Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 80

Chapter 80 Secret Exposure
When Huyan Mingshuo heard this, he immediately stood up and walked out, saying, “We can’t let him run like this. Bring someone and follow me south.” Afterwards, he instructed Little Yi Zi at the door, “Take care of the Crown Princess.”

Fu Yingran watched him leave without saying anything. Just like she had said before, Huyan Mingshuo was first the Crown Prince of Ye Lan, then himself, then her husband. As his wife, Fu Yingran could only support him unconditionally.

Huyan Mingshuo brought two thousand Ye Lan cavalry and quickly chased south. The speed of the Ye Lan cavalry was unparalleled, and it was an existence that every country feared. Thus, two hours later, two hundred miles away from the capital, Huyan Mingshuo finally caught up to Mu Lingfeng.

Huyan Mingshuo waved his hand and made a gesture of encirclement. Two thousand cavalry surrounded Mu Lingfeng. Then Huyan Mingshuo said unhurriedly, “Where is Crown Prince Mu going? I, Ye Lan, have neglected Crown Prince Mu.”

At this moment, Mu Lingfeng was anxious and didn’t have the mood to fight with him. He directly said, “Huyan Mingshuo, don’t play this trick with me. We don’t talk in secret. That’s right, I asked Ling Hua to poison you, and I also instructed her to plant the Concentrated Gu for you afterwards. Now that I’m in your hands, let’s kill you quickly.”

“Crown Prince Mu is truly courageous. However, I stopped you today for another reason. I heard that Imperial Physician Xia seems to know something about Imperial Concubine Ni, so I would like to invite Crown Prince Mu to listen to her. Imperial Concubine Ni is also your aunt no matter what, right?” Huyan Mingshuo looked at Mu Lingfeng and waited for his reply.

However, Mu Lingfeng directly pulled out his sword and instructed the attendants beside him, “Everyone obey my orders and follow me out.” Then, Huyan Mingshuo pulled out his sword and said, “I overestimated myself.” He also rode his horse and rushed towards Huyan Mingshuo.

Suddenly, Mu Lingfeng waved his right hand and a large sesame-like object flew towards them. Huyan Mingshuo instinctively brandished his sword to block it. However, the soldiers beside him immediately fell to the ground and lost consciousness.

Huyan Mingshuo was shocked, so he reached out to catch the hidden weapon that Mu Lingfeng threw at him again. He couldn’t help but lower his head to take a look. The instant he lowered his head, Mu Lingfeng immediately used his qinggong. He turned around and disappeared, leaving behind all his followers, allowing the Ye Lan Cavalry to vent their anger.

Huyan Mingshuo looked at the item in his hand. He saw it drill into his hand but couldn’t enter. It looked like a small green ball that had crawled out of Ying Ran’s body last time. However, its size was much smaller. Thus, he immediately instructed the remaining soldiers, “Kill all these Nanjiang people and leave none behind.”

Afterwards, he got off his horse and looked at the fallen soldiers. He saw a small green ball beside each of them. He remembered the scene of saving Fu Yingran back then. He taught the soldiers the method that Fu Yingran had said back then and told them to quickly wake up their companions. Then, he brought everyone back.

When he returned to the Crown Prince’s Mansion, the sun had already risen. He quickly walked to Jingxian Residence and pushed the door open. He saw Fu Yingran leaning against the head of the bed and sleeping. However, he thought that she had waited for him all night. Huyan Mingshuo felt warm in his heart. He walked over lightly and intended to put her on the bed to sleep.

However, just as he bent down, Fu Yingran opened his eyes and put his arms around his neck, asking, “You’re back. Did you catch Mu Lingfeng?”

Huyan Mingshuo was hugged by her like this, so he could only accompany her to bed. Then, he gently spread out his hands and said, “What do you think this is? Does it look familiar?”

Fu Yingran looked at his palm and saw a few sesame-sized items on it trying to drill into his palm. Wasn’t this thing just familiar to her? For this reason, the original owner had even paid the price of his life, and he had almost lost the child in his stomach.

“I don’t just look familiar. I’m just an old acquaintance. Isn’t this the Soul Devouring Gu? Where did you get it? It’s not easy to get it. Fortunately, I brought you a protective shield for my wife. Otherwise, you might have been brought back by someone else right now,” she said hatefully.

“Yes, I really have to thank Madam. Otherwise, not only me, but even the soldiers I brought with me wouldn’t be able to return. If I hadn’t known how to save you last time, at least half of the soldiers would have been brought back this time.” As Huyan Mingshuo spoke, he got out of bed, found an exquisite box, put the Soul Devouring Gu inside, and walked back to Fu Yingran’s side to open the quilt and lie down.

Ying Ran couldn’t help but think in his heart. Yeah, if he hadn’t brought the medicinal jade with him, he would have fallen. And the soldiers under him didn’t know the solution to this Soul Devouring Gu, so wouldn’t he let Mu Lingfeng handle it? It was unknown if he could come back or not.

Fu Yingran felt afraid just thinking about it, so she hugged Huyan Mingshuo tightly and said, “Fortunately, I gave you the medicinal jade beforehand. Otherwise, the child and I would probably lose you right now. Promise me that you will protect yourself for the sake of me and the child.”

Huyan Mingshuo saw her slightly red eyes and promised, “I promise you, I will protect myself.” Hearing what he said, Fu Yingran raised his head from his embrace and said, “Ming Shuo, I have an idea in my heart, but you can’t blame me. This is the only way out for Ye Lan right now.”

Hearing Fu Yingran’s words, Huyan Mingshuo also asked with a serious expression, “What do you think? Tell me first. By the way, I haven’t asked you yet. How did you deal with Mu Linghua? How did you arouse such a big reaction from them?” Since she said that this was Ye Lan’s only way out, it was no matter how difficult it was, but the premise was that he had to know everything about it.

“You just remembered to ask this question. Isn’t it a bit too slow? Didn’t Nalan Jinhong tell you what else I could do? I’m just using his way to treat him …” Then she told Huyan Mingshuo about Mu Linghua’s handling and her psychological calculations.

Then he said, “Mingshuo, listen to me. In the current situation in Ye Lan, Father is no longer suitable for handling government affairs. Whether he listens to Concubine Ni or Mu Linghua, he will never listen to us. Therefore, we might as well plant a Soul Devouring Gu on Father and let him sleep for a while. After the matter is settled, we can just let him wake up.”

Fortunately, the Empress Mother is no longer in the palace. Let Imperial Concubine Ni and nephew Mu Linghua make trouble. The more chaos they cause, the cleaner we will clean up. It’s just that we will be wronged Father Emperor. But compared to Yelan’s rivers and mountains, we can only let Father Emperor sleep for a while. ” This plan was indeed a bit unorthodox, but as far as the current situation was concerned, this was the only way to proceed.

After Huyan Mingshuo heard this, he remained silent for a long time and said, “This matter involves the harem of the previous dynasty. It is of great importance. I need to discuss it with my uncle before making a decision. Right now, the most important thing is to ask Imperial Physician Xia about Concubine Ni’s secret. I believe that it will be related to Huyan Mingjing’s background.”

“Mm, you’re right. We really need to properly interrogate Imperial Physician Xia. He has been following Imperial Concubine Ni all these years. I’m afraid he has done a lot of bad things, right?” Normally, the imperial physicians in the imperial palace were the most selfish. They were more or less involved in the secret of Xin Mi, who was unknown to the imperial concubines.

“Alright then, you can rest well. I will take care of the rest.” Huyan Mingshuo kissed Fu Yingran on the forehead and left.

Ying Ran wanted him to lie down and rest, In order to chase after Mu Lingfeng, He didn’t sleep a wink all night, But she didn’t say anything, Because as the Crown Prince of Yelan Kingdom, he did not have much time to rest. Fu Yingran watched his departing back again, but he could not sleep anymore. Thus, he instructed the maidservant to go to Tianyi Manor to call Cui’er Jin’er. She had not asked them for a long time, how they were developing now.

As soon as Huyan Mingshuo left Jingxian Residence, Call Xiao Yizi, He went straight to the residence of Imperial Physician Xia. Little Yizi pushed open the door. Imperial Physician Xia was looking at his medical skills. Huyan Mingshuo took a look at him and sat down on the main seat. He stared at Imperial Physician Xia and asked, “Tell me, Imperial Physician Xia, what secrets do you know about Imperial Concubine Ni? Now that Imperial Concubine Ni heard that you were staying in the Crown Prince’s Mansion, she had Mu Lingfeng send a killer back to the Southern Region to kill you.”

Imperial Physician Xia did not know whether what Huyan Mingshuo said was true or false, but according to the secret he knew, it would definitely be true if Concubine Ni wanted to kill him. Therefore, Imperial Physician Xia did not think too much and directly knelt in front of Huyan Mingshuo and said, “This old official is guilty. I beg His Highness the Crown Prince to save my entire family’s life. This old official is willing to tell the truth.”

“Speak, I just ordered Lei Yu to pick up your family, “Imperial Concubine Ni is still unconscious and Mu Lingfeng hasn’t returned to the southern border. You can leave with your family after you’ve finished speaking. If you don’t have a place to go, you can go to the Great Wei Army to find General Fu Tianchen and Prince Jing. They are both the elders of the Crown Princess. You can stay in their army and be a military doctor. They will protect you.”

Huyan Mingshuo stared blankly at Imperial Physician Xia and waited for him to speak. Imperial Physician Xia was relieved when he heard Huyan Mingshuo’s arrangements, so he slowly said, “Report to His Highness the Crown Prince, this matter has to start more than 20 years ago. At that time, this old official had just entered Imperial Hospital and was still very young.”

One day, the Crown Princess, the current Consort Ni, sent people to the palace to preach to the imperial physician. At that time, all the imperial physicians were called to serve because a concubine had given birth in the palace. The imperial physician was the only one in the imperial hospital, so the old minister followed the messenger to the Crown Prince’s Mansion.

However, after this old minister gave the Crown Princess a pulse, The Crown Princess told this old official, Whoever asks, They say she’s two months pregnant, Otherwise, she would have killed her entire family. However, according to the pulse images that I gave her, she would never be able to conceive. After listening to her words, I also knew how serious this matter was. At that time, in order to save my life, I reported to the then Crown Prince, the current Emperor, that Concubine Ni was already two months pregnant.

Then, this old official was left in the Crown Prince’s Mansion. At that time, Ni Fei sent this old official to call out the pulse every day. However, the target of the pulse was not herself, but the palace maid beside her. Eight months later, that palace maid’s next daughter, Ni Fei also pretended to give birth on that day. Then, the girl that the palace maid gave birth to became Ni Fei’s daughter, the current eldest princess.

This old minister originally thought that this matter would end like this. He never thought that the next year, Concubine Ni would find this old minister and say that she was pregnant again. Thus, this old minister once again helped him to deceive the world. This time, that palace girl had a son. Concubine Ni also used the same method to say which child was her own, that is, the current second prince Huyan Ming Jing.

“Just as I was about to leave the Crown Prince’s Mansion, Concubine Ni gave me a package of medicine and let me put it in the palace maid’s medicinal food. At that time, in order to prevent Concubine Ni, I would one day kill me like I did the palace maid. Thus, I saved the palace maid privately and threatened Concubine Ni with this so that I can survive until now.”

After Huyan Mingshuo heard this, he was extremely shocked, so he asked, “Where is the palace maid now?”

Imperial Physician Xia did not dare to conceal his secrets at this moment. He said honestly, “That palace maid has always been in this old official’s mansion. Back then, my wife happened to give birth to a child and needed to find a nurse. Thus, this old official asked her to be a nurse in this old official’s mansion.”

As soon as Imperial Physician Xia finished speaking, Lei Yu brought the people from Imperial Physician Xia’s mansion to the courtyard where Imperial Physician Xia lived. Seeing that Huyan Mingshuo was also here, Lei Yu bowed to him and said, “Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince, everyone from Imperial Physician Xia’s mansion has brought them here, and all the maids and servants in the mansion have been dismissed.”

At this time, Imperial Physician Xia walked over and pointed at a beautiful woman. “This is the palace maid from back then, the birth mother of the Eldest Princess and the Second Prince.”

Hearing this, Ying’er immediately knelt at Huyan Mingshuo’s feet and said, “Your Highness the Crown Prince, save me.”