Chapter 321: Who Is The True Princess Of The Previous Dynasty?

“Ning Ziying is a Princess of the Previous Dynasty.” Master Jingkong’s voice was very deep when she said this, and a hint of sadness and anger appeared in her eyes.

Was she, in her previous life, a Princess of the Previous Dynasty? Ning Xueyan felt as if struck by lightning, and her body almost stiffened.

She had imagined a thousand possibilities, but she had never imagined this, that she was a Princess of the Previous Dynasty, and then, who was Ning Qingshan, whose “identity” was noble, and inestimably noble?

Taking a deep breath, even with Ning Xueyan’s perseverance, she couldn’t help but retort: “Master, are you mistaken?”

“Fifth Miss, since you are on good terms with the Princess, and even left your last words to you, you must have also seen something different about the Princess compared to ordinary people.” Since she had already revealed Ning Ziying’s identity, Master Jingkong did not intend to conceal anything else from Ning Xueyan.

When the Previous Dynasty was destroyed, it was said that a great fire erupted in the harem, and that the Empress, who possessed World-Shaking Beauty, threw herself into the fire and turned to ashes with the Imperial Palace. Those messy memories of the fire in her dreams, were they the final great fire in the Imperial Palace?

Therefore, she didn’t have a nurse when she was a child, so her mother hid her from others, so after her mother died, she hurried to the Imperial Capital, and even set up a false array on the road. After arriving at the Duke’s Mansion, she also always obeyed her mother’s last orders, minimizing her outings, and even when she went out with Xia Yuhang, she mostly wore a veiled hat.

“Who is Ye? And who is Tong?” The bloodstained handwriting from the Classic of Family Names appeared clearly before her eyes at this moment, and her palm involuntarily clenched, tightly.

“The former dynasty’s Empress, her name was Han Suyue, the previous dynasty was the land of the Xuanyuan clan, so the Emperor was Xuanyuan Tong.”

The previous dynasty was the land of the Xuanyuan clan, so the emperors of the previous dynasty all married into the Xuanyuan clan, and the last one was named “Tong”, and therefore these are her real parents.

“They… didn’t escape the catastrophe of that time?” Although Ning Xueyan heard her own voice was calm and cold, she felt dizzy, as if she couldn’t land in the air, and her whole body felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. If it weren’t for her strong self-control, she would have been trembling all over by now, but even so, her complexion was as pale as snow, and her fingers were trembling slightly, almost unnoticeably.

Clearly knowing how powerless the question was, but unfortunately, these words just spilled out from her mouth, filled with desire.

The previous dynasty was destroyed, the Emperor died in battle, the Empress threw herself into the fire, and perished with the Imperial Palace. This was something everyone knew. The previous dynasty was gone, but the rumors about this Emperor and Empress had been circulating among the common folk.

It was said that this Emperor only cherished this Empress, so he ended up with the end of national ruin and death.

It was said that this Empress possessed Country-Toppling beauty, and was originally the harbinger of the nation’s ruin. The previous dynasty’s Emperor cherished her, and for her alone, neglected the harem, and brought about the nation’s destruction, which was also inevitable.

It was also said that although this Empress was exquisitely beautiful, she was actually a vicious woman with a viper’s heart. The Imperial Concubines who died at her hands were countless. At that time, when the soldiers were approaching the city, the rebellious soldiers made this Emperor hand over this Empress, but that Emperor would rather die a violent death than hand her over.

Some people said that this Empress was a disaster, and was originally here to harm the previous dynasty.

All sorts of rumors, so many that one couldn’t even count them, Ning Xueyan had heard many, and every time she only listened to them as a legend, who would have thought that these would actually be related to herself.

“It is said that when the Emperor was killed, the Empress was heartbroken, and originally wanted to die, but… later was persuaded to stay alive, the one who went to their death was a personal Palace Maid of the Empress, outsiders only saw the Empress in fine clothes, jumping into the fire, but they didn’t know that the Empress was protecting a child and had already gone out of the Palace through a secret passage.”

Master Jingkong’s expression had calmed down at this moment, and she looked at Ning Xueyan with a deep gaze, her expression complex.

“Then… she… where is she?” Ning Xueyan grabbed Master Jingkong’s hand, released her tightly bitten lip, and asked excitedly, because she was biting it tightly, a faint bloodstain appeared above her pale lip color.

“Because there was chaos at that time, everyone was fleeing for their lives. The Princess and her mother got separated from the Empress, and then there was no more news. Her mother was from Jiangnan, and was also a Noble Lady of the previous dynasty, and she was still a close friend in the inner chamber with the Empress. She married a good man, and although the dynasty was later changed, her father was still an official. She suddenly appeared in the front yard, pretending to be a child who had gone missing in the war, and was adopted and considered her own daughter.”

“Since the adoption of the Princess, she has increasingly led a secluded life, because she was privately on good terms with the Empress at that time, and others did not know about her affairs, and then she had been staying in Jiangnan, so no one suspected her. As for the Princess, she became her daughter, Ning Ziying…”

Ning Xueyan couldn’t remember the words that followed. Master Jingkong seemed to have said something to her later, and then left. She was as if in a dream, she was just sitting there with a whole body feeling icy cold, neither shedding tears nor feeling dazed, but just staring blankly at the Buddha on the Buddha Hall, with a kind smile on their face.

She didn’t know how long she sat in this state, so long that she thought she would just sit there forever, and become a sculpture with the lotus seat on the Buddha Hall.

“What’s going on? Could it be that someone has really become a Buddha or a god!” A playful sound came from beside her, and a slender and strong finger rested on her jaw, and with a strong push, her head involuntarily turned a direction, and she stared blankly at a handsome demon face that appeared in her eyes.

“What’s going on?” The smile that was originally on his handsome face gradually faded, revealing a few points of chilling intent, and his hand fell on her shoulder, squinting his slender eyebrows, and looked at Ning Xueyan.

“I’m fine!” After looking for a while, Ning Xueyan recognized that the person in front of her was Ao Chenyi, her body suddenly relaxed, with just three words, it seemed to have exhausted all her strength, she wanted to smile, but the smile on her face was uglier than crying, her whole body trembled violently, and even her smile was stiff.

“Who bullied you?” His eyes moved, his sharp eyes slightly narrowed, he had never seen Ning Xueyan reveal such a panicked and uneasy expression before, even at the doorway of the Hanshan Temple, when he was about to execute her, she was also agile and full of vitality, but now, although she was smiling, she seemed to have lost her vitality, the sadness in her eyes couldn’t be hidden, and there was also a feeling of heart-wrenching compassion.

She was always a little wildcat full of life, how could she reveal such a helpless expression.

This feeling was very bad, Ao Chenyi felt his heart beating wildly, he controlled his thoughts, and embraced Ning Xueyan in his arms, his chin just resting on her ice-cold forehead, his breath, with a trace of warmth, transmitted from Ning Xueyan’s forehead to the tips of her limbs, and slowly entered her body.

Slightly trembling, her tense body, slowly relaxed, she leaned softly and bonelessly in this strong and warm embrace, tears fell drop by drop, silently dripping on his chest in front of his clothes, as if penetrating his Black Brocade Robe, and dripping into his heart.

At this moment, he embraced her, regardless of anything else, he just wanted to embrace her.

“Don’t be afraid, it’s okay, I’m here, it will be alright.” His slender hand gently stroked her hair and back, gently comforting her.

After a while, Ning Xueyan woke up from her disappointment, dazedness, and grief, she looked up, and with difficulty pieced together the figure in front of her, the image of Ao Chenyi, her watery eyes, covered with mist, slowly recovered their clarity, when she understood, she wanted to push Ao Chenyi away, but unexpectedly his hand was tightly holding her, without a hint of relaxation.

“Prince, how did you get here?” Ning Xueyan’s voice was tinged with some tiredness, any person who knew their own parents were either dead or missing, how could they be calm?

Ao Chenyi lowered his head, looked at her with bewilderment, as if he had just met her, sizing her up and down, the time was so long that it almost made Ning Xueyan’s head completely clear: “My fate is here, I naturally have to come and take a look.”

His dark and deep eyes fell on Ning Xueyan, with a scalding feeling, just now, his heart was actually in a panic!

“Prince, I’m fine, it’s just… just thinking of some bad things.” Ning Xueyan said in a soft voice, and gently pushed Ao Chenyi’s hand, “Prince, this is the Imperial Palace, it would not be good if people saw it.”

“Rest assured, no one will know.” Ao Chenyi stared at her, his tone very cold.

“Prince…” Ning Xueyan bit her lip, her voice so faint that she could barely hear her emotions, “Can you let me go back to rest first?”

The traces on her chin and wrists were almost too faint to be seen, if she didn’t look closely, she really couldn’t see them, it was just slightly swollen, it was originally just slightly touched, since someone in the palace didn’t want her to be selected, she just wouldn’t be selected, as long as she wasn’t disgracefully kicked out, it was not a problem when she was not selected.

As for marrying into Prince Yi’s Mansion, she believed that Ao Chenyi would certainly have a method.

“Alright.” Ao Chenyi suddenly picked her up and stood up.

Ning Xueyan was shocked, and looked up at his Exquisitely Handsome face with bewilderment, her hand subconsciously grabbed his clothes, and stared at him speechlessly, under her long eyelashes, a pair of alluring eyes revealed a sense of helplessness, as if she was a child lost on the road, temporarily unable to find the way, only hoping that the person in front of her would point her in a direction.

Ao Chenyi didn’t take a step, his dark and gloomy cold eyes, looked at her without blinking, and then his thin lips curved into a wicked charm smile: “My Princess Consort, can’t I even embrace her!”

Saying this, he strode out, this meant that he was really going to walk out, even if she was going to enter Prince Yi’s Mansion in the future, but now, being embraced by him in front of everyone, and her identity was still a Candidate, did she still want her reputation, Ning Xueyan was greatly shocked, and pulled his robe to struggle hard.

“Prince, put me down.” Her faint lips slightly pursed, ink jade eyes gathered anger, she used all her strength to break free from Ao Chenyi’s embrace.

Seeing the blush on her face caused by her anger, Ao Chenyi suddenly felt his gloomy mood improve, he stopped, looked at her languidly: “Are you sure you can walk now?”

“Prince, I am sure I can walk, thank you for the Prince’s cherishing.” Ning Xueyan affirmed, and signaled Ao Chenyi to put her down, she really didn’t want to be embraced by Ao Chenyi from the Buddha Hall of the Small Quiet Peace Temple at this time, and become a person in the limelight.