Chapter 206 - 206 Eavesdropping

206 Eavesdropping

Yu Niaoniao turned to look at the man beside her, only to see him staring at the carriage without moving.

It was as if he could see through the carriage.

Yu Niaoniao was surprised and could not help but ask.

“Do you have X-ray vision?”

Xiao Juan did not understand what X-ray vision was.

But he could guess what Yu Niaoniao was thinking. He pointed to his ear.

“My five senses are naturally sharper than those of an ordinary person. Although I can’t see into the carriage, I can hear the voices inside.”

Yu Niaoniao could not help but widen her eyes. He could hear it from so far away. His hearing was too strong!

In order not to disturb Xiao Juan, Yu Niaoniao did not take the initiative to speak again. She sat quietly for a while, feeling bored and wanting to find something to kill time.

She picked up a tuft of Xiao Juan’s hair and began to braid it. Soon she had woven a thin braid.

In order to make the braid more beautiful, she also picked a few small flowers from the tree and inserted them into the braid.

Before long, Duan Nian’er emerged from the carriage.

She first looked around to make sure that there was no one around before walking back quickly.

After she left, Xiao Juan left with Yu Niaoniao.

They returned to the vicinity of the tent.

Xiao Juan did not notice the change in his hairstyle. He asked Yu Niaoniao to hurry back to sleep.

Yu Niaoniao was unwilling. She had come out in the middle of the night to look for the chamber pot, but she had yet to find it.

Xiao Juan had no choice but to accompany her to the carriage to get the chamber pot.

Yu Niaoniao had been holding it in for too long. She settled it with a chamber pot in the carriage. When she was done, she let out a long breath and felt relieved.

She put away the chamber pot and opened the door and windows to let in some air. Then she jumped down from the carriage. She said to Xiao Juan in embarrassment.

“There’s a smell in the car. You can go back to the carriage and sleep later.”

Xiao Juan nodded in understanding. He said, “I’ll send you back.”

They headed for the tent.

Yu Niaoniao could not help but ask curiously.

“Did you hear what Duan Nian’er said just now?”

Xiao Juan had nothing to hide from her and calmly repeated the conversation he had heard.

The first thing he had heard was that Duan Hanyi and Madam Zhao were not Duan Nian’er’s parents. They only called each other by their names in private. From their tone, Duan Nian’er should be the leader of the three.

The second was that Duan Hanyi and Madam Zhao had been poisoned.

The reason for the poisoning was ridiculous. It was actually because they had eaten the food and wine that Shen Xu had sent over.

Yu Niaoniao could not help but look surprised.

“Could it be that Shen Xu knows everything? Is he actually pretending to be weak?”

Xiao Juan knew Shen Xu’s character very well. With his intelligence, he was definitely not pretending to be weak.

“It’s probably just a coincidence.”

Duan Nian’er gave the antidote to Duan Hanyi and Madam Zhao, and the poison in their bodies was resolved.

As for the three things, they were about their next plan.

Duan Nian’er originally wanted to lure Xiao Juan directly, but her plan failed. Next, they could only activate the backup plan.

Yu Niaoniao pressed, “What’s their backup plan?”

Xiao Juan said, “They didn’t say, and I don’t know.”

Yu Niaoniao stroked her chin. “It looks like they’re after you. Could they be your old enemies?”

Xiao Juan was not sure either.

Not far away, the Eagle Guards sitting by the fire saw that Duke Lang and the Princess Consort had already walked back and forth. They could not help but sigh inwardly. The relationship between the Duke and the Princess Consort was really good! The two of them did not forget to go out for a secret meeting in the middle of the night.

The Eagle Guards: Today is another day of being forced to watch their public displays of affection!

The next morning.

Everyone washed up briefly and the convoy started up again.

Yu Niaoniao rode on the donkey and threw a peanut into her mouth from time to time, chewing it happily.

She was still thinking about what had happened last night.

That Duan Nian’er was prepared to activate the backup plan.

‘I wonder what their backup plan is?’

Yu Niaoniao waited to see what Duan Nian’er’s backup plan was.

In the end, after waiting for two days, nothing happened. Everything was so calm.

Just as Yu Niaoniao thought that she would not be able to wait, it suddenly rained heavily.

There was nowhere to hide in the mountain. Soon, everyone was drenched.

At this moment, Duan Nian’er stood up and said that she knew of a Taoist temple nearby. They could stay there for the night and continue their journey tomorrow when the rain stopped.

Yu Niaoniao’s first reaction was to suspect that there was something wrong with the Taoist temple.

It was the same for Xiao Juan.

Duan Nian’er had ill intentions. She might have already gotten someone to set up an ambush in the Taoist temple.

However, the rain was getting heavier. If they could not find a place to hide from the rain, they would definitely fall sick from the cold.

Even if men like them could withstand it, their horses would not be able to.

Shen Xu shouted at Prince Lang through the car window.

“What are you waiting for? Hurry up and find the Taoist temple!”

At this point, even though they knew that there might be something wrong with the Taoist temple, they had no choice but to jump into the trap.

Xiao Juan made the convoy change direction and go towards the Taoist temple Duan Nian’er had mentioned.

Soon, they saw a Taoist temple hidden in the forest.

Meng Xizhou stepped forward and knocked.

The front door was slowly pulled open and an old priest walked out.

He listened to Meng Xizhou’s intentions and agreed to the other party’s request to stay the night.

Xiao Juan let Meng Xizhou lead the way and take a look. After confirming that there was no danger in the Taoist temple, he let the others follow.

Shen Xu was still complaining. “There’s only one old Taoist priest in this Taoist temple. I wonder what he’s worried about? He’s too timid.”

Duan Nian’er said timidly, “It’s better to be safe than sorry.”

Shen Xu sneered. “I think he’s just afraid, but I can understand. After all, he has so many enemies. He has to worry about being sought out for revenge at all times. This is the outcome of doing evil!”

Duan Nian’er pretended not to understand and looked confused.

Xiao Juan called Meng Xizhou and Lo Pingsha in front of him and whispered a few words.

They obeyed and left.

There were many empty rooms in the Taoist temple. Yu Niaoniao and Xiao Juan casually chose a room.

Dang Gui put away the luggage and changed the bedding on the bed into the ones they had brought themselves.

Yu Niaoniao took the opportunity to go to the kitchen.

She bought some ginger from the old priest and made a hot ginger soup.

Everyone was drenched in the rain today and would probably catch a cold. They had to drink some ginger soup to drive away the cold.

Yu Niaoniao asked Lo Pingsha to help distribute the ginger soup.

After the Eagle Guards drank the ginger soup, their cold bodies immediately warmed up.

But what followed was deep sleepiness.

Soon all the Eagle Guards fell asleep.

Duan Hanyi and Madam Zhao walked out from the shadows.

At this moment, the two of them had already shed their previous pretense of being simple and harmless. There was a gloomy aura between their brows.