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

"This time they went to the Holy Mountain, did Tai Shumei and Chu Yan ride in the carriage together?" Shen Lingxi asked thoughtfully.

"Of course not." Liu Meisheng was afraid that Shen Lingxi would misunderstand, "Don't worry, Mr. Xiaolang rode a horse first, and let Mr. Mu Xiaolang escort Tai Shumei up the mountain."

Speaking of this, Liu Meiren covered her lips and smiled lightly, "Guess Mr. Mu Xiaolang, can you recognize that she is a fake?"

Shen Lingxi's eyes drooped slightly.

She didn't care if they recognized her or not.

What is more concerned is, since Tai Shumei is a "living person" now, why does she still hide from Chu Yan.

Could it be that the evil spirit on Chu Yan also affected her?
Thinking of this possibility, Shen Lingxi quickened her pace, "It's getting late, let's go up the mountain quickly."

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Yun Huang sent several cronies to wait outside the house to escort Shen Lingxi to the holy mountain.

The carriage galloped out of the city and arrived at the foot of the holy mountain, but was blocked and couldn't move an inch.

"Miss, today people in Yunbian City learned that His Highness is going to send people to burn down the altar and the ruins of the imperial mausoleum, and they all went up to the mountain to petition. I'm afraid we won't be able to get in this carriage." Yun Huang's personal guard reported through the curtain of the carriage.

Shen Lingxi asked suspiciously: "Go up the mountain to petition? What kind of wish?"

"Many relics of the deceased in the past few years are buried around the altar. The relatives of the deceased firmly believe that if the altar is burned, the souls of the deceased will not rest in peace, so the people are petitioning, hoping that His Highness will not destroy the altar," Qin Wei explained. road.

Shen Lingxi lifted the curtain of the car, looked out, and saw that the winding mountain road was full of carriages going up the mountain, and many people had abandoned the carriages and walked towards the mountain road on one side.

There are two roads on the holy mountain that can lead directly to the top of the mountain. One is the official road for carriages and horses, and the other is the stone steps that people walk on foot during the pilgrimage.

"I'll go up on foot, and you wait for me here." Shen Lingxi ordered.

When she got out of the carriage, she saw several maidservants walking down from a carriage surrounded by a noble lady in a scarlet dress.

The woman combed her elegant and luxurious lady's head, her appearance was unparalleled, especially her almond eyes, there was a kind of romantic and charming color in the movement of her eyes, which made people feel astonished at the first sight.

Shen Lingxi did not expect that her body would be possessed by Taishu Mei with a different temperament.

She is completely different from the previous her.

"Hey, she was blocked at the bottom of the mountain anyway."

When Liu Meiren saw Tai Shumei, she hurriedly hid in the car, "I can't accompany you this time, she can see ghosts, if she sees me by your side, she will definitely have doubts about your identity."

Shen Lingxi responded softly, pondered for a while, took out a bamboo stick from the carriage, and walked towards the group of people while "du, du" using the bamboo stick to explore the road.

As soon as they approached them, Tai Shu Mei's soft voice came into Shen Lingxi's ears.

"General Mu, I have just recovered from a serious illness, let alone walking to the top of the mountain, I am afraid that I will pass out halfway there, I don't want to leave."

The voice was still hers, but it sounded quite different.

Mu Huai'an put his arms around his chest, and looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze: "Shen Lingxi, what kind of tricks are you playing? I don't know if others will lose their memory if they bump their heads. Can you lose their memory? It's a joke! In front of me, you don't have to act like this."

"Bold and presumptuous!" Grand Uncle Mei immediately snarled, "I am a majestic princess, what are you, you dare to talk to me like that, the prince will cut off your head when I go back!"

Mu Huai'an looked her over carefully, seeing that Taishu Mei's face was full of hostility.

Only then did he change his tone, bowed respectfully and said: "Your Majesty, forgive me, it's because I thought Your Majesty was joking with me, and lost my sense of proportion. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

"You find a soft sedan chair and carry me up the mountain." Tai Shumei ordered: "I don't want to walk."

"I'm afraid it won't work." Mu Huai'an said respectfully: "The people who went up the mountain today all came to petition His Highness. They already complained about the previous behavior of the empress. The empress will definitely attract attention when she goes up the mountain in a soft sedan chair. At that time, if someone sees her identity and bumps into the empress without a good eye, and the minister is unable to protect her, wouldn't she be putting the empress in danger?"

Taishu Mei really wanted to say, "Trash, I can't even do such trivial things well." But when the words came to her lips, she swallowed again, and looked at Xiang Zhou floating aside.

Xiang Zhou frowned, and said to her: "Your soul is unstable now, it's not appropriate to make troubles out of the ordinary, and bear with it for now."

Uncle Mei pursed her lips reluctantly when she heard the words, took the veiled hat handed over by the maidservant and put it on, supported the maidservant's arm, and walked up the mountain.

Shen Lingxi followed the group of them not far or near, and walked up the mountain with the flow of people.

The bamboo stick in her hand kept making "duk, duk" sounds, attracting the attention of people around her from time to time.

Even when Tai Shumei was resting along the road, he turned to look at her several times.

The same is true for Xiang Zhou, who circled around her a few times without seeing any flaws.

Along the way, the whispers of the people continued to reach their ears:

"I heard that His Royal Highness decided to burn the altar this time. It was the idea of ​​the Crown Princess. Ever since the Crown Princess entered the city wearing a red dress, the city has not been peaceful."

"Yeah, I've also heard that in just three to five days, many people died in the city, even Mr. Si was no exception. Now it's spreading in the city. Come disaster."

"I heard from my relatives who were on duty in the Yunjiang Palace that the princess concubine secretly ran to the holy mountain on the second night after entering the city. After returning, her temperament changed drastically. She moved out of the saint's bedroom overnight and broke her head. That's why she begged His Highness to burn down the altar and the ruins of the imperial mausoleum, saying that there are evil and sycophants."

"I think she is the villain. It must be because she insists on entering the city with the red dress, and attracts the wrath of the gods and ghosts, which is why she is plagued by disasters."

"When I heard that she was in the capital, she would use some evil methods to confuse the emperor, and the position of crown princess came from this. I think she is a demon girl."

"This time she messed with the gods and ghosts in our Yunjiang. She didn't listen to her. After suffering a lot of trouble, she will destroy the altar and the imperial tomb! She just wants revenge."

"Common people like us can't control the Tian family. In short, this altar cannot be destroyed. If the altar is destroyed and ghosts and gods are angered, who will bear the consequences?"

"In my opinion, the newly-appointed King Yunjiang is also uninformed. Allowing the court to mess around like this is not as good as when the previous King Yunjiang was alive. For so many years, the Xiao family has contributed a lot to King Yunjiang, but The new king does not want to see the Xiao family very much."

"The new king is a bastard of unknown origin. He is just a puppet of the Great Zhou court. What do you expect him to do? He doesn't want to see the Xiao family. It must be that the court is planning to take the Xiao family. Gongzang, the fate of loyal and good generals has been like this throughout the ages."

"I just feel sorry for the Xiao family... What kind of person is General Xiao, that day he kindly stopped that demon girl from entering the city, but she was insulted in public. This is not embarrassing the Xiao family, it is embarrassing our Yunjiang!"

"Anyway, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince insists on destroying the altar of the holy mountain for the demon girl today, I will crash my head on the altar to death. Rather than watching the souls of the ancestors restless, it is better to go to the underworld to serve them. Let the court of the Great Zhou take a look , we, the people of Yunbian City, are definitely not soft-boned!"

"What Xiongtai said is very true. Since I went up to the mountain to petition today, I have no intention of going down the mountain alive. I am willing to go to death with Xiongtai! As long as this matter can be made a big deal, the imperial court will never let the demon girl go. If the witch sacrifices to the sky, maybe the Xiao family can be saved..."

Shen Lingxi frowned when she heard these words.

If you listen to the previous content, it can be considered that there are mostly false rumors.

In the end, I started to praise the Xiao family, love the Xiao family, and call her a witch, which is a little bit wrong...

She looked around, from the foot of the mountain to the top, there were densely packed people.

Since the altar and the ruins of the imperial mausoleum were intentionally laid down by Xiang Zhou during his lifetime for the purpose of refining souls, naturally they could no longer be left behind.

Destroying these two places seemed to be Tai Shumei's request, but in fact Chu Yan followed the trend.

Chu Yan should be very clear about the consequences if this matter is announced to the public.

He will not spread the news on purpose.

The only thing that can be explained is that someone leaked the news secretly, which attracted so many people to the mountain today.

In this way, the people were incited to petition with death, put pressure on the court, and even encouraged the people to kill her as a sacrifice to heaven.

It is self-evident who is behind the scenes.

Xiao Rui really hated her.

It's a pity that she is not in the body of the princess now.

I don't know if Grand Uncle Mei was so happy to become the princess, but she was surprised or not when she got this scripture for offering sacrifices to heaven.

Listening to these remarks, Shen Lingxi could think of nothing that Xiang Zhou and Tai Shumei could think of.

Taishu Mei never expected that the princess she possessed would have such a terrible reputation.

She is a superior person who has suffered from riots among the common people, and seeing this kind of battle, she couldn't help being terrified.

Taking advantage of the time when others were not paying attention, she lowered her voice and asked Xiang Zhou who was floating by the side: "If today's incident arouses public anger, and the imperial court really wants to kill me to sacrifice to heaven, what should I do?"

It seems to be responding to Tai Shumei's words——

Caught off guard, Shen Lingxi, who was not far behind her, only heard the sound of heavy footsteps suddenly bursting from behind her.

Immediately afterwards, a half-sized boy who was not tall strode past her and rushed forward.

Shen Lingxi's feet moved slightly, avoiding the impact of the man's shoulder, and supported her body with a bamboo stick, making a distressed appearance.

In the blink of an eye, a cold light flashed in front of his eyes.

Shen Lingxi saw very keenly that the boy who almost knocked her down had a short dagger in his hand and stabbed Tai Shumei's body!
That was also Shen Lingxi's body.

"Hey..." Shen Lingxi subconsciously wanted to remind her.

However, before he could speak, he saw that the dagger was about to stab Taishu Mei in the heart, but Mu Huai'an kicked it away viciously.

The maidservants accompanying Tai Shu Mei swarmed up and pressed the half-sized child firmly to the ground.

The man was wearing a brown short jacket that was washed to a whitish color, and he didn't look like a serious assassin.

It is the people who have been encouraged this time.

The man fixed his eyes on Taishu Mei's veiled hat, and said in a hateful voice: "Demon girl, if you dare to destroy the altar of our saint, you will surely die!"

Tai Shumei turned pale with fright.

Even counting the years when the country was not subjugated, she has not experienced this kind of assassination scene for a long time.

"Quick! Drag this troublemaker down quickly, and beat him to death with a stick!" She said angrily.

Hearing this, Mu Huaian frowned, and winked at the soldiers who followed him up the mountain.

Two soldiers stepped forward, gagged the boy, and escorted him down the mountain.

The movement came and went quickly, and did not cause much commotion.

The maidservants were afraid that there would be another disturbance, so they surrounded Taishu Mei and walked up with her.

But Taishu Mei was frightened by this, and her mind was restless. She tightly held the jade pendant hanging from her neck with one hand, and covered her lips with the other hand and whispered to Xiang Zhou: "I finally came back to life, but I don't want to die again." Dead... Otherwise, this altar and imperial tomb should not be destroyed..."

"No!" Xiang Zhou said firmly, "The altar is a small matter, Yunxi's body must be destroyed, the flesh and blood of a saint can nourish the soul, and your jade pendant seals her soul, before the refining of the soul is completed, if the jade pendant If the jade pendant comes into contact with her body, and let her remnant soul run into the body, it will be difficult to seal her back into the jade pendant."

Xiang Zhou was originally a ghost, probably because he felt that no one could hear what he said, so he didn't deliberately lower his voice.

It was convenient for Shen Lingxi, who was not far from them, to hear his words clearly.

Another jade pendant.

The moment her fingers touched the jade pendant that night, she felt a strong suction force that wanted to suck her soul into the jade pendant.

In desperation, she hid in the corpse to avoid the jade pendant's suction.

Unexpectedly, it was a crooked attack.

Shen Lingxi was a little puzzled. The jade pendant was obviously passed down from generation to generation by the saintess. Why didn't Auntie pass it to her before she died, but brought it into the coffin as a funeral object?

It seems that after going down the mountain this time, they have to go back to Yunjiang Palace to find out the origin of this jade pendant.

Shen Lingxi concentrated on listening to the conversation of one person and one soul in the distance, while walking up with a bamboo stick.

She didn't notice it for a while, but a slender figure, a few steps behind the group of people, seemed to block in front of her unintentionally.

Shen Lingxi lowered her eyes and saw the robe in front of her. She leaned the bamboo stick to the side and avoided the figure standing in front of her with familiar steps.

And this action directly caused the opponent to make a move and grabbed her by the shoulder.

"It seems that you are really blind." Mu Huai'an's voice came to his ears.

Shen Lingxi looked up in surprise, and saw his peach blossom eyes staring sharply at hers.

Seeing Shen Lingxi's pitch-black eyes without any light, Mu Huai'an frowned, and shook his hand in front of her eyes.

The eyeballs didn't move at all, and it looked like they were really blind.

Shen Lingxi turned her head to the side, her dark eyes were staring at Tai Shumei's direction, seeing that Xiang Zhou noticed the movement on her side and was looking towards her.

She hurriedly bowed her hand to the front, pointed to her throat, and uttered a difficult syllable: "Eh...uh...oh..."

"Blind and dumb?" Mu Huai'an sneered.

He leaned forward, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Stop pretending, the spots on your hands are all exposed."

There are probably no spots on the hands of living people.

Only in the hands of the dead.

Although Shen Lingxi knew that Mu Huai'an was implying this intentionally, he also knew that it was impossible to leave such obvious flaws as corpse spots on his hands.

She was still surprised.

Seeing that Xiang Zhou heard the words "blind and dumb", he turned around without interest and floated up with Tai Shumei.

Shen Lingxi's pitch-black eyes looked directly at Mu Huaian's eyes, and asked hoarsely, "How did you recognize it?"

I've been waiting for a long time, Tai Shumei took the script for worshiping heaven, hey