Qi Mingyue was sick for two days, and even Jinchen didn't come to see her.
When Qi Rongyu came over, the maid stood outside the door tremblingly. When she saw Qi Rongyu, she hurriedly saluted: "I have met the second young master."
"How is Ming Yue? Are you feeling better?"
He came back from a busy day and hasn't seen Qi Mingyue today.
"The young lady has locked herself in her room all day today. She doesn't see anyone. She refuses to take medicine or food. She is not allowed to tell the lady." The maid was so frightened that she knelt on the ground.
Qi Rongyu looked ugly and knocked on the door.
"Mingyue, it's me, second brother."
After receiving the response, Qi Rongyu pushed the door open and walked into the inner room. He saw Qi Mingyue who was pale, her eyes were red and swollen, and she had obviously just cried.
Qi Rongyu hurriedly walked over and looked at the medicine beside him: "Prince Chen has been busy with assassins these past two days and really can't spare the time. Don't waste your body."
"Second brother, is Brother Chen angry with me? He must be angry with me, that's why he doesn't want to see me. He is blaming me for surviving and causing my sister..."
Qi Mingyue grabbed Qi Rongyu's sleeves, tears falling one by one.
"Ming Yue!"
Qi Rongyu interrupted her, "Don't think so wildly, King Chen only has you in his heart! If he really betrays you, Mingyue, you are the legitimate daughter of our Duke's palace, and there are many young talents in Yujing."
Qi Mingyue cried and shook her head: "Second brother, I can't live without him, I really can't live..."
Qi Rongyu looked at her like this, frowned, and said comfortingly: "Do you know about the Empty Valley Festival? Qiyue Temple will hold the Empty Valley Festival tomorrow. I got the news that the imperial concubine sent the beggar she took away that day to Qiyue Temple tomorrow.
Take your majesty’s pet to fight the beast.”
"Fighting beast? How could that happen?" Qi Mingyue asked in disbelief.
Qi Rongyu's face was solemn: "You don't know something. There is a strange animal garden in your Majesty's palace. There are many rare and exotic animals, including many ferocious beasts. His favorite is the white tiger called Destruction. He used to bring it with him when he went to court.
, if anyone dares to disobey him and make him unhappy, his neck will be bitten off if he is lucky, and if he is not lucky, he will be taken to the Garden of Strange Beasts and fight with the beasts for a stick of incense, and he will either be bitten to death alive or lack of
His arms and legs were broken, and in the past few years, he seemed to have lost interest, so he became more restrained."
"I just didn't expect that as soon as the princess of Dong Qin came to the capital, she probably thought it was fun and asked Qiyue Guan to reopen the empty valley festival for her, just to fight the beast."
Qi Rongyu didn't notice the panic on Qi Mingyue's face, but he caught a glimpse of her hand holding his sleeve shaking, "What's wrong?"
"Lan'er, Lan'er was, just, had her neck bitten off, that person, she, she..." Qi Mingyue's voice trembled as if she was remembering something extremely panicking.
Qi Rongyu hurriedly patted her back: "Relax, don't be afraid, you don't have to worry too much about the imperial concubine. What happened that day was just a coincidence. The only daughter of the regent of the Eastern Qin Dynasty has had brain disease since she was a child. She is a madman and her actions are not what ordinary people can do.
I understand. Don’t worry, this is Yujing. No matter how messy she is, she won’t really ignore her. She is here to get married. If her behavior is too absurd, she will not be tolerated here. "
"But that beggar... Second brother, what should I do? Tomorrow, can you take me there tomorrow? If, if brother Chen knew that I was engaged, he would not marry me, right? Second brother, please help
Help me, I can't lose Brother Chen..." Qi Mingyue looked at Qi Rongyu pleadingly.
Qi Rongyu looked at her pale face and picked up the medicine bowl on the side: "You drink the medicine obediently and take care of yourself, then I can take you there."
"Okay, I'll drink it." As if she was afraid that Qi Rongyu wouldn't agree, Qi Mingyue picked up the medicine bowl and drank the medicine in the medicine bowl with a frown.
Seeing that she had taken the medicine, Qi Rongyu was relieved and said, "You have a good rest, I will pick you up early tomorrow morning."
"Thank you, second brother." Qi Mingyue finally had a smile on her face.
When Qi Rongyu left, the smile on Qi Mingyue's face completely disappeared. She grabbed the empty medicine bowl and smashed it to pieces on the ground. The maid was so frightened that she hurried in to clean it up.
Qi Mingyue waved to the maid, "Are you new here? What's your name?"
"My maid, my name is Wan'er. Before, I was doing rough work in the yard." Wan'er replied.
"Wan'er? Which night? Is it late at night?" Qi Mingyue's voice was delicate and soft, but it contained a chill that made people's scalp numb.
"No, no, it's gentle Wan."
"Come here." Qi Mingyue looked at her.
Wan'er hurriedly knelt down beside the bed.
Qi Mingyue reached out and grabbed her arm.
"Miss!" Wan'er looked at her in panic.
Qi Mingyue rolled up her sleeves, grabbed the porcelain tiles on the ground, and scratched her wrist hard. Blood gushed out instantly. Qi Mingyue took the empty bowl beside the bed without changing her expression, and squeezed Wan'er's hand.
, drop the blood into the bowl.
"Ah——" Wan'er cried out in pain and kept begging for mercy: "Miss, have mercy on me, miss, please have mercy on me..."
"I don't like the word Wan, not even Wan, so I went back and changed my name, you know?" Qi Mingyue said softly.
"I know, I know, I know..."
Qi Mingyue squeezed her wrist and waited until the blood dripped all over the bowl before letting her go and said, "Clean up this place."
Wan'er's face turned pale, and she picked up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground with trembling hands.
She is a new member of the family in the past two years. Everyone who has entered the family is envious of her for entering Miss Seven's courtyard. They say that Miss Seven is the most gentle and amiable, treats everyone well, and lives by her side better than other ladies outside.
Still comfortable.
When she was serving in the yard, she often heard the sound of porcelain bowls being thrown in Miss Seven's room. She thought it was just Miss Seven who didn't like taking medicine.
It turns out that it’s not that she doesn’t like taking medicine, it’s that she doesn’t take medicine, she drinks blood.
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The Konggu Festival was held once a year in the past. It was a rare grand event in Yujing City. Even the common people who could not enter Qiyue Temple would play in the streets at the foot of Qiyue Temple on that day. It was very lively.
But since three years ago, Qiyueguan has not held an empty valley event. I heard that the orchids in Qiyueguan died overnight and there were no flowers to enjoy, so naturally there was no event.
Now that I heard that Qiyue Temple was going to hold the Konggu Festival again, the entire Yujing people who got the news were very excited.
Especially when they heard that their emperor's newly married imperial concubine would come to Qiyue Temple in person, it aroused the curiosity of countless people.
Early in the morning, the road to Qiyue Temple was blocked. If officers and soldiers had not come to maintain order temporarily, the entire road would have been difficult to move.
Qi Mingyue followed Qi Rongyu to Qiyue Temple, and was accompanied by Xie Ziling, a cousin of the Qi Mansion. He was a scholar and had always been elegant. When he learned that the Konggu Festival was about to be held, he came to Qi Guogong's Mansion early in the morning and invited Qi Mingyue to accompany him.
The three of them set out early in the morning, but because there were too many cars and horses on the road, it was almost noon when they arrived at Qiyue Viewing.
Qi Mingyue saw Lian Jinchen who was talking to the Taoist priest of Qiyue Temple at a glance.
"Brother Chen," Qi Mingyue walked over in surprise, but she didn't know what she thought of, so she stopped again and looked at Lian Jinchen with a pale face.
Lian Jinchen noticed her gaze and walked over. Remembering that she seemed to be in poor health for the past two days, he asked, "Why are you here? It's not that you were frightened. Why don't you rest at home?"
The surprise in Qi Mingyue's eyes faded in an instant, and she bit her lip and looked at Lian Jinchen with tearful eyes.
Lian Jinchen frowned, stretched out his hand to hold her shoulders, and whispered: "I'm sorry, I've been busy with assassins these past two days, so I couldn't see you. There were so many people today, and I was afraid they would bump into you.
, I spoke a little hastily, so don’t take it to heart.”
After hearing his words, Qi Mingyue's expression finally softened, and she stretched out her hand to pull his cuffs. Her fingers were still wrapped with white gauze, as if she didn't dare to use force, "I have only heard of the Konggu Festival before, but I have never been to it, so I begged
My second brother and cousin brought me here, why is Brother Chen here?"
"I'm responsible for the security of the capital. There are many people here today. I'm afraid something might happen, so I came here to keep an eye on it." Lian Jinchen explained a few words, looked up and saw Qi Rongyu and Xie Ziling, and said to her: "I asked someone to take you.
Go have lunch and enjoy the flowers in the orchid garden nearby. Follow your second brother and don’t wander around."
"I understand." Qi Mingyue blushed and gently hooked Lian Jinchen's fingertips.
Lian Jinchen lowered his eyes and held her finger.
At this moment, there was a commotion in the distance.
Discussions were heard one after another, but they were extremely restrained and did not dare to amplify their voices.
Qi Mingyue and Lian Jinchen looked up and saw that the originally crowded crowd automatically separated to make way for them.
In the middle of the road, a girl dressed in red was walking up the steps, accompanied by a two-meter-long white tiger.