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I felt dizzy and could only hold Ye Feng tightly. Before I could speak, the men in black attacked Ye Feng and me. I never expected to encounter men in black in broad daylight in Longzhou. They were clearly prepared, and it seemed that I had no guards on my side except for Ye Feng.

A sudden panic gripped my heart. The scene of Hong'er leaving flashed through my mind, and my heart clenched. I thought that the guards Qinglin had assigned to my side and who obeyed my orders should be nearby, so I hurriedly shouted, "Mu Mo, protect Cui'er and get out of here first!"

I don't want Cui'er to follow in Hong'er's footsteps; I can't accept such an outcome!

When the four men in blue appeared, I visibly breathed a sigh of relief. Ye Feng, with me by his side, fought against them all, but because of me, they were in grave danger. As Mu Mo and the others appeared, several more men in black also appeared. Mu Mo and the others were too busy dealing with the latter to help Ye Feng.

Looking at the situation, I was even more shocked. These men in black were highly skilled and seemed to be experts. Ye Feng could barely handle three or four of them because he had to take care of me, but he was clearly struggling to deal with six or seven of them.

The men in black quickly surrounded Ye Feng and me, while Mu Mo and the others were unable to break free. Ye Feng held me close, repeatedly exposing himself to the enemy's swords in an attempt to protect me from injury. I buried my face in Ye Feng's chest, and my left hand, which was gripping the back of his shirt, clearly felt a warm liquid sliding down the back of my hand, wetting the shirt I was clutching tightly.

He was injured, yet he didn't utter a single groan! He must have known I was protected by the silk armor, but when danger struck, he still unhesitatingly shielded me with his body. I wanted to speak, to tell him not to push himself, that it was better for me to be captured alone than for both of us to be captured, so he could immediately send word to get help. But when I opened my mouth, I suddenly found myself unable to make a sound, and my head began to feel heavy.

The men in black were clearly prepared. My target was definitely me, the three of us – Cui'er, Ye Feng, and I. Why? Why? Old Man Yun only suddenly agreed to let me leave the manor this afternoon, and this happened the moment I stepped outside. Could there be a connection? I felt a mix of emotions, unable to find the answer, and afraid to know it. The number of men in black around me gradually decreased, but my left hand, gripping Ye Feng's clothes, grew increasingly sticky and damp.

"Close your eyes and let go." Night Wind's voice came from beside me. I did as he said and closed my eyes tightly. Without hesitation, I let go. Night Wind tightened his grip on my waist, and I felt a powerful force on my body. Then I felt like I was being lifted into the air. I couldn't help but open my eyes and saw that I was flying towards a tree in front of me. As I flew, I fell down, as if I wouldn't be able to reach the tree before crashing to the ground.

No sooner said than done, a gray figure suddenly darted towards me from the side, a cold blue light flashing in his hand—it was Xiao Bai! Something binding my waist seemed to vanish abruptly. Looking down, I was startled to see a long black belt falling to the ground even faster than my body. Then, my wrist tightened; a split second before I hit the ground, someone pulled me away. After a moment of dizziness, I desperately turned my head towards Ye Feng's direction, and there he was, his black robes loosely draped over his body, fluttering and leaping with his movements. Among the several entangled black figures, he was clearly discernible.

I gritted my teeth, turned my head away, and let Xiaobai lead me away from here. Yefeng held off the man in black, so Xiaobai led me smoothly deeper into the alley. I didn't dare to look back until the sounds of swords and spears were completely far away. I believed that as long as Yefeng wasn't a burden, he would be fine, and Cui'er and Mumo would definitely escape safely.

Xiao Bai didn't stop. As if he had been prepared all along, he pulled me onto a tall horse that had appeared out of nowhere and galloped forward. My mind was full of questions, but I still couldn't speak. I could only hold on to the horse's reins tightly, hoping that if I could leave this place of trouble like this and never have to deal with these annoying things again, it might not be such a bad thing.

Clouds Drunk and the Moon Slightly Sleeping (Revised Edition) Volume Four: A Hidden Sorrow and Resentment Arise from Doubts about the Imperial Edict

Chapter word count: 8037 Update time: 08-12-24 12:57

The will is doubtful

About an hour later, Xiao Bai finally stopped. I opened my eyes and saw a bamboo and wooden house in the style of a traditional courtyard house, seemingly built halfway up a mountain, surrounded by lush green trees. Xiao Bai reached out his hand, and after a slight hesitation, I helped him down from the horse, a mix of emotions welling up inside me. The day Xiao Bai kidnapped me and handed me over to Zhang De, he turned and left. At that time, I was under the influence of some kind of muscle-relaxing drug and couldn't speak. Today, we met again, and he had saved me, yet I still couldn't speak.

He didn't speak for a moment, only giving me a complicated look before lowering his head and walking towards the wooden house. I silently followed behind him, watching as his once short, uneven hair had grown several inches longer, past his shoulders and down his back, yet still draped loosely and without a trace of trimming. I glanced around at our surroundings. The open space in the middle of the courtyard house was large, devoid of any flowers, plants, or trees. We crossed the open space and stopped in front of the small wooden house in the very center, without encountering anyone.

"You should rest for a bit, dinner will be ready soon." He reached out and pushed open the door, watching me go in while he stood outside, speaking in his usual slightly cold voice.

I turned and looked straight at him without saying a word. He quickly looked away, his eyes lowered, his cold expression showing a momentary hesitation. He stood there for a while, then suddenly walked up to me as if he had made a decision and said softly, "Take off the Phoenix Orchid Jade Pendant first."

I took a step back in shock, staring in disbelief at the person in front of me, clutching my collar so tightly I could hardly breathe. The Phoenix Orchid Jade Pendant—the Phoenix Orchid Jade Pendant the fox had just put back on me a few days ago. How did Xiao Bai know about it? He made me get the Phoenix Orchid Jade Pendant; he must know its secret.

A flicker of hesitation crossed his eyes as he looked at me, but he lowered them slightly in an instant and then walked towards me step by step.

I screamed "No!" in my heart as I hurriedly ran out, wanting to leave this house, to leave this place. I'd only taken a couple of steps when Xiaobai stopped me. Xiaobai made me take off the Phoenix Orchid Jade Pendant, clearly trying to prevent the fox from finding me. What was he trying to do? I desperately tried to push him away, to pry his hand off my right, but I couldn't break free. Panicked, I lowered my head and bit down hard. A strong taste of blood filled my mouth, but his hands remained still. A string snapped in my heart, and I released my grip. Tears quickly filled my eyes and then fell in large drops. It felt like a long time ago, I had bitten someone like this before. Back then, Hong'er had just died, and we had barely escaped from the black-clad men's ambush. I cried out that I wanted to go back and bring Hong'er's body back. Yunhui and Yunyao didn't dare argue with me; only Xiaobai stopped me, forcing me to face reality, forcing me to calm down. But why, why has everything changed now?

Blood kept flowing from the back of my hand, but he didn't wipe it away or even try to bandage it to stop the bleeding. My right hand was still being held tightly by him. I reached out my left hand, trying to wipe the taste of blood from my mouth with my sleeve, and caught a glimpse of the bloodstains on my left hand. The warm liquid had clearly dried, but I could still feel it flowing down my hand. The night wind... My heart was filled with sorrow and pain, and I finally couldn't help but burst into tears.

Xiao Bai didn't let go or say anything until I was exhausted from crying. Only then did he say coldly, "If you don't remove the jade pendant, I'll have to do it myself."

I looked up at him. He was still the same person, but he would never be the same person again. "Is Master worried that I would hurt you?" These were the last words he said when he kidnapped me last time, and the last time he called me Master, wasn't that it? Little Bai, perhaps from that moment on, he was just Long Yuhuang.

The Phoenix Orchid Jade Pendant was finally gone from me. No matter how much I struggled or resisted, or how I silently wept, Xiaobai remained unmoved. Perhaps he hesitated in his heart, but the outcome remained unchanged. I didn't say a word, because even if I opened my mouth, no sound would come out—a fact I think Xiaobai didn't realize. So when he brought the food into the room, faced with my silence, he simply chose to close the door and leave.

For a long time, I had a surreal feeling. Then I pushed open the door, and there stood Xiaobai outside. I closed the door again, opened the window, and there was a cliff outside. This surprised me greatly. When I came in, I thought this courtyard should be built halfway up the mountain. I didn't expect that the other side of my room was a cliff! I rummaged around for a while but found no secrets in the room. I slumped into a chair, thinking about the different possibilities of Xiaobai taking the Phoenix Orchid Jade Pendant.

As I began to realize something was wrong with my body, I collapsed to the ground, my entire body burning with an unusual fever, and I felt dizzy and lightheaded. I hadn't touched the food at all. Besides, if Xiao Bai wanted to tamper with it, it would have been easier to simply use acupressure or knock me unconscious. So why did this happen? The vividly shaped, bright red chrysanthemum cake suddenly flashed into my mind. How could such an aged face still have such clear eyes? At the time, I was only slightly surprised and hadn't been on guard at all!

Then came the coma. Occasionally, I would vaguely wake up amidst the burning pain, vaguely feeling as if two hands were pressed against my chest, magically transmitting a continuous stream of icy coldness to my body, which felt comforting. My thoughts were chaotic in the coma. The figures I had encountered here overlapped and appeared repeatedly: Fox, Qinglin, Xilan, Xiaobai, Yunfeng, Cui'er… I saw Hong'er again. I called out to her with tears in my eyes, but she suddenly turned her head, looked at me, a cold smile on her lips, and a hint of mockery and hatred in her eyes. That expression was so much like Xilan after she lost her memory!

A sharp pain shot through my chest, and I jolted open my eyes to find myself lying in bed. A person was sitting on the edge of the bed, eyes closed and head slightly bowed, as if resting or perhaps already asleep. It was Xiaobai! The scene before I lost consciousness flashed through my mind. It wasn't that I wasn't resentful, wasn't that I wasn't sad, wasn't that my heart ached.

"You're awake." He seemed to sense that I was awake, and looked up and opened his eyes, but his gaze went straight to the table in front of the bed, without turning to me.

I smiled bitterly. If my previous unconsciousness was due to that strange chrysanthemum cake, then I was almost certain that the owner of the hands that transmitted icy energy into my body during my semi-conscious state was Xiaobai. Saving me several times, and harming me more than once—it wasn't betrayal, it wasn't exploitation. If there was harm, it was I who harmed him first. My relationship with him is ultimately a murky one, a debt of right and wrong. Regardless of what I've done before, regardless of what Xiaobai is planning, I think there won't be only hatred and resentment left between us.

Perhaps because I remained silent, he finally turned his head, glanced at me quickly, and said coldly, "You've been unconscious for three days."

Three days! It's already been three days? I suddenly tried to get up, but a wave of dizziness washed over me, and I realized that I was so weak that even getting up was difficult.

"You'll have to stay in bed for a few more days; you won't get better anytime soon." He got up, reaching out as if to help me, but his hand froze in mid-air before finally letting go.

I looked up at him, my face full of confusion.

"You'll be alright. I'll go prepare some food." He didn't look at me, his gaze shifted for a moment, and as he spoke, his right hand, which was at his side, unconsciously clenched into a fist. After speaking, he turned and left the room.

"You'll be alright?" Xiao Bai's words, the expression on his face when he said that... Could there be something wrong with my body? I lay in bed, my mind racing. After a long while, I saw him come in with a bowl, then sit back down on the edge of the bed. Without helping me up, he bent down, scooped up a spoonful of porridge, and without even blowing on it to cool it, brought it to my lips. I turned my head slightly and mouthed "hot," but as soon as I opened my mouth, he moved the spoon away and poured the entire bowl of porridge into my mouth.

Tears streamed down my face from the burn. I swallowed it too quickly, choking and coughing. Only then did Xiaobai belatedly realize he was more like murder than caring for someone. Slightly nervous, he placed the porridge on the bedside table, got up, and half-lifted me, grabbing the thin blanket from under the covers and tucking it behind my back. I leaned against the blanket, tears streaming down my face, glaring at him angrily, patting my chest with difficulty. It took me a long time to catch my breath, but my tongue still burned terribly; I was clearly badly burned, and everything I ate afterward would taste bland.

"I'm sorry." He looked at me with a rare hint of embarrassment, and after a long pause, he managed to utter those three words.

I laughed. Besides laughing, I didn't know what else I could do. Second Prince Long Yuhuang, it's obvious he can't take care of people. Am I a hostage now? Under house arrest? Why would he need to say those three words to me? Little Bai, he still cherishes our past relationship, he's still conflicted, isn't he?

I obediently drank the porridge, then looked at him seriously. Having made up my mind, I opened my mouth, pointed to my mouth, and made a few "ah ah" sounds.

"Can't speak?" Xiaobai looked at me with some disbelief, and her voice was not as cold as usual. When I nodded, she frowned slightly.

I held out my hand as if writing, indicating that I had something to say. He stared at me blankly for a long time, then turned and went out with a bowl. A moment later, he came back in with a pen, ink, and a few sheets of paper.

What did you do with the Fenglan jade pendant?

I struggled to write those words and handed him the paper. He read it but didn't reply. I smiled bitterly, picked up the pen, and wrote a few more words: Is there something wrong with my body? Is my life in danger?

I had barely finished writing when he snatched the paper away, clutched it tightly in his palm, and it turned to ashes a few seconds later.

I smiled and looked at Xiaobai's reaction. I was actually right. I felt a little relieved. This reaction was really strange to me. I raised my hand and slowly wrote four more words: For the imperial edict.

He stared intently at the words on the paper, saying nothing. I began to understand, and wrote again: "You don't need to worry. Given my situation, I can't escape even if I wanted to. Since you know about the Phoenix Orchid Jade Pendant, you must have already prepared to prevent them from finding me. I just want to know, if you wanted to use me to exchange for the imperial edict, why didn't you do so when you left the palace that day?"