Tang Dynasty Puppet Doctor

Chapter 128 Mother's Past

When Murong Huan woke up, it was already three quarters past three in the morning. When she opened her eyes, she found Xiao Muchen sitting in front of the couch, sleeping with his hands on his forehead and his eyes closed. The sunlight shone in through the window lattice, coating his body with a layer of gold like a thin gauze.

But what surprised Murong Huan was that Xiao Muchen's hair had gradually turned white, with only a few strands of black hair mixed in among the snow-white hair.

The snow lynx ran over and made a low whimpering sound. Xiao Muchen was startled awake and looked at Murong Huan who was looking at him in surprise on the bed.

"Ah Huan, is that you?"

He asked nervously, with a tired and sad look in his eyes, and a cautious tentativeness.

"It's me!" Murong Huan slowly stood up and reached out his hand to his hair. "Why is your hair turning white again? Is it because of something about your mother that you still can't let go?"

Murong Huan remembered that an old Taoist priest broke into the wedding banquet when they were getting married yesterday, but she couldn't remember what happened afterwards. Was it because of the cold poison in her body that she fainted and fell asleep?
Suddenly she thought of something and asked, "Did she show up again yesterday?"

Xiao Muchen nodded: "But it's nothing, as long as you can wake up, everything will be fine."

"So what happened yesterday?"

Xiao Muchen told Murong Huan everything that had happened since the old Taoist priest came. The only thing he didn't mention was what Li Linghuan said.

"After all these things happened, is your mother really the queen of Silla?"

Xiao Muchen said, "I haven't asked Aunt Ning yet, but this is not the most important thing. Ah Huan, your safety is the most important thing to me. Can you protect yourself for me and live well for yourself?"

Murong Huan smiled and said, "Of course, I cherish my life very much. Even if I end up in Hades, I will definitely escape back."

Xiao Muchen couldn't help but smile and raised his hand to touch her cheek.

"Xiao Muchen, did we have a wedding night last night?" she suddenly asked.

Xiao Muchen was stunned and didn't answer, but there seemed to be a flash of worry in his eyes.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Murong Huan raised her head and kissed his lips. He couldn't control his emotions and hugged her for a long time.

The snow fox chirped again, letting out a cheerful and joyful sound. Even the colorful bird called the Fire Phoenix was hovering and chirping outside the window, as if calling the newlyweds to get up quickly.

As the atmosphere of their mutual integration gradually flowed into the bridal chamber, Murong Huan felt a warmth she had never felt before, something she had never felt since her father and mother passed away. From now on, this would be her home.

"Xiao Muchen, from now on we will be a real family. You are my closest family member."

"Yes, you will be the most important family in my life from now on."

"You're talking nonsense. Besides me, you still have your mother. Since she's still alive, you'll meet again one day. Xiao Muchen, let's go ask about your mother, shall we?"

"it is good!"

Xiao Muchen responded softly, took a cherry red cloak and put it on her, combed her hair himself, put a hairpin in it, and drew a flower ornament between her eyebrows. A beautiful little face appeared in the mirror.

This surprised Murong Huan, who couldn't help but sigh, "You actually know all this?"

"Don't underestimate me. There's nothing in this world that I can't learn." Xiao Muchen said, then he lowered his body slightly and looked at her and said, "Ah Huan, if you have time, could you teach me some medical skills?"

"Why do you suddenly want to learn medicine?"

"Master, you are too partial. You taught me so many things, but you didn't teach me. I also want to use my medical skills to save people like you. If I resign from my official position and retire, we can open a clinic. When you are too busy, I will come to help."

Murong Huan thought about it and felt that what he said seemed to make a lot of sense, so he smiled and said, "Okay then! I will reluctantly accept you as my disciple."

"Then Master, please accept my disciple's greetings!"

Murong Huan couldn't help but laugh. When the two of them reached the door, Ah Shu shuddered, turned around to look at Murong Huan, and almost burst into tears with a frown on her face. "Ah Shu, what's wrong with you? Are you unhappy to see me?"

"Ah Huan, you're talking nonsense. I'm always happy to see you. I...I'm so happy that you two are finally getting married that I want to cry..."

"Okay, let's go have breakfast!"

Ah Shu nodded vigorously like a bird pecking at food.

When they arrived at the front hall, Aunt Ning had already prepared the meal, and Uncle Lu was also in the hall.

Seeing Xiao Muchen walking towards her holding Murong Huan's hand, Aunt Ning's eyes were filled with sadness, and she actually pulled Uncle Lu to kneel down together.

"My dear, don't listen to that Madam Cui's nonsense. No matter who you marry, as long as it's someone you love, Madam will approve. She has absolutely no connection with Cui Yuan."

"Get up, Aunt Ning, Uncle Lu!"

Xiao Muchen said this, pulled Murong Huan to sit down together, and then asked, "So, you really are the people arranged by my mother to stay by my side and monitor me, right?"

Aunt Ning cried, "My dear, there is no mother in this world who doesn't love her children. Your mother is also worried about you, so she asked my husband and I to stay with you and occasionally pass on your news to her. She knew you were poisoned, and she has been asking people to find famous doctors all over the world..."

"But she abandoned me and my father, and the Xiao family was implicated because of her. If she was so reluctant to leave her homeland, why did she marry my father and give birth to me?"

"Your mother was indeed a princess of Silla, but she was framed by a powerful minister and a seductive concubine and forced to flee. At that time, the royal court of Silla was completely controlled by a queen dowager and a great general. Even many princes in the royal family died at the hands of that woman. Because your mother was a princess and she had always pretended to be timid to protect herself, she was able to avoid the harm of that woman. Later, she finally found an opportunity and escaped from the palace.

After the Tang Dynasty went to war with Silla, she met your father on the battlefield. Initially, she saved your father out of self-preservation, but later, as they spent time together, she developed feelings for him. Your father brought her back to the Tang Dynasty and married her. She knew that the sons of the Tang Dynasty's aristocratic families usually only married into other families of high rank and would disdain a woman of unknown origin like her, so she was deeply grateful to your father.

After giving birth to you, she also wanted to live here with you, but some things happened in Silla, and her father and mother were in danger. Someone came to find her and asked her to go back, saying that they wanted to support her to eliminate the queen mother's party.

She had struggled, but at this time, even the Queen Mother at that time sent people to find her, saying that she was willing to send troops to help her return to Silla, take back the throne from the treacherous pair, and at the same time rescue her father and mother who were controlled by the evil concubine.

If she didn't agree, she would most likely be regarded as a Silla spy and killed quietly.

Your mother had no choice but to leave you and your son."

Hearing this, Murong Huan suddenly remembered what Helan Minzhi seemed to have said before, why the saint killed the entire Xiao family and only left Xiao Muchen alive until now.

"Could it be that... Xiao Muchen is the saint's chess piece to contain Silla?"

To put it more bluntly, they are hostages. If Silla and Da Zhou go to war again...

Xiao Muchen was silent for a long time before he said, "I understand, Aunt Ning, is there anything else you're hiding from me?"

"No, no more!"

"Okay, you go down!"

"Here!"

Aunt Ning seemed to be hesitant to speak, but in the end she said nothing and left the hall with Uncle Lu.

Murong Huan held Xiao Muchen's hand tightly to comfort him.

Xiao Muchen smiled and said, "It's nothing, you don't have to worry about me. I used to hear people say that my mother was a spy for Silla. I thought she was really like what was said in the secret letter, and that she deliberately approached my father in order to steal the military secrets of the Tang Dynasty. Now I know that everything she did was out of her own will, and I feel relieved."

"Ah Huan, let's just live our own lives from now on!"

Murong Huan nodded: "Okay."

Xiao Muchen smiled, his eyes dimmed as if he thought of something, and he thought to himself: There are some things that should be settled with that woman Cui Yuan.