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"Protect His Highness!"

There were even some people who wanted to reach out and remove the knife.

However, Gu Danyan raised his hand to stop them. He then took off the handkerchief and said, "The handle of the knife is poisonous."

The people sent by the Xu did not react in time and did not want to save her.

It seemed like Empress Xu had also discovered that she had been involved in more battles in the meeting with the princes, and the people who had come did not want her life. The person who had been secretly spying on her was not someone from the Queen's side.

After careful consideration, Gu Danyan noticed that the saber was made by a Sky Flame Blacksmith. He raised his eyebrows and wrapped the saber in a handkerchief: "Continue walking further in, don't disturb me."

After probing the situation, who knew that these soldiers would actually not report this matter to her and would instead follow behind her from left to right. If she did not know that Lady Xu was merely a scarecrow, she would have suspected that someone had purposely left.

Then how did the empress know that she would definitely enter the forest?

After walking a few steps, the sound of horse hooves could be heard nearby. She slightly raised her head to distinguish the direction, but by now, she could no longer see the high platform at the edge of the paddock.

After searching around, she finally found a place to bend down and asked, "Do you smell anything?"

"It doesn't smell anything." The people around him looked confused.

Gu Liuyan didn't know if they were lying. She only found a string of thin vines wrapped around a paper bag. She wasn't familiar with this smell, so she only wrapped her sleeve around it and picked it up.

The paper bag was filled with the strange purple hay powder. After looking at it for a while, Gu Daiyan's face darkened. He threw the paper bag to the side and took off his outer clothes. He walked out with big steps: "Burn these clothes."

"Your Highness, you …" The person behind her grabbed her hand, while the others picked up the clothes and the paper bag.

Gu Danyan's heart ached. He wanted to struggle free from that person's hand, but he was pulled even tighter.

It was waiting for me here.

With one man and one horse, he rushed to Gu Pingyan's side at the fastest speed possible. Duan Chengxuan dismounted from his horse and drew his saber, which caused the guard to retreat a small step, and he walked forward to embrace Gu Cuiyan. Looking at his pale face, he said with a deep voice, "I don't know if it's any good or bad for you, go and collect the twenty military batons."

"Yes." That person's expression changed as he hurriedly lowered his head and left.

Gu Liuyan's heart was in extreme pain. She used one hand to cover it as she whispered into Duan Chengxuan's ear, "There's really something wrong. This grass, I'm afraid, is only effective against the poison in my body."

"Are you alright?" Duan Chengxuan covered her with the cloak on his shoulders without leaving a trace, and while observing her expression, he carried her and mounted the horse. "What happened?"

"There's no need for you to explain your pharmacology. All I know is that Su Yu Wan is connected to the Empress Xu family. You'd better be careful, and be even more careful of the Ninth Prince." Gu Danyan's eyes dimmed.

It was also a branch that had not grown phoenix gall. Although there was no poison, the true phoenix gall stem and stem were their nemesis, and it had no poison, but if she were to absorb a little of it, it would only aggravate the spread of the poison in her body.

Naturally, she wouldn't say anything to Duan Chengxuan and could only lean on his back. "Since the Empress is so certain that I'll enter the forest, then these flower petals must have been obtained by her. As long as you ask the guards to stop me from staying here, I'll only consume too much of it and it'll be useless."

When he heard Duan Chengxuan's words, his heart palpitated and his gaze turned gloomy as he gestured to Cheng Shan, who was hidden in the darkness, with his hand.

Gu Liuyan did not pay much attention, he only heard the soft sound of insects and said in a low voice: "The little black bugs in the forest look very similar to a type of poisonous insect. It seems like I am not the only one for this Autumn Hunt, and there will be more people coming after it than Queen Xu."

"In all likelihood, it's Xiao Hai." At this moment, Duan Chengxuan spoke up softly and said in a low voice, "He concealed what happened that year for Su Yuwan and he cannot search through the mountain. Besides that, many of his people are still stuck at Jiang Yan, yet he himself is nowhere to be found. If there's no mistake, he might have to support the Ninth Prince in taking the throne, and can be considered to have rendered a meritorious service. "

"Where did your information come from?" Gu Danyan frowned.

Duan Chengxuan sneered, "Xiao Hai is my close friend and knows no less than me. Moreover, when this paddock was built that year, Xiao Hai once said that the fencing wasn't necessarily only an auspicious sign."

"Nonsense, is this even considered intelligence?" Gu Liuyan was very dissatisfied with this: "Who knows, maybe he's an ambassador from another country?"

"You just don't quite trust your intuition." Duan Chengxuan slowed down his speed and the falcon that had been reared flew over his head. He only raised his head to take a glance before his gaze turned cold. "What Imperial Brother said is correct. Many things can indeed be accomplished in the surrounding area hunting this time."

Gu Danyan heard the voice above his head and passed the small knife in his pocket to Duan Chengxuan. "If your guess is correct, then this small knife could be Xiao Hai's?"

"This could be an envoy's." Duan Cheng Xuan threw the piece of cloth on top of the knife onto the ground, then returned the knife to her before patting her back. "Hold tight."

Gu Mingyan tightened her arms, feeling dizzy.

For a moment, she felt exhausted. Why did they always have so much to do?

After a short moment, the dark horse galloped through the forest. Due to Gu Liuyan behind him, Duan Chengxuan could only swing his saber and stab the two rabbits. The rest of the time, he only headed in one direction as if he wanted to go somewhere.

Gu Liuyan could not help but ask: "You don't care if those poisonous bugs are harming people?"

"If I were to interfere, do you think that someone would say that I am acting on my own and would like to fight for the throne?" Duan Chengxuan sneered, then his gaze swept past the trees in the mountain forest before him. "If I become a thorn in the Third Prince's side again, then the scene in the imperial court will no longer be the same."

"In the end, it's all for the ninth prince." Gu Liuyan also sneered: "If that's the case, then are they looking down on the Sixth Prince?"

"Maybe they have a way to prevent him from returning to the Sky Flame?" Duan Cheng Xuan guessed as well.

The two fell silent. The Empress had acted out of the blue, but neither of them had been able to find any more detailed information.

Currently, they only knew that Empress Xu was related to Su Yu Wan, that they knew how much poison she had been poisoned, and that they also knew how to kill him. In addition, Xiao Hai might assist the third prince in the shadows. In the end, the Sixth Prince might face some trouble.

No matter how much they thought about it, their only option was to remain calm. They did not know the origin of the poisonous bugs, so it was best to wait for others to find out so that they would not anger themselves. After all, they had to deal with other countries' matters.

Ahh!

However, Duan Chengxuan's horse didn't stop moving.