Tang Dynasty Puppet Doctor

Chapter 122 Murong Huan's Frank Confession
The moment he left the Dali Temple, Murong Huan felt uneasy in his heart, but he did not expect that a melodious flute sound would be heard from the prison of the Dali Temple.

Upon hearing the flute sound, Xiao Muchen couldn't help but feel emotional, and recited: "Phoenix, Phoenix, return to your hometown, roaming the world in search of your mate. When I haven't met you, I have nothing to do, how can I realize that I am now ascending to this hall... This is the true meaning of the phoenix seeking its mate!"

"Xiao Muchen, we..."

Murong Huan was just thinking about whether to transfer Li Yi to a new place, when at that moment, a carriage with a canopy of precious cherry blossoms and fluttering tassels and necklaces slowly drove up to the gate of the Dali Temple.

The carriage curtain was brushed aside by a delicate hand, and Murong Huan saw an extremely delicate, graceful and bright face. It was Princess Taiping Li Lingyue.

Looking at Xiao Muchen and Murong Huan walking out of the Dali Temple, Taiping raised a very bright smile at the corner of his lips.

Li Lingyue immediately got off the carriage with the help of a maid, walked up to Xiao Muchen, and sighed, "I haven't seen you for a few days. Zicheng seems to have become younger. His skin is rosy and radiant, even better than a girl's. Has Zicheng's illness been cured by this miracle doctor?"

Xiao Muchen smiled and didn't answer.

"By the way, when is the wedding date set? Why haven't you sent me a petition yet?"

"It was originally scheduled for the Dragon Boat Festival, but I must have been busy investigating a case and doing official duties recently, so it's a bit rushed. I will send it to the princess tomorrow to ask for advice!"

"Okay." Taiping smiled and said, "After all, you are the legitimate son of the Nanliang branch of the Lanling Xiao family. How can we rush into marriage? Moreover, this young lady Murong has been conferred the title of Jiahe County Master by my mother and given the surname Wu. She is also considered my family. We cannot neglect our young county master!

Have you gone through the six pre-wedding rituals: Nacai, Wenming, Naji, and Nazheng? Do you need my help?

"Why trouble you, Princess?"

"Zicheng and I have known each other for many years, why are you still so polite? Why don't you leave this matter to me? I will fill the entire city of Luoyang with red silk and flowers, so that the wedding of our Great Zhou's most talented scholar will be a grand occasion."

Faced with Taiping's enthusiasm, Xiao Muchen didn't know how to refuse and continued to smile without saying a word.

Murong Huan asked, "I wonder why Her Royal Highness the Princess came to the Dali Temple today?"

Taiping seemed to have just remembered something important and said with a smile, "Recently, cases have been happening one after another in Luoyang City. The case of Cui Ying, the fourth wife of the Cui Anping family, has caused great indignation among the people of this divine capital. The Saint has also received several memorials pleading for mercy and commending the blind boy, praising his courage, integrity and righteousness, and deserving praise. Therefore, my mother has given me an order to bring him to the Saint!"

These words surprised Murong Huan. Li Yi had only been imprisoned in the Dali Temple for one day, and the public trial had not yet begun. How come someone came to plead for him in the court so quickly? Was it really the pressure of public opinion, or was there a force in the dark pushing this matter?
Murong Huan nodded.

"Then I won't say any more to you!"

After Taiping finished speaking, he was about to walk into the Dali Temple when Murong Huan stopped him.

"Wait, Princess, can you guarantee his safety?"

Taiping turned around and saw a hint of fear in Murong Huan's eyes. He thought to himself: This little girl is still too young after all, and her heart is unusually soft, but she is also growing up too fast. I wonder what she will become in the near future?
"Of course, I'm here to ensure his safety."

Taiping also answered frankly, then walked in with a maid.

Afterwards, although they walked aside, they saw with their own eyes that Taiping brought Li Yi out, and then let him get on his carriage and drove to Princess Taiping's residence together.

……

After returning to the Xiao family, Murong Huan kept thinking about what Li Yi had said. He always felt that this young man seemed to be hiding something in his heart. Could he trust his words completely?
Suddenly, she thought of the little beggar she had picked up, so she drew a portrait of Xue Huaiyi and called the little girl over to ask, "Have you ever given anything to this person?"

Because a constable from the Dali Temple said that he had also encountered a little beggar on the way to the court for questioning Xue Huaiyi. The little girl still shook her head and said nothing.

Murong Huan knew that he could not get anything out of her.

That night, she dreamed of Li Linghuan's life again. Perhaps she said something in the dream. When she woke up, she saw Xiao Muchen looking at her with an extremely worried and uneasy expression, and then hugged her in his arms.

"Xiao Muchen, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm just a little scared, afraid that Master's prediction will come true." As he spoke, he stroked Murong Huan's cheek with a hint of fear and confusion. "Ah Huan, tell me the truth, do you sometimes become a different person?"

Oh no! Did Li Linghuan show up again last night?
Murong Huan hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to tell the secret that he had hidden in his heart for a long time and almost no one could understand.

"If I tell you that there is indeed another person's soul living in my body, will you be afraid?"

After saying this, Murong Huan indeed saw surprise in Xiao Muchen's eyes, but there was no fear, but rather a kind of heartache and pity.

"That was the year my father and mother died. Ah Shu and I were sent by my grandmother's maid to a farm called Taoyuan Village, north of Luoyang City. In fact, at that time, I was chased by someone, and it was my master who appeared and saved me.

Although I escaped the pursuit, I fell seriously ill after arriving in Taoyuan Village and was in a coma for several days. Ah Shu told me that it was the master who stayed by my side every day, prayed for me, and cured my illness with a strange folk remedy.

But since then, I would often dream of another person, and she would occasionally occupy my body and wake up, the other person you saw.

Her name is Li Linghuan, and she is a princess."

"Princess?"

"Yes, a princess abandoned by a saint."

Xiao Muchen immediately thought of the saint's first daughter, Princess Anding.

But this matter sounds very unbelievable, because Princess Anding died in her infancy. Many people say that the saint killed her with his own hands in order to frame Queen Wang.

"Xiao Muchen, do you... also think I'm a monster? When I was very young, the Su family said I was..."

Before she could finish her words, Xiao Muchen hugged her tightly.

"Don't let your imagination run wild. No matter what you are like, you are still Ah Huan. Others may think you are a monster if they don't understand you, but I don't care about that. What I care about is that you can live a long and healthy life."

Even if I am gone, you must live well!

It was because of the master's rescue that another person's soul appeared in Ah Huan's body. So why did the master do this?
Is it just for this princess named Li Linghuan?

……

In the following days, Xiao Muchen cherished every moment with Murong Huan even more. In order to complete the marriage as soon as possible, he hurriedly sent the betrothal gifts to the Su family and completed all the processes of the three books and six ceremonies before the wedding, including the acceptance of the bride price, the asking for the bride price, the acceptance of the good news, and the acceptance of the betrothal gifts, in the shortest time possible. Until the day of Dragon Boat Festival, the wedding was held as scheduled.

He wanted to know if the master would come on their wedding day.

But what they didn't expect was that a strange thing happened again in Luoyang City that day.