The Marriage of an Esteemed Supreme Healer, a Noble Ruler - Chapter 369 - Summon - BoxNovel

Chapter 369: Summon

After Rong Xiu was satisfied, he slowly let go of Chu Liuyue.

He looked down and saw the young girl’s slightly plump lips. Gently caressing them with his fingers, he lazily spoke with a hoarse voice. “Mm, it seems like your strategy is correct.”

Chu Liuyue recovered her senses and immediately glared at him. However, her eyes were watery, and she looked even more charming instead of angry.

Rong Xiu chuckled, kissed her, and finally let go. “Come over.”

Chu Liuyue walked around the table and stood beside him to see the book that he had just placed aside. “What are you looking at?”

Every time she came, Rong Xiu seemed to be reading a book.

She glanced at the book, and it seemed to be a biography.

Rong Xiu grabbed her thin waist and hugged her.

Chu Liuyue leaned against his chest.

Rong Xiu’s hand gently caressed her waist, and his other hand brought that book over. “Do you want to see it?”

Chu Liuyue felt that Rong Xiu’s hands had magical powers. He just pressed her waist a few times, and a gush of warmth came toward her. She felt as if her entire body became soft and relaxed.

She let loose and felt that her recent tiredness had been dispelled by quite a bit. She then brought the book over and looked up in shock when she saw the name on it. “You moved it from the academy?”

Chu Liuyue remembered that she had previously seen this book in Yi Feng Courtyard.

Rong Xiu didn’t find it strange that she remembered as he nonchalantly nodded. “I’ve basically packed most of Mother’s items, so there isn’t any need for me to stay there.”

Of course, another important reason was that the person in his arms wouldn’t be staying there for long.

Chu Liuyue recalled what he had taken out from Jiuyou Tower previously and nodded in understanding as she unintentionally flipped open the book and glanced at it.

Rong Xiu had always been acting ill ever since he came back from Tian Lu Academy, so he rarely stepped out of Prince Li Mansion. He spent most of his time here.

Thus, Chu Liuyue was actually very curious about what Rong Xiu read normally. However, she was stunned when she glanced at it.

It was actually a map. Moreover… it was a map of the Imperial City!

After she was reborn, she had specifically gone to find out about the Imperial City—including its overall structure. Hence, she immediately recognized that the map was the Imperial City’s outline when she saw it.

The more shocking thing was that the map had detailed military allocation! The entire Imperial City’s attack and defense system could be seen from this.

Chu Liuyue’s heart suddenly beat wildly. It turns out that Rong Xiu wasn’t reading books every day, but—

She instinctively looked up at Rong Xiu. “This…”

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Rong Xiu looked calm as if he didn’t think that it was a big deal.

Chu Liuyue thought that he didn’t expect her to understand it, so she couldn’t help but poke his chest. “Rong Xiu… you’ve been looking at this every day?”

Rong Xiu glanced at her expression, and his lips curved up. He then said lightly, “Not every day. I just look at it to dispel my boredom sometimes.”

Chu Liuyue was speechless. Dispel your boredom? What kind of person would look at this to dispel their boredom? With this map, Rong Xiu could easily control the entire Imperial City! If he had military power, attacking the Imperial City is just a matter of time!

Chu Liuyue’s lips moved, and she finally couldn’t resist asking, “Why… are you looking at the Imperial City’s map?”

Originally, she thought that Rong Xiu would look shocked, but a smile appeared on his face as he kissed Chu Liuyue’s glabella. “You indeed can understand it.”

Chu Liuyue instantly felt conflicted. It turns out that Rong Xiu already knew I could tell what it was, but he didn’t want to hide it.

“Are… you not worried that I would expose you?”

If Emperor Jiawen knew that he, as a prince, had such a thing with him, it would spell trouble.

Rong Xiu raised his brows and said righteously, “You’re my fiancée. If anything happens to me, you can’t escape either.”

Chu Liuyue was speechless. Why does it sound like he’s saying, ‘you live as my woman and die as my ghost?’

Rong Xiu raised his chin. “You can continue looking.”

Chu Liuyue hesitated for a while before flipping to the back. After looking at it, she realized it was a similar map.

Even though all the maps were slightly different, they were equally detailed.

Chu Liuyue looked at the maps and was increasingly shocked. These maps… seem to be the entire Country Yao Chen! I’m afraid that even the military won’t have such detailed maps!

Chu Liuyue was genuinely stunned. “Rong Xiu, what’s the point of you reading this…?”

If it weren’t because Rong Xiu didn’t hold any military power, she would really think that Rong Xiu was planning a revolt.

“It’s just something to pass my time.” Rong Xiu really didn’t seem to care. Upon seeing her look of shock, he couldn’t help but chuckle and hug her tighter. She looks really charming when she’s worried for me.

Chu Liuyue instinctively turned her gaze and glanced at the bookshelves behind him.

The shelves were filled.

A terrifying thought surfaced in her mind. Are these also—

She long knew that Rong Xiu was much stronger than he appeared to be, but seeing all of this still exceeded her imagination!

“What are you thinking about?” asked Rong Xiu.

Chu Liuyue revealed a sympathetic expression. “I’m thinking about how unlucky Rong Jin must be to have met you.”

Rong Jin originally thought that his status as the Crown Prince would be secured once he settled his marriage agreement with Situ Xingchen and that even the throne would be in his hands. However, he didn’t know…

Rong Xiu raised his brows. He had no interest in comparing with Rong Jin, but since it was still praise from her, he decided to accept it heartily.

Chu Liuyue put that book back and continued to hide in Rong Xiu’s arms.

Rong Xiu used his chin to touch her soft hair. “Let’s not talk about this. How about we discuss our wedding date?”

Chu Liuyue was dazed before she looked like she was in a difficult position. We do need to discuss this. Mu Qinghe is still in the Imperial City now, and I don’t know when he will go back to the Tianling Dynasty. If he is going to leave soon, then we won’t have time to hold a grand wedding. If he waits for a while, we can hold a grand wedding. However, I wouldn’t know when I would be able to follow him back to the Tianling Dynasty.

The road in front was also very dangerous, and Chu Liuyue didn’t know what she had to face if she went back. Besides, it would be even harder to handle if there was Rong Xiu…

Of course, she couldn’t bear to leave Rong Xiu, but she had to go back to the Tianling Dynasty.

She knitted her brows and thought for a long time. Suddenly, she left Rong Xiu’s embrace, sat opposite him, and looked very serious. “Rong Xiu, I have something to tell you.”

Rong Xiu looked at her with deep meaning. “I’m listening.”

…

The next day, Rong Jin and Situ Xingchen finally reached the Imperial City.

Chu Liuyue was currently at home with her legs crossed. Her hands were on her knees as she absorbed the surrounding Heaven and Earth Force.

Suddenly, Eunuch Min’s voice could be heard from outside the door. “Lord Chu Ning, Ms. Liuyue, His Majesty and Her Majesty are waiting in the palace. Please head there!”

Chapter 370: Suspect

Palace.

When Chu Liuyue followed Chu Ning over, Emperor Jiawen and the Empress were already waiting in the palace.

Rong Jin and Situ Xingchen were also seated there.

There was still another person on the other side—Rong Jiu.

Chu Liuyue had already heard about what previously happened from Chu Ning, so she wasn’t surprised by Rong Jiu’s presence.

Her eyes quickly darted across the few people in the palace.

Emperor Jiawen had no expression on his face, but his gaze was grave.

Compared to the previous time she saw the Empress, the Empress looked much frailer. It was as though she had aged a lot in a moment. It was clear that the recent happenings had tortured her.

When Rong Jin saw Chu Liuyue, a complicated look flashed across his face.

He held a hairpin in his hands.

Chu Liuyue guessed that it was Rong Zhen’s hairpin, which they had claimed to have found in her backyard.

Situ Xingchen and Rong Jiu both looked calm, and nobody could tell anything from them.

Chu Ning and Chu Liuyue bowed as per normal.

Emperor Jiawen told the two of them to sit.

“Okay, since we’re all here, then… let’s start!” Emperor Jiawen had already lost his patience, so he decided to be straightforward. He looked at Situ Xingchen and boomed, “Xingchen, you previously said that you saw Liuyue and Zhen Zhen together. Is that true?”

Situ Xingchen stood up and bowed. “Your Majesty, I don’t dare to lie, and all I said was the truth. As Jiuyou Tower was on fire that day, I remember it very clearly. After Jiuyou Tower collapsed, Tai Yan Academy was going to depart the next day, so I quickly went back to pack my things. I didn’t expect to coincidentally see Rong Zhen and Chu Liuyue on the way.”

Emperor Jiawen asked, “Was anyone else there?”

“An elder in a black robe, but I didn’t see his face properly.”

“Did you hear what they said?”

“I was a distance away, so I couldn’t hear them. However, I saw the two of them walking very closely together, so I thought that they were close. I didn’t expect…”

Emperor Jiawen’s face turned increasingly cold. The elder in the black robe was definitely Si Meng. If Situ Xingchen were telling a lie, how would she know about Si Meng’s presence?

“Actually, I felt it was quite strange after I saw that.” Situ Xingchen looked up at Emperor Jiawen and said hesitantly, “This was because His Majesty had just granted a marriage between Prince Li and Chu Liuyue. Hence, I was confused as to why I saw her with Rong Zhen.”

The crowd understood.

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The timing was really too special. Even if Chu Liuyue and Rong Zhen were on very good terms, they shouldn’t be together on the day that her marriage was granted.

Besides, everyone knew that the two of them had conflicts before. It was suspicious for the both of them to be together.

Emperor Jiawen asked again, “What happened afterward? Did you see where they went?”

Situ Xingchen shook her head. “I was only looking from afar then. As I was rushing back, I left, and I don’t know where they went.”

Emperor Jiawen nodded. “Sit down.”

Then, he turned to Chu Liuyue. “Liuyue, you’ve heard her words. What do you have to say?”

Chu Liuyue lightly knocked against the chair’s armrest and looked at Situ Xingchen while in deep thought. Situ Xingchen’s previous words are actually very ambiguous, but Si Meng’s presence has increased her credibility greatly. After all, even Emperor Jiawen didn’t know of Si Meng’s existence before, so it’s very easy to make people believe her once she talked about him. This also means that Situ Xingchen had long known of Si Meng’s existence.

Perhaps she even knows about what happened that day. However, she can’t fully state it because of some reason, so she has to use a tactful manner. After all, she can still push the responsibility for Rong Zhen’s incident to me even if this is so.

Chu Liuyue replied calmly. “I didn’t see Rong Zhen that day. That day, Prince Li sent someone to send Father and me home; the Chu family then sent us an invitation. Father went over while I stayed at home and didn’t leave. The Chu family can vouch for this.”

Quite a few people knew about Chu Ning going over to the Chu Residence, and they had even talked about it in private for a period of time.

Everyone knew that the Chu family regretted chasing Chu Ning and his daughter out and that they were thinking of ways to convince them to come back.

Chu Ning said, “That’s right. Yue’er planned to go with me that day, but I stopped her. Hence, she stayed at home.”

“Even if that’s the case, who can prove that she didn’t go out after you left, Lord Chu Ning?” Rong Jin retorted, “Besides, the two of you are father and daughter, so we can’t fully trust your testimony.”

Chu Ning looked serious.

They had no ways of retorting if the other party said that. This was because he and Yue’er really couldn’t prove that Yue’er was home the entire time.

Chu Liuyue suddenly said, “I heard that the hairpin’s appearance was pretty ambiguous and that even the Empress couldn’t say where it came from. Then, how will everyone know what you said was the truth?”

“You!” The Empress was very angered. Chu Liuyue really knows how to touch a sore spot!

His Majesty was already very upset with her because of the hairpin the day before. By mentioning it again, Chu Liuyue was just pushing the Empress into hot water.

Rong Jin knitted his brows and hid the hairpin. He originally thought that this hairpin was solid evidence, but judging from his mother’s reaction, it wasn’t easy to say that it truly was…

The two parties had their own testimonies, and the situation reached a stalemate.

Rong Jiu suddenly said, “Actually, the crux of the matter is to find Rong Zhen. Her Majesty, Rong Zhen’s pearl of essence is broken, and it’s impossible for her to leave the palace quietly with her abilities. This also means that she left with Si Meng’s help. Even though Si Meng is already dead, did he really not leave behind any clues…?”

The Empress was even more frustrated. She knew that every time they mentioned Si Meng, it would fill His Majesty’s heart with even more dissatisfaction and hatred. But in order to push the blame to Chu Liuyue fully, Si Meng was a very important character.

She rubbed her temples and said, “No, Si Meng died very suddenly.”

Speaking of this, she suddenly paused and looked at Chu Liuyue suspiciously. “Oh, right. Coming to think of it, Si Meng is a stage-five warrior, and an average person is not his match. The person must be formidable for them to kill him in such a short amount of time. In the entire Imperial City, there aren’t many people of such standards.”

Chu Liuyue raised her brows and asked delightfully, “What? Her Majesty, are you suspecting that I killed him? Aren’t you overestimating me, a stage-two warrior?”

Chapter 371: Seen Before

The Empress smiled coldly. “You are a stage-two warrior, but who in the Imperial City doesn’t know that you can win against a stage-four warrior? Perhaps you didn’t even exhibit your full potential during the Qing Jiao Competition. Other than yourself, who else would know about this? Besides, you have a weird fiend.”

She was referring to Tuan Zi. When Tuan Zi directly swallowed Heng Jingchuo’s force, it left a deep impression on many people.

The Empress had always felt that Chu Liuyue was mysterious and that her limits were unknown. Previously, Rong Zhen mentioned that Chu Liuyue had met with some fortune, which caused her to transform into the current enviable talent from her previous good-for-nothing status.

Perhaps Si Meng was really killed by her or the person behind her.

“Also, you’ve previously gone up to Jiuyou Tower’s sixth floor! How do you explain that?” The more the Empress said, the more certain she sounded.

The expression of Emperor Jiawen and the rest gradually had a strange change. Just listening to whatever the Empress said sounded ridiculous, but upon deeper thought, there was such a possibility.

There had been too many strange things happening to Chu Liuyue within these few months. Things that seemed impossible to other people somehow made sense when it came to her.

Si Meng’s death might really perhaps be…

Chu Liuyue was caught between laughter and tears. “Thank you for your high praise, Her Majesty. But if I really killed Si Meng like you said, why don’t I directly kill the Fourth Princess as well? Wouldn’t everything end easier this way?”

The Empress was stumped.

Rong Jin angrily hollered, “It’s naturally because you’re afraid that you’d be exposed! As the princess, Rong Zhen has a device that allows her to call for help. Once you push her to a dead end, she’ll definitely expose your identity and your location.”

Chu Liuyue looked at Rong Jin as if she were looking at a fool. “Your Highness, allow me to say something. Previously, the Empress said that I could kill a stage-five warrior in a moment. Do you think that the Fourth Princess’s abilities and reaction speed would be stronger and faster than a stage-five warrior?”

Rong Jin was stumped, and his face flashed white and red.

Si Meng definitely accompanied Rong Zhen by her side. If Chu Liuyue could kill Si Meng, it would be easier to kill Rong Zhen.

Before Rong Zhen could send out the help signal, Chu Liuyue would definitely kill her to settle all the problems.

The Empress looked even worse. This was because only she knew that Rong Zhen’s signal device wasn’t with her but with Si Meng.

Ever since Rong Zhen’s pearl of essence broke, Si Meng had always been by her side; he never left.

For safety reasons, they had long prepared this.

But to say this now, other than proving that the person who killed Si Meng was even stronger than they thought, it posed no advantage whatsoever. It might even upset His Majesty further.

Rong Jin looked at Situ Xingchen with much difficulty and whispered, “Xingchen, what should we do now?”

Situ Xingchen sneered in her heart and hated Rong Jin even more. Rong Jin is even more stupid than I had thought. I wonder how he stayed as the Crown Prince for so long.

Situ Xingchen looked down. Her lashes trembled, and she innocently and genuinely said, “Your Highness, I only saw those things that day, and I’ve said everything there is to be said. However, I can’t do anything more.”

Rong Jin was a bit anxious. “According to you, Chu Liuyue must’ve hidden Rong Zhen. However, she doesn’t want to admit it now. This—”

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“Your Highness, I did not say that, but you previously said that the Fourth Princess met with trouble. Hence, I unintentionally told you about this. Is this… elder’s status rather troublesome?” Situ Xingchen silently extracted herself from the situation.

However, Rong Jin didn’t notice this at all. On the contrary, Situ Xingchen’s words reminded him of something.

“Chu Liuyue, you said so much, but you still haven’t proven your innocence! On the other hand, Xingchen had never come to Country Yao Chen before, and she didn’t know about Si Meng’s presence. If she’s lying, how would she know Si Meng? Besides, she has no grudge against anyone involved in this incident. Why would she set you up? However, you… Rong Zhen had previously offended you, so you’re trying to use this opportunity to take revenge, right?”

Chu Liuyue’s gaze landed on Situ Xingchen, and she smiled with deep meaning. “The Crown Prince is right, and I really don’t