kvmb Chapter 308 It’s Snowing
Chapter 308 It’s Snowing
The third prince brought Jiang Yueyang to the entrance of a palace. There was a plaque on it that read: Liuyun Palace.
Jiang Yueyang asked doubtfully, "Your Highness, where is this? Didn't you say you would take me to see the Second Prince?"
"My palace. My second brother lives with me now."
Jiang Yueyang widened her eyes slightly. "His Majesty has allowed His Royal Highness the Second Prince to return to the palace? How did he do that?"
"Let's talk after we go inside."
Jiang Yueyang nodded and followed him into Liuyun Palace.
As soon as she entered, she couldn't wait to say, "Tell me how you did it."
Seeing that she was no longer listless, the Third Prince raised his lips slightly and said to the eunuch, "Invite the Second Prince over, and bring some food."
"Yes." The eunuch responded and retreated.
"Sit anywhere."
Jiang Yueyang nodded and sat down at random. After a while, the palace maid came in with tea and snacks.
The Third Prince waved his hand and said, "All of you, step back."
Upon hearing this, the eunuchs and palace maids on duty in the hall bowed and retreated, only the third prince's personal eunuch Nian Gao stayed.
"Your Highness, can you tell me now?"
"No hurries?"
The third prince opened the teapot and saw that it contained warm water, so he poured a cup for Jiang Yueyang.
"Try this peach blossom pastry and poria cocos cake first and see if they are delicious."
Originally, the Third Prince also planned to bring Jiang Yueyang here to meet his second brother today, so he ordered people to prepare these things in advance.
Jiang Yueyang didn't really want to eat it, but seeing the Third Prince's expectant look, she reached out and took a piece of peach cake.
After she took a bite, her eyes lit up slightly. She took another bite until she finished the peach blossom pastry.
Seeing this, the Third Prince propped up his chin and said, "Sure enough, girls all love to eat this cake."
"Your Highness, don't you like to eat?"
"Third brother doesn't like sweet things."
The two of them instinctively looked in the direction of the sound and saw the second prince walking in step by step from the door.
"These pastries were specially prepared by my third brother for Lord Xiao Jiang." The second prince said as he walked up to the two of them.
Jiang Yueyang bowed to him and said, "Your Highness the Second Prince."
"Who said I prepared it specially for her? I wanted to eat it myself." The third prince denied it.
"Then you eat one." The second prince smiled brightly.
"Just eat."
The third prince reached out to the plate, but stopped suddenly when he was about to touch the Poria cocos cake, and then took the peach blossom cake instead.
He picked up the peach blossom pastry and watched the second prince take a big bite. He felt sick of the sweetness, but he still finished the whole peach blossom pastry.
The Second Prince smiled and shook his head, "Don't force yourself to eat if you can't finish it."
"Who said I can't eat it? I can eat another one." The third prince said as he reached out to the peach blossom pastry again.
As soon as he picked up the peach blossom pastry, Jiang Yueyang took it away from his hand.
"Your Highness, your expression betrays you. Why do you insist on eating it when you can't? It's ridiculous."
The third prince: "..."
Jiang Yueyang looked at the Second Prince, "Your Highness, you have changed a lot."
"Have it?"
"Yeah, I've become more cheerful." Jiang Yueyang pointed to the corner of his mouth, "Since His Highness came in, the smile on the corner of his mouth has never faded."
The second prince was stunned. He really didn't notice that he had been laughing.
The Third Prince took the peach blossom pastry from Jiang Yueyang's hand and said as he ate it, "Second brother is indeed much happier than before."
This time, the third prince did not show the bitter expression as before, and seemed to be enjoying the meal quite a lot.
After a while, they talked about the second prince returning to the palace.
The Second Prince said, "Ever since Lord Xiao Jiang asked me to walk out of that place on my own, I thought about it for two days.
Since I was imprisoned there because of the superstition of a curse, if I want to get out, I must break the curse and make myself a person with good fortune."
"But we cannot deceive our father, and good fortune cannot be faked. So, we thought about breaking the curse first, and then doing more good deeds." The third prince continued his words.
Jiang Yueyang asked: "So how did you break the curse?"
“Fight fire with fire.”
The Third Prince elaborated, "Father is a Buddhist. As long as Master Wu Nian says that there is no curse on my second brother, then the curse will naturally be broken."
"Oh~" Jiang Yueyang suddenly realized, "So it's magic that defeats magic. But...how did you convince Master Wunian? Besides, no one is allowed to enter or leave the Huguo Temple right now."
The truth is, since Emperor Yuan knew that the Second Prince's symptoms were caused by poisoning, he could release him at any time.
But in order not to reveal his true feelings, he needed a suitable reason, and he also wanted to see if the second prince could give him a suitable reason.
If he can't give it, he will still be under house arrest there.
"Master Wu Nian is a highly accomplished monk, and my father has not restricted his movements. Since my second brother cannot come out, I have sent people to guard the foot of the mountain day and night.
My men had been guarding the mountain for two full months, but Master Wu Nian didn't come down the mountain. I couldn't stand it any longer, so I decided to sneak up."
"Unexpectedly," the Second Prince continued, "My third brother had just reached the foot of the mountain when Master Wu Nian came down."
When Jiang Yueyang heard this, he knew that Master Wu Nian must have calculated something and was waiting for the Third Prince to find him.
But, doesn’t he not change other people’s fate without authorization?
The Second Prince continued, "At Third Brother's repeated request, Master Wu Nian agreed to calculate for me. This is what happened, and the result is what Lord Xiao Jiang is seeing now."
Jiang Yueyang didn’t understand. Since Master Wunian intended to change the fate of the second prince, why didn’t he do anything before?
"Your Highnesses, why didn't you think that Master Wu Nian could help you before?"
"Why didn't you think of that?" The Third Prince was a little angry. "Since I found out about my second brother's situation, I went to look for him, but he avoided me.
I finally caught him once, but he told me that the time was not right and the secret could not be revealed. I was so angry!"
Jiang Yueyang understood that the time had come.
"Congratulations, Your Highness, on your new life." Jiang Yueyang stood up and bowed solemnly to the Second Prince. "May Your Highness have a smooth and worry-free life in the future, and be safe, happy, and free."
The Second Prince quickly helped her up. "If it weren't for Lord Xiao Jiang, I wouldn't be able to walk out of that cage, and I wouldn't be able to stand here alive. Please accept my greeting!"
After saying this, the second prince bowed deeply to Jiang Yueyang.
Jiang Yueyang tried to dodge, but the Third Prince reached out and grabbed her. Then, she accepted the Second Prince's gift.
Afterwards, Jiang Yueyang sat for half an hour and then left Liuyun Palace.
Not wanting to go home, she rode aimlessly around the city in her carriage until she ran into the army returning from the battle.
Suddenly, some images emerged in my mind.
This was the scene when she and he first met...
***
The night was as dark as ink, hanging heavy on the eaves. The moonlight shone on the bluestone path, casting a cool light.
Jiang Yueyang stood at the window looking at the night outside, lost in thought, not knowing what she was thinking.
Suddenly, a snowflake fell in front of her eyes.
She looked at the falling snowflakes and murmured to herself, "It's snowing."
Xiangling, who was making her bed, heard this and immediately walked over to take a look.
"It's really snowing." Xiangling reached out to catch the snowflakes. "This is the first snow of the year."
"The first snow?"