Chapter Fifty-One

  Yun Shallow Moon didn't need to turn her head, she knew that some lingering ghosts had arrived! She was surprised, men also came here to pray for blessings? Especially the crown prince of a country?

  Yu Jing has seen the Crown Prince! Yu Jing saw Ye Tian Qing appear and hastily paid her respects.

  The clouds are shallow and the moon is faintly visible, but I haven't looked back.

  "Miss Qin, no need for formalities!" Night Sky slightly waved his hand, looked at Cloud Light Moon and smiled warmly, his tone softer than usual, "Sister Moon is here to pray for blessings too? I thought you didn't like this sort of thing!"

  "Hasn't the Crown Prince also arrived? Does even the Crown Prince of a nation believe in this?" Yun Shangyue said coldly.

  Ye Tianqing smiled and said, "Tomorrow I'll be returning to the capital, I came to pray for blessings for my mother. Paused for a moment and then said: "Yesterday, Moon sister got drunk from drinking too much wine, today her complexion looks not bad. Drinking hurts one's body, especially strong liquor, it's better not to drink in the future!"

  "The crown prince is indeed filial!" Yun Shang Yue thought of that day in the imperial palace when he and the empress dowager joined forces to imprison her. Her good aunt! She really suspected whether the woman called the empress dowager was her own aunt or not. What an irony.

  "The empress dowager actually doted on your sister, and that day's events were just a helpless situation for both of us. Even if your sister was locked up in the great prison that day, it was all just a show, and I would have rescued you too." Ye Tianqing walked up to Yun Shangyue, looking at her mocking expression with warm eyes that were almost nauseatingly gentle, explaining: "We've known each other since childhood, and it's not an exaggeration to say we're like two peas in a pod. How could I possibly harm you? Sister Yueshang, you need to understand that being in this position is difficult for me, and after that day, I've been regretful every day for not explaining to you that it was all just an act. I didn't expect you to be so heartbroken and resentful about what happened that day. Later on, I wanted to talk to you about it, but you never gave me the chance. Now that I've explained everything to you, please don't stay mad at me anymore, okay?"

  Yun Qian Yue raised her eyes to look at the sky, as if she hadn't heard Ye Tian Qing say anything.

  The scene in the imperial palace that day was still vivid in her mind. The hidden guards had all been deployed, and he had almost gotten into a bloody fight with Ye Qing in the Viewing Garden. Yet now, with just one sentence from him, she had taken over as if it were nothing. It sounded easy enough to say. If she were still the infatuated Yun Shangyue of before, perhaps she would have been deceived. But she was no longer Yun Shangyue. How could she be deceived by him?

  "Little sister, I know you're uncomfortable in your heart. Why don't you hit me a couple of times to vent?" Ye Tianqing reached out to grab Yun Shangyue's hand and asked softly.

  Yun Qian retreated a step back and said in a cold voice: "Just keep your distance from me!"

  Yitian's face stiffened as he looked at Yun Qianyue and said, "You really are so heartless towards me?"

  "It's fine if you understand! Anyway, it's not fake!" Yun Qianyue was too lazy to bother with this kind of person and turned to ask Cai Lian, Ting Xue, and Ting Yu, who were already hiding far away, "Is the prayer done?"

  Cai Lian and the other two shook their heads. They hadn't even started praying for blessings when Miss Yu Jing arrived, and then the Crown Prince appeared, how could they possibly pray for blessings?

  Yun Piao Yue really wanted to leave, but looking at her three maidservants who were so eager, how could they just come for nothing? She waved her hand at them, "Then you can start praying now, and we'll go back to sleep!"

  "Yes!" The three of them looked at Ye Tianqing and simultaneously bowed their heads, clasping their hands together in a prayer-like gesture.

  The night sky inclined its gaze, chasing the shallow moon clouds, a pair of eyes deep within constantly changing. In an instant, he smiled, "I also came to pray for blessings for my mother, Moon sister must have something to ask for, and Miss Yu Cong is not here to play either. Since that's the case, let's do it together! Sincerity moves the spirit."

  "The prince said so. Moon sister, let's go together!" Yu Cong stretched out her hand to pull Yun Shang Yue's sleeve.

  Yun Shallow Moon waved her hand, "You pray for blessings! I don't have any requirements, just looking at it is enough!"

  "How can that be? Sister, let's make a wish together with your younger sister! The Qifu Festival is only once every three years. If you miss it today, you'll have to wait another three years. Since you're here today, how can you miss it?" Yu Cong gently advised Yun Shangyue.

  "Yes, let's go together, Moon Sister!" Ye Tianqing also advised.

  "Miss, let's go together!" Cai Lian, Ting Xue and Ting Yu also advised in unison.

  "Miss Shallow Moon, you'd better hurry up! Otherwise, everyone will be waiting for you." Yu Cong's two maidservants also said immediately.

  The cloud is shallow and the moon is in a state of anxiety, waving her hand, "Okay, okay, together, together!"

  "That's right!" Ye Tianying smiled and turned around, clasped his hands together in front of the Prayer Tree.

  Yu Jing also burst out laughing and joined her hands together in front of the wishing tree.

  Yun Shallow Moon reluctantly, also has a style to learn from the style, facing the prayer tree with both hands together, thinking in her mind what she is asking for? In the previous life, she was exhausted and died, this life is naturally seeking ease and comfort. Hope that the old heaven will see her first time believing in superstition, let her dreams come true! Even if it doesn't come true, let it bless her to have a lifetime of food and drink without worry.

  Yun Shallow Moon finished praying soon, and then thought that no matter what, she should pray for her current grandfather's health and longevity to protect her. She silently recited two more sentences of blessings. Then she remembered that she should also bless Rong Jing to always have money and often have good things for her to try.

  Three wishes were made, and Yún Qiān put down her hand, looking at the people beside her. She saw that Yuè Jīng was extremely sincere with her eyes closed, her pink lips opening and closing as she recited words. Cǎi Lián, Tīng Xuě, Tīng Yǔ, and two maidservants of Yuè Jīng were also reciting words from their mouths. Yè Tiān Qīn almost simultaneously stopped with her, turning her head to look at her, her eyes which used to be deep as the sea now warm like water.

  The shallow clouds don't gaze at the leaning night sky, turning their line of sight to look elsewhere.

  "Little sister, after making a wish, you have to hang the ribbon on the tree for it to come true." Yè Tiān Qīng took a glance at the ribbon in her hand and saw that she wasn't moving, so he reminded her: "Do you want me to help you put it up?"

  "No need!" Yun Qian Yue glanced at the red silk handkerchief in Ye Tian's hand and shook her head.

  "I'll hang it up first." Night Sky finished speaking, and with a flick of his body, he landed on the tree trunk in an instant. He tied the red silk to the branch, then flew down again, his movements elegant and refined.

  Yun Qian saw Ye Wen's and Rong Jing's lightness skills at night and felt that this person's lightness skills were not impressive.

  "Sister Moon, it's your turn! You go up!" Ye Tian Qing looked at Yun Qian Yue.

  Yun Shallow Moon didn't say a word, her toes lightly touched, and she felt as light as a swallow, gently floating down onto the trunk of the tree.

  "Good! It seems that Yuemei's qinggong has made great progress!" Yitian praised. Fengmu seemed to flash with a hint of something, but it was already night, and no one noticed.

  She felt surrounded by all sorts of fragrances as soon as she landed on the tree trunk. She glanced around at the numerous sachets and fragrance bags hanging everywhere with a look of disgust, tying the three colored ribbons in her hand to the branch, intentionally keeping the red silk one farther away from Ye Tian. As soon as she finished tying them up, she felt a faintly strange fragrance wafting towards her, and she paused, using her nose to sniff carefully. Suddenly, all sorts of strong fragrances filled her mouth and nose, and she couldn't help but let out a sneeze, almost flying down from the tree. This tree really wasn't a place for humans.

  "Miss, wait! You've tied my ribbon on, I won't be able to go up!" Cai Lian shouted.

  Yun Jian stretched out her hand to cover her nose, "Then throw it up here!"

  Cai Lian hastily ran forward, rolled up the ribbon into a ball and threw it upwards, "Miss, catch!"

  Yun Qian stretched out her hand to catch the ribbon, but could only endure the strong fragrance of the spices and tie the colored ribbon around Cai Lian's wrist. Originally, she wanted to tie them together like hers, but Cai Lian shouted from below, "Miss, you have to tie them separately, or it won't work."

  "What high demands!" Yun Shallow Moon could only tie several of Cai Lian's colored ribbons one by one to the branches.

  "Miss, and mine too!" Xue'er ran up front.

  "Miss, and mine too!" Listened to the rain also ran up front.

  "Throw them all up here!" Yun Shangyue helplessly endured the urge to sneeze and shouted down at Tingxue and Tingyu.

  Xue and Yu immediately happily tied the colored ribbons around the colored lotus and threw it towards Yun Shang Yue.

  Yun Qian took the moon's hand and tied it to the branch one by one. Thinking that having many maids around was also a trouble! Just about to fly down, only to hear Yu Cong's soft voice opening her mouth, "Sister Moon, can you also help me tie it up?"

  Yun Qian Yue felt for the first time that having lightness skill was really not good, she waved her hand: "Alright, then you also throw it up here!"

  "Thank you, Sister Yuè!" Yùníng grasped the sachet and ribbon in her hand, rolled them into a ball, and tossed it to Yuèshuāng.

  Yun Qian took the handover, a colored ribbon in her hand, an exquisite embroidered sachet with a double lotus pattern she had seen before, and asked: "How to tie?"

  "Tied together, tied higher." Yu Jing stared at Yun Qian Yue's hand.

  "Good!" Yun Qiu Yue followed her words and climbed up another section of the tree trunk, tying her sachet and ribbon together to the branch. After finishing, she saw Yu Jing's two maids looking at her expectantly, so she beckoned, "Throw them all up here!"

  "Thank you, Miss Shallow Moon!" The two of them were overjoyed and hastily stepped forward to throw the colored ribbons in their hands towards Yun Shallow Moon.

  Yun Qian took the moon's hand and continued to busy herself tying it to a branch. Finally, she finished and looked down, asking weakly: "Is that all?"

  "It's all gone!" Several people shook their heads at the same time.

  Yun Qian Yue was granted a great amnesty and flew down. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she let out several sneezes in a row. She felt a strong scent of spices all over her body, which made her uncomfortable. She waved her hand at Ting Xue and Ting Yu, "Let's go back, I need to take a bath immediately."

  "Yes!" Cai Lian hurried over to support Yun Shangyue.

  Yun Qian Yue took out a handkerchief from her bosom and pressed it against her nose, and a fragrance like snow and lotus wafted over, refreshing and cool. She suddenly felt better, and didn't even want to talk anymore, raising her feet to head back.

  "Yue sister..." Yu Ning suddenly spoke up and called out to Yun Shallow Moon.

  "Hmm?" Yun Shangyue looked at her, what's with this woman again? How annoying!

  "You... how... are you using Jing Shizi's handkerchief?" Yu Cong stared tightly at Yun Shangyue's hand.

  Yitian heard this and looked at Yun Shangyue's hand. When he saw that white handkerchief, his expression changed.

  "Oh, I caught a cold and didn't have a handkerchief to use, so he generously lent me his." Yun Shang Yue only then remembered that the handkerchief was Rong Jing's. Although she knew Yu Qing liked Rong Jing, it was just a handkerchief after all. Moreover, she wouldn't avoid him just because this woman liked that man, would she? Unconcerned, she shook out the handkerchief in her hand, on which nothing was written, not even a single character. She looked at Yu Qing with doubt and asked, "There's no mark on it saying it's his, so how did you know this handkerchief was his?"

  Yu Jing hung her head down and remained silent.

  "The kerchief of Jing Shizi is the easiest to recognize. Others have their names embroidered on their kerchiefs, but Jing Shizi's kerchief has always been plain and unadorned. Moreover, among all the people in the Tian Sheng, only Jing Shizi uses a kerchief made of Xue Can silk, which was awarded to him by his father, the king, after he received the title of 'Heavenly First Genius'. So, his kerchief is the easiest to recognize." Ye Tianqing explained, her voice no longer gentle but somewhat husky.

  "Oh, I see! No wonder I thought it was different from mine!" Yun Shangyue shook the handkerchief in her hand, and the snow-silk was indeed a good material. She continued to cover her nose with the handkerchief and murmured: "It's just a handkerchief, no big deal, I'll go back first!"

  After she finished speaking, she didn't say another word and walked away. As she walked, she kept sneezing nonstop.

  "Miss, why are you still sneezing all the time? Didn't the medicine given by Jing Shizi make you feel much better?" Cai Lian asked.

  "It's still not on that broken tree, what a smell, it's suffocating me." Yun Shangyue said with difficulty.

  "After you go back, I'll get hot water ready for you. You'll feel better after a bath." Cai Lian said softly.

  "Hmm!" Yun Qianyue sniffled and responded with a murmur.

  "Sister Moon, we have a way to go together, I'll walk with you." Yu Cong caught up with Yun Shallow Moon.

  "Good!" Yun Shallow Moon only felt dizzy and thought that her body was allergic to spices?

  "It's getting late today, I'll send you back!" Ye Tianqing also followed up.

  Yun Shallow Moon said a word, didn't even feel like talking, just felt dizzy and worse, almost half of her body leaning on Cai Lian's supporting her, thinking that allergies shouldn't be so severe, what was wrong?

  Just as she was thinking, she suddenly felt a crack in the ground beneath her feet, and one foot stepped into the air. Her body fell downwards. At the same time, she heard Yu Cong and Cai Lian exclaiming in surprise beside her. She hadn't figured out what was happening yet, but she felt Cai Lian release her hand, another small hand grasped hers tightly, and a large hand wrapped around her waist. Without thinking, she slapped the direction of that big hand with a palm. Although her head was dizzy, she still knew that the one who had just wrapped his arms around her was Ye Tian Qing. She didn't understand what was going on, but she felt that something must have gone wrong, especially since she disliked Ye Tian Qing so much - how could she let him touch her?

  After a palm chop, Lian Yun Shallow Moon herself felt that she didn't have much strength. She sank in her heart. Sure enough, she heard a faint hum, but Night Sky did not open his eyes, his hand only paused for a second, successfully wrapping around her waist.

  Yun Shallow Moon exerted her strength again to strike, only to find that the usual gentle movement of her Dan Tian no longer produced a powerful flow of energy. Especially after the insights she gained from roasting fish on the mountain with Ye Xinglan the previous night, her skills had improved significantly. She could easily knock down two cows stacked together, but today her internal energy was in disarray and couldn't be gathered. Her head felt even more dizzy and confused, and she secretly thought that something was amiss.

  Typhoid fever shouldn't have gotten so severe all of a sudden, she was fine when she came to the South Mountain Gate's Wishing Tree earlier. It doesn't seem like an allergic reaction either. I'm afraid it might be some kind of invisible poison or a drug that causes drowsiness and lethargy. Thinking about this, she felt an especially strong aura around her at night. She had a grudge in her heart, and the first person she thought of was him.

  "Let go!" Yun Qianyue realized and shouted in anger. As soon as the words left her mouth, her voice was low and gentle, which even startled herself.

  "We must have triggered some mechanism, and now we're falling. Moon sister, how can I let go? Once I let go, you'll fall down." Night Sky's voice came through, without a hint of panic, and his arms around her waist tightened instead.

  Yun Qian Yue only then felt her body rapidly falling. Just thinking too much, she suddenly remembered that apart from Ye Tian Qing, there was also someone hanging on her arm, a faintly familiar scent wafted over, it was Yu Ning. She immediately spoke out, "Yu Ning?"

  "Big sister Yue..." Yu Ning was clearly frightened out of her wits, tightly hugging Yun Shangyue's arm, grasping it to the death.

  "How are you?" Yún Qiūyuè thought that Yù Jīng might be feeling the same way, so she reached out to press her wrist. She also knew a bit of medicine, but not too refined.

  "Sister Moon, I'm so scared..." Yu Cong spoke again, hugging Yun Shang Yue's body and trembling violently.

  Yun Shallow Moon just lightly touched Yu Cong's wrist and then withdrew, Yu Cong's pulse was normal, it seemed that only she herself had changed. She was about to speak when a strong force suddenly attacked, instantly wrapping them in its grasp. She felt her breathing becoming difficult, the Night Sky on both sides of her and Yu Cong seemed unable to withstand this sudden surge of power. Suddenly, the force released her, and her body was abruptly pulled forward by that powerful force, at a speed several times faster than before.

  "Good sister!"

  "Sister Moon!"

  Ye Tianqing and Yu Ning's cries of surprise came at the same time, seemingly from a distance behind her.

  Even if Yun Shang Yue could speak, she wouldn't respond. She just wanted to figure out what was going on, her eyes wide open as she stared ahead, but all she saw was a dark blur, unable to see even five fingers in front of her. All she felt was her body rubbing against something cool and smooth, like stone, as she slid downwards. It was as if she was bound by an invisible net, unable to move.

  The feeling lasted for a moment, and the great force suddenly disappeared. A gentle breeze swept across her left side, accompanied by the familiar fragrance of lotus-like snow. A hand stretched out and gently wrapped her in its embrace.

  "Rong Jing?" Yun Shallow Moon asked aloud. After several days of contact, she didn't know who this person was anymore.

  "It's me!" Rong Jing's warm and gentle voice was as always.

  "What are you doing?" Yun Shangyue scolded with some annoyance.

  "It wasn't me!" Rong Jing shook his head, his tone gentle but firm. As soon as he finished speaking, he placed a pill at the edge of Yun Shangyue's lips and said in a low voice, "Swallow it!"

  "What?" asked Yun Qianyue.

  "You're not feeling very well now? It'll be better after eating." said Rong Jing.

  Yun Shallow Moon heard the words and swallowed them. Thinking about these days of getting along, if this person wanted to harm her, he would have done so long ago, why wait until now? She naturally believed him. The medicine entered her mouth, and her dizzy head suddenly cleared up a bit, but her body was still soft and weak, leaning softly on Rong Jing's body, asking: "What's going on?"

  "It's still unclear now." Rong Jing shook his head.

  "Where is this place?" Yun Qian Yue asked again.

  "It should be the secret path of Xiangquan Mountain." Rong Jing said.

  Yun Qian's lips pursed, she remembered that one misstep had sent her tumbling down. Could it be true what Ye Tianqing said, that she had triggered a hidden mechanism? At the mention of Ye Tianqing, her tone turned chilly. "Is Ye Tianqing playing tricks on me? I feel like my whole body is drained of energy, even my martial arts skills seem to be useless."

  "Whether it's related to him is still under investigation." Rong Jing seemed to have glanced at Yun Shangyue, and said in a low voice: "Are you dizzy, feverish all over, and your internal energy scattered?"

  "Yes!" Yun Qian Yue nodded.

  "You might have been poisoned with an aphrodisiac!" Rong Jing said.

  "What's aphrodisiac? What thing?" Yun Shangyue had never heard of it, but the two words 'aphrodisiac' made her extremely sensitive.

  "It's the legendary Chunyiyao." Rong Jing replied after a moment of silence.

  It's just as she thought. No wonder she was weak and felt unbearably hot! Yun Shang Yue opened her eyes wide, but even in the darkness, she couldn't see Rong Jing's expression clearly. She immediately asked, "Is there a solution? Was that pill you took an antidote?"

  "No, the aphrodisiac is ineffective. The one just now was only a medicine to clear your mind, it won't have much effect. In no time, you will feel even more uncomfortable," said Rong Jingdao.

  "What's going on?" Yun Shangyue was somewhat stunned. When did she get infected with this thing? Rong Jing remained silent.

  Yun Shallow Moon only then remembered that she asked a man what to do, and the man could answer. Generally, the antidote for aphrodisiacs is men, so should they say "don't worry, I'll give you an antidote"? Her heart chilled immediately, and she dispelled this possibility. She didn't want to marry Rong Jing at all. Thinking that in modern times there are also aphrodisiacs, which are very overbearing, she had trained before, but back then it was Li Yun's body, whereas now it is Yun Shallow Moon's body - she didn't know how potent this aphrodisiac was or whether her current body could withstand it. She asked: "Is this medicine very overbearing?"

  "Hmm! This aphrodisiac is indeed the best among all these medicines." Rong Jing nodded.

  "If I endure it, won't I be able to get through it? What consequences will there be?" Yun Shangyue had just been feeling a slight fever, but now she started to feel her body burning with fire, indeed like the feeling of being poisoned by an aphrodisiac, and gritted her teeth to ask.

  "If it's not solved within two hours, you'll die with blood flowing from all seven orifices." said Rong Jingdao.

  What audacity! Yun Shangyue felt a chill in her heart despite the heat in her body. She angrily asked, "How could I have taken such a drug? Tell me, what are its properties and under what circumstances would one be poisoned?"

  "The aphrodisiac is made from the pollen of several extremely potent flowers. It has a history of over 100 years and was created by a notorious flower thief over a century ago. What's terrifying about it isn't its potency, which can cause someone who's been poisoned to die within two hours without relief, but rather that it uses an odorless and tasteless substance as the catalyst. Anyone who's been affected by this catalyst will be poisoned if they come into contact with any floral scent."

  "So you're saying I was affected by the aphrodisiac earlier, and then again by the pollen? Yun Shangyue was taken aback, thinking about what she had done today, and said to Rong Jing: "I didn't go anywhere today, just stayed at your place for a day, and then went back to my room. Later, I came to the South Mountain Prayer Tree, and before that, everything was fine. It wasn't until I took down the colored ribbons from the Prayer Tree that I started feeling unwell. The Prayer Tree is full of sachets and pouches with pollen inside. So you're saying I was affected by the aphrodisiac on the Prayer Tree?"

  "This kind of catalyst needs to be stained half a time before, and it will only work after colliding with pollen half a time later. So, judging from the time, you shouldn't have been infected by this catalyst in the Blessing Tree, but rather you were infected earlier and encountered pollen on the Blessing Tree that triggered it. Especially a kind of pollen called 'Emotion Flower' can even more stimulate the aphrodisiac catalyst inside your body, achieving the most intense effect, making you erupt instantly. So, you might as well think about when you got infected by that catalyst." said Rong Jingdao.

  Yun Shallow Moon furrowed her brow in thought, speaking as she pondered: "I was only at the Wishing Tree for about two cups of tea's worth of time, and it takes roughly that same amount of time to walk from Beishan Courtyard to the Wishing Tree. Adding those together still doesn't equal half an hour. Before returning to my own quarters after leaving your place, I hadn't gone out again - could it be that I was poisoned in my own home? Half a watch ago, I was indeed in my own quarters!"

  "That's probably it," said Rong Jing.

  "Who would harm me? Cai Lian? Ting Xue? Ting Yu? Ah, could it be my brother Yun Wu Han?" asked Yun Qian Yue.

  "Yun Shizi also fell for the aphrodisiac." Rong Jingdao said.

  "What?" Yun Qian Yue was shocked again, "You said he also took the aphrodisiac? So this is indeed a problem in my own house? So it's Cai Lian, Ting Xue, and Ting Yu who want to harm me? It would be easy for them to give him something like that."

  "This kind of thing is usually put into objects or water and swallowed. What did you eat or drink when you came back from my place?" asked Rong Jing.

  "I ate half a box of pastries that Cai Lian said were sent by Qing Wan Gongzhu. I drank a cup of tea." Yun Shangyue thought of the box of pastries, and she actually ate half of it, her heart felt cold.

  "Hmm, if it's not a problem with the pastry, then it must be a problem with the tea." Rong Jing nodded.

  Yun Qian Yue thought that Cai Lian, Ting Xue and Ting Yu were all innocent, and she had been very good to them, so they shouldn't harm her. If it was like this, then the problem lay with Qing Wan Gong Zhu's box of pastries. In her heart, she felt annoyed, "My maid couldn't possibly harm me. So it must be Qing Wan Gong Zhu. I have no grudge against her, why would she harm me? Isn't she fond of my brother? If she wants to marry my brother, why would she come and harm me? Is she out of her mind?"

  Rong Jing remained calm and said, "I sent Xuan Ge to your place to summon Yun Shizi. I knew you didn't want to return to the Cloud King's Manor, so I planned to stay with you at Lingtai Temple for a couple of days. But just as he arrived, you sent Cailian to tell me that you would be returning to the capital tomorrow. I thought it was unnecessary to mention it again. I was about to say that if you didn't want to see Master Ling Yin, then so be it - it's all about fate and can't be forced. But before I could say anything, I noticed Yun Shizi's expression was off, as if he had been affected by the aphrodisiac. I didn't expose him and simply let him leave after a few words. After Yun Shizi left, I also exited the room, planning to secretly follow him to see what was going on."

  "Then?" Yun Shangyue thought of her encounter with Yun Wuhanshen, who had just come out of the courtyard. No wonder it was so quick! It turned out that nothing had been said. Yun Wuhanshen wanted to take her to see Master Lingyin, but they hadn't walked a few steps when Qingwen Gongzhu's little maid came and said that Qingwen Gongzhu had fainted. She suddenly understood the reason, if Yun Wuhanshen was under the influence of the aphrodisiac, what good would it do to go to Qingwen Gongzhu? She hated to say: "It's really Qingwen Gongzhu this woman! Her scheming against my brother is still understandable. After all, after today and tomorrow, they will be going down the mountain. If they make progress, won't the Emperor arrange their marriage when they return to the capital? With my brother's wooden personality, if she misses her chance today, it will be even more difficult for her when they return to Beijing. But why is she scheming against me?"

  "It's not certain whether she has calculated you yet. The aphrodisiac is a prohibited drug, and it's not easy for the princess to obtain it. However, Princess Qingyuan often goes out of the palace, so it's not impossible that she got it." Rong Jing said in a warm voice: "I was secretly watching you and didn't notice anything unusual, and your personal hidden guard was also secretly protecting you. So, after Yun Shizi left, I thought about it and immediately followed him to Princess Qingyuan's place. I didn't go with you to the prayer tree. It seems that at that time, you had just been poisoned by the aphrodisiac, but I didn't notice it. If I had noticed it earlier, I would have had a way to stop you from being triggered."

  Yun Pian Yue thought that she had just eaten a pastry and hadn't digested it yet! It was normal not to notice. She asked, "What happened later? How did you go to Qing Wan Gong Zhu's place?"

  "Qingyuan Princess was also affected by the aphrodisiac," said Rong Jingdao.

  "Huh?" Yun Qianyue was taken aback. Had that woman also been affected by the aphrodisiac? She raised an eyebrow, "So to say my brother is helpless and can only die in battle?"

  "Fallen?" Rong Jing asked in confusion.

  "It's just that I can only sleep with her. Anyway, he took that medicine too, so it's just as well to get rid of it together." Yun Shangyue explained through gritted teeth. Just a moment ago, she was still feeling the flames burning her up, but in an instant, the big fire seemed to be about to engulf her, and only the place where she was pressed against Rong Jing's body felt slightly cooler.

  Rong Jing fell silent for a moment, shaking his head, "No. Your brother would rather die than use an aphrodisiac."

  "How can this be?" Yun Shangyue was stunned, somewhat disbelieving. "Princess Qingyan is not bad-looking! He's also a man, and he won't be at a disadvantage? Why didn't they just get married together?"

  "You seem to want Qing Wan as your sister-in-law?" Rong Jing asked back without answering.

  "It's not like I have a choice! Besides, even if she did marry someone, it would be my brother, not me. I don't care who becomes my sister-in-law, what business is it of mine?" Yun Qianyue said nonchalantly.

  "I don't understand why Yun Shizi didn't figure it out either. The princess has had a crush on him for years, everyone knows that. And although he showed resistance, he didn't reject her outright either. Now that their lives are at stake, I thought he would have resolved the aphrodisiac with the princess by now. But it seems I underestimated your brother." Rong Jing narrated calmly, "After he arrived at the princess's place, he saw that the princess wasn't actually unconscious, but was instead pouring cold water on herself, her clothes almost completely gone. She had lost all rationality. He discovered that the princess had been poisoned by the aphrodisiac. At the same time, he also discovered that he himself had been poisoned by the aphrodisiac."

  "What then?" asked Yun Qiu Yue.

  "Although Qing Wan Gongzhu was already confused, she still had a few wisps of consciousness left. Seeing him come, she naturally felt happy. Yun Shizi only asked the princess one question, asking if she wanted to find another man. The princess said no, she only wanted him. He said he wouldn't let her go. But he also wouldn't go find someone else to save her. So, the two people waited for death together." Rong Jingdao said.

  Yun Qianyue knew that Yun Wuhans was sometimes stubborn, but she didn't expect him to be so stubborn. Or did he dislike the princess to the point where he would rather die than explain? She couldn't help but admire her brother and asked again: "What happened next? Are they all dead?"

  "I waited for a while, watching Yun Shizi's determination solidify, truly willing to wait until death. Under helpless circumstances, I gave them the remaining two Tian Shan Snow Lotuses. The Tian Shan Snow Lotus is said to be cold in nature, able to dispel heat and arousal." Rong Jingdao said.

  "Didn't you say that the aphrodisiac was unbreakable? So there's an antidote after all? What about the Tian Shan Snow Lotus? Just give me one more and I'll be fine." Yun Qianyue's soft, fluffy hands seemed to suddenly gain strength as she grabbed onto Rong Jing's arm, "Hurry up and give it to me!"

  "I had only three Tian Shan Snow Lotuses when I came to Lingtai Temple. I gave one to you, and the remaining two were given to Yun Shizi and Qingyuan Princess to take. The Tian Shan Snow Lotus has grown for thousands of years in this world, with only two plants existing. One was obtained by Master Linyin, and the other was accidentally obtained by me. Master Linyin's Tian Shan Snow Lotus was divided into two portions ten years ago to save Yun Shizi and Nanliang Crown Prince. I made my Tian Shan Snow Lotus into a medicinal pill, and now the last two are used up. Where can we find more? It's impossible to find any in this world. That's why I said there is no antidote."

  Yun Qian Yue's face fell as soon as she heard the words, and she let go of her hand, angrily saying to Rong Jing: "Why did you save my brother? Why bother saving that Qing Wan princess too? Let her die for all I care."

  "Only saving your brother, if the princess had died, the princess was taken care of by your brother. Do you think she would still be alive if your brother could have saved her but didn't? In that case, why would I waste a Snow Lotus Pill?" asked Rong Jing.

  Yun Qian Yue thought about it and her anger dissipated, she wanted to cry but had no tears. Why was she so unlucky? She also complained: "That day I went up the mountain just to get rid of my carriage sickness, why did you give me such a precious Snow Lotus Pill for nothing? If I had kept it, it would definitely be useful now."

  "There are two powerful true energies within you that have a tendency to collide, if it weren't for the Snow Lotus Pill I gave you that day, how could your true energy be merged as it is today? You would probably have been blown up by the true energy and died long ago. How could you have waited until today?" Rong Jing raised an eyebrow.

  "So that's how it is, no wonder I felt the two air streams in my dantian merging comfortably these past two days!" Yun Shangyue suddenly lost her energy and said resentfully: "Am I really going to have to wait until I die? Damn it!"

  Rong Jing remained silent and didn't say a word.

  "How did you find this place?" Yun Shangyue asked again.

  "After rescuing Yun Shizi and Qing Wan Gongzhu from Qing Wan Gongzhu's place, I was worried about you, so I followed to take a look. However, when I arrived, it was already too late, just in time to see you and Qin Xiaojie, Taizi Dianxia falling down together, and I could only follow down as well." Rong Jingdao said.

  "It's a good thing you're here, can you help me shake off that annoying guy from Night Sky?" Yun Qianyue said.

  Rong Jing no longer spoke up.

  "How long has it been? This hole is actually so deep that it doesn't seem to have a bottom. If we fall, won't we be smashed into pulp? Forget it, no need to think about living anymore. This time, even if I don't have an episode, I'll still die from the fall." Only then did Yun Shangyue remember that after talking with Rong Jing for so long, her body seemed to still be falling. She immediately let out a sigh.

  "It's not always going down, but a smooth inclined surface. My feet can still touch the ground, you're being held by me, just didn't touch the ground. You couldn't hear any sound, couldn't see what's in front of you, naturally thought it was a free fall, actually it wasn't." Rong Jing seemed to have also let out a sigh, somewhat helplessly.

  "Oh, I suppose it's not fatal then." Yun Qianyue said.

  "It's not necessarily so. There seems to be a mechanism set up here, and if we're not careful, if we trigger the mechanism, I'm afraid we'll really die before you even have time to urge me on." Yun Jing shook his head.

  "How sad!" thought Yun Shallow Moon, thinking about the mechanism arrangement! She didn't know what kind of mechanism arrangement it was. She had once learned mechanism arrangement from a strange person and heard some interesting things. But she couldn't bear the increasing pain in her body, spat out three words, gritted her teeth, and said no more.

  Rong Jing also fell silent.

  "After a moment, Rong Jing spoke up again, 'We're at the end! Be careful!'"

  Yun Jian's spirit was barely lifted. Having stayed in the darkness for too long, she could now somewhat adapt to seeing things clearly before her eyes. As Rong Jing had said, she and he were indeed in a dark passageway with smooth walls on all four sides.

  She hadn't even had a chance to look carefully, when Rong Jing took her for a spin, and it seemed like she stepped on something. All of a sudden, there were several clear cracking sounds, and a huge force came rushing over. Her vision was filled with stars, and in an instant, her body made a 180-degree turn. Rong Jing's arm around her waist suddenly tightened, and the two of them hugged each other tightly, as they were sent flying out in one direction by that huge force.

  Yun Shallow Moon only felt a dizziness, her body being held by Rong Jing and rolling downwards. She seemed to hear Rong Jing grunt, probably because his body had collided with something. And she was surrounded by him in his arms, except for feeling dizzy, didn't collide with anything. Warmth in her heart. Unexpectedly, this black-hearted guy was still quite manly at the critical moment, knowing how to protect a woman.

  About the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, they heard another loud noise, as if a door had opened. The two bodies rolled in with the force and rolled several times before coming to a stop.

  Yun Shangyue's already muddled brain was now even more dizzy and disoriented. She remained silent in Rong Jinghuan's arms for half a day.

  Rong Jing also didn't make a sound for half a day, and after a while, he asked in a warm voice, "Are you okay?"

  "It's nothing, but there is a ghost!" Yun Shallow Moon calmly poked her head out of the painting, just opening her eyes, and felt a wave of dust flavor rushing into her nose, she couldn't help but let out several big sneezes.

  "We're safe for now." Rong Jing said to Yun Qian Yue.

  The cloud shallow moon leaned against the soft and fluffy body, squinting her eyes to size up what was in front of her. All she saw was a large hall about ten feet square, with many Buddha statues enshrined on it. The Buddha statues, the ground, and the walls were all covered with a thick layer of dust, apparently no one had swept for a long time. She and Rong Jing were lying on the ground in front of the Buddha statue, their bodies rolled in dirt, and they were surrounded by swirling dust, which made her feel uncomfortable. Except for the Buddha statues and the smooth walls on all sides, there was nothing else. Where did she hear the sound of opening doors and gates? She furrowed her brow and asked Rong Jing, "What is this place? Do you know?"

  "It's probably the Buddhist hall under Lingtai Temple!" Rong Jing looked at what was in front of him, his slender eyebrows furrowed.

  Yun Qian nodded slightly when she heard the words, and although it seemed that she and Rong Jing had gone very far, they probably couldn't roll out of Xiangquan Mountain. Now there is a Buddhist hall here again, and without a doubt, it is still in Lingtai Temple. However, judging from the dusty situation here, it is estimated to be an abandoned Buddhist hall. The dust on the ground and the Buddha statue wouldn't have accumulated to such a degree if it weren't for at least ten or eight years.

  "Where did we come from?" Yun Shangyue looked at the scene in front of her, except for the gray dust marks on the ground that they had rolled over, there were no other signs anywhere. She asked Rong Jing.

  "Behind the Buddha statue!" Rong Jing said.

  Yun Shallow Moon nodded slightly, at this moment she felt her body was hot as if it was about to explode, she didn't say another word and bit her teeth to endure.

  Rong Jing turned his head to look at Yun Shang Yue, and saw that her small face was flushed with an abnormal redness. The redness was like a flood, as if it would engulf her entire person. At this moment, even without touching her body, he could still feel the heat emanating from her, just like a furnace. He slightly furrowed his brow, pursed his lips and looked at her.

  Yun Shallow Moon's hands were clenched tightly, almost to the point of tearing her palms apart. In her past life, she had never had a boyfriend, let alone any intimate contact with men. The closest she had come was during training camp when they all slept together in a pile, but that was just camaraderie among comrades - what romance could there be? Now, being asked to use a man as an antidote was something she couldn't do. So, she could only rely on her strong willpower, honed over twenty years of training, to resist. If she could resist successfully, then she would have won; once she got out, she would definitely investigate who had harmed her and make that person wish they were dead. If she couldn't hold out, it would just mean that the person who had harmed her had won, and forget about revenge.

  Thinking of this, she closed her eyes and said to Rong Jing: "You go further away, okay?"

  The scenery remained still, he just kept looking at her.

  "Do you know that right now, you're like a Tian Shan snow lotus or a plate of steamed fish with hibiscus, making me want to devour you? When I can't hold back and want to pounce on you, don't regret it." Yun Shangyue almost spat out the words.

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing responded lightly, but his body remained still.

  Yun Shallow Moon could only force herself to move away from him, but after taking two steps, she didn't want to take another step. She could only clench her fists tightly, trying to drive out the chaotic thoughts with pain.

  "Be careful not to scratch your hands." Rong Jing stuffed two handkerchiefs into Yun Qianyue's hands, and without seeing how much strength he used, Yun Qianyue's tightly clenched fists relaxed. He took a glance at the several red marks on her palms and put one handkerchief in each of her hands.

  Yun Shallow Moon clutched the handkerchief tightly, but her heart couldn't help but linger on the refreshing sensation that had just passed through her palm when Rong Jing touched her. It was such a shock to her heart that she almost wanted to throw away the handkerchief and grab his hand immediately. She silently recited, "The person in front of me is not a beauty, but a rascal... yes, Ling Yin's rascal, I don't have feelings for rascals, especially old rascals..."

  With this thought, the faint idea that had suddenly risen disappeared without a trace, and she let out a light breath.

  She thought she was muttering to herself, but didn't realize that her voice had already escaped, although it was small, it was very clear. Especially when Rong Jing heard it clearly. The expression on Rong Jing's face at that moment was extremely good-looking.

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