I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

Chapter 241 No Fate to Meet Again

The moon hung in the sky, and the stars dimmed.

Yang Nianshu walked into the Ningyuan Palace from the back door. Ruying waited here specially and took her back to the main courtyard through a secluded path.

Lu Mingyang hadn't changed into his pajamas and was staying in the dark room. When he heard his sister come in, he rushed over and asked, "Did you find anyone?"

Yang Nianshu helped his second sister sit down and nodded, "Don't worry, second sister, it's done. I gave him 1,000 taels of silver and let them leave tomorrow."

"Nian'er, how can you humiliate me like this?"

"How did I humiliate anyone?"

Yang Nian'er asked back dissatisfiedly, but the figure next to her had already left to get the cloak and cape, and mechanically asked her where Tian Qing lived.

"Second sister, didn't you take the silver?"

Yang Nianshu picked up a red candle and held it in front of her, shining it on the banknote in her hand.

Lu Mingyang looked up in surprise.

Perhaps apart from money, she didn't know what other way to make Brother Qing forgive her.

Yang Nianshu advised: "Second sister, don't go. If you go, things will only get worse. What if His Highness finds out..."

"Your Highness won't!" Lu Mingyang argued hastily.

"Of course not!" Yang Nian'er reminded: "Second sister, don't forget, everyone in Shangyang Village knows that you are married, and you are still doing dirty things in the cornfield. What will you do if Tian's mother talks nonsense?"

"As long as I say no, His Highness won't believe it." Having said that, Lu Mingyang was obviously panicked.

"Okay, even if Your Highness doesn't believe it, what about the palace?" Yang Nian'er asked back.

Lu Mingyang was stunned.

"Second sister, with this money, we can marry any girl from the surrounding villages. You've done him justice." Yang Nian'er consoled her, saying, "I'll escort them out of the city tomorrow morning. Whatever you want to say or send, I'll bring it to you."

"No." Lu Mingyang cried, "Brother Qing is missing a leg. I have to know what happened to him over the past year. He joined the army because of me."

How can she feel at ease if she can't see anyone?

Yang Nianshu couldn't persuade his second sister, so he calculated the time and thought that no one would notice if he rushed back and forth, so he took his second sister and slipped out through the back door.

"Second sister, Tian Qing lives in a small courtyard in Guiyi Lane."

During curfew nights, they could not ride horses and could only walk to avoid patrolling yamen runners.

Lu Mingyang was puzzled: "Why didn't Brother Qing stay at the inn?"

"The inn is expensive!" But the house couldn't be rented for just one or two days. Yang Nianshu was furious: "He doesn't want to stay here permanently and keep pestering you, does he?"

When they came across a clinic on the way, Yang Nian'er knocked on the door, waking up the sleeping doctor.

"What are you doing?" Lu Mingyang quickly lowered his veil.

The doctor opened the door, and Yang Nianshu handed him a silver ingot and said, "I want two packets of drugs."

"You can't sell this!" The old doctor waved his hands in fear.

Yang Nianshu directly put a dagger to his neck and asked, "Will you sell it?"

The doctor was so frightened that he packed the drug and handed it to the ferocious girl. Yang Nianshu put it in his arms, took his second sister, and hurried to Tian Qing's residence.

The small house, when you open the door, is filled with the damp and hoarse sound of wood.

Lu Mingyang went forward and knocked on the door, but there was no response from the dark room. She glanced at Nian'er and spoke with difficulty, "Brother Qing, I'm Xi'er."

There was still no response from the room.

Lu Mingyang looked closely and saw the door was ajar. She reached out and pushed it open. A dark shadow vanished before the door swung open. The door was wide open, and moonlight streamed in, illuminating the empty room.

"Where are they?" Lu Mingyang looked at his sister in confusion.

Yang Nianshu was even more puzzled: "I met him here before I came to see you."

"But where will he go?" Lu Mingyang felt anxious.

Yang Nianshu said, "Second sister, where can we find her? We should tell the eldest girl right away."

She was able to find Tian Qing today because she was missing a leg, so it was easy to find out. But how could she find out about Tian Qing when she disappeared in the middle of the night?

"No!" Lu Mingyang shook his head. "How can I threaten him with the Chengyang Marquisate? What if Third Brother goes too far and hurts him?"

"Oh!" Yang Nianshu was anxious. "You're still thinking about him. What will you do if he goes out and talks nonsense? Listen to me and go."

Having said that, Yang Nian'er pulled Lu Mingyang away.

A dark shadow fell from the beam. Chu Mingzheng walked out of the room and out of the courtyard, watching the two hurried figures getting farther and farther away.

Zhu Cong stepped forward and reported, "Your Highness, we have searched everywhere, but there is no trace of Tian Qing."

How could a cripple be so silent?

Or is there someone behind him?

Chu Mingzheng looked back at the yard, feeling a little uneasy.

At Duke Qin's residence, Steward Qin looked at Tian Qing and his mother, furious: "I told you not to run around, why are you running around? If the people from the Chengyang Marquis' residence find out, you'll be dead."

Tian Qing sat on the cold ground, his eyes full of pain: "I just want to ask Xier why she broke her promise."

"I told you you didn't believe me, but now you see it for yourself!" Butler Qin reminded her, "She's now married to a powerful princess. How could she care less about you? She only wishes you would die sooner."

Tian Qing shook his head: "I don't believe Xier will kill me."

Butler Qin snorted coldly: "Then go find her now?"

Mother Qin hugged her son distressedly and cried, "My benefactor, please show us a way. What should we do to get our daughter-in-law back?"

Butler Qin sighed and said, "Wait a moment, my master has already sent a letter to the palace."

The next morning, the gates of Shoukang Palace were opened wide, and the empress dowager's carriage slowly drove out of the palace and headed to Xiangguo Temple to worship Buddha.

After the military competition, the emperor removed Xiefang Palace from the cold palace, but did not restore Song Moli's position as a noble concubine. He only gave her the title of Fangyi.

King Guangcheng lived in Wenhua Palace and did not allow her to educate him anymore.

Song Moli stood on the palace path, looking at the tightly closed gates of Shoukang Palace. He felt something was amiss. "Jiaoli, what day is it today?"

Jiao Li said, "The eighth day of the tenth month is not a special day."

"No, the Queen Mother's fate is incompatible with the number eight, so she never worships Buddha on days that fall on the eighth day." Song Moli returned to the bedroom, took out a box of golden melon seeds and handed it to Jiaoli. Feeling it wasn't enough, he added two gold bars and urged, "Go quickly. No matter what method you use, you must find out why the Queen Mother is worshipping Buddha."

"Yes!" Seeing that his girl took it so seriously, Jiaoli didn't dare to delay.

Song Moli stood in the courtyard, gazing at the single chrysanthemum. The Emperor hadn't come on the day the Xiefang Palace was unsealed, after the Imperial Concubine had become Fangyi. The palace maids kept their distance from the Xiefang Palace, their minds focused on the Emperor's new favorite concubine.

I heard that she was Yun Zhao's dancer, graceful and incredibly beautiful. During her confinement in Xiefang Palace, she accompanied His Majesty, enjoying revelry every night and being extremely happy.