Chapter 829 All This Is a Misunderstanding
“Huh? To be the Empress?
“Wait a minute. Does Zhou Ling misunderstand sothing?”
“Commander Zhou Ling, I actually have no ambition for the position of the Empress. You... you don’t have to rush,” Lin ngya said, obviously startled.
“To be the Empress? Do they want to marry the Emperor...
“No way... The Emperor seems to be around my father’s age. How can I marry him?”
“How can we not rush? You’ve seen the current situation of Mada Jingrou. She is competent at the position of the Empress, but can only be a Mada. Now all the Misses from aristocratic families are coveting the position of the Ninth Princess, so you must hurry up to get the position,” Zhou Ling said.
Lin ngya was stunned. “Gosh, it... it is absolutely impossible for to marry Xiaoyu, okay?”
At the thought that Lin ngya was worried about this, Zhou Ling imdiately tried to comfort her. “Don’t be afraid, my father and I will definitely support no one other than you. Now it seems that you are the most suitable candidate. After I go ho, I will tell my father to arrange a suitable background for you so that you can marry the Ninth Prince as soon as possible!”
Zhou Ling, who was definitely a woman of action, intended to leave even before finishing her words.
With no ti to care about anything else, Lin ngya reached out to grab Zhou Ling’s arm.
She said, “Commander Zhou, the Ninth Prince and I are not a couple as you think. Please don’t do this.”
She had been close to Xiaoyu before. But after learning the rumors about their relationship last ti, they had kept a proper distance between them in public.
Moreover, Xiaoyu only called her sister, and they had no affection for each other.
In this case, where did this ridiculous rumor co from?
“Don’t you know the Ninth Prince openly talked back to His Majesty a few days ago and claid that he wanted to marry you as his wife? Aren’t you in love with each other?” Zhou Ling said.
She was a smart person in other aspects, but she was inexperienced in love.
Lin ngya was stunned as if struck by lightning. Xiaoyu wanted to marry her? Wasn’t it just a misunderstanding?
She shook her head. In fact, she had not t Xiaoyu in the past few days.
But didn’t he go out of the imperial palace for so important business?
How could he talk back to the Emperor openly?
She felt a little uneasy, wondering what on earth was going on with Xiaoyu.
“Indeed, we are not a couple as you think. I was brought into the imperial palace by the Ninth Prince from outside to serve Mada Jingrou. I’m unqualified to be the Ninth Princess,” she said.
Oh, yes, Zhou Ling said that all the aristocratic families wanted to marry their female mbers to Xiaoyu at present.
Perhaps Xiaoyu had no other choice but to use her as a shield.
As Lin ngya thought about it, she found it was very likely to be true.
After all, she was the only woman who definitely would not marry him.
She asked, “Commander, may I ask wasn’t Miss Dongfang the candidate for the Ninth Princess? Why are all the Misses from aristocratic families eager to marry the Ninth Prince now?”
Although Lin ngya had always disapproved of arranged marriages, things did not always go as people wished, let alone in feudal ancient tis.
Seeing that she seed to be reluctant to marry Wanyan Yu, Zhou Ling had a doubt and explained. “My father said that was the original plan. However, the triennial grand eting of venomous insects is going to be held in the next few days. Among the princes who are going to attend the eting, the Ninth Prince carries the most powerful innate venomous insect. You know according to the rules of our Lieyun Empire, the more powerful a venomous insect is, the more likely it is to win at the eting of venomous insects. When the ti cos, the leaders of various tribes will naturally turn to support the most powerful prince. Therefore, even my father wants to support the Ninth Prince.”
The eting of venomous insects? What was that? Why had Xiaoyu never ntioned it before?
Lin ngya frowned, thinking Xiaoyu seed to have hidden a lot of things from her.
Long Tianyu also got involved in it. What on earth did both of them intend to keep it from her for?
After sending Zhou Ling off, Lin ngya returned to the Fengyu Court alone.
Baisu had returned earlier than Lin ngya. After comforting the palace maids in the yard, she stood at the door and waited for Lin ngya.
“Miss, what’s wrong?” Seeing that Lin ngya seed to be preoccupied by so troubles, Baisu asked with concern.
There were very few things in this world that could cause Lin ngya to reveal a worried expression.
Could it be that Lin ngya ran into serious trouble?
“Oh, nothing. Let’s get in first,” Lin ngya said.
Although it was already late at night, she remained cautious.
The Fengyu Court was not as safe as the resting palace of the Emperor, and soone else could show up around them at any ti.
They quickly returned to the side chamber. In the flickering orange light, Lin ngya revealed a complicated expression.
If she had known this before, last night she should have asked Long Tianyu what he and Xiaoyu were going to do.
“Do you know what the eting of venomous insects is?” She asked.
It had been more than half a year since she ca here, but she found the Lieyun Empire was an extrely mysterious place.
Even now, she did not think she knew everything about the Lieyun Empire.
Baisu was stunned for a mont, wondering how Lin ngya learned this.
Lin ngya said, “You don’t have to hide it from . Soone has told that Xiaoyu has gone to attend the eting of venomous insects. Baisu, what exactly is this? Is Xiaoyu in danger?”
Baisu lowered her head and sighed lightly when she saw Lin ngya’s worried expression.
It was true that Xiaoyu insisted on keeping it from Lin ngya.
Unexpectedly, they failed to do so.
“Miss, you won’t bla , will you?” Baisu asked cautiously.
After all, she hid it from Lin ngya until Lin ngya found out about it.
Lin ngya just shook her head. Although Baisu was close to her, Xiaoyu was Baisu’s forr master after all.
Sandwiched between Xiaoyu and her, Baisu was presumably in a difficult position.
Lin ngya said, “How could I bla you? Everyone has his difficulties. Nevertheless, if the eting of venomous insects is really treacherous, I can’t watch him take the risk without taking any action.”
She knew Xiaoyu’s disposition better than anyone.
Why did he always try to take risks on his own?
Baisu said, “In fact, it’s not treacherous. The eting of venomous insects is an important tradition passed on by the noble families of the Lieyun Empire from generation to generation. Legend has it that the King of Various Venomous Insects has left his people a royal venomous insect after going up to the heaven. Only those who have the royal venomous insect can open the door of the heaven again so that the King of Various Venomous Insects and the Witch Empress can reunite. Although it’s just a legend, the royal venomous insect does exist, and it’s the reason why the tribes can’t completely replace the royal family. Only the noblest blood of the royal family can awaken the royal venomous insect. If the royal venomous insect is not fed with the royal blood in three years, all tribes will die out overnight.”
Hearing Baisu’s narration, Lin ngya found it unimaginably queer.
Nevertheless, the legend of the King of Various Venomous Insects and the Witch Empress was related to every aspect of the society of the Lieyun Empire.
She had thought that the legend of the King of Various Venomous Insects and the Witch Empress was just a folk story.
Now it seed that although the King of Various Venomous Insects had passed away long before, every aspect of the society of the Lieyun Empire was still under his control.
It was a little terrifying but chillingly weird.
Who on earth were the King of Various Venomous Insects and the Witch Empress?
“Is there any docunt about the King of Various Venomous Insects and the Witch Empress in the imperial palace?” Lin ngya suddenly asked.
Baisu hesitated for a mont and then nodded.
She said, “Although there are a multitude of versions of the legend about the King of Various Venomous Insects and the Witch Empress among the people, I heard that the most complete version of the legend is in the imperial palace. I think we have no chance to read the original. Oh, yes, maybe there are so copies in the study of His Majesty.”
Hearing this, Lin ngya looked a little embarrassed. “The Emperor’s study?”
Now she finally realized why the Emperor looked at her like that.
No matter how important Mada Jingrou and Xiaoyu considered her, the Emperor presumably considered her a fem fatale.
In this case, how could the Emperor allow her to enter his study?
It seed that she could only ask Mada Jingrou for help.
Returning to herself, Lin ngya began to stare at Baisu.
Recently, she had found it strange that Baisu was familiar with both folk rumors and secrets in the imperial palace.
There seed to be nothing Baisu didn’t know.
It was reasonable for Baisu to see or hear what had happened in recent years when she followed Wanyan Lie or Xiaoyu.
But so secrets were supposed to be kept from a humble personal guard like Baisu.
“Why... why are you staring at like that, Miss?” Baisu asked.
Lin ngya’s gaze made her flesh creep and feel as if she were the dicinal herbs in the Liuxin Courtyard about to be processed.
Was Lin ngya going to process her?
“Baisu, are you still hiding sothing from ? Such as your identity?” Lin ngya asked.
Baisu imdiately shook her head like a rattle drum.
How could Baisu stay unaffected by the slight playfulness in Lin ngya’s eyes?
But she really didn’t hide anything else from Lin ngya!
“There’s one thing I’m not sure if I should tell you. Xiaoyu told before that your real identity is not simple. At first, I thought you were an unusual person among them. But now it seems that your background is not so simple. Aren’t you curious about it?” Lin ngya said.
Lin ngya was curious about Baisu’s real identity, not because she was nosy, but because Baisu’s current situation was a little strange.
Baisu once said that she had lost a large part of her childhood mories and could only rember a small part vaguely.
But she rembered so secret stories of the Lieyun Empire clearly.
Lin ngya suddenly recalled Baisu moved with ease when they sneaked into the Divine Witch Shrine.
Even if Baisu had read the map in advance, she was not necessarily able to do so.
Moreover, Baisu was imdiately taken away after coming out.
Could it be that Baisu’s identity had sothing to do with the Divine Witch Shrine?
“Oh... My identity?” Baisu said, obviously realizing this problem for the first ti.
Under Lin ngya’s encouraging gaze, Baisu tried hard to recall where she learned these secrets.
No... it seed that so of them just ca into her mind.
She could not rember how she learned them, as if they were part of her mories.
If it weren’t for Lin ngya’s words, she wouldn’t have realized there was sothing wrong with that.
For the first ti, she, who had always been composed, showed a panic-stricken look.
She glanced blankly at Lin ngya with her eyes filled with helplessness that made Lin ngya feel sorry.
She said, “Miss... Miss... I, I can’t rember.”
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