It was Ming Ruyi's first time in Liuzhou City. "This is Song Jinyu's hometown. I wonder if she's here now?"
As soon as he entered Liuzhou City, Zhongli Mingye got the news and quickly welcomed him into the mansion.
"You're really well - informed!"
"Uncle Royal, when you come, your nephew doesn't dare to be negligent." Zhongli Mingye was as cold as ever. Although they were on good terms privately, it wouldn't look good in the eyes of those with ulterior motives.
Ming Ruyi settled down in the Prince Yu Mansion and asked excitedly, "Where's Song Jinyu?"
Zhongli Mingye glanced at him silently. "Uncle, she's the eldest Miss Song."
Uh... Ming Ruyi waved his fan discontentedly. "We're friends!"
Friends, my foot! Zhongli Mingye squinted his phoenix eyes. "Apart from me and her elder brother, she has no other friends!"
With a slightly cold look in his eyes, Ming Ruyi smiled. "Your terrible possessiveness. Be careful it backfires!"
"I heard that the Queen offended the Emperor on New Year's Eve."
Ming Ruyi closed his fan and tapped the table with the handle. "It's because the Queen had other ideas again."
"So what? Isn't the lesson Rong Qing'er gave her enough?" If not, they could just add more fuel to the fire.
Interesting. What on earth was Zhongli Mingye thinking? They tacitly didn't mention the turmoil in the capital before the New Year.
Ming Ruyi was eager to see Song Jinyu, but Zhongli Mingye kept a close eye on him. For many days in a row, he didn't even catch a glimpse of her.
It wasn't until the Lantern Festival that Zhongli Mingye went to the Song Mansion to pick up Song Jinyu and they went out of the city to play together. Of course, Ming Ruyi followed behind.
"Ming Ruyi, I heard that the eldest Miss of the Duke Rong's Mansion has taken a fancy to you!"
Ming Ruyi snapped his fan shut. "Which ear of yours heard that!" Just as he was about to tap her on the head, Zhongli Mingye grabbed his hand. "Uncle, if you don't want this fan, just say so!"
Ming Ruyi sheepishly put away his fan and stared wide - eyed. "I tell you, you can't just believe every rumor. It's just a smokescreen!" Since Rong Shuang'er used him, she had to bear the consequences.
"I think you two are quite a match..." Song Jinyu's eyes curved with a smile.
"A match..." Ming Ruyi was a bit dazed. A match? He... remembered the scene when he met Rong Shuang'er that day and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
If Rong Shuang'er's personality wasn't so much like Song Jinyu's, why would he have stopped his carriage and done those useless things?
He shook his head to suppress those thoughts.
Zhongli Mingye looked at him coldly. "Uncle, you should get married soon. People of your age already have many concubines and children. You're so alone. Who are you trying to gain pity from?"
Ming Ruyi glared at Zhongli Mingye discontentedly, then put on a smile and was about to say something to Song Jinyu.
Unexpectedly, after hearing what Song Jinyu said, he almost spat out blood. "Are you, perhaps, fond of women of the pleasure quarters?" She remembered that day when Ming Ruyi was lying there, surrounded by all kinds of beautiful women.
Zhongli Mingye burst out laughing. "Uncle, it seems you've been in the gentle land for too long to get out."
These two were in perfect harmony, which made Ming Ruyi so angry that he almost fell backwards.
The three of them spent the Lantern Festival together. Zhongli Mingye kept giving Ming Ruyi cold looks, but Ming Ruyi pretended not to see. However, when he saw the two of them holding hands intimately.
His eyes darkened slightly, looking rather desolate.
"Your Majesty the Queen, the Emperor is resting with Concubine Qin." The maid lowered her head, not daring to look at the Queen's expression.
Clang...
The Emperor was clearly slapping her in the face. Concubine Qin had clearly overstepped her bounds on New Year's Eve, but there was no punishment. Instead, she was even more favored.
Noble Consort Shu had also received many rewards. The once - well - known "invisible person" in the harem was now being valued by the Emperor.
Only the Queen was gradually being neglected!
Just after the Lantern Festival, the Emperor asked the Queen to be in charge of Concubine Qing's pregnancy care, clearly making things difficult for the Queen. If Concubine Qing had a smooth pregnancy, the Queen would neither gain merit nor make mistakes; if not, she would surely be held responsible.
With the Queen in an unstable situation, the Crown Prince was also having a hard time.
He had searched for many famous doctors, but none of them could do anything about his embarrassing problem. In desperation, he remembered that Song Jinyu had once cured He Yi's deficiency. He even had the idea of asking Song Jinyu to prescribe a medicine, maliciously wanting to disgust Prince Yu.
After getting the news, Zhongli Mingye silently exposed some of the Crown Prince's forces in the court, making the Emperor suspicious again. Of course, Ming Ruyi also played a part in this.
"The Crown Princess is three months pregnant, but she has been having symptoms every now and then."
Zhongli Mingye said calmly, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, this child won't be able to stay. Our people don't need to take action. Just keep a close eye on the palace."
How dare they have ideas about Song Jinyu and try to disgust him!
It was so outrageous!
Since the day the Crown Prince Zhongli Chengze saw Concubine Qin, he had been obsessed with her. He had clearly felt something that day. But ever since then, he had been unable to perform with women. Now, this hidden disease was really hard to talk about.
He secretly searched for good medicine, but to no avail.
Ming Ruyi smiled. "Let the whole court know what disease our Crown Prince has!"
Within just a few days, the news spread in the court that the Crown Prince had contracted venereal disease due to excessive indulgence.
Zhongli Chengze was so angry that he was furious. When did he get venereal disease? It was clearly a man's hidden disease, but he didn't dare to ask the imperial doctor to check. If the Emperor found out about this, it would be troublesome!
The people from Tianmen Mountain sent a lot of spiritual medicine. The Crown Prince bribed someone and stole three pills. They were really effective.
He urged Ouyang Jinse to get the formula of the spiritual medicine as soon as possible.
At this time, Ouyang Jinse was in a very difficult situation because many of their informants on Tianmen Mountain had been cleared.
Although Du Zhouli's power was very great, the formula of the spiritual medicine was firmly controlled by Miao Yunshen.
"We don't have much time... The plan must be advanced." Ouyang Jinse picked up a pen and wrote a letter, secretly contacting Du Zhouli.
They must destroy Tianmen Mountain before Song Jinyu got married. In this way... Song Jinyu would definitely not marry Zhongli Mingye.
Thinking of the way they were in love that day, Ouyang Jinse was filled with hatred.
After Ouyang Weiyi's injury healed, he became even more unscrupulous. But... before that, let's give her a very unforgettable gift first!