No pop-up ads, so refreshing! Thanks for your support! Sounds good to me ^_^... Chapter 96

  "...I have... I have news of three queens... The Murong family... has been completely destroyed..."

  The sound was actually not loud, but it came from too far away, intermittent and fragmented, yet it resonated in my ears like a thunderclap on a clear day.

  She involuntarily broke free from Su Xiu's hand, hastily walking back, her heart was hiding an uncontrollable shock and anxiety, still carrying a thread of incredulity.

  Even now, hearing such news, I still can't remain unmoved.

  My mind is too complicated, for a moment I couldn't tell them apart.

  Perhaps when I was wealthy and noble, I didn't know how to face them again. Perhaps a wall had already been built in my heart. But now, with things as they are, all I know is that the care and concern of the past were not genuine at all.

  "What you just said, that the Murong family has fallen, what exactly happened?" I took a deep breath and asked.

  The man glanced at Su Xiu Mian, who had slowly walked to my side, and saw that although he hadn't nodded, he also didn't voice any opposition. Without further hesitation, he quickly spoke up: "The Mu Rong clan's rebellion has already been discovered by the Emperor, their family has been confiscated, and exterminating them is now unavoidable."

  "Treason?" I was somewhat incredulous: "How could it be?"

  The man still spoke quickly: "As for the royal family, ordinary people don't really know what's going on, but everyone says that the Murong clan is treacherous and not only rebelled, but also framed the crown prince. Anyway, the emperor has already made up his mind about this matter, so it's no surprise that... actually, the Murong family was doomed from the start, and a day like today was bound to come."

  "What about Murong's Prime Minister and his wife? What about General Shangguan and the Crown Prince's consort? How are they now?" My voice trembled uncontrollably.

  "It's said that the entire Murong clan was originally to be executed by lingchi, but the Emperor ultimately took into consideration the past merits of the Murong family and instead issued an edict to execute all adult males at the Meridian Gate. The women and children were strangled with white silk. Except for the Crown Prince's consort and the three princesses who carried imperial blood, General Mu Rong Jun escaped to the southern border and temporarily avoided death. Among the thousands of Murongs, it's likely that not a single person will be able to escape."

  "Are you saying they're all dead?" A chill spread through my heart, so cold.

  The man shook his head: "When I came, it was just a gain, but the rebellion was so big that even the crown prince was locked in the East Palace by the emperor because of an unjust involvement. The Murong family will die sooner or later."

  I still wanted to ask something, but the man just looked at his pale-faced wife in his arms with a worried expression and hastily asked Su Xiu: "Mr. Su, can you save my wife? Please save my wife, her illness cannot be delayed any longer!"

  Her eyebrows and eyes turned cold: "Who asked you to speak, go find someone else to save."

  I was just about to say something when Su Xiu had already quietly instructed the green-clad child beside her: "Take them to the Fan An Hall, I'll be right there."

  "Thank you, Mr. Su!" The man was overjoyed.

  "Sir, you——"

  Her words paused, looking at Su Xiuzhen's cold gaze, but finally still couldn't help it: "If the young master must save them, please let Yurou Mo take his place to diagnose."

  Su Xiuren said calmly: "Your needlework is not good enough, besides, I also want you to go out of the valley and do other things."

  "What's wrong?"

  "You follow San Wangfei back to the capital, what to do, no need for me to teach you."

  "I'm not going!"

  Su Xi's expression between her eyebrows and eyes didn't change in the slightest, still speaking calmly: "Then, you don't need to stay in Evil Doctor Valley anymore."

  Lingering in the desolate and eerie atmosphere, he opened his mouth as if to speak, but instead waved his hand to stop himself. He then turned his gaze deeply onto me, for a long time, before speaking again: "Qing'er, I know you can't wait to rush back to the capital immediately, I won't be able to stop you. But I want you to promise me that before I find you in the capital, you won't do anything."

  His eyes seemed to hold a hint of tension deep within, and I nodded subconsciously, as if it had been a long-standing habit.

  He saw me nodding, his expression slightly relaxed, but he didn't say much, nor did he pay attention to Lian Mo again. He just looked at me deeply and then turned around and walked towards the direction of Fan An Temple.

  I watched his back view gradually walking away, closed my eyes, turned around in the opposite direction, and walked towards Qingyuan Garden.

  "We set off immediately back to Beijing." I said to Shuying.

  She wasn't told what had happened, just that something might have gone wrong at home.

  Maybe, I used this word.

  Deep down still secretly hoping, this is just a rumor.

  Although deep down I already knew it, this news is probably true.

  That man was dressed in luxurious clothes and even in a hurry, he still had an elegant demeanor. At first glance, he didn't seem like the kind of person who would speak nonsense.

  And his careless and unguarded words also cannot deceive people.

  "The queen's body is weak, and it's exhausting to run around for this unfounded news. Even if you don't consider yourself, shouldn't you think about the child in your womb?"

  Xun Yun's words broke into my thoughts, and I hadn't expected her to intervene with such words, so I was taken aback for a moment.

  I thought that even if she was different from Lian Mo, at least she would want to return to Nan Chengyao's side as soon as possible and take care of me for Nan Chengyao's sake.

  She saw that I was speechless and slightly bowed her head: "Xun Yun is just worried that the king's body cannot withstand the hardships of fast horses, so she overstepped her bounds. Please forgive her, Your Highness."

  I shook my head: "I know you're doing it for my own good, but now that I've heard this news, I won't be able to pretend I don't know anything and stay here with a clear conscience. My own body, I'll take care of."

  Although reluctant, he still followed us all the way, and with Su's words in mind, I couldn't bring myself to refuse or push him away.

  She didn't say a word more than necessary with me, but every day she would inevitably give me an injection to calm the fetus.

  I didn't refuse, although I knew she didn't like me, but it was very clear that because of Su Xiu's relationship with her, she absolutely wouldn't harm me.

  The carriage on the way back didn't go very fast, perhaps because of homesickness, I even felt that the speed was much slower than when we came.

  When we finally approached the gate of the capital city, the horse carriage gradually came to a stop.

  "What's going on?" I asked.

  The closer they get, the more uneasy I feel in my heart.

  The voice of Yuè Huǐ sounded outside the carriage curtains: "There's a bit of congestion ahead, please have a short rest, madam. We'll be able to get through soon."

  I nodded and sat quietly in the car waiting.

  However, as time ticked away second by second, the carriage only moved forward a few steps with great difficulty. I wanted to pull open the curtain to take a look at the road conditions ahead, but couldn't manage to do so. All I could hear was the coachman's voice once again: "Madam, there are many people and it's chaotic here, please wait in the carriage and don't show your face."

  What he said wasn't unreasonable, so although I was anxious, I had no choice but to give up.

  Just then, he suddenly heard several sighs of emotion outside the carriage that seemed endless.

  "What a pity! The once illustrious Murong family has fallen to such a state..."

  "Don't look anymore, it's terrifying!"

  "And what about that young master from the Murong family? He's quite handsome, isn't he also going to be executed? I heard he's very popular in the southern border!"

  "Just now when the prison cart went under the city gate, you didn't see his appearance... Ah, perhaps death is a relief..."

  The blood in my body, bit by bit, congealed into ice. I was about to lift the curtain of the carriage when Xun Yun's expression changed and he grasped me tightly, his voice laced with entreaty: "Wang Fei..."

  I stared straight into her eyes: "Did you guys know all along?"

  She lowered her eyes and didn't say anything.

  I took a deep breath and ignored her, directly reaching out to pull the car curtain.

  She hesitated for a moment, but ultimately couldn't resist my determination.

  As the light gradually shines through, I look up to see that outside the gate of the old capital of Japan, which was once bustling with people, is now even more crowded, packed to the point where it's hard to breathe, and the dense crowd gathered at the foot of the city wall carries a hint of schadenfreude.

  My line of sight followed them and slowly rose up.

  On the city wall of Chang'an, that head hanging high, I once called him father. (Still remember the shocking reflection in the rear palace)

  Still remember the shocking swan's reflection (harem)