Hua Rou lay quietly on the bed reading a book, and as she read, a warm smile spread across her face.

  Although I was bullied and punished today, I didn't expect Mu Da Ge, Liu Er Shixiong and Tang Ji Shixiong to stand up for me. The Tang Sect indeed has some bad people, but there are also good people!

  If I can stay with them at Tongmen in the future, it's not bad either!

  Hua Rou's gaze fell on the medicine bottle beside her hand, she picked it up and opened it to take a sniff.

  It's actually Golden Elixir! It should be... Master left it here!

  Hua Rou thought for a moment and then poured out one to eat, before continuing to read her book.

  "She actually prepared an antidote?"

  Hua Rou was taking medicine for her golden wound, but her son Zi Qi stared at her with a different opinion.

  "Sister, don't you think Hua Rou's life is quite tough? " Zi Hua muttered with a slumped shoulder: "The family business has been bothering her, but she remains unscathed. I've tried to poison her several times before, but nothing happened to her. Now, this girl even has an antidote ready, I think it's hopeless to try poisoning her again!"

  "Not necessarily!"

  Zi Qi said and went to the dressing table, took out a hairpin.

  The child drew back and saw, rushing forward in surprise: "Sister, you're not going to use this, are you? This is what the master told you to keep by your side for..."

  "Don't remind me!" Ziqi handed the hairpin to Zi Hua: "This poison is incurable, I wonder how long she can live!"

  ……

  Meng Zhi-xiang knew that the last escape route of Qi Wang was behind Tou Tuo Mountain, so he sent people to search for him. As a result, within a radius of ten miles below the cliff, Meng's soldiers disguised as farmers were searching everywhere.

  "We've all been searching for over ten days and haven't even found a shadow of the person. Could it be that the information was wrong?"

  "The master said, 'If you're alive, you must be seen by people; if you're dead, you must be seen as a corpse. If not, don't think about leaving this Mount Tuo!'"

  "Alas, searching and searching... I don't even know why we're going to so much trouble to find a King of Chu."

  "That's our old master's business, not yours or mine..." The old soldier who was speaking suddenly stopped and sniffed hard with his nose: "Do you smell it? The stench of corpses."

  Several soldiers heard the sound and immediately gathered around the old soldier, sniffing hard, then excitedly sniffed the stench deeper.

  Parting the tall grass, they charged forward at a rapid pace. The stench grew more nauseating, but it also gave them hope of ending their hardships.

  After running about half a mile, they finally saw two highly decomposed bodies.

  "Ugh..."

  The stench was unbearable, and everyone quickly pulled out handkerchiefs and dried ginger slices to cover their mouths and noses or hold them in their mouths as they approached the corpse for examination.

  Two corpses, one lying flat on the ground and the other half-turned over, both severely decomposed.

  As they carefully turned over the rotting corpses, they were suddenly speechless, because the faces of the two corpses could no longer be identified.

  "Ah yo! This face is rotten!"

  "This is also, face all been snake ants corroded... how to recognize ah?"

  "Take a look and see if there's anything that can identify him?"

  Several people started searching and soon someone found some iron coins: "Iron coins, this person is from Chu State."

  "Look! What I've found!" someone exclaimed as they pulled out a jade hairpin from the waistband of the corpse.

  ……

  A bottle of medicine was placed on the table, and Tang He sat down opposite Mu Junwu with a look of displeasure.

  "I told you on your first day here, people in the government office should focus solely on their work and not interfere with other departments. Why did you have to... Ah!"

  "My disciple is just telling the truth."

  Tang He's eyes widened as he stared at him: "You're so clever, yet you still dare to bring someone to the forbidden area? You must be speaking up for that Hua Rou!"

  I calmly said: "Hua Rou and I are together."

  "It's better not to stick out your head for others, lest you invite trouble."

  "Right or wrong?" Mu Junwu raised his head and met Tang He's gaze: "What right or wrong?"

  Tang He was about to respond, but suddenly seemed to think of something and glanced at Mu Jun: "Right or wrong is just trouble, trouble is right or wrong! Let's just have less contact with other departments!"

  Tang He finished speaking and stood up to leave, but Mu Junwu sneered: "Aren't you a Tang Sect member?"

  "Ridiculous! How could I, with the surname Tang, not be a member of the Tang Sect?"

  "Having already entered the Tang Gate, is it really wise to cover one's eyes and ears and refuse to leave?"

  Tang He's eyes widened: "You......"

  "Master, I'm not blind."

  Tang He's face flashed with some inexplicable colors, he measured Mu Junwu, as if guessing, as if hesitating, his expression was tangled.

  I saw the situation and stood up to clarify: "If the Tang Sect is split by different minds, even if we withdraw from the matter, we will still be affected."

  Tang He let out a sigh, then reached out and patted Mu Junwu's arm: "You're naturally clever, many things can't be hidden from you. But as for the matters of our sect, there's no need for you to worry, the Sect Master has his own ways of keeping everything stable."

  "Is it the power of the Gate Master? Is Master talking about the Hidden Weapons Room and the Soul-Taking Room?"

  Tang He snorted: "Don't worry about it, stop worrying!"

  Tang He turned around and left, but when he reached the door, he suddenly turned his head back to look at Mu Junwu: "I'm asking... what is your relationship with Hua Rou?"

  "Mind your own business, why bother?"

  Tang He was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled: "I'm really too indulgent with you... never mind! Let it be!"

  Tang He Zhi left, Mu Jun Wu slowly walked to the window, looked outside with a solemn expression, then reached into his clothes and pulled out that handkerchief, unfolding it.

  "A calamity that can kill you is approaching, prevent it. Leave Shu and rely on the Pearl Flower to find the Tang Gate, then you can ensure your safety and establish a good fate."

  Admiring you, I look at this line of words, and the solemn expression on my face has turned into a sneer.

  You brought me to Tangmen, but I'm afraid it's not to help me, but rather... to get rid of me?

  I will gently wipe away my tears with a handkerchief, gaze out the window at the thin wisps of cloud floating in the sky like light silk, and suddenly think of someone - his mother, Chen Zhaoyi.

  "Chen Zhaoyi, how did you come again......"

  Dan Qing had just come out of the palace when she saw Chen Zhaoyi waiting outside.

  As the mother of a missing prince, Chen Zhaoyi's attire was simple and unadorned, without any ostentation. Perhaps it was because Prince Qi's disappearance had left his fate uncertain, making it difficult for her to rest easy. Her beautiful eyes, which once shone brightly, now only showed anxiety and unease, and her previously radiant complexion had withered away.

  "Miss Dan Qing, I've come for several days now, and all I ask is to see Princess De in person. Please make it happen."

  Chen Zhaoyi said as she grabbed Dan Qing's hand and moved the bangle from her own wrist to Dan Qing's.

  Dan Qing lowered her head to take a look at the bangle, which was as white as condensed milk and of excellent quality. She immediately sighed: "It's not that I don't want to, but you should know the princess's temper. At this moment she is resting, how dare I disturb her?"

  Chen Zhaoyi gritted her teeth and said: "Then I'll wait here, when she gets up, please trouble Danqing to inform me."

  "It's all right, it can't be helped." Dan Qing said and turned back to the palace. Chen Zhaoyi's personal maid Cui'er tugged at her mistress's arm: "Concubine, are you going to wait again?"

  Chen Zhaoyi nodded.

  "But we've been waiting for several days, and Empress De still doesn't care about us!"

  "That's also got to wait, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will have to wait."