She still doesn't know why exactly. Isn't this all too coincidental?

Seeing that she was silent, Hua Mingche thought she had realized that the Crown Prince's affairs had implicated the Leng family. "Ran'er, although the Leng family's affairs were caused by the Crown Prince, they have little to do with him."

"I know. I don't blame the Crown Prince. Besides, he has passed away now. If I have any dissatisfaction, it's only with the royal family."

Hua Mingche shook his head in disapproval. "You should say you're dissatisfied with the new emperor. The previous emperor treated you very well. I still remember when you were born, the emperor sent a stream of gifts to the palace, and specifically named you. It's obvious that although the emperor didn't see you often, he still liked you very much. Who would consider the daughter of a minister more important than their own princess?"

Hua Mingche paused for a moment, looked around to see if anyone was around, and then whispered, "To be honest, your aunt and I privately asked your mother about this back then."

"What are you asking?" Leng Youran asked curiously.

Hua Mingche seemed to feel embarrassed and scratched his head awkwardly, "I, your aunt and I thought you were your mother and... you know."

"Cough cough cough cough..." Leng Youran was startled by his words and coughed violently a few times.

Wow, this is even more outrageous than what she thought. At most, she thought she was the emperor's illegitimate daughter, but her uncle was even more powerful. He actually thought that his sister was cheating on him, and the cheating person was the emperor.

"Uncle, were you beaten?"

"How do you know?" Hua Mingche looked at Leng Youran in disbelief.

Leng Youran looked up at the sky speechlessly. Is there any need to think about this?

If you suspect your own sister of cheating on you, you'll be punished.

Hua Mingche wiped his face in shame. "At that time, your maternal grandfather and grandmother were still alive. When they heard about this, they whipped me ten times and made me kneel in the yard for three days."

Not a loss, not a loss at all, Leng Youran thought to himself.

If this wasn't her uncle, she would have complained about it.

But when I thought about my previous guess, I seemed relieved.

Since she thinks so, it's no surprise that outsiders think too much.

Then he thought about it and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, "Uncle, you said the emperor was very good to me. Has he been like this since I was a child?"

Hua Mingche rubbed his chin a few times as if thinking, "Well, how should I put it, you were good when you were just born. If you want to say when you were twice as good, it should be after you were five years old, that is, when you..." Hua Mingche pointed at her without saying the rest.

It was not a good idea for him, an elder, to talk about her previous foolish behavior in front of the child.

Leng Youran's eyebrows moved slightly. After five years old?

"Uncle, do you remember if anything special happened in the capital before or after I became mentally retarded?"

"Something special?" Hua Mingche's thoughts drifted away when he heard her ask.

After all, ten years have passed, and many things cannot be remembered at once.

After thinking for a long time, just when Leng Youran was about to interrupt his recollection with no hope, Hua Mingche suddenly said "Oh".

Leng Youran was startled by his sudden voice and patted her frightened heart.

Ye Chaoyang seemed not to notice her embarrassment and continued to talk to himself, "Ran'er, I don't know if this is considered a special event. I don't know if anything special happened in other families in the capital when you were five years old, but there was an incident in the royal family. The emperor suddenly became seriously ill and even sent for a Taoist priest. The Taoist priest stayed in the palace for nearly ten days, and the emperor's illness gradually recovered. This incident caused a sensation in the court at the time."

Leng Youran's heart suddenly tightened when he heard this, as if he had grasped some important clue, "Master? But your name is Lingyin?"

Hua Mingche nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, that's right. Taoist Lingyin also appeared in the public eye from that time. After the emperor recovered from his illness, he specially ordered the construction of Baiyun Temple for him outside the city."

Leng Youran's eyes were full of doubts. She always felt that this matter had something to do with her. Sure enough, before she could continue asking, Hua Mingche spoke again.

"It's strange to say, it was from that time that you began to become stupid and stupid. Gradually, old man of the Leng family no longer allowed you to appear in public, as if he was avoiding something. Of course, this is just a coincidence." Hua Mingche said this without any hesitation.

It's not his fault that he is so careless. In his opinion, there is no way his niece could be related to the emperor's affairs.

My niece’s dementia might be due to some sudden illness. Look, isn’t she better now?

That mind is more mature than his, who has experienced officialdom.

He didn't think much about it, but Leng Youran remained silent.

When she was five years old, the emperor suddenly recovered from his illness, but she became mentally retarded and her soul was sent elsewhere.

"Did my uncle, the late emperor, really pass away half a month ago?"

Hua Mingche didn't understand what she meant and nodded blankly, "Yes, yes."

"what happened?"

Leng Youran didn't answer, but doubts arose in her heart.

She returned two days before the late emperor passed away. What a coincidence.

The foolish emperor recovered after she came back, but died when she returned.

Suddenly, she remembered the expressions her family members had on her face when she just came back. They were surprised, but also a little sad.

The sadness was obviously not because of her arrival.

But...

Because the late emperor...

Her grandfather's words that night were still echoing in her ears, and she thought of the Leng family's early plan.

so...

They knew it all along.

When she returned, it was the day when the late emperor died.

Her fate is closely linked to the emperor's.

No wonder....

No wonder the emperor gave her so many things after her recovery, and no wonder my grandfather said those things were compensation.

She was stupid for ten years, and the emperor lived ten years longer.

Now that I think about it, that little bit of compensation was nothing.

"Uncle, I have to go out for a while. I will come to the restaurant to find you at noon."

Hua Mingche didn't understand why his niece, who had been speaking so nicely just now, suddenly had such a different aura.

"Okay, okay, I'll send you a message then."

Leng Youran nodded and left Huafu.

After she left Washington, she found an empty alley and changed her appearance briefly. Then she bought a horse from a pawnshop in the city and rode out of the city.

She didn't want to reveal the fact that she knew martial arts in broad daylight, but she was also impatient, and once she figured out some things, she had to get an answer.

As soon as the horse left the city, it began to gallop wildly.

The journey that would normally take half an hour was completed in just fifteen minutes.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, they led the horse to the stable set up by Baiyun Temple specifically for pilgrims who came to pray for blessings, and then galloped up the mountain.

As soon as she arrived at the gatehouse, a man who looked like a young Taoist priest came to greet her.

"Layman, our abbot invites you."

Leng Youran didn't do what he thought. It was not surprising that someone like that could predict her coming. She followed the little Taoist priest to the room where she had met Taoist Master Lingyin last time.

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