Chapter 330 Beautiful Spider Spirit VS Cold and Ascetic Monk 34
Lin Youwei stood at the door, in a dilemma, his eyes shifting back and forth between Yunyan and Xuanji.

Finally, he stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Yunyan, what...what's going on?"

Yunyan raised her head and looked at Lin Youwei with tears in her eyes, her voice choked with sobs: "Youwei, this is... this is Concubine Min's child, the one I brought out of the palace that year."

When Lin Youwei heard this, he was shocked and even more frightened. His legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.

But he managed to stand firm, his voice trembling: "Min Guifei...'s child? How did he find his way here?"

Xuan Ji looked at Lin Youwei, and seeing that he looked nervous and worried, he knew what he was afraid of. "Donor Lin, I am not here to seek revenge. I just want to find out my life experience and Concubine Min's last wish before she died."

Lin Youwei heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that. He felt relieved that he was not here to seek revenge on him.

"Donor Yunyan, you should get up too."

Xuan Ji saw Yunyan still kneeling on the ground with a complicated look in his eyes, and reached out to help her up.

Yunyan wiped away her tears and did not kneel down. She stood up and looked at Xuanji. She sighed and then told him the story of that year:
"I am the queen's trusted maid. When the queen gave birth, she was framed by a villain. Before she died, she entrusted you to me and begged me to take you away from the palace and raise you. I also promised the queen that I would take you away from the palace. I wanted to raise you myself, but for various reasons, I could only send you to the Wanfo Temple. Over the years, I have been feeling guilty."

She looked at Xuan Ji with emotion, "Fortunately, you grew up safely, and I feel relieved."

Lin Youwei was standing aside, listening to Yunyan's narration, feeling mixed emotions.

He walked up to Yunyan, held her hand, and said guiltily: "Yunyan, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so selfish back then, and I shouldn't have let you endure so much."

Xuan Ji looked at the two of them and put his hands together again: "My two donors, everything in the past has its cause and effect. I came here today just to understand the truth and hope to do something for Concubine Min."

He fixed his eyes on Yunyan's face and asked again, "May I ask, benefactor, you said that Concubine Min was framed by a villain, what's going on?"

Yunyan seemed to be lost in memories. "I don't know the details about the cause of the queen's death, but I remember that before giving birth, the queen drank a bowl of ginseng soup and then became exhausted. You were still in the queen's belly at the time and had not come out. The emperor was away and the queen mother was far away in Mount Wutai. The queen followed the palace rules and preserved the heir. After the queen gave birth to you, she passed away due to heavy bleeding."

What happened back then was so strange. The Emperor loved the Empress so much that he wanted to be with her twenty hours a day, but he was not in the palace in the days leading up to the birth.

It was as if someone had deliberately led the emperor away.

And the Empress Dowager, who went to Mount Wutai neither early nor late, but went when the Empress was about to give birth, saying that she was praying for the Emperor and for Dayu.

She always felt that the matter was related to the Queen, but unfortunately there was no evidence.

It's all such a coincidence.

When Xuan Ji heard this, sadness flashed in his eyes, but this emotion only lasted for a moment and he quickly returned to normal.

"Thank you for the information. May I ask, who brought the bowl of ginseng soup back then? Has the matter been investigated in detail since then?"

Yunyan shook her head slightly, looking confused. "Too many servants handled that bowl of ginseng soup. It's impossible to find out who put the drug in it."

She looked at Xuan Ji, "I hurriedly took you away from the palace that year. I don't know what happened afterwards. I only heard that the emperor was very sad after returning to the palace, and he held a grand funeral for the queen. He buried her in the mausoleum as the Empress Yuan, and wanted to be buried with her after death. I heard that the queen even made a scene because of this."

"Buried in the Empress's Mausoleum as Empress Yuan?"

Xuan Ji had a strange look on his face. Although he was a monk and didn't know much about the palace, he knew how much of an insult to the Queen this would be.

Although the Queen was the original wife, the Emperor had Concubine Min buried as the Empress Dowager. The Queen instantly became a concubine, and after her death she could not be buried with the Emperor because her position had been taken by Concubine Min.

He suddenly understood why the queen was making a fuss.

Yunyan nodded slightly, looking very proud when talking about this.

"Your Highness is the Emperor's beloved and most beloved woman. No other woman in the harem can compare to you. In those days, the Emperor spent almost every day in Your Highness's bedroom. Even when Your Highness was having her period and it was inconvenient for her to serve him, the Emperor still did so."

Her eyes were lost in memories, and she continued:
"When the emperor has something good, he thinks of the queen first. The women in the harem can't even have a share of the soup, let alone a share of the spoils. They are just decorations. Even the queen can only sit on the bench and stay alone in an empty room every day, not to mention offending the queen."

Her eyes sparkled, as if she had returned to the glorious days in the palace. It was really glorious, in the palace, countless people fawned on her, praising her all the time.

It's a pity for the lady.
Yunyan's eyes dimmed and she looked lonely.

Watching Yunyan's expression change from pride to loneliness, Xuan Ji's face became heavy.

The struggle in the palace is cruel. Concubine Min is so favored and yet she doesn't know how to restrain herself. It's not surprising that someone wants to kill her.

I just don't know who did it.

It is even possible that many people took action.

Xuan Ji did not stay here. He asked some other questions, thanked the two of them, and then said goodbye and left.

Smoke from cooking fires rises, and the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the quiet village road, giving this quaint little village a golden coat.

As Xuan Ji's figure disappeared at the entrance of the village, an inexplicable wind blew by, and the old locust tree at the entrance of the village swayed gently, as if it was some kind of omen.

Yueying, who had followed all the way to Linjia Village and had been hiding in the dark and eavesdropping for a long time, appeared in Yunyan's home like a ghost.

Yunyan was about to go to the kitchen to cook dinner. When she turned around, she saw Yueying suddenly appear.

She took two steps back in fear and asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you?"

The man was dressed in black, had a stern face, a cold aura, and an unusual bearing. It was obvious at first glance that he was an important figure.

Lin Youwei walked over and looked at him warily, "Who are you? Why did you suddenly come in without saying hello?"

Yueying ignored Lin Youwei and didn't even look at him. Her eyes were always on Yunyan's face, examining her closely.

After a moment, he asked in a low voice: "Are you Yunyan? The personal maidservant of Concubine Min back then?"

Although he was hiding far away just now, his hearing was extremely sensitive and he basically heard everything he should have heard about the conversation in the room.

Yunyan's heart trembled, thinking that the master had just left and this man appeared. He must have followed the master and might have heard the conversation just now.

I thought that what was supposed to come would finally come.

She sighed and frowned, "It's me. May I ask what can I do for you?"

Yueying smiled with an ambiguous smile on her lips, "You don't need to know who I am, just follow me."

"Where are you going?" Yunyan looked at Yueying warily.

Yueying did not answer. She waved her hand and Yunyan fainted on the ground.

"Yunyan?"

Lin Youwei was shocked. He looked up at Yueying angrily, picked up the hoe in the yard and hit Yueying, "What did you do to her?"

Yueying had a look of disdain on her face. She flicked her finger and knocked Lin Youwei to the ground with the hoe.

He didn't even look at Lin Youwei who was lying on the ground in a mess and cursing. He turned around, picked up Yunyan, and disappeared in a flash like a ghost.

"Don't leave, put him down."

Lin Youwei didn't care about his sore waist and quickly got up from the ground. He wanted to catch up with the person, but found that he was gone.

He thought of Xuan Ji, and thought that the master might not have gone far, so he hurriedly chased after him.