Prince Yu and Song Chuyu rushed on their way overnight straight towards the Golden Water Palace. At night, the horses were extremely exhausted, so they had to take a rest.
Zhongli Mingye was annoyed at his own carelessness. Why didn't he send her home that day? And she was just abducted like that. He swore that he would make the culprit pay.
"Your Highness, please have some dry rations!" Song Chuyu offered him some dry rations, but was refused by Prince Yu.
"You guys eat. I have no appetite!" His Jin Yu was still in danger.
"Although I'm not very familiar with Jin Yu's friends in the Jianghu, I do know some of them. The Palace Mistress Ouyang Jinsè should know Jin Yu's real identity and won't hurt her." Song Chuyu saw that Zhongli Mingye seemed to be deeply in love with his younger sister, so he tried his best to console him.
Won't hurt her? There must be other things in store.
Song Chuyu saw how much Zhongli Mingye valued Song Jinyu. In his heart, he thought that his younger sister's temperament was not suitable for him.
Although Song Chuyu had been truly convinced by Zhongli Mingye's talent in these days, it didn't mean that he could marry his sister to this man. Moreover, with his sister's status, she was not qualified to be his principal concubine. Just like his father, he didn't want Jinyu to be wronged. He made up his mind that once he found her, he would secretly send Jinyu back to Tianmen Mountain and tell her not to return home unless necessary.
Zhongli Mingye only had that cute and mischievous girl on his mind. He hoped that she would be all right.
Meanwhile,
An embarrassing thing happened in the palace. Since the Crown Prince had married Concubine Liang, he had never looked at the Crown Princess directly again. In his eyes, the Crown Princess was already old and haggard, and couldn't be compared with the blooming Shen Yingyun.
Anyway, they were both daughters of the Grand Tutor Shen. It didn't matter which one he favored. But the Crown Princess was not happy. She had previously given birth to a princess for the Crown Prince and was very much loved by the Queen. Now she was pregnant with her second child. The imperial physician had diagnosed that it was a boy.
Unexpectedly, the matter between the Crown Prince and Shen Yingyun happened in the middle. The Crown Princess had a miscarriage scare. She was in the process of protecting the fetus. But the newly - recruited Concubine Liang often came to her side, which annoyed her.
A few days ago, they even had a conflict. She was so angry that she almost had a miscarriage. In a fit of anger, the Queen demoted Concubine Liang to a commoner.
The Crown Prince Zhongli Chengze was not happy. He was just infatuated with her. How could he allow Concubine Liang to be demoted? There was a rift between the Crown Prince and the Queen.
Finally, the Grand Tutor Shen stepped in and scolded Shen Yingyun. She didn't care. She just wanted to win the Crown Prince's favor, eventually replace her elder sister to become the real Crown Princess, and then ascend to the position of the Queen. She wanted to use the power of the Crown Princess to teach that girl a good lesson.
It was all because of Song Jinyu that she had become the laughingstock of the noble families in the capital. Now she could only take one step and see one step.
"Humph!" Don't be complacent. If I can't get married, you won't be able to marry Prince Yu either.
Song Jinyu, who had been targeted by Shen Yingyun, sneezed at this moment.
There were spring eyes everywhere in the Golden Water Palace. Throughout the year, it was shrouded in water mist. At first, it looked like a fairyland, but after a long time, it made people feel uncomfortable.
"Let me take a look at that!"
While the maid went to get the jewelry box on the table, Song Jinyu quietly took the flint that the maid had put down.
"Um, I don't know how to wear this!"
"Which one does this match well with?"
Song Jinyu did everything she could to divert the maids' attention and kept ordering them around.
"I think this wedding dress is a bit too loose."
After the wedding dress was altered, this "troublesome" girl finally calmed down.
The maids closed the door for Jinyu tiredly. Because of Song Jinyu's sudden "obedience", Ouyang Jinsè also relaxed her supervision of her.
Anyway, she couldn't escape at all. Taking this opportunity, Song Jinyu slowly figured out the way from the room to the hall and then to the main entrance of the Golden Water Palace.
She quietly hid a lot of "Ying leaves", which were an ornamental plant growing in the garden of the Golden Water Palace. She had seen them last time. These leaves had no other use, but were very easy to ignite. Once ignited, they would produce a large amount of thick smoke, which would make people lose their resistance in a short time.
"Heaven is on my side!" Song Jinyu smiled secretly and picked a lot of them. She hid them in her inner skirt and carefully sewed it up with the thread she had just tricked.
She didn't know if Cheng Song could see her message. They often went out together. In order to prevent losing contact, she had specially trained Cheng Song and Niaoniao on how to leave messages that only they could understand.
Presumably, he would find it. After all, he was the Sect Master of the Tianying Sect.
Hearing from the servants that the noble families in Liuzhou City were gossiping about the eldest young lady's reputation, Lady Xiang felt uncomfortable for a while. She was so angry that she suffered a heart - attack.
She had just refused Song Wangqiu's visit, and then the news of Song Jinyu's disappearance spread. Did the He family deliberately make things difficult for the Song family?
It was time to reorganize the Song Mansion again. The people in the family couldn't keep their mouths shut. It was useless to keep them!
The Crown Prince Zhongli Chengze was also in a complete mess because of the matter between the Crown Princess and Concubine Liang. He was scolded by the Emperor and the Queen. The entire Eastern Palace was trembling with fear. And Prince Cheng, Zhongli Shuoyi, had been quite favored by the Emperor recently. The Emperor had caught a cold the other day, and Prince Cheng had served him day and night without taking off his clothes.
The black - clothed man in the hall was still kneeling. "Bang!" The Crown Prince threw a wine cup at him, which just hit his forehead. The wine mixed with the blood and flowed down.
"Your Highness, please calm down!" The black - clothed man still knelt there and didn't dare to wipe it.
Zhongli Chengze stood up and walked towards him. "You mean, Father Emperor's cold is cured?"
"The imperial physician said that the Emperor is in good health!" The black - clothed man swallowed his saliva. The bitter taste of blood slid down his throat.
"Really?"
Zhongli Chengze suddenly became irritable. In good health! Hehe, may he always be in good health. When would he, the Crown Prince, be able to make his mark?
His sinister look scared the black - clothed man on the ground into silence.
"Urge Ouyang Jinsè to find that prescription quickly."
Thirty years had passed, and he was still the Crown Prince. Should he wait for his dear Father Emperor to pass away in ten years? Or twenty years?
Fine, the secret medicine from Tianmen Mountain, right?
"Your Highness, the Second Elder said that the secret medicine only comes from the Sect Master..." The black - clothed man continued to report when he saw that the Crown Prince's mood had stabilized.
"Really? That old thing..."
How dare he stand in my way? Is he tired of living?
"It's time to change the Sect Master of Tianmen Mountain."