Farewell Flower Festival

Luzhu brought Chaoyan into the hall to meet Liu Sui. After they exchanged a few words, Liu Sui asked Mu Tianling if he was injured after returning from the enclosure.

Chaoyan said that the person was fine and not injured, and took the opportunity to bring up the matter of Eunuch An. She heard that he was a spy and had previously tried to lure Prince Mu Tianyuan out of the palace. It was true that one could only judge a person by his appearance.

Liu Sui said that people's hearts are hidden, and how can others know what a person is thinking? People should always restrain themselves and set an example so as not to be blinded by desires and ambitions.

Chao Yan agreed deeply, saying that human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant. What belongs to you cannot be taken away by others, and it is useless to force what does not belong to you.

These words touched Liu Sui's heart, and the two of them had a very pleasant chat.

Then a palace servant came in and reported that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had returned.

Mu Tianyuan was about to enter the palace when he saw Chao Yan coming out of the door. He asked curiously and abruptly, "What are you doing here?" Lu Zhu replied, "The Fourth Princess is here to visit the master."

Chao Yan bowed to Mu Tianyuan and left without saying a word to him. Not wanting to pay attention to him was secondary, but the main reason was to avoid suspicion. She didn't want the Crown Princess to misunderstand that she, the sister-in-law, took the initiative to talk to the Crown Prince. She wanted to have a good relationship with the Crown Princess and didn't want to have any gossip with Mu Tianyuan. She would remember how he bullied Mu Tianling before for the rest of her life.

Seeing Chaoyan leave without saying a word, Mu Tianyuan felt that she didn't take him seriously. He snorted angrily, went in and told Liu Sui not to let Chaoyan come over in the future, as she must have no good intentions.

Liu Sui knew that he was angry, so she didn't argue with him and started talking about other topics.

On the other side, Chaoyan took Jadeite and Amber and went towards Hengyuan.

When she reached the wooden bridge, she happened to meet Yin Lin walking over from the other side of the bridge. After she came over, Yin Lin didn't say hello to Chao Yan, but just glanced at her with her cold eyes like ice and snow, and then left.

When Chaoyan was taking Feicui and Amber across the bridge, Amber said with some dissatisfaction, "What's wrong with Miss Yin? She acted as if someone owed her money. She didn't even say hello, and we didn't offend her." Chaoyan smiled and said, "Then next time we see Miss Yin, we will ask her if we owe her money." Amber and Feicui both laughed when they heard that.

Walking across the wooden bridge, Chaoyan saw a servant boy in white waiting at the door. She thought that this priest Yuchen was really smart and knew that she would come today.

This time, the white-robed page boy led the master and his servants into the Wenxing Tower, asked Feicui and Amber to wait downstairs, and led Chaoyan upstairs.

The white-robed page boy led Chaoyan to the middle door on the right hand side. After reporting respectfully, he raised his hand and gently pushed the door open, making a gesture to Chaoyan to invite her in. After Chaoyan went in, the white-robed page boy gently closed the door.

The room is decorated like a Zen room, with not many furnishings, and looks exceptionally spacious and tidy.

Yu Chen was sitting on a cushion behind the desk. His white hair almost blended into his white clothes, and glowed softly in the light coming through the window, making his androgynous face look even more otherworldly, so otherworldly that one would be afraid of being offended if one looked directly at him.

Although it was not the first time they met, Chao Yan was still a little embarrassed to look directly at the incomparable beauty of this priest.

After Yu Chen asked Chao Yan to sit down on the futon opposite, he asked, "Princess, are you worried about something again?" His voice was as calm as water, slowly flowing into his ears, unconsciously letting down one's defenses and calming one's mood.

Asagao didn't beat around the bush and talked about her symptoms.

About a month after getting married, she started to feel sleepy easily. After another month or so, her sleepiness symptoms became more obvious. She also saw a doctor, but the doctor couldn't figure out the reason. About a month ago, she started to have dreams at night. Recently, the symptoms have become more severe. She has been trapped in dreams several times and almost couldn't wake up.

After telling her symptoms, Chaoyan wanted to ask Yuchen to help her see if her illness was serious and how to treat it.

After feeling Chaoyan's pulse, Yu Chen took the cinnabar pen and yellow talisman placed beside him, drew a talisman on the yellow talisman, asked Chaoyan to stretch out her hand, and took the silver needle to prick her hand. Chaoyan turned her head away and dared not look. She felt pain in her index finger, and a bright red blood bead oozed out of her index finger and dripped onto the talisman paper.

When Chaoyan turned around, the talisman paper had already caught fire.

She didn’t know how this worked, and she was a little confused, thinking it shouldn’t be some kind of sorcery. . . . .

When the talisman paper burned out, a strange pattern suddenly appeared. It looked a bit like words. Chao Yan couldn't see it clearly, let alone what this strange symbol that looked like both words and patterns meant.

"Has the princess ever taken poison before?" Yu Chen asked.

Chaoyan's heart skipped a beat, and after hesitating for two seconds, she nodded, "Please keep it a secret for me, sir." When she used the soul-calling incense to interrogate Lin Rou before, she knew that she was really poisoned. The poison was in the cup of daughter's tea she drank before her wedding. This is the custom in the capital. A woman must drink a cup of daughter's tea on her wedding day. A red date will be put in the tea, which means giving birth to a son soon.

She had never told anyone about this, as she, like Mu Tianling, did not want to make anyone worry. When Mu Tianling told her about his cold, she also thought about telling him that she had been poisoned, but then she thought it would be too unlucky for both of them to have a disease. Fortunately, his cold could be cured, and she would have double happiness if she could secretly cure her own disease.

"Is there still hope?" Chao Yan asked anxiously, afraid that she had come too late and there was no hope.

Yu Chen replied: "The princess has an extraordinary fate. If it were someone else, the poison would have already killed them by now."

Hope ignited in Chao Yan's eyes, "So there is still hope?"

Yu Chen nodded and said, "There is a way to resolve it, but it is too dangerous. If you are not careful, you will step into the gates of hell."

Chao Yan hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and decided that it was better to try a desperate measure than to wait for death, so he said, "I believe in you, sir."

Yu Chen said, "If Princess has made up her mind, we can start now."

Chaoyan was a little hesitant again. If she didn't survive, Mu Tianling would have to see her body. If she left without saying goodbye, he would be tortured to death. She asked if he could wait for two more days and come to treat her after she had made all the arrangements.

Yu Chen nodded in agreement.

After coming down from upstairs, Chaoyan felt a lot more relieved. Although she was not completely sure, at least there was a way to cure it, which was better than waiting to die.

When the white-robed servant boy was seeing the master and his two servants off, Chao Yan accidentally caught a glimpse of Yin Lin standing in the corridor looking at her. She didn't know why she came back.

I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but Chao Yan feels like she’s being targeted, like “there can’t be two tigers in one mountain”.

This girl really doesn't like her coming to see Priest Yu Chen.

On the way back, Chaoyan was thinking about how to arrange her "afterlife" just in case, but even if she was at the gates of hell, she would not give up as long as there was a glimmer of hope.