Chapter 93 (9,000 words) Yin Xing suffers from headache, Xuan...
The towering palaces under the cover of night are not as magnificent as they are during the day. They are like dark mountains that make people feel breathless and on the verge of suffocation.
When the lanterns in Changsheng Palace burned till midnight, the imperial doctors looked at each other in bewilderment, while the palace maids brought out basins of blood, which was extremely scarlet and glaring. The female official Chunli frowned at the scene and secretly sighed inwardly that it was bad.
I thought the master's condition was gradually stabilizing, but I didn't expect it to be so dangerous. It was really concealed too deeply.
Before I knew it, the sky in the distance was turning pale. The streets in the capital were still deserted, but the lights in many mansions in the inner city had just been turned off.
That morning, the eldest princess was dressing in front of the mirror, her hands adorned with exquisite, sharp armor. Her eyes were tired as she lazily said, "Last night, the palace urgently summoned so many imperial physicians, and now not a single one has shown up?"
It's impossible that they were all killed to silence them. That's really strange.
"Yes, judging from the situation, maybe something happened to that person in the palace." The maid replied in a low voice, raising her hand to comb her hair, not daring to be careless.
"If that's the case, then I have to go and pay a visit." The eldest princess put on red lipstick on her lips, and the upward smile was particularly obvious. In her heart, she wished that Xuan Yizheng would die quickly!
After she finished speaking, the maid put down the wooden comb and went to make preparations for the trip.
Outside the carved window, the sun rose in the sky, and the red glow slowly fell into the world. In the Second Princess' Hall, the sound of chanting continued, and the maids cut the wicks and extinguished the night lights.
The air was thick with sandalwood, blurring the light. The Second Princess, who had been sitting quietly all night, sipped her tea and sighed softly, "First, they sent palace guards to arrest Jiang Yun and the others, and then the palace urgently summoned the imperial physician. This must be a major event."
A maid pondered and said, "Master, Empress Wanqi also fell ill overnight. Is it possible that His Majesty will also fall ill?"
"If Xuan Yizhen had fallen ill, given her caution, she wouldn't have leaked any news. Just like when she was looking for the Ghost Condensation manual, she secretly sent people out of the capital." The second princess fiddled with the ruby Zen beads with her fingertips, lowering her eyes to ponder the speculation.
Even the royal family didn't know much about Empress Wanqi's illness.
Therefore, no one knew what Xuan Yizhen's illness was, so the second princess just ordered people to spread rumors with exaggeration and test him more.
The Second Princess had experienced life and death danger last time, so she was much more cautious now. After coming to her senses, she turned and asked, "How is the investigation into the closure of the East City Study going?"
The maid whispered, "None of those people survived. It's said that the order to seal them up was from the Wanqi family's Yunzhangsi."
"I originally thought that this Yun Zhangsi was just the elder with the highest martial power among the six Zhangsi of the Wanqi family. I didn't expect that he had so many eyes and ears and was so meticulous." The second princess placed her fingertips on the ruby Zen beads and fiddled with them, making a clicking sound, cold and crisp, like the sound of twisting bones.
Fortunately, the second princess did not let anyone from the princess's mansion show up directly, otherwise it would only cause trouble.
Of the six elders of the Wanqi family, only Ji and Xin stayed in the capital in the past. The other four either lived deep in the Wanqi family's fiefdom or hid their whereabouts to do things. They were powerful and independent. No wonder Xuan Yizhen wanted to use the royal princess to compete with them.
"Master, news came from the eldest princess's mansion that she was going to pay a visit to the empress. Do you want to enter the palace?" The maid bent down to report and inquire.
The Second Princess sneered with disdain, "Only a fool would have such an idea at a time like this. I'll just pretend to be sick today and wait and see what happens."
Defending the throne is often more dangerous than fighting for it. Everyone will watch Xuan Yizheng's every move, and she cannot hide in the dark. Any flaw will be fatal.
After she finished speaking, the maid nodded and left the hall silently.
When the warm sun was high in the sky, all officials entered the palace for the morning court. The princesses and princesses assisted in the administration and sat on both sides. However, the second princess fell ill, leaving one seat vacant.
The fourth princess took a suspicious look and was a little puzzled by the second princess's abnormal behavior today.
Ever since the empress claimed to be ill, the second princess has never missed court, even though people's gossip was scary. Today was really unusual.
After the morning court session, all officials withdrew, leaving only the princess and the county lord to deal with the complicated state documents.
"Third sister, would you like to pay a visit to His Majesty?" The eldest princess suggested, pretending to be ignorant.
"No." The third princess flipped through the documents and refused without even looking up.
Naturally, there were countless eyes watching day and night and reporting on the abnormalities in the palace. The third princess was not unaware of it, but she felt that there must be something wrong.
Judging from Xuan Yizheng's style of doing things, it would either be calm or turbulent. Otherwise, she would not be able to remain unscathed and finally win the throne.
Seeing this, the eldest princess looked a little embarrassed. She turned her head to look at Princess Tai'an and felt even more hopeless.
After all, the alliance between Princess Tai'an and Xuan Yizhen started much earlier than that between the other princesses.
So the eldest princess took the fourth princess out of the hall, and soon they arrived at the outer door of the empress's bedroom.
The court lady Chun Li looked at the two princesses from afar, who had come to the palace for no reason. Her brows twitched and she hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty is ill. It is inconvenient to see you now."
"I'm just here to visit, is this not okay?" The eldest princess looked at the heavily guarded palace and said with displeasure in her eyes.
"This is the holy order, please obey it." The female official Chunli responded neither humbly nor arrogantly.
After the words fell, there was no movement for a moment. The Fourth Princess hesitated and said, "Big Sister, why don't you leave?"
Although the Fourth Princess is not as well-informed about the news as her sisters, she should still be cautious considering that her sisters, the Second and Third, are not involved.
The eldest princess glanced at the fourth princess unhappily, then turned her gaze to the court lady in front of her. She stepped closer and said solemnly, "What if I must go in to visit His Majesty today?"
"If you disobey the order, you can be executed first and reported to the emperor later." The female official Chunli said in a serious voice.
After she finished speaking, the eldest princess paused, her original arrogance turned into surprise and anger. She looked into the towering palace, unable to discern any further situation.
With a loud slap, the princess slapped the female official with her palm. The sharp armor scratched her skin, leaving blood marks. She said with a threatening look in her eyes, "She's just a servant. Don't go too far!"
After saying this, the eldest princess regained some dignity and left.
A mere female official from the Wanqi family actually dared to treat the royal princess in this way. If she is not punished, she will lose all face.
The fourth princess was surprised and regretted following the eldest princess to visit. She thought to herself that this was not a visit at all, it was simply seeking death!
The court lady Chun Li watched the arrogant princess leave. She raised her hand to wipe the blood from her cheek and frowned as she said, "News spreads so fast."
They all want to provoke and test us at the slightest sign of trouble, so we must not take it lightly.
In the afternoon, the palace was filled with a light mist of medicinal incense. A female official treated the wounds and stepped inside. Her eyes fell on the master who was lying beside the sickbed. Her expression was cold and gloomy, and she was extremely murderous. She was silent for a moment.
Yin Xing's injuries were very serious, and he was unconscious, which often meant a lot of uncertainty, so he should have been advised.
"She's still not awake, what should I do?" Xuan Yizheng murmured in a low voice, his dark eyes as dark as the abyss as he stared at Yin Xing, whose face was pale. She had lost all her former vitality, and death seemed to be quietly devouring her before his eyes.
Xuan Yizheng always imagined many possibilities for things, good or bad, even death was no exception, but now he didn't know how to deal with Yin Xing.
Death will corrode Yin Xing's flesh and blood bit by bit, and even his skin will rot, leaving him unrecognizable.
Xuan Yizheng would never allow Yin Xing to be taken away from him by an invisible object. His throat rolled and his dark eyes flashed with crazy thoughts.
The female official Chunli looked at her master who was always calm and composed, but now he was so helpless, like drifting catkins that would fall and shatter at any time.
"Your Majesty, that Liu Ci in prison is known as a miracle doctor. Perhaps we can ask her to try to diagnose and treat the disease." The female official spoke hesitantly, not actually holding much hope in her heart.
In the quiet place, the light coming through the window lattice casts down the mist, making it even more mysterious and unpredictable, making it impossible to detect the truth.
At this moment, deep in the palace prison, rats were squeaking in the corner. When the cell door opened, light shone in.
Jiang Yun narrowed his eyes and looked at the female official in charge, but found that there were some wounds on her cheeks, which showed that she had been punished by a slap.
"His Majesty summoned Miss Liu, please come in." The female official Chunli said politely.
"She knows nothing about it. If you have anything to say, come to me!" Jiang Yun restrained his playful expression from yesterday and looked serious.
The female official Chun Li looked at Jiang Yun and said, "Miss Jiang, you misunderstood. Today, we are asking Miss Liu to rescue Yin Xing. It is best not to waste time."
Hearing this, Liu Ci raised her hand and placed it on Jiang Yun's shoulder, saying soothingly, "If that's the case, then don't worry."
Not long after, the prison door closed again. Liu Ci looked back at Jiang Yun, and then walked away with the female official. His figure gradually disappeared into the dark aisle.
Jiang Yun and the little girl, one big and one small, stood neatly on the prison gate bars, looking around eagerly, with a tacit understanding.
"Will Sister Liu come back?"
"I think so."
Jiang Yun was actually a little confused about the situation right now. Yesterday, she said she was the one who instigated Yin Xing to poison the empress, but today, it was Yin Xing who was seriously ill. Could she be so righteous?!
After a while, Jiang Yun turned his head to look at the cell where Cao Feng was imprisoned, remembering that he was the eunuch who had served the previous emperor the longest.
"Go over there and give him some medicine, okay?"
"Um."
The little girl passed through the fence very easily. Jiang Yun couldn't help laughing as he looked at the well-behaved and brave little figure. He suddenly felt that it was really great to have a daughter!
But Jiang Yun was not saving people out of kindness, but because he knew that the Empress's imprisonment of Cao Feng was probably related to the Illusion Gu.
Liu Ci once said that the illusionary Gu was cultivated by eating the formless flower. In other words, the formless flower must come first before the illusionary Gu can appear.
The cunning and vicious late emperor was extremely proficient in witchcraft. Perhaps there was a secret location other than the Du family in Wuzhou. Even Du Ruo didn't know that the late emperor could cure rabies until he died.
Basically, all the people were kept in the dark by the previous emperor, which is why they fought for the throne so ruthlessly.
Over the years, the late emperor might have found a way to detoxify the magic poison.
In the dusk, deep in the palace, Liu Ci was treating Yin Xing. His eyes fell on the bloody wound on her forehead. The bruises and redness overlapped, and the bones were faintly visible through the torn flesh. He couldn't help but feel frightened.
The person who did this must have used very ruthless force.
The female official Chunli stood quietly by, waiting for orders, her eyes fixed on her master who was as still as a tree, and she felt vaguely uneasy in her heart.
From last night till now, the master has not closed his eyes, nor has he drunk any food or drank any water. He is like a wandering soul, filled with sinister cruelty, and no one dares to disturb him or distract him.
"She is seriously injured, and I can't guarantee anything. But if she can't wake up and eat within three days, she probably won't have much time left." Liu Ci slowly withdrew the silver needle that was used to clear the blood stasis and sighed softly.
"If she doesn't wake up, none of you will survive. Even if your property is confiscated and your clan is exterminated, you will be buried with her." Xuan Yizheng said coldly with trembling eyelashes, full of indifferent murderous intent.
Liu Ci paused, his expression frozen, and looked at the nobleman who had never appeared behind the screen before. He was born with a noble and outstanding appearance, like a cold white jade statue with a beautiful face, so beautiful that he did not look like an ordinary person, but his phoenix eyes were dark and gloomy, with murderous intent surging, cold and dangerous.
Such a terrifying and evil look clearly reveals hysterical madness. Although it is already warm spring, it makes people feel cold in their hearts.
Seeing this, the female official Chun Li hurriedly spoke from the side to ease the situation: "Miss Liu, please do your best. The palace is fully stocked with rare medicinal herbs. If you need anything now, please feel free to tell me."
Liu Ci calmed down, avoiding the cold gaze and replied, "Okay, I'll give her acupuncture every two hours. You also need to help hold her down, because a head injury may cause unconsciousness and limb convulsions."
This method is very dangerous, so the imperial doctors mostly only use conservative treatment. Liu Ci didn't want to take radical risks, but now he has no other choice.
As he finished speaking, footsteps faded away in the hall. The female official Chunli was even busier making arrangements. The thick smoke of medicinal incense obscured the beautiful and solitary figure sitting calmly beside the couch.
Xuan Yizheng lowered his eyes and looked at Yin Xing, whose face was pale. He could hardly hear her breath. He raised his hand to touch her wound, but his fingertips stopped abruptly and retracted the movement. His expression was cold, and a clear light overflowed from his dark eyes, silently soaking into his long eyelashes, like the reflection of a lake, leaving a wet mark.
At this time, Yin Xing was in a daze, and he faintly heard the sound of clear water in his ears. His head felt dizzy and he even felt a little nauseous.
This overly familiar feeling reminded Yin Xing of the time when he first came to this world. He fell into the river and was injured. His head felt dizzy and he wanted to vomit, and he immediately mistakenly thought it was seasickness.
However, his vision was now extremely blurry, making Yin Xing unable to tell whether he was in a dream or reality.
But Yin Xing clearly remembered that she had made Xuan Yizheng angry. She even fell into hysteria and fell into a coma. She vaguely remembered that the peach branch fell to pieces and she fainted.
Yin Xing wanted to go and see how Xuan Yizhen was doing, because she was so abnormal and in danger at that time.
The halo was dim, and Yin Xing vaguely saw a vast expanse of water, in which stood a tall figure, like a cold moon in the fog. The wind blew her drooping black hair, making it even harder to see her face.
Yin Xing wanted to get closer, but found that he could move, but he was as light as a ghost, which surprised him a little!
But now Yin Xing had no time to care about anything else and hurried to find Xuan Yizheng, but he was always at a distance from her that was neither too far nor too close, unable to touch her.
"Yizhen, Yizhen." Yin Xing tried to call out so that Xuan Yizhen could discover him.
However, Xuan Yizheng did not say anything. She stood still and aloof in the rippling water, looking quite aloof and aloof, as if she was about to sink into the water and disappear at any time.
Yin Xing was so anxious that he waved his arms hard, trying to float faster, wishing he could fly like a bird.
Finally, Yin Xing gradually got closer to Xuan Yizheng and saw that she was sitting on the black stone in the water. Her skirt was stained with water and her sleeves were dripping with water. There was a clear sound of water, like crying or sobbing.
"Yizhen, you will get sick if you do this." As soon as the words fell, Yin Xing's gaze fell on Xuan Yizhen's cold profile, and he was shocked to find that bright red tears of blood were sliding from her gloomy eyebrows to her chin and into the water.
In an instant, the water surface suddenly sank, and Yin Xing sank into the blood-red lake defenselessly. He struggled to raise his arms, but found that his hands and feet were tied and he could not move at all.
At this time, Xuan Yizheng was still crying and shedding tears of blood, turning a deaf ear and not caring at all.
Yin Xing wanted to call out immediately, but he soon sank completely into the deep lake. His ears became silent, his vision fell into darkness, and his consciousness became scattered and sinking.
At dawn, the female official Chunli was so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes, but the master's eyes were still clear, but with bloodshot eyes, which made people speechless.
Liu Ci, exhausted both physically and mentally, changed the ointment and gauze on Yin Xing's forehead, raised her hand to check her eye mask, and felt that she might not be able to survive the treatment.
The injuries were too severe, bleeding was excessive, and he was unconscious and unable to eat. These were all very bad situations. Logically, the empress knew medicine and should understand the situation.
But unfortunately, the empress is now affected by the illusion poison and her mind is not clear, and her temperament is paranoid and gloomy.
"Your Majesty, I am powerless to do anything. If you wish to sentence me to death, please take me back to the inner prison and execute me." Liu Ci kowtowed and begged, just wanting to see Jiang Yun for the last time.
Seeing that her master had no reaction, the female official Chunli understood and stepped forward to take Liu Ci out of the inner hall. She sighed inwardly that if Yin Xing really died of illness, the killing might have just begun.
It was dusk, the setting sun was blood-red, the incense in the palace had long since burned out, the mist had dissipated, and the palace seemed even more empty and desolate.
The light from the window frame faded silently, and Xuan Yizheng gradually fell into darkness. The sharp blade in his hand gleamed coldly, and his body was as still as a rock, yet like a taut bowstring, on the verge of breaking at any time.
At this time, Yin Xing opened his heavy eyelids and saw Xuan Yizhen with his back to the bloody sunset. He looked like a jade Buddha stained with blood, with a vague and ethereal expression.
But because of the dryness and pain in his throat, Yin Xing didn't even have the strength to open his mouth. He could only faintly feel that his right hand was placed on the warm and cool palm, which felt as cool as if it was immersed in ice water.
The subsequent pain in her forehead almost made Yin Xing faint on the spot, but looking at Xuan Yizhen who seemed to be swallowed by the darkness in front of her, she felt that she could not let her be so depressed.
The poison of the illusion insect has already had a very serious impact on Xuan Yizheng. Once her emotions become extreme, it will only exacerbate her condition.
No wonder Xuan Yizhen always used calming and soothing drugs in the past. She was usually calm and composed. Perhaps she also knew the influence of the illusion Gu.
In the silence, Xuan Yizheng's eyes were enveloped by a hazy and expanding black fog, in which claws were waving, fangs were exposed, and even the roof tiles and furnishings of the palace were becoming strange and dangerous.
Xuan Yizheng knew that these were all illusions. He stared at the bed with empty eyes. The hand held between his fingertips was still soft, but gradually lost its warmth.
Xuan Yizheng looked at Yin Xing lying on the bed unwillingly, wanting to help her dispel the black fog that enveloped her, but he restrained himself from moving because he was worried about hurting her.
Even if Yin Xing only has one breath left, Xuan Yizheng will wait until she dies before making his own decision.
At this moment, Xuan Yizheng suddenly felt the fingertips on his palm moving slowly. He hesitated for a moment, thinking it was just his hysteria.
Because Xuan Yizhen saw Liu Ci's knitting with her own eyes, she had already mastered the art of recovery.
But as the moving fingertips gradually drew out the words, suddenly, a little light slowly appeared in the depths of Xuan Yizheng's eyes, and his blurred vision revealed a pair of clear eyes like a spring.
I'm fine, don't worry.
Yin Xing wrote this word with almost all his strength. He blinked and looked at Xuan Yizhen, who didn't know if she had noticed or not. His eyes fell on her sickly and pale beautiful face. Thinking of the bloodstains in his dream, he felt dazed.
Come to think of it, Yin Xing had never seen Xuan Yizheng cry.
Xuan Yizheng could only laugh at himself for being a crybaby.
Just when Yin Xing was distracted, he suddenly saw the cold and depressed Xuan Yizhen in front of him. Her beautiful narrow eyes were filled with clear water light, soft and pitiful, and then fell on the back of his hand like a drizzle of spring rain.
Yin Xing looked at Xuan Yizhen in surprise, who had a calm expression. She couldn't tell for a moment whether she was crying because she was sad or her eyes were sore from staying up late.
How could someone cry so calmly without even affecting her beauty?
"Don't move in a hurry, drink some water." Xuan Yizheng calmed down and put down the sharp knife. He quickly raised his hand to take the teacup and held the spoon to feed Yin Xing water.
When the warm water entered his throat, Yin Xing realized that his throat was so thirsty that it was smoking. He opened his mouth and drank the water spoon by spoon obediently.
At the same time, Xuan Yizhen ordered people to prepare medicinal food, and his eyes never left Yin Xing's face.
Yin Xing drank enough water and met the staring gaze. He felt a little uneasy and said in a hoarse voice: "Yizhen, I feel like I have slept for a long time."
"Well, you slept for two whole days. I'm sorry." Xuan Yizheng remembered that he almost killed Yin Xing. He was still frightened and responded with a trembling voice.
"It's okay, I know Yizhen didn't mean it." Yin Xing looked at Xuan Yizhen, who was always calm and composed, and now looked cautious. Her eyes flickered and she felt like crying. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a whole cow right now."
Xuan Yizhen looked at Yin Xing, who seemed to be acting as if nothing had happened, lowered her beautiful eyes, and agreed: "Okay, you can ask the imperial kitchen to prepare it. You can eat whatever you want."
"Then can you really not take Jiang Yun and the others' lives?" Yin Xing nervously changed the subject.
"Yes, you can do whatever you want." Xuan Yizheng responded without hesitation, raised his hand and touched Yin Xing's face gently, carefully verifying that everything now was not an illusion.
Yin Xing was a little surprised. He hooked his fingertips around Xuan Yizhen's little finger, curved his eyebrows into a bleak smile, and muttered softly, "Yizhen, you are so kind. Good people will be rewarded."
Xuan Yizhen looked at Yin Xing's pale face filled with a familiar smile, and replied slowly: "Well, all my rewards will be given to you."
Xuan Yizheng never believed that good people would be rewarded, but Yin Xing wanted to protect Jiang Yun and the others, so it was naturally not appropriate to kill them to silence them.
The deep and silent palace gradually regained some life, but Jiang Yun in the palace prison was worried. He felt that the empress was too cruel and tyrannical. She even wanted Liu Ci to be buried with Yin Xing together with him. It was clearly unreasonable and she was simply a tyrant!
Seeing Jiang Yun was very angry, Liu Ci raised his hand to touch her brow and blamed himself: "I have dragged you down with this matter."
If Jiang Yun were alone, she could easily escape from the capital without suffering the pain of imprisonment.
"There's no need to talk about being a burden between us. This is all because of the empress's arrogance and unreasonableness." Jiang Yun hugged Liu Ci and said angrily, but it was a pity for Yin Xing who was seriously injured.
"To be honest, if I hadn't given the medicine to Yin Xing, she might not have angered the empress and gotten into trouble." Liu Ci responded with a sigh, ultimately underestimating the empress's condition.
Judging from the way the empress cared about Yin Xing, she seemed almost to have lost her soul. It can be seen that the disease progressed very rapidly at that time.
Seeing that Liu Ci was about to fall into self-blame again, Jiang Yun was about to comfort her when the half-dead Cao Feng suddenly reacted and said slowly, "There is a tunnel in the palace prison. If you want to survive, why not save me?"
"You won't live long if you escape from the palace like this, and how would I know whether it's true or not?" Jiang Yun asked with a look of disbelief.
"As long as we find Gui Ning, we won't die, because this is also the truth behind the immortality of the Wuzhou Du family's puppet Gu." Cao Feng spoke with weak breathing, and there was almost no good meat on his body.
In a quiet place, Jiang Yun and Liu Ci looked at each other. They never expected that after searching for a long time, they would find each other by such a coincidence!
As night fell, Yin Xing finished drinking the medicinal food and could not move, let alone raise his head, otherwise he would feel dizzy. This was what hypoglycemia was like.
Xuan Yizheng raised his hand and touched Yin Xing's cheek to confirm that it was not hot or cold and everything was normal.
Yin Xing forced himself to stay awake and talk to Xuan Yizheng, wanting her to try Liu Ci's medicine so that she could have a good night's rest.
Because Yin Xing could clearly see the bloodshot in Xuan Yizheng's eyes, which was very obvious.
"You should rest more, go to sleep." Xuan Yizheng retracted his fingertips and stopped touching Yin Xing's face. His eyes fell on her forehead wrapped in a gauze scarf, which faintly smelled of a mixture of blood and herbs.
"Well, Yizhen, don't you want to sleep together?" Yin Xing asked sleepily with his eyes drooping. He caught a glimpse of Xuan Yizhen picking up the sharp blade and was shocked on the spot.
Xuan Yizhen placed the sharp blade tightly in its sheath and replied calmly, "It's still early. Go to sleep first. I'll keep watch."
Yin Xing, however, became more alert after hearing this. His eyes wandered smartly as he asked hesitantly, "What is Yizhen doing with this dagger?"
"It's of no use now. If you like it, how about I give it to you?" Xuan Yizheng looked at Yin Xing's dark and clear eyes and said frankly.
"Okay." Yin Xing raised his weak hand, silently grasped the dagger and hid it under the pillow, to prevent Xuan Yizhen from getting sick and stabbing him to death in his sleep.
Xuan Yizheng knew Yin Xing's worry when she saw her actions. She lowered her beautiful eyes, her long eyelashes covered her dark complexion, and pursed her thin lips without saying a word.
Everything that you have worked so hard to maintain is now destroyed. Who wouldn't be afraid of a madman?
At this moment, a warm hand was placed on the back of Xuan Yizheng's hand, and their fingers were slowly interlocked.
Xuan Yizheng restrained his cold and gloomy expression and slowly looked at Yin Xing, but saw that she was holding her arm and reaching into the quilt, pressing it against her heart, as if touching a flame.
"Yizhen, you will get better. I pray for you every night before going to bed." Yin Xing responded sleepily, his eyelids drooping, and he gradually became silent.
"Hmm." Xuan Yizheng murmured, his dark eyes flickering with a faint light, like a raging fire of sorrow, which was then rekindled wantonly. His beautiful face was shining with a bright luster, and the dead silence and darkness faded away.
The light of the sun, even if it is weak, is enough to make everything different.
For Xuan Yizhen, Yinxing is more important than the sun and is incomparable.
The moon was bright and the stars were twinkling. The court lady Chun Li reported in a low voice through the screen: "Your Majesty, that man has fallen into the trap."
Xuan Yizhen stayed beside the couch, feeling the beating heartbeat in his palm, as if guarding his own heart, and said calmly, "Go."
After she finished speaking, the female official left. In the darkness of the night, Cao Feng dragged his injured body out of an abandoned house somewhere in the capital city, walking with difficulty.
Jiang Yun easily led the little girl Liu Ci out of the tunnel, his feet stepping on the soft soil. His eyes fell on this inconspicuous place and he looked at it carefully.
"Is this where Gui Ning lives?"
"Of course not. Gui Ning will be born on the Zhongyuan Festival in the Jiazi year. This is what the late emperor said himself, and it is also a secret of the Du family."
Cao Feng raised his hand to light the lamp, and looked at the portrait of an immortal hanging in the hall, his eyes full of respect and admiration.
But Jiang Yun found it strange because the person in the portrait had no face at all, and was covered in snakes, insects, venomous scorpions and the like. A closer look gave him a dangerous feeling, and he asked cautiously, "So your real surname couldn't be Du, could it?"
"You really are worthy of being the daughter of the Chief Justice. You are really smart." Cao Feng turned around and praised.
In addition to the fact that aristocratic children from aristocratic families openly entered the court, there were also spies and informants in secret, who were intertwined with each other, making the court situation particularly complicated, but Jiang Yun knew that this was not a new thing.
Liu Ci followed Jiang Yun, holding the little girl in her arms. She felt that this man was very cunning and asked, "Why would you rather be tortured than tell the Empress?"
Cao Feng's eyes were filled with hatred as he angrily said, "That madman wiped out the Du family and still wants to cure the poison of the illusion Gu. He's dreaming!"
"So you probably have other purposes for escaping from prison?" Jiang Yun put his palm on the hilt of the sword, wary of Cao Feng, who was as powerful as Du Ruo, and asked tentatively.
"Of course, since I have puppet Gu, you can be one of the first puppet Gu people!" Cao Feng said with a fierce look in his eyes.
At this time, countless poisonous insects crawled out from the soil. Jiang Yun grabbed Liu Ci with one hand and was about to fly out of the house.
But then several streams of smoke were thrown in, and all the poisonous insects disappeared. Cao Feng's eyes showed horror, and he wanted to escape immediately, but a sharp arrow flew at him.
The female official Chunli ordered her men to restrain Cao Feng, and turned her head to look at Jiang Yun in the sky. Everything was said without words.
Jiang Yun laughed awkwardly: "What a coincidence."
After saying that, Jiang Yun wanted to take Liu Ci and escape, but when he climbed over the wall and saw groups of cavalry and archers, he stopped immediately.
Seeing this, the female official raised her hand to put away the search bee and said slowly, "Miss Jiang should really thank Miss Liu for her superb medical skills. His Majesty has spared her the death penalty and even offered her a reward."
Upon hearing this, Liu Ci asked with concern, "Is Yin Xing awake?"
"That's right, it's a blessing in disguise." The female official said sincerely.
Seeing that the female official's words didn't seem to be empty talk, Jiang Yun immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In that case, let's go back to our residence. Please carry the reward gold and silver back to the medicine shop. Goodbye."
The female official almost twitched her lips and said, "Don't be impatient. Your Majesty's reward cannot be so careless, not to mention that the reward is extraordinary."
Hearing the voice, Jiang Yun and Liu Ci looked at each other, and suddenly a bad premonition arose in their hearts.
This black-hearted empress does things one way after another, and she definitely has no good intentions.
The next day, in the palace hall, all officials came to court, and the princesses and princesses prepared to listen to government affairs as usual.
Suddenly, a female official called out loudly: "Your Majesty has arrived!"
The second princess looked a little curious, but the eldest princess had a completely different look on her face, completely lacking the arrogance and majesty of yesterday.
"Greetings to His Majesty!" The princesses and princesses stood up to greet him respectfully.
Xuan Yizhen slowly sat down, his eyes sweeping around him as he spoke, "The weather has cleared up recently, and I'm feeling much better too. Furthermore, someone has captured Cao Feng, the long-time fugitive. It's a good opportunity to publicly issue an imperial decree commending him."
The female official Chunli understood, raised her hand and unfolded the imperial edict, reading aloud: "Jiang Yun is a man of righteousness and courage. He has inherited his mother's bravery, wisdom and courage. He is appointed a general of a thousand households. Because he is sworn sister to Yin, he is specially granted golden armor and a reward of a thousand gold coins."
Jiang Yun entered the main hall from outside, suppressed his complaints, and bowed in response: "I thank the Lord for his grace!"
The empress was afraid that Yin Xing would have no one to rely on in the court in the future, which would put her in a difficult situation.
Jiang Yun could already feel the hostile gazes and felt that he was in great trouble.
It seems that the empress is very familiar with the idea that everyone prospers and suffers together.
When the sun was at its highest, Yin Xing cooperated with Liu Ci in checking the injuries and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Miss Liu, you've suffered!"
Liu Ci shook his head and replied solemnly: "No, it is thanks to you that we are able to survive. His Majesty cherishes you very much."
Jiang Yun once dragged Yin Xing into doing many risky things. If it weren't for her, he would have been executed by the Empress long ago.
Now, after some contact, Liu Ci understood even more clearly that the empress was very scheming and far beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Soon, Liu Ci left the palace, and Yin Xing half-sat on the bed, drinking ginseng chicken soup.
After a while, Xuan Yizhen returned from the outside. Seeing that Yin Xing's spirits and appetite had improved a lot, he whispered, "How was the previous examination?"
"Miss Liu said that the wound has now scabbed over. Do you want to see it?" Yin Xing took the opportunity to feed Xuan Yizhen ginseng chicken soup while holding a wooden spoon to nourish her body.
"Then, it's not too late to wait until you're fully recovered." Xuan Yizheng drank the ginseng soup without any hesitation or concern.
Yin Xing looked at Xuan Yizhen's thin face and murmured distressedly, "Yizhen, you look a lot thinner."
Xuan Yizhen raised his eyes to meet Yin Xing's clear and pure eyes, searching for his own reflection. He leaned forward slightly and replied with a smile, "Don't you think it's ugly?"
As she spoke, Xuan Yizheng's beautiful eyes blinked slightly, and her every frown and smile was like the mist swirling in the mountains. The subtle changes revealed a different kind of charm.
"How could that be? Yizhen is always the most beautiful." Yin Xing explained with a hot face, looking at Xuan Yizhen's calm eyes. He looked a little unlucky with the heavy veil wrapped around him.
"That's good. How come there's food on the corners of your lips?" Xuan Yizheng responded softly, kissing the corners of Yin Xing's lips with his thin lips, and tasting a little bit of ginseng soup.
Yin Xing had no time to react to this. He blinked and looked at Xuan Yizhen who was retreating with a serious face. Then he realized that his face was flushed.
In the silence, Yin Xing lowered his head and drank ginseng soup to hide his palpitations.
Xuan Yizheng sat aside, looking through documents, occasionally drinking a few sips of the ginseng soup that Yin Xing fed him. He watched her face slowly turn from rosy to fair, but still faintly pale.
It is not easy to rest after recovering from a serious illness, so Xuan Yizheng had to restrain himself and calm his mind.
After a while, the whole bowl of ginseng soup was finished. Yin Xing wiped his mouth with an embroidered handkerchief, then looked at Xuan Yizheng, hesitantly stretched out his arm, and wiped her thin lips.
I swear to God, Yin Xing guarantees that he has absolutely no other improper thoughts.
However, Yin Xing's fingertips through the embroidered handkerchief were touched by Xuan Yizheng's thin lips, intentionally or unintentionally, with a little hot breath, as if he was flirting.
In an instant, Yin Xing withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted. He looked at Xuan Yizhen who was smiling indifferently, and realized that she was indeed teasing him.
"I see your hands aren't as warm as before. Can I blow on them for you?"
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Yin Xing had nothing to say and did not respond. He raised his hand and put down the embroidered handkerchief. His eyes fell on his fingertips, where he could faintly feel the soft touch. He couldn't help but think of how Xuan Yizheng had asked him to do the same thing before, and he felt even more ashamed!
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