Chapter 92

Zi You walked over and massaged Née Wei's shoulders. She lovably said, "Godmother, we can't do that now. You'er and Fourth Gongzhu argued so heatedly and now you've accepted You'er as your goddaughter. Fourth Gongzhu will certainly think that you are against her. With her meanness and petty mind, she wouldn't fight openly with our Duke Anguo fu. But if she said some words filled with hidden meaning in front of the Emperor or Taizi, it would be annoying enough. It's easy to avoid an obvious spear, but difficult to guard against a hidden stab. After all, jiejie is about to marry Taizi. She will become a daughter-in-law of the imperial family. It's better to be careful."

Née Wei looked at Liu Ruixue and sighed. "I'm really reluctant to let Xue'er be wronged in that She woman's house. But the Empress Dowager put in so much effort that I couldn't object. It's really wronging Xue'er to death."

Liu Ruixue thought that after marrying Taizi, she would be a concubine in front of She Yuejiao [Taizifei who will soon show up]. Her aggrieved eyes couldn't help but redden.

Actually, her impression of Taizi had always been good. Regardless of appearance, character, or talents, he was outstanding. But thinking that she was marrying to be a cefei [side consort/ concubine], her heart had a trace of regret.

Cefei. To be blunt, it was a little concubine. Whether it was family background or personal talents, that She Yuejiao was almost the same as her. Why should she be below her?

After Zi You and Née Liu returned to the house, Old General Mu immediately asked Zi You seriously, "You'er, talk to grandfather. What happened at Duke Anguo fu today? Didn't I tell you not to use your spiritual powers? Why didn't you listen?"

Zi You knew she violated her grandfather's orders. Her aggrieved eyes filled with tears. She told him how Shangguan Lingluo insulted her mother and provoked her. She angrily wiped her tears away and said fiercely, "One day… one day, I will be so strong that no one would dare to gossip about me! I will be so strong that everyone will be in awe!"

Zi You was angry and her eyes immediately turned purple. Her spiritual power naturally spilled out. The room's objects were shaking and crackling.

Old General Mu wanted to go over to comfort her. But a powerful force stopped him, hindering his steps from moving forward.

Old General Mu was secretly shocked. So his granddaughter's spiritual power was this powerful already. He even used his martial arts, but couldn't get very close to her.

This wasn't good. If this spiritual force was detected by Goddess Mari, wouldn't his granddaughter be taken away from him?

Thinking of this, Old General Mu's heart felt like it was being gouged out. He couldn't help but tremble in pain. The elderly man stretched out his hand and lovingly patted his granddaughter. "You'er, precious, don't be angry. Grandfather is here. Grandfather is here. I will never let anyone insult your mother in the future."

Zi You gradually quelled her anger. She rushed into her grandfather's arms and hugged him in grievance.

Old General Mu looked at his granddaughter buried in his arms and felt as if his heart was being sliced by a knife. He knew that Zi You was angry because Dier was always demeaned as a lowly southern barbarian.

If she did not let go of this anger, her spiritual power could spill out at any time and kill someone. Zi You did not injure Shangguan Lingluo today and only humiliated her. That was already being polite.

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Old General Mu decided at this moment that he must reveal Dier's identity to the Emperor so the Emperor could award Dier for her military exploits, to quell his granddaughter's anger.

As Zi You was bitterly crying in her grandfather's arms, Shangguan Lingluo was weeping in Taizi's arms.

Shangguan Lingluo was crying like pear blossoms in the rain. Looking at her sorrowful and pitiful face, those who didn't know would have thought her mother passed away.

While crying, she was acting spoiled. "Taizi gege, you have to help me teach that lowly darned yatou a lesson…"

Taizi smiled like usual: gently and refined. He softly comforted, "You've said she's lowly. Why is a noble and dignified gongzhu calculating with a chennu? It's below your identity. Listen to me. Find a way to be friends with her in the future…"

At this point, Taizi whispered something into Shangguan Lingluo's ear.

Five minutes later, Shangguan Lingluo lifted her head up and asked in surprise, "Really? She has supernatural abilities? That darned yatou, I said she was… Taizi gege, I know what to do."

Taizi nodded in approval. He spoke gently and softly, "Good. That's my good meimei. Go wash your face. I'll bring you to a good place."

Shangguan Lingluo bashfully smiled and left.

Only, when she turned her back to Taizi, she did not see that Taizi's smile disappeared. In its place was an unknown gloominess.

When he came back today, he thought about the conversation he had with his trusted adviser, Miao shaman Darong Ka Dashi [great master]. As they talked, they couldn't help but frown.

To be honest, at Duke Ango fu today, he was also shocked by Zi You attracting one hundred chirping birds and colorful flying butterflies!

Such a thing, no one had ever seen unless it was myths or legends. It was unimaginable.

So as soon as he returned to Taizi fu, he immediately sought out Darong Ka. He meticulously told everything about Zi You to the mysterious Miao shaman. He asked, "Dashi, does she have spiritual powers like you?"

Darong Ka was a well-known Miao shaman. He was male, forty-three years old, able to use gu poison [legendary venomous insect], and able to communicate with departed spirits. Taizi spent a lot of money to attract him from a Miao village in Nanjiang.

Darong Ka shook his head. He mysteriously said, "It's not the same. From your words, it's likely she has supernatural powers that can manipulate the souls of animals."

"Animals have souls too?" Taizi's mouth dropped open in shock.

Darong Ka lightly smiled. "Every living thing has a soul. Animals and plants do. Which one of Laonu's [literally: this old slave] centipedes, scorpions, and poisonous snakes don't have a soul? How can Laonu control them if they didn't have souls? Whether this girl has supernatural abilities, let Laonu test her. Laonu just needs to release a gu. Once the gu is on her body, she would certainly use her spiritual powers to resist it. Then Laonu can detect it."

"You can't touch her!" Taizi hurriedly said. An image of that pretty figure being surrounded by one hundred birds and colorful butterflies appeared in his mind.

Now his fourth meimei Shangguan Lingluo wanted him to deal with Zi You. How was that possible? It wasn't even enough for him to fawn over her. How could he make her unhappy? How could he hurt her?

Taizi thought for a long time. He finally went towards Taizifei's courtyard.

She Yuejiao thought about everything that happened in Duke Anguo fu today. A ruminating smile appeared on her face.

Very good, Mu Zi You! This Taizifei wants to see what Taizi's next move would be. But no matter who it is, if you want to take away this Taizifei's future Empress' throne, then this Taizifei will make you pay a blood price.

Thinking of this, She Yuejiao's smile became ferocious and distorted, like a poisonous snake: very frightening.

Once she heard the cry of "Taizi is here" from outside, She Yuejiao's smile immediately became quiet and gentle. She was a completely different person from the earlier woman.

She curtsied to Taizi and gently and sweetly said, "Qie [this concubine] pays respects to Taizi. Wishing Taizi Ye good fortune!"

Taizi and Taizifei were the same. Their smiles were gentle and their voices were as soft as spring water. "Jiao'er, you and I are husband and wife. Why are you so polite? Did you drink today's prenatal medicine?"

"Not yet. Qie wants to wait until after dinnertime to drink it. Is that okay?" She sweetly and shyly snuggled in Taizi's bosom and prettily asked.

A sharpness flashed across Taizi's eyes. His smile grew wider. "Be good, dear! This is our first child. There can't be the slightest bit of mishap. Quickly drink the medicine for optimal effect."

He then said to the palace maids, "Bring your master's prenatal medicine over."

She Yuejiao seemed to be very excited over her husband's consideration. After the palace maid brought the medicine over and with Taizi personally feeding her, she quickly drank the bowl of medicine.

Seeing his wife drink all the medicine, Taizi was even happier. He hugged her, left warm words, and lingered for a while. Then he smiled and said, "I won't spend the night with you, dear. I still have some things to discuss with them."

He kissed She Yuejiao's forehead and then walked out at ease.

She Yuejiao's heart shook. Ai! This person was so handsome. He even looked good when he walked.

Taizi returned to his own Lingyun Pavilion. Shangguan Lingluo had already changed into red palace attire and waiting for him there. Upin seeing him, she pounced and rushed into his arms. She cutely said, "Taizi gege, where did you go? I've been waiting here impatiently for a while. Didn't you say you will take me to a good place? Let's go."

A trace of disgust flashed across Taizi's eyes. The next second, he returned to having an elegant and refined smile. "Okay, let's go. I will take you there."

The night wind was lightly and softly sweeping by like a beautiful fan. The moon was quiet and silently icy in the deep sky: pouring out her misty and cold light.

In the Hundred Herb Garden of the General's Manor, hundreds of flowers danced and leaves rustled. The fragrance was overflowing.

In the middle of a flower bed surrounded entirely by black flowers, a girl was meditating and absorbing the essences of heaven and earth.

The cold autumn night wind constantly blew her snow-white sari. The girl seemed like a fairy who could fly at any moment.

This special flower bed held eighteen kinds of precious black flowers. The innermost circle was the black mandara flowers. The outer circles were black tulips, poppies, lotuses and so on.

The black contrasted with Zi You's white clothing, making her more glamorous and mysterious.

The events at Duke Anguo fu today inspired Zi You's fighting spirit.