I've Decided To Be This Tyrant's Dark Moonlight - Chapter 23.2

Wei Ying: “Why is she looking at you? Because you’re pretty?”

Little Liu covers his mouth: “Woo-hoo, before I entered the palace, everyone said I was the ‘prettiest flower’ in our village!”

Xiao Qianxue: ??? Is there something wrong with the term “prettiest flower”?

Wei Ying looks at him again, and suddenly claps her hands, scaring Little Liu into a jolt.

“Qianxue, come and look at him.” Wei Ying points to his dark circles: “The ‘yin’ energy has entered his body, and it’s already showing on the outside.”

Xiao Qianxue nods: “Yes, his dark circles are so dark.”

Little Liu is scared into another jolt, and his tears flow even faster: “Noble Consort Ying, save me!”

Wei Ying: “Luckily you came to me today. If you had waited a few more days, tch, I’m afraid you would never see the sun again.” She walks to the table: “I’ll write you a prescription. Remember to get the medicine according to this. Take it half an hour before you go to bed every night. Go to bed on time at ‘Xushi’ (9-11 PM). Remember, you must get at least two hours of sun exposure, so your ‘yang’ energy will be abundant, and the female ghost will never dare to approach you again.”

Little Liu takes the prescription and runs off to get the medicine, thanking her profusely.

Wei Ying feels a bit tired after a busy half-day and collapses on the bed, not moving.

Xiao Qianxue: “Yingying, Concubine Xian-niangniang just made some pastries. I’ll go get some for you!”

Left alone, she calls the system and looks at the points that have increased in the backend, a satisfied smile on her face.

Gongdou-ji says suspiciously: “Host, you…”

Wei Ying: “Me…?”

“Are you really a divine one?”

Wei Ying almost spits out her tea: “You’re a product of technology, why are you being so superstitious?”

Gongdou-ji: “Then how did you know that little palace maid lost a cat? And that the cat was in the west?”

Wei Ying sighs: “Jia-Dayi is one of Concubine Shu’s people. She doesn’t usually interact with me and doesn’t have any special hobbies, she just treats Snowball like a treasure. That little palace maid is responsible for taking care of Snowball, and also, the imperial kitchen is making smoked fish.”

“As for the official lady from Xiuxiu Hall, that’s even simpler. We’ve met many times before. Every time, she wears an ebony maple leaf hairpin. Today, when she came to see me, everything else was neat, but her head was empty.”

Gongdou-ji: “Then, how did you know it was in the osmanthus forest?”

Wei Ying: “Sigh, with an auntie’s personality like hers, she must have looked everywhere she could think of. The only place she didn’t think of was probably when she was passing through the osmanthus forest on her way back, and her hairpin got caught on a branch. Didn’t we see a noble lady’s hairpin get caught like that back then?”

Gongdou-ji seems to understand a little and then asks: “But you were talking nonsense about Little Liu’s prescription, weren’t you? The female ghost was clearly you!”

Wei Ying laughs, and says kindly: “Silly little chick, the medicine I gave him isn’t to replenish ‘yang’ energy; it’s a sedative and sleep aid. One bowl of this at night will guarantee he sleeps until tomorrow. Asking him to get two hours of sun exposure is also a way to make him change to a daytime job, to avoid being scared by me again.”

Gongdou-ji: “But you could have just told him the truth.”

Wei Ying’s smile is faint: “If I told him the truth, he wouldn’t believe it.”

The sorceress’s career is flourishing, and soon, Wei Ying receives an unexpected invitation.

The Noble Consort invites her to Baoyun Palace for a chat.

Xiao Qianxue: “Ah, ah, Yingying! The Noble Consort invited you to Baoyun Palace!”

She grabs Wei Ying’s sleeve: “Can I go with you? I’ll be very well-behaved.”

The palace maid who came to deliver the message looks troubled: “The Noble Consort said she only invites Noble Consort Ying alone.”

Xiao Qianxue blinks: “Then I’ll change my name now. How about I call myself ‘A Person’?”

“Invite Noble Consort Ying, ‘A Person’ to come.”

Perfect.

The palace maid lets out a giggle: “My lady, please don’t make it difficult for us servants.”

Xiao Qianxue can only reluctantly hold Wei Ying’s hand and see her off to the sedan chair: “Yingying, please ask the Noble Consort if her back still hurts and if she has run out of ointment. If she has, I have some more here.”

Wei Ying smiles: “Okay, okay.” When she gets closer, she lowers her voice: “Wait until I have a good relationship with the Noble Consort, then I’ll bring you here.”

Xiao Qianxue’s eyes light up, and her small face turns red. She nods desperately, placing all her hopes on Wei Ying.

“Go, Yingying! It’s all up to you!”

Wei Ying puts down the sedan curtain and sits in the swaying sedan chair, arriving at Baoyun Palace.

She is also curious in her heart. Why did the Noble Consort call her over? Could it be that the Noble Consort also lost something and needs her to find it?

She is just a minor, transparent cannon fodder. There shouldn’t be anything about her that would attract the Noble Consort’s attention.

When she arrives at Baoyun Palace, the Noble Consort is sitting on a huanghuali wood couch. Even in her usual attire, her beauty is overwhelming.

She supports her face, her head slightly tilted, her long eyebrows stretching to her temples. Her eyes are heroic yet bright and beautiful.

Wei Ying walks into this particularly magnificent and luxurious palace and curtsies properly.

The Noble Consort strokes her teacup, sizing up the girl. After a moment, she says slowly: “Sit down and have some tea.”

The Noble Consort is a straightforward person. Before Wei Ying can even take a sip of her tea, she gets straight to the point: “I heard that you can tell fortunes, bring the dead back to life, and even communicate with ghosts and spirits?”

Wei Ying: ???

She puts down her teacup and says seriously: “Your Highness, I am ‘a person.'”

Noble Consort: “I’m not blind, I can see that you are ‘a person.'”

Wei Ying is silent for a moment, then says: “I am ‘a… person.'”

Noble Consort: …

Is she playing with punctuation with her?

Wei Ying smiles again: “But if Your Highness has any questions, you can ask me. Maybe I happen to know.” She glances at the dust on the bottom of the Noble Consort’s shoes. “Is it something about the hunting ground?”

The Noble Consort strokes the delicate porcelain cup for a long time before saying slowly: “I have a horse. I keep it in the back of the hunting ground. Every day at this time, I ride it around the hunting ground once. When I went to see it today, I found it had broken its reins and run away. You…”

She looks up at Wei Ying, hesitating to speak.

Wei Ying smiles: “Don’t worry, Your Highness. Can I go and see the hunting ground?”

The Noble Consort takes her to the hunting ground.

This is a spacious little grassland, surrounded by a circle of trees. It is late autumn, and the green grass has turned yellow, revealing the dark soil. Next to the hunting ground is a stable, with reins hanging on the fence. One of the stalls is now empty.

There are also several tall and mighty horses eating hay with their heads down. When they see the Noble Consort, they neigh affectionately.

Noble Consort: “I’ve asked the people in the palace, and no one has seen ‘Lie Feng’ (Gale). It’s the horse my father gave me on my ‘jiji’ (coming-of-age ceremony), so… please help me find it.”

For the Noble Consort, who is so arrogant and domineering, to use the word “please,” it is clear that Lie Feng holds a very important place in her heart.

Wei Ying looks at the clues on the ground and smiles: “Your Highness, please follow me.”

The Noble Consort’s eyes light up, and she says happily: “You know where Lie Feng went?”

Wei Ying nods: “Let’s go back and take the sedan chair…”

The Noble Consort grabs her hand: “Why take the sedan chair? We have horses here.” With that, she unties the reins of a horse, skillfully mounts it, and then extends her hand: “Come on.”

Wei Ying: “Huh?”

The Noble Consort, on the horse, is against the light, her flying hair dyed a light gold, her spirit soaring. She reaches out: “Come, I’ll pull you up!”

Wei Ying is pulled onto the horse by her in a daze, sitting behind the Noble Consort, still a little stunned.

“Be careful.” The Noble Consort clenches her legs, and the horse gallops off, scaring Wei Ying into hugging her waist tightly.

The cold wind scrapes like a knife. Wei Ying tries hard to shrink behind the Noble Consort, but the wind still makes her cough, and her eyes fill with tears. Fearing she will be thrown off the horse, she hugs the person in front of her even tighter.

Noble Consort: “I’ll ride a little slower. Don’t hug me so tightly!”

Wei Ying coughs and struggles: “I won’t!”

Noble Consort: “Let go, you won’t fall.”

Wei Ying: “I won’t!”

The two of them ride together through the imperial palace. The sound of hooves clattering on the palace path makes the young eunuchs and palace maids quickly hide on the side of the road. Some people recognize the two of them and exclaim: “It’s the Noble Consort and Noble Consort Ying!”

Wei Ying has built up a tall and glorious image in the hearts of the little palace maids with her “divine powers.”

In the eyes of these servants who are usually looked down upon, there is a gentle and patient noble consort who helps them solve their problems. She is truly a good “divine” consort!

Now, when they see Wei Ying with “teary eyes” and “looking pitiful” on the horse of the usually arrogant and domineering Noble Consort, a thousand speculations arise in their hearts.

“Why is Noble Consort Ying with the Noble Consort?”

“Judging by Noble Consort Ying’s expression, she must not be there willingly.”

“Could the Noble Consort be holding Noble Consort Ying hostage to punish her?”

…

The palace maids and eunuchs may have a low status, but they are very loyal and decide they can’t let anything happen to Noble Consort Ying. A group of them gathers together, anxiously trying to figure out a solution. Finally, they decide to ask for help from the only person in the entire palace who can rein in the Noble Consort.

The palace maids and eunuchs may seem humble, but when they unite, they can have an unexpected effect. So, after a cup of tea’s time, the emperor, who is handling state affairs in the imperial study, receives a message about a conflict in the harem, and that the Noble Consort is going to punish Noble Consort Ying.

Although the Noble Consort has been in the palace for several years and seems arrogant and domineering, she hasn’t actually punished many people. However, the people in the palace are still very afraid of her. There’s no other reason than this Noble Consort has been fighting alongside her father and brothers since she was a child. It is said that she has killed many people and is filled with a murderous and bloody aura.

Even after being in the deep palace and being熏 (smoked/perfumed) with incense for several years, that quality that sets her apart from ordinary girls cannot be hidden. The calluses on her delicate hands are still there, always reminding people of how the young girl used to gallop on the frontier and cut off the heads of barbarians with a single strike.

When Wei Ying is helped off the horse by the Noble Consort, she also inadvertently touches the calluses on her palm. She is a little curious and fearlessly pinches her hand.

The Noble Consort’s expression instantly changes: “You’re quite bold.”

Wei Ying says stiffly: “Not bad.”

She was a little uncomfortable and afraid of falling off the horse at first, but she got used to it quickly. She adapts very well.

They have arrived at the Imperial Stable, which is in charge of all the imperial horses. When the eunuch leads them inside, they see Lie Feng squeezed beside a little pear blossom horse, happily courting it.

Wei Ying: What a Mary Sue horse!

The eunuchs, who had made the Noble Consort anxious for nothing, are also very panicked. They say that the horse suddenly appeared here, and the eunuch in charge of the horses thought it was one of the Imperial Stable’s horses that had escaped, so he locked it back up and forgot to do a headcount.

As for why Lie Feng ran out…

The eunuch takes a look and says with experience: “He’s in heat.”

The matter is resolved successfully, and the Noble Consort’s gaze toward her becomes one of appreciation. Wei Ying smiles and leaves with her. When they get to the entrance of the Imperial Stable, the smile on her face disappears—

The emperor has arrived.

Wei Ying looks at the emperor warily, not understanding why he is here.

The Noble Consort also looks at the emperor warily. She takes a subtle step to block in front of Lie Feng and says loudly: “Your Majesty, what do you want to do to Lie Feng?! I will never agree!”

The emperor’s face is unhappy. He is silent for a moment before saying in a deep voice: “What do you think I want to do?”

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