Chapter 55
This was a disguised warning to Nie Wuhen, and also a reminder to Nie Wuhen to be careful and not to offend His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Cassel couldn't help it, he wanted to go over to help the eunuch, but the guards around him touched their knives and looked at the two of them with unfriendly eyes. Cassel instantly shrank his neck and hid behind Nie Wuhen.
Can't use magic...
Cassel thought of what Nie Wuhen had just said and felt that it made a lot of sense. Even if he didn't understand, he knew that at this moment Nie Wuhen was just wearing Zhao Ying's skin and exercising Zhao Ying's authority.
If Nie Wuhen wants to quickly destroy the Great Yan Kingdom, then he has two primary tasks. The first is the exodus of civilians, the more the better; the second is the military. Nie Wuhen said that he would escort the princess to marry and would definitely bring most of the troops with him to show the Great Yan Kingdom's willingness to seek peace.
So no matter what, we cannot break up with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now. Cassel swallowed his resentment and endured it.
But the next second, he heard the prince say: "The road to Handanyu Pass is long and the weather is bitter and cold. The young friend of the Marquis is a rich and powerful person, and I'm afraid he can't stand it. It just so happens that the Queen Mother has been fasting and chanting recently, and she needs someone to talk to. Why not let this young friend come to the palace to chat with the Queen Mother?"
Nie Wuhen narrowed his eyes. The old emperor was worried about him, so he kept a trick up his sleeve and wanted to threaten him with the people around him...
but……
Nie Wuhen always felt that something was wrong. He remembered what Bai Yi had said to him a few days ago, saying that a mortal had seen Cassel's wings, and that there was a useless Imperial Observatory in the palace...
These things are like threads that string together things that were originally unrelated, and everything makes sense.
Wings, pray to Buddha and gods, lure the tiger away from the mountain...
Nie Wuhen sneered, and he looked down at the Crown Prince, the former second brother, and said slowly: "He will go with me."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also sneered: "Young Marquis, you must have forgotten that I am the Crown Prince. How dare you disobey the Queen's order? If you want to rebel, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to leave this door?"
"Crown Prince" Nie Wuhen's expression was indifferent, but his tone was full of sarcasm, "How many days can you remain in office?"
The prince's expression changed.
The guards around drew their swords and surrounded the man.
"Your Highness."
Someone walked in from outside the door wearing a gorgeous red wedding dress, but she covered her face with a fan, revealing the yellow flowers on her forehead. The maid beside her lowered her head and helped her walk in.
Princess Anping was elegant and graceful, but her voice was cold. She stood in the confrontation and said, "It's getting late. It's time to set off."
The prince laughed softly: "My sister may not know that this person is committing an insubordination..."
"Then will His Royal Highness kill him? Lingchi, or torture him to death?" Princess Anping sneered, and said, "The marriage is related to the survival of Yan State. Are you sure that Your Royal Highness wants to start a war at this time and disturb the fate of Great Yan?"
The prince's face turned livid.
Princess Anping ignored him and walked up to Nie Wuhen, her eyes cold but full of undisguised suspicion. After a moment, she said, "My safety in this marriage will depend entirely on the young marquis."
Nie Wuhen nodded. He naturally knew that this Princess Anping was trying to save his face: "I don't deserve it. Princess, please."
As he spoke, he took Cassel's hand and tried to take him out, but before he could move, the guards stopped him again. The prince said in a gloomy tone, "I can choose not to punish the young marquis, but I have to obey the queen mother's order. Are you going to disobey the queen mother?"
The surroundings were quiet.
"Of course, I dare not disobey my mother," Princess Anping turned her head to look at the Crown Prince. She had a delicate face and fair skin. Her lips moved up and down, but her words were merciless. "But I'm afraid that the Crown Prince's forcing me this time is immoral."
Those who are in high positions are naturally afraid that others will say that they have no virtue, as there is an idiom that goes, "Virtue is not worthy of the position." Princess Anping's words were particularly clear, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince naturally understood them.
The teacup fell to the ground and shattered. The people around were trembling with fear and dared not even breathe.
"Young Marquis," Princess Anping looked at all this coldly, not caring at all. She reminded him, "The Queen Mother is a vegetarian and a Buddhist, so she certainly has no bad intentions. Your friend must have lived a life of luxury in the past."
Nie Wuhen didn't say anything, and Cassel became a little anxious. He looked at Nie Wuhen's profile, pursed his lips, and suddenly withdrew his hand.
His heart skipped a beat and Nie Wuhen turned around to look at Cassel.
Cassel smiled easily: "I'm not going to die... It's just the palace, I haven't seen it yet."
Nie Wuhen clenched his fists. He took a step forward and looked down at Cassel: "Change the way, I'll take you away."
The people around him were stunned, obviously not understanding what he was saying. But Cassel understood clearly that Nie Wuhen meant for him to use his magic power to freeze these people to prevent him, Nie Wuhen, from accidentally hurting anyone and interfering with the cause and effect of mortals. Then, Nie Wuhen took Cassel away from here to find another way to destroy the Great Yan Kingdom.
But……
Cassel hesitated.
Nie Wuhen and Bai Yi have been preparing for this plan for such a long time, it would be a huge loss if they gave up just like that. Thinking of this, Cassel didn't move and looked at Nie Wuhen stubbornly.
He couldn't hide his emotions at all. So when Cassel looked at Nie Wuhen, Nie Wuhen understood almost everything.
Princess Anping said, "Young Marquis, the time has come."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at him with great interest and said, "Young Master, are you really going to disobey my order?"
Cassel took a step back and said, "Escort Her Royal Highness the Princess. Don't waste time."
Cassel still entered the palace. He stood at the door and watched Nie Wuhen climb onto his horse. The young man on the horse has a cold temperament, with a jade pendant hanging from his waist. He wears an elegant dark purple robe with a Qilin pattern embroidered with golden silk thread on the hem.
Cassel waved to Nie Wuhen and said goodbye, but Nie Wuhen turned his head away, ignored him, and rode away.
“…”
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came over and looked at Cassel in front of him. He smiled maliciously and said, "Please go in. My... God."
Cassel frowned and denied, "I'm not a god. You've got the wrong person."
The prince did not explain further: "Come here, prepare the carriage and take the person back."
In the palace, the empress was a vegetarian and chanted Buddhist scriptures, and the empress dowager was also a vegetarian and chanted Buddhist scriptures. Only the old emperor indulged in revelry day and night, and the prince enjoyed killing people every day. All the court officials were in a panic.
Cassel, dressed in white, entered the palace. The first person he saw was the queen. He stood there without moving. Nie Wuhen had never asked him to salute anyone before, and he didn't know how to salute, so he could only stand aside hesitantly.
Someone nearby glared at him and told him to kneel down.
Cassel pretended not to hear. When he got angry, he used his magic power to freeze all these people. When his little wings grow bigger and are fully healed, he will fly away to find Nie Wuhen.
The queen was wearing plain clothes and had a kind face. She kept turning the Buddhist beads in her hand. She looked at Cassel, and the kindness in her eyes could not be hidden.
She rebuked the maid and said, "Don't scare him."
Then he walked forward again, took Cassel's hand amiably, and said distressedly: "Good boy, you must have suffered a lot. Come in and have a rest... Someone, bring tea."
Cassell was more confused than anyone else. He wanted to pull his hand back, but then thought it was too rude. During the time he was hesitating, he was taken to the palace by the queen.
The huge palace is plain, with only the huge Buddha statue standing in it. The whole body of the Buddha is golden, with kind features and compassion for all living beings.
Cassel saw the queen bowing and burning incense. The smoke lingers in the air, giving off a complex, indescribable smell, mellow but not too light, and a little off.
"Sit down," the queen said. "Please."
She was too respectful and didn't look like a product of troubled times at all. Cassel was a little wary and didn't dare to sit down, but the Queen just looked at him with a smile and told him not to be afraid of her.
Cassel sat down. The palace maid next to him immediately served him tea.
The lid of the teapot was slightly opened, and the aroma of tea wafted in the air, the steam blurring the Queen's vision. The Queen smiled, but did not say anything. She just kindly asked Cassel to taste the tea.
Cassel pursed his lips and asked her in a low voice: "Can I... not drink?"
The Queen's smile froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal, and she just said gently: "It's okay. I've been here for so long, I don't know what to call it."
Cassel bit his lip, glanced at her, and said, "Cassel."
"It's an unusual name," the Queen smiled. "Casel, I heard that you traveled to the Great Yan Kingdom. I wonder if you have heard of the national conditions of the Great Yan Kingdom?"
“…I don’t know.”
"The people of Great Yan are still in dire straits. They can only place their hopes on the gods and pray to the Buddha to comfort their hearts." The queen said, "I am the queen, but I also pray to the Buddha all day and night, thinking about thousands of things. I have copied ten volumes of Buddhist scriptures."
The maid next to her put the files aside, and the queen took one, flipped through it casually, and placed it between her and Cassel, saying sadly: "I pray to the gods every day, hoping that the gods can lead the people of the Great Yan Kingdom out of the sea of suffering and drive out foreign enemies..."
Cassel took a look.
He couldn't recognize all of them and could only pick out the words he recognized from the densely packed handwriting. Cassell didn't understand it at all.
The queen was still speaking, but her voice was crying. She cried and wiped the tears from her eyes with a handkerchief.
The maid next to her knelt down and begged with tears: "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself!"
Cassel looked away from the handwriting and looked at the two crying people with a confused look in his eyes.
Why are you crying suddenly?
He held it in for a long time before imitating Nie Wuhen's words to comfort him and said dryly, "Don't cry."
Finally, he added, "Why are you crying?"
The two people present were stunned. The maid couldn't hide the surprise in her eyes, but the queen wiped her tears and said, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed the guests."
"I just don't know if this request of mine can move the gods and bless our Great Yan Kingdom to prosper forever and save our people from suffering?"
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