Chapter 106 Going out to see ghosts
Su Yunyao: ...
Others get straight to the point, but she is like seeing a ghost when she goes out!
Su Yunyao instinctively turned 180 degrees on the spot and walked straight towards the emperor.
"Royal brother, I suddenly remembered that the monk you just mentioned who performed the ritual for the princess's residence was called something like Master Abstinence. Was he handsome?"
Master of abstinence?
When the emperor heard these four words, his brows furrowed deeply. "Imperial sister, I am called Master Wuyu, which means no desires, not abstinence."
Su Yunyao waved her hand nonchalantly, "It's not important. Is he handsome?"
The emperor held his forehead helplessly and glanced at Lu Mingfeng who was standing on the side.
"Royal sister, Master Wuyu is a highly respected monk from the Huguo Temple and will not tolerate your nonsense."
"A high-ranking monk?" Su Yunyao tapped her chin with one hand and said thoughtfully, "Looking at how you're avoiding the subject, my royal brother, that abstinence... no, that desireless master, should be an old, ugly man, right?"
The emperor was speechless and choked: ...
"Royal sister, you are exhausted from the journey. If you have nothing else to do, please return to Linglong Pavilion and rest."
Su Yunyao had just walked outside Linglong Pavilion and saw the queen's sedan chair from afar.
She got off the carriage and bowed politely, "Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."
The queen was stunned for a moment, and her expression became a little strange, but it only lasted for a second before she returned to her usual gentle look.
"Changle, I heard from the Emperor a few days ago that you went to the border. When did you come back?"
"In reply to Her Majesty the Queen, I just arrived today."
"Just arrived today..."
Both of them fell silent, feeling inexplicably awkward.
Finally, it was the Queen who spoke first: "You just got back, so go back and rest early. It's cold outside and you're not feeling well, so don't get caught in the wind."
Su Yunyao bowed and said, "Thank you, Queen, for your concern."
The queen nodded and walked towards Fengqi Palace.
After she walked away, Su Yunyao asked Zhenzhu in confusion, "Why do I always feel that there is an indescribable bond between the Queen and me? I just can't remember what it is."
The expression on Zhenzhu's face was difficult to describe. "Princess, have you forgotten? Before you left for the border, you moved all the things from the Empress's palace to the Princess' Mansion. Then, feeling embarrassed, you asked Manou to take a box of Dongzhu and send it to Jinjinglou, saying that you wanted to make a set of phoenix hairpins for the Empress."
Su Yunyao suddenly realized.
Yes, yes, yes!
That's what happened.
She discovered that the goddess of fertility, Guanyin, enshrined in the queen's palace, contained musk in the incense burned every day.
That's why such a big mistake happened.
"Is that set of phoenix hairpins ready?"
Pearl looked embarrassed and said, "Princess, I haven't seen Agate yet, so I don't know yet."
Before Pearl finished speaking, Agate seemed to have heard the voice and quickly ran out of Linglong Pavilion and saw the figure of the eldest princess.
He ran all the way over, fell to his knees on the ground, and cried out with tears in his eyes: "Princess, you are finally back."
Su Yunyao: ...
So trapped!
She actually heard it as, Princess, you are finally alive!
"Is the phoenix hairpin ready?" Su Yunyao asked.
Manju wiped away a tear and said, "In reply to the princess, ever since the incident at the princess's residence, I have been living in Linglong Pavilion. Manager Xu of the palace is not allowed to come and go as he pleases. I have not yet gone to Jinjing Tower to ask."
Su Yunyao frowned when she heard this, "What's going on in the Princess's Mansion..."
After Su Yunyao left Xuanzheng Hall, Chen Qiu Nian recounted to the emperor in detail how they had captured the Xijing Imperial City.
The emperor was silent for a long moment after hearing this. He tapped the table with one hand and said, "You're saying that what led to the annihilation of 100,000 elite soldiers wasn't some ruse, but the gunpowder used by the people of Xijing. And it was my sister who first discovered this?"
Hearing this, Lu Mingfeng raised his eyebrows and glanced in the direction of Shen Qiu Nian.
As always, his face showed no significant expression as he said calmly, "In reply to the emperor, the princess called it gunpowder, or perhaps it has another name."
"Have you found any remaining of this thing?" the emperor asked immediately.
"In reply to the emperor, when General Huo attacked the Xijing Imperial City, the entire city was detonated. As for whether there is any remaining gunpowder, General Huo is still searching with all his might. However, Sang Ye, the second prince of Xijing who knew how to make gunpowder, has been captured and will be taken to Shengjing City at a later date!"
The emperor was overjoyed. "Great! General Huo is a great guy! After Huo Xiao escorts Sang Ye to Shengjing, I will celebrate for General Huo!"
Ximen Pass.
After Huo Xiao sent Su Yunyao away, he returned to the military camp.
When they arrived at the tiger tent, they called for the military doctor.
Wan Lingchuan thought he was injured again, so he followed the military doctor into the tiger tent.
"General Huo, did something happen on the way when you were sending the princess back? Why did you call for a military doctor as soon as you got back?" Wan Lingchuan said worriedly.
Without Su Yunyao, the expression on Huo Xiao's face became less gentle.
He said calmly, "It's nothing, it's just the wound on the chest that has broken open. Just let the military doctor rebandage it."
Wan Lingchuan's face showed obvious relief. He stepped forward to help the military doctor undress Huo Xiao.
The pink brocade bag that had been placed on her chest fell off as her clothes took off.
Huo Xiao was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding the brocade bag in his hand, fiddling with his fingertips.
I saw the area on my inner garment that was soaked with blood.
The military doctor's expression was somewhat serious. "General Huo, please lie down first. I will re-bandage your wound right away."
Wan Lingchuan looked at the bloody patch on his chest with a heavy expression.
He moved his lips and was about to speak, but Huo Xiao spoke first, "How is the interrogation going with Prince Xijing and Sang Ye?"
"Prince Xijing fell ill again this morning and nearly injured the guards guarding him. Damn it, Prince Xijing really is crazy."
When Wan Lingchuan said this, he couldn't help but spit.
"Sang Ye was being stubborn because he didn't know when the Emperor's decree to recall him to Shengjing would arrive. He didn't dare torture him, fearing he might become ill and die on the way. The Emperor was very interested in gunpowder, so he might have to wait until we got back to Shengjing and hand him over to the Dali Temple for trial."
Having said that, Wan Lingchuan paused.
"The massacre of the Princess's residence by spies from Xijing has caused widespread public outrage. The former Dali Temple Minister, Min Xiuyuan, was originally scheduled to retire next month, but unexpectedly, he was dismissed by the Emperor because of this incident. The new Dali Temple Minister is the former Dali Temple Junior Minister, Lu Mingfeng."
Lu Mingfeng...
Hearing the name, Huo Xiao's eyes darkened, and his fingertips that were fiddling with the brocade bag paused heavily.
"General Huo, please don't move. I'm going to spit out the wine."
Medical treatment was limited in ancient times, and disinfection was basically done by spraying alcohol.
The pain of spraying wine on an injured wound is no less than pouring salt on it.
Huo Xiao frowned deeply, and his forehead was instantly covered with a dense layer of sweat.
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