Transmigrated into a vicious female supporting role, reborn as a hostage to the paranoid male protag

Chapter 289: After all, in this palace, day after day, it is boring

Su Yingxue and Mo Yunsheng were picked up from the bottom of the cliff and brought back to the cliff by the wooden birds driven by the man in black and his men.

On the cliff, Su Yingxue got off the wooden bird, but found a strange dark figure standing in front of the cliff. The man was wearing a dark robe with bright yellow dragon patterns embroidered on it, a jade crown on his head, and stood with his back to her.

The man who called himself Xuanying, who picked her up and flew away from the bottom of the cliff, had left long ago. Mo Yunsheng didn't know where she was taken by the wooden bird next to her. The entire empty cliff top was occupied by the man in black clothes with his back to her and her.

"Who are you?" Su Yingxue asked him. "Thank you for saving my life. Brother Mo and the couple at the bottom of the cliff also saved my life. So, if I have the chance in the future, I will repay you."

Su Yingxue spoke crisply, and Chu Xingchen turned to look at her. She was dressed in a coarse linen shirt, with a light, lumpy scar on her forehead. Her face was still familiar, but her eyes were childlike, clear as water, without the resoluteness of the past.

"Sister," Chu Xing said hoarsely, "Now that you're back, go home with brother."

Chu Xingchen was dressed in black, his eyes looking at Su Yingxue with complex and gentleness. He walked towards her slowly, slowly extended his hand, and said gently and delicately, "This time, I really will take you home."

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The eldest princess of the Dasheng Dynasty was found, but it was three months after the fall of the Dasheng Dynasty.

Chu Xingchen and Su Yingxue rode in the same carriage. Along the way, they passed by the renovated mottled city gates and houses, as well as the people who received relief food and rebuilt their homeland.

Today, there is no Dasheng Dynasty, only the Qisheng Dynasty. The former royal relatives of Dasheng are now imprisoned in a side hall of the inner palace of the Dasheng Palace.

When the new policy was first established, those old ministers who knew the current situation had already regained their official positions, and those civil officials who were proud and unwilling to bow were either imprisoned or exiled.

From the day she entered the Princess' Palace, Su Yingxue had been imprisoned in this magnificent palace. It was a place of first-class opulence and nobility, but it was also like a gilded birdcage, locking away her freedom.

There was a new mute girl who was unfamiliar to Su Yingxue. The man in black said that she was the one who served her before, but she couldn't remember. Only others told her that the mute girl's name was Taxue.

Taxue took great care of her.

The man in black would come to Su Yingxue's palace every night and have meals with her.

All the servants in the palace were extremely respectful to the man in black. They secretly discussed that he was the new emperor, and also quietly discussed Su Yingxue's mysterious disappearance and return.

Chu Xingchen came on time every day, had his meal, chatted with her for a few words, and then left in the night.

Su Yingxue also gradually got used to the worry-free, wealthy and prosperous life in the Princess's Mansion.

"I saw a lot more servants and attendants outside the house yesterday, but why?"

Su Yingxue was on the second floor of Yayuan, looking at the yard outside the house. Many servants were coming in and out, piling up stones, repairing lakes and building bridges, planting flowers and grass, and renovating the garden.

A new maid, Lu Yao, looked at Su Yingxue and said with a carefree smile, "Your Highness, yes, I heard from the people in the garden that it was renovated by order of the new emperor."

"The rumor in the palace is that Your Highness once showed favor to the new emperor while he was a hostage in the palace. Therefore, the new emperor has come to repay Your Highness's kindness."

Lu Yao smiled. She was just a young girl of marriageable age, and during the time she served in the Princess's Palace, she had already figured out Su Yingxue's temperament. She was a very easy-going master, a quiet, gentle and silent person.

Su Yingxue never beat or scolded them, and never even said a single important word. Over time, the palace maids became bolder and were no longer as reserved as when they first arrived.

Su Yingxue silently watched the busy people outside the window, neither speaking nor asking any questions.

Every day, the imperial physician who was in charge of taking her pulse would come at noon on time to diagnose her pulse and prescribe medicine. After she drank the bitter medicine, Lu Yao would give her a small bowl of candied green plums to remove the bitter taste in her mouth.

Lu Yao always smiled and comforted her, "Your Highness, you are a blessed person. This amnesia is not a big deal. You will remember it eventually."

Su Yingxue smiled and nodded when she heard this. She waved her hand and dismissed everyone, leaving her alone. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief and spit out the green plum preserves she had just eaten.

The preserved green plums were pickled after the pits were removed, but she had just tasted something hard. She crushed the outer layer of preserved fruit with her hands, revealing the sealed paper inside.

There were only a few words written on the paper: Please come and have a chat, Liyue.

She opened the remaining candied fruits and found that only the ones at the top contained the same notes.

After reading the note, Su Yingxue threw the note and the remaining candied fruit residue into the fire on the table that was simmering with tea. She did not stop until the note and the candied fruit were burned.

Su Yingxue stared at the flickering fire, her mind replaying the day she had just returned to the palace. Since that day, Su Yingxue had been unable to leave the main gate of the Princess's Palace.

The man in black, who was called the new emperor, surrounded the entire Princess Palace with three layers of guards in the name of protecting her, making it impossible for her to leave.

Whenever that man came to her place for dinner, his face was solemn and cold, and the look he gave her was always filled with a depth and complexity that was hard to fathom. She didn't like that look, but she could only keep silent.

In the entire palace, except for the mute palace maid named Taxue who had no martial arts skills, it seemed that everyone was speaking for that person.

Su Yingxue remained silent, but was also thinking about how to meet this person named Su Liyue.

Lu Yao always brought her perilla drink before meals. This time, when she brought it, she saw Su Yingxue lying lazily on the chaise longue with her eyes closed, her face half covered by a gauze fan, she was as beautiful as a painting.

"Your Highness, Yinzi is here."

"Put it there." Su Yingxue fanned the fan in her hand nonchalantly and asked softly, "Lu Yao, why haven't any relatives come to see me in the palace for so long?"

Su Yingxue asked calmly with eyes full of sadness.

"Is there no one in this palace who cares about me?"

"I don't have a woman to talk to, and I don't have any good relatives?"

Lu Yao heard this and replied in a low voice, "How could that be? It must be because His Highness is still ill and his family is afraid of delaying His Highness's treatment."

"Luyao, these past few days, a name suddenly came to my mind," Su Yingxue said calmly. "I remembered someone from Liyue, but I can't remember who she was. I can only see a blurry face."

"Can you please ask His Majesty if I can have a private conversation with Li Yue?"

"Since you can remember it, you must have had a very good relationship in the past. It might be more effective than taking medicine."

"After all, living in this palace day after day is boring. If I had a girlfriend, maybe life would be more interesting."

Su Yingxue mentioned it casually while lowering her head to drink a sip of the perilla drink. The light perilla flavor blended with the sweetness made it taste better than the bitter medicine.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Lu Yao cleaned up the empty cups and turned to leave.