After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 160 The Day Has Finally Come

According to the customs of Donglai State, the two parties cannot meet each other after engagement but before marriage, as bad things will always happen if they meet.

Helan and Yuanxu didn't believe it at first, but their elders believed it without a doubt.

They could only follow this old-fashioned custom and never met again, but they missed each other every day. Helan often received small things and gadgets from Yuan Xu, and when she was bored, she would light the betrothal gifts given by Yuan Xu.

During this period, people in the court and the country were in panic. The emperor had made a big move, and the second prince had lost a lot of power. The queen also suffered a blow. On the contrary, Chen Shi'an's faction was safe and sound.

So the rumor became even more intense, saying that His Majesty was going to pass the throne to Prince Ding'an.

This rumor made both the second prince and the queen uneasy.

After the news of Princess Mengnan's fake death spread, the Second Prince sent a letter to Mengnan. However, the letter arrived two days later than Princess Mengnan.

The letter exposed Gu Shicheng's evil deeds of killing his wife and attempting to kill her, and also clearly stated that Emperor Mengnan lent him troops to help him ascend the throne. After he ascended the throne, he would seek redress for Princess Mengnan and sign a hundred-year alliance with the Mengnan Kingdom.

Princess Mengnan personally witnessed Emperor Mengnan burn the letter, leaving no ashes.

That day, Yaniang planned to go find Chen Shian to return his travel expenses, so she sent someone to pass on a message, but the person said that Chen Shian did not want to see her.

She hid and saw Chen Shi'an's carriage driving out from the back door. She followed Chen Shi'an to the vicinity of the palace and saw Chen Shi'an get off the carriage. The princess ran towards him. The princess had shy eyes and was wearing a cloak made of Shu brocade. She looked very noble from a distance.

For the first time, Yaniang felt inferior. She touched her jacket, the dress she had worn for several years, and her face, which never liked to wear makeup.

She often heard people praise her for her beauty, but even so, she still felt very inferior when looking at the princess.

She drooped like a deflated ball, thinking, what was she? Only someone as high and mighty as a princess could be worthy of Chen Shian, who had the demeanor of a pine or cypress.

Who was she? Just a bandit's daughter, rough and rude, with only a decent face.

She finally decided to give the money to the steward of the Chen Mansion and ask him to pass it on to her. The steward had drunk a few drinks with her and agreed readily, as if it were the last thing he did for her.

She asked the steward to convey her message again, saying that they were destined to meet each other, but they would never meet again.

Yaniang had not been in Niu Shi for a few days when she had a new destination. Yuan Xu assigned her a new assignment to Helan Mansion to protect Helan Xuenuo.

She was somewhat dissatisfied with Yuan Xu's arrangement. Wasn't this an abuse of power for personal gain? Unable to resist Yuan Xu's temptation of money, he promised to give her a big house, give her enough money for her to travel in the future, and even promised to give his eldest brother a position. Once things were done, she could leave Niu Shi.

Yaniang agreed, and she went to Helan Mansion to report every day. After a few visits, Helan and Xiaozhu became familiar with her and arranged a place for her to live in the South Courtyard. Sometimes when the three of them got drunk, she would not go back to Niu Shi.

Once, Helan asked about Chen Shian and the princess. Yaniang then realized what happened between Chen Shian and the princess. She felt a pang of sadness in her heart and could not help thinking of that man.

That day, Yaniang was standing by the railing of the Nine-Curved Corridor. Helan saw her playing with the jade pendant necklace around her neck, and she casually praised it by saying it was beautiful.

Yaniang replied with a disappointed look, "This is a gift from Chen Shian."

Helan recalled the day when they were drinking and she asked Yaniang about Chen Shian and the princess. Yaniang was also very disappointed at that time, and her disappointment was almost the same as today.

In an instant, she seemed to understand something, and from then on she no longer mentioned Chen Shian and the princess to her.

In a blink of an eye, thirty days had passed, and the emperor would pass away tomorrow.

Although Helan Xuenuo had experienced the death of an emperor once, he was still worried. Tomorrow, one general's success would be built on the bones of thousands of soldiers, and the situation in Donglai would change.

When the two tigers fight, there will inevitably be a lot of bloodshed.

Thinking back to the previous life, the tiger-head gate of the guillotine never stopped, affecting so many noble families in the capital, and even the entire Helan family was wiped out.

But this time, she firmly believed that everything would be different.

After a night, a good dream will finally come.

White covered black, the night gradually faded away, and some people got up early because they had not slept all night.

There was a lot of noise in the palace early in the morning. The sounds of weapons being carried back and forth, people walking and running, and the high-spirited slogans made people's hearts boil.

The servants in the mansion were gathered together and dispersed only after receiving instructions from the steward.

Xiaozhu discovered that dozens of soldiers appeared in the South Courtyard overnight. They were wearing armor and guarding outside the South Courtyard. When she was about to tell Helan about this, she saw Helan's heavy expression, and she immediately realized that the event was about to happen.

Yaniang sat on the tree trunk, turned over and got down from the tree, and walked to Helan Xuenuo. Helan Xuenuo was sitting in the room with a book in her hand. She looked at Helan for a long time, turning the pages back and forth.

Yaniang stood up and walked to the low table under the window, where a pot of kale sat. She sipped her Golden Crow tea and exclaimed in surprise, "What a wonderful tea! Why didn't Yuanxu give me a box?" Helan didn't respond. She turned around and saw that the page in Helan's hand was still on the same page. She snatched the book away and teased, "Don't turn it. You've been reading this page for an hour."

Helan was so panicked that she couldn't even enjoy her tea anymore. She frowned and began to count the time on her fingers...

Yaniang asked, "How long?"

Helan Xuenuo stretched out a finger.

An hour.

Yaniang began to feel nervous, teacup hanging at her lips. She looked out the window and asked, "So... have all the court officials come to court?"

"Hmm." Helan seemed to see through her and put on a wicked smile. "Are you worried about the court officials, or are you worried about someone?"

"I... was just asking casually." Yaniang stood up guiltily and went back to the kale.

Xiao Zhu was called away at that time. When she came back, her face was much heavier. "Miss, the old general and his men left and specifically told us to stay in the mansion and not go anywhere."

Helan was in a state of panic. Even though she had experienced the old emperor's death before, she was still nervous when it happened again. When the old emperor died, all the court officials were summoned to the palace. They all thought that the emperor would issue an imperial decree to succeed him. But they had no idea that they would receive the news of the emperor's sudden death...

For a moment, there was chaos in the palace, and soldiers from all sides rushed into the palace and fought to the death!

Helan wondered if the old emperor had already considered his own death. What was he going to announce?

But it was too late after all.

She suddenly felt grateful for the old emperor's kindness. They had only met him a few times, and he was also the prince's biological father. It was such a pity that such a good emperor was gone...

Time passed in the blink of an eye, the tea grew cold, Helan walked out of the room and looked towards the direction of the palace. The red sun had finally set.

Another hour later——

Two hours——

With no news coming, Helan began to feel uneasy. She decided not to wait any longer, so she went back to her room and picked up the gentleman's bow.

Yaniang tried to stop her.

Helan put away the deer bone arrows again, placed them and the gentleman's bow into a small bag, and hung it around his waist. "There's chaos in the palace, and the court officials are trapped inside. The Second Prince might take advantage of the chaos to kill those he failed to kill last time! Ya Niang, don't you want to come with me into the palace?"

Yaniang was persuaded by her words. Seeing that she only had a short knife, Helan remembered the gray box in the corner of the wall. She opened the lid, took out the West King Bow and handed it to Yaniang.

Xiao Zhu wanted to go too, but He Lan didn't want her to get hurt anymore. She left Xiao Zhu behind and hugged her tightly. "If I don't come back, you can just take the valuables and run away."

"No, girl. The old general and the old lady told me to protect you. I can't let anything happen to you." Xiao Zhu cried unwillingly.

"Xiao Zhu, this time it's my turn to protect you! Trust me just once! I will definitely come back safely!"

Xiaozhu was knocked unconscious by Helan's knife attack. She and Yaniang carried Xiaozhu to the bed.

The two of them disguised themselves as maids, left Helan Mansion, and rode their horses towards the palace.