Translator: Artsy
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Qian Jiujiu hesitated for a moment, the fifth prince? The fool Mu Yexing? Qian Jiujiu couldn't help but wonder, how could the emperor's heart still remember him?
She remembers that the fifth prince Mu Yexing is the son of the queen, and also emperor's legitimate son. Is there any plan for the Emperor? Qian Jiujiu was thinking, thinking how to answer?
Mu Yexiao looked at Qian Jiujiu and kept silent, but could not help but cough and said twice: "Jiu'er, can you cure it? Tell the truth."
"Fifth brother was very clever when he was a kid, he was literate at the age of three, and wrote poetry at the age of seven. He is a genius."
Qian Jiujiu hearing all at once, when Mu Yexing was young, he was a very clever child, but unfortunately he didn't hide himself inadequacy, so he was framed.
And his cleverness is that the emperor has never forgotten it. Glanced at the emperor the at Mu Yexiao, Qian Jiujiu shaking her head, "I don't know, Your majesty."
"I didn't take the fifth prince's pulse, I also don't know if the poison can be detoxify. Or father please invite the fifth prince over, daughter-in-law give a try. "
The emperor's expression was a little disappointed. He did not hear the promise of Qian Jiujiu, but he also knew that Qian Jiujiu's words was the real answer. How could she cured without seeing the patient.
Noble Consort Qing frowned, looking at the emperor: "If Jiu'er can heal the fifth prince, it will be great."
Qian Jiujiu are scared, what did this mean? Imperial family has lot of plan? Shouldn't Noble Consort Qing intentionally say this to the emperor to display her generosity?
Mu Yexiao looked at Qian Jiujiu's eyes, knew that this girl didn't know where she was thinking, and he coughed, "Jiu'er."
Suddenly, she returned to looked at Mu Yexiao: "What's wrong?"
Mu Yexiao coughed twice: "It's all right."
Qian Jiujiu glances at Mu Yexiao, this guy, have nothing to do. Watching the interaction between the two, the emperor could not help laughing, then looked at Mu Yexiao's legs.
What he wanted to say, after all, he did not say, he just looked at Noble Consort Qing: "Ask the Empress to come and have lunch together."
Noble Consort Qing has no objection. But Qian Jiujiu thought about something, why does it feel strange here? She glanced at Mu Yexiao and it just happened that Mu Yexiao also looked at her.
"Jiu'er, push me out for a walk."
Qian Jiujiu blinked her eyes. Imperial father and mother were all here. Was it really appropriate for them to go out and have sweet talk?
However, looking at the Emperor and Noble Consort Qing's face, there were no displeased look on their face. She was relieved a little. Noble Consort Qing gave a glance at Qian Jiujiu, "Go, you youngster has a lot to talk."
"There is nothing to accompany us here."
Why did it feel strange, wasn't she obviously entering the palace to accompany them? Thinking of this, Qian Jiujiu couldn't help but feel speechless, and still walked out beside Mu Yexiao.
As soon as they went out, Qian Jiujiu couldn't wait to ask Mu Yexiao, "Mu Yexiao, why do I think your relationship with her majesty the Empress is strange?"
Mu Yexiao gave a glance at Qian Jiujiu, "Is there anything strange? If you want to ask anything, just ask it directly. You don't have to beat around the bush. I will tell you what you want to know."
Qian Jiujiu's intentions has been exposed. She found it a little embarrassing, but she was still really curious. She looked at Mu Yexiao, "Then I will ask directly."
"If I can cure Mu Yexing, would you like me to cure him?"
Mu Yexiao nodded directly his head, "Of course I hope, if you can cure him, you must cure him."
Qian Jiujiu blinked her eyes and said, "But you're not afraid that such a clever person, who really healed by me, snatch your throne?"
Mu Yexiao laughed scornfully, "Do you know why I was bestowed a title as a prince, not crown prince?"
Qian Jiujiu shook her head, but her heart was also curious, yeah, as a favorite child, shouldn't the emperor bestowed a title as crown prince? Why bestowed as a prince?
Qian Jiujiu suddenly opened her eyes, as if she knew something: "They think that you're the closest to the crown prince position, but in fact it is the opposite. You are the person farthest from that position."
"But Mu Yexiao, you just told me that you wanted it, and when you are going to sit in that position, you don't have to refute it."
Mu Yexiao smiled, "Yeah, I'm the farthest person from that position. That's because my ambition not there, but in the royal court, except the Third Prince, the only candidate."
"Furthermore third brother is arrogant. Although his face says mild, he is actually very cruel in private. How can such a person sit in that position."
"Fourth brother is a matter of ability, it can also be said to be a problem of hobbies. If he is pushed up, I am afraid it is even more harmful and useless. In fact, the fifth brother is the best candidate."
"You don't know yet, my brother and I were born on the same day, and the time of birth was almost the same. On the day we were born, a priest came."
"The priest said that fifth brother is the destined prince and would be the next generation of Ming Dynasty. Later, fifth brother's performance was very outstanding and he was the queen's legitimate son, everything was logical. But in the end he became a fool, but your presence has let me see opportunity."
Qian Jiujiu was shocked and looked at Mu Yexiao, "But don't you want to sit in that position?"
Mu Yexiao grinned, "Even you know, in that position, although you eat well and dress well, but you are imprisoned in this plutocratic place everyday."
"What's the point of facing the endless memorials and unhandled state affairs? Look at Imperial Father, in fact, he wants only my mother. But he had no choice yet to accept the harem. When I was young, I also saw it. When Imperial Father went to other palaces, mother has a tearful face. I don't like this kind of scene."
"So when you told me those outrageous things, I wasn't angry, I was thinking about it."
Suddenly, Qian Jiujiu's heartbeat accelerated, and her voice stuttered, "What, what are you thinking about?"
Mu Yexiao looked at her nervousness, and suddenly smiled, "I haven't thought about it yet, I'll tell you the answer when I finish thinking about it, but what I said is wholehearted, if you can, you should remember to cure fifth brother."
Looking at Mu Yexiao's serious request, Qian Jiujiu nodded involuntarily, "If I can do it, I will do it."
Mu Yexiao smiled suddenly, "Of course, I don't want you to act hard and make yourself difficult. If you can't, you still have me behind you! No one can hurt you."
Qian Jiujiu smiled at Mu Yexiao, "I know it, Mu Yexiao is the best."
When they talked about this, they heard the eunuch's voice: "The Empress has arrived."
This was the second time that Qian Jiujiu saw the Empress. This person looks gentle and full of aura, but compared with the first time, Qian Jiujiu felt strange.
When she first met the Empress, she felt that the Empress was a weak and incapable person. There was a Noble Consort Qing who acted arrogantly, and Consort Xian who was despotic in the past.
Now she knew that the reason why Noble Consort Qing was so arrogant, was that she always confronts Consort Xian every time. This was a kind of self-protection and made Consort Xian didn't dare to act rashly.
It was also a way to protect the Empress, the weak and incapable Empress. In this way, the two would fight to death, yet no one can help each other. In this situation, although the influence of the Empress wasn't great, the position was stable.
This harem was confusing and incomprehensible. She gave a two-suppressed sound. Fortunately, she didn't come to interrupt the harem, otherwise she would die terribly.
And she was even more surprised that the origin of this Consort Xian was so large that half of the army of the Great Zhou was in Consort Xian's maiden family's hand.
Theoretically speaking, such a concubine should not let her raise the princes, otherwise the Emperor would has a lot of dangers. But this concubine was born and was successfully raised.
Thinking of Consort Xian, Qian Jiujiu glanced at Mu Yexiao, "Your highness, I remember that a month has passed, that Consort Xian will be in rush to be release from the tightly closed palace."
Mu Yexiao nodded, "She's already release, but firstly let don't provoke that woman. Let's go in."
Qian Jiujiu nodded, and then pushed Mu Yexiao in. As soon as they went in, they saw that the Emperor and the other got along well, and Noble Consort Qing was playing chess with the Empress.
The Emperor was giving guidance to Noble Consort Qing. The two dealt with the Empress alone. When they saw Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao coming in, the emperor gave them a look.
"It's Xiao'er and Jiu'er coming in. Hurry and go help your queen mother, your mother will lose soon, there aren't any warrior remain."
Mu Yexiao's mouth twitched, apparently getting used to this scene, push his own wheelchair and helped the Empress start the counterattack.
Qian Jiujiu stood behind Mu Yexiao, looking at these people, suddenly understood something, these was because she cured Mu Yexiao's poison, has been acknowledged by these people.
That was why they were showing such a display in front of her today. So, wouldn't she have unknowingly become their side?
But this doesn't seem to matter, because at the beginning, she was in Mu Yexiao's side. She had no interest in playing chess, watching a few people play chess.
Then Qian Jiujiu entered the kitchen of Noble Consort Qing Palace, preparing something to eat. Although Mu Yexiao now also took medicated food, it didn't matter if he didn't take it occasionally.
So when she entered the palace today, she didn't bring medicinal cuisine for Mu Yexiao, and now she was bored, then, she can make use of the materials on the spot.
Thinking of this, Qian Jiujiu came into the kitchen here, and as soon as she entered, the maidservants in the palace quickly knelt down, "Greeting to the Princess Consort."
Qian Jiujiu said, "Get up, this princess just want to know what's for dinner. You all go do your jobs."
Listening to what Qian Jiujiu said, those servants started to continue to do works, and while Qian Jiujiu watched these people cooking, she smelled something familiar.
Suddenly Qian Jiujiu standing up, looking at a servant, was pouring a pile of red ginseng into duck soup, but this one smelled so strange?
Qian Jiujiu couldn't help but pick it up and smell it, "What is this thing?"