Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved
Chapter 329: More Like a Disfigurement Couple

Chapter 329: Chapter 329: More Like a Disfigurement Couple

Murong Jiu actually guessed correctly.

Kai Xuan had really purposefully brought her to a small farmhouse.

There were only a few households here, and it was only upon getting closer that it became evident, the thatched mud houses had long been dilapidated, seemingly uninhabited for who knows how long.

There’s a saying that goes well, people are the stay of rice, and houses are the stay of people. An old house with residents stands a hundred years without falling, but without inhabitants, five years will see it collapse. In these big mountains, it’s probably too inconvenient to travel, so everyone has moved away, and with no one living in them, the houses naturally fell apart.

But the one Kai Xuan brought her to had been repaired, its surroundings were clean of wild grass, and many common flowers and plants were grown. Green vines climbed the fence, blooming with small purple flowers, and beneath the fence wall was a neatly planted vegetable ridge.

The gate of the yard was firmly closed, lit only by a dim oil lamp, casting a pale yellow light. From inside, the cry of an infant could be heard, but after just a few cries, someone immediately picked him up to soothe him, and a lullaby full of tenderness floated out from a woman’s mouth, making the night seem all the more warm.

Murong Jiu shivered with cold, she had been fine while soaking in the water, but as soon as she came ashore and the wind blew, the chill felt as if it penetrated her marrow.

But she didn’t dare to knock on the door, afraid to bring misfortune to the people inside.

She patted Kai Xuan’s head, thinking to take it to an uninhabited dilapidated mud house for shelter, at least having a wall to block the wind.

Unexpectedly, Kai Xuan actually butted her head against the door of the courtyard, and hearing the noise inside, a man hurried out with a cane.

Murong Jiu’s eyes widened instantly: "Senior Brother Cheng? How are you here?"

"Ah Jiu! Silver Wolf! Good, that’s great! I knew this Silver Wolf was so understanding, it must be related to you! I’m so glad you’re alright. Did Silver Wolf save you?"

Senior Brother Cheng said while opening the courtyard gate.

He looked her up and down and noticed an arrowhead still in her hand. His face changed color, and he hurriedly dropped his cane to tend to her wound.

"Senior Brother, don’t worry, how did you break your leg? Were you the one who put the silver needle in my head? I’ve forgotten many things..."

"Princess Consort Ling?"

Before Murong Jiu could finish speaking, a woman carrying a baby came out of the house. Her face was like apricots and peaches, her brows were picturesque, and she was a beauty rarely seen. However, the woman furrowed her brows, retreating back slightly with the child.

Murong Jiu felt a bit puzzled, wondering why the woman looked at her so guardedly?

Suddenly it hit her, and she quickly said to Senior Brother Cheng and the woman: "Senior Brother, I didn’t expect to see you married after so many years, sister-in-law, hello, I’m Senior Brother Cheng’s junior sister. I’m sorry for intruding so suddenly."

She thought the woman was Senior Brother Cheng’s wife and that her sudden appearance might have been unwelcome.

To her surprise, the woman’s brows furrowed even tighter, a look of confusion in her eyes. "Princess Consort Ling, have you lost your memory?"

Murong Jiu nodded: "For some reason, I’ve forgotten many things. I don’t even know what year or month it currently is."

Senior Brother Cheng’s expression became grave: "You’ve been affected by ’Thin Line Heaven’. They captured you and made you lose your memory on purpose; they definitely want to use you for something. Fortunately, Silver Wolf saved you. Oh, her name is Lady Yao, and she and I are not..."

"Cheng Pu, let Princess Consort Ling come inside to warm up by the fire and change her clothes," said Lady Yao suddenly.

Senior Brother Cheng paused, thinking that he and Lady Yao were not close, having only met recently. Before, Lady Yao always used to call him Doctor Cheng, and now she actually called him by his name.

Considering that Lady Yao knew Ah Jiu and that she had given birth to her child alone in such a remote place, it seemed that she had a sorrowful tale back in the capital city, and perhaps Ah Jiu was acquainted with her child’s father.

Senior Brother Cheng understood Lady Yao’s meaning and decided not to explain the nature of their relationship.

He brought Murong Jiu and Kai Xuan into the room, treated the wounds of both the person and the wolf, applied herbal medicine, and re-bandaged them.

Lady Yao got a set of clothes for Murong Jiu to change into.

The child had already fallen asleep in the cradle, and Murong Jiu noticed that Lady Yao seemed to have just gotten through her month of confinement not too long ago.

Lady Yao also prepared a bowl of noodles for her.

After eating the noodles, Murong Jiu finally felt as though she had come back to life, her body regaining some strength.

She stroked Kai Xuan’s fur, which had dried on his head, and told Senior Brother Cheng that she only remembered things before her marriage into Prince Ling’s Mansion; she could not recall anything thereafter.

Thinking about the timeline, she hadn’t forgotten much—by her full estimation, just a little over a year.

But Senior Brother Cheng found it strange, "Thin Line Heaven eventually leads to complete memory loss, with at least ten years forgotten. Losing just over a year’s worth of memories doesn’t match the poison’s properties. Could it be that they gave you some other amnesiac poison?"

As he spoke, he shook his head, "There are no other poisons that cause memory loss. In my life, I’ve only heard of Thin Line Heaven having such an effect."

Murong Jiu also felt it was strange; she always felt that she had forgotten many things, more than just one or two years. But from her substitution marriage into Prince Ling’s Mansion to now, it had indeed been just over a year.

Lady Yao quietly listened at the side and suddenly asked, "Where is Prince Ling now? Will he find his way here?"

Murong Jiu shook her head and said, "The place where they were fighting is at least dozens of miles away from here. Kai Xuan is very fast; he managed to lose The Fourth Prince’s Hidden Guards. When we came ashore, we also covered our tracks; whether they can find us, I have no idea. It’s hard to say who will win. When Kai Xuan took me away, it seemed like another group of people had arrived."

She bit her lower lip.

If she and Kai Xuan were safe and sound, she really wanted to take poison to assist Prince Ling, but she was also aware that if she truly went, she would only cause chaos. Worse yet, she might be captured by The Fourth Prince’s people.

The only thing she could do was to not let The Fourth Prince and Na Kesi’s people catch her; staying far away from danger, that was the help she could offer them.

Lady Yao nodded thoughtfully.

Then she comforted her, "Prince Ling is best at leading troops in battle. You need not worry. He definitely has contingencies, and Kai Xuan must have been trained by him."

Murong Jiu pursed her lips, hoping that was the case.

At that moment, Kai Xuan had rested well and nudged Murong Jiu with its head before walking out.

It was going to stand guard outside.

"Kai Xuan is so human-like. After you knocked me out and hid me in the cave, I woke up and went looking for you, only to step into a trap. I guess it was set by Mo Yu, the most vicious and cunning one. The more I struggled, the deeper the blades of the trap cut into me. I thought about just sacrificing this leg to crawl out, but then Kai Xuan suddenly appeared. I thought it had come to eat me, but instead, it sniffed me, jumped down into the trap, bit through the trap’s devices with its teeth, and then carried me here to Lady Yao’s place."

Murong Jiu was amazed after hearing the story; she hadn’t expected Kai Xuan to be so intelligent.

"Senior Brother, I have avenged you. Mo Yu is dead by my hand. Although I have lost my memory, I can still tell good people from bad and haven’t been deceived by them. Senior Brother, do you know what has happened to me in this past year?"

Senior Brother Cheng was stumped; he truly didn’t know.

After all, this place was far too distant from Capital City, and he was wholly devoted to medicine, paying little attention to outside affairs.

Lady Yao slowly began to speak, "You and Prince Ling are a match made in heaven; you bore twin children, a boy and a girl. When they were born, auspicious signs descended from the sky, and everyone said it was heaven’s blessing upon Great Yan."

Murong Jiu felt astonished. She touched her stomach, then reached to touch her own face, and chuckled,

"Match made in heaven? Disfigured couple is more like it."