Chapter 37: Scare You to Death

  All the way, he didn't say a word, his mouth was pursed into a straight line. He put me on the bed and still didn't speak, but carefully applied the medicine given by the imperial physician to my wounds.

  "What's wrong? Is something unhappy happening in the front hall?" I asked cautiously.

  "Ling Xue, I've asked myself a thousand times, if you hadn't met me, if you were with that tofu vendor instead, would you be happier, would you have to suffer so much?"

  I endured for so long, but it was his two sentences that left me with tears. I gently stretched out my hand to caress his face and shook my head telling him: "There aren't that many ifs in this world!"

  "Why are you so strong? Why don't you scream out loud, cry out loud? Snow, Xuan Yuan Mu, this life may never bring you happiness, but if there's a next life, I'll be your cow and horse!" Xuan Yuan Mu buries his face in my palm.

  I reached out and touched him, knowing he had his difficulties as a prince...

  At night, Yang Qing Dai returned. She stood outside Xuan Yuan Mu's room and shouted loudly: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, I have come to see you!"

  Xuanyuan's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he stood up and walked out.

  I saw him storming out with a face full of anger, it's too late to calm him down now, there's no one around me, my body is in such a state that even getting out of bed is difficult.

  "Your Highness, I apologize to you, please don't be angry. A commoner, even if he died, wouldn't cause me to lose my position as a concubine, would it? Besides, the Emperor has already said that this is just a small matter and won't come to anything. And our marriage was bestowed upon us by the Emperor himself, so if you were to strip me of my position, wouldn't that be disrespectful to the Emperor?" Yang Qing Dai's voice was sweet and endearing.

  Suddenly, a crash of furniture came from outside, I was startled and got out of bed with aching pain.

  "Cough cough, Xuan Yuan Mu? Xuan Yuan Mu you..."

  Outside, Yang Qing Dai's hoarse voice had already transmitted over, I endured the tearing pain and took three steps in two strides towards the outside, just in time to see Xuan Yuan Mu with one hand pinching Yang Qing Dai's neck, lifting her high up.

  Does he want to kill her?

  "Xuanyuan, let go, hurry up and let go!" He had just become the crown prince and couldn't afford to do anything that would ruin his reputation.

  Xuanyuan didn't let go at all, his face was pale, and his eyes turned golden yellow, staring at Yang Qingdai like a dead soul.

  "Xuanyuan, stop......" I really don't know what to do anymore. Yang Qing's pupils have already rolled back. "Don't let me see you kill someone, please, Xuanyuan, don't let me see you kill someone!"

  Xuanyuan Mu suddenly took a deep breath, his fingers loosened, and Yang Qingdai fell to the ground. She looked at him in horror, backing away.

  "Knowing that I'm a dead man, you still dare to provoke me. Do you know what a dead person cares about the most?" Xuan Yuan Mu glared at Yang Qing Dai on the ground: "It's that resentment, don't make me vent it on your head, by then, no one can save you!"

  "You... even if you were dead, I wouldn't care." Yang Qingdai said fearlessly.

  "Hmph!" Xuan Yuan Mu Leng snorted: "You think I don't know about what happened between you and Xuan Yuan Li? What, now that he's in prison, you're changing targets? Let me tell you, you're still too tender. The women I like are special, they must be able to withstand my torture. Can you?"

  "I... I'll go!" Yang Qing Dai covered her neck and replied affirmatively.

  Xuanyuan Muyao smiled, looking at Yang Qingdai on the ground, then his mouth corners expanded and his head shook on his shoulders, and a "gaga" sound came out. Xuanyuan Muyao's head rotated on his shoulders, from left to back, then from right to front.

  His mouth corners were smiling very big, blood was flowing from the corners of his mouth, his pupils turned yellow and bulged out, and his hair also stood on end in an instant, messy and disheveled.

  Then his limbs suddenly split and surrounded Yang Qingdai from all sides, his head also floated up, staring at her eyes: "I like this, do you?"

  Yang Qing's eyes rolled back and she fainted.

  Xuanyuan Mu returned to normal, came over and hugged me on the bed: "This kind of person, don't plead for her in the future. Not only does it make me angry, but also makes her think you're easy to bully!"

  "She likes you too!"

  "Do you like her? Are you going to give me up for her?" Xuan Yuan Mu's face turned icy cold, his eyebrows furrowed as he stared at me: "Mei Lingxue, I'm telling you, don't even think about pushing me into another woman's arms, I won't agree!"

  The next day, Yang Qingdai died in her own room, with her clothes disheveled and bruises all over her body. Xuan Yuanmu sat in her room, his face expressionless, saying nothing.

  The East Palace reported to the palace officials, and the palace officials reported to Empress An, who was in charge of the harem at that time. Empress An then informed the Emperor, and as a result, this matter spread throughout the imperial palace from top to bottom.

  Everyone thought that Crown Prince Xuan Yuan had a special hobby, enjoying cruelty, so Yang Liangyi couldn't bear the torture and died in bed. And I, was able to gain his favor, precisely because I could endure that kind of cruel love.

  Rumors spread, and everyone's eyes on me were filled with a hint of fear. Only I knew that it was Xuan Yuan Mu's plan to protect me. He didn't kill her in front of me, but he also didn't let her off.

  Yang Qingdi's death is inevitable. What can be done? He died because of his affair with the emperor's wife, and it would not be possible to pardon the crown prince's crime.

  The East Palace suddenly fell into silence, and even Mei Linghua hid far away when she saw me. Those who were busy selecting a consort for the crown prince also lost their voices for the time being.

  Xue Qiufeng had already received the news that at that time, the national teacher's men carried a coffin towards the back city and then changed it to a firewood cart, hiding the coffin inside and entering the imperial palace.

  This news shocked both Xuan Yuan and me, why did the national teacher go to great lengths to bring Princess Ruolan's body into the palace, this is truly unbelievable.

  "Could it be that there really are tombs inside the palace, specifically for burying corpses?" I asked in surprise, suddenly recalling that dream where I saw a tomb in a place marked as forbidden ground, and a female ghost eating flesh from my body.

  "What's wrong? Did you hear something?" Xue Qiufeng waved his hand in front of my eyes.

  I told him about how I used to accompany the Empress into the palace and how Xuan Yuan Zi's soul took me to the forbidden land.

  "That's just a dream, thinking about it during the day and thinking about it at night." Xue Qiufeng raised doubts.

  "No, that dream was very real. The ghost of Xuan Yuan Zi took me to a place where there were people wearing black cloaks, holding blood bowls, and sent them to the tomb. If there is a tomb in the palace, it's possible that Princess Yulan's body might be hidden there."

  Xuanyuan was silent for a long time, then suddenly stood up and walked outside: "Let's go boating on the lake, and invite the three princesses along!"

  On this sunny day, I brought pastries to the three princesses' bedroom and invited them to go boating on the lake. It was strange that all three princesses looked surprised, making excuses and refusing to go!