Descendants (3)

Listening to Xie Xuanchen’s phrases, the little Taoist began contemplating their suggestion.

“Moreover, you don’t have any energy to guard your self now. As soon as somebody finds out who you might be, all you are able to do is wait to your dying. Your grasp is already lifeless, so even in case you observe down the culprits, what are you able to even do? When you die now, who else will keep in mind your grasp and also you?” Xie Xuanchen noticed the adjustments within the expressions of the little Taoist, “On this huge world, solely I can assure your life. Comply with me. So long as I reside, nobody will hurt you.”

The little Taoist was somewhat moved by Xie Xuanchen’s phrases. He wished to reside peacefully, however he was afraid of dying, and had lived the previous few years cowering in worry and at all times discovering locations to cover. His present state of affairs was horrible sufficient to cease him from doing the one factor he was finest at, which was practising medication, however now he didn’t even dare to try this, and couldn’t make a residing as earlier than. 

‘The prince can shield me now, but when at some point he had been to fulfill some mishap and can’t survive, then…’  The little Taosit grew to become a bundle of nerves.

Mu Mingtang noticed that the little Taoist was hesitating. “Taoist grasp, the cash you earn for residing by fortune-telling might be not sufficient to have three good meals a day. You’ll get to eat on the palace. Why are you continue to hesitating?”

The little Taoist was lastly enlightened by these phrases, ‘Sure, what she mentioned is completely proper. Even when I work onerous the entire day, I’m afraid it’s not sufficient for 3 good meals a day, a lot much less similar to ones on the palace. Then why ought to I work onerous like this? Why not go to the palace to eat and drink? Possibly if I labored for a month there, I’d even have the ability to earn cash for a lifetime.’

The little Taoist was totally satisfied by Mu Mingtang and began to rely the cash he might earn in his thoughts. “As you mentioned, meals and housing are included, wage must be paid each month. One medication is 100 yuan, and you need to purchase the elements your self to organize medication.”

Mu Mingtang was actually excited: “Okay, let’s make a deal.”

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When the prince and princess had disappeared in broad daylight, folks in all the Qiyang Palace had been frightened sufficient that their souls would depart their physique any second. Xiang Nanchun, the pinnacle maid, adopted the gang to the again gate and located the gate huge open with its chains damaged. Prince An and Princess An had been nowhere to be seen.

Seeing the state of affairs, Xiang Nanchun was on the verge of passing out, whereas even the chief guard was alarmed by the ruckus. Because of this, he despatched again Xiang Nanchun and different servants again to the palace whereas he, with a lot of the guards, went to go looking the road for the prince and princess.

Xiang Nanchun went to the palace and despatched folks to go looking. The maid, who adopted behind Xiang Nanchun, requested in a low voice: “Aunt Xiang, the disappearance of the prince and the princess…do you wish to report it to the palace?”

Xiang Nanchun’s face turned extraordinarily ugly, as she thought for some time, then slowly shook her head. “Wait a short while longer. If the Emperor and the Empress learn about it, we’ll all be punished. Let the guards exit to search for them first. Possibly the prince and princess simply went out on a whim and so they may come again quickly.”

After the maid went away, leaving Xiang Nanchun alone, she immersed in her personal ideas. She was on the horns of a dilemma. One facet was Xie Xuanchen, who had at all times stored his guard up towards her, and the opposite facet was the Emperor and the Empress, who anticipated her to do her job as they wished. She had taken numerous painstaking efforts to please either side, however in the long run, it appeared she couldn’t please both facet. Now she had to consider methods to hold her place.

‘Ought to I report back to the palace or not?’ Xiang Nanchun requested herself, looking for a solution to the query she wasn’t positive of.