Chapter 44: The Queen
It was night, the moon was in the sky, and the stars were twinkling all over the sky.
Tang Ruyan glanced at the sleeping Xiaohu, got up and picked up the burden on the table and jumped out of the window.
"Master." Guo Jing was already waiting here, and when he saw Tang Ruyan coming out, he immediately stepped forward to meet.
Tang Ruyan nodded, the cold moonlight sprinkled on her face, making her face look even paler, and her emaciated body was as thin as a leaf, as if it would drift away with the wind at any time.
Such a Tang Ruyan makes people feel distressed to watch. A flash of worry flashed in Guo Jing's eyes, after she came out of the palace in the early morning, she had been in a coma with a high fever until the evening, but she insisted on continuing to sneak into the palace tonight to investigate, no matter how much the two persuaded her. "Master, are you okay?"
Shaking his head, a trace of warmth flashed in Tang Ruyan's heart. "I'm okay, have you brought your stuff?"
"Bring it." Guo Jing took out a pocket watch-like thing from his arms, and his tone was full of admiration.
It was a simple compass made according to Tang Ruyan's requirements, the hand turned in a direction, and the pointer also moved, and finally fixed at the position due south. Although he made it, Tang Ruyan didn't say the principle, so he was still very skeptical at first, but after making it, after several trials, the pointer really pointed to the south position.
"It's not much use today, but take it with you, just in case." Tang Ruyan nodded with satisfaction, "Let's go." β
Not long after, the two entered the palace again, and according to the location drawn by Xiaohu, they came to the Zoyou Palace smoothly. Even if she wasn't Tang Ruyan, she still couldn't let that woman go.
Without the thunderstorm, the palace didn't look as hideous and terrifying as last night, just quiet, unusually quiet, the two of them lay on the outer wall and listened for a while, and after making sure that there was no one, they turned over and landed, and ran towards the hellish room.
Shuttling in the suspended white silk, Tang Ruyan's body stiffened, and something seemed to flash in front of her, Tang Ruyan immediately became alert, and Guo Jing, who was following behind, saw her appearance and looked around nervously.
"What's wrong?" Guo Jing asked cautiously, and there was no sense of danger around him.
Tang Ruyan shook her head, she didn't find any other breath, but just now she obviously felt that something flashed in front of her eyes, maybe she was too tired. "Go ahead, it's okay."
Just after walking a few steps, the moment Tang Ruyan looked up, he saw a girl hanging on the white silk, looking at her with round eyes, her eyes full of resentment. "Ahh Tang Ruyan exclaimed in surprise, and his body retreated again and again.
"Master, what's wrong?" Guo Jing hurriedly supported her, put his whole body on guard, and quickly looked around to make sure that no one heard. Fortunately, this is the Cold Palace, and in the entire palace, no one wants to come to this ghost place, especially a woman who lives in it who is half-dead and more terrible than a ghost.
Tang Ruyan stabilized his mind and rubbed his eyes vigorously, but there was nothing in front of him except the floating white silk.
Is she dazzled? In the yin qi of such a place, there are so many white silk stained with blood, and it is normal to be frightened in your heart.
"Master, what do you see?" Seeing that Tang Ruyan didn't react, Guo Jing couldn't help but ask again.
There was nothing but white silk. Tang Ruyan looked at the gloomy and terrifying room calmly, there was really nothing, but what did she see just now? The girl with a resentful face flashed in her heart, and Tang Ruyan took a few steps back in horror. The girlβisn't her face very similar to hers?
This kind of cognition made the panic in Tang Ruyan's heart continue to expand, and he only felt that there seemed to be something pouring out of his mind, but his mind was always empty, and he didn't remember anything.
"Who?" A weak voice came from the corner.
The two of them were stunned at the same time, and hurried to the corner. The woman who used to be the mother of the world was still dirty, unkempt, and smelled unpleasant.
Seeing the two people who suddenly appeared in front of him, a touch of surprise flashed in Fu Jinxin's eyes, and after being stunned for a moment, he turned his head and didn't want to deal with the two, he had been in this place for three years, three years was enough to wipe out a person's mind, even if she was once the mother of a country, but now, who can remember who she is?
"Lan Xin, that woman, is a vicious person. Hehe, I regret that I was too merciful to leave her alive. Fu Jinxin smiled bitterly, "You two were ordered by that woman to marry me." I knew that as long as I didn't die for a day, that woman wouldn't be at ease. β
The two were stunned again, this is not a crazy woman, why do you speak so organized?
"You're the Queen?" Tang Ruyan asked.
The woman was stunned for a moment, and a sad smile appeared on her vicissitudes of life. "Queen? Am I going to be a queen like this? Haha, I'm Fu Jinxin, a woman who was trapped here and tortured by that vicious woman. There was another sneer, "Queen, what is the queen?" It is the mother of a country, the model of the mother of the world, you look at me like this, who will believe it? β
In this way, this woman still knows her name, and she doesn't seem crazy, but what happened last night? Obviously still alone.
Guo Jing naturally knew the relationship between Tang Ruyan and the woman in front of him, but time was tight, so they couldn't wait here for too long. "Master, take out the food."
Tang Ruyan immediately untied the food box from his shoulder when he heard this, and Guo Jing got water from nowhere and asked Fu Jinxin to clean it.
Fu Jinxin looked at the two of them, his body did not move, "Who are you?" β
"Don't ask, you take care of your body first, there is no problem with eating these foods for a day or two, you hide it, and I will come to pick you up when I finish dealing with this place?" Tang Ruyan raised his eyes, and his gaze was just right at Fu Jinxin.
In that moment, Tang Ruyan saw a lot of things in her eyes, although she had already been tortured, her eyes were still bright, and she could vaguely find her beautiful images.
"Tranquility!?" Fu Jinxin's lips trembled, and she called out the two names that she thought she would never be able to shout again.
Tang Ruyan was stunned for a moment, knowing that she couldn't hide it, and she didn't want to hide it, she originally thought that this woman was crazy and it was inconvenient to take it away, but now it seems that this woman is not crazy, and she can recognize her, since she is not crazy, things are much easier.
Pulling down the black veil that covered her face, Tang Ruyan looked at the woman, "Queen Mother, I am Anning." β
Even when she heard this, there was still a deep doubt in the woman's eyes. How could her daughter appear in front of her dressed in black? An Ning doesn't know martial arts at all.
"No, you are not An Ning, An Ning doesn't know martial arts, and you won't call my mother." Fu Jinxin withdrew the hand that wanted to caress Tang Ruyan's cheek, although the woman in front of her had exactly the same face as her daughter, she always felt that her eyes were too cold.
It wasn't the look she was familiar with.
Tang Ruyan was slightly stunned, and then relieved. Knowing her son Mo Ruomu, although her abnormal actions can be hidden from others, how can she hide from the mother of the original owner? Then he said: "My whereabouts over there were exposed, and the prince was angry and didn't know what he had done, I don't remember what happened before, I only remember that I gave birth to a child, and then I heard a lot of things from Qing'er." β
After a few simple explanations, seeing Fu Jinxin's eyes change from surprise to confusion to wavering, Tang Ruyan knew how smart this person was, and he already understood her situation.
"Is it really my cigarette?" Fu Jinxin hugged Tang Ruyan, tears streaming down. "It's the mother's fault, the queen mother doesn't have the ability to protect you, so you have suffered so many grievances, the queen mother is sorry for you, my smoke."
That kind of strong family affection moved Tang Ruyan. Even if she was an impostor, they didn't know about it, and she accepted the family affection with peace of mind.
"Don't make a sound, I snuck in." Tang Ruyan said and urged Fu Jinxin to hurry up and freshen up and eat something, "The queen mother will take good care of her body these days, and I will deal with the outside affairs as soon as possible." β
"What's going on?" Fu Jinxin had a deep worry in his eyes. "Lan Xin, that woman is deeply hidden, you are not her opponent, listen to the words of the queen mother, leave the place of right and wrong quickly, go as far as you want, and never come back."
How far to go. A wry smile appeared on the corner of Tang Ruyan's mouth, she wanted to go as far as she wanted, but she couldn't at all.
"The queen mother, the child is lost. Among the gifts given to me by the royal brother was the child's belongings, and I guessed that the child might have been here, so he got involved. I don't know why, Tang Ruyan told this matter, the child is related to her, and she can be regarded as a mother, and she can understand a little bit of the feeling of being a mother.
For the sake of the child, you can give everything.
"Lost the child?" The melancholy in Fu Jinxin's eyes was even stronger. "It must have been Lan Xin's woman's idea." Speaking of Lan Xin, there was hatred in her eyes that she couldn't hide.
Tang Ruyan was noncommittal about this, the battle for the harem is also the law of the jungle, and a queen without an heir can have any future to speak of. "Queen Mother, I will find the whereabouts of the child as soon as possible, you eat more in the past two days, and when the outside affairs are dealt with, I will pick you up and leave with the child, how far we go together."
Fu Jinxin's eyes shed tears, "Yan'er, three years ago, the queen mother thought that she would never see you again in this life, but now that she sees you again, the queen mother is satisfied even if she dies here." β
The mother-daughter relationship is deep, especially for such a mother and daughter, meeting is also a luxury.
"Don't be discouraged, the smoke will definitely save you from here." The firmness in Tang Ruyan's eyes fell on Fu Jinxin's eyes, and she also felt relieved in her heart, her Yan'er has always been sensible, but she always felt a little strange.
After explaining a few words, Tang Ruyan turned around and left.
Fu Jinxin suddenly called her, asked her to come to her, and whispered a few words in her ear. A hint of emotion flashed in Tang Ruyan's eyes, and he nodded and left with Guo Jing.
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