Seventy-two malaria texts / Fat mother towards kindness

  Sunlight shone on Wang Hongwen's face, his skin had darkened a lot, and the contours of his face seemed to have been carved out by the wind.

  Huā Yùyán bent down to help her father pick up the axe, just as she stretched out her hand, she felt the person in front of her stumble. In a state of shock, she supported him with both hands: "Dad."

  "Ying Yu, Father is having a nightmare?" Gong Hongwen's gaze fell on her face, his voice trembling.

  "It's me, Dad." Not feeling at ease about Father, Hua Xiyuan first supported him in walking back to the small wooden house.

  Inside the wooden house, the father and daughter sat face to face. For a long time, there was no sound, only mutual gazes, each anxiously searching for signs of change on the other's face.

  "Father, I am unfilial." As she spoke, she knelt down in front of her father and kowtowed.

  "Get up." Wang Hongwen hastily pulled her up with both hands, not allowing her to kneel again. "Dad is fine, but you've lost weight. Don't look at me chopping firewood here, but in the past when I was working hard, your mother always worried that I couldn't eat well and wouldn't gain weight. Now it's good, every day looking at the sky and water, even eating plain rice makes me fat, and my body has improved a lot."

  But as she looked at the extra lines on his face, she truly felt that seven years had passed and her father was old.

  "Dad, you seem to..." Although she had a premonition in her heart, her father wouldn't be too surprised by her appearance. Maybe her brother had already told him about it, or maybe not.

  "Father was certain you were alive, it was when he came to question me in the temple that I realized, although he had always thought so for a long time. Miyabi Hirofumi grasped her arm tightly, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, "You've lost weight, a lot of weight."

  She had lost some weight, but that was because she had developed some muscles from working in the countryside with her son and had less excess flesh, so she said to her father: "Like Father, my body has improved a lot."

  "Uh, but Father looks at you and your complexion doesn't look good."

  It refers to her complexion.

  "Dad." She didn't want her father to worry too much about her. "Tell your daughter, have you been bullied by anyone in the past few years?"

  "The Emperor will not make things difficult for me. The Emperor is protecting me. If I had stayed in the court without being questioned, it would have given others an excuse to implicate your brother later on. The Emperor was thinking of our imperial family and decided to send me here from the start. Others won't be able to make things difficult for me and our family now. Father knows, you must have pleaded with the Emperor before you left."

  She had begged him, and he had promised to keep their royal family safe. He did it.

  "The Emperor has been thinking of you, missing you terribly. I too, have had several close calls where I almost couldn't bear to speak out. But thinking that you're enduring all this alone, I thought to myself, no matter how hard it is for me, it's nothing compared to your hardships, so how could I bear to ruin things for you?"

  "How did Father guess?"

  "Dad actually knows that you have the Heavenly Curse. He also knows that there are people in this world who can break the Heavenly Curse, it's not like they don't exist. Think about me, his daughter, from a young age I had an astonishing talent, I could tell our family which days it would rain and to bring an umbrella. I've always been decisive about my own affairs, even when marrying into the imperial family, there wasn't any hesitation. Dad is clear, you probably already saw through everything."

  Huā Yù Yán grasped her father's hand tightly, with a slight tremble in her heart. Some things didn't need to be said, they could understand each other, that was her dad, the one she trusted most. So, back then, she chose to have her dad stay by her side and see her off on her final journey.

  In the end, it was her unfilial behavior that left her father alone in this world to bear so much.

  As she was about to kneel down, Gong Hongwen pulled her up forcefully: "Don't kneel! If anyone should kneel, it's me. I'm ashamed as a father, seeing my daughter bear such great pain alone, and not being able to help in any way, only able to remain silent. However, I did secretly confide in your mother that you might return. After all, I was worried that your mother wouldn't be able to bear it."

  "Mom?"

  "The Emperor allows it, every month, during holidays, to send your mother here to visit me in secret. Of course, she comes and goes secretly." Gong Hongwen said with a smile, pointing to the clothes on his body, "Don't worry, if I weren't working, I'd be afraid of ruining these good clothes. I have plenty of good clothes to wear. Here, there's never a lack of clothes or food. Working is something I want to do myself, the Emperor has never made things difficult for me. If I don't do some work and sweat a bit, I won't be able to sleep at night, thinking about my daughter who knows where she is suffering."

  "Dad, I'm fine."

  Gong Hongwen, however, only thought of the scene seven years ago when she spat a mouthful of blood on Lí Zǐmò's dragon robe. Every time he recalled it, he couldn't bear to look at it. After closing his eyes for a moment, Gong Hongwen opened them again, and his eyes became even clearer and deeper. At this time, even if he was wearing a peasant's hemp clothes and shoes, the air of being an official from the Gong family was evident: "Do you know who hurt you?"

  "The Empress Dowager has passed away." Hua Xixi's voice was cold and detached as she glossed over the news with a single sentence.

  Miya Hirofumi pondered and said, "The Miya family's motto is: 'Do not be joyful because of material things, do not be sorrowful because of oneself.'"

  "Yes. Brother had trained in the imperial palace before. Xing Yu also thought that every step in the imperial palace was a thrilling one, without any chance to let one's guard down."

  Knowing that her son had mentioned his sister earlier, Gong Hongwen spoke up for her son: "Rong Yu, you know your brother's temper, he worries about you more than anyone else."

  "Ji Yu knew that her brother's job was much more tiring than hers. Her brother wasn't trying to be angry, he was just worried about Ji Yu, and she knew it." Hua Xiyan thought back to her brother's furious expression earlier, to be honest, making the Palace people angry, especially making her very reserved brother angry, was a miracle in itself.

  Even so, Gong Hongwen recalls the past, still with some regret for letting her enter the palace: "At that time, you wanted to enter the palace, your mother didn't say anything, but I knew she didn't like it. How could being a queen be a good thing? Just look at the previous emperor, he deposed seven empresses in total, and Hu Taihou would have been deposed too if not for the current emperor's favor towards her later on. However, knowing that the previous emperor had some ill intentions towards our family, I was forced to let you take this risk. The crown prince insisted on marrying you, which must have exceeded the expectations of both the previous emperor and empress. If only we had sent you to a temple at that time, even if it meant offending the crown prince..."

  Huayu heard this and hastily interrupted him: "Father, don't say any more. As a member of the Palace family, having grown up eating the Palace's rice, if one doesn't work for the Palace, how can they be considered a child of the Palace? Moreover, generation after generation of the Palace family have been officials; if they truly wanted to retire and return to their hometown, would the people of the Palace be willing to give up their glory and wealth? Unlikely. I understand that the Palace has placed its trust and hope in the current Emperor. I am just the same, so I am willing to enter the palace to bear children for the Emperor."

  "Is that what you really think?" Hirofumi Miyagi was slightly surprised. Before, he and his family could feel that their daughter was willing to marry Lí Zǐ Mò, but they had always been somewhat concerned about how their daughter truly felt about Lí Zǐ Mò.

  "Yes." Huā Xīyán said, "My daughter remembers that when her father followed the Crown Prince to inspect the people's livelihood and handle affairs in various places, he returned and highly praised the Crown Prince, saying that the Crown Prince had a broad vision and far-reaching ambitions. The Crown Prince's words finally made my father see a glimmer of hope. After all, although Dongling is vast and rich, with strong national power, it cannot be denied that neighboring countries are eyeing Dongling covetously, provoking it in various ways. In the domestic market, the common people at the bottom are the most struggling. Among the nobles and officials, corruption is a frequent occurrence. Before the Emperor ascended to the throne, the favored ministers and corrupt officials of the previous emperor were not few."

  "So you want to assist him?" said Miyabi Hirofumi with a profound meaning, "A good emperor, on the other hand, is absolutely not like an ordinary person when it comes to his children's feelings. In order to handle government affairs and face difficulties, how can the Emperor's heart be tempered without being honed thousands of times?"

  Her father's words made Hua Xiyue recall the scene in Yongning Hall earlier. Her slender eyebrows furrowed slightly, but she didn't hesitate: "I still can't fathom Your Majesty's intentions towards me, but don't worry, Father, I have my own way of handling things."

  His daughter was clever and brave since childhood. Gong Hongwen didn't know whether to be relieved or not, saying: "The Emperor has been thinking of you all these years and hasn't appointed another crown prince."

  She's not stupid, she knows he hasn't forgotten her, and the main reason is that she gave birth to a good son for him, just like Empress Hu gave birth to a good son for the previous emperor. The mother relies on the child's nobility, throughout history, it has always been the same principle. Empress Hu ultimately failed, failing because of her own arrogance, thinking that her son was her own possession, and never truly loving her son.

  Thinking that he had never received true maternal love from Empress Dowager Cixi, her strict mouth and the bitterness and loneliness in his heart created their son, who grew up like him, with the same bitterness and loneliness when she was not around.

  She can't let their son become like him.

  The father and daughter talked for a long time, until the hour of chasing the moon had passed. Someone came in to urge her, wondering if it was time to set off for Lingyuan Temple. Lingyuan Temple was another location arranged by Li Zimo for her father, and the transfer was to make her father safer. Before things could be fully resolved and the crisis fully overcome, as long as her father did not appear, he would not cause unnecessary trouble.

  Miyako Hirofumi simply tidied up the things in the wooden house and followed her out, getting into the carriage.

  Following the shadow, the horse carriage was moving forward, and Zhui Yue sat at the curtain of the carriage door, always on high alert. Hua Xiyan held her father's hand tightly, feeling that the horse carriage was traveling on a mountain road, which seemed a bit arduous. Suddenly, a phantom appeared in front of her eyes, and when she rubbed her eyes, it seemed like something had emerged from her mind. A sense of astonishment flashed through her heart, and she immediately grabbed Zhui Yue to ask: "Where is the horse carriage heading now?"

  "Go back, young lady. Didn't I already say so? We need to send Palace Historian Tao to Lingyuan Temple." Chui Yue always had an impatient expression whenever she asked him anything.

  I don't know what kind of master raised this person. Hua Xiyan thought for a moment, but didn't get impatient, and asked again: "Is it going east?"

  Chasing the moon, she couldn't help but speak coldly: "Your Highness, Lingyuan Temple is in the east. If we don't head east, where are we going?"

  "Change the course of the car, bypass the forest and head to Lingyuan Temple."

  Zhuī Yuè doesn't listen to her words at all, regarding them as arbitrary and unreasonable behavior.

  "Chase the moon!" Hua Yuexuan suddenly shouted in a stern voice, although she didn't like to order people around with her authority, it didn't mean she wouldn't do so.

  Listening to her suddenly changed tone, issuing a stern warning, Chuiyue seemed startled, frowning, perhaps only then realizing she was after all the mistress. However, it still couldn't be changed. They had received orders to protect her, but they couldn't let her do as she pleased.

  Huā Yù Yán saw that she wasn't listening, and the horse carriage suddenly accelerated towards the east, rushing forward in one breath. With a curse, "Two idiots!" She disregarded everything, rushed up, grabbed Zhui Yue's collar with both hands, flung her away, and reached for the reins of the horse carriage in front.

  Chasing the moon grabbed her hand and didn't let go, shouting to the driver outside: "Hurry up and head east, Master wants to get off!"

  Is she going to get off? Don't these people think her father is on the carriage? Or are these two stupid enough to think she's going to take her father away? Huā Xī Yán grabbed Zhuì Yuè tightly and shouted at the horse driver, "Turn around quickly, listen to me, there are ambush soldiers ahead!"

  Zhū Yǐng was taken aback by her words, and then thought that this might be one of her tricks, so he urged the horse to gallop faster. Huā Xīyán felt the carriage rushing past the scenes in her mind, knowing she had no choice but to return to the carriage and say to her father: "Father, listen to me later, don't get off the carriage!"

  As soon as she finished speaking, the carriage suddenly made a loud noise and tilted violently to both sides. The people inside grabbed the walls of the carriage tightly to prevent being thrown out. In an instant, Chui Yue saw Zhuo Ying fall off his horse and exclaimed in shock: "Brother!"

  "Protect the princess!" A shout came from afar, echoing through the shadows.

  Chui Yue's face turned pale, and he quickly mounted the horse that was pulling the carriage, exerting great effort to control the frightened animal whose head was covered with a large net. Once the horse had calmed down, the surroundings were enveloped in a thick fog, and from within the forest, seven or eight figures emerged. They were all dressed in black, clearly intent on robbing the carriage.

  The man in front glanced inside the carriage and asked, "Is that Palace Historian Taishi sitting inside? We have some questions for him."

  Chase the moon, without saying a word, pulled out the dagger from his waist and threw it at the opponent. Several black shadows entangled with Chase the Moon. Seeing that everyone in this group was an expert, Chase the Moon was trapped in the middle, and after spinning around, there were already several knife wounds on his body, covered in bloodstains. As he watched the leader of the black-clad men reach out to grab the car curtain to peek inside, Chase the Moon let out a loud roar, suddenly exerting all his strength, sweeping past the people blocking his way, stretching out his five fingers, and directly digging into the leader's heart from behind.

  This palm with five claws scooped into the heart, the wind of the fist was sharp and fierce, splitting the air and bringing up a whirlwind. The other black-clad men saw it and shouted loudly: "Young Master, be careful!"

  The man known as the Young Master, with Chui Yue approaching his back within a hair's breadth, suddenly turned around like a swallow and, with his left palm chopping out, directly collided with Chui Yue's Five-Claw Heart-Piercing Fist. The two palms clashed, sending up a blast of air that caused everyone to retreat half a step, the horse carriage violently shaking.

  As soon as Huajiu Yan heard the words from Da Shaoye, her mind had already turned around. She turned back and saw that Gong Hongwen was about to rush out to block the way for her. Her expression changed, and she swiftly pointed at Gong Hongwen's acupoints from behind, rendering him immobile. Gong Hongwen couldn't move or make a sound, and could only stare at her in shock with his eyes.

  "Dad, I've told you before, you can't go out." After saying this, she gently pushed her father back onto the carriage couch, covered his body with a quilt, and immediately lifted the curtain.

  Outside the car, Zhuoyue's body was like a curved line that swept across the sky and fell heavily on the sandy ground, spitting out a stream of blood from the corner of her mouth. Huajiu Yan only saw her pale face from afar, but she knew that her internal organs had been severely damaged.

  Hearing the commotion behind him, the young master who had effortlessly struck Pursuing Moon with a palm and left him severely injured turned around. Tall and slender, with a black mask covering his face, he must have been a handsome young nobleman.

  Huā Yùyán stepped down from the horse carriage, her eyes meeting his at a level gaze.

  In an instant, the gaze of "Big Young Master" changed color, as if struck by lightning. Before he could react, Hua Yuexuan's figure flashed, and one hand flew out, grabbing his neck at incredible speed. The opponent was caught off guard by her sudden attack, retreating repeatedly, although his retreat speed was faster than hers, but apparently not comparable to the calculations in her mind. Just as she slightly hooked the corner of her mouth, her left hand, which had been hidden in her sleeve, had already reached out and grabbed his left arm.

  "Ahh!" A blood-curdling scream pierced the sky.

  Only to see that "young master" was like being scalded by fire, and could only swing his arm up and down, retreating to a distance of three zhang away from her. At the same time, the other black-clad men surrounded him, standing in front of the "young master" to protect him.

  It's too late. Only to see that on the place where she had grasped his hand, "Young Master"'s left arm suddenly emitted black smoke, and then his muscles and bones were burning like wood on fire. Such a bizarre scene made the remaining black-clothed men reveal their horror, and for a while they didn't know how to save their master.

  As for the "young master" whose arm suddenly caught fire, he was even more shocked and cried out: "Uncle Wang, quickly, quickly cut off my arm!"

  Among the men in black, there was a man with an elder's face who hastily drew out the long knife worn by the person beside him. The knife flashed through the air, and with a bright light, it flew over, causing "Young Master" to lose an arm. Fresh blood spurted out like a fountain. Fingers instantly pressed down on the wounded man's acupoints to stop the bleeding, and then two hands supported the pale-faced "Young Master", who was left with only half his life, and shouted: "Master! Master!"

  "The young master" opened his eyes, looking at the arm that had fallen to the sandy ground. The black flames engulfed it, and in an instant, they burned his severed limb to ashes, leaving not even a speck of residue behind. The terror he felt at this moment was as if he had seen the end of the world, revealed in his eyes.

  "You, you——" The trembling in his voice was perhaps something that no one else around him had ever heard before, a series of sounds that accompanied his shaking. Looking at this terrifying and inexplicable scene, he then looked towards Huajiu Yan again, and involuntarily took several steps back.

  Huā Yù Yán saw two words from their gaze towards her: Seductress!

  Hua Yu Yan merely flicked off the dust on her clothes with her fingers and softly said, "Young Master Sun, if you want to invite my father to drink tea, how can you not inform me first?"

  Along with her voice, the black cloth covering "Young Master"'s face fell off, revealing the face of Sun Manor's Young Master, Sun Xuanxi.

  No wonder she found this young master familiar at first glance, it turned out that he was one of the people who cursed her to death, and what's more, he didn't know she was dead, had even sneaked into her tomb to see if she was really dead, how could she not have an impression of him.

  Sun Xuanye gasped for breath, after all, he was a martial artist, and his body was much stronger than that of Empress Hu who had been ill all day and needed to take medicine. Being grabbed by her like this only took away half of his life, but it was enough to make him suffer. A pained and angry growl escaped from his throat: "You... you really have come back, just as Lord Shi said..."

  "Shí dà ren?" She raised an eyebrow.

  Sun Xuanye's face changed instantly, and he didn't utter another word.

  Wang Shu wrapped one arm around him and ordered the remaining black-clad men, "Surround her, we must kill her. Her evil magic only works on Young Master, don't be afraid!" With that, he picked up the injured Sun Xuanxi and retreated first.

  After this order was given, the remaining five or six men in black clothes surrounded her like a net.

  Hua Yu Yan cast a sidelong glance over, saw Zhuo Yue struggling in the sandy ground, spat out even more blood from her mouth, and knew that she couldn't count on her to come and save herself. Thus, she took stock of the positions of the several people around her, at the same time pulling out a black needle from her sleeve opening. Wanting to take her life wouldn't be easy.

  The one lying in the carriage behind is her father, and no matter what, he will not let this group of beasts go any further.

  Beautiful eyes narrowed, several sleeve needles were about to be launched simultaneously.

  Suddenly, a whistle pierced through the forest. The black-clad men were startled by the sound and saw that Zhuī Yuè had used all his strength to pull out an iron whistle from his pocket and blew it into his mouth. One of the black-clad men kicked Zhuī Yuè's head with one foot, and Zhuī Yuè's body flew out again. The black iron whistle cut through the sky, stirring up a trail of grey.

  However, after the whistle, the atmosphere in the forest changed again. The mist that shrouded everything was split open by a strong gust of wind from the middle. A loud neighing sound came from afar and drew near at an incredible speed. Five or six men in black clothes looked around in terror, searching for where the horse came from, when a fierce horse with a coat as red as the setting sun, its mane and tail like blood, its nostrils blowing white air, descended from the sky with a ferocious face.

  The man in black retreated with a sudden movement. Huajiu Yan couldn't help but raise her sleeve to slightly cover her face. The horse that had fallen to the ground, its heavy hooves trampling heavily on the sandy soil, stirred up a circle of intense air waves, as if treading on sparks.

  The youth on horseback, with a face as white as jade and a crown of white jade, had a beauty like that of carved jade. His expression was cold, as if he had a layer of frost on him. His eyes, which were as expressionless as those of the god of death, scanned the several black-clad men around him indifferently.

  Several black-clad men, sensing something was amiss, were about to flee. The youth's white spear, over a zhang in length, swept around him, and all that could be seen was a flash of white light in the air, with no discernible movement. Five or six black-clad men fell to the ground almost simultaneously. Hua Xiuyan looked at the one who had fallen closest to her, and saw his neck spouting a column of red blood, losing blood at an alarming rate that was almost instantaneous. The black-clad man struggled for less than half a second before his head lolled to one side, and he stopped moving altogether.

  Five or six people died in the same way, it can be seen that one spear killed five or six lives. Hua Xixi blinked: No wonder those black-clothed men saw this young man and ran away without even thinking about it. I don't know where the youth came from, but at such a young age, he's so fierce?

  It wasn't her turn to sigh, this white-clothed young man who was like a war god, seeing that there were no other enemies coming from all around, jumped off his horse and rushed towards her face.

  All she saw was that he was not on horseback, and Hua Yuexian could see more clearly that he wore a white robe with fine fabric, the front chest embroidered with a golden thread of a fierce tiger. He was only sixteen or seventeen years old, but his height was already higher than hers by some margin. His eyes were still cold as ice, seemingly unable to determine who she was.

  Of course he couldn't know who she was. He had never seen her before. She had also never seen him. However, she knew how he came. Because Chui Yue blew an iron whistle.

  "Your man is over there." Huā Xīyán pointed at Zhuì Yuè who had already flown to the other side.

  The young man looked at her again, seemingly slightly surprised by her expression. Her expression was too calm, as if nothing had happened. Obviously, the predicament she had just fallen into was a matter of life and death. Obviously, her attire was that of a noble family's young lady. Noble ladies who lived in seclusion would faint upon encountering such a situation, like Lin Muyong. Where could they be like her, without even a hint of shock or fright?

  This makes the hero's rescue of the beauty unbearable.

  The young man slightly furrowed his elegant eyebrows, seeming very perplexed, but then chased after Lin Yue and ran past.

  He came to see the moon, propped himself up with difficulty, and said: "Young master, I, I have failed your expectations." Before he could finish speaking, his body fell back onto the ground.

  The young man looked at the claw mark on her chest, apparently her heart had been severely injured. Her face was slightly pale, and she searched her pockets as if she had forgotten to bring something.

  Hua Yuxuan saw the situation and had no choice but to take out a pill from her own medicine bag and hand it over to him: "Give it to her, it's a lifesaving pill, it can relieve her for a while."

  The young man did not hastily take it over, looking at her as if he was not easily accepting things from people he didn't know.

  This person's vigilance is unusually heavy. Can't you see that she and they are in the same camp? Huā Xīyán was almost tempted to roll her eyes.

  The Moon Chaser lying on the ground moved slightly, mustering up his last breath to tell the young man: "She... she is the princess."

  Mom?

  Upon hearing these two words, the young man's eyes quickly swept over her face again. From his gaze, Huayu could clearly see a sentence: Doesn't look like it.

  Young lady, isn't it all about being delicate and dainty, even needing someone to support you when walking?

  She's fine, she got out of the carriage and faced a group of men in black clothes by herself.

  Yan Jian saw that Chui Yue's eyes were about to close, and his life was hanging by a thread. Hua Xiyan couldn't wait for the young general who was staring blankly at himself to take over the medicine pill, so she had no choice but to stuff the pill into Chui Yue's mouth herself, holding down his chin and forcing him to swallow it.

  At the same time, a string of horseshoes sounded from the woods, getting closer and closer. Before long, more than ten horsemen appeared in front of them. Hua Xiuyan could see her brother's figure far away and hurriedly stood up first, tidying up her clothes, especially remembering to dust off the dirt, so that her brother wouldn't notice she had been running around again. As she hastily brushed off the dirt on her body, the white-clothed young man's gaze seemed to have seen something astonishing, nailed to her body. Hua Xiuyan was really afraid of being discovered by her brother and glanced back at him, implying: "You know who I am, shouldn't you pay your respects?"

  When she said this, the youth's icy face suddenly seemed to be turbulent, his eyebrows raised again and again, but his mouth was tightly closed like an iceberg.

  Hua Yu Yan didn't wait for him to respond and saw her brother's horse approaching the fastest, so she hurriedly went forward to meet him.

  Gong Xiangru saw a corpse lying on the ground as soon as he got off his horse, his eyebrows furrowed tightly. He quickly dismounted and first sized up his sister who was walking towards him, seeing nothing out of the ordinary, asked: "Where is Gong Taishi?"

  "Dad is in the horse carriage." As soon as Hua Xiuyan finished saying this, she regretted it and regretted it to her bones. If only she had tricked him into going somewhere else first, then gotten into the carriage and untied her father's acupoints before speaking.

  Mingxiangru heard her words and immediately lifted the curtain to jump into the carriage to check on his father's condition. Huaxiayan thought for a moment, wondering if she should grab a horse and run first. As she was about to reach out to grab the reins of the horse, that white-clothed young man who had been staring at her intently furrowed his brow again.

  At this time, just when she was hesitating and didn't have time to climb onto the horse carriage, a furious roar came from inside: "Gong Xuan Yu!"

  He's dead!

  Her father is furious!

  In the end, her father didn't come out, probably because her brother had already taken his place to comfort him and would scold her on his behalf. Gong Xiangru lifted the car curtain, slowly got off the carriage, stood still, waiting for her to come over and admit her mistake.

  Biting her lip, Hua Xiyan walked towards her brother and said, "Brother, I couldn't just let Father take the arrow for me, could I?"

  "What's your father's grave doing here?"

  "I'm afraid he might be in danger when he gets off the bus."

  Gong Xiangru seemed to be at a loss, first letting out a light sigh, saying: "Father also has martial arts for self-defense. Besides, you are the empress, he is your subordinate. If you make a mistake, he won't be affected, aren't you going to let the emperor chop off his head?"

  "As long as I'm around, no one can chop off his head."

  At her words, her brother stared at her with a gaze that seemed as if he wanted to strangle her with his bare hands.

  Huā Yù Yán's expression changed slightly as she quickly shifted her gaze and said, "Who is that general? I've never seen him before. He saved me."

  Reminded by her, Gong Xiangru suddenly remembered that she didn't know this person, so he introduced: "This is General Lin."

  Lin Xuanqi stood up and finally seemed to have confirmed that she was the princess, walking in front of her and kneeling down on one knee: "Your humble servant greets Your Highness."

  "General Lin, you don't have to be so polite. General Lin has made great contributions in saving the emperor, and tomorrow morning I will report this to His Majesty." Huaxi Yan said softly.

  As for her words, Lin Xuanqi raised her head and shot a glance at her, as if to say: How many faces does she have?

  At this time, Gong Miao couldn't help but lightly scold his sister again: "From now on, you are not allowed to act on your own without permission."

  Huā Yù Yán could only patiently explain to her brother: "It's not like I wanted this, I originally told them to drive west, but they wouldn't listen to their master's words. Alright, now one by one it's become like this."

  At this time, the Zhuiying who fell off the horse and rolled down the cliff was found and rescued, and reunited with her sister Chuiyue. Upon hearing her words, the expressions of the brother and sister were inexplicable, how could they have imagined that there would really be ambushes in the east? Moreover, how could Hua Xiyan have anticipated the enemy's movements first when there was no movement at all before?

  Lin Xuanqi's face sank at the same time, and she said to her: "Your Majesty, it is the end of the general's subordinates' ability that they are not good enough to protect Your Majesty and Gong Taishi. However, these two subordinates of mine have become Your Majesty's people. I hope Your Majesty will severely punish them on behalf of the end general."

  Huā Yù's gaze was extremely deep as she looked at this person: Let her handle these two people? How to handle them? Was she supposed to drive them away? Those who were driven away by her and claimed they couldn't be used, could they still survive? It was obvious even with just a toe.

  All I can say is that this person may be young, but she's quite deep-minded and knows how to use excuses to shift the focus back on herself.

  "Let's put Chui Yue on the carriage and send her back to treat her injuries first." Xiu Mei quickly raised an eyebrow, putting this matter aside for now. After going through this ordeal, it's likely that this brother and sister will regard her as their true master from now on.

  She saw her speaking in a neither fast nor slow tone, Lin Xuanqi looked at her slender eyebrows which seemed to be furrowed slightly.

  After finishing, everyone prepared to continue their journey to Lingyuan Temple. Huayexi asked her brother: "Why is Lord Gong in this place?"

  "I followed the imperial order to wait for Palace Historian at Lingyuan Temple, when the time arrived but didn't see anyone, so I brought some people along the way to search. Seeing her sister's eyes still lingering on Lin Xiangji, Gong Xiangru said, "General Lin had just seen the emperor this morning and then came to see me, as a result, he accompanied me all the way to find someone, suddenly heard the sound of a whistle, and rode forward alone."

  The black iron whistle, the Sun family saw that the young man changed color with the wind, can all explain that this General Lin is extraordinary. But in her seven-year-old memory, there was no existence of such a person. Seeing the young general's demeanor, it should be unforgettable, how could it leave her without any impression?

  Lin Mansion, Lin Mansion, muttering two words in her mouth, suddenly, a ray of light burst open in her mind. She only remembered that many years ago, when she was only four or five years old, on the street, she and Palace Lady saw the imperial court escorting prisoners to parade through the streets. With over a hundred people, all were dealt with by the previous emperor. The crime that the previous emperor had framed this family for was "dereliction of duty in saving the throne".

  When the previous emperor was on the throne, there were a few small battles, one of which was lost as soon as it started. The general who lost the battle would be beheaded, and if the emperor's anger had not dissipated, his family members would be implicated, which was a common occurrence. It is likely that this young general's family members either got beheaded or were sent to the borderlands. However, after many years, he is now here and has been reused by Li Zimo.

  Mingxiangru walked behind her, sending her to the car. She didn't think that as soon as she stepped on the footboard, her body suddenly tilted and fell down. When Huajian's eyes suddenly went black, she only heard her brother's voice lingering in her ears: Hurry up and inform Shengshang.

  She saw that her seven souls and six spirits were truly unable to rest, so she grabbed a handful of Sun Xuanxi and took away half of Sun Xuanxi's life. She herself also exhausted too much mental energy and couldn't hold on for a moment.

  A warm current suddenly stuck to her back, and in a moment, a spiritual energy entered her heart, locking up the unstable seven souls and six spirits. The dragon's aura flowed continuously into her body, and she was like being on fire, sweating instantly, with all her clothes soaked as if they had been fished out of water. She opened her eyes to see him above her head, a pool of dark pupils gazing deeply at her.

  She felt hot and reached out to unbutton her collar, but he held her hand down and pulled the quilt over her, saying, "You'll feel cold later."

  He hadn't finished speaking when his body suddenly shook violently. Indeed, after the dragon energy had passed, the extreme heat turned to cold, and she was so chilled that she shivered uncontrollably, voluntarily burrowing into his embrace.

  His chest was like a fiery furnace, and he transmitted the heat to her body.

  Due to the cold, her hands involuntarily hugged him for a while to warm up. After her body warmed up a bit, she suddenly felt extremely ashamed and quickly let go of him.

  "You're already the mother of two children, and yet you still fear me? Hmm?" The tone at the end was filled with a strong sense of sarcasm. Why didn't she show any embarrassment when hugging her two sons? Aren't they his offspring too?

  "Can Father compare with his son?" A low murmur escaped her lips unintentionally.

  He immediately raised her chin: "What? They are my sons, can I still not compare with them?"

  Her eyes dodged in her apricot-shaped pupils as she said, "Your Majesty is unparalleled under the heavens, this is what I meant."

  "Don't think you're clever, I can still deal with you." Following this sentence, he heavily added another one, "I heard that you even made the Duke of State ill with anger."

  Her father said that after being pointed at by her, he was scared out of his heart disease.

  "Filial piety is the most important virtue in the world, how can there be a daughter who doesn't save her father?"

  He pointed to the tip of her nose: "Alright, you, Gong Xiu, you can't even use the guards I gave you now. Maybe another day, you can spar with me and practice your martial arts. Of course, don't try any of those tricks you used on me in the forest that time."

  What trickery, it's just a hallucinogenic pill.

  The door creaked open and Gong Xiangru walked in, seeing that her complexion had improved, she let out a huge sigh of relief. After taking her pulse again, she said: "Wait for the medicine to be ready and I'll bring it over, you need to drink it. With sufficient qi and blood, it will help you control your heart rate."

  The person who brought her medicine walked in and saw a small figure, Hua Xiuyan was taken aback, then glared at the child's father: How did you tell him?

  Little Prince Lei Dongyuan carefully held the medicine bowl in both hands, as if holding a treasure in his palms, and presented it to his parents. In a tender and steady childish voice, he said: "Mother, please drink your medicine."

  The son brought the medicine, and she naturally drank it in one gulp. Hurriedly taking the bowl from her son's hand, she was still angry with the child's father: What did you tell him to do!

  "Mother, I accidentally overheard that Father is coming to visit." Li Dongyu immediately took the blame upon himself.

  Li Zimo touched the little prince's head and said to her: "Don't worry, I won't let him know."

  If Xiaochi knew, she wouldn't be able to cry herself to death. However, Huayexuan felt that it wasn't good for her eldest son to know either. Her eldest son was only about a year older than Xiaochi. Sighing, she picked up the medicine bowl without even looking at it and poured it into her mouth. As soon as she drank it, she found that the taste of the medicine wasn't as bitter as she had imagined, and she was taken aback for a moment.

  The medicine her brother prescribed for her was extremely bitter, she didn't know if it was intentional to punish her.

  Was it her brother who let her off this time?

  She glanced over and her son, Xiao Yan, who was known as a young medical genius, gave her a mysterious wink.

  Hua Yu Yan was suddenly moved to tears: Look, it's still the son who cares about his mother. Knowing that his mother's medicine is bitter, he added sugar or something to her medicine, which doesn't affect its efficacy and also eliminates the bitterness.

  After seeing her finish the medicine, let the mother and son stay for a while. Li Zimo took Gong Xiangru out of the guest room of Lingyuan Temple.

  "Has the killer's face been seen clearly?" The dragon's voice was loud and stern.

  Gong Miao said: "General Lin said it should be the Sun family's dark guard that was wrong."

  "Is that the Sun family? It seems they are very impatient. I originally wanted to have them cultivate their bodies and minds for a few days, but now it's them who can't wait, not me."

  Gong Miao bowed his head and did not dare to speak up.

  The dragon's face slightly lowered: "If you want to personally help her avenge this, I won't stop you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let General Lin come find you either."

  The Duke of Zhou nodded and said: "I understand your orders."