He pushed open the door quietly, but there was no one inside. The smell in the air was very pleasant. I looked at the document on the table. It was very detailed. This was a good prince. It should be a blessing for the royal family to have such a person. He left the room and followed the servant girls to sit in their embroidery room. The servant girls here could come to the embroidery room to do some work, and the Third Prince did not mind. They mended the clothes for the manservants or themselves, and they did not charge any money. They just sat down to rest and chat with each other.
The servants were of good quality and never talked about their masters. I asked a few times, but none of them were willing to tell me. As time passed, I stopped asking.
He stayed in the embroidery room until it was 11 o'clock. The servant boy said that Murong Xi couldn't find him, so he sent someone to look for him. He was at the entrance of the Third Prince's residence. When I arrived, he was deep in thought at the door. When he saw me coming, he let me follow him out.
"Where are you going?" I was surprised. He had never taken me out of the house for such a long time.
He slowed down his pace and said," It's New Year's Eve today. You've been staying in the Third Prince's mansion for so long. Now that I've made some time, I'll take you out for a walk. There's a lot of good food and fun on the streets."”
I pursed my lips." You still have a conscience. Why are you suddenly free today?"”
" I'm such a busy person, hehe. Come here and I'll tell you…" He waved at me mysteriously.
I walked over and stretched my neck, but he grabbed my collar. "Aiyo! What are you doing!" I'll film him.
He laughed and asked me,"Don't you think you looked like a rooster just now?"”
I glared at him. Your whole family is a rooster! What do you want to tell me?"
He narrowed his eyes and lowered his head with a smile." The Crown Prince is going to rebel today. Now that everything is ready, we can only watch the show tonight."”
I narrowed my eyes and looked at him.
He smiled and pulled me into a clothing store."No one can be missing without my wife…"
Murong Xi and I stood on the roof of the hall and moved two tiles to look at the emperor's hall. The Emperor was sitting upright on the dragon throne. His Highness surrounded dozens of soldiers with swords and halberds in their hands, facing the Emperor. "Father, you didn't expect this day to come for you, did you?”
The Emperor was so angry that his beard was trembling. He replied in a trembling voice,"You crown prince! The crown prince! I've been wise for a lifetime, but I gave birth to a bastard like you!”
" Hmph, it's too late for you to say anything." The Crown Prince walked to the Emperor's side and leaned against his dragon throne." The army is at the gates, my Emperor. What else do you want to say now?" I know you've valued Third Brother all these years, and Third Brother's mother is your favorite concubine, but my mother is the Empress! I am the First Prince! No one can threaten my position! Including you!"
"No one wants to touch your position!”The Emperor stood up and leaned close to the Crown Prince. Seeing that his distorted face was already trapped in power, he shook his head." It's my fault. I didn't teach you properly!”
The Crown Prince pushed the Emperor away. Do you think I don't know that you privately summoned Third Brother and told him to find the Purple Melted Jade? Give him the authority! You didn't expect it, did you? Haha!"
He glared at the Emperor with his scarlet eyes and stretched out his palm. A purple jade tablet lay quietly in his palm."This Purple Melting Jade is already in my hands! The world is mine!"
The Emperor suddenly waved his hand, and the soldiers surrounding the hall screamed and fell to the ground. The ground became a pool of blood. I felt extremely disgusted on the roof and didn't want to continue watching. Murong Xi said to me,"The good show is yet to come."
I braced myself and saw the Crown Prince's panicked face. I suddenly laughed and said,"Old Emperor, don't make any more final struggles. My ghost soldiers are about to arrive! When the time comes, I'll bathe your Imperial City in blood!"
This person was no longer human. He could be called a demon!
A heroic figure came in and knelt before His Highness."This general has already captured the traitor, the emperor can rest assured!”
The Emperor loudly said,"Good, catch this unfilial son for me!"”
"My ghost soldiers will be here soon!" The Crown Prince laughed loudly.”
The Emperor was so angry that he had nothing to say. He only wanted people to capture the Crown Prince.
Suddenly, a golden light flashed in the Crown Prince's hand as he stabbed at the Emperor. "It's dangerous!" I blurted out, but Murong Xi covered my mouth tightly to prevent me from making a sound.
The Emperor sensed danger approaching and hurriedly dodged. However, he failed to avoid the knife and was stabbed in the chest. The knife was quickly pulled out, and blood gushed out of the Emperor's body.
Murong Xi covered me tightly. I could feel his entire body trembling. Me too. Such a scene is really terrifying. Father and son killing each other. The royal family is really abnormal!
The Crown Prince looked up at the sky and laughed.”
The general was scared out of his wits. With a wave of his hand, he slashed the saber in his hand at the Crown Prince's body. The Crown Prince immediately stopped laughing, and blood quickly flowed from the corner of his mouth. He stared at the general with wide eyes and squeezed out a hoarse voice." My ghost soldier…ghost soldier…" Finally, he fell.
When the Emperor saw the Crown Prince fall, two streams of tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes. More and more guards barged in. He looked at everything in front of him blankly. Suddenly, someone shouted,"Call the Imperial Physician!"”Then, the entire hall became chaotic.
The Emperor hugged the Crown Prince's corpse and muttered to himself. I couldn't hear him clearly.
Murong Xi tugged at the corner of my shirt and said,"Time to go." Then, without any explanation, he carried me and left the Imperial City. I listened to the wind whistling past my ears, and the scene of the father and son killing each other was still in my mind.
Murong Xi placed me in a room and accompanied me for a while. Seeing that I didn't say anything, he left.
I walked around the room in a daze. The servant girl was so scared that she didn't dare to make a sound or leave, afraid that I would be in danger.
In the end, I don't know how I fell asleep. The whole night was a nightmare, mixed with the Crown Prince's twisted face and blood-red eyes, the Emperor's tearful sorrow, and the smile on Doctor Gu's face when he left me.
His body felt cold and hot. He just couldn't wake up. Her body was like a clockwork, moving non-stop.
She felt that someone had come a few times and left.
I smell the scent of Joyous Union…
"Miss Xia, Mr. Murong is waiting for you in your room.”The servant girl ran over and called out to me, who was staring blankly at the heavy snow.
I came back to my senses and walked to my room. Ever since Chu Xi, I had a fever for two days. After I recovered, Murong Xi was nowhere to be seen. At night, I would clutch Shui Xuanyue's mother's jade bracelet tightly. When I woke up the next morning, my fingertips were pale white.
The hem of her dress swept the snow behind her, and the water on her dress accumulated, making her dress heavier and heavier. By the time she reached the room, her knees were already wet.
When Murong Xi saw me enter and saw my wet dress, he frowned and went out. The servant girl came in and changed my clothes and gave me a hand warmer.
Murong Xi sat down at the table and poured me some tea. The hot tea was steaming as it was delivered to my eyes.
I took it and put it aside. The jade bracelet made a crisp sound when it touched the stone table.
" Ji 'er…I shouldn't have brought you to see it last time…" He hesitated, not knowing what to say.
I smiled faintly." It's fine. I didn't expect the royal family to be so terrifying." I wonder when the emperor will be able to vindicate my father.”
Murong Xi bit his coquettish lips."Don't worry, it'll be done soon.”
After saying that, he changed the topic. I don't want to be too entangled,
That night, the news of the Emperor's funeral spread out from the palace. The third prince was appointed as the new emperor.
Even though this news had spread, the Third Prince's residence was still as quiet as ever. Even the servants were well-behaved and did what they did in the past.
I suddenly understood that all of this was planned by the Third Prince. He knew that the Crown Prince would launch a coup, that he would kill the old Emperor, that the Crown Prince would be captured, and that the so-called ghost soldiers would not come at all!
I walked to the brightly lit study and saw a figure walking back and forth inside. From time to time, servant girls would enter. He turned around and left, returning to his room to rest. He will soon become the new Emperor, and he doesn't need a random person like me to disturb him.
In the garden, I saw a beautiful woman. Even in winter, her skin was exposed in the air, like an ice sculpture. When he saw me approaching, he stopped to look at me. I lowered my head, wanting to walk past him. "Miss Xia, how are you doing in the Third Prince's mansion?"”
"Very good." After saying that, I wanted to leave, but she still wouldn't let me.
" You're just the daughter of a guilty minister, and you're lucky to have survived. I didn't expect that the prince would allow you to walk around here as you please…" She snorted coldly and looked at me with her black eyes." Leave the Third Prince while I'm happy."”
With that, he left.
The servant girl beside me lowered her head tightly. When she realized that I had no intention of leaving, she could only raise her head and say,"It's the Third Prince's concubine, Xue Ning."
I looked at Xue Ning's back as she left and muttered silently," The person beside the hut is like the moon, and the white wrist is like frost and snow..."
By the time she returned to her room, the snow outside the window had already stopped for a long time. The servant girl stuffed new charcoal into the charcoal basin, and the whole room was warm.
After that day, I didn't go anywhere. I spent three days in my room reading History of the Four Directions. This book was about a person who traveled around the continent, went to all kinds of barren lands, and encountered all kinds of dangers. Now that he had published a book, he was ridiculed and said that it was a fantasy. I knew that there were indeed places on the main road where there were golden-haired and blue-eyed people, ancient trees as thick as houses, and cannibals. I was pleasantly surprised by this author's experience. It turns out that there are such intelligent people in this world.
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