Tang Dynasty Puppet Doctor

Chapter 13 Meeting the Immortal
Li Linghuan, dressed in black, almost blended into the night, avoiding the areas where Wu Hou was patrolling. She quickly found Zhengpingfang where Princess Taiping Li Lingyue was.

Because Princess Taiping was particularly favored by the empress, after her first husband died in prison on suspicion of treason, the empress arranged another marriage for her: marrying into the Wu family, which perfectly avoided her involvement in the Li clan's rebellion case.

Princess Taiping's residence occupied almost half of Zhengpingfang, less than ten miles away from Ziwei Palace, and echoed the Yingtianmen Tower where all nations came to pay tribute.

Li Linghuan found a secluded place and stopped to look at Princess Taiping's mansion for a long time. The motherly love received by this sister who was related to her by blood in her previous life was very different from hers. Until she finally supported Prince Li Dan to ascend the throne, Princess Taiping's power gradually reached its peak. She was influential in the court and the country. Compared with their mother, she was only one step away from the throne.

But the name Li Linghuan had disappeared in the long river of history when she was born.

In her previous life, a wisp of her consciousness was reborn in the body of a daughter killed by Wu Zhao herself. She didn't know where she came from, but strangely, she knew the fate of herself and everyone around her. Because she was abandoned at birth, she once had infinite expectations and longed for the love of her parents or siblings like ordinary people.

However, her mother Wu Zhao never had any regrets from beginning to end, nor did she give her an ounce of warmth. But she had received this kind of affection from several of her brothers or younger brothers. First it was Crown Prince Li Hong, then it was Li Xian, and finally it was Li Xian. Although Li Xian was younger than her, because of her unrecognized identity, she could only call them Crown Prince or brother.

After Li Hong and Li Xian passed away one after another, she stayed by Li Xian's side wholeheartedly, acting as a protective sword to eliminate all forces that attempted to harm him, or to help him kill people, even if the hostile force was their mother.

But what she didn't expect was that in the first year of Shenlong, after she joined forces with five ministers to drive Wu Zhao off the throne while she was critically ill and returned power to Li Tang, she would die at the hands of Li Xian, whom she regarded as her closest relative.

After all, she underestimated the corrupting effect of power on people's hearts. She never thought that a man like Li Xian, who loved his wife and daughter dearly but was also timid and cowardly, would actually draw his bow and shoot an arrow into her chest.

I laughed sadly and was silent in my heart.

After Li Linghuan shot a paper crane into a brightly lit house, he once again looked at the Wanxiang Temple, which represented Wu Zhao's symbol of power, and then looked at the mansion in the distance where Prince Li Dan was imprisoned. Then he quietly left from the hidden alley.

In this life, she has to live differently, and she is no longer completely Li Linghuan. Because of the deal she made in the Fountain of Samsara, she can only exist as Murong Huan's subsidiary personality. No one will remember her, including her most trusted brothers. As long as Murong Huan's life is not over, she cannot completely occupy his main personality consciousness.

Because she is a person who should not exist.

……

Running fast in the night, when passing Wenroufang, I saw a group of playboys staggering towards me with frivolous steps.

"Hey, have you heard? It's said that the fifth lady of the Wang family still refused to marry me, so she attempted suicide by jumping into a lake. But she didn't succeed, and now there are some strange rumors circulating, saying that she's some kind of celestial maiden descended to earth."

"Bah! What's this about a celestial being descending to earth? Isn't she just relying on her status as the legitimate daughter of the Taiyuan Wang family? So what about the Taiyuan Wang family? These self-righteous nobles, once imprisoned, lose all their dignity. They're as soft as a shilling, without even a shred of scholarly integrity. Haven't you ever been to the imperial prison?"

"I was the one who interrogated the Minister of Music. At first he refused to admit to treason, but when I brought out the torture instruments, he burst into tears. He looked truly... However, this scholar just couldn't handle a beating. A few more lashes and he died."

"Yes, yes, so what if he's the prime minister? Under the current empress's rule, the prime minister can't last more than three years..."

"Hahaha... You're right, you're absolutely right! Even a prime minister can't last more than three years!"

"However, it's a pity that a fish still escaped last night! When the entire Le family was slaughtered, a little kid even escaped. I don't know where he hid. Hundreds of thousands of Niu Guards were dispatched, but they couldn't find him... I'm afraid if we don't cut the grass at the root, it will grow again when the spring breeze blows!"

"He's just a little brat. Without the Prime Minister's old father to look after him, what big waves can he cause? Jiulangjun, just relax and wait for the beauty to come home!"

"Yes, yes, speaking of the beauty Wang Wu Niang, you won't know how beautiful she is just by hearing others talk about her. When I get tired of playing with her, I'll give her to you to play with!"

"Thank you, Jiulang! Thank you, Jiulang!"

"It's almost curfew, let's go back!"

"Yes, it's time to go back!"

Several people supported each other as they walked forward. They didn't know if they were hallucinating because they drank too much, but they actually saw a fairy walking on the moon. Her whole body seemed to be glowing with moonlight. The fairy's eyes were clear and beautiful. She wore a veil and had a faint smile on her face. She was so charming that people couldn't take their eyes off her.

"She is as light as a cloud covering the moon, and flutters like snowflakes blown by the wind. Isn't this a true goddess descending from heaven?"

Zhou Jiulang's eyes were shining with excitement. He was so confused and obsessed that he was salivating and couldn't help but rush forward.

"What's that smell? It smells so good! As expected, even the scent emanating from the goddess' body is incredibly fragrant!"

"Look, she's still smiling at me and waving at me. Where is she taking us?"

"Let's go, follow them!"

Under the guidance of the fairy, several young men rushed into an abandoned house in Wenroufang. After arriving here, they saw many girls with long fluttering sleeves walking towards them with gentle smiles, and each of them threw themselves into their arms, and then a vivid spring scene was staged.

At this time, Li Linghuan was still running wildly in the night. He knew clearly where the Wu Hou were guarding in Luoyang City and where the Qianniu Guards or Jinwu Guards were patrolling. Therefore, he ran all the way to perfectly avoid the eyes of the patrols and ran towards the Su family in the Luonan Lifang area.

But she didn't expect that even with such caution, she still met an opponent: Wu Lingyue, the deputy governor of the Internal Guard.

"Who is it? Even though it's curfew, you're still wandering around here?"

Li Linghuan took off running, Wu Lingyue chased after him with his sword. After a while of fighting, Li Linghuan happened to see a brightly lit courtyard and jumped in. After entering, he found an acquaintance sitting there looking at the sky and admiring the moon.

This person was none other than Xiao Muchen, who had silver hair and wore half a white jade mask.

When Li Linghuan was considering whether to take Xiao Muchen as a hostage, he didn't expect that a group of men in black rushed out of the room and surrounded Xiao Muchen.

Wuling Yue broke in at this time.

The man in black's attention was soon attracted to Wuling Yue again.

Xiao Muchen also turned around and looked at Wu Lingyue, and asked in a cold voice: "Why did you break into my house?"

Wu Lingyue's expression changed drastically, and he immediately stood in awe and saluted: "Are you... the Grand Chamberlain?"

"Just now, I saw a suspicious person breaking into this house on the street, so I rushed in and bumped into the Grand Master. I'm really sorry!"

"What crime did this person commit?" Xiao Muchen asked coldly.

Wu Lingyue shook his head: "Apart from breaking curfew, there's nothing else!"

"Since there is nothing else, you can go back!"

Wu Lingyue was slightly stunned, but finally answered, "Yes!" and retreated to the outside of the house. But just as she stepped out of the threshold, she heard Xiao Muchen say, "Wait, the entire family of Le Xiang was wiped out last night. Who did this?"

Wuling Yue paused and turned back, saying, "I don't know, but Le Xiang was tortured into confessing by the men under the Autumn Minister Zhou Xing, and then committed suicide out of fear of punishment. I suspect these are the people who wiped out Le Xiang and his entire family!"

Xiao Muchen was silent for a moment.

"Okay, I've finished asking questions, you can go now!"

"Here!"

Wu Lingyue looked at Xiao Muchen with some affection before she put away her sword and left. After she left, Xiao Muchen turned to look at Li Linghuan, but found that the figure of the "black-clothed young man" was nowhere to be seen in the entire courtyard.

You run really fast!
Then he asked again, "Have you found anything unusual about the Su family today?"

Xuan Yu said, "Apart from the two little girls returning home and causing a stir, there wasn't anything unusual. However, our people have only just infiltrated the Su family, so news hasn't spread so quickly."

"Then keep watching!"

"Hey, are you still going to chase the person who just broke into your yard?"

"No need!"

……

Ah Shu waited in the Wisteria Courtyard for a long time, but Murong Huan still didn't come back. She was so anxious that she ran around the courtyard at least fifty times, tears were about to fall. Finally, after two hours, she saw a figure jumping over the wall.

Sanlang from the main house of the Su family just got up at night. In a blink of an eye, he seemed to see a phantom whizzing by. Su Sanlang was so scared that he screamed and fainted. The accompanying servant screamed again when he saw this, which immediately attracted a group of maids and Qin to come.

The Su family mansion suddenly became boiling with noise and bustle.

When Ah Shu heard the scream, she seemed to have a bad premonition in her heart and paced back and forth more and more anxiously. Just when she was about to run out of the door in a hurry, the door of Zither Courtyard was slammed open and a green shadow rushed into her arms.

"Quick, change my clothes and look like Murong Huan!"

"You, where have you been?" After seeing that it was Murong Huan, Ah Shu asked anxiously.

"I'm going to sleep now. I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. Leave the rest to Murong Huan!"

"?"

Countless question marks popped up in Ah Shu's head, but before she could ask any of them, she saw Li Linghuan had fallen into a deep sleep.

After being stunned for a moment, she found that there was a knife wound on her arm. Although it was not deep, the blood had dyed her black clothes red. She hurriedly took off the blood-stained clothes, cleaned Murong Huan's wound, applied medicine and bandaged it. After her wound stopped bleeding, she changed her quilt and covered her with a blanket.

Seeing that Murong Huan had fallen into a deep sleep, Ah Shu couldn't stop her tears from falling. The noise outside was still going on. She hurriedly fetched some water and washed the blood-stained black clothes, crying as she washed.

When will this girl recover? She used to hurt others when she encountered danger, but now she's even hurting herself!

(End of this chapter)