HLnovel Chapter 466 What is Your Highness jealous of?
Chapter 466 What is Your Highness jealous of?
Lu Yangyang cursed under her breath.
Grass, him, ancestor, lineage.
Good, she remembered.
She didn't approve of sending a princess, but if it weren't for Helian Jue's insistence on having Li Duan, the marriage alliance might not have fallen to Li Duan. And this damn Prince Yi, he's already married, why would he want to marry again?
Don't let her catch him, or she'll ruin him sooner or later.
Seeing that Lu Yangyang's face was quite pale, Nalan Yunyan hurriedly got up, took two steps back, looked at Lu Yangyang warily, and stammered, "You, you won't regret it, will you?"
Lu Yangyang composed herself and didn't hold a grudge against Nalan Yunyan. She looked outside and said, "I've been here for quite a while now. If I stay here any longer, it will arouse their suspicion. Help me prepare. I'll go tidy up. Go out and tell them that you've taken a liking to me and want to keep me as a palace maid. If they disagree, make a scene. When they come to take me away, pretend you're unwilling and say you'll go find Master Shangqing yourself. When you get there, make a scene with him again, stall for time as much as possible. When you can't stall any longer, pretend you're furious and leave. Do you understand?"
a little complicated.
However, Nalan Yunyan is very good at causing trouble; she has caused trouble no less than eight hundred times in the past six months.
With a major disturbance every three days and a minor one every two days, everyone in the Celestial Palace should be used to it.
She immediately nodded: "No problem."
"By the way, do you know what they're doing bringing those young girls to the Immortal Palace? I heard that none of them went back. Have you seen them here?" Lu Yangyang asked.
Nalan Yunyan, still pondering what Lu Yangyang had just told her, was completely unguarded and blurted out, "I don't know either. Some of them did stay behind to become palace maids. That old Taoist priest usually doesn't show his face. He's busy refining some kind of elixir every day. Those girls he took away haven't appeared again. I heard people say in private that they were probably refined into elixirs by him. You Central Plains people are really strange. You think about immortality every day. You even use people to refine elixirs. It's really scary."
Lu Yangyang's brows furrowed instantly.
She was still thinking today, how come there are princes everywhere? Could that Shangshan Fairy from back then, and this Shangqing Taoist priest now, really be related?
Lu Yangyang grabbed Nalan Yunyan: "How many people were with you when you left the capital with His Highness? Were there any other people with His Highness?"
Nalan Yunyan asked in confusion, "Of course there is. There's a palace maid who said she's taken care of him since he was little. What's her name again?"
Nalan Yunyan thought for a moment, then her eyes lit up. "Xueyan! That's right, the servants call her Aunt Xueyan. She's always with His Highness. Dolan told me that she overheard His Highness calling that palace maid 'Sister' in private. They're very close!"
Nalan Yunyan said unhappily, "I used to dislike her a lot, but I've been so annoyed with her lately that I almost forgot about her!"
"Is there anything unusual about Xueyan?" Lu Yangyang asked.
Nalan Yunyan shook her head: "I didn't find anything abnormal. It's just that the Crown Prince is in charge of everything, big or small, and the people below all listen to her."
"I understand. I'll go wash up first. You can go and cause trouble for them later," Lu Yangyang instructed.
Nalan Yunyan nodded excitedly and told Duolan to have someone prepare water and clothes. Lu Yangyang politely declined the maid's service and went to wash herself.
But her mind was still preoccupied with the Crown Prince's affairs. She remembered that when the Crown Prince sent people to investigate that medicine, they found it was related to the Southwest, and later they discovered that a palace maid serving the Crown Prince was from Miao territory. It was possible that that palace maid was Xueyan. In the Qinglian case, the most horrifying thing about the prescription for the Nourishing Heart Pill wasn't the medicine from Miao territory, but the brains of those innocent children—it was utterly inhumane.
Now, some Taoist priest named Shangqing has come up with some kind of elixir of immortality, and he even has a crush on pretty young girls. Lu Yangyang's heart sank deeper and deeper, and she had a bad feeling about it.
She hastily tidied herself up, changed her clothes, and used a beauty cream to touch up her face. Just as she was about to call for help, she suddenly heard someone gently knock on the window.
Lu Yangyang walked quickly to the window, opened it a crack, and Pei Ji gestured with his eyes to the inside. Lu Yangyang quickly opened the window, and Pei Ji jumped in.
Lu Yangyang recalled the eye contact they had exchanged halfway up the mountain and Pei Ji's retreat, and hurriedly lowered her voice to ask him, "Have you seen His Highness? Is His Highness alright?"
"Young Master went to the mountainside; there's something hidden inside. He said he'll take care of it, and told us to focus on dealing with that old Taoist priest," Pei Ji replied in a low voice.
The mountainside? Could it be that person is hiding inside the mountainside? What kind of important figure would hide there? That's too strange!
However… what Your Highness means is that the old Taoist priest relies on that person, and he must get rid of that person now. So no matter what happens on the mountain, there is no need to worry. The only thing to worry about is how to increase their chances of winning.
“I suspect this stinky Taoist priest might have some connection with the Immortal Maiden Shangshan from the Qinglian case back then. I have to go check it out. Have someone secretly follow me. If I don’t have time to send a message, you have to hurry and save me.” Lu Yangyang took out two small bottles from her bag and handed them to Pei Ji: “One is a sleeping potion, and the other is a laxative. Find an opportunity to knock one out first and then we’ll stall until Lord Ling comes to our aid.”
Pei Ji silently accepted the medicine bottle. It had been a while since he'd seen him, and this guy's methods had become increasingly unconventional.
"There's one more thing. I have two helpers waiting for me halfway up the mountain. Have someone go and tell them that there's a girl hiding in a crevice in the opposite rock face. If we all perish, don't forget to send someone to rescue her," Lu Yangyang instructed.
Pei Ji: "..."
Pei Ji tucked the medicine bottle into his pocket, thought for a moment, and asked, "Did you decide to die?"
Lu Yangyang: "I don't really want to die, but it's important to be prepared for the worst."
Would she want to die when she's alive? She's not asking for trouble. But she needs to be prepared for that; otherwise, she can't just keep waiting for divine intervention.
Pei Ji nodded. "In that case, there's something I won't hide from you. Last time at Yingzhou Wharf, the young master saw you and Lin Wuji being close, and he got jealous."
Lu Yangyang was immediately filled with question marks. No, she couldn't understand what he meant when he put those words together.
What does it mean that she and Lin Wuji have a close relationship? How are they close?
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm not familiar with him." Lu Yangyang felt something was off. Wait, was this really the time to discuss this? She wasn't really going to die! Also, Lu Yangyang didn't understand: "Why is Your Highness jealous?"
Isn't it too complicated?
Lu Yangyang, her curiosity piqued, pressed on, "Why is Your Highness jealous?"