Liangqiu Yayin entered the palace early the next morning.
"With such vicious means, it must be Feng Yuting's doing. If she didn't wake up in time and that person had buried his corpse for another ten days to half a month, the consequences would have been unimaginable if the Gu worm broke out from his body. "
Yesterday night, Xiao Ruyue had people leave the palace to notify Liangqiu Yayin, she had been holding back for an entire night, holding in her anger.
"Feng Yuting should be in the capital, and she's also free to enter and leave the palace gates. If we don't find her soon, there will be even more people who will be harmed."
"Sister Ya Yin is right, we are also looking for her. However, she is in the dark and we are in the light. We are too passive. " Xiao Ruyue paused, "There's only one way out."
"What?"
"To lure the snake out of its cave."
"You want to," Liangqiu Yayin looked at Xiao Ruyue with uncertainty, "use yourself as bait? "No, this is too risky. If your family member knew about this, he would definitely not agree to it."
Xiao Ruyue said with a resolute expression: "I have a foolproof method. However, before I say it, I have a question that still needs Big Sister Ya Yin's help to answer. "
Liangqiu Yayin, "…" Why did she feel like she had fallen into Yue'er's trap?
Xiao Ruyue did not wait for her to speak, and directly asked: "What exactly is the 'love curse'?"
So it was like that.
"You've been waiting for this opportunity to speak to me?"
"That's right." Xiao Ruyue laughed, and said without a trace of guilt, "I just want to know, how is Yuwen He going to fare, does he really only have these few months left?"
Liangqiu Yayin fell into silence.
After a long time.
At this moment, in the main hall, after the court officials finished their performance, someone inexplicably began to bring up Consort Na's proposal.
After one person took the lead, they all echoed her words. "The empress is a virtuous and capable woman. We should select a group of considerate and lovable women to serve Your Majesty in the imperial harem." Something like that.
Xiao Jingyu was so angry that he almost lost his temper, but he was stopped by the Wang Shangshu and Yue Xiang.
Quite a number of people reported clearly that they had recommended Princess Qing He to enter the palace.
Yuwen He sat on the seat of honor, and didn't say a word for a long while, expressionless.
Some thought that His Majesty was trying to compromise, that he was taking their 'suggestion' seriously.
Just as the discussion was going on like a raging fire, His Majesty's cold and clear voice pierced through the din. "All you have to do is hold onto the affairs of This Emperor's harem all day long. Do you have anything else to do?"
The heated discussion came to an abrupt end.
Yuwen He slowly sat up straight, and played with the imperial reports in his hands, "Which law does our Da Xia Empire have? "You wives and concubines are used to hugging each other. Are you afraid that after the empress takes the lead, no woman will be willing to serve you together?"
Some of the wives and concubines were unable to keep their old faces straight from the heat.
"The riverbanks along the Huai River have been collapsing year after year, but you don't care; the harvest is already starting this year, and you don't care. There are Tartar people eyeing you from the border, and the affairs of the country are complicated. Kong Meng taught you all this?! "
The entire palace was in complete silence.
"Last time when our beloved officials mentioned this, what did we say? Does anyone else remember? "
The place was deathly silent.
No one dared to speak out loud now.
Yuwen He's eyes turned cold, and said solemnly: "Since all of you like bringing family matters up to the court, then we will grant your wish. "From now on, officials of the seventh rank and below are not allowed to have concubines with concubines with concubines with concubines with the third rank and below; from the third rank to the first rank, one wife and one concubine, one wife and two concubines, the Marquis Prince and the others, and at most one wife and three concubines. If there is a group of wives without restraint, the concubines shall have their family property copied and be assigned to the army!"
The palace was in an uproar.
The token hesitated for a moment before finally kneeling down and kowtowing, accepting the decree.
Fang Weiyong secretly sighed in his heart: What do you mean, can't even touch a tiger's butt, that's it.
Invite the leader of the Phoenix Palace. After a long period of silence, Liangqiu Yayin took a sip of tea and slowly said, "Ten years ago, on the eve of your accident, Yuwen He was no longer in the capital. He travels with his master, and when he receives the news, you and I will be the same. Furthermore, in the beginning, no one would have thought that you weren't dead at all, but had instead been imprisoned in the Prince's Palace's firewood house. "
She sighed and continued, "I never thought that Yuwen Chenglian, that bastard, would actually be able to do that. I still remember, when Yuwen He appeared in front of me, his eyes were bloodshot and he looked like a devil. "
Liangqiu Yayin was lost in her memories.
The memories of that year surged through his mind.
It was summer then, and the miasma around the valley was at its thickest.
The quiet of the sunny afternoon was broken by the commotion, and a young man covered in blood barged into her little yard. His clothes were tattered, and he was covered with wounds from the miasma and traps.
His eyes were bloodshot, more beast than beast.
However, the first words that came out of his mouth were, "I heard that your clan protects a secret that can reverse life and death of yin and yang. That thing, I … want it! "
After speaking those words with a hoarse voice, his eyes suddenly closed as he collapsed onto the ground.
Tang Jingzhi, who had followed him here, was also in charge of leading the way to the valley, and as such, helped to bandage his wounds. Just based on the depth of the wounds, there were more than two hundred of them, not to mention the poisonous miasma and internal injuries.
Just like that, he was unconscious for less than half a day before he woke up.
It was a matter of life and death. One had to go against the heavens and change one's fate. It was a matter of life and death. Death was not worth it.
His words were, "If I die, she lives. A life for a life is enough!"
When she refused to give him the rice, he dragged his bruised body along with him and fought with her for three days and three nights without sleep, without water or food.
At first, she didn't know his real goal, but when she heard the truth from Tang Jingzhi, she was even more shocked.
It was only because she was shaken up that she made such a big mistake.
"The reason why the Liang Qiu Clan hid away from society for a few hundred years is to seal this unexplainable thing. However, I was still unable to defend it. Yue Er, I told you before, everyone in the clan must come out to gain some experience after they mature. When the time comes, they must return. "If I hadn't stubbornly wanted to play, making mistakes again and again, I might not be where I am today."
Liangqiu Yayin covered her face with her hands and sobbed.
Xiao Ruyue's face had long been covered in tears. Hot tears fell drop by drop onto the back of her hand.
A long time later.
Xiao Ruyue then found her voice and faintly said:
"You can't be blamed for the past, but you can only blame the human heart for swallowing an elephant. As long as there is greed and ambition in the world, the slaughter will never stop. "
"What I want to know is, is there any way to redeem the love curse?"
Liangqiu Yayin froze, she slowly turned her neck and stared at Xiao Ruyue, "You, what are you trying to do?"
"I only ask, is there an answer to the 'love curse'?"
"No!" Liangqiu Yayin said resolutely.
"This kind of thing is already quite strange. Our Liang Qiu clan has guarded this secret for hundreds of years, and many people have yet to figure out the secrets behind it, let alone find out any sort of solution to it." "No, don't let your thoughts run wild!"
Xiao Ruyue's expression turned gloomy, but she smiled.
Liangqiu Yayin couldn't really see for the moment whether she was extremely discouraged, or if she didn't believe what she had just said.
Yue Er was too smart. Smart, scary.
She suddenly met Xiao Ruyue's gaze, only to see that the gloominess in Xiao Ruyue's eyes had disappeared in that moment, and was replaced with a nonchalant look, "Sister Ya Yin, let's talk about luring a snake out of its lair."
"What do you want to do?"
"Send Ye Haitang back to the cold palace."
After the morning assembly ended, Yuwen He did not immediately return to invite the Phoenix Palace. It was probably because he had to leave after the Mid-Autumn Festival, but he was truly busy during this period, even more than when he summoned Yue Xiang, and the number of times that eccentric old man, Censor Qian, had also increased.
In this gap, Lu Yi and Yin Lin had already told Xiao Ruyue about the 'glorious feats' their lord had done after the morning assembly.
"The Empress doesn't know, but word has spread that the adults are too talkative, and they don't talk about the business of the monarch's house. They have completely angered the monarch. Look at them now, they are about to have a good ending."
Xiao Ruyue's expression did not change as she drank the medicinal juice that was so bitter that it reached her intestines and threw a candied fruit into her mouth. Then she laughed: "Yesterday, you were completely pale from fright, but today you are full of energy. How did Vice Commander Chu do it? "
"Mother, Empress, don't speak nonsense. This servant and his servant didn't do anything." Her face was so red it looked as if it were dripping oil.
Xiao Ruyue stuffed another candied fruit into her mouth, and said to Yin Lin: "You should learn more about Lu Yi, and quickly find the one you like. Only then will I be able to give you a marriage, and let you live your own little life as soon as possible."
"Empress!" This servant did not want to marry! This servant just wants to serve you for the rest of your life! " Yin Lin knelt down excitedly.
As soon as she knelt, Lu Yi also knelt down. "Empress, this servant will not marry either. This servant will follow you for the rest of my life!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Lu Yi, don't tell me that you want to make Chong Yue wait for you alone for your entire life if you don't want to get married?"
Lu Yi lowered her head and pursed her lips, not daring to cry even if she wanted to.
"That's what I said. Look at how anxious I made you, get up." Xiao Ruyue said lightly, "Especially you, Yin Lin. I hope that you can find a good place to stay and not force you to marry me. If you like staying in this palace, then you can just stay here. I definitely won't force it. "
Yin Lin nodded heavily.
Lu Yi also nodded. Xiao Ruyue didn't even know if he could call her stupid.
However, Yin Lin was not at ease at all. She kept having the feeling that the Empress was making people panic for no reason. Like
It was only normal to take care of matters behind the scenes.