Chapter 29
For a moment, Yingying really thought Qin Rong was reborn.
It was not until she heard the chill in Qin Rong's words that she felt relieved and began to pretend to be stupid, "Did Yingying say something just now?"
"Ah, maybe I'm a little drunk after drinking some wine."
Qin Rong watched her act quietly, standing there without moving.
The sultry night is not breeze-free, making people feel hot and uneasy.
Somehow, Yingying always felt that Qin Rong looked at her with a strange look, as if she was transparent. After a lot of trouble, she sweated a lot. On the other hand, Qin Rong seemed to have no change, so she took the initiative to shout: "Third Brother?"
"The banquet is not over yet, let's go back soon."
It was too hot this day. As she said that, Yingying was already walking towards Pengzuntai quickly. When she passed by Qinrong, she held her heart. As expected, she was caught by Qinrong and forced to stop in place.
The warm palms of her usual days are cool, and it feels a bit comfortable to apply to her hot skin.
Yingying pretended to be calm and looked up at him, Qin Rong was also looking at her, gently curling the corner of her mouth and whispering: "Aren't you a little drunk?"
"The third brother leads you away, be careful not to fall."
Yingying did not resist. She just wanted to return to Daddy Gu's side soon. As expected, the safest one is by her relatives.
They were together all the way, and Qin Rong did not mention the wrong name afterwards. Yingying did not regard this as a major event, and naturally she didn't care about it when she saw Qin Rong no longer mentioned it. Until the two entered the side hall of Pengzuntai, Qin Rong smiled and reminded her when she let go: "Yingying drink less wine in the future."
"Every time you get drunk, you will recognize your third brother as the prince."
Yingying was stunned and always felt that Qin Rong was saying something strange.
The banquet had been held for most of the time. When Yingying returned, Empress Dowager Zhaoxuan was talking to Qiu Anan with a smile. It was really time for her to go back. She happened to hear the Empress Dowager ask if Qiu Anan had any sweetheart.
Yingying was separated from Qiu An'an several places. She stretched her head curiously and looked at Qiu An'an. She saw Qiu An'an sitting beside Qiu Yu. She looked pretty in a pink dress, with a slightly blushing face and turned her head uncomfortably, but she answered "No".
Really not?
Yingying supported her chin and always felt that Qiu Anan seemed to want to look here but was afraid of being noticed.
Qiu Yu noticed Yingying's gaze. He pursed his lips and moved his body to block Qiu An'an. At this time, Yingying's arm was pulled a little, and Gu Lingxiao, who was sitting on the other side of Yingying, tickled, "What are you looking at?"
Yingying was pulled back by him and told the truth, "I'm watching Qiu An'an."
"What do you think she does?"
Gu Lingxiao knew that Yingying and Qiu Anan had a conflict, but he always regarded this as a little quarrel at the girl's house. Yingying stared at Gu Lingxiao's expression carefully. Seeing that he looked calm and had no reaction, she approached him and asked quietly: "What kind of girl do you like with your brother."
Gu Lingxiao pushed her head away and deliberately teased her: "Any personality is good, as long as it's not like you."
"Lie, you said a few days ago that I love flowers when I see you." Yingying never asked Gu Lingxiao this question in her previous life, and she never thought Gu Lingxiao would answer like this in this life.
If he told the truth, then how could he marry Qiu Anan, who has a similar personality to her in his previous life, just to repay his kindness?
Yingying recalled the marriage between Gu Lingxiao and Qiu Anan in her previous life, and always felt that her brother really liked Qiu Anan.
“…”
After the banquet, Yingying was sweating all over when she returned.
Today, she was finally released from the palace by her aunt. After she followed her father and the others back home, Xiaodai prepared hot water for her and thoughtfully sprinkled a lot of petals in the bathtub.
Influenced by her previous life, Yingying now doesn't like someone to serve her while bathing. After Xiaodai went out, she soaked in a bucket and closed her eyes comfortably. The system said at this time: [After testing, Qin Rong was not reborn.]
Yingying nodded, "You're too slow to react, I've known it a long time ago."
Ruoqinrong was really reborn, and he could not have reacted to the four words "Prince Brother".
Yingying is most worried about the mission of Jiuhua Palace. She said in confusion: "You said you want me to save Qiu An'an and Gu Lingxiao in Jiuhua Palace. There is a royal forbidden area. Is there any danger?"
"Also, will my brother and Qiu Anan have an accident together? If they don't get together again and have an accident at the same time, how should I save me? If it is based on force, my martial arts will be taught by my brother."
I don’t know if I dislike Yingying for too many questions or how to answer them, the system was silent for a moment before saying: [...Don’t you know what will happen?]
Yingying looked confused, "How could I know?"
【never mind.】
The system was a little discouraged, [Don’t think so much, in short, just listen to my arrangements at that time.]
Yingying didn't trust the system a little, but there was no other way, so she could only threaten the system: "You have to know that I accepted the task for my brother. If something happened to him, I won't continue to do this task."
After the system replied, Yingying felt relieved.
On the night when Queen Mother Zhaoxuan’s birthday party ended, there was a heavy rain.
The stuffy air dissipated after the heavy rain. Yingying wore more clothes when she went out the next day and laughed at the system: "Didn't you say yesterday's stuffy heat was a warning? Why did it get cooler again after the rain?"
The system hummed; [You wait.]
"Wait, wait." Yingying felt more and more that this system was unreliable.
She took Xiaodai to wander the street. Yu Guang suddenly saw a familiar figure. He looked at it carefully again. She quickly ran behind the man, patted his shoulder and shouted, "Your Highness Yan Ning!"
Yan Ning's body was slightly stiff, and he paused and looked back at Yingying, narrowed his eyes slightly and said slowly: "It's you."
"Why are you leaving the palace?" Yingying was quite happy to meet him on the street. Seeing him holding a folding fan, she asked with a smile: "It's not hot today, why are you doing with a fan?"
Yan Ning shook the fan away when he heard the sound, half-covered his face and said, "Of course, it's to avoid attracting attention."
Yingying nodded, knowing that his face is quite attractive, so she didn't ask any more questions.
It was already noon, and Yingying happened to be looking for a restaurant to have dinner. She had no friend in this imperial city, so she naturally became closer to Yan Ning. "It's fate to meet. I'll treat you to dinner today."
As she said that, she wanted to pull Yan Ning away, and asked with concern: "Is your arms better?"
"It's already great." Yan Ning was forced to follow Yingying for two steps.
His eyebrows were a little cold, and when he suddenly stopped, he directly blocked Yingying's hand with a folding fan. Seeing Yingying looking at him with confusion, he pulled his lips and smiled, "It's really not to be hindered. I came out with Ji Hua today, and she was waiting for me in front of me."
As soon as she heard Yan Jihua's name, Yingying was distracted. She nodded to express her understanding, "So that's how it is."
Yan Ning glanced at the maid beside Yingying and continued to explain: "Ji Hua has never been to this Northern Imperial City. This palace specially took her out for a walk today."
"Yingying."
Yan Ning lowered her voice, staring at her with her eyes and said, "Don't mention this matter to others."
After all, they are from Nanyin, and their identities are not ordinary people. Yingying knows Yan Ning's difficulties in this northern region, so she responded very readily, "Don't worry, I haven't seen you today."
Yan Ning nodded with satisfaction, shook the folding fan and disappeared on the street corner quickly.
It was not until Yan Ning's back disappeared that Yingying retracted her gaze and asked Xiaodai, "Do you think that Your Highness Yan Ning is a little strange today?"
Xiaodai shook her head, "I don't think so. Maybe he doesn't want people to find out that he has left the palace."
"Maybe."
Yingying didn't think about it anymore, but said at the end: "He smells so good today."
She had never smelled the sweet and greasy fragrance on Yan Ning before.
“…”
This day, it changes as soon as you say it. Yingying said during the day that the system is unreliable. Unexpectedly, the weather suddenly becomes hotter at night, and then it becomes hotter and hotter. Yingying often wakes up from the heat when she falls asleep at night.
The system gloated at this time: [Is it hot?]
Yingying woke up in the middle of the night and was so irritable that she ignored the system. The system deliberately angered her: [Wait, it will be hotter in two days.]
Two more days later, it turned out to be hotter.
The big sun was hanging above the sky, and cicadas were clamoring on the trees. It was noon, and Xiaodai stood beside Yingying and fanned her, looking at the sun outside the window and sighed: "This weather is really annoying."
Yingying and the others just stayed in the room and didn't go out, and they were all bored by the heat, let alone those who were forced to run around.
When Gu Lingxiao and Gu Mingzhi came back to the palace, they looked bad when they said nothing. Yingying quickly handed over the cold handkerchief when she saw them coming back. Gu Lingxiao took off her court uniform and ordered the servants: "Go and prepare hot water."
After taking off the court uniform, Yingying realized that Gu Lingxiao's back was wet. She quickly fanned him with a fan. Seeing that Gu Mingzhi always had a stern face, she whispered to her brother: "What's wrong with Daddy?"
"Shh, let's say a little bit, Daddy was scolded by His Majesty."
It was not Gu Mingzhi who made the mistake, but his officials. Today, even Emperor Wu Cheng was in a bad mood and would inevitably vent his anger.
This was just the beginning. After that, Emperor Wucheng became more and more irritable day by day. His aunt even reported that Yingying had less time to enter the palace recently, saying that the empress dowager was in a bad mood these days, and the people in the palace were panic and afraid of making mistakes.
The scorching heat this year came too early. If it were in the past, it would take at least half a month before Emperor Wucheng ordered to go to Jiuhua Palace to escape the heat. It might be so hot that it was unbearable. After a few days of hard work, Emperor Wucheng issued an order to go to Jiuhua Palace. Due to weather reasons, Princess Huale delayed her return to Nanyin and went to Jiuhua Palace to escape the heat.
Everything the system said came true. When we learned that we were about to set off in three days, Yingying left the city regardless of the hot weather that day and ran to Qingguang Temple.
Master Jingshan had not yet developed the antidote for lovers. Yingying didn't know how long it would take to go to Jiuhua Mountain, so she asked Jingshan for some medicine.
"It is hard to find the earth-root dragon. I wonder if these medicines can last until the donor comes back."
Yingying looked at the few pills in the small box and thanked her very gratefully.
Even if there is only one, it was developed by Master Jingshan for his efforts. Yingying stored them carefully and insisted on accompanying him up the mountain to collect herbs despite the hot weather.
She came here early today. It was already afternoon when she accompanied Jingshan to collect medicine. Before leaving, Yingying donated money for incense and oil and went to the main hall to worship Buddha devoutly.
When she returned to the mansion, it was already evening. Yingying was tired and hot. Xiaodai helped her get off the carriage. As soon as she entered the mansion, she bumped into Gu Lingxiao who was rushing to come, "Why did you come back so late?"
He raised his hand to wipe Yingying's face and urged Xiaodai, "Go and pack your luggage for the lady quickly, we'll set off tomorrow."
"Where are you going?" Yingying saw the house was busy.
Gu Lingxiao explained: "Mr. Li went to find His Majesty, which means that day is the best time to set off, and in a few days it will be the best time to set off."
Yingying was glad that she was not lazy and chose to go to Qingguang Temple today. She muttered in a low voice: "Li Huaixu is so hot that she wants His Majesty to leave quickly."
"Start talking nonsense again."
Gu Lingxiao knocked Yingying on the head, "If you see Lord Li, please be more respectful. He is the person your Majesty trusts the most."
Li Huaixu's ability is that he can determine his destiny in one sentence. After all, Emperor Wucheng was able to become a king, and his mouth helped a lot.
Chapter completed!