Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 144

Chapter 144 Gate Reception
However, Fu Yingran had forgotten about many things in the past few days. Before she could tell Huyan Mingshuo about it, she saw that he was really angry. Thus, she smiled at Huyan Mingshuo and said, “Well, husband, I forgot to tell you one thing. Don’t blame me if you listen to me.”

Seeing Fu Yingran laughing foolishly while scratching his head, Huyan Mingshuo immediately knew that his little wife was probably scheming against someone else. However, he did not care about this. As long as the person who was scheming was not him, he would just ask, “What is it? Tell me.”

“Well, don’t get angry, as long as you wait a moment, someone will tell us Mu Linghua’s whereabouts. Actually, when we first entered the Great Chen Kingdom, “I ordered the people of Tian Yi Village to secretly keep an eye on Mu Ling Hua just to prevent this from happening today. I estimate that our people must have followed the Nanjiang people. We just need to wait patiently. Once they know where the Nanjiang people are staying in Da Chen, they will come back and report it.”

After saying that, Fu Yingran looked at Huyan Mingshuo with a fawning expression, afraid that he would complain that he had something to hide from him.

After listening to Fu Yingran’s words, Huyan Mingshuo only rolled his eyes at her and his anger lessened a lot. Thus, he said to her angrily, “Why didn’t you say something like this earlier? Seeing that I was anxious, you were very happy, weren’t you?”

“Isn’t this a lot of things recently? Have I forgotten? I didn’t do it on purpose.”

Fu Yingran was also wronged. It’s not like she doesn’t want to say, She really forgot. If someone hadn’t kidnapped Mu Ling Hua, she probably would never have remembered this matter. She didn’t know why, but ever since she gave birth to her son, she felt that her memory was slowly decreasing. She didn’t know if it was because of too many things or something. It was because her memory was getting worse and worse.

Looking at Fu Yingran’s wronged expression, Huyan Mingshuo’s heart immediately softened. He pulled her to his side and reached out to stroke her hair. He said softly, “Alright, I don’t blame you. In the future, you must remember to tell me if there is anything, so that I can make arrangements in advance.”

Seeing his tone soften, Fu Yingran felt relieved. She leaned against his chest and nodded silently. “Yes, I know. I don’t know what happened. I always feel that my memory is getting worse and worse these past few years. I always forget things.”

Hearing Fu Yingran’s words, Huyan Mingshuo also secretly remembered it in his heart. He thought that he must find an imperial physician to show her when he returned, so that she could rest properly for a while. It was estimated that it was due to the excessive use of her brain these past few years that it had become like this.

So he hugged Fu Yingran in his arms and said, “I know. It must have been too hard these past few years. After the world settles down, I’ll let you rest properly for a while. You can endure it any longer. After we deal with Mu Lingfeng, we can go back to Yelan to see our son.”

“Alright, I’ll listen to you.”

Fu Yingran leaned against Huyan Mingshuo’s embrace and hugged him tightly, enjoying this rare moment of peace.

But at this moment, A disciple in his early twenties hurriedly walked up to Fu Yingran. After respectfully saluting her, and said, “Reporting to Eldest Miss, Just when the chaos happened in front of us, a few highly skilled martial artists suddenly rushed into the prison cart and kidnapped Mu Linghua. Our people are good at tracking, and their martial arts are no match for each other. Therefore, we dare not alarm them. We can only follow them all the way until they arrive at their destination and report back to Eldest Miss. ”

After listening to his words, Fu Yingran stood up from Huyan Mingshuo’s embrace and nodded in satisfaction, “Well, you guys did a good job. I will inform Zhou Qing and ask him to praise you. Tell me where Mu Linghua is hiding with His Highness the Crown Prince right now.”

“Yes, Eldest Miss. Our men followed them all the way and discovered that they had actually brought Mu Ling Hua to a house in the south of the city. Thus, we left a few people to guard that place. This subordinate will immediately return to report to Eldest Miss and ask Eldest Miss to make a decision.”

After he finished speaking, Fu Yingran nodded to him and said, “Well, you guys have done a good job. It’s been hard on you. We are also waiting for your news. Leave the rest to us. As long as you are responsible for bringing our people to Mu Linghua’s hiding place, you can go back to Tian Yizhuang directly.”

“Yes, Eldest Miss. This subordinate knows.” After saying that, he retreated and waited at the door for Fu Yingran’s instructions

Afterwards, Fu Yingran turned to Huyan Mingshuo and said, “Now that we know where Mu Linghua is, I don’t think we’re gonna have to do this on our own anymore, “No matter what, this is what happened in the Great Chen Kingdom. They should do something about it. We can’t do it all. They can enjoy the benefits. Besides, now that the Night Tide Army has left the Great Chen Kingdom, we have no one to use. We can’t just surround Mu Linghua with the three of us, can we?”

Huyan Mingshuo nodded and smiled, “You’re right. We should let them do something. After all, this happened in their Great Chen Kingdom, and they can’t shirk their responsibility. It’s already good that I don’t blame them. How can I do anything for them? Then, where is my dignity?” “Let’s go inside the palace and talk about it, so that Emperor Chen can be anxious.”

Hearing these two people’s words, Nalan Jinhong also echoed, “Yes, what the Crown Princess said is correct. There is indeed no one we can use right now. Naturally, we are unable to encircle and suppress these remnants of the Southern Region. This matter should be handled by the Great Chen Kingdom itself.”

This Nalan Jinhong was originally dissatisfied with Emperor Da Chen. This Emperor Da Chen was too ignorant and didn’t even look at their identities. He didn’t even arrange for someone to protect them along the way, so he should be anxious. Therefore, Fu Yingran’s words directly met his thoughts.

Actually, no wonder they deliberately made things difficult, Ever since they left the palace yesterday, Not only did Emperor Da Chen not arrange for anyone to protect them, Not even a servant was assigned to them, Although the three of them were unable to touch them with their martial arts, the etiquette they should have should be perfunctory on the surface. Therefore, the Great Chen Kingdom had an unshirkable responsibility for such a thing. Thus, the few of them left the matter of encircling Mu Linghua to His Majesty the Great Chen Emperor to worry about.

Thus, the three of them looked at each other and smiled. He walked towards the Great Chen Imperial Palace. It wasn’t that Fu Yingran and the others didn’t care, He deliberately gave Mu Ling Hua time to escape, It was because they knew that even if the other party kidnapped Mu Ling Hua, she was only a living dead person now. They would definitely not send Mu Ling Hua away just like that. This was too conspicuous. There would definitely be many inconveniences on the way to escape. They would definitely find a way to wake Mu Ling Hua up before bringing her away from the Great Chen Kingdom.

Therefore, they could rest assured that they would not leave the Great Chen Kingdom until Mu Linghua awakened. Thus, the three of them staggered towards the Great Chen Imperial Palace.

When the three of them arrived at the entrance of the palace, they saw Emperor Da Chen acting as if he was greeting a sovereign. When the three of them saw this scene, they immediately stopped in their tracks. When the Great Chen Emperor saw Huyan Mingshuo and Fu Yingran, he immediately bowed to them and said, “Great Chen Monarch Chen Yan, greets His Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess of Yelan Kingdom. I hope that you will forgive me for neglecting you yesterday because of the sudden incident in the palace.”

Seeing him being so respectful, Huyan Mingshuo wasn’t too embarrassed. He immediately took a step forward and helped him up, saying, “Emperor Da Chen, please stand up. There’s no need to be too polite between us. I was also present yesterday. You didn’t mean to do this on purpose. Let’s talk about it in the palace.”

As he spoke, he walked around Emperor Da Chen and headed towards the palace. Emperor Da Chen and Nalan Jinhong had no choice but to follow Huyan Mingshuo to the palace. Since Nalan Jinhong was only the title of the prince, his status was on par with his, so he only nodded to him and greeted him.

After all, Da Chen’s Emperor had been in power for many years. How could he not know how rude and neglectful he had been towards Huyan Mingshuo and the others this day? It was just that there were priorities. In the circumstances at that time, he truly had no time to care about other things. After all, one of the two people who had fallen was his beloved woman, and the other was his beloved son.

Therefore, he had specially paid Huyan Mingshuo a respectful greeting today. Firstly, he wanted to express his sincere submission to the Night Tide Nation, to Huyan Mingshuo, and secondly, to apologize to the three of them for what happened yesterday.

Sure enough, Huyan Mingshuo and Nalan Jinhong said, After seeing his respectful attitude, the dissatisfaction in his heart was suppressed for a night and immediately dissipated. As Huyan Mingshuo walked into the palace, he said to him, “Emperor Chen, you don’t need to care. Yesterday’s incident happened so suddenly. No one expected that such a thing would happen. Your country will inevitably be caught off guard. This palace can understand.”

Seeing that Huyan Mingshuo had no intention of blaming him, the Great Chen Emperor was relieved. Otherwise, if Great Chen angered Huyan Mingshuo and ordered the Ye Lan army to turn around to attack Great Chen, then their Great Chen Country would be in danger. With Great Chen Country’s current national strength, they would simply not be able to contend against the Ye Lan Army.

At this moment, he saw Huyan Mingshuo and the others’ calm expressions. He did not intend to argue, He was no longer bothered with this matter, Then, she thought of Concubine Li and Chen Bao, who were still lying on the bed. He couldn’t help but be worried. From yesterday until now, almost all of the imperial physicians in the palace had checked their pulse. However, no one could find out the reason why they suddenly fainted, so there was no way to apply medicine. Thus, he suddenly remembered what Fu Yingran had said yesterday. This was probably caused by the backlash of the Gu worm. When he mentioned the Gu worm, Emperor Chen remembered Mu Linghua’s existence.

Thus, he immediately sent someone to bring Mu Ling Hua. However, the palace people told him that Mu Ling Hua had been taken away by the Ye Lan Crown Princess. Only then did he recall that the Ye Lan Crown Prince and his group were still in the Great Chen Kingdom. Furthermore, from yesterday until now, he had not appointed anyone to protect them, nor even arranged for a servant girl to come over.

He couldn’t help but feel a little worried. He had heard that this Crown Prince Ye Lan’s temper wasn’t very good. After being neglected by him in such a cold manner, he didn’t know if he would vent his anger on the entire Great Chen Kingdom. If that was the case, he would be the sinner of the entire Great Chen Kingdom.

Thus, he asked where they were going. When he found out that they were temporarily staying at the relay station, he immediately sent his luanjia to greet Huyan Mingshuo, so that he could bring Mu Linghua into the palace.

Thinking of Mu Ling Hua, Emperor Da Chen couldn’t help but turn around and look behind him. However, behind them was the palace servant he had sent to pick them up. There was only a relatively unfamiliar youth following behind, and there wasn’t even the slightest trace of Mu Ling Hua.

Thus, he very tactfully said to Huyan Mingshuo, “Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness. Imperial Concubine Li and Bao’er fainted at the same time. It was indeed a sudden incident that left me helpless. From yesterday until now, the imperial physicians in the palace have been unable to find out the cause of the two of them and dare not drug them. I remember that Imperial Concubine Li said yesterday that it was very likely that they fainted due to the backlash of the Gu worms in their bodies.

Fortunately, Princess Mu Linghua of the Southern Region had already been brought back by His Highness the Crown Prince. It shouldn’t be difficult to save their mother and son. As long as Mu Linghua spoke, it would be fine.

However, he did not know why His Highness the Crown Prince did not bring Mu Ling Hua into the palace. “I hope that His Highness the Crown Prince will inform Mu Linghua of her whereabouts so that I can send someone to bring her into the palace and resolve this matter as soon as possible. His Highness the Crown Prince has every reason to stay here, so I’m sure he won’t have the time to deal with this matter as soon as possible. His Highness the Crown Prince can also leave to deal with his own affairs as soon as possible. Don’t miss His Highness’s important matters.”