Chapter 196 He Seemed to...see the Light

For many days afterwards, Shen Qing did not go to Zhou Xian again, but prepared for the wedding with Shen Yian in the mansion, as if she had really handed everything over to Qin Luan.

Shen Qing also got the news about Mu Ziqian's final fate.

After being humiliated and taught a lesson by those young masters of aristocratic families, Mu Ziqian limped out of the city with scars all over his body.

However, in the evening of that day, the body was found in a corner less than three miles from the city gate. All the bones in the body were broken, and the fingers were chopped off one by one. The death was extremely tragic, as if it was a revenge killing.

Qingzhu was snatched by one of the young masters and taken to the mansion for himself, but after a few days, the young master got tired of it and sold it to a brothel.

Shen Qing was not surprised by such a result.

Mu Ziqian has never been a good person. He offended many people when he was in his prime. Now the emperor has ordered him to be expelled from Shengjing, and Yangling Marquis's Mansion has completely abandoned him. It is normal for his former enemies to take this opportunity to attack secretly.

As for Qingzhu, she was not good at judging people and was stubborn. She helped Mu Ziqian to be an accomplice before, and now she knows what kind of character Mu Ziqian has and wants to go out of the city with him. She does not deserve sympathy.

Mu Ziqian's death did not cause any waves in Shen Qing's heart. Shen Qing continued to do her work in an orderly manner. However, at this point, her grievances with Yangling Marquis's Mansion have been settled.

After a little half a month, the rumors about Yangling Marquis's Mansion gradually weakened, and a bigger news continued to spread in Shengjing City-

The emperor has issued an order to establish a mansion for Princess Ning Huan Chu Qingyi, and at the same time granted her a marriage with Cui Chengyan, the second son of the Shangshu Mansion.

Although Chu Qingyi is the empress's legitimate princess and has a noble status, there have been many legitimate princesses in the royal family since the founding of the Great Chu, but only a few have been allowed to establish a palace.

The empress personally went to the emperor to ask for this grace from Chu Qingyi, because Chu Qingyi had a serious illness a few years ago, and she had been recuperating in the palace all year round and rarely showed up. The empress was afraid that she would have difficulty adapting after getting married, so she prayed to the emperor to build a princess's palace for her.

The emperor agreed, and now the Ministry of Works has begun to select a site and prepare for construction. When the princess's palace is built, it will be the day for Chu Qingyi and Cui Chengyan to get married.

The moment the imperial edict of marriage was passed to the Shangshu Mansion, Shangshu Cui's mouth was almost crooked with laughter. The legitimate daughter became the prince's concubine, and the son became the legitimate princess's son-in-law. The Shangshu Mansion and the prince Chu Lingxiu were completely tied together. When the prince ascended the throne, the Cui family would be the biggest new noble in Shengjing!

Cui Chengyan accepted the imperial edict of marriage, while Minister Cui happily prepared for his son's wedding. For such a major event as the Princess Shang, it must be carefully considered.

Yangling Marquis was sent back to the palace, the Shangshu Mansion was completely dependent on the Crown Prince Chu Lingxiu, and the marriage of Prince Duan Chu Lingxi and the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion was imminent. The situation in the court was changing rapidly, but the whereabouts of the fifth prince Chu Lingyuan were still unknown.

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At the same time, in the bamboo house.

As the days of blindness became longer and longer, Chu Lingyuan had gradually gotten used to the darkness, and the injuries on his face had mostly healed. He could already vaguely see his former high-spirited appearance.

Yun Xiaoxiao walked in from outside, holding a roasted rabbit in her hand. While chewing the rabbit leg, she began to ask her daily questions: "Are your eyes better? Do you remember anything?"

Chu Lingyuan shook his head, and his answer was the same as before, "Nothing."

Yun Xiaoxiao frowned, "Why hasn't it responded for so long? Could it be that my medical skills have deteriorated after not using me for a long time? That shouldn't be the case, right?"

Chu Lingyuan smiled, "How could that be? Miss Xiao is an excellent doctor. It must be because I was injured too badly."

In front of Chu Lingyuan, Yun Xiaoxiao still used the fake identity that Shen Qing had fabricated for her before. Her surname was Xiao. As for what to call her, Yun Xiaoxiao hadn't thought about it, so she asked Chu Lingyuan to call her Miss Xiao.

Yun Xiaoxiao thought about it and felt that what Chu Lingyuan said made sense. The cliff was a hundred feet high, and Chu Lingyuan's leg bones were broken into five pieces. It was reasonable that his head was seriously injured.

Without letting Yun Xiaoxiao think any more, Chu Lingyuan asked with a smile: "What kind of meat did you eat today? It smells so good."

"Rabbit meat, do you want some?"

Chu Lingyuan stretched out his hand towards her, "Yes."

Yun Xiaoxiao coughed lightly, broke off a piece of back meat that she disliked the second most from the roasted rabbit in her hand and handed it to him, Chu Lingyuan accepted it with great satisfaction.

It's not the rabbit head today, Miss Xiao is treating him better.

After spending half a month with Yun Xiaoxiao, Chu Lingyuan knew that she liked to eat roasted game, but only liked to eat the limbs, and the thing she disliked the most was the head, so for half a month, he had been relying on rabbit heads to fill his stomach.

After chewing the last hind leg in her hand, Yun Xiaoxiao threw the rest to Chu Lingyuan and told her: "I will be out for a few days starting tomorrow, you should be quiet in the bamboo house."

Rong Heng has sent her several letters, and if she doesn't go back, she is afraid that Rong Heng will go crazy.

Chu Lingyuan felt a little reluctant, and then he began to worry about his daily survival, "What should I do?"

"I have already talked to Aunt Wang at the foot of the mountain. She will come to deliver your three meals a day. As for daily needs, there is a basin next to the bed. You can make do with it yourself."

Chu Lingyuan was silent, and his fair cheeks instantly turned red. He whispered "OK".

Yun Xiaoxiao didn't understand what he was shy about, so he turned around and left. Chu Lingyuan looked up at the direction where Yun Xiaoxiao left, and felt a slight light in front of his eyes.

He seemed to... see the light.

...

The days passed very quickly, and it was already the end of July in a blink of an eye. The date for Chu Lingxi and Gu Tingyan's wedding was set for July 30th. But just three days before the wedding day, something suddenly happened to Chu Lingxi. .

He fell off the horse while galloping and broke his legs. The imperial doctor said that the injury was serious and it would take at least two months to recover. As expected, the wedding was postponed.

When Gu Tingyan learned the news and rushed over, she saw Chu Lingxi leaning on the bedside with a leisurely expression, holding a hairpin in his hands, and his eyes were softer than Gu Tingyan had ever seen before.

"cousin."

Hearing Gu Tingyan's voice, Chu Lingxi quickly stuffed the hairpin under the pillow and responded perfunctorily: "Cousin Tingyan is here."

Gu Tingyan's eyes glanced at the pillow, then he looked back calmly, and said with concern: "Is my cousin's leg feeling better?"

Chu Lingxi sighed, "It's not good. Although the imperial doctor has prescribed painkillers, it still hurts."

After he finished speaking, he said apologetically: "I'm sorry, cousin Tingyan, I'm afraid our wedding will be postponed."

Gu Tingyan was silent for a moment, sent all the maids out of the house, and then said: "I know what happened today was deliberately done by my cousin, but didn't we all agree before? Now that my cousin is like this, And why?”

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