dognovel Chapter 108 What Immortal Bones?
Chapter 108 What Immortal Bones?
"Ghosts?! What kind of hysteria are you having now?!"
Qing Tingyu wore a crimson and gold-embroidered outer robe over her upper body, and her lower body was bare with deathly white feet;
He appeared in Mei Zifeng's sight, his figure swaying as he held up the palace lantern with its dim flame.
The chill of the night seemed to eagerly spread across the Crown Prince's body, startling Mei Zifeng into quickly putting Qianqian down from his arms.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Crown Prince?!"
"May Your Highness be well!!"
"Hahaha, Zifeng! You should all rest early~!" Qing Tingyu reached out and took the pale-faced Qianqianluo.
After pulling the lowly commoner into his arms, Qing Tingyu impatiently handed the palace lantern to Mei Zifeng, then picked him up again and they both disappeared into the night.
"Your Highness, may you rest in peace!"
Mei Zifeng knelt in the shadows cast by the moonlight between the two, remaining motionless for a long time.
On the palace path leading to Tingyu Palace, dragons and phoenixes carved from black jade blinked their bright eyes, staring intently at what was above.
"Waaaaah~ I'm scared!!" Qianqian hugged Qingtingyu's neck with both hands, her voice pitiful.
She couldn't open her heavy, tear-filled eyes, and could only tremble as she burrowed her head into the Crown Prince's arms.
"Scared? Tsk tsk tsk~!"
"Look at your unseemly behavior! I'm truly worried about you all!"
"A head that has lost its body has terrified you all like this?!"
"If you were to reach the northern desert, where millions lie dead and blood flows for miles, how would you cope?!"
Qing Tingyu spoke slowly, with a hint of sneer. He was barefoot, stepping onto the cold, dark jade, his mind a jumble of thoughts.
"Cough, cough cough cough!!" Upon hearing this, Qianqianluo coughed up a mouthful of blood.
With a kick of her legs and a snap of her eyes closed, Qianqian thought with deep sorrow and resentment:
Or perhaps I should just die first as a sign of respect!
Only when most of Qing Tingyu's body was stained with hot, bloody splatter did he finally spare a glance to look at the person in his arms.
"How so? How could it be like this?!"
Qing Tingyu brushed aside the messy hair on Qianqianluo's face and saw that the lowly commoner's mouth was full of blood, and he looked as if he had already fainted.
……
The next morning;
Lu Weiqian, still dressed in red, stood on horseback outside Xuanwu Gate in a daze for a long time.
The faint light of dawn appeared briefly on the boundless horizon above the imperial palace;
The carefree young man bit his lip, his eyes reddening with the soreness of sleeplessness.
Lu Weiqian's haggard face was hidden by his full head of black hair, making it difficult to discern his emotions;
Only a faint, distant sob and the hunchbacked sobbing could be heard: "Luo'er, don't, don't hate me!"
"Brother Lu, it seems that something has happened to Young Master Luo!"
"Brother Lu, don't, don't cry!"
Qing Tingzhi poked her head out of the carriage and casually draped the warm outer robe over Lu Weiqian's shoulders.
"Zhi'er, let's go!" Lu Weiqian tidied his messy hair with an old sandalwood hairpin, then rode away on his horse.
"Young Master Lu!" On the high wall of Xuanwu Gate, Mei Ziye called out to the chariots and troops that were about to be exiled to the southern border.
"Young Master Lu, General Luo asked me to convey a message to you!"
"The mountains are high and the roads are long; the borderlands are desolate and cold!"
"With Young Master Lu's extraordinary talent and foresight, he will surely bring blessings to the region and find some leisure time!"
Hearing Mei Ziye's message, Lu Weiqian felt a mixture of joy and resentment: "I'd rather you scold me!!"
"They accuse me of using any means necessary, they accuse me of being treacherous and disloyal!"
"Why? Why?! Why are you treating me with such high regard?!" Lu Weiqian drove the carriage, not daring to look back.
He trod upon the withered red apricot blossoms that had already faded throughout the capital city;
Carrying the broken body he had obtained by exchanging the secret of his youthful "lover," he embarked on his long journey south without looking back.
Qing Tingyu, carrying Qianqianluo, swayed as they arrived at the high platform of Xuanwu Gate;
Qing Tingyu held the lowly commoner with great interest, his gaze mocking: "Tsk tsk tsk~ How come he fell ill so timely?!"
His Highness the Crown Prince lifted a corner of his large cashmere robe and pinched the cheek of the person in his arms with one hand.
"You should ask your lovers in the capital what secrets they used to save their lives?!"
Qianqianluo, overwhelmed by anger and having witnessed Zhang Jinyan's decapitation, is still trapped in a nightmare and unable to wake up.
Qing Tingyu glanced impatiently at the layers of cold sweat seeping from Qianqian's forehead, and without the slightest pity, covered her with her outer robe again.
"Your Highness, the entire Lu family has been slaughtered!"
"But, but this young master Lu is exceptionally talented and ruthless. Are we really going to let a tiger return to the mountain?!" Mei Zifeng said with considerable worry, standing protectively beside him.
"Hmph!! You General Luo actually hoped that this Young Master Lu would bring prosperity to the region!"
"General Luo is an immortal descended to earth, hahaha~ He has the ability to predict the future!"
"So, we must heed the guidance of the immortals!" Qing Tingyu laughed loudly, his body trembling violently.
He held her tightly as if he wanted to crush Qianqian's bones, laughing as he turned back to the East Palace.
Mei Zifeng, holding a paper umbrella, was so frightened by Qing Tingyu's crazy behavior that she knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Highness is wise!"
"Your Highness is wise!!" Upon seeing this, the other guards of the Eastern Palace also knelt down, heads bowed, not daring to say another word.
The carriage of the Eastern Palace sped along in the dawn light, the crisp sound of hooves echoing along the palace road.
Inside the carriage;
The silk and brocade inlaid with gold and jade were spread all over;
The priceless agarwood incense burned desperately in the gold-threaded cage, releasing its fragrance.
Qing Tingyu held the lovely girl in his arms and reviewed the old, yellowed scriptures on the couch.
The imperial physician, Ma, knelt tremblingly at the Crown Prince's feet, cautiously saying, "Your Highness, General Luo is not seriously injured!"
"But, but...!"
Seeing the imperial physician's hesitant expression, Qing Tingyu impatiently said, "Continue! I'm not going to kill you all!"
Even after receiving the Crown Prince's order, Physician Ma was still somewhat uneasy: "General Luo's constitution is extraordinary!"
"Your Highness, there is no need to worry. This is a normal phenomenon, and General Luo's life is not in danger!"
"General Luo...!"
"I summoned you all here not to listen to this nonsense!" Qing Tingyu said angrily, and overturned the teacup on the dining table.
Bang! With the sound of the teacup shattering, Doctor Ma was still completely bewildered: "Huh?? What?"
"Your Highness, what is it that is troubling you?!"
Physician Ma still didn't understand the Crown Prince's intentions, so he simply cut to the chase.
"Aren't you imperial physicians?!"
"After years of scheming and intrigue in the imperial palace, you still can't figure out your master's thoughts? Tsk tsk tsk!"
Qing Tingyu tapped the table, propped her head up with her hand, and lazily yawned: "Doctor Ma is truly untainted by the mud he's in!"
Physician Ma met the Crown Prince's murderous gaze, and thought of General Luo, whose illness was caused by their intimate encounter.
In an instant, a chilling suspicion surged into my mind!
"Your Highness, if it concerns the bones of immortals!"
"As things stand now!" Doctor Ma pressed his face against the carpet, resignedly stating a fact that could lead to the execution of nine generations of his family.
"The bones of the immortal have already separated from the immortal body, and His Highness the Crown Prince is already...!!"