Chapter 41: The Young Master of the Aristocratic Family & the Tyrannical King (5)
The two of them walked around casually following the flow of people, and then walked to the riverside.
There are exquisite lotus lanterns floating in the river, the water surface is sparkling, and a bright moon hangs high in the sky.
Another custom during the Lantern Festival is to put out river lanterns. According to legend, if the person who makes a wish is pious enough, the river lantern can travel along the river to the hands of the gods.
Both sides of the river are very lively at the moment. From time to time, women hold lanterns and squat by the river. After making a wish devoutly, they carefully put the exquisite lanterns in their hands into the river and go with the waves.
Qin Yu took Ning Chen and bought two lanterns from a lantern stall near the river, and then walked to the river.
The moment Qin Yu put the lantern into the river, he closed his eyes and silently made a wish in his heart.
After Qin Yu made his wish, he directly sent the lantern into the river with skill and skill. As soon as the lantern entered the water, it quickly went down the river and soon floated ahead, as if he wanted to reach the gods before other lanterns in the river. in hand.
As soon as Qin Yu stood up, he saw Prince Wei and Shen Rou on the other side of the river. A large group of people were walking toward the river in a mighty manner.
In order to prevent Ning Chen from recalling the past, Qin Yu deliberately changed all the people serving Ning Chen.
Unexpectedly, when I came out today, I bumped into Shen Rou.
It’s so haunting!
Qin Yu saw Ning Chen standing up after putting down the lanterns, so he hid his hand in his sleeve and suddenly flicked a hidden weapon towards the other side of the river.
"Ah!"
Shen Rou stepped on a foreign object and suddenly slipped. She was about to fall to pieces. She hurriedly grabbed the maid next to her, but she also fell to the ground with her.
Shen Rou's scream startled everyone. The servants of Prince Wei's Mansion hurriedly helped Princess Wei up after she fell to the ground and made a fool of herself.
After Shen Rou was helped up, her whole face turned red with embarrassment. She actually made such a big fool of herself in front of everyone.
She hurriedly pulled Prince Wei and turned away, her thoughts of putting out river lanterns to pray for blessings were thrown away.
Ning Chen finished setting off the river lanterns and as soon as he got up, he saw only the backs of a group of people leaving in a mighty manner.
"What happened?" Ning Chen looked at Qin Yu doubtfully.
Qin Yu smiled innocently, "It's nothing, I just fell down when I was walking alone without eyesight." But he just walked without eyesight, and the whole capital was so big, so he wanted to get in front of him and Ning Chen.
Seeing that it was getting late, the two of them headed back to the palace.
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Although Qin Yu tried every means to hide Ning Chen's amnesia, someone with an intention still found out about it.
After Qin Yu ascended the throne, the Crown Princess moved to the remote Baoyun Palace.
To say that the Crown Princess is lucky is to be considered lucky, and to say that she is unlucky is to be considered unlucky.
The Crown Princess was of low origin, her family had no power and power, and her father was only a seventh-rank official. The imperial concubine won the heart of the late emperor all by herself, and then step by step she became an imperial concubine from the lowest level of palace maid.
She had always dreamed of becoming a queen, but unfortunately the queen came from a noble family. The power of the queen's mother's family alone prevented the late emperor from deposing the queen.
After finally surviving the death of the queen, the late emperor suddenly fell seriously ill and even died. The imperial concubine could only be a concubine until her death.
Since the death of the late emperor, Princess Wei Shen Rou has often visited the palace to visit the imperial concubine in the name of visiting her mother-in-law.
On this day, Shen Rou entered the palace again.
Shen Rou sat on the red sandalwood chair, looked at the Crown Princess sitting at the top and asked: "Mother Princess, your daughter-in-law has already ordered someone to take care of the things you asked your daughter-in-law to do. Her family is now in our hands." , as soon as the matter is completed, my daughter-in-law will deal with them all." The Crown Princess
raised the fragrant tea in her hand and took a careful sip, "Handle it cleanly, so that even if people are suspicious, there will be no evidence. If this is the case If we can restore his memory, then he can become a vital chess piece for us."
Shen Rou agreed humbly.
The imperial concubine looked at Shen Rou and said in a soft voice: "Your Majesty was spoiled by me and the late emperor, and now his character is still too naive. Now that the late emperor has also gone to the west, I am the only one left in this world. You and I will plan wholeheartedly for my son. When things are done, we, mother and son, will never forget your contribution."
Shen Rou hurriedly said: "Ms. Concubine, you are serious. My daughter-in-law did all these things for no reason. There is absolutely no half-hearted consideration for the prince."
The imperial concubine shook her light fan, half-closed her eyes, and said leisurely: "Okay, I know how you feel about the emperor. The emperor is lucky to be able to marry a good wife like you. I'm tired too. If nothing happens, just step back." Hearing what the Crown Princess said,
Shen Rou knelt down and left the palace.
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When Qin Yu first came to Beijing, he originally wanted to bring the miracle doctor who gave him the stone medicine back to the capital. Unexpectedly, the miracle doctor declined Qin Yu's invitation and just sent his apprentice to follow Qin Yu into Beijing.
Every time Qin Yu finished taking the stone medicine, the miracle doctor's apprentice would make new stone medicine for Qin Yu to use.
When Qin Yu first ascended the throne, he was often so angry that he had unbearable headaches, so he took stone medicine. However, since Ning Chen lost his memory, the frequency of Qin Yu's medication has been greatly reduced.
Qin Yu heard that the apprentice of the miracle doctor wanted to see him, so he summoned him.
"Mr. Jia, do you have anything important to report?"
Dr. Jia knelt down and replied: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Weichen's master sent a letter to Weichen two days ago, saying that he has further improved the prescription of stone medicine. After taking the new stone medicine for a few months, His Majesty's headache will be cured. Weichen has made a new stone medicine based on the master's prescription and is here to pay tribute to Your Majesty." This headache has become a problem
. Qin Yu has been living for several years, and he usually only has a dull pain, but when it attacks, he has a splitting headache. Now that he knew that he could one day recover, Qin Yu couldn't help but look happy after hearing this.
After Imperial Physician Jia brought the stone medicine as tribute, he specifically told Qin Yu that if he took it early, he would be cured early.
As soon as Qin Yu got the stone medicine, he took one directly. Sure enough, the headache eased quickly.
Qin Yu wanted to share the good news with Ning Chen immediately. Unexpectedly, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment suddenly came to the palace to ask for a meeting, saying that a major discovery had been made in the case of the former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue's suicide in prison and that it needed to be reported immediately.
Qin Yu had to deal with business first before suppressing his excitement.
After listening to the report from the Minister of Punishment, Qin Yu had just stepped out of the palace gate when an inconspicuous guard suddenly approached Qin Yu and reported to Qin Yu in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the female prisoner in the secret cell was kidnapped just now. Gone."
When he heard that Lu He was taken away, the nerves in Qin Yu's mind suddenly tightened, and he suddenly had a terrible and unknown premonition.
"Where is Ah Chen now?"
the guard reported back: "Master Ning is reading in Changhua Palace, but he never likes to be waited on by others when he is reading."
Qin Yu also knew that Ning Chen had a habit of being quiet while reading, and intuitively told him He must find Ning Chen immediately, otherwise something he doesn't want to see will happen.
Ning Chen's eyes were alert and he looked at the woman who suddenly appeared in front of him defensively.
"Sir, Lu He finally sees you!"
"Who are you?"
Lu He took a step forward excitedly, "Sir, I am Lu He. That tyrant was afraid that I would tell you the truth, so he imprisoned me. You were subjected to all kinds of torture in a secret prison. Young Master, don’t be deceived by the tyrant’s one-sided words! What you know now are lies that the tyrant used your amnesia to deceive you. The reason why you are in the palace now is all because of the tyrant’s coercion. You enter the palace to serve me. Before you lost your memory, you hated the tyrant to the core. The person you really like is Miss Shen Rou." Seeing that
Ning Chen seemed unmoved, Lu He's expression became more and more excited: "Master, I If there is a lie in what I said today, I will die badly!"
Before Ning Chen could reply, Qin Yu rushed to the gate of Changhua Palace. As soon as he stepped into the inner hall, he saw Ning Chen and Lu He.
Qin Yu ordered in a panic: "Come here, catch her!"
When Lu He saw that Qin Yu had arrived, he closed his eyes and made the last move of the day.
She suddenly banged her head against the palace pillar with all her strength, shouting in a shrill and desperate voice: "Kill me, tyrant!"
Lu He knew that she had to die today. Even if she did not die in the hands of the furious Qin Yu, she would die in the hands of the person behind the scenes who arranged this drama.
She also understood that even if she followed everyone's instructions, the lives of her parents and younger brother outside the palace might not be saved.
But she couldn't help it, she was a knife-sitter, and I was a fish-meat.
If she didn't do this drama, everyone in her family would definitely die. She made the play, and she was able to gamble that her family might survive.
Unfortunately, Lu He lost the bet. The moment she stepped into Changhua Palace, her parents and younger brother were already on the road to death ahead of her.
Dazzling blood splashed on the palace pillars.
Qin Yu saw Ning Chen about to look in the direction of Lu He, and hurriedly stepped forward and covered his eyes with his hand: "Don't look!"
For ordinary people, facing death is never a comfortable thing. things. Qin Yu didn't want Ning Chen to remember today's bloody scene whenever he thought of Lu He.
Lu He's body was quickly collected, and there seemed to be no trace of her presence in the entire palace, but Qin Yu knew that this matter was not over yet.
Qin Yu pushed everyone back and handed Ning Chen a cup of warm tea to calm his shock.
Qin Yu was panicking, and he asked tentatively: "What did she say?"
Ning Chen lowered his eyes and looked at the tea in his hand, and replied quietly: "She said everything."
Qin Yu pinched it with his fingertips instantly The flesh on the palm of his hand: "Do you believe her or me?"
Qin Yu wanted to bet on a possibility. He hoped that Ning Chen would choose to believe him because of the close relationship between the two during this period.
Ning Chen raised his eyes to look at Qin Yu and said softly: "I have restored my memory." The
huge rock that had been hanging in Qin Yu's heart suddenly fell down with a "stick" at this moment!
Qin Yu's fingertips pinched the fragile flesh of his palm so hard that bright red and dazzling blood suddenly dripped onto the floor.
Qin Yu didn't seem to feel the pain, and his fingertips continued to pinch the flesh of his palm fiercely. Drops of blood continued to splash on the floor, smashing open blood flowers.
Ning Chen frowned when he saw Qin Yu's bleeding hand, and walked out of the palace.
When Qin Yu saw Ning Chen's leaving figure, he couldn't suppress the irritability and fury in his heart.
Are you so eager to leave him as soon as you regain your memory? !
Qin Yu's eyes were red, he suppressed the rage in his body, and roared like an angry beast: "Ning Chen, if you dare to step out of this palace gate, I will kill all nine of your clans!" Qin Yu couldn't think of anything else
. The only way to keep Ning Chen was to rely on this simple but effective threat.
The palace maids and eunuchs waiting not far outside the palace, ready to serve at any time, were so frightened that they fell silent when they heard the emperor's angry roar.
Ning Chen turned back and glanced at Qin Yu. Qin Yu was staring at him with red eyes. Ning Chen looked at his appearance and knew that he was probably so angry that he had a headache again.
Ning Chen sighed and continued walking outside the palace.
Seeing Ning Chen's disappearing figure, Qin Yu no longer suppressed the anger in his body.
He let out a furious roar, and the sound of a large number of broken porcelains could be heard in the palace. The palace residents waiting outside were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, not daring to step into the palace and seek death.