Abandoned Princesses
Prince Qin

Qiao Rong walked slowly towards the pavilion garden. On request, Chu Yue had prepared a chrysanthemum tea banquet and a guqin inside a gazebo.

Qiao Rong bowed respectfully as he met Prince Qin. He is quite handsome, his long hair is smooth and looks very soft. They began to sit down and enjoy the chrysanthemum tea.

"I heard you got a gift from Dad, sister." Prince Qin started the conversation. His voice is very soft. Qiao Rong was aware now why Chu Yue called it so different from her sister and mother.

"Yes, it's an honor, Prince." Qiao Rong replied slowly. His eyes searched for something he wanted to see, but could not find it.

"Not be formal. We are family." Qiao Qin smiled gently. Arguably, it was because of his gentle temperament that the Emperor made him the second favorite son after the Crown Prince.

"Alright, if you ask." Qiao Rong returned that smile. However he looked rather disappointed not to find the thing he was looking for from Prince Qin's body.

"Sorry presumptuous, Brother. Does Brother have a three-point birthmark?" Qiao Rong was forced to ask that before executing his plan to be sure.

"Yes..how do you know?" After Prince Qin replied, Qiao Rong immediately smiled sinisterly. The trap was right, he did not expect that Consort Wu would be so cruel using her own adopted son.

"Did you find it difficult to sleep at night, and instead mostly sleep during the day?" Qiao Rong further asked without answering Prince Qin's question. Prince Qin's brows frowned. But he cannot evade.

"Yes.." For the first time since the beginning of their conversation, Prince Qin replied softly. It seemed like this matter had been bothering him for a long time.

"Then let Brother help with Brother's problems." Qiao Rong stood up and headed towards the gazebo to play his guqin. Prince Qin was puzzled, but for someone who could figure out the matter by just looking.. Prince Qin was not stupid, he knew there was something behind the princess that liked to be the ingredients of the people's jokes.

Qiao Rong sat down on the gazebo and began to play tone after tone. Chu Yue who heard it from the side was extremely shocked. It was unexpected that Qiao Rong could play guqin so beautifully, even though he was the least talented in the field of music. But when calculating the unexpected things that Qiao Rong had done after nearly dying, Chu Yue felt that she could accept it, even more so the change was heading in a positive direction.

After Qiao Rong finished playing the guqin, his focus returned to Prince Qin. The one who was looking at him was amazed. "Sister's game is great." His word.

But unexpectedly Qiao Rong did not answer the compliment, but directly told the servants to go and focus on Prince Qin's hand. "Did you see that little mound in Big Brother's palm?" Prince Qin who had not realized it became choked.

There was a small mound in his hands that was alive. Like a little creature that wanted to break out. He began to touch the little mound, and as he expected, the little mound moved.

"A-Sister.. It's..." Qiao Rong simply smiled. This was the preparation he made to welcome Prince Qin. Obviously the welcome should be followed with good intentions. But he also needs allies. Today, he would not let Prince Qin leave without a deal.

"This is Worm Gu. But this type of Worm Gu, with the incident of Worm Gu yesterday with Princess Lan, was certainly different. This type of Gu worm is more difficult to get, because this Gu Worm is used to control one's mind. Well, Brother. in the whole of this Palace... Who would benefit from Brother's existence?" After he finished saying that sentence, Qiao Rong again sat quietly while drinking chrysanthemum tea. The negotiations have been completed.

"It's..." Prince Qin started shaking. Of course he's not stupid. In fact, he could easily guess who put this Worm Gu into his body. Consort Wu. His own foster mother.

"This Worm Gu has been inside Brother's body for a very long time. Just look at how big it is." Qiao Rong added fire deliberately to Prince Qin.

Prince Qin looked speechless. He's a little shaken up. All this time he could tolerate his sister and mother for having raised him. But control his mind? This is clearly a delay.

"Are you sure you can take out this Worm Gu?" Prince Qin looked doubtful. But actually he looked at Qiao Rong in great despair. Qiao Rong simply smiled.

"Where dare Brother show it, if not get it out?" Qiao Rong looked at Prince Qin deeply. Prince Qin knew the meaning, this treatment deal, if he accepted then their enemies would be the same. The question is, will he have the heart to beat back his adoptive mother who has raised him for so long?

"Alright, Brother please guide Brother." Qiao Rong did not need to ask anymore. As soon as Prince Qin finished bowing, Qiao Rong began to smile cheerfully.

"By pleasure, Brother. It's an honor." Qiao Rong replied.

*****

After further discussion on the treatment method and duration, Qiao Rong and Prince Qin agreed to perform acupuncture in the Yun Pavilion in secret every Friday night. That acupuncture session would last for three hours, therefore it required Prince Qin's special shadow troops to be wary of every single daydreamer as well as eunuchs present in the Yun Pavilion.

Prince Qin who seemed satisfied with their agreement, eventually resigned and left. Qiao Rong immediately entered back into his room with Chu Yue. He threw himself on the bed. Today, the surprise requires a lot of energy. His inner.

Chu Yue who saw Qiao Rong exhausted immediately went to prepare the bath water.

"How did you know?" Asked Li Junyan who suddenly came out of the Yin Yang Book space. Qiao Rong laughed out loud.

"I guessed it. Ahaha!" Li Junyan could only sigh long. He felt so stupid to look at him so smart.

"That's a very simple thing you know, based on what I know about Consort Wu's nature, he must have adopted Qiao Qin for some reason. The most logical thing is to promote the position of his concubine." Qiao Rong explained to Li Junyan lazily.

"Then?" However Li Junyan grew increasingly curious about the girl's logic.

"Prince Qin who is of a very good nature would certainly be useless. With that Worm Gu incident, I realized that Consort Wu was more complicated than she really was. That Gu worm came from the North, then only the Northmen could nurture it. But he was not a Northman, so the most appropriate guess was to conspire with the Northmen." Qiao Rong began to look forward to Chu Yue's return.

"Why do you know so much about the guqin?" Li Junyan asked curiously.

"Because my real mother is a Northman. Since I was a child I have been trained to take out Worm Gu, the guqin tones that provoke Worm Gu should also be learned." With that one Qiao Rong explanation, then Li Junyan finally stopped asking any further.

Re-talking about his mother, Qiao Rong became reminded of the old grudges that he had been replying to. But the screams of his parents in the devastating fire that killed them will never be forgotten from his memory.

Chu Yue suddenly came to tell him that the bath water was ready, which instantly blew away Qiao Rong's mind. The conscious Li Junyan had already returned to the Yin Yang Book room no longer making a sound.

Qiao Rong needed to soak in the hot water to calm his mind. Today he is very tired. I don't know what trouble awaits him tomorrow.

Qiao Rong could only hope that Prince Qin's treatment went smoothly. If this is known to the other party, of course he woe. Qiao Rong decided to cultivate after taking a bath, he had to immediately rise to the level of Princess Lan. He had to prepare another plan.