Should I believe Wujiu's words?

I took a deep breath, and the dull pain in my lower abdomen eased a little. Now I just wanted to go back to my room and lie down for a while.

"Okay, I understand. If your majesty asks about this in the future, I will speak for you."

"No!" He stopped me hastily, "You don't have to speak for me. Don't say anything. You don't know about this."

I looked at him and was silent for a moment. "Then why did you come to see me?"

"The wedding is held earlier than planned, so some details may not be prepared well enough, and I'm sorry that you have to endure some grievances." The look in his eyes at this moment, as if he loved me deeply, made me even more confused.

"It's just a small matter, just some empty formalities, I don't care."

"But I care. You and I are going to be together for the rest of our lives. I will compensate you for the flaws in our wedding celebrations and do my best to give you the best!"

"No need, really. It's just that we both get what we need." He wanted to say something else, but I quickly interrupted him and continued, "It's really a bit inconvenient right now. I have no objection to you saying it in advance. As for other things, we can talk about it next time we have a chance. Excuse me now!"

As I hurriedly stepped out of the door, he turned back and said, "Also, don't give such expensive tips to the people around me in the future. If you do this, it will make me, your boss, look stingy!"

After sending Wujiu away, I called a mute slave to help me relieve my abdominal pain in the room, using the most primitive method.

It was lunchtime, and there was no one else in the yard outside. In the quiet room, I could only hear my suppressed panting and the sound of the mute slave swallowing. The faint smell of blood made me feel a little anxious, but the rising heat overwhelmed all other emotions, like an ocean swallowing everything.

A white light flashed before my eyes, and my consciousness seemed to be about to leave my body at a certain moment. I saw that the body lying beside the bed was breeding countless red twisting poisonous insects, and the other body connected to it was also full of poisonous insects of the same color.

Is this a nightmare or an illusion?

Whether it's a nightmare or a hallucination, I hate bugs.

Although I have subconsciously realized that these things are not insects in the narrow sense, but more like a kind of microorganisms, I feel them swimming deep in my lower abdomen, then gradually being sucked away, and finally condensing into a mass of crimson stuff, simulating the rhythm of the heartbeat in the mute slave's chest cavity.

In a trance, I opened my eyes and saw the surrounding environment clearly, as if I had experienced a short lucid dream. I supported myself with my arms and sat up. When the mute slave noticed it, he raised his head and quickly wiped the blood stains on his lips with the back of his hand, "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

As soon as he finished speaking, we were both stunned at the same time.

I jumped into his arms in surprise, hugged his neck, and said excitedly, "You can speak now!"

"Well, it seems so." His voice was still as calm and gentle as before, like the gurgling spring water that made people feel comfortable.

"Why did this happen? Why couldn't you speak before?"

He frowned slightly, as if he was thinking seriously about my question, but couldn't find the answer for a long time, and his expression was a little distressed.

"If you don't know, don't think about it. Just ask Wu Jiu the next time you see him."

"Yeah." He nodded in agreement and put his palm on my lower abdomen, "Does it still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore, and it seems like my period is over too. I feel refreshed!" I climbed on top of him excitedly, wrapping myself around him like a vine.

He looked at me tenderly, and stroked my cheek with his fingers, "That's good."

We chatted for a while, and from the conversation, I felt that his reaction was a bit slow, like a normal person who just woke up. Although he could speak normally, his speech speed was relatively slow. Moreover, he didn't remember a lot of things that happened before, and there were large gaps in his memory, but his professional knowledge was still proficient.

Whenever I mentioned the past, he would follow my words and reminisce about the past, and then his whole body would seem to freeze, with his expression becoming increasingly painful.

I had no idea what was going on, so I quickly changed the subject and stopped him from worrying about it.

But at the same time, I couldn't help but silently wonder in my heart whether it was because a large number of his brain cells died during the period of his death. Even if he was brought back to life through some mysterious means, some functional damage would still be irreversible.

This also made me determined to ask Wujiu for advice next time I meet him.

As for the situation in Youzhou that Wujiu mentioned to me, I also asked Caiyin and Tianhe to go outside to get information and see if anyone in the capital knew about it.

Half a day later, I received news that the official road from Youzhou to the capital was damaged in several places. The merchants who used to travel between the two places had their business delayed because of this, and there had been no news for half a month.

"I don't know what happened. Can I find out from the Dragon Guard's information channels?" I looked towards the Tianhe River.

He stared at me as if I were a fool, "Why don't you go directly to the palace and ask His Majesty!"

"That's fine." I said subconsciously.

Cai Yin reminded quietly, "If the princess enters the palace at this time and brings up the matter of Youzhou, it might make His Majesty unhappy."

I collapsed back into my chair and began to worry, "Whose territory is Youzhou? Why is it like a tiger's butt that can't be touched?"

“Didn’t anyone tell her about these things? Even if she’s a princess raised in a palace, she should be able to sort out the royal family’s internal affairs, right?” Tianhe crossed his arms and got angry at Caiyin.

Caiyin looked at me first, then quietly defended, "Before returning to the palace from Luqing Palace, the late emperor had assigned an official from the Ministry of Rites to tell the princess some things, but it involved the relationship between the royal family members, the large number of fiefs, and the remote location of Youzhou. Maybe the princess has heard it, but she doesn't remember it."

After hearing this, I had a vague impression and couldn't help but pat my forehead, "Oh, it seems to be true!"

Recalling that in Luqing Palace, just after the blood test, the cheap emperor father did arrange some people to teach me palace etiquette and miscellaneous affairs. They came for one hour every day for two or three days, and then they left. During that time, I was still adapting to the change of identity. I had no idea that I could listen to the older people explaining the royal family relationships, palace rules, and palace etiquette in half-literate words.

Being able to stay awake and not sleepwalk is already a courtesy.

Now, after Caiyin's reminder, I was able to find some clues from those fragmented memories.

Although Youzhou City is not a royal fief, it is indeed connected to the royal family. The current lord of the city is the eldest princess's husband. The eldest princess was the first child of the previous emperor, but she died young. When she died, her son was still young and had not yet asked for the title of crown prince. The eldest princess's husband took root in Youzhou City with the status of a royal relative, but later because their family was too close to Princess Anping and was involved in the rebellion of Prince Duan, they were dismissed from their official positions.

As for how he became the city lord later, Caiyin didn't know either.

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