Chapter 62: The World's Greatest Grievance

  "Is it that you're harboring resentment and can't vent, so your body is suffering?" "Or are you not willing to look for the cause of your own death again?"

  "I'd love to, but you..."

  "I'm fine, I'm doing great now!"

  "But you almost got killed by the vengeful spirit, if you didn't know me, or we didn't care about those grudges, I could have taken you far away from that ugly and dark palace, and you wouldn't have appeared in such danger time and again..."

  Although I don't want Xuan Yuan to remember the hatred, I vaguely feel that the corpse spots on his body are absolutely related to his mood. More 'essence' colors please visit uruo.

  "If you're afraid I'll get into danger, send me away and I'll wait for you. You go settle your affairs and come find me!" I couldn't hold him back anymore, I had a premonition that the secrets of the Tiancang Kingdom's imperial palace were affecting the fate of the world and its people.

  One person's bitterness can be invisible, and his personal hatred can be forgotten. But what about the suffering of tens of millions of ordinary people?

  "Xuanyuan, although you are not a real living being, you are indeed the Crown Prince of Tiangong. What kind of person is the Emperor? Don't you know? Now among the princes, only the eldest prince Xuanyuan Xuan is still alive. If he also dies and you give up the throne, Tiangong will inevitably fall into chaos..."

  What is the greatest resentment under heaven? It is when the people are not living a life worth living and their lives are being ruined.

  Xuanyuan Mu looked at me, stretched out his hand and hugged me: "Alright, I will definitely investigate the secrets behind the palace, find out the reason, and not let things develop further. You go to your new house and rest for two days, your body needs quiet nursing, can't afford to be frightened again!"

  I nodded and snuggled into his arms: "Mu, once we've settled everything, let's be together forever."

  "Good..."

  Xuanyuan spent a night in the stone coffin and his body recovered a bit, but the corpse spots still existed.

  He sent me to Wang San Niang's tailor shop, where she and her daughter lived in the store, with an empty courtyard behind. This time I came, just staying in the backyard.

  Spent a few quiet days here, reading and shopping during the day, embroidering flowers at night, helping Wang San Niang make clothes when I had time, Chun'er was also very close to me and helped me decorate my room.

  At night, Xuan Yuan secretly comes over, and we sit together in the courtyard watching the moon and playing the zither.

  "How wonderful it would be if we could always live like this!" Xuan Yuan Mu's piano playing was extremely good.

  I smiled, but I was worried about the corpse spots on his body, wondering what they represented. But I was afraid that something would happen to his body.

  A few days later, Xuan Yuan Mu took me back to the palace. The palace was still the same as before. Su Gu Gu hadn't been found yet, and Gui Ying was still causing trouble.

  It's just that this unfounded thing, placed in the vast imperial palace, seems particularly small. In such a large court, the death of one or two palace girls has no impact at all. The life and death of these people is not even a ripple in the huge dark waters of the imperial palace.

  An Mingzhu brought her personal maid over to greet me, and I felt a little uneasy in my heart. After all, my status was just that of a maid, while she was a princess.

  An Mingzhu exhaled cold air and asked warmly, Xuan Yuanmu also smiled and stood on one side. Before long, Xue Qiufeng also came over, including Xuan Yuanqi.

  A few people gathered together, of course, had to drink a few cups. Xuan Yuan Wu was not drinking, but An Ming Zhu could drink a lot.

  After two cups of wine, the 'servants' and 'maids' beside her couldn't help but remind her to pay attention to her identity.

  "Hey! Mei Yu, stop nagging, everyone's finally relaxing, and you're causing trouble again. Go, go, go back and coax your kids!" An Mingzhu's face was flushed red, and her words were a bit slurred.

  "Child? Princess, are you kidding me? In the imperial palace's inner courtyard, where did this child come from? Did you bring one back from Nanzhao?" Xue Qiufeng spoke while eating meat, doing two things at once.

  "Hehe, these past few days Mei 'Yu' made three cloth dolls, she said they're her children, and she's really fond of them!"

  "Princess..." Mei 'Yu' reached out and gently pulled on An Mingzhu's sleeve, her face also turning red.

  A few people drinking and chatting, Xuan Yuan asked me to play the piano again, putting aside An Mingzhu who was supposed to be the 'girl', they insisted on using me.

  I had no choice but to swallow my pride and sit down, to be honest, my piano skills are not that great. After one song, only Xuan Yuan Mu applauded for me, while the others lowered their heads and quietly drank wine. And Xuan Yuan Qi was even more excessive, actually pointing at me and laughing out loud.

  After that, several people played a piece, all of whom were better than me. Especially An Mingzhu's "Moonlight Sword Dance", it was powerful and compact, although I don't understand music, I could also tell that among the few people, she played the best.

  My face turned red with shame as I sat beside Xuan Yuan's body, speechless. Xue Qiufeng also started to suppress me.

  "Sister Xue, it's okay if you can't play the piano, just take good care of your husband and that's enough! For a woman, the most important thing is to be a good wife and mother."

  I turned around and looked at Xuan Yuan Mu beside me, he was also looking at me, a faint smile appeared on his face, seeing me turn my head to look at him, suddenly kissed the corner of my mouth.

  "Wow, watch your mouth, we're all single!" Xuan Yuan Qi protested.

  He kissed me, and then was teased by so many people, I couldn't help but reach out and pinch Xuan Yuan Mu, my face immediately turned hot.

  "Ah! It hurts, girl. Are you thinking of kissing me too? They say that beating is loving and scolding is caring, right? Be more direct, no need to be so reserved." As he spoke, Xuan Yuan Mu actually puckered up his lips, waiting for me to kiss him.

  My face grew even hotter as I pushed him away: "As a prince, you don't have any dignity at all!"

  "Haha! I think I've seen the Three Emperors of old again!" Xuan Yuan Qi exclaimed with delight.

  He was a jokester back then. It's just that time flies, people's hearts are unpredictable, and too many things have changed, we've all forgotten what we were like in the first place.

  Apart from me and Xuan Yuan Mu, the other three had a lot to drink. An Ming Zhu pointed at my nose and said I was too suspicious, didn't trust people. Xuan Yuan Qi said I was too melancholic, too sentimental, every time he saw me my eyebrows were tightly furrowed. He also mentioned Yang Chen, saying that when he got drunk, he said it was too late to take action, and would have been better off taking me away from the Left Prime Minister's residence back in the days when we first met, now there's no chance anymore.

  I saw Xuan Yuan Mu, he stretched out his hand and hugged me, laughing uncontrollably: "This is fate, from now on, when you see Yang Chen, tell him that this lifetime, I will never give him a chance."

  Xue Qiufeng pointed at me and said: "Sister Xue's courage is so great, several times she encountered danger and escaped from death, absolutely not an ordinary person, absolutely not an ordinary person..."

  Everyone speaks their true feelings after drinking, pointing out each other's strengths and weaknesses without reserve, eating, singing, and spending a happy evening.

  The next day when I got out of bed, I felt a bit dizzy. Xuan Yuan Mu pulled me into his arms and kissed my neck: "Wife, you were so passionate and direct last night..." After that, he actually took my hand and placed it on his special place.