roccoschili Chapter 177 Ceremony
Chapter 177 Ceremony
After learning that the visitor was the envoy from Zhongdu and the envoy's apprentice, Rong Su realized that Shen Peiqing used Xiao Yilin to save her, and by accident her identity was recognized by the envoy.
As for Rong Yingxin, her identity as the fake Tian Fengnu had been discovered and she was imprisoned in prison.
Waiting to be sent back to the Zhongdu dungeon, and then waiting for His Majesty's announcement of the fate.
Wu Youyuan seemed to be afraid that the Tianfeng girl he found was another imposter, so he asked Wuxuzi to bring both the divination stone and the ritual stone from there overnight.
Rong Su returned to the princess's mansion and had just sat down for a while when she heard a knock on the door.
"it's me."
Hearing Shen Peiqing's voice, Rong Su was slightly stunned. She looked at the figure outside the door, hesitated for a while, and was thinking about whether to find an excuse to let him leave.
The other party seemed to have guessed her thoughts in advance and said, "I brought you some medicine to stop bleeding and dissolve blood stasis. You have wounds on both hands, and it will be difficult to apply the medicine yourself."
Shen Peiqing really blocked her even this excuse. Rong Suqian sighed and looked down at her palms which were covered with wounds. The scars were so deep that the bones were visible.
In desperation, I could only get up and open the door.
When I opened the door, I saw that Shen Peiqing's handsome face seemed to be more vicissitudes than before, and there seemed to be some dark shadows under his eyes.
He looked like he hadn't had a good rest, and even his well-defined jaw had some stubble that hadn't been cleaned in time.
Shen Peiqing glanced at her and raised the medicine in his hand, as if afraid that she would think he was making up an excuse. Then he smiled faintly and said, "Can you let me in?"
He quickly withdrew his gaze, and Rong Su made way. Seeing this, Shen Peiqing stepped over the threshold, walked in, found a chair to sit down, and then began to arrange the medicine on his own. After he was ready, he looked up at her and signaled her to come over with his eyes.
Since his medicine was ready, Rong Su was not a shy person, so she walked over, sat next to him, looked at him, and stretched out her hands under his gaze.
When Shen Peiqing saw her hands, his eyes gradually became heavy, and heartache and worry slowly overflowed.
"If it hurts, just tell me and I'll go slower."
After he finished speaking, he opened the medicine jar, gently dipped his fingers into the ointment inside the jar, and then gently and slowly applied it to the wound on the palm of her hand.
When the cool ointment touched her skin, the tingling sensation blossomed in the coolness, and she couldn't help but frown slightly.
But his fingers were very gentle, and his application movements were delicate and focused. At this moment, Rong Su felt the coolness spreading from the palms of his hands to his heart.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment. The surroundings were extremely quiet. The only sounds she could hear were his gentle and steady breathing and her own restless heartbeat.
A strange emotion surged into her heart. A faint medicinal fragrance floated in the air, blending with the elegant sandalwood on his body, which made her feel at ease, and the feeling of pain also dissipated a lot.
Shen Peiqing carefully applied the ointment to her wound, but was afraid that his strength would make her uncomfortable, so he kept paying close attention to her expression.
Seeing her staring at him absentmindedly, he suddenly frowned, thinking that he had hurt her. His heart suddenly became nervous, and he asked in panic, "Does it hurt?"
Rong Su saw Shen Peiqing's frightened expression, and the feeling in her heart became stronger. She shook her head: "No."
Shen Peiqing felt relieved when he heard her say no, but his strength became lighter and lighter, and he held her hand lightly, as if her hand was a porcelain bottle that would break if touched.
Being treated like this, Rong Su had an indescribable feeling, happy, but also a hint of disbelief.
"Thanks..."
"sorry..."
Rong Su and Shen Peiqing spoke at almost the same time. After they finished speaking, they both looked at each other in shock.
She was the first to react, and looked at Shen Peiqing puzzledly and asked, "Why are you apologizing to me?"
Shen Peiqing raised his eyes slightly to glance at her, then continued to lower his head, applying the cream slowly while answering in a low voice.
"If I had been more alert and reacted faster, you wouldn't have been stabbed by Magnolia and poisoned. And all the things that happened later wouldn't have happened. It's my fault."
Rong Su lowered her eyes slightly, staring at his gentle movements, and was silent for a while.
"What's coming will eventually come. Rong Yingxin wants to deal with me. Even if you get hurt once for me, there will be countless more times in the future. Also, how do you know Rong Yingxin is not the real Tianfengnu?"
This question has always lingered in her mind, but she has never told Shen Peiqing about Tian Fengnu.
Shen Peiqing paused slightly, then picked up the gauze beside him and bandaged her slowly and gently, wrapping the gauze around her palm.
"When you were keeping an eye on Rong Yingxin, I sent people to investigate. Although there were few clues, there were some. After the investigation, I found out that I wasn't the only one investigating Rong Yingxin."
His slender fingers gently tied a knot in the gauze before he looked up at her: "Alright. I was just following the clues and found out that Xiao Yilin and Wu Youyuan were secretly investigating Rong Yingxin."
"Obviously, they are all wary of Rong Yingxin. And I just happened to use this incident to ask Xiao Yilin for medicine."
He spoke as if everything happened by chance, not as if he had carefully planned it.
But Rong Su felt that the man in front of her was always very planned in what he did, so it couldn't be a coincidence, and she thought he wouldn't explain it in detail.
Rong Su didn't care about this. She was more concerned about another thing. She looked at Shen Peiqing and said, "You helped me, and successfully solved Rong Yingxin's problem. Now it's my turn to help you. Bring me paper and pen."
He seemed to see what she wanted to do, and hesitated, wanting to say something, but when he met her insistent gaze, he sighed lightly and turned to get a pen and paper.
White paper was spread on the table, and the ink was ground. Shen Peiqing held the pen and looked at her, not intending to hand it to her: "You tell me, and I'll write it."
Rong Su looked at her hands, which were covered in gauze and looked terrible. Naturally, she couldn't write on them, so she agreed to let Shen Peiqing write.
The final prescription made with Sophora flavescens was told to Shen Peiqing. The soft sunlight poured in from the window lattice and fell on Shen Peiqing's handsome and cold profile, which seemed to be condensed with a layer of faint golden light. It was so beautiful and shining that people could not take their eyes off it.
That slow-beating heartbeat seemed to start beating abnormally at this moment, which was inexplicably difficult for her to understand.
She cursed herself inwardly. It was not like she had never seen a handsome man before. Why did she suddenly feel that Shen Peiqing seemed much better looking? Could it be that there was something wrong with her eyes after being poisoned?
Staring at him in confusion.
At this time, Shen Peiqing had finished writing. When he looked up, he saw Rong Su staring at him without blinking. Her dazed look made her look like a cute little rabbit, adorable and childish.
He couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion in his chest, and the hand holding the pen slightly increased its strength, as if reaching out to touch her.
But this idea was just a delusion. He was afraid of scaring her and being rejected, so he didn't dare to take any action.
"Have you finished writing?"
Rong Su came back to her senses and saw Shen Peiqing looking at her silently, but he didn't remind her to finish writing. She suddenly wondered what was wrong with him. Was it funny to stare at others in a daze?
He looked at Shen Peiqing with a strange look and muttered, "It's really weird."
Shen Peiqing naturally heard what she said, but he pretended not to hear and asked with a faint smile: "What?"
"It's nothing. I said, just ask Mu Tou to take this paper and go get the medicine. After another half a month of conditioning, your meridians will be fully restored."
When Rong Su saw him looking at her, she immediately turned her eyes away, pursed her lips and said.
"Okay." Shen Peiqing looked at her with some expression on his face, his thin lips slightly raised for a moment, and a hint of doting tenderness in his eyes.
Afterwards, Shen Peiqing asked her to have a good rest and turned to leave.
Lying on the bed, staring at the dim ceiling in a daze.
Rong Yingxin's identity was exposed and she was thrown into the dungeon.
This incident seemed like an incredible dream. She really won and won Rong Ying's heart.
She raised her hand and wanted to hit her face to confirm that this was not a dream, but as soon as she moved her hand, a tingling sensation spread across the palm of her hand, and she frowned with her teeth bared.
The pain did not deceive her. Looking at the gauze on her hand in the faint moonlight, she suddenly smiled, but her eyes were filled with a hint of melancholy and sadness.
"Have I completely changed my destiny?"
She murmured softly. In fact, she also wanted to ask the reader, but the fatigue was like a sleepyhead, gnawing away at her remaining energy.
Gradually she lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep.
In the evening of the second day, Wuxuzi finally brought back the divination stone and ritual stone.
Wu Youyuan sent someone to invite Rong Su without saying a word, so that he could verify her identity in person.
Shen Peiqing, who went with her, had an unusually calm and composed expression, which made her confused.
Shen Peiqing was not worried at all. If he found out that she was not the real Tianfeng Girl, wouldn't he become enemies with Wu Youyuan and Xiao Yilin?
Perhaps her gaze was too obvious. Shen Peiqing suddenly turned to look at her and asked, "Do you have anything you want to ask me?"
Since he asked, she didn't hesitate, looked outside the carriage, and asked in a low voice.
"What should I do if I am proven not to be a Tianfeng girl?"
Shen Peiqing's expression remained calm and composed, "At the beginning, I wasn't sure you were the Phoenix Girl. If you weren't, they would just think she hadn't been found yet."
So that's how it is. Shen Peiqing is just getting something for nothing. Xiao Yilin and Wu Youyuan were both fooled by Shen Peiqing, this thousand-year-old fox.
Shen Peiqing saw Rong Su smiling, and his eyes couldn't help but show some curiosity: "Why are you smiling?"
Rong Su glanced at him and shook her head. She didn't intend to tell him, but changed the subject: "Aku sent me a letter today. He found out that Rong Yingxin and Shen Fengyu were in contact. You should have found out too, right?"
When Shen Fengyu is mentioned, Shen Peiqing's expression changes slightly and becomes more solemn.
"I know. Shen Fengyu intends to use Rong Yingxin's identity as a Heavenly Phoenix Girl to form an alliance with Zhongzhou."
This was the idea of Shen Peiqing, the older brother who was familiar with his younger brother. Just like the information Aku gave her, Shen Fengyu had this plan.
Because he has completely taken power in Beizhou, even the Emperor of Beizhou is now bedridden, and all state affairs are temporarily handled by Shen Fengyu, the current crown prince.
"Rong Ying has lost her heart now. Shen Fengyu probably won't be able to use this to form an alliance with Zhongzhou." Rong Su was worried about Shen Peiqing. She felt a little fortunate that she had helped him with a small favor, which seemed to be equalizing the favor.
But Shen Peiqing didn't think so. Although his expression was not so solemn, it still had a hint of seriousness.
"Shen Fengyu will not give up. Tian Fengnu is just an indirect intermediary. Ultimately, if we want to form an alliance with Zhongzhou, we still have to rely on the Emperor of Zhongzhou."
After Shen Peiqing said this, Rong Su suddenly understood: "You mean, Shen Fengyu will go directly to the Emperor of Zhongzhou?"
Shen Peiqing didn't deny this possibility, but he also said conservatively: "Even if not directly, there might be hints."
After understanding what he meant, Rong Su lowered her eyes in thought, and then softly added to what Shen Peiqing was about to say.
"If he goes looking for him openly, it will definitely alert the Emperor of Dongzhou and Lord An. So he will definitely try to win over the Emperor of Zhongzhou in secret."
Shen Peiqing nodded: "Yes."
At this time, the carriage stopped and Wuxuzi's voice came from outside.
"Your Highness, I'm here to pick you up. Please get off the carriage."
Rong Su glanced at Shen Peiqing, and Shen Peiqing looked back at her. Unconsciously, some kind of unspoken understanding seemed to have formed between the two of them.
They got off the carriage one after another.
Under the guidance of Wuxuzi, they entered a small courtyard.
The courtyard is backed by a mountain that is neither too high nor too low, with a small valley and a lake on the side. It has beautiful scenery and a tranquil environment.
After passing through two short corridors, you arrive at a main room with elegant furnishings and filled with the rich fragrance of rosewood.
There are many Bagua formations hanging around the main hall, as well as various bizarre and mysterious divination diagrams.
Wu Youyuan saw Rong Su coming and gently asked her to come over: "Your Highness, please come here."
He looked at the two different stones placed in front of Wu Youyuan. One stone had a surface as smooth as a pebble, while the other stone was a strange blood red color, with incomprehensible foreign characters engraved on it.
Seeing that she was staring at the stones, Wu Youyuan thought she was afraid, so he said to her in a gentler tone: "Don't worry, Your Highness, these two stones will not hurt you. Please rest assured. I will not hurt you either."
Rong Su subconsciously looked at Shen Peiqing beside her. When Shen Peiqing saw her looking at him, he nodded to her reassuringly without saying a word.
Seeing his soothing eyes, her heart seemed to be truly calmed and at ease. With this emotion, she walked in front of Wu Youyuan and sat down cross-legged.
At this time, Wuxuzi brought up a round plate at some point, on which was a dagger also engraved with strange runes.
Seeing the dagger, Wu Youyuan explained gently, "Your Highness, there is no need to be afraid. I just need a drop of your blood. Can you give me your hand?"
Judging from their behavior, it seemed that they were performing some strange ritual. In her previous life, she finally heard Rong Yingxin say in a vague consciousness that there would be a ritual for the Tianfeng Girl. It seemed that this was the unique ritual that they in Zhongzhou used to verify the true Tianfeng Girl.
After thinking about it for a while, Rong Su finally placed her hand on Wu Youyuan's palm.
The next second, Wu Youyuan placed the divination stone in her palm with his other hand, then picked up the dagger and gently cut her finger through the gauze.
The bright red blood seeped through the gauze, and the white turned red. Wu Youyuan picked up the blood-red stone and gently touched her bleeding fingertips.
In an instant, a strange scene happened.