Chapter 346 Lifting the House Arrest
"Don't worry, the Pavilion Master said that this child has suffered an unexpected disaster this time. Since she met him, it must be fate. I can't just sit back and watch."
Leng Yu nodded to the woman in a friendly manner:
"Please follow me."
The woman was overjoyed and quickly followed with the child in her arms.
After walking a few steps, she suddenly felt her eyes blurred, and when she looked again, she saw a door with a sign of "Tianming Pavilion" hanging on it!
Leng Yu turned sideways and nodded at her again, then walked in.
The woman suppressed her shock and followed with hope.
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Prince's Mansion.
The confidant came to the study and reported with his head bowed:
"Your Highness, there's news from Sun Zhubo."
"Oh? What do you mean?" Xiao Zirui perked up and asked immediately.
The confidant said hesitantly:
"Captain Yan didn't accept the banknote from Sun Zhubo, but told him that if he needed help from Master Qingyun in any difficult situation, he could take him to Tianming Pavilion. As for the rest, it all depended on his own luck."
"One hundred taels of silver, and he confiscated it?" Xiao Zirui said in surprise.
These low-level clerks might not even earn a hundred taels in several years, but they could bear to refuse. What was even more surprising was that he was willing to help even after not accepting the money.
"Prince Sun had to explain that he wasn't the one seeking Qingyun Zhenren," the confidant said. "Now, Captain Yan has agreed to help Prince Sun introduce someone to Tianming Pavilion because of their friendship. Your Highness, what do you think we should do next?"
Xiao Zirui fell into deep thought.
He is still under house arrest. If he sneaks out of Tianming Pavilion and is exposed again like last time, he will be in big trouble.
But if I don’t meet a master like the Master of Tianming Pavilion in person, it would seem that I am not sincere.
This is very difficult to deal with.
Just as I was thinking about it, a servant suddenly came hurriedly to report:
"Your Highness, the eunuch from the palace is here to deliver the decree!"
Xiao Zirui was shocked and hurried out to receive the order.
When I arrived at the yard, I saw Yun Bailian also sitting in a wheelchair and being pushed hurriedly, followed by Su Yurou.
The eunuch delivering the imperial edict was startled when he saw the wheelchair:
"Hey, what's wrong with the Crown Princess?"
Xiao Zirui didn't know the content of the imperial edict, and felt uneasy. He was also afraid that Yun Bailian would say something inappropriate, so he quickly rushed to speak:
"The Crown Princess accidentally broke her leg a few days ago and is still recuperating. Your Excellency, please announce the decree first."
The eunuch nodded and said loudly:
"Crown Prince, Crown Princess, listen to your orders—"
Everyone in the courtyard knelt down to listen to the order, even Yun Bailian knelt down with the help of servants.
The eunuch who delivered the decree recited loudly "The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, decrees this," and so on, and then said:
"...The Empress is ill and misses the Crown Prince. I hereby release the Crown Prince and Crown Princess from their confinement and order them to enter the palace to attend to him and perform their filial duties. I decree this!"
"Your son accepts my command and thanks you!"
Xiao Zirui was stunned at first, but he immediately reacted, thanked him quickly, and was overjoyed.
Although the imperial edict said that the queen was ill, she had just said not long ago that there was a way to lift his house arrest, so he immediately realized that the queen's pretense of illness was that strategy.
Although he thought so in his heart, when Xiao Zirui took the imperial edict and stood up, an anxious look appeared on his face:
"Has Father-in-law seen Mother? Why did she suddenly become ill? How is she now?"
The eunuch gave Xiao Zirui a look without any expression and said:
"I noticed that the Queen was not in good spirits, so I don't know the details, but before I came here, the Queen asked me to bring a message to the Crown Prince—"
"She asked you to go as soon as possible, and she insisted that the Crown Princess accompany you. But she didn't expect the Crown Princess's legs..."
Xiao Zirui looked at Yun Bailian with some surprise, only to see that she had just been picked up and sat back in the wheelchair.
He pondered for a moment and nodded:
"Thank you, eunuch. I will take the Crown Princess to see the Queen Mother right away."
Yun Bailian was delighted when she heard that her house arrest was lifted. When she heard that she was going to enter the palace, her eyes suddenly flickered and she smiled sweetly, saying:
"Your Highness, my leg has actually healed quite well these days. I just followed the doctor's orders to rest for a while longer, so I haven't been walking around much."
"Since I'm going to visit my mother and tend to her, I naturally can't use a wheelchair anymore."
As she spoke, she asked the maid to help her stand up, and she landed on her feet and took two cautious steps:
"Your Highness, look, I'm fine now!"
Xiao Zirui walked over with some surprise, helped her walk a few steps, and said in surprise:
"You really recovered so quickly!"
Yun Bailian had one leg completely broken at the beginning, and it was Taoist Cang Huai who treated her leg. He did say that there was a way to help her recover faster than ordinary people.
But the Taoist priest also said that she had to rest for two months at least. Now, after just over a month, she has recovered, which really surprised Xiao Zirui.
Yun Bailian pursed her lips and smiled:
"Actually, I don't know what's going on. I've been having dreams every night lately. I always dream that I'm sleeping on a sycamore tree. The scent of the branches makes me feel comfortable all over, especially my legs. Every time I wake up, I feel like my legs have gotten better."
"I had originally thought I'd wait two days, until I could confirm that my leg was completely healed, before giving the Crown Prince a surprise. Unexpectedly, the imperial edict arrived first."
Xiao Zirui looked at her with admiration and nodded:
"Bai Lian is a celestial phoenix, blessed by heaven. Doesn't the fact that your leg healed so quickly prove that!"
He was in a good mood and took Yun Bailian's hand:
"Come, follow me into the palace to see my mother!"
Yun Bailian smiled gently and nodded, finally feeling a lot more at ease.
It was my mother who had a way. The person she found actually helped my legs recover quickly. Fortunately, I made it in time, otherwise I would have to go to the palace in a wheelchair, and people would have questioned why a Tianfeng like me had such bad luck.
She followed Xiao Zirui for a few steps, and suddenly she screamed and tripped.
Xiao Zirui held her and said nervously:
"How's it going? Is your leg okay?"
Yun Bailian snuggled in his arms, patted her chest, and smiled softly:
"It's okay. I just sat for too long recently and I'm a little uncomfortable. Thanks to my prince brother, I didn't fall."
"There's no need for us to be so polite. Come, I'll support you. Be careful." Xiao Zirui was in a good mood at the moment, and he gently supported Yun Bailian and walked forward.
Yun Bailian snuggled up to him tightly, and before leaving, she secretly glanced back at Su Yurou with a sneer.
Su Yurou had already secretly crumpled the corner of her sleeve into a ball. When she met Yun Bailian's gaze, the hatred in her heart became even stronger.
She turned and strode back to her own courtyard, rushed into the room and smashed a lot of things, gritting her teeth:
"Damn Yun Bailian, just wait and see! I want to see how long you can be so proud!"
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Fengqi Palace.
Xiao Zirui and Yun Bailian came to the queen's bed, and surprisingly, the emperor was also there.
The two of them quickly kowtowed to the Emperor and Empress, and Xiao Zirui also made a special trip to thank his father for lifting the house arrest.
The emperor nodded:
"Everyone, please get up. I still have memorials to review. Your mother has been thinking about you for a while. You two should chat for a while."
After saying this, the emperor stood up and went back to the imperial study.
Xiao Zirui breathed a sigh of relief as he watched him leave, then turned to look at the Queen and said,
"Mother, I see that Father seems to be in a good mood today..."
The Queen leaned on the couch, her complexion did not seem to be seriously ill, and she was in a good mood. She said:
"Of course. If there wasn't such a happy event today, how could I have persuaded your father to lift the confinement so smoothly?"
"Oh?" Xiao Zirui asked curiously, "What's the good news?"
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