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Chapter 1935 The Power of the Bottle
"Your Highness, Your Highness, I'm so sorry." Master Meng knew they had gone to the palace today.
Something big is happening in the palace.
His Majesty has regained consciousness today thanks to the treatment provided by the First Mystic Sect.
His father told them about what happened in the palace when he came home today.
Now they've come knocking on our door because of Meng Si's matter, giving the prince and princess no chance to catch their breath.
Lu Zhaoling glanced at him. "It's alright. Did you find out about Meng Si?"
Master Meng nodded. "Yes, he said some things that made us a little uneasy. We didn't dare to delay and wanted to ask the Prince and Princess for their opinions."
Lu Zhaoling helped Zhou Shiyue to a chair and then thoughtfully gave him a lumbar support cushion to lean on.
"You want to listen, right?" she asked Zhou Shiyue. "Or do you want to lie down for a while first?"
Zhou Shiyue looked at her with a mix of amusement and exasperation. "You've already padded this much for me, just so you can make me stay here and listen with you, right?"
Lu Zhaoling blinked.
"Because I don't really want to go back and tell you the same thing again."
“I’ll listen along, it won’t be tiring,” Zhou Shiyue said.
Seeing them so affectionately oblivious to everyone else, Third Master Meng lowered his head and pretended not to hear.
After all, this was a matter for the Meng family, and he felt embarrassed and dared not leave.
Qingyin and Qingbao brought up ginseng tea.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, please have some tea."
"Have Qinglin come over and massage the prince's shoulders," Lu Zhaoling suddenly said.
"Okay." Qingbao was taken aback for a moment, but still quickly went to call Qinglin.
Although Lu Zhaoling wanted Zhou Shiyue to listen here, she was also genuinely worried about his exhaustion.
She just felt that there might be something about Meng Si that Zhou Shiyue wanted to hear.
Qinglin was called over to massage Zhou Shiyue's shoulders, and he was completely bewildered.
But after he realized what was happening, he winked at Qingfeng and said, "See? When needed, Your Highness still finds me useful."
He raised his hand, wiggled his fingers, and came in excitedly.
Qingfeng watched his retreating figure, too lazy to say anything. He only hoped that Qinglin would be reliable and not get punished by the prince again later.
Lu Zhaoling also sat down, and Qingyin, without her saying anything, immediately went behind her and gently massaged her shoulders.
“Third Master Meng, you can speak now.” Lu Zhaoling looked at Third Master Meng.
Master Meng was ashamed.
With these two looking at him like that, and each of them having someone behind them massaging his shoulders, how come he seemed so relaxed and at ease?
But strangely, he also relaxed.
He had been tense the whole time, his heart was in his throat, and his whole body was tense. He looked a little pale and sickly.
After Lu Zhaoling finished her routine, Third Master Meng relaxed.
And the trace of illness in his body also dissipated.
Lu Zhaoling glanced at him again and, noticing a change in his aura, nodded secretly.
The night before last, Third Master Meng went to the mass grave with them. He saw a ghost, and was tense, scared, worried, and exhausted. His body and mind couldn't take it anymore. If he doesn't relax now, he could easily fall ill.
Even though she had given her a talisman, it was still difficult to withstand.
She guessed that it was with Third Master Meng that day that he went to question Meng Si. That's why the bluish-gray circles around his eyes were quite severe.
She also gestured to Third Master Meng to have his tea replaced with ginseng tea.
He had been waiting here without even having a sip of tea, but now that he'd relaxed and drunk a cup of ginseng tea, he felt much better.
Master Meng was secretly amazed.
Is it because Princess Jin is there that people around her feel much more comfortable?
"It's like this, Your Highness, Your Highness, Meng Si originally didn't want to say much, but after we sent him back to his room, a few strange things happened that he himself found hard to believe."
"The first thing was that after we took him back to his room, a white jade vase in his room suddenly fell to the ground and shattered."
Lu Zhaoling was surprised, "No external force? The white jade bottle?"
"Yes, that white jade bottle was bought for him by his grandmother when she went to Ciyun Temple. She said it would bring him peace and safety. The jade bottle has been in his room for many years and it has always been in good condition. Moreover, he bumped into it and broke it once before, but the jade bottle was completely intact."
Third Master Meng said, "It was because of that incident that this time the white jade bottle suddenly shattered, and even Meng Si himself found it hard to accept."
At this point, Third Master Meng quickly picked up a wooden box that he had placed beside him and put it on the small table between Lu Zhaoling and Zhou Shiyue, then opened it for them to see.
"Your Highness, I've collected all the fragments of that white jade bottle. They're all here. Please take a look and see if there's anything strange about them?"
Lu Zhaoling was both amused and exasperated.
Why would I show her a pile of fragments?
As she thought this, she subconsciously looked over, and surprisingly, she actually discovered something.
These fragments still retain a faint trace of runic power.
That is--
The power of the peace charm.
"what?"
Lu Zhaoling was somewhat surprised, and she reached out and picked up one of the fragments.
"Be careful with your hands," Zhou Shiyue said.
“I know.” Lu Zhaoling looked at the fragment and noticed a few gray specks on its back. “There was a talisman in this bottle before?”
Master Meng was surprised. "I don't know. None of us know. But after it broke, I was cleaning up the pieces and didn't find anything else. I didn't see any talismans."
“You can’t see it because the talisman should have turned to ash long ago.” Lu Zhaoling carefully examined the other fragments. “There was indeed a peace talisman once.”
"A talisman?" Third Master Meng said, "So, this white jade bottle really did have the function of protecting people's safety before?"
“Yes.” Lu Zhaoling nodded. “But the peace talisman inside had already been used up and turned to ash. Only a little bit of talisman power remained. It’s probably because some ghostly energy rushed in after Meng Si went in, which caused it to fall and shatter completely.”
"Ghostly aura?"
“Oh, it’s nothing,” Lu Zhaoling explained. “He came back from that place and there was still a bit of ghostly energy left on him. I was thinking that it would be gone after a couple of days in the sun, so I didn’t say anything more.”
I didn't expect the white jade bottle to actually react.
She looked at the fragments thoughtfully, "It seems that the original amulet in the bottle was very powerful. It must have come from someone with extremely high levels of esoteric arts."
The amulets she drew probably didn't have this effect.
Even though it's all been used up, it's still so sensitive that there's still a little bit of talisman power left.
“My mother said that although this white jade bottle was brought from Ciyun Temple, the monks there said that several items there were left behind by a person with a predestined connection, who left a message to give them to that person.”
Lu Zhaoling became curious after hearing this.
Is there anything else?
"They said there were eight items, but they were all taken away. I don't know if there are any left now," said Master Meng.
Now he even wants to go back to Ciyun Temple.