Tang Dynasty Puppet Doctor

Chapter 131 Princess Anle, the next volume
Although Li Xian was exiled to Fangling and lived a life of fear, his life was not as difficult as he had imagined.

When Xiao Muchen and Murong Huan's carriage entered Fangling County, they saw that the common people were also imitating the court's attire, and were very polite and decent in their words and laughter.

As the saying goes, "It stretches for thousands of miles, surrounded by mountains and forests on all sides, and it is solid and high, like a room." The terrain here is dangerous, surrounded by mountains and forests, and enclosed by high walls on all sides, just like a room, which is why Fangling County got its name.

From a distance, you can see the rising Baizhang City, with its towering buildings, carved jade carvings, and elaborate railings. A towering palace gradually comes into view.

"So Fangling County is so beautiful! Ah Huan, look, those girls all have plum blossom makeup on their foreheads. Are they imitating that Shangguan Lord?"

Speaking of plum blossom makeup, it is both an elegant and a strange thing. It is said that when the empress was having a meal with her male favorite Zhang Changzong, she found Shangguan Wan'er and Zhang Changzong flirting with each other, so she was furious and almost sentenced Wan'er to death. Wan'er carefully apologized, and the sage appreciated her talent and finally commuted the death penalty to tattooing on the face.

In order to hide the small scar, Shangguan Wan'er covered her forehead with plum blossom makeup. Suddenly, the girls in Luoyang City followed her example, and plum blossom makeup became the most popular makeup among women at that time.

"However, I still think you're not as pretty as Ah Huan, and as time goes by, Ah Huan seems to be getting more and more beautiful!"

"Ah Shu, don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm not talking nonsense. If you don't believe me, ask Master Xiao."

Xiao Muchen smiled to show his agreement.

Ah Shu said happily, "Look, even Lord Xiao has nodded, which proves that Ah Shu is not talking nonsense."

As they were talking, the carriage suddenly stopped, and there was a sharp noise outside, followed by the delicate sound of a girl whipping her whip.

"Who are you? How dare you block my way! Tell them to come down, all of them, come down!"

At the girl's delicate shout, it seemed as if a group of people were surrounding their carriage.

The footsteps were messy and the voices were even louder.

"Xuan Yu, what's going on?" Xiao Muchen asked.

Xuan Yu replied in a low voice: "A young lady, claiming to be a princess, said that we stopped their carriage and was arrogant and unreasonable..."

"Who are you calling unreasonable? Come, beat me up!"

As he spoke, the footsteps became more frequent, as if a large group of people were rushing towards them. At this moment, Xiao Muchen opened the car curtain and walked out.

It was at this moment that all the noisy sounds around suddenly stopped, and the girl stared at Xiao Muchen without blinking.

"To think there's such a handsome man in the world!" She sighed softly, and after a long pause, she raised her voice and asked, "Who are you? Are you from out of town? Do you have any identification documents?"

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, only officials had identity documents, and this girl was trying to find out his identity.

"My husband Junnai..."

Xuan Yu was about to answer when Murong Huan interrupted him: "You are Princess Anle, the daughter of Prince Luling, right?"

To be precise, this was Li Linghuan asking the question.

The girl suddenly looked up and her eyes met Murong Huan's. In just a moment of intersection, Murong Huan felt a hint of hostility.

Li Linghuan, sensing the girl's strong hostility, couldn't help but chuckle.

Before Li Xian returned to Luoyang, he had seven daughters in total, but the youngest daughter, Li Guo'er, was the most beloved by him. She was born prematurely when Princess Wei had a miscarriage during the exile. There were no bedding at the time, so Li Xian wrapped her in his own clothes and named her Guo'er.

It was precisely because of the difficult experience of exile with Princess Wei that Li Xian's indulgence of his wife and daughter reached an unbridled level.

Therefore, Li Gui'er was brought up with an arrogant, domineering and overbearing personality since she was a child. She even often abducted children from innocent people's families as her slaves.

But it must be said that Li Guo'er was incredibly beautiful, with a delicate figure, beautiful eyebrows, skin as radiant as snow, red lips and white teeth, and eyes full of seductive charm. In her previous life, she was known as the most beautiful woman in Luoyang City, even surpassing the young Taiping. "Yes, I am Princess Anle. Who are you? Why are you with him?"

"My dear lady, do you even need to ask? These are my husband and my wife, so of course they should be together! Besides, whether they are together or not is none of your business."

This question made the thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl frown immediately, quite angry and unhappy, but she was choked and didn't know how to refute.

"I just can't stand it, is that okay?"

At this time, Xiao Muchen said unhappily: "Since you are the princess, please make way. I want to see your father, the King of Luling!"

Li Gui'er was stunned at this, and thought to himself: This doesn't look like an ordinary scholar in white. Could he be an envoy sent from Luoyang?
"Why...why do you want to see my father?"

Because Li Xian was forced to death by Qiu Shenji, her father had been living in fear since he was exiled to Fangling. Once he heard that the divine capital Luoyang had sent an envoy to greet him, he would be frightened out of his wits and even attempted to hang himself several times. Fortunately, he was rescued by his mother.

Xiao Muchen didn't want to say more, so he returned to the carriage and asked Xuan Yu to continue on his way. Li Guo'er wanted to order people to stop him, but was knocked away by the carriage.

Seeing the carriage speeding away, Li Gui'er was so scared that she quickly ran back to the palace and told her father, King Li Xian, about it.

Li Xian was once again terrified and almost collapsed to the ground. However, Wei supported him and said calmly, "I heard from Guoer that the man who came didn't bring anyone with him. If he wants to kill the prince, why don't we take the initiative and kill him first!"

"Foolish! Do you really think the imperial court only sent these three or four people? The real Jinwu Guard army is definitely still behind."

"Besides, if we kill them, will the saint let us go?"

"My dear, I only know that life is not easy, and good and bad things come with it. Everyone will die one day. How can you ask for death before the moment comes?"

When Wei said this, her eyes dimmed slightly, as if she was disgusted with her husband's cowardice and incompetence.

Li Xian, however, was extremely grateful and showed his affection for Wei. He hurriedly said to a eunuch beside him, "Go, welcome the envoy!"

"Here!"

Just as the eunuch was about to leave, Wei called him back, saying, "Wait, Lord Liu, I have something here. Please take it to the messenger first!"

Liu Gong saw that Wei took out a piece of fine jade from her sleeve. She looked reluctant to part with it, so she could only sigh and say, "Here!"

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"What a tall palace! Living here doesn't seem so bad! I thought Prince Luling led a very hard life!"

When the carriage arrived at the gate of Prince Luling's palace, Ah Shu couldn't help but sigh.

Xiao Muchen said, "When Prince Luling was exiled here, he brought three hundred people with him. Among these three hundred people, in addition to his concubines, children, and servants, there were also some skilled craftsmen and scholars. So their lives were indeed not that bad. Just because they had good food and accommodation doesn't mean they lived well."

Ah Shu smiled and said, "Although Ah Shu doesn't understand, she knows that what Master Xiao said is very reasonable!"

Murong Huan and Xiao Muchen got off the carriage together and were about to lead their men into the mansion when an old woman ran up to them frantically, shouting, "Don't go in, don't go in, they'll eat you, they'll eat you..."

Ah Shu was puzzled: "Auntie, what are you talking about?"

The old woman took out a scroll from her bosom with trembling hands and handed it to Murong Huan.

"Someone asked me to give this to you. He said you should be careful and not run into that man-eating beast!"

Murong Huan curiously opened the scroll and found that it was another famous scroll.

The title of the volume is "The Story of Liu Yi".