"Donor Yu and the prince have woken up. Can the doubts in their hearts be resolved?"
Only when Yu Shuyue opened their eyes did they hear Huairang ask with a smile.
"Understood, thank you Master Huairang."
The two of them quickly stood up and solemnly thanked Huairang.
"Hehehe, no need to thank you, I've lived in this world for a long time, and sometimes I'm still too bored, so I just happened to lend a hand."
And we can also take this opportunity to repair and expand Huayan Temple. Yu, this can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
"Amitabha, since the matter has been resolved, I have nothing to worry about. It's time for me to leave."
Huairang just walked to the door and suddenly turned back to Qi Xiuyao and said: "Your Highness, the Youshan Mountain behind Fuxian Lake has been solved. You don't need to send people to inquire about it. The Youshan Mountain now is just a mountain."
It’s just an ordinary hill.”
After that, Huairang left directly without waiting for Qi Xiuyao to ask.
This time he really left and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Youshan?"
Yu Shuyue looked at the people beside her curiously.
If she remembered correctly, he had told her the legend about Youshan before.
The secluded mountain is shrouded in thick fog all year round and is extremely mysterious. People say that gods live on it, and there are always curious people who want to find out.
But none of the people who went up the mountain ever came back, and soon after, there were always white bones floating at the foot of the mountain and in Fuxian Lake.
When she heard about it, she felt that there could not be gods living on the mountain, but it was quite possible that there might be some ferocious beasts.
After all, how could a god kill anyone just because someone mistakenly entered the sacred mountain? I have never heard of a god who loves killing so much.
"Well, Ah Yue and I have talked about the legend about Youshan before. I have always been curious about Youshan. There are definitely no gods, but why everyone who goes up the mountain dies is worth investigating."
Qi Xiuyao was actually worried that there might be some desperadoes hiding in Youshan, and he was even more worried that some people with evil intentions would use the legends about Youshan to plot some unseen things there.
Therefore, he has been sending people to explore the depth.
But without exception, none of the people he sent out came back.
He originally planned to accompany Ah Yue to find Huairang, resolve the matter and return to Shangjing before going to Youshan himself.
He really didn't believe that there were man-eating monsters on the mountain.
But he didn't expect that the amount of information revealed in Huairang's words made him stunned for a moment.
"When Master Huairang came just now, he said that he was tripped up by some trivial matter. Could it be that this trivial matter is Youshan?"
"Maybe so."
The two of them just made reasonable guesses and did not discuss the matter again.
The biggest purpose of their trip has been completed, and the banditry in Xunyang has been solved by Qi Xiuyao's henchmen, and they can set off back to Beijing.
It is already March in early spring, and it will be April when they return to Shangjing, and it will only be two months before Yu Shuyue's birthday.
It's time to go back.
…………
Half a month later, Yu Shuyue and his party returned to the capital.
Jiadi originally wanted to use his trip to the southwest to get rid of the two of them, but he didn't expect that not only did he not get rid of them, but he also failed to make Qi Xiuyao embarrassed.
Because he had done so well with the Xunyang bandits, he could not find any reason to attack him.
Not only that, Prime Minister Gu also took advantage of this matter and took this opportunity to become active in the court to pave the way for Qi Xiuyao.
Anyone who dared to even raise the slightest suggestion of abolishing the crown prince would be so rebuffed by Prime Minister Gu and some people who supported Qi Xiuyao that they would not dare to speak again.
In the past, they could still use Qi Xiuyao's physical condition as an excuse, but this time Qi Xiuyao was able to complete the journey of thousands of miles to eliminate bandits, so who can say that he is not in good health?
Emperor Jiadi saw that all the civil and military officials were speechless by Prime Minister Gu. He was furious, but there was nothing he could do.
Who asked him to shoot himself in the foot?
His plan to use this opportunity to depose Qi Xiuyao and make Qi Xiujin the crown prince was completely ruined.
With a dark face, he directly said to withdraw from the court.
Yu Shuyue didn't know what was going on in the court, but ever since she returned to Beijing, she always felt that her friend Liu Ruoxi was always looking at her with some indifference.
She always felt like she had forgotten something, but she couldn't remember it for a while.
It wasn't until later when she saw her brother climbing over the wall of her yard to Taoyuanju next door that she finally remembered what she had forgotten.
"Brother, wait──"
Once again, when she saw her brother about to cross over from her yard, Yu Shuyue quickly called out to him.
"What's wrong, Ayue?"
Yu Heng couldn't wait to see someone next door, but his sister had something to do, so he still had to wait patiently for her next words.
"Brother, have you ever explained it to Ruoxi?"
She had planned to tell Liu Ruoxi in person before, but after looking for her several times, she didn't know what she was busy with, and she didn't have the time to sit down and listen to her patiently.
Later, Yu Shuyue also got caught up in other things. As the matter was put off again and again, she forgot about it.
"As I said, during the time when you and Your Highness went to Xunyang, I told Miss Liu that I already have a sweetheart."
Hearing her mention Liu Ruoxi, Yu Hengyue's eyes darkened, and the smile on his face also faded a lot.
"Did something happen? Why is brother suddenly so cold to Ruoxi?"
Yu Shuyue heard him call Miss Liu politely, which was abnormal.
Even if Ruoxi knew that he had someone he liked and still pestered him, his brother would definitely not be so angry with Liu Ruoxi because of this matter.
After all, we have been friends for more than ten years.
"Ayue, Liu Ruoxi is not as innocent as you see. Try not to take her too seriously in the future. Brother is afraid that you will be sad."
Yu Heng knew more and more how much his sister cared about this good friend. After all, she had only had such a friend for more than ten years, and she cherished it very much.
But Liu Ruoxi and she are not the same person, so it is better to explain this matter clearly as soon as possible, so as to avoid causing more harm to Ah Yue as time goes by.
Yu Shuyue had noticed before that her friend had become somewhat different since he came to Shangjing.
As for what exactly has changed, she doesn't know.
I asked her once, but she didn't want to tell her anything.
Now that her brother had made the matter so serious, she suddenly had bad suspicions in her mind.
Looking at the confused look on his sister's face, Yu Heng sighed, and then sat down to explain everything clearly to her.
Half an hour later, Yu Hengyue had finished telling his sister everything. Seeing the unbelievable and tired look on her face, he patted her head.
"Ayue, don't think too much, the Liu family's choice is normal."
He believed Ah Yue would be able to figure it out soon, and now he just needed to give her enough time and space.
"How are brother and Mr. Kong Qing doing now?"
Yu Shuyue didn't want to mention Liu Ruoxi's matter at this time. She was afraid that she would lose her temper, so she changed the subject.
At the mention of Kong Qing, Yu Hengyue's face was filled with an unknown smile. He couldn't help but press his tongue against his cheek, and when it reached the corner of his mouth, he let out a soft cry of pain.