Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

In the Xiaoxiang Qin Academy, Madam Zhen played with the puppet Yongzhen, but while she could communicate with the puppet, Yongzhen, far away in the capital, couldn't sense it. It seems that although the puppet Yongzhen had reached its full potential, it was still subject to the limitations of distance.

Fortunately, she didn't exceed the distance when she controlled the Jinyu doll.

Chu Mingkong suddenly slapped his forehead, looked at the Nine Aperture Soul-Nourishing Bead Chain in his hand, then at the sleeping puppet Yongzhen, and muttered to himself:

"Could it be used here, System Mother...? It feels like you're giving me whatever I need in advance?"

His mutterings received no response from the system. Chu Mingkong wasted no time and first tried to put the string of beads on the wrist of the doll Yongzhen.

no response.

It was stuffed into my mouth.

There was no response.

"..."

Chu Mingkong looked around and decisively activated his recently recovered Annihilation Domain to avoid being seen doing something bad.

He silently apologized to Yongzhen, and then carefully placed the Nine Aperture Soul Nourishing Bead Chain into the tight, mysterious place. Seeing that there was still no reaction, he injected spiritual power to adjust and enlarge the bead.

Yongzhen the doll's eyelids twitched, then she opened her eyes, slowly sat up, and wondered to herself, "How come we can communicate again?"

Then, the strange sensation from the doll's body made her face flush red and her fists clench tightly!

She was both ashamed and angry and wanted to scold him, but the doll Yongzhen couldn't speak, so she could only angrily pinch Chu Mingkong's cheek.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Yongzhen, let me explain! There's a reason for this!"

Yongzhen glared at him with her beautiful eyes, grabbed his big pig's trotter, and wrote on his palm:

"Chu, Ming, Kong! What have you done with my body? I'm giving you a chance to make excuses!"

Chapter 152 Meeting My Mother in a Shameful State (12.3/18)

Chu Mingkong really wanted to correct her, saying that this wasn't her body, but at most just a doll. But in a way, that wasn't wrong either, since they shared the same physical senses.

He suppressed his inner turmoil, took the explanation the "mother system" had just given him, and reassured her:

"Calm down first. Yongzhen, have you ever heard of something called a nine-orifice plug?"

Yongzhen was knowledgeable and had a keen eye for knowledge. During the years when no one visited the princess's courtyard, she had read many books and had also seen strange and unusual things. She nodded.

Immediately afterwards, a message from Yongzhen appeared on Chu Mingkong's note, which read:

[It is said to be a custom left behind by royalty and nobles, imitating ancient tales of cultivators. Cultivators would use rare precious jade to seal the nine orifices of the body, especially when near death, to prevent the soul from dissipating.]

As they were writing, Yongzhen himself realized what was happening and stopped Chu Mingkong from explaining further.

"You mean, this thing you gave me is a soul-nourishing treasure mentioned in ancient texts?"

It's so easy to talk to a smart girl. You don't need to say much; she'll figure it all out herself. But why is she switching back to writing on paper now?

"Yes, but don't misunderstand, this was dug up from an ancestor's grave. It was given to me by my mother... It's brand new, and it's similar to the pearl you used before."

Yongzhen wanted to continue communicating with the paper slips, but this would cause both her real self and the doll to experience the "soul-nurturing" sensation simultaneously, which was not good. In the end, she focused her attention on the doll and tried to reduce the sensation on her real self's side as much as possible.

The doll Yongzhen wrote again on his pig's trotter:

"Did the Princess Consort of Chu give it to you?"

"...No, it's another mother."

Chu Mingkong was wondering whether he should bring up his master's wife to take the blame, but fortunately Yongzhen didn't pursue the matter further.

"However, I didn't expect that this soul-nourishing thing could also enhance the communication between you and the puppet. I just wanted to chat with you using the puppet, but I was disappointed to find that the puppet didn't respond. Luckily, I had this strange thing to help me."

Although I can't meet you in person yet, I'm quite content to be able to chat with you like this!

Yongzhen's attitude softened considerably, guessing that Chu Mingkong hadn't lied and hadn't deliberately stuffed strange things into her flower bud. Just now, when Chu Mingkong tried to contact her using the paper, he indeed couldn't communicate with the doll, but after a while, he was able to do so in a daze.

Moreover, the Nine Aperture Bead Chain that Chu Mingkong was using wasn't particularly uncomfortable, but the main reason was that he had played with it in the back garden before, and compared to the size of his manhood, the beads in the chain were really nothing.

"Come, sit down and let's talk. It's good that our souls can communicate normally now!"

Chu Mingkong pulled the doll Yongzhen to sit on the deck. The doll's bottom had barely touched the ground when it immediately stood up, glaring at him with hostility. Chu Mingkong belatedly realized what had happened and absentmindedly slapped his forehead in apology.

"Blame me, blame me."

He held the doll Yongzhen in his arms and let her sit slowly on his lap. Although she felt much better, her gaze was still somewhat frightening.

Chu Mingkong, embarrassed, changed the subject:

"Yongzhen, how's the situation there? There shouldn't be any major problems, right?"

The doll Yongzhen shook his head and slowly wrote on his palm: "It's alright, but we haven't reached the territory of the Moonlit Royal Family yet, we've only just reached the border of the Crescent Kingdom."

This is a bit slow, Chu Mingkong thought to himself, he's been locked up in the palace for several days now.

"It's good that you're alright. Although I'd like to know more about you to see if anything happened, I think that would be too much for you. For now, just knowing that you're okay is enough. If anything unexpected happens, tell me immediately! If all else fails, can you keep in touch with the communication doll for the next few days? If anything happens, just slap me in the face while I'm sleeping."

A smile appeared on Emma's face, but the doll Emma rolled her eyes at him and then wrote:

"Okay, I'll try it on you in a bit and see if you can wake up."

Chu Mingkong's lips twitched, and he sighed:

"Give it a try, but don't pat it too hard. Let me take you to see Madam Zhen first. She's very worried about you and doesn't know how to contact you. After you meet her, I'll tell you about things in the capital. I'll talk, and you just listen, so you don't develop muscle from writing with your fingers."

The doll Emma nodded, but simply wrote: "Clothes."

The doll Emma wasn't dressed properly yet; she was just wearing a plain white undergarment, which was rather indecent, like wearing a base layer while wandering around.

"Okay, I'll go find you some clothes. Let me take you to change first."

Chu Mingkong certainly wanted to incorporate more of his own preferences into the clothing, but with the Nine Aperture Soul Nourishing Pearl Chain as a "beauty" in front of him, it wasn't appropriate to provoke Yongzhen for the time being, lest he anger her.

He simply took out a chivalrous outfit with a white main color and black secondary color scheme from the Filial Piety Mall, paired it with white stockings for his own personal preference, and finally handed it to the doll Yongzhen.

Since the overall attire was proper and appropriate, and stockings, as a novel garment, were gradually gaining popularity and being accepted as conservative clothing by the majority of female cultivators, Yongzhen did not say that there was anything wrong with the white stockings.

Before long, the doll Yongzhen adjusted her corset and was considered dressed.

Beneath her full, shapely buttocks, her long, straight legs were encased in white lace stockings that reached past her knees. The skin of her legs and the color of the stockings created a subtle and alluring effect. Her legs were plump, smooth, and as tender as cream, as white as snow.

"You look great! I'm so used to seeing you in those royal palace dresses, so seeing you in this smart and capable female warrior outfit suits you perfectly!"

“You’re such a chatterbox!” the doll Emma wrote in his hand, this time truly forgetting to hide the snickering smile on the doll’s face.

Chu Mingkong led the doll Yongzhen by the moonlit white wrist to the door of Madam Zhen's room. Jinyu was in the room chatting with Madam Zhen to relieve her fatigue and comfort her worries about Yongzhen.

dong dong dong.

The knocking on the door added a touch of unease to Yongzhen's heart. She thought about the thing blocking her skirt, and although it was a helpless act, it still felt strange.

"Please come in," came Jin Yu's voice from inside the room, as she answered on behalf of Madam Zhen.

Chu Mingkong pushed open the door and brought the doll Yongzhen into the room.

Both Madam Zhen and Jin Yu, who were sitting by the embroidered couch, looked surprised. Madam Zhen didn't know how her daughter had ended up here, while Jin Yu, although she knew about Chu Mingkong's puppet, couldn't recall it at the moment.

“Yongzhen…?” Madam Zhen blinked blankly, wondering if it was some kind of illusion.

"Yongzhen, weren't you taken away for a political marriage? Could it be that Mingkong secretly stole you back? But you're so far away, is it really you?" Jinyu was also surprised and doubtful, but more than that, she was overjoyed.

Although the doll Yongzhen wanted to respond to them, she knew she had to remain silent. She took out a piece of paper she had prepared beforehand, opened it, and wrote on it:

"it's me."

Chapter 153 Greetings from Mother (12.5/18)

Jin region.

"Jing'er, tell me... what exactly happened? Why has it become so difficult to let outsiders return to Wuli Town, and why are there no outsiders leaving?" Han Bi sighed. The young woman looked haggard and disheveled, somewhat like a refugee, which obscured her original beauty.

However, this was her deliberate act. The Jin region was not particularly chaotic at the moment, but it was completely different from the Jin Prince's Mansion before it became possessed by demons. If the two of them, who knew what might happen if they walked on the street, they would be in trouble. Dressing up as refugees was also a way of protecting themselves.

"I don't know. Jin is completely different from what I saw back then. Sister, why don't you go back to your parents' home for now? You can inquire about it later when things have settled down. It's really not suitable for the two of us to travel around Jin right now; it's too risky!" Han Jing said earnestly.

The cousins ​​Han Qin and Han Jing were initially placed in Chu Mingkong's household. Later, after Chu Mingkong secretly returned to Xiling, they worked for the Cui family. Chu Mingkong paid them high wages, but they knew that their work was not worth that monthly salary. Therefore, once they had saved enough money, they bid farewell to Gu Jungui and planned to return to Jin.

Han Jing, worried about her cousin, also returned to Jin with Han Bi. However, Han Jing was more concerned about Han Qin being treated unfairly by her husband's family and wanted to protect her.

Her husband's family, the Liang family, had been raided and their property confiscated. However, the Liang family had been doing quite well before, and some of their maternal relatives had changed their surnames and separated to live separately. This was a kind of wisdom from their ancestors, so they could help each other out in any situation. They were essentially all from the same clan. Han Qin wanted to rely on this relative, the Lin family, who had previously had close ties with the Liang family.

Unfortunately, the journey home was not smooth...

When you approach Wuli Town, about two or three miles away, the heavily cordoned off area and the tall watchtowers keep out all visitors. Looking in from the outside, the area is under heavy guard.

The two sisters were puzzled and went up to ask the soldiers what had happened and if they could go in, but they were only given a simple reply that there were ferocious beasts from the abyss in that area, and the cordon was set up to prevent the beasts from escaping.

However, after waiting for a month or so, the vigilance did not dissipate. The two sisters became suspicious and decided to stay in the nearest town for a while, staying in an inn.

Now, Han Qin is hesitant and wavering about Han Jing's suggestion; she was initially unwilling.

"You two... don't you look a bit like the wives of the镖局 (security escort agency) in Wuli Town? Are you surnamed Han?"

A disheveled old man, reeking of alcohol, walked over, looking dazed and confused. He wasn't old in stature, and his hair was black with a few gray hairs, but his complexion and mental state were as haggard as a man in his sixties.

No one wanted to get close to this drunken man, but the Han sisters were taken aback when they heard him directly state his surname.

Han Qin said cautiously, "No, you've mistaken me for someone else... Are you from Wuli Town?"

The drunkard seemed to have a sliver of clarity in his eyes. He didn't linger, waved his hand, and acted as if he were just drifting through life, saying before leaving:

"Don't even think about going back. The Prince of Jin is a scoundrel, and the officials and soldiers are no better. They're all demons and monsters who can tear your tendons apart..."

The drunkard quickly disappeared into the crowd, leaving the Han sisters looking at each other in bewilderment.

After a long and thoughtful discussion, they decided to leave Jin and return to Xiling, prioritizing safety, especially since Han Bi was carrying an infant.

Xiling was closed for a while due to the Tianya City incident, but it has now returned to normal, and we can start planning to go back.

However, just as she was about to leave, Han Bi heard that the capital was in chaos, and soldiers hadn't received their pay or rations for a month and had all deserted. Seeing this, Han Jing knew that her cousin was once again considering returning.

"How about this, I'll go buy a viewing stone and sneak in to take a look. I'm small and agile, and I'll show you some of the scenes inside. Most of the people in Wuli Town have run away. Stop worrying about those relatives of the Liang family. Once the surname is changed, who will recognize your Liang family? They're all rich brothers; if you don't have money, you won't know them!"

Although Han Bi didn't want Han Jing to take the risk, Han Jing knew that Han Bi might come back at any time. Fortunately, it wasn't far away, so she carefully took some pictures of people leaving and the tea growing cold from the viewing stone to show her, hoping to completely dispel the idea.

While it's important to find out where the baby's father is, we can't forget that our own safety is just as important.