Chapter 75: My childhood sweetheart, my cousin Yanran

Jiang Yanran was filled with a very strong resentment, so strong that even if all the evil spirits in the cold palace were added together, they would not be even one-tenth of her strength. This shows how much hatred and resentment she had before she died!
Meng Chen made the seal of rebirth with his hands and chanted the Soul-Saving Sutra, sending all the ghosts except Jiang Yanran to reincarnation. These were the poor people who were trapped and died in the cold palace.

Although he was ruthless and could not tolerate any sand in his eyes, he was also kind-hearted and was willing to give these innocent ghosts a ride.

After clearing out the ghosts in the cold palace, Meng Chen walked up to Jiang Yanran. Just as he was about to touch her, she raised her head suddenly, her black hair disheveled, her pretty face still as gentle as it was in her lifetime, her facial features twisted together, looking extremely hideous, her dark eyes filled with hatred, and she kept repeating a sentence in her mouth.

"Fu Tingyuan, you heartless and ungrateful beast, I'm going to kill you! Kill you!"

Swish! !

A pair of ghost claws pinched Meng Chen's neck, but stopped when it was about to touch.

Meng Chen pointed a finger at Jiang Yanran's forehead. A golden light spread out from his fingers, gradually enveloping Jiang Yanran, and in an instant, purifying her resentment.

Purifying a resentful soul that is not even a ghost is a piece of cake.

As the resentment dissipated, Jiang Yanran returned to her gentle and pretty appearance in life. She was dressed in white and had a pale face, which made me feel pity for her.

Meng Chen held her in his arms, looking at her soft appearance, his heart was touched, and childhood memories emerged in his mind.

The Duke's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion have close ties. Jiang Yanran is only one year older than him, and she often goes to the Marquis' Mansion to play with him, bringing him all kinds of fun toys and his favorite candied fruit cakes.

The adults of the two families even joked that when they grew up, they would let Jiang Yanran marry him. At that time, Jiang Yanran would blush when she heard such jokes, and then pull Meng Chen to hide.

When they were young, they could be considered childhood sweethearts.

Although it sounds unethical for a cousin to marry a cousin, it was a common occurrence in ancient times. In order to ensure the purity of their bloodline, large families would marry within their families.

During the Tang Dynasty, Princess Changle Li Lizhi and her husband Changsun Chong were cousins. Changsun Chong's father and Li Lizhi's mother were siblings.

There are countless examples like this in the history of Blue Planet.

"Ugh……"

Meng Chen sighed. If he had not sneaked out of the city and been taken away by Patriarch Tianyang, according to the custom of intermarriage between large families, perhaps Jiang Yanran would not have married into the palace, but would have become his legal wife.

The Human Emperor Banner appeared in his hand, and wisps of mysterious energy dripped down, enveloping Jiang Yanran's soul. The extremely pure Yin and Ming energy flowed into her body, nourishing and strengthening her.

Jiang Yanran was put into the Human Emperor Banner. Meng Chen did not go looking for trouble with the Emperor of Jin. The life and death of that guy should not be decided by him, but by Jiang Yanran.

"This is my cousin. Please restrain yourself and don't disturb her."

Meng Chen instructed Lin Nihuang in the Human Emperor Banner to restrain the ghosts under her command so as not to disturb Jiang Yanran.

After putting the Human Emperor Banner into his body, Meng Chen quickly left the cold palace.

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Xuanwu Marquis Mansion, the Crown Prince’s Villa.

"Have you found out? What is the matter that the Marquis asked Duke Qi to come to the mansion?"

Meng Chen asked the maid in red, and she shook her head. Marquis Xuanwu and Duke Qi were both ninth-rank masters, and there were many secret guards lying in ambush around them. She was only sixth-rank, so she couldn't even get close to them, let alone eavesdrop.

This made Meng Chen angry. Although he didn't know why his father asked Duke Qi and his wife to come to the Marquis' Mansion, he could probably guess that it was because of the real prince. After a while, the maid in green hurried in from outside. She quickly reported to Meng Chen:

"Sir, I heard from the concierge that the Marquis and the Duke went out not long ago, and it is said that the carriage was heading to the palace."

"what!"

Upon hearing that Marquis Xuanwu and Duke Qi had gone to the palace, Meng Chen was horrified and immediately realized that they were very likely going to find the emperor and replace the crown prince!
No! I can't wait any longer!

Meng Chen suddenly looked at the maid in red and asked in a deep voice, "How is the assassination mission I asked you to post in the Shadow Building? When can they carry it out?"

The maid in red said, "Don't worry, my lord. Someone has already accepted the mission of Shadow Tower. There will be a result in three days at most."

"Three days is too long. Tonight, we must get rid of that Meng Chen tonight!"

Meng Chen growled at the maid in red like a madman, and ordered her to inform the Dark Night Tower that Meng Chen must be eliminated tonight.

He paid a huge price for the position of Crown Prince of Xuanwu Marquisate, and now that he has finally sat on it, he will never allow anyone to take it away.

Because he was too angry, Meng Chen's face changed, and long marks appeared one after another, as if there were bugs crawling under his skin. It looked extremely horrifying, and the two maids were also scared and stepped back.

Noticing something unusual on his face, Meng Chen suddenly looked towards the bronze mirror, shocked, and hurriedly calmed down his anger to avoid stimulating the Disguise Gu on his face again.

"You guys should step back first."

Meng Chen covered his face and gave orders to the two maids. After the maids left, he quickly took out a black pill from the secret compartment at the head of the bed.

After taking the pill, Meng Chen's face gradually returned to normal.

Meng Chen looked at his face in the mirror, which had returned to normal, and whispered, "That was a close call. I was almost exposed."

In fact, Meng Chen's current appearance is not natural, but obtained with the help of a disguise Gu. His original appearance is nothing like Meng Chen's childhood appearance.

Thirteen years ago, he heard that Marquis Xuanwu was searching the world for a child who looked like Meng Chen. After obtaining a portrait of Meng Chen, he used the Disguise Gu to disguise himself to look 60% to 70% like Meng Chen.

Then he pretended to be a refugee orphan and met Marquis Xuanwu, who took him back to his palace.

Over the years, he tried his best to cooperate with the Marquis's wife, disguising himself as the Meng Chen in her mind, eating the sweets that he hated, not getting angry, and enduring the pain brought by the Disguise Gu every month, all for the purpose of one day sitting on the position of Marquis Xuanwu and becoming the best of the best!

Meng Chen looked at himself in the mirror and growled with gnashing teeth: "Meng Chen, you must die!"

On the other side, Meng Chen has returned to the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion and released Jiang Yanran's soul for the Duke of Qi and his wife to see.

Jiang Yunxiao and his wife looked at their daughter's soul. They wanted to touch Jiang Yanran, but their hands passed right through her body. This made them extremely sad. Their daughter was right in front of them, but they couldn't touch her. This was more painful than killing them.

"Xiao Chen, you said there is a way to bring Yan Ran back to life. What is it? My aunt only has this one daughter. I beg you to save her!"

Aunt Meng Chen begged him with a choked voice, saying that as long as Jiang Yanran could be saved, they would be willing to sacrifice their lives.

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PS: Sorry for the late update. My sister had a caesarean section today and I have been running back and forth between the hospital and home. I have been helping her take care of the baby during this period because she is pregnant and about to give birth, and it is inconvenient for her to take care of the baby. The caesarean section was originally scheduled for the 6th, but I didn’t expect it to be a day earlier. I hope you can understand.

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