Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers-Chapter 420 - This trip to Nanyue seems like it will
Chapter 420: Chapter 420: This trip to Nanyue seems like it will be very interesting.
Chapter 420: Chapter 420: This trip to Nanyue seems like it will be very interesting.
“Master, he’s asleep!” Qingzhu tried testing near Li Tianyi’s nostrils.
Qi Yue nodded.
“This medicine helps him recover quickly, but it makes him sleep,” she said.
“Oh,” Qingzhu understood and finally began to speak freely.
“Master, have you noticed? There’s something off about this Li Tianyi. We should be careful,” he added.
Qi Yue’s expression cooled a few degrees.
“…it’s incomprehensible. Given the situation then, it was impossible for anyone to predict our actions and prepare in advance…”
At this point, she adjusted her sitting position, leaning her entire back against the basket wall.
“…it’s just too coincidental.”
Qingzhu quickly pulled out a blanket from a nearby bundle and covered Qi Yue with it.
“Master, do you also think there’s something off about Li Tianyi?”
“We’ll see,” Qi Yue said, her eyes directed toward the dark starry sky, “let’s see how significant he really is.”
Qingzhu hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice, “Master, could there be a problem among us?”
Upon hearing this, Qi Yue glanced at Qingzhu indifferently.
“Don’t test me… The only ones who know my whereabouts are you and a few Black Feather Guards, and I am very confident in your loyalty,” she said.
Qingzhu immediately bowed his head.
“Master is wise, I just thought…”
Qi Yue scoffed.
“Thought what? That because I’m a woman with long hair but short insight, I’d suspect those around me first in such situations?”
“Master, forgive me, I was narrow-minded,” Qingzhu quickly bowed his head again.
“Of course…” Qi Yue paused, then slowly continued, “If there really is a problem among you, I will handle it appropriately.”
“Yes, Master,” Qingzhu quickly knelt down, “We would never dare to betray Master and the Marquis.”
“Sleep now,” Qi Yue said, glancing at another person who was seriously piloting the hot air balloon, “and take over for him in the latter part of the night.”
“Yes, Master.”
Qingzhu crawled next to Li Tianyi and sat down, quickly closing his eyes, but he tightly held onto that special flute in his hand.
Qi Yue slightly smiled and closed her eyes as well.
She was certainly not someone who jumped to conclusions easily.
When Mrs. Li had come looking earlier, she had mentally reviewed everyone who knew her whereabouts and was convinced that they could all withstand scrutiny.
Moreover, her people were well-treated, had the best medicine, the best transportation, and a low mortality rate.
Only a fool would betray her under such conditions.
She concluded that Li Tianyi’s appearance was an accident.
But she still didn’t know what this accident implied.
Thinking of this, she opened her eyes and glanced at the sleeping Li Tianyi.
—Everything had been planned, but she hadn’t expected such an unexpected turn.
She quietly curled her lips, once more casting her gaze toward the dark starry sky.
—This journey to Nanyue seemed like it was going to be quite interesting.
The next day, Li Tianyi woke up in a daze to find that it was already broad daylight, and the hot air balloon they were in was rapidly descending.
Regretting having slept so heavily the night before and missing a heaven-sent opportunity, Li Tianyi quickly looked toward the core position in the central part of the large basket.
He saw a person staring at an instrument panel filled with strange numbers while continuously changing the movements of a lever in his hand.
Following his operations, the hot air balloon descended swiftly yet smoothly into a recess on a large mountain.
Stepping out of the basket, he saw Qi Yue handing a few letters to the person piloting the hot air balloon and whispering a few words.
The hot air balloon then lifted off the ground and quickly rose to midair.
Li Tianyi was transfixed, his hands clenched without his noticing.
It had been such a good opportunity; there had been only one person in that large basket.
As he was thinking, a cold voice suddenly rang out beside him.
“Li Tianyi, what is this place? You ought to know, right?”
“Ah…” Years of vigilance had him instantly alert, and his right hand reached for his waist.
—Where his curved blade always hung.
The emptiness at his waist exploded like thunder in his mind.
He hurriedly looked around and said in a moderate voice, “In response to the young master, this is Luofeng Mountain, twenty li outside Fengdu.”
“Oh.”
Seeing that Qi Yue had no unusual expression, Li Tianyi was relieved.
Once in Fengdu, wasn’t it his own turf?
They were also lucky; right after descending the mountain, they encountered a caravan.
Qingzhu went forward, and somehow managed to acquire three horses.
Each of the trio took a horse and followed the caravan into the city.
It reassured Li Tianyi that Qi Yue and the others didn’t seem particularly wary of him, which made him somewhat restless.
Soon the trio arrived at an inn. Qi Yue chose a window seat and as they awaited their meal, she suddenly turned to Li Tianyi with a peculiar question.
“Li Tianyi, are there any legends here regarding the phoenix?”
Li Tianyi was slightly puzzled and shook his head unwittingly.
“No. Why do you ask, young master?”
“It just seems odd.” Qi Yue’s gaze fell on the inn’s signboard—Fenglai Pavilion.
“Why does every place name, inn name, and road name here include the character for ‘phoenix’? Twenty li outside the city is Qifeng Mountain, the road we took here was Luofeng Road, this place is Fenglai Pavilion, and even the Capital City is called Fengdu?”
Just then, the server had finished bringing all the dishes and chuckled upon hearing this.
“Are you from afar, young master?”
Being from “afar” was slang for coming from anywhere other than Nanyue, encompassing the other three states.
Qi Yue smiled and nodded.
“Good eye, server. I travel to learn and this is my first visit to your esteemed city.”
The server set down the dishes and smiled attentively.
“Young master has a keen eye indeed, not many notice the ‘phoenix’ in these names.”
“As a scholar traveling the lands, I naturally pay extra attention to such local characteristics…” Qi Yue laughed, “From what the server suggests, do you know the origin of these names?”
The server chuckled, about to demur, when a Silver ingot appeared before him.
He hastily accepted it, nodding repeatedly.
“Of course, I don’t just know it—I’m quite clear on it.”
Qingzhu snorted and retracted the hand offering the silver.
“My young master loves stories; do share with us quickly.”
“Certainly.”
The server nodded and bowed, his tongue nearly splitting the sky with his words.
The gist of his tale was that, twenty-eight years ago on a stormy night, Empress Dowager Shen gave birth to dragon-phoenix twins.
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Initially, both children were healthy, but unexpectedly, just three days later, the princess turned yellow all over and died.
To commemorate the deceased little princess, the previous Emperor had ordered the renaming of various places to include the character “phoenix.”
“I see.” Qi Yue pursed her lips, her expression unreadable.
“It seems your previous Emperor dearly loved this little princess.”
“Isn’t that the truth?” the server joyfully continued, “They say ah, the current…”
As he spoke, he clasped his hands and bowed towards the direction of Nanyue Imperial City, lowering his voice further.
“Our Emperor came to his position also thanks to this little princess.”
“Oh, how so?”
Seeing the server look troubled and glance around, Qi Yue signaled Qingzhu with her eyes.
Qingzhu understood and once again pulled out a Silver ingot and stuffed it into the server’s hand.
“Speak well, my young master loves unheard stories, and you won’t miss out.”
The server’s eyes gleamed, his throat bobbing as he swallowed hard.
“Young master might not know,” he looked around again, speaking even lower, “Our previous Emperor had several princes but not a single princess. After Empress Dowager Shen bore the princess, the previous Emperor immediately conferred the title of Imperial Noble Consort on her, equal to the Empress. But alas, the princess died young. Rumors say it was the Empress’s doing—she accidentally killed the princess to secure her son’s position as heir…In a rage, the Emperor instantly declared the princess’s twin brother, our current sovereign, as Crown Prince… It was a good decision indeed, and a few years later, upon the former Emperor’s death, we got our present…”
