Ci He, the disciple sitting under the great master of Taoism, was actually Sheng Yunqi in disguise. To gain the emperor's trust, Master Yanxu gave him a rejuvenating pill. Immediately, he felt full of vigor.
Huo Wei found Sheng Yunqi in the Taoist temple in the palace. He grabbed Sheng Yunqi's lapel, his face full of rage.
"Are you out of your mind? Murong Min can be cured everywhere, but there's one place that can't be fixed. Do you understand?"
Sheng Yunqi said coldly, "Let go of me."
Huo Wei had incredibly strong arms. He pushed Sheng Yunqi to the ground with one hand. "You figure it out on your own. You're such a burden."
Sheng Yunqi got up from the ground and tidied his white robe.
"If I'm a burden, then what are you? At least I have a proper identity. You're just an adulterer.
When Luan Yue returns to Southern Chu in the future, I'll be the emperor's husband."
His fair face flushed with anger. He walked to the desk and took out the paper he had prepared earlier.
"These are the birth - dates of some random women I wrote down. Go find a few of them. I'll figure out a way to explain it to His Majesty.
We can stall Luan Yue for a few more days for now.
I should thank you for this. That arrow hit really hard. The wound still hasn't fully healed."
Huo Wei took the paper and left. Standing at the door, he said coldly, "Sheng Yunqi, you'd better be useful to her. Otherwise, I'll kill you, you useless thing."
Sheng Yunqi ordered Huo Wei to find a young woman born on an inauspicious date for Murong Min. He said that according to the Taoist method of dual cultivation, taking yin to replenish yang was the only way to nourish the emperor's body.
Master Yanxu was indeed capable. After Murong Min took his golden pills, he did feel energetic. So he easily believed Sheng Yunqi's words.
Du Gu Luan Yue was drinking pigeon soup to replenish qi and blood. While drinking, a dark shadow loomed in front of her. Just as she was about to speak, Sheng Yunqi also came.
She quickly looked at Aunt Meijiang with a pleading look in her eyes.
Aunt Meijiang walked over with a teacup in her hand and cleared her throat. "My lords, Her Highness's chest has been hurting today. Please come another time."
Sheng Yunqi glared at Huo Wei. "Wasn't Luan Yue's injury caused by you? How dare you come?"
Huo Wei put one hand behind his back. "Do I need you to lecture me? Sheng Yunqi, get out now. She can only talk to me."
Sheng Yunqi refused to back down. "I'm not leaving. You, an adulterer, won't leave. Why should I?"
Du Gu Luan Yue silently swallowed the pigeon soup. She wondered why her father had arranged for Sheng Yunqi to come to Northern Yan. Now they were at each other's throats again.
As they were arguing, they were about to fight, but Sheng Yunqi was no match for Huo Wei.
Du Gu Luan Yue said, "Both of you, stop!"
Huo Wei kicked over the stool in front of Sheng Yunqi. It almost hit his knee. "Get out!"
Sheng Yunqi was rather delicate. He fell to the ground and said pitifully,
"Luan Yue, look. Huo Wei is a man who solves problems with violence. You should stay away from him. He made you bleed and almost killed you. This man is too dangerous to befriend."
Aunt Meijiang pursed her lips. If these two were both in the harem of Southern Chu in the future, wouldn't her mistress be exhausted every day after court?
Just as Du Gu Luan Yue was about to stand up to stop them, Huo Wei grabbed Sheng Yunqi's lapel and threw him out of the inner hall. He slammed the door shut. Sheng Yunqi was helpless and gritted his teeth in hatred.
Du Gu Luan Yue frowned, thinking that if they couldn't cooperate well in the future, there would surely be a lot of trouble.
Huo Wei walked over, reached out and lifted her chin. "Feeling sorry for him?"
Du Gu Luan Yue slapped his hand away.
"You just like to make trouble. I made my feelings for you clear that day. If you keep doing this, I'll really get angry."
Huo Wei sat down in front of her, picked up the pigeon soup on the table, scooped some up with a spoon and blew on it. He had a sly and cheeky smile on his face.
"Yeah, I almost forgot about that. When I go out later, I'll tell Sheng Yunqi about it."
"Come on, open your mouth." He looked at Du Gu Luan Yue happily.
Du Gu Luan Yue said coldly, "Are you trying to cause trouble?"
Huo Wei pursed his lips. "Okay, I'll listen to you. I won't say anything, okay?"
Hearing this, Du Gu Luan Yue obediently drank the soup.
After finishing the pigeon soup, she asked, "Aren't you afraid Murong Min will find out that you dare to come to Fengluan Palace during the day?"
Huo Wei sneered. "He's busy with the Taoist method of dual cultivation, taking yin to replenish yang. Sheng Yunqi has prepared a lot of young women born on inauspicious dates for him. He has no time to care about you, the queen."
Du Gu Luan Yue felt relieved.
"That's good. Master Yanxu has a personal friendship with my father. Murong Min's golden pills are quite interesting. Let him enjoy them."
Huo Wei pulled her onto his lap, looked up at her and asked, "How much do you know about the orphans of Jinyang?"
Du Gu Luan Yue said, "Concubine Wei told me some past events, but they're all about love affairs. I'm too lazy to tell you, a man, about them.
I'm not really interested in the orphans of Jinyang. It's just a way for me to break Murong Min's heart knot. I haven't thought about this for a while.
Why do you suddenly ask? Do you have any new discoveries?"
Huo Wei half - lowered his dark eyes. His long and dense eyelashes were as black as ink. There was a hint of gloom in his expression. "No."
Huo Wei then realized that Du Gu Luan Yue did this casually. She just wanted to plan something to arouse Murong Min's heart knot so that she could take advantage of the situation.
But Du Gu Luan Yue didn't know that he was the one Murong Min was looking for. Fortunately, very few people knew about this, so there probably wouldn't be any mistakes.
Du Gu Luan Yue wrapped her arms around his neck. She pointed at his nose with her fair finger.
"You seem a bit unhappy these days, but I didn't ask you. I was waiting for you to tell me on your own, but you never did.
Is it your master who asked you to do something you don't want to do?"
He had sworn a blood oath about the orphans of Jinyang and couldn't tell a single word. He had been living like this for many years.
It was true that he wouldn't do what his master asked him to do, but he had been forced recently.
He paused for a moment and then said with a wicked smile, "Master told me to kill you."
Du Gu Luan Yue's beautiful eyes widened in surprise at first, and then she held Huo Wei's face and kissed his lips. Her soft tongue took the initiative to attack and entangle with his.
She had always been passionate about Huo Wei. Seeing his fierce and unruly look made her heart flutter.
Du Gu Luan Yue looked at him provocatively with her charming face. "Can you bear to do it?"