had arrived. "Bei Mingxuan, can you tell me first, after walking for so long, are we almost there?"
“Almost.”
"..." Chang'an glanced at Bei Mingxuan dissatisfiedly, "It's just almost time?"
"Are you tired?"
"Um."
"Come, I'll carry you." Bei Mingxuan bent down as he spoke.
"!!!" Chang'an was stunned. She had never thought of asking him to carry this thing on her back. She was just not satisfied that he kept it a secret and didn't tell her. Especially for such a long distance, it was really tiring to walk without a purpose.
“Come on!”
"good."
Chang'an lay on Bei Mingxuan's back.
The road is long and dark.
The air is cool and humid.
But lying on his back, her heart felt warm and at ease... She hoped that this road could be longer, even longer...
After a while, Bei Mingxuan found that Chang'an had fallen asleep on his back.
When Chang'an opened her eyes again, she found herself lying on a soft couch.
All around, lights are on.
The two figures in the distance were particularly obvious in the flickering candlelight.
Bei Mingxuan...and...the Emperor?
In, playing chess?
"Yes, what's going on?" Chang'an sat on the couch.
"Are you awake?" The emperor raised his eyes. "Did you sleep well all the way?"
Chang An stood up and walked over to the two of them, looking at Bei Mingxuan and then at the emperor, "...Uh, am I dreaming?"
"My son carried you all the way from Ciyun Town to the Imperial Palace."
“???”
Chang'an really felt like he was dreaming. He reached out and twisted Bei Mingxuan and the emperor's arms, "Does it hurt?"
"It hurts!" Bei Mingxuan smiled.
The emperor rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction, "Why don't you twist yourself."
"..." Chang'an blinked, "Did I twist the emperor's arm?"
Emperor: “Nonsense!”
Bei Mingxuan: "Yes."
The emperor threw the chess piece in his hand onto the chessboard and said, "At this point, it seems that Chang'an is more interesting than these chess pieces. I won't play anymore."
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