The man in black clapped his hands. "That settles it. I'm just here to earn that fifty taels of silver."
He Yunxiao nodded. Making money is nothing to be ashamed of.
"Who asked you to kill Meng Qingqian?"
The man in black waved his hand and shrugged. "The Yan Kingdom, or the Prime Minister, it couldn't possibly be her, could it?"
He Yunxiao thought to himself: Maybe.
A woman like Meng Qingqian, given the right opportunity, is capable of actually killing herself.
"you……"
Just as He Yunxiao was about to speak, the man in black gestured for him to shut up.
Moments later, patrolling soldiers passed by the bushes where they were hiding.
"Alright, say whatever you want," the man in black said.
"Where do you come from?" He Yunxiao asked.
"I won't tell you," the man in black laughed.
“Alright,” He Yunxiao changed his question, “I also want to earn fifty taels of silver, how do I do that?”
"Changle Gambling House, an underground gambling den, far removed from the world of gambling."
He Yunxiao silently made a note of it.
He then patted the man in black on the shoulder and said, "I'm leaving. You can continue squatting."
The man in black said, "Where are you going? At night, the palace is full of soldiers hunting assassins. This is the safest place."
He Yunxiao boasted, "I'll go to the bedchamber of a beauty in the palace; it's much better than yours."
silence.
He Yunxiao could imagine that the man in black must have been so shocked that his mouth was agape.
"Holy crap!? Are you serious?" came the incredulous voice.
"If I don't go to the harem, I'll be struck by lightning tomorrow," He Yunxiao uttered a cleverly chosen vow. (www.cascoo.net)
"A palace maid? A princess? Or a concubine? Could she be the Empress Dowager? Wow!"
He Yunxiao was ashamed; this person's ability to fill in the blanks...
"Not awesome."
"No, no, no," the man in black shook his head, "Awesome!"
The man in black rubbed his hands together. "Good brother, would you mind teaching me a thing or two? I'm also..."
He Yunxiao repeated what the man in black had told him before, "I won't tell you."
Man in black: ...
"Fine," He Yunxiao said mercifully, "You just need to be more handsome than He Yunxiao."
The man in black said miserably, "If I had even half his looks, would I need you to teach me?"
He Yunxiao was speechless: "No, no. I'm not that handsome."
Thinking about going to Nan Zhu's place to take the medicine, He Yunxiao said, "Let's go."
"Awesome!" the man in black exclaimed in a low voice.
He Yunxiao: ...
...
Walking furtively along the palace road is likely to attract the attention of patrolling soldiers, but walking openly along the center line of the palace avenue will go unnoticed, even if you brush past a patrolling soldier.
He Yunxiao made his way to Linxuan Palace without any hindrance.
Upon entering the courtyard of Linxuan Palace, one finds the palace brightly lit, with Xing'er anxiously waiting at the entrance.
"Young Master He, you've finally arrived," Xing'er said. "If you're any later, today's medicine won't be ready. Don't delay, please go inside and find His Highness."
He Yunxiao agreed repeatedly and then jogged all the way to Nan Zhu's wife's bedroom.
"Rou'er!"
He Yunxiao pushed open the door and entered.
Everything in Nanzhu's wife's bedroom was still so familiar. Even Nanzhu herself was still waiting for him at the tea table where she often sat. There was a stove next to the table, and the medicine to counteract the effects of the Soul-Devouring Pill was warming on it.
"He Yunxiao?"
Meng Qingrou stood up from the chair, wide awake, her eyes bulging. She wanted to get angry but still said, "Drink your medicine first."
"Okay."
He Yunxiao took two steps forward, picked up the medicine that was being warmed on the stove, and drank it all in one gulp.
After He Yunxiao finished drinking his medicine, Meng Qingrou said angrily, "If you had been any later, you wouldn't have made it for today's medicine! Do you know that this prescription can't be interrupted? Once it's stopped, the medicine's effects won't be replenished, and all your previous efforts will be in vain. Don't think that just because the Soul-Devouring Pill's toxicity in your body is mild, it's nothing to worry about. Its toxicity will continue to increase as your life force diminishes..."
He Yunxiao stood at attention and was immediately berated by Nan Zhu's wife.
The big hand secretly reached out and hooked the little hand's little finger, but the little hand shook it back.
I tried to hook it again, but it was rejected again.
Try again, if that doesn't work.
He Yunxiao was secretly amazed.
Tsk tsk tsk, I wonder who was it that voluntarily reached out their hand on the street, spread their fingers, and waited for someone to insert their fingers and interlock them.
Looking at his now imposing wife from the South Pearl, He Yunxiao was once again secretly amazed.
Goodness, Nanzhu's wife is different when she returns to Linxuan Palace. Fighting on home ground, the eldest princess has a lot of momentum.
"He Yunxiao, you're still laughing."
Meng Qingrou's chest heaved with anger.
"Are you taking this as a joke? If you don't take it seriously, I won't treat you anymore."
He Yunxiao shamelessly grabbed Meng Qingrou's small hand and said, "Rou'er, I was too busy today, that's why I'm late. I'll definitely come to see you earlier next time."
"It has nothing to do with seeing me, it's about taking medicine." Meng Qingrou pouted angrily. "Also, don't call me Rou'er. Nan Zhu is no longer 'Zhang Lingrou'."
He Yunxiao blinked, "It's not 'Zhang Lingrou,' it's 'Rou'er.'"
“What ‘Rou’er’? Nan Zhu is the eldest princess, you can’t just give Nan Zhu a name like that.”
"No. I named it based on reason and evidence. And it wasn't just random; I was very serious about it."
"You, if you call her that, Nanzhu is like a little sister. How can she be a princess?"
He Yunxiao's large hand rubbed between the fingers of the small hand for a long time, and finally seized a moment when the small hand relaxed. With lightning speed, he smoothly slipped his hand in and then skillfully held the back of the small hand. Every inch of the skin of the two hands was pressed tightly together, and the ten fingers were interlocked.
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