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Chapter 357 Chang'e's Intoxication

"This matter cannot be verified, but there are indeed such rumors circulating that the Duke of Yan has some unclear connections with the Brahma Kingdom, but of course, there is no trace of these things on the surface."

"Given Zhao Bi's personality, he would never give anyone such an excuse," Lu Qing replied.

“No wonder Lu Zhang’s reaction was so strange when you mentioned the Brahma Kingdom to Yan Daoxin before. He seemed a little nervous and a little apprehensive.” Zhu Yu understood. Although she had noticed Lu Zhang’s reaction before, she couldn’t figure out the reason. Now she understood everything.

Then she thought of something else: "The dress that the old steward brought that day had a fragrance. If it was really produced by the shoe store in the capital, as Lu Yan said, wouldn't that mean that this place has an unusual relationship with that shoe store?"
Lu Yan said that Gu Lingyun, the owner of the T-Shirt Shop, and Lu Zhang seemed to be in frequent contact... Lu Zhang is currently in this Immortal Fortress..."

Zhu Yu looked at Lu Qing with some concern, her brows furrowed.

Lu Qing remained calm as always: "Isn't that perfect? ​​Originally, these were just rumors with no way to verify them. Now that the matter is right in front of us, His Highness Prince Yi will personally help us confirm it."

Zhu Yu stared at him, gradually understanding Lu Qing's intention: "Is this a safe approach?"

"You must have heard the saying, 'Fortune favors the bold.'" Lu Qing curled his lips into a smile that carried a hint of coldness. "But what I seek is not even fortune, but life itself."

How can there be any sense of security in something like this?
There are gains and losses in everything. I can only ensure that the loss is one we can afford, and that's enough.

Zhu Yu nodded: "Okay! If you've decided, let's do it!"

Her tone conveyed a natural trust and certainty, which made Lu Qing momentarily dazed, and the arm around Zhu Yu's waist involuntarily tightened.

Zhu Yu felt a little embarrassed, but then she thought, "Why should I be shy about my husband whom I married through proper channels?"
So she simply suppressed the shyness that had just welled up inside her, turned her waist, wrapped her arms around Lu Qing's neck, and gently pressed her cheek against his.

"We'll definitely win," she sighed and whispered in Lu Qing's ear.

The arms around her waist tightened even more.

After a long while, she heard Lu Qing's response: "Mm."

The next morning, Lu Qing and Zhu Yu were woken up early by Yan Daoxin's knocking on the door. Lu Qing got up to open the door and let Yan Daoxin in.

Yan Daoxin entered the room mysteriously, then turned around and closed the door again. He beckoned to Zhu Yu, who was still half asleep and sitting on the edge of the bed, "Come here, let me show you something. Once you see it, your eyes will be as wide as a bull's!"

Zhu Yu, somewhat curious, got up and sat down at the table with him.

Yan Daoxin took out a small cloth bag from his sleeve. Zhu Yu looked closely and saw that it was the handkerchief that Lu Qing had given him the day before.

Logically, the handkerchief should contain some kind of flower seedling of unknown origin, but judging from the shape of the handkerchief, something seems amiss.

Fortunately, Yan Daoxin didn't intend to keep them in suspense. He placed the handkerchief on the table and deftly unfolded it. In the middle of the handkerchief was a black mass, which looked like burnt paper ash, but with more texture than paper ash. It was so light that one dared not breathe on it, for fear that it might be blown away at any moment.

"What is this?" Zhu Yu looked at the thing in surprise and asked Yan Daoxin.

"Isn't this the thing you gave me yesterday!" Yan Daoxin said with a grin.

"Is this the seedling?" Lu Qing was somewhat surprised. If he didn't know Yan Daoxin so well and knew that Yan Daoxin would never joke about such things while they were bickering, he would find it difficult to say such a thing now.

"Absolutely!" Yan Daoxin looked at the blackish-gray thing, but instead of being annoyed, he was overjoyed. "I put it by the window yesterday, and I got up before dawn this morning to open the window and let it bask in the sun."

As it turned out, just as I had guessed, the flower instantly turned to ashes the moment the sunlight shone in.

"So you know what this thing is, right?" Zhu Yu asked.

“Chang’e’s Drunkenness,” Yan Daoxin said with certainty. “Last night I wasn’t entirely sure, but it felt quite similar to something I’d read about in books before. But I’ve never seen the real thing, so I couldn’t be sure.”

However, I remember very clearly that Chang'e's Drunkenness was a very strange thing. It could only grow in the dark, and once it was exposed to sunlight, it would immediately turn to ashes.

So I didn't say what it was last night, and planned to wait until dawn to see if it was really true. If it was, then we really did encounter this rare and wonderful Chang'e intoxication.

If the seedlings are unharmed after daybreak, I'll have to think about it some more.

Fortunately, the answer was right in front of me as soon as it got light, which saved me from worrying about it anymore.

Zhu Yu had never heard of the name "Chang'e Zui" before. If they hadn't found the flower seedling first, and had this premise in mind, she probably would have thought it was some kind of fine wine just from hearing the name.

From Yan Daoxin's words "rarely seen," Zhu Yu already understood how rare this thing was.

After all, given Yan Daoxin's extensive travels and his habit of collecting and studying various medicinal and poisonous herbs, the fact that he would use such a tone to say "rarely seen" is enough to show how unusual this thing is.

She glanced at Lu Qing and saw that his reaction was similar to hers, indicating that he hadn't known about "Chang'e's Intoxication" before.

"Neither of you have heard of this, right?" Yan Daoxin saw through their thoughts and, without them asking, explained to them on his own, "Chang'e Zui is a rare and exotic flower. It was first discovered and recorded in a very dark cave."

It is said that a great battle had just taken place, and corpses were strewn everywhere. Afterwards, people began to search for their wounded or killed comrades. In a dark and sunless cave, they found a soldier who had died from severe wounds, and a strange flower seedling next to him.

At the time, people didn't pay much attention. They casually plucked the flower and carried the corpse out. But as soon as they stepped out of the cave, they saw the flower in their hands instantly turn into a clump of black ash, which scattered in the wind.

Later, this plant was found again, again in dark caves or similar places. It was then that the ancients realized this flower could not grow in the sun and could only thrive in darkness, its habits completely different from ordinary flowers and plants.