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Chapter 143 Reincarnation (33)

Chen Ye quickly came to his senses and met Ning Qingyan's cold eyes. His heart skipped a beat.

"No."

Ning Qingyan sneered. He stretched out his hand and picked up the cakes on the square table. "Really? I thought the princess had someone who looked like me."

His words almost implied that Chen Ye had been exposed.

Chen Ye swallowed his saliva and his brain worked rapidly. Judging from Ning Qingyan's attitude, it seemed that he didn't mind that he was a monster, but he did mind his past with Li Wenshui.

"Why don't you speak?"

Ning Qingyan handed the peach blossom cake to Chen Ye's mouth. Chen Ye wanted to take it with his hands, but Ning Qingyan did not let go.

Opening his mouth, Chen Ye bit the peach blossom cake.

He said vaguely: "I don't know what to say. The prince already knows everything. What else can I say?"

After Ning Qingyan finished feeding him a piece of peach blossom cake, he twisted his fingertips which were covered with powder.

"You're not pretending anymore?" Ning Qingyan said in a low voice, "I thought the princess would pretend until she entered the palace."

Chen Ye pursed his lips, "How much do you know? How did you know?"

Ning Qingyan raised his hand to wipe the pastry residue from Chen Ye's lips. He stared at Chen Ye's lips, and his eyes suddenly darkened.

"You are the white fox in my dream. You are the white fox that appeared in the palace when I was seven years old. You are also the one who saved me at the border."

She is the person who left countless traces in his life and the person that Ning Qingyan misses so much.

Ning Qingyan was shocked when he first guessed it, but then he was delighted.

"Your Majesty, you know that I am a monster, aren't you afraid?" Chen Ye asked.

Ning Qingyan raised his eyebrows, "Are you afraid that I will be scared if I find out that you are a monster, so you don't tell me your identity?"

Chen nodded, "After all, everyone is afraid of monsters."

Ning Qingyan chuckled. He went to the battlefield at the age of sixteen and walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He had never been afraid of anything.

"I might kill other evil monsters. But for someone like the princess, I probably..."

Probably anyone wouldn't be afraid.

Chen also heard the teasing in his tone, "Don't underestimate me, I'm very powerful."

Ning Qingyan: "Yes, my princess is very powerful."

He was rescued at the border and his leg was healed.

Chen Ye is probably the only ray of light given by God in his dark life.

"You haven't answered me yet, how do you know?" Chen Ye asked.

Ning Qingyan was silent for a moment, "I dreamed of you and a Taoist priest in green."

He stared at Chen Ye and asked, "So, what is your relationship with that Taoist in green? What is my connection with him?"

Chen Ye was about to answer when Su Ye's voice came from outside the carriage.

"Your Majesty, Princess, we have arrived."

Ning Qingyan said calmly, "After we return to the palace, Princess, please tell me."

There are many people in the palace and it is not a good place to talk about these things.

Night fell over the palace, and Chen Ye pushed Ning Qingyan's wheelchair into the Zhengxin Hall.

In the palace, everyone belongs to Ning Qingyan, and he can do whatever he wants. However, when he arrives at the palace, Ning Qingyan still sits in a wheelchair to hide his identity.

In the palace, Emperor Ning Chen sat on a high seat. When he saw Ning Qingyan being pushed in, Ning Chen's narrow eyes narrowed, and soon he burst into a hearty laugh, "Prince Ning has not been to the palace for a long time since he returned to the capital. This is the first time he has come."

"When foreign envoys come to pay homage, I will naturally come."

Chen Ye pushed Ning Qingyan to their seat.

Ever since Ning Qingyan came in, all the court ministers' eyes were on him, and the barbarian envoys looked at Ning Qingyan with extremely unfriendly eyes.

Suddenly, the Barbarian Envoy stood up and saluted Ning Chen. "Your Majesty, I just arrived in Kyoto a few days ago and heard some rumors. It is said that there is a monster in Kyoto, killing many people, and the monster has not been caught yet."

Ning Chen and Prince Li looked at each other, and he said, "It is true. What do you think, envoy?"

The Barbarian envoy smiled and said, "My tribe has a secret technique that can identify monsters. I am willing to help Your Majesty solve this problem."

Prince Li pretended to be puzzled, "Why did the envoy mention this here? Could it be that the monster is among us?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present began to whisper.

Chen Ye was sitting next to Ning Qingyan. He paused while eating the duck leg, smelling a hint of conspiracy.

Ning Qingyan put his hand on Chen Ye's wrist, turned his head and looked at Chen Ye. Ning Qingyan's calm eyes made Chen Ye feel relieved.

The barbarian envoy said: "I once heard a rumor that Princess Ning committed suicide before she got married. I'm afraid the one sitting here now is not the princess herself."

These words shocked all the ministers, and they looked at Chen Ye with suspicion and horror.

The chicken leg in Chen Ye's hand no longer tasted good. It turned out that they were targeting him.

Ning Chen pretended, "Really? Why haven't I heard of it? Could it be that the envoy was deceived by rumors? Princess, since the finger is pointed at you, tell me what's going on?"

Chen also said: "If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext. Don't you think it's ridiculous that the envoy brought some unfounded rumors to this palace?"

General Zhao Wu slammed the table and stood up, "You are slandering me, accusing the princess of being a monster. Is it because of the prince that you are targeting the princess? Why? You were beaten to a pulp by the prince, and now you want to use dirty tricks to throw dirty water on the palace?"

Ning Chen looked at the generals with an unfriendly look. These brainless men were just following Ning Qingyan blindly. Even if Ning Qingyan's leg was broken, they would still protect Ning Qingyan.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have wanted to kill Ning Qingyan.

Prince Li stood up and saluted Ning Chen. "Whether it is true or not, the envoy will know once he tries."

Prince Li turned to Ning Qingyan again, "Your Majesty will not stop me, right?"

Chen was also a little nervous. His calmness just now was all fake.

The emperor, Prince Li and the barbarians had obviously conspired to expose his identity as a monster on the spot, and Ning Qingyan would definitely be implicated by then.

Chen Ye was about to stand up when Ning Qingyan held his shoulder.

"Of course I don't mind." He looked at Prince Li and the barbarian envoy indifferently, "But my princess cannot be slandered at will. If it turns out that he is not a demon in the end, what will you two do?"

The barbarian envoy snorted, "I will apologize to the princess."

Prince Li: "This prince is the same."

Ning Qingyan slowly uttered two words, "Kneel down."

"what?"

Prince Li was shocked. How could a prince like him kneel down?

"Why? My princess is not worthy of your kneeling?"

Prince Li's face was pale and blue. Logically speaking, he and Ning Qingyan were both princes, and there was no difference in status between them. However, Ning Qingyan had great military achievements and was still a god of war in the hearts of the people, while he was just an idle prince with a nominal title.

Ning Qingyan asked him to kneel and he had to kneel.

As soon as his eyes met Song Yulin's, Song Yulin nodded vigorously at him.

Prince Li made up his mind, "Okay, if we are wrong, we will kneel down and apologize to the princess."

After exchanging a glance with King Li, the barbarian envoy took out a bottle of potion from his arms.

The potion was contained in a glass bottle, and the pink-white liquid inside was clearly visible.

"Everyone, the water in this bottle is the tears of the snake god worshipped by our tribe. As long as you drink these tears, you will live longer, while monsters will be attacked by spiritual power and die suddenly."

The barbarian envoy walked up to Chen Ye and handed him the bottle, "Princess, please."

Chen Ye and Ning Qingyan looked at each other, and there was no worry in Ning Qingyan's eyes.

Chen Ye took the glass bottle in front of him and drank the liquid inside.

After drinking it, Chen Ye tasted it and found it sweet, like licorice water.

He turned his head and saw the smile in Ning Qingyan's eyes. Ning Qingyan asked in a low voice: "Is it sweet?"

Chen nodded, "It's pretty sweet."

Half a month ago, Ning Qingyan asked the Dark Guard Battalion to keep an eye on the movements of those who spread the rumors, and they soon traced back to Prince Li.

After the death of an official in the court who disagreed with him, Ning Qingyan guessed that Prince Li was trying to team up with the emperor to set him up.

While he had his men keeping an eye on King Li, he discovered that the barbarian envoy had too close contacts with King Li. After careful investigation, he uncovered their conspiracy, so the barbarian envoy's potion had long been replaced by his men.

The barbarian envoy stared at Chen Ye with wide eyes. A minute passed, and Chen Ye was unharmed and did not look like he was about to die suddenly.

"Impossible, this is impossible!"

The barbarian envoy pointed at Chen Ye and shouted: "He is clearly a monster!"

He rushed to Prince Li again, "Prince, didn't you say he must be a monster?"

Prince Li's face turned pale. "How would I know? I just listened to what the eldest son of the Song family said."

The Barbarian Envoy pointed at Chen Ye and said, "This monster must have noticed it in advance and replaced my potion!"

Ning Qingyan threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground. "It is not your turn to act so recklessly in Shengyang. You have slandered my princess time and again. Do you think I am dead?"

There was no fluctuation in his tone, but no one present dared to speak, even Ning Chen, who was sitting in the upper seat, remained silent.

After a long while, Ning Chen glanced at Prince Li and said, "Messenger, Sixth Brother, you should apologize to the princess. Do not mention such groundless things again."

Ning Chen's obscure gaze fell on Song Yulin again. Song Yulin stood up as if he had been injected with chicken blood. Song Yuncheng wanted to pull him but failed. He knelt in the hall and said, "Your Majesty, I saw with my own eyes that Song Yao was dead. I told Prince Li about this matter. After several verifications, I can confirm that the princess is a demon!"

Song Yuncheng looked at Song Yulin kneeling in the hall, his eyes went dark, and he felt that a disaster was about to happen.

Song Yulin stood up and pointed at Chen Ye and said, "He is definitely not Song Yao, but a monster pretending to be him."

Song Yulin's tone was excited, and every word he said was heartbreaking. Everyone outside the venue was infected by the grief and indignation in his tone.

While kneeling, Song Yulin was thinking that if he could help the emperor to deal a heavy blow to Prince Su this time, his official career would be smooth.

After that, she married Prince Li as a princess, and there were no more obstacles.

Song Yulin lowered his head and smiled sinisterly, "I'm sorry, brother. It doesn't matter whether you are a monster or not.

Ning Chen and King Li had discussed before that if Chen Ye was not a monster, they would also have to make Chen Ye become a monster. If the barbarian envoys failed to confirm Chen Ye's identity as a monster, then they would let the people from the Imperial Observatory take action.

Prince Li said: "If someone else pointed it out, it would be fine, but the person pointed out was a member of the Song family."

After bowing to the emperor, Prince Li said, "Your Majesty, why don't we ask the Imperial Observatory's Imperial Master to come and see if the princess is really a demon."

Ning Chen pretended to ask Ning Qingyan for his opinion, "What they both said makes some sense. What do you think, Prince Su?"

Ning Qingyan: "The barbarian envoys have already tried to find out, and they are also looking for people from the Imperial Observatory. Do you really want to link my princess with the monster?"

Prince Li laughed, "Your Highness, you are worrying too much. We are also thinking about you. If the princess is a monster, you are still the one in danger."

"It's a big deal if a monster appears in the royal family. We should investigate it thoroughly." Ning Chen said.

The barbarian envoy said: "Your Highness is trying to stop us because he knows that the princess is a monster and is afraid of being found out? I heard that several officials who had their hearts gouged out died in Kyoto a few days ago. They all had political disagreements with Prince Ning. Prince Ning's behavior may make people suspicious..."

His words were directed at Ning Qingyan, implying that Ning Qingyan knew that Chen Ye was a monster and yet allowed Chen Ye to kill officials from the other party.

If this accusation were made, the emperor would have reason to punish Ning Qingyan.

Ning Qingyan glanced at the barbarian envoy coldly and said, "If you want to investigate, then do so. I want to see what fabricated things you can find out."

His calm attitude made Prince Li feel uneasy for no reason, as he always felt that Ning Qingyan had a backup plan.

Chen was also worried. Could Ning Qingyan bribe someone from the Imperial Observatory? It was said that the Imperial Master of the Imperial Observatory in Kyoto was upright and honest, and his disciples were all upright and never partial to anyone.

Ning Qingyan held Chen Ye's hand tightly, "Don't worry."

Chen Ye's heart calmed down. Ning Qingyan must be 100% sure what he said.

Half an incense stick later, a Taoist priest in green robes entered the hall.

He has handsome features and gentle eyes. He looks to be in his thirties. With his long black hair tied up, he has an air of an immortal.

There was another person following behind the Taoist priest. That person was wearing a black robe, was tall, and looked perverse and evil.

Looking at the familiar face, Chen was also stunned.

The imperial master of the Imperial Observatory was actually Zhang Zuishan, and following Zhang Zuishan was Chang Mo.

Chen Ye never expected to meet an old friend in such a place and at this time.

When Ning Chen saw Zhang Zuishan and Chang Mo coming in, he immediately said, "Grandmaster, it's good that you're here. Come and see if Princess Su is a demon."

The eunuch had already asked Zhang Zuishan to identify Chen Ye as a demon according to his wishes, and Ning Chen was full of confidence.

Although Zhang Zuishan is a neutral party, he is the emperor after all, so Zhang Zuishan will definitely listen to him.

When Chang Mo saw Chen Ye, there was surprise and smile in his eyes. He bent down and whispered a few words in Zhang Zuishan's ear.

Zhang Zuishan looked up at Chen Ye, his eyes red, but he quickly calmed down.

He walked up to Chen Ye and stared at him for a long time.

Ning Qingyan, who was standing by, looked a little worried. "Master Imperial Master, have you figured out anything?"

Ning Qingyan had someone find Zhang Zuishan and informed him of the situation before the banquet started.

Many years ago, when Ning Qingyan was young, Ning Ping'an wanted to kill him. It was Zhang Zuishan who went to the palace to rescue him and told him that he could find him at the Imperial Observatory if he had any problems. That’s how the two got to know each other.

Zhang Zuishan once wanted to accept Ning Qingyan as his apprentice, but was rejected by Ning Qingyan.

They interacted frequently in private and were considered close friends regardless of age difference.