Fifteen days remaining.
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"Where are you taking me?" Yi Yun Muchen asked, looking at Bei Gong Jue Shi, who was holding her hand.
"Let me take you to see my master, then we'll go back to Wudang Mountain!" Bei Gong Jue Shi turned around, his eyes filled with affection. "Are you tired? If you are, I'll carry you."
"Hold me." She smiled. "Your carrying me is making my skin ache."
"Okay." Bei Gong Jue Shi looked at her, then picked her up and held her tightly, not letting her leave.
"Why are you so good to me, but you don't even ask me about the lie I told you before?" Unable to resist, Yi Yun Muchen still asked.
“Because I’ve figured out a lot.” He lowered his head and gently kissed her forehead. “I can’t give you much, and you happen to be willing to be with me, so what more could I ask for? You’ve had a tough time, so why should I hold onto the past? All you did was for your brother, but in the end, he treated you like this. Am I supposed to be a beast?”
Yi Yun Muchen looked at him, smiled at him with a face full of happiness, but after thinking for a moment, she still said, "My brother has had a hard life. Actually, I've never understood why he turned out this way. He used to spoil me so much, otherwise, I wouldn't have gone through so many hardships to find him."
"Hmm." His brows relaxed.
"Let's go sit over there." Walking in this woods, the winter sun felt a bit warm, and I was worried he might get tired.
"I'll listen to you, my wife," Bei Gong Jue Shi said, gently putting her down and placing her on the stone.
Yi Yunmu looked at him and said, "I'm not married to you yet!"
"What do you mean you didn't marry me?" Bei Gong Jue Shi's face turned cold. "When we get to the mountain, I'll give you a wedding ceremony."
"You said it." Yi Yun Muchen smiled, but after smiling, she said, "Actually, I don't need any wedding. I'm yours now, so I'm yours. Before, I was a princess, but I had no freedom at all. Even my marriage was arranged by my father and uncles. What could I do? Fortunately, I met you. This must really be fate."
“Of course.” Bei Gong Jue Shi pulled her into his arms. “I am not the second son of the king, and you are not a princess of the Western Regions. We are just two ordinary husband and wife, and that is enough.”
"Yes." Yi Yunmu nestled happily in his arms.
He gently played with the ends of her hair, then kissed them on his nose.
Yi Yunmu Chen laughed and said, "You're a strangely reserved person."
Bei Gong Jue Shi smiled and shook his head, then kissed her lips. She couldn't help but follow him.
Unexpectedly, a sudden spasm ran through her abdomen! "Ah! It hurts! Jue Shi, save me!" Yi Yun Muchen's forehead was covered in sweat as she clutched her lower abdomen.
"What happened?" Bei Gong Jue Shi suddenly cupped her face in his hands, noticing that her complexion had turned deathly pale. "Have you been poisoned?"
"No... I won't be poisoned or infected by a curse." She shook her head with difficulty.
He held her in his arms, his hand resting on her lower abdomen, channeling his inner energy into her. These past few days with her had drained a considerable amount of his own energy, leaving him somewhat depleted. But if it could save her, he would absolutely not hesitate to give even a fraction of his own!
"It's no use, it's no use." Yi Yunmu frowned. "I understand, I understand!"
"What do you understand?" His face was full of tension, and he tightened his grip, pulling her closer to him.
"The aphrodisiac he gave me contained a golden thread. When I had intercourse with you, that golden thread was placed on my body. You want too much from me, and even though I'm immune to all poisons, I can't neutralize that golden thread!" She didn't care about the explicitness of her words; she just wanted to tell him what was going on. After all, she was already his woman now that she was with him!
Bei Gong Jue Shi felt a chill in his heart. "I'll take you to him! Damn it, I'll never let him get away with this!"
“You can’t beat him, I can see that, Jue Shi, he’s changed.” Tears streamed down Yi Yun Muchen’s face. “I can’t let you go back, please don’t take me back.”
"Don't speak. I know what he's thinking. You're just a pawn to him. As long as you're alright, what's wrong with me being a pawn?" He stopped talking, immediately picked her up, and ran towards the underground palace.
She secretly took out a small medicine bottle from her bosom. Bei Gong Jue Shi was shocked and immediately stopped. "What are you doing!" He grabbed her hand and snatched the small medicine bottle away. Upon looking at it, he saw the words "Heartbreak Pill" written on it. His face darkened instantly. "What are you doing!"
“I can’t drag you down. I don’t want you as a pawn. No.” Yi Yun Muchen looked at him. “Give it to me. Perhaps my cultivation in this life is not enough, and Heaven cannot let me become your wife.”
"No, listen to me. I will definitely heal you. We will be together, and have many children together. Please don't treat me like this. Cherish this, and I will cherish it too." Bei Gong Jue Shi stuffed the Heartbreak Pill into his bosom, thought for a moment, and then threw it on the ground, not giving her any chance to have any reason to be suicidal.
"Mu Chen, don't leave me, okay?" he whispered, placing a deep kiss on her forehead.
"Okay." She nodded through her tears.
When they arrived at the underground palace, it was already deserted.
Bei Gong Jue Shi was almost insane. Looking at the person in his arms, he was covered in cold sweat. He could no longer remain calm. He placed her on the stone bed and immediately began to channel his internal energy into her body.
Suddenly, when he released her, her complexion improved somewhat. She nestled in his arms, holding his hand, and said, "Don't waste it. It's useless."
“It’s useful. Don’t say anything useless.” He wiped the cold sweat from her forehead with his sleeve. “I want you to live forever, to live a healthy and strong life, you understand?”
"I understand." Yi Yunmu Chen couldn't help but shed tears.
He gently wiped away the tears with his hand and changed the subject, "Did your older brother tell you anything?"
"He wants me to concoct Gu poison. He should be going back to the Western Regions," Yi Yun Muchen recalled. "He wants to reclaim the throne."
"Is the throne all he cares about?"
“I don’t know. It seems that he still has someone in his heart, so he has to do it,” Yi Yunmu Chen said. “I accidentally saw that he had a crystal ball before, and it showed a woman, but I don’t know her.”
"Alright, let's go find him quickly! I accept it." Bei Gong Jue Shi tidied her up and helped her change into clean, dry clothes. "Let's go."
Yi Yun Muchen felt so warm in his arms.
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That afternoon, Zhu'er was watching the third-class maids work outside the courtyard when, unexpectedly, Tie Feng suddenly appeared at the entrance of Xinyuan Garden, beckoning to her and asking her to come over.
Zhu'er looked around and, seeing that the head maid was not there, instructed the maids to take care of things in the courtyard before walking over. "Brother Tie? What's wrong?"
“Here, someone delivered this letter, saying they must personally deliver it to Miss. Be careful when giving it to her, I can’t go in right now.” Tie Feng said, taking out a letter from his pocket and leaning forward to whisper, “You must make sure to coax Miss out. It was sent by Prince Nan. You’ve probably felt something strange about what’s been happening lately, right? Do as instructed…” He muttered for a while longer when no one was around.
Pearl nodded, "Yes." She took the letter, smiled at him, and revealed her two canine teeth.
Tie Feng smiled and stood a little further away, looking quite honest and simple.
Zhu'er went in to deliver the message, and only then did Tie Feng leave.
Ji Wushang opened the letter, only to find it asked him to go to the September Pavilion? What for? There was absolutely no way he could go now, right? If he were to go, he would have to give Ji Dingbei some excuse.
It's not very difficult.
Should he go or not? Ji Wushang hesitated. Zhu'er stepped forward and said, "Miss, whose letter is it? Let Zhu'er take a look."
"What do you know, you little hussy?" Ji Wushang looked at her and immediately put the letter away.
"Did the young master ask you to go out for a bit?" Zhu'er asked with a smile. There was no one else around, so she could tease her a little.
"What kind of son-in-law are you talking about!" Ji Wushang's face immediately showed displeasure, but upon hearing the word "son-in-law," he felt a little excited!
“It’s Prince Nan!” Zhu’er said. “Miss, if it really is him, then you can go without worry! I think there won’t be any surprises. Now that your wedding is getting closer, it would be nice for us to go and choose some decent hairpins or bracelets!” Zhu’er spoke eloquently, and her playful manner was extremely endearing.
Ji Wushang pondered, "Don't talk about 'son-in-law' so loudly, I'm not married yet!"
"yes."
"What you said actually makes sense, but I still feel a little uneasy."
"What's the panic?" Zhu'er stepped forward. "It's because you feel panicked, Miss, that you're panicking. Why don't you go out for a walk to clear your head? It's better than staying here in Xinyuan and panicking all the time."
"Alright!" Ji Wushang breathed a sigh of relief. "Go tell my father and mother that I'm going out for a walk, and I'll have Tiefeng come with me!"
"Yes!" Pearl was overjoyed.
Once outside, Ji Wushang, sitting in the carriage, felt as if he were rediscovering the sky. Looking at the azure horizon, he felt even happier.
The carriage moved slowly, which added a touch of leisure.
Ji Wushang looked at the things here and then at the things there. The vendors around him were busy with their own business, and no one paid any attention to Ji Wushang.
September Tower wasn't too far away. Ji Wushang quickly turned several streets and was about to arrive at September Tower when, unexpectedly, several people suddenly rushed out!
Ji Wushang was shocked, and Tie Feng immediately shouted for the guards to go forward, "Quickly, protect the young lady!"
But those people clearly didn't intend to do anything to Ji Wushang; on the contrary, many of them were simply blocking the Iron Guards' path! The Iron Guards, seeing that they were all unarmed civilians, all looked at Tie Feng, who noticed them and ordered, "Drive them away!"
Is this what they're talking about?
Seeing this, Zhu'er immediately jumped off the carriage. Since they were just commoners and wouldn't threaten her life, she went forward to help drive them away, shouting, "What are you doing here! Get out of the way, my young lady needs to get going!"
Seeing that they were just ordinary people, Ji Wushang didn't think much of it and said, "Don't hurt them!" He had no idea why these people had suddenly appeared!
Just then, a small stone suddenly shot out from some unknown corner and hit the neck of the horse pulling the carriage, Ji Wushang! Startled, the horse kicked its front hooves into the air, and before Ji Wushang could react, he was thrown into the carriage!
The horse, startled, suddenly bolted forward and galloped wildly! Ji Wushang was thrown around, feeling dizzy and disoriented. He struggled to his feet and managed to sit up again, but the crazed horse became even more rampant, charging and crashing about in all directions!
Those around were all astonished and scattered in all directions.
But from some unknown direction, Nan Xuzong actually led the horses here alone using golden thread!
Ji Wushang was surprised, looking at Nan Xuzong riding the horse. In this situation, it seemed like he had seen it before! What was going on!
"Quick, Wu Shang! Give me your hand!" Nan Xuzong was sweating profusely. Her mad horse was charging forward, while he was driving his carriage so that it was running alongside hers!
"I..." she stammered.
"Quick, give me your hand!" Nan Xuzong stretched out a hand and shouted at her.
The two carriages had already sped out of sight of the people around them and were heading towards a more distant place!
Tie Feng and Zhu'er exchanged a glance and slowly withdrew everyone. Then, they suddenly rushed after the place where Ji Wushang and the others had disappeared.
The onlookers looked at each other in bewilderment, feeling that the matter was too strange and too urgent, and they were too anxious to see what was going on!
Ji Wushang looked at the outstretched hand. His golden thread was still wrapped in his palm, and some blood had even seeped out because he had used the golden thread to lead the horse!
Ji Wushang was suddenly startled.
"Quick!" Nan Xuzong said one last time, pulling out the golden thread. Seeing her pulled into his arms, he smiled, "That was close!"
She was startled, but nestled in his arms, she felt a sense of security she had never felt before. "That horse..." She turned her head and saw Nan Xuzong's golden thread strike the horse's neck again. Instantly, the horse seemed to have suffered a severe injury and collapsed to the ground!
Ji Wushang was greatly shocked.
"It's alright, don't worry." Nan Xuzong couldn't hide the smile on his lips, his hand tightly gripping her waist. "That was close, you know, Wushang? Last time, I was really worried to death. That was only the second time I saw you, but I never expected that you would be kidnapped by bad guys. I had to use Jin Si to save you. This time, I never expected that the horse would be frightened again!"
"So, have you found out who that villain is?" Ji Wushang didn't know how to answer, so he could only ask this. Just now, he really did see such a scene, but his head started to hurt again!
“I couldn’t find it, but I will.” Nan Xuzong looked at her. “Now that we’re out, I’ll take you to a good place.”
"This, I'm afraid..."
"No need to worry." Nan Xuzong pulled the rope even tighter and drove the carriage out of the city!
Ji Wushang couldn't move at all because the space and the wheelchair were too narrow. When she tried to struggle to get down, he pressed her into his arms and said, "Be good, don't move."
That tone... it's so familiar!
Ji Wushang took a deep breath and could only quietly stay in his arms. Looking up, he saw him staring straight ahead, his gaze piercing and his expression serene. His Adam's apple bobbed up and down with each breath.
For a moment, Ji Wushang was truly captivated by his handsome appearance, and his hand almost reached out to touch the place that was moving from time to time!