All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 168 Use Your Hand to Block the Evil Qi

Yongtai Palace is located on the only way from the capital to the imperial mausoleum. It was built on the north bank of the Peihe River.

Not only that, but after the death of the emperor and empress, the coffin passed by here when the funeral was going out, so it is also called the Lingling Palace.

Outside the palace, there are several styles of official residences, which are the resting places for the accompanying officials.

Shen Lingxi originally thought that the carriage would stop in a remote corner just like before leaving the palace, and then slowly merge into the imperial carriage.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she opened the curtain of the car, she noticed countless eyes looking at her.

Looking around, the accompanying officials and their family members lined up neatly on both sides of the official road in the palace, looking at them in unison.

The empress dowager, the emperor and the empress' jade chariots were at the front of the palace road and had already entered the palace slowly.

Only the chariot of the emperor's grandson Chuyan was parked at the gate of the palace.

Chu Yan was tall and tall, standing beside the chariot.

Seeing her come out with the curtains lifted, he stretched out his slender hands, as if to help her get off the carriage.

This action instantly made Shen Lingxi feel flattered and overwhelmed.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, she was wearing Taoist robes and sat in his carriage all the way, and she could still use "emperor's order" to explain it.

If the emperor's grandson personally helped him get off the carriage, it would be really hard to tell.

Shen Lingxi's lips parted slightly, and she was about to decline his kindness in a low voice——
"Don't you want to help me?" Chu Yan raised his eyebrows and asked in a low voice.

Shen Lingxi was slightly startled, could it be... Yun Huang told him?
"How does Your Highness want me to help?" She asked calmly.

Chu Yan glanced in the direction of the palace gate, "Use your hand to block the evil spirit."

Shen Lingxi followed his gaze, and saw a few fat and thin ladies standing in twos and threes at the gate of the palace with exquisite makeup, elegant and gorgeous clothes.

Her eyes swept over the faces of those noble ladies, and quickly matched the names and looks of several of them.

It was none other than the emperor who let her see the "face" that day, and the marriage partner who was going to show Chu Yan this time.

Shen Lingxi was silent.

This is not stopping him.

This is to block the peach blossoms for him, and to attract evil for herself.

She hasn't made up her mind yet whether she wants to accept this deal, but she doesn't want to rush the ducks to the shelves without knowing why.

"This...isn't suitable." Shen Lingxi laughed dryly and declined.

Chu Yan said meaningfully: "The price is up to you."

Shen Lingxi: ...She hasn't made an offer yet...

Seeing that she was still hesitating, Chu Yan raised his eyebrows pretending to be indifferent: "Since we met, I have done many things for shopkeeper Shen, shopkeeper Shen is not willing to help even this little help?"

This is the repayment of kindness.

Shen Lingxi looked at him strangely, faintly feeling that this was not his usual behavior.

But hearing Chu Yan call herself "Master Shen", she sat down to confirm the speculation in her heart for the past few days——
Sure enough, when he said "get married" that day, he wanted to use her as a shield.

Realizing this, Shen Lingxi felt relieved a lot, and she also put the weird idea behind her.

After all, since she knew that the little aunt was in his hands, her purpose for being by his side was not pure.

Chu Yan suddenly mentioned "marriage" to her that day, which made her very flustered.

Subconsciously avoiding him is the possibility of pleasing yourself.

After all, he was kind to her.

She couldn't accept the other party's feelings for the sake of her little aunt when she knew she couldn't reciprocate his feelings.

Isn't this "repaying kindness with revenge"?

Because of this, when Shen Lingxi confirmed at this moment, Chu Yan's "marriage" was just to use her.

She raised her eyes to look at Chu Yan, and her expression returned to her previous ease.

"Your Highness was joking." Shen Lingxi smiled with relief: "You have something to ask, and my little girl dare not refuse to help."

She avoided his hand, with light white fingertips, lightly supported his arm, and quickly got out of the carriage.

The whole movement was done in one go, for fear of being seen by others.

This act of trying to cover up made Chu Yan's phoenix eyes slightly raised, and a gleam of light flashed across his eyes.

He looked into Shen Lingxi's eyes, and said casually: "I think that shopkeeper Shen and I acted frankly and naturally when we were pretending to be lovers who lived and died in the Temple of Longevity and Yinyue Pavilion's lair. It's become twitchy."

Hearing what he said, Shen Lingxi immediately thought of all the things that happened when she first met him.

Those inadvertent physical contact were just a play on the spot.

But recalling it now, for some reason, a little bit of strangeness flashed across her heart.

Shen Lingxi pursed her lips and looked away calmly.

"Show affection, die quickly." She lowered her voice and said, "It's completely different from the past. Your Highness is neither a frail scholar nor a cold-faced bodyguard. He has a high status. Someone who loves Your Highness and wants to marry His Highness is like a person who crosses the river." Crucian carp, my little girl wants to live a few more years."

"Shopkeeper Shen, don't need to worry. Since you have helped me out of righteousness, I will take care of you." Chu Yan calmly bewitched, "Now the emperor is determined to give me a marriage, as long as Shopkeeper Shen can take out the money that was hidden before. With the level of Yuege, if you help me get through this difficult time, even if it means going bankrupt, I am willing."

After saying this, he walked towards the palace gate.

The previous level... Bankruptcy...

Shen Lingxi blinked her eyes, and then looked at the noble ladies at the gate of the palace, who were staring at her with all their might.

Thinking of the family power represented behind them.

I'm afraid that she will have a life to make money, but not a life to spend.

Thinking of this, she stepped up to keep up, not daring to let others guess too much about her relationship with Chu Yan, followed him respectfully without squinting, and walked into the palace.

When their figures disappeared at the gate of the palace——
Beside the entrance of the palace, several young noble ladies waiting in line to enter the palace immediately whispered to each other.

"Who is that Taoist? How could she come to the palace in His Highness King Ning's carriage? Even Princess Changning has never followed His Highness like this before, right?"

"Since a Taoist nun is a practitioner, how can there be a distinction between men and women? But... Your Highness never believed in alchemists, so why would he bring an alchemist by his side?"

"That's Taoist Master Miaoling, the 'Nine Qing Dynasty Hua Miaoling Celestial Master' bestowed by the emperor, she is not an ordinary alchemist. I heard that she was specially arranged by the emperor to perform magic exercises for him."

"How to do it? What way to do it?"

"Maybe it's because the crime of killing is too serious, so I did it! The East Palace will be repaired soon, maybe it's for the purpose of becoming the owner of the East Palace, to clear away evil spirits and eliminate bad luck."

"But...Your Highness has just personally reached out to help her get off the carriage...Although she is an alchemist, she is still a woman after all. Would His Highness...have an interest in her?"

As soon as these words came out in the end, several people fell silent by coincidence.

Most of them were sent to the palace with high hopes from their families.

The purpose is to allow them to be selected by the emperor's grandson.

If she can be canonized as a concubine, she will be a concubine in the near future, and even the future empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It can be said that one person respects and favors, and the family is full of glory.

If the emperor's grandsons had their own hearts, wouldn't they be reduced to concubines even if they were selected?
The looks of several noble ladies dimmed.

And at this moment, the luxurious carriage parked behind everyone quietly lifted the curtain a little.

A pretty and haughty woman in a lavender moon dress stared coldly at the backs of the two going away through the gap in the car curtain.

"That is the Taoist nun who deceived the emperor's uncle to bestow her title?"

(End of this chapter)