Entering the palace
Lin Yan'an turned around, looked at the people in the carriage, and spoke softly, "The living are the most miserable. The dead are gone, but the living have to repeat it all their lives, thinking about the day she left over and over again. Wen Chuyan, would you be willing to let her go?"
Wen Chuyan wiped away her tears. "On my deathbed, I realized I was afraid too. At that moment, I really didn't want to die. I didn't want to leave her alone. But it was too late. Humans are so insignificant between life and death. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't survive."
Lin Yan was silent. Huaiying committed suicide in her previous life. Did she not want to die, but had to die?
Fu Huaiying slowly woke up and opened her eyes, only to find herself inside a carriage. She was startled and quickly rushed out of the carriage.
Lin Yanan and Wen Chuyan didn't react in time. Suddenly they saw her jump off the carriage and looked at her in surprise.
"Are you still feeling bad? Are you hurt? Are you cold? Are you injured?"
The former immediately stepped forward and asked all sorts of questions, while the latter stood there quietly, both waiting for her to say the first word.
Fu Huaiying looked around, but still couldn't hear Dahu's voice. She was a little panicked, "Where's Dahu? Where's Dahu? Where is she?"
Lin Yan'an gently pulled her hand to calm her down, and explained: "Da Hu was injured. I asked He Feng to take her to the clinic."
"Is she injured? Is she seriously injured? Where is she injured?"
"...Her hand was injured while saving me, but fortunately her life is not in danger. Huaiying, why did the house catch fire?"
Fu Huaiying finally calmed down and turned to look at Wen Chuyan. He looked very embarrassed... There were wounds on his hands and face...
Looking at Lin Yan'an again, this guy was not in much better condition, with his hair disheveled, his face covered in cigarette ash, a few small cuts on his face, and a few burns on his hands.
She took the medicine from her bosom and handed a bottle to each of them.
"It was Wen Shuangye. She was holding a torch and setting fires everywhere. Strangely, none of the servants in my house noticed. Maybe she was drugged."
Wen Chuyan turned her head away in embarrassment, not daring to look at her. After Huairou left, her aunt couldn't sleep all night long, and her temper became worse and worse. She had to drink calming soup every night to fall asleep, but no matter who it was, even the nanny she had lived with since childhood, she would be beaten and scolded by her.
He took her place tonight because the nanny didn't dare to deliver the medicine. However, he didn't expect that his aunt was not at home. He also found the smell of kerosene in her room. He was startled and ran over, but he didn't expect that Huaiying's house was already on fire. The thought of what would happen if Huaiying... made him break out in a cold sweat.
Wen Chuyan hesitated for a moment, but still walked to Fu Huaiying and said, "Huaiying, I will give you an explanation for this matter. I will send my aunt to Qingshan Temple and keep her away from the capital. She will never come back."
Fu Huaiying nodded, but complained in her heart, there was no need to send her off, she had already gone to a farther place and would not come back.
But she didn't show it on her face. After all, she was Wen Chuyan's aunt, so as long as she was dead, it would be fine.
Fu Huaiying escaped the disaster, but she was still a little weak. She put her hands on the carriage, stood straight, and looked at the palace wall in the distance through the burning house.
"Yan An, I have to go to the palace."
"Now?"
Fu Huaiying nodded. The little snake curled up on her arm, as if it was frightened. She raised her hand and touched its tail, gently soothing it.
"Yes, Yan'an, you have heard the conversation between His Majesty and me, so you should know why."
As she spoke, she took out the only copy left by her mother and handed it to Lin Yan'an. "This is very important to me, more important than my life. Take good care of it. Fu Guang, please help me take care of it."
"You're going into the palace alone? No way," Lin Yan'an looked around, his eyes still fixed on Wen Chuyan. He suppressed the jealousy that was rising up in his heart, "Can General Wen please accompany her?"
Before Wen Chuyan could agree, Fu Huaiying had already climbed onto the horse. In her previous life, Yan An often took her out for a walk, and over time she also learned how to ride a horse.
When they came to their senses, Fu Huaiying was only a small shadow left.
"drive!"
"The palace gates are under martial law! Who are you?"
Fu Huaiying stopped at the palace gate and looked down at the person approaching. "I want to see His Majesty."
The man shook his head. "No matter who you are, the palace gates are already locked at this time. His Majesty is resting. Please return."
Fu Huaiying dismounted without hesitation, raising her hand and pointing the token in her hand at them. "I am the scribe of Qiliyuan, and I have an important matter to present to Your Majesty! Please open the palace gate!"
The man raised his hand to take the token from her hand, looked at it carefully, and said, "This is Fu Zhibi. Sorry for being so abrupt. Let me pass!"
The newly appointed guard looked at her from behind, somewhat curious, "Who is she? How can she have such great power? Even if she lost her key, she can still enter the palace? Even Prince Huan doesn't have such treatment, but the Crown Prince does... Ah! Why are you hitting me?"
"Shut up. Why are you mentioning the Crown Prince? Are you trying to save your life? That sir, the writer of the Qiliyuan, has not seen His Majesty as long as all the court officials combined. She has the authority to approve the draft of the imperial edict. Stop asking around and be more careful."
"knew."
She was not allowed to ride a horse into the palace, so she could only walk. When she entered the palace, Emperor Huanyu had also woken up. There was a person every ten steps inside, and the place was strictly guarded. The emperor was only wearing a bright yellow inner garment and sitting in the bedroom. Ji Yuan stood beside him with a knife.
"Your Majesty, I, Fu Huaiying, pay my respects to you."
Emperor Huanyu half closed his eyes and raised one eye to look at her, "Huaiying, it's so late, why are you entering the palace?"
Fu Huaiying gritted her teeth in her heart. What an old fox! The Jinyiwei’s spies are all over the capital. How could he not know what happened?
She knelt on the ground, her eyes slightly red, and she squeezed out a few tears. "Your Majesty! You must take charge of this matter for me! The mistress of the Fu family set fire to our house! She almost killed everyone in our house. Fortunately, I was lucky and escaped death. If I had been careless, Your Majesty would never see me again!"
Emperor Huanyu rubbed his brows and said, "I will issue an order to execute that vicious woman and give you justice."
"Your Majesty...Mistress Fu has died in the fire."
Emperor Huanyu's words of comfort were stuck in his throat, and he found his voice after a while, "...I will grant you another house."
Fu Huaiying took out a letter from her bosom with tears in her eyes and handed it to him with both hands. "Your Majesty... This letter fell from the body of the mistress of the Fu family. The handwriting seems familiar to me. I dare not make any decision on my own. I have no choice but to go to the palace to report to Your Majesty."
Ji Yuan went down the stairs, took the letter from her hand, opened it, and placed it in front of Emperor Huanyu.
Emperor Huanyu just lowered his eyes and took a look, his expression instantly darkened. This was originally a family affair of the Fu family, and he could just sentence Wen Shuangye to death. He originally just wanted to protect Fu Liusong, but this letter was indeed written by King Huan. He sent a secret letter to Wen Shuangye, and then, Fu Huaiying's house caught fire.
This was clearly the Second Prince's doing. Why did he insist on targeting Fu Huaiying? He killed the Crown Prince, and now he wants to kill Fu Huaiying too? Is she part of the Crown Prince's faction?
Fu Huaiying raised her eyes quietly and saw Emperor Huanyu sitting quietly in thought. After thinking for a while, she sobbed softly, as if she was frightened.
Emperor Huanyu saw her crying and rubbed his brows a few times, feeling a little irritated. "I will give you an explanation for this matter. If it was really the second brother who did it, I will make him apologize to you."
He only has three sons. The third son is like a bodhisattva every day, with no desires or requests. The fourth son is still young, and the second son is the only one who can inherit the throne. He can't let him lose his life.
Fu Huaiying wiped her tears and gave him a way out. "The Second Prince has a kind heart. Perhaps he has been deceived."
Emperor Huanyu saw that she understood, and his attitude softened a bit. "Even if he was instigated by someone, it's wrong. I will give you an explanation and execute the person who deceived him. You will return to the Fu family for the next few days."
Fu Huaiying was waiting for these words. "Your Majesty, although I am Lord Fu's daughter, he has repeatedly tried to kill me. I really don't dare go back. Lord Fu has been visiting Prince Huan's palace frequently recently. I think perhaps the person who instigated Prince Huan... is him."
Emperor Huanyu felt even more troubled. For the first time, he felt that Fu Huaiying was so difficult to deal with. "No, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. You are his flesh and blood. No matter what, he won't want to kill you."
Fu Huaiying's tears fell even more frequently. "I always called him father, and I didn't want to speculate about my father like this, but...but...but Wen Shuangye set the fire while shouting for imperial power, telling me...it was father..."
She seemed to be heartbroken, sobbing with her head down, her words incoherent. "The ancients said that husband and wife are of one mind... A wife should obey her husband. Without my father's consent, how dare the mistress openly want to kill me?"
Emperor Huanyu felt helpless because of her crying. He never knew she was so good at crying before. Although she was crying, her words were well-organized and logical, without any flaws.
Moreover, they chose to come tonight instead of tomorrow, which gave Fu Liusong no chance to explain himself. Moreover, a woman should obey her husband after marriage. If anything, Fu Liusong would be largely responsible. Fu Huaiying's target today was not King Huan, but Fu Liusong.
Emperor Huanyu rubbed his brow helplessly and picked up his pen. "Fu Liusong failed to supervise his wife properly, which led to her setting fire and murdering court officials. He shall be caned thirty times and dismissed from his post as acting official."
He handed the imperial edict to Ji Yuan and said, "Go to the Fu family tomorrow."
Ji Yuan took it and looked up at Fu Huaiying, "Your Majesty, Fu Zhibi's house is gone, and it's so late now..."
Emperor Huanyu stood up and waved his hand. "It's so late. Take Huaiying to the Fourth Prince's palace. His side halls are always cleaned. Let's stay there for one night."
Fu Huaiying's goal had been achieved, and it didn't matter where she lived. She stood up, wiped away her tears, bowed, and left the hall with Ji Yuan.
"Why, Master Ji still wants to send me off?"
Ji Yuan nodded, "Of course, His Majesty ordered me to take you there, so of course I want to see you go in with my own eyes."
He lowered his eyes. The redness in Fu Huaiying's eyes had not yet faded, and the tears on her eyelashes were clearly visible. He suddenly remembered a day when he couldn't sleep and watched the lotus flowers alone by the pond all night. The next day, the water droplets on the lotus flowers were just like the tears on her eyelashes at this moment, crystal clear... warm...
"What are you thinking about? I'm asking you a question."
Ji Yuan came back to his senses and saw Fu Huaiying staring at him. He raised his head and turned his eyes away, not meeting her eyes. "Ahem... well... what did you say just now? I didn't hear you."
"I said that after the imperial edict is read tomorrow, please help me see Fu Liusong's expression. It must be very exciting. Unfortunately, I can't see it with my own eyes."
“It’s not impossible.”
"What?" His voice was too soft, mixed in the night wind, and Fu Huaiying could hardly hear it.
"I say, I'll send you out of the palace tomorrow. You can go to the Fu family with me. Don't you want to see the fun? I'll show you."
"Really? I still want to see the thirty canings His Majesty gives him."
Ji Yuan looked down at her and said, "Don't push your luck."
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