Chapter 41: Mother-Child Twin Fiends

"What about me?" Lin Ruzhen looked at Dongfang Yan with teary eyes, "Half a year ago on that snowy night, after Zhen'er saved you, the promise of a lifetime, does it not count anymore?"

She was truly afraid now, if she lost Prince Jin's favor, the Hou Mansion would no longer value her. A discarded chess piece, no matter how bright it was in the past, would end up miserable now!

In order to win back Dongfang Yan's heart, she could only bring up the past, even if those words would make the sores on her tongue even more painful, making her tremble all over, she just endured it, not letting Dongfang Yan see that she was lying.

Sure enough, as soon as the kindness of the past was brought up, Dongfang Yan's heart softened.

He reached out to wipe away Lin Ruzhen's tears and sighed: "This Prince will naturally not forget your life-saving grace. If you still want to marry this Prince, this Prince will arrange for you to enter the Prince's mansion in a while, just to wrong you to be a side consort. If you don't want to be wronged, this Prince can also recognize you as a righteous sister. In the future, if you find another good marriage, this Prince will personally add makeup and send you to marry, ensuring you a lifetime of peace."

These two paths were also the best arrangements Dongfang Yan could think of for her.

Half a year ago, Dongfang Yan had just been recalled to the capital, but was ambushed on the way, and everyone around him died. After he fought to kill the last assassin, he also fell down seriously injured.

It was really cold that day, and the heavy snow fell like goose feathers.

He thought he would die on that winter night, and when he was dying, he vaguely saw a woman appear in his field of vision.

He had always thought it was Lin Ruzhen, and thought it was her who dragged him back from the gates of hell. So he had always been so good to her, even if he felt that his heart had changed now, he still had to properly pave the way for Lin Ruzhen.

Lin Ruzhen was a little disappointed, she coveted the position of Princess, but now that position seemed to be getting further and further away from her.

No, no!

She, Lin Ruzhen, wants to marry into the royal family and become the mother of the world in the future. Other men, even if they are high-ranking officials, cannot compare to Prince Jin!

"Your Highness, in this life, Zhen'er only wants to be with you. Except for you, I won't marry any man!" There were no new sores on her tongue when she said this.

"This Prince is unworthy, to make you so infatuated..." Dongfang Yan sighed, "Alright, this Prince will arrange it properly. You go back and wait for news first."

Seeing that it was getting late, the Liu Wanqing couple got up to say goodbye.

At this time, Lin Ruzhen also came back, she looked at Lin Qingyue with some provocation.

Lin Qingyue knew that she must have seen Dongfang Yan again and received some promise.

Dongfang Yan slept for a day and a night because of the sequelae of the Mayfly Silk.

It wasn't until the evening of the next day that he recovered, and those discomfort symptoms also disappeared.

Steward Zhao had long prepared the food and immediately ordered the servants to serve it.

He said to Dongfang Yan: "The second young lady of the Hou Mansion sent some supplements early this morning. She said that when she saw you yesterday, your complexion was not very good, and she was worried about your body."

Dongfang Yan remembered his promise to Lin Ruzhen yesterday.

"Where is the Princess?"

Now that Lin Qingyue is the Princess, according to the rules, whether it is establishing a side consort or taking a concubine, she should be informed.

Steward Zhao said: "The Princess went to the Xuanjing Division early this morning and has not returned yet."

Dongfang Yan frowned, still not liking Lin Qingyue's behavior of showing her face outside and not caring about the family.

However, after thinking about it, he decided to put other things aside and ease the relationship between the two first.

So Dongfang Yan ordered: "Zhao An, send a few people to the main gate to welcome her. In addition, tidy up the Qi Wu Dian, and let the Princess move to the Qi Wu Dian in the future."

Qi Wu Dian is the main hall of the Prince's mansion, which is the bedroom of the Prince and Princess.

It's just that Dongfang Yan didn't recognize this marriage before, so the main hall had been vacant, and Lin Qingyue had been living in the Qiushui Yuan since she married into the mansion.

As soon as Zhao An heard this, he understood his meaning: The Princess is really extraordinary, in less than a month, she was completely recognized by Prince Jin!

Zhao An was even a little glad that he hadn't made any stumbling blocks for Lin Qingyue before.

The Xuanjing Division had a lot of affairs.

The Mayfly Silk problem was solved, but there were still all kinds of weird cases in the division that needed to be handled every day, and they were too busy to handle them.

The Xuanjing Division is different from ordinary yamen, the division only recruits strange people, at least they must have yin and yang eyes to see ghosts. Therefore, there have never been many people in the division.

And there are many strange things among the people, such as bumping into evil on night roads, babies crying at night, and some Jianghu sorcerers who pretend to be gods and ghosts to cheat people of money, etc.

Regardless of whether the other party is a noble family or ordinary people, as long as it involves weird events, it belongs to the Xuanjing Division.

When there are not enough people, even Xie Shouzheng, a fifth-rank official, has to be used as a small soldier.

Lin Qingyue joined the Xuanjing Division now, and naturally she was just as busy.

Near dusk, suddenly there was another case of Mother-Child Twin Fiends.

The victim was a young unmarried girl in Wang Family Village under the jurisdiction of Wan'an County near the capital. Her parents were doing business in the capital, leaving early and returning late every day, and didn't pay much attention to their daughter's discipline.

It wasn't until recently that they suddenly discovered that their 15-year-old daughter was pregnant.

When asked about the situation, the girl only cried and didn't speak. Her father beat her in anger.

As a result, the girl disappeared that night, and her family couldn't find her after searching all night, only finding one of her wet shoes by the river.

The next day, when someone was fishing in the river, they vaguely saw a woman standing straight in the center of the river. Her head was completely submerged in the center of the water, and her hair was floating like water grass. It was clear that she had died, but she couldn't float up.

The missing girl's family knew that the drowned person was likely their daughter, so they asked someone to fish for the body.

The person who fished for the body went into the water to fish, but the body was not fished out, and instead, he felt his ankle grabbed and dragged into the water, almost losing his life.

Fortunately, his companion on the boat rescued him in time, and he saved his life. When he came up and looked, he saw a circle of blue-purple scratch marks floating on his ankle.

After such a commotion, everyone knew that the female corpse was probably problematic, so they hurriedly reported the matter to the Xuanjing Division.

Xie Shouzheng analyzed that the girl died strangely, and she was pregnant, so the resentment of the unborn fetus was huge, forming Mother-Child Twin Fiends, which was very dangerous. If left alone, it would definitely hurt people.

Xie Shouzheng said: "Usually, it's because of obsession that they make trouble. I'll take a few guards to see the situation first. If I can ask clearly what her obsession is, and help resolve it, it will be solved. If it can't be solved, then discuss other things. It's late today, Deputy Envoy Lin, you go back first."

Lin Qingyue took Xiao Hua and returned to the Prince's mansion.

Just as she got out of the carriage, she heard a neat voice coming: "Welcome the Princess back to the mansion!"

Looking up, she saw Steward Zhao leading ten servants, standing at the main gate to salute Lin Qingyue.

This was the first time she had been welcomed so solemnly.

What kind of ghost is Dongfang Yan playing? ===== CHAPTER 42 =====