Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 66 Butterfly (Two in One)

Yu Zhen just felt like she had had a very long dream.

In her dream, she returned to her childhood and to the Fuyan Palace at that time.

At that time, Fuyan Palace was still very lively.

Her father had not been as obsessed with spiritual practice as he is now. Although he seldom came to Fuyan Palace often, he would bring her fun new things, beautiful clothes, and pretty jewelry every time he came... She looked forward to the day when her father came to Fuyan Palace every day.

My mother was also looking forward to it and waited eagerly every day.

At that time, my mother was even more beautiful than she is now. She was the most beautiful woman in the world. No concubine in the harem could compare to her, not even the Empress.

She liked to lie on her mother's lap and listen to her tell stories.

My mother said that there are monsters and demons in this world that prey on disobedient children.

But she was not afraid, because she had always been the most obedient child.

My mother also likes to talk about gods who save people from suffering and disasters, and a bowl of magic water to save the world...

A world of revenge and retribution...

Talking about the love of the scholar lady...

All of this planted the seeds in her young heart, and she longed for life outside.

At that time, Fourth Brother was not as gloomy as he is now. He still loved to laugh and had the vigor and vitality of a young man. He also loved to play with her. When she couldn't sleep at night, he would hold her and talk to her about the affairs of the court, saying what he would do if he were their father. They would talk endlessly and could chat all night long.

Although I didn't understand it at that time, I still listened with great interest.

At that time, she felt that her fourth brother was the smartest person in the world, smarter than all her other brothers.

The happiest time of the year is when I stay with my grandfather in Jingzhou after the Chinese New Year.

Although my grandfather’s house is not big, it is not as big as the imperial palace.

But she no longer had to be confined within the palace walls. She could run all over the mountains, pick wild fruits, and fish in the streams...

But when did all this change?

……

When Yu Zhen woke up slowly, her mind was still immersed in the beauty of her dream.

There was pain in my throat, and my lungs burned with every breath.

She gradually regained her senses, and as a result, she felt a chill in the room. She couldn't help but shiver. As her mind gradually became clear, her vision also became clear.

"...This, this is the third princess of the dynasty. Master, have you made up your mind?"

"At this point, is there any way out?"

"This... Well, since the master has made his choice, I will give it a try."

Inside the room, it seemed like someone was communicating in a low voice.

Yu Zhen recognized one of the voices as Zhao Qi'an, while the other's voice sounded old and sharp, like that of a eunuch.

Just as she was about to move, she found herself lying on a low couch, with her hands and feet tied with hemp ropes and tied to the four corner pillars of the couch.

Her movement quickly attracted the attention of someone in the room.

"Godfather, she's awake."

……

Following Zhao Nishang's reminder.

Zhao Qi'an and old eunuch Wei stopped communicating and looked at Yu Zhen who was sitting on the low couch.

Yu Zhen's eyes met his and she couldn't help but shiver. She felt the pain in the wound on her neck became even worse.

She is now extremely afraid of Zhao Qi'an.

Old eunuch Wei, carrying a cloth bag, walked towards Yuzhen who was sitting on the low couch.

"Your Highness, I'm offended."

He bowed deeply to Yu Zhen, then knelt on the ground and placed the cloth bag in front of him. When he spread it out, he saw a number of small and exquisite torture instruments.

Yu Zhen glanced at the side and felt a chill all over his body.

"W-What are you going to do?!"

She yelled at the old eunuch Wei in a timid manner, then turned her head to look at Zhao Qi'an and said bitterly, "Zhao Qi'an, you said you wouldn't kill me!"

Zhao Qi'an looked calm, as gentle and modest as usual, and acted as if he didn't hear anything.

The old eunuch Wei remained unmoved. His clean white hands swept over those small and exquisite torture instruments one by one, and finally he took out a needle bag and took out a silver needle from it.

He twisted the silver needle and walked towards Yu Zhen who was sitting on the low couch. He seemed to remember something and turned his head to ask Zhao Qi'an behind him:

"Master, do you want to avoid it?"

Zhao Qi'an shook his head and said, "No need, Master Wei, just use your skills as much as you can."

"Whoo."

Old eunuch Wei nodded his head and then turned around, pointing his right hand holding the silver needle towards Yu Zhen's head on the low couch.

Yu Zhen's eyes were filled with fear. She twisted her body constantly, trying to dodge, and shouted at the old eunuch Wei to get out.

Until the old eunuch Wei's other hand "clamped" her head like a pair of pliers, making her unable to move at all.

A needle was inserted steadily into the skull.

"what!!!!"

The shrill howls echoed throughout the room, while Zhao Qian just stood aside, watching the scene quietly.

Yu Zhen felt a pain as if her brain was splitting apart. Her brain seemed to have turned into a mess and she was almost unable to think.

She kept rolling and wailing on the couch, and her hands and feet, which were tied with hemp ropes, were instantly rubbed and bleeding.

"Zhao Qi'an!"

She didn't know where she got the strength from, she stood straight, and even though her shoulder was dislocated, she stared at Zhao Qian'an.

Her face was covered with tears, but her eyes were full of madness: "Don't say I'm sorry for you, how good are you?"

"After five years of marriage, have you ever thought about accepting me? Will you ever consider me your wife?"

"You don't have it! If you had it, you wouldn't pretend to be a loser! You wouldn't pretend to be a good person! You wouldn't pretend to be helpless with me and indulge me in everything!!!"

"Have you ever thought about how unfair this is to me? Have you ever thought that if you hadn't hidden your shortcomings in front of me from the beginning, we might have been able to live in harmony and enjoy each other's company..."

"But weren't you the one who killed all of this?!"

"Don't you have any responsibility for what I have become now?!"

"Why wouldn't I want to marry a peerless hero? Why wouldn't I want my husband to be a peerless talent?"

"Why should I, Ji Leyao, marry a loser!!!"

Yu Zhen's voice was heard one after another.

Every accusation is heart-wrenching.

Zhao Qian'an frowned slightly and his face darkened.

Old eunuch Wei glanced at Zhao Qian'an, but seeing that he showed no reaction, he took out another silver needle from the needle bag and stabbed it into Yu Zhen's forehead.

Yu Zhen's pupils instantly blurred and she could hardly keep her balance.

But she held on, biting her lower lip so hard that it turned white and rusty blood seeped into her mouth...

“Zhao Qian’an…” Her voice became weaker, but her words were still filled with hatred. “You are truly heartless and ungrateful. You are truly cold-blooded and heartless. Compared to you, I, Ji Leyao, am nothing…”

Zhao Qi'an sighed softly and finally spoke: "In the 49th year of Tianwu, His Majesty granted us a marriage contract. What did you do?"

"I……"

The fatigue on Yu Zhen's face could not be concealed, and a hint of confusion flashed in her blurry eyes.

Zhao Qi'an said to himself, "When you heard the news, you flew into a rage. The next day, when you accompanied His Majesty on a tour of the garden, in order to express your dissatisfaction, you deliberately released the white tiger from the rare animal garden. It ran into the emperor's carriage and bit several palace servants to death. In the end, the Fifth Marquis killed the white tiger with one palm, which stopped the farce."

"You were only ten years old at that time, and His Majesty punished you to kneel for a night. You felt wronged because it was just a few palace maids who died, but you, a princess, were punished to kneel." "It was just a few palace maids who died..."

He sneered and continued, "In the following years, you did all sorts of ridiculous things to resist the imperial order and not get married. When you were thirteen, someone told you that if I died, wouldn't that be exactly what you wanted?"

"You thought it made sense, and then you asked a priest in the palace to take my head."

He walked to Yu Zhen, stopped, and looked at her: "But have you ever thought about why he was so 'kind' to remind you? Why is there such a worshiper in the palace who dares to disobey the emperor's order and kill me, the prince consort appointed by His Majesty, for you, the princess?"

Yu Zhen fell into silence.

She had never thought about these things, but now that Zhao Qi'an mentioned them, she felt a chill in her heart.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Zhao Qi'an continued, "You were totally unaware of this, you were used as a target without even knowing it, and you took the blame afterwards..."

"You are extremely stupid, perverse and savage, and you treat human life as worthless... I know this is your nature even before I even meet you."

"I have also thought that if you are virtuous and reasonable, you will agree to this marriage. I, Zhao Qi'an, have never let anyone down in my life, and I have never thought of delaying a good man."

"But all this..."

His eyes gradually turned cold, but his words remained calm: "You strangled him with your own hands, Yu Zhen."

Yu Zhen's body trembled slightly, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and he murmured: "It's not like this... It shouldn't be like this..."

Her words gradually became unclear, and the confusion in her eyes gradually deepened.

As the old eunuch Wei dropped the third needle...

Yu Zhen could no longer feel the pain. The surrounding scenery became blurred in her vision and a buzzing sound continued to ring in her ears.

She felt a point of light appear in her blurry vision. It was originally just a small point the size of a fingernail, but it was getting closer and bigger...

She...saw her childhood.

In Fuyan Palace, her mother took the young girl for a walk outside the palace.

She saw a butterfly flying over her head, then swaying over the palace wall and out of the imperial city.

"Mother, why didn't the guards shoot it down?"

"it?"

"That's the one……"

She pointed at the flying butterflies and said to Concubine Zhen, "Fourth brother said that no one in the palace can go out. If anyone wants to go out, the guards will shoot them with arrows."

The young Concubine Zhen smiled, as beautiful as ever: "Silly child, because it is a butterfly."

"Butterfly... Can the butterfly just fly away?"

"Well, butterflies can get out, but people can't."

She looked in the direction where the butterfly flew away, with a hint of envy in her eyes:

"Then I want to be a butterfly too."

……

"Hahahaha, butterfly, butterfly..."

"I can fly..."

After three injections, the rationality in Yu Zhen's eyes completely disappeared.

The three silver needles were still inserted in her head, and her expression became dazed and silly. She opened her hands, which were tied with hemp rope, and flapped them up and down like a butterfly's wings.

Her face was filled with an innocent smile that had never been seen before, and her saliva flowed down her face as she grinned.

Old eunuch Wei staggered to his feet, wiped the sweat off his forehead with his sleeve, and then bowed to Zhao Qi'an: "Thank you for fulfilling my mission."

Zhao Qi'an looked at Yu Zhen quietly for a while, seeing her crazy appearance.

Zhao Nishang waited for a while, but Zhao Qi'an didn't move for a long time, so she asked in confusion, "Godfather?"

Zhao Qi'an then withdrew his gaze, his expression as usual, and said calmly: "Let's go."

……

After a few days, the princess's mansion was peaceful.

Princess Yuzhen had not been seen for several days, but none of the servants in the mansion mentioned it, and they all did their own job tacitly.

There was no other change in the princess's mansion except the absence of the hostess Yuzhen.

Zhao Qian'an did not move to the bedroom. Even though the luxurious palace was already vacant, he still lived in his own small courtyard. The only servants serving him were the ugly slave and the deaf and dumb old horse driver.

To him, fancy clothes, delicious food... are all meaningless, just get used to it.

But Chou Nu couldn't help muttering that she really wanted to live in the "big house".

But Zhao Qian'an had turned the tables and became the master of his own business. She didn't eat better, dress better, or live better. She still did the same work as before, washing clothes, cooking, and cleaning the house for Zhao Qian'an.

Even the wages didn’t increase!

The master is like this when he is not showing off, and he is still like this when he is showing off... isn't it a waste of showing off?

However, it is not completely without benefits.

At least now when she went to the compound, the maids and servants would call her "Sister Achou" respectfully when they saw her.

Beier has a face!

It is also worth mentioning that after there were no more "outsiders" in the princess's mansion, Zhao Nishang came more frequently.

He came almost every day, sometimes for business, and sometimes just sat and chatted with Zhao Qinan about gossip in the market.

This made Zhao Qi'an wonder if the burden on his three women's shoulders was not light enough, and whether he should delegate more work to them?
Such peaceful days passed in a flash, and five days passed in the blink of an eye...

Finally, on the fifth day, Zhao Qi'an left his courtyard.

He went to the guest house where Gong Xinying was imprisoned and met her.

Gong Xinying has lost a lot of weight these days.

Her room was filled with all kinds of books, all of which she had copied by hand day and night over the past few days.

The first time she saw Zhao Qi'an, she said, "I have written down all the techniques I know."

"I know, otherwise I wouldn't have come."

Zhao Qi'an responded, then picked up a new book on the table, opened it and took a few glances at it.

But after watching it, I felt a little disappointed.

This scroll does record a set of skills that are not included in the Heavenly Book Pavilion, but this method is extremely evil, as it actually requires the sacrifice of living people to cultivate one's own cultivation.

Naturally, he would abandon this kind of martial arts technique and would not give it to his subordinates.

He put down the book and clapped his hands toward the outside of the house.

A strong servant pushed open the door outside the house and came in carefully carrying a bowl of black water. After placing it on the table, he bowed to Zhao Qian'an and left.

Zhao Qi'an gestured to Gong Xinying towards the bowl of black water and said, "Drink it."

Gong Xinying didn't even hesitate and immediately picked it up and drank it.

But after drinking it, his face suddenly became a little darker.

Zhao Qi'an took out a pill bottle and handed it to her.

Gong Xinying showed hesitation, but still took the pill bottle, poured out a pill from it, gritted her teeth and swallowed it in one gulp.

After swallowing it, she felt a cool sensation coming from her stomach and her complexion instantly improved.

Is this the antidote?

Zhao Qi'an did not explain. He took out a badge from his bosom and slapped it on the table: "I will let you out of the city today. From now on, every month, you must take my badge to any Zhao's store and show it to the head shopkeeper. He will give you the antidote. If you have any important news to tell me, you can do the same."

Gong Xinying's eyes fell on the badge, then she raised her head and looked at Zhao Qian'an:
"Before I leave, I want to see Yu Zhen again."

This chapter is not easy to divide. I’m afraid you’ll scold me for breaking up chapters, so I’ll combine two chapters into one.

I would also like to recommend a book by a friend in the group
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