"For some matters, Your Highness left the city overnight."
Ghastly Shadow handed Gu Danyan's identity token to the city guards. Gu Danyan opened the carriage curtain even more generously for people to inspect. The only things on it were the Jade Dragon Snow Elixir that Chi Yuze and the people sent by Ghastly Demon, as well as the phoenix gall that had yet to be discovered.
Adding on the other medicinal herbs and the few ancient scrolls, there was nothing else.
The guard handed the badge back. "Your Highness, it's already late at night. Outside the city, in the forest …"
"It is already a normal occurrence for people to stay out in the open. If you are worried, just send someone to inform royal father that everything is going well for me. It's just that the situation is urgent, so we left." Gu Danyan waved his hand, signaling that they did not need to send anyone to follow him in case someone found out.
The guards looked at each other, but only brought more dry food and blankets.
"Thank you for the prescription." The guards ordered men to open the door and escort them away.
After several miles, the mountains became silent. The wheels dyed by the wind and snow began to emit creaking sounds.
Only then did she light the lantern she brought and place it by her side with a wooden stick as a support. By borrowing the light from the flames, she was able to completely see the strange patterns on her arm.
In merely a few days, the poison had already corroded her body at a rate several times faster than normal.
"Are you all right? Is there any problem with your body? " The ghostly voice, mixed with the increasingly biting cold wind, was transmitted inside. The curtains of the carriage were opened a little bit, and the red eyes of the carriage were reflected in the red lanterns.
"The Scarlet Jade Sze did release the poison, but I didn't expect it to be in this way." She took out her medical knife and cut open a lump of purple blood on the tip of her pinky finger. The viscous purple blood fell out and was stored inside a small jade bottle.
"Is this a good thing?"
"If I really need the antidote, I will probably need six more Scarlet Jade Pills. I probably won't be able to find six fresh ones within the next hundred years." Gu Danyan sneered coldly, but the smile in his eyes became even stronger: "But this one is enough to let me live for two more years after giving birth to my child."
His ghostly eyes darkened, but he only asked her, "Mister, please have a child. I will go find Scarlet Jade."
"This is not your mission. You have to live for yourself." Gu Liuyan extinguished the candle flame in the red lantern, and spoke amidst the wind and snow: "I will go find it myself, and get more information on my journey, and try to use something else to detoxify the poison."
"You're too arrogant." "When you give birth to your child, I will tell these things to the others. It's impossible for you to go to the Red Jade Pool alone."
Gu Danyan nodded in the darkness.
When the ghost started to drive the carriage again, she only foolishly touched the wound on her pinky.
Ghosts did not know that simply giving birth to a child could take her life.
She had no idea how much of a burden this poison would impose on the heart if it was forced out of the heart.
The ice shards under the sunlight were especially dazzling, but the octagonal bell on the second floor's roof was always cleaned, letting out a crisp sound when the winter wind blew.
Wearing heavy clothes, Yue Qing walked around the long but clean corridor and carried their meals into a small building on the second floor. Her gaze first fell on a woman at the man's feet, then she placed her food box on the table and knelt down respectfully on a cushion. "Your Highness, it's winter and cold here, Yue Qing should close the doors and windows."
"Qin! Close all the windows and light the fire!" Duan Chengrui did not raise his head.
Chang Yi Qin, who was leaning against her leg, opened her eyes. She tiredly stood up and closed the window for him, and the shackles on her feet made a crisp sound. Yue Qing saw that the shackles were extending from the bricks at the foot of the bed.
However, the bed was still brand-new. There were no signs of anyone sleeping on it.
"Your Highness, there are already people guessing whether the third prince's consort has passed away from illness." Yue Qing couldn't help but frown. "Even if you told her to contact Gu Zixian to do those things, or told me on the surface to stop caring about her, it didn't make that woman turn back …"
"She turned around." Duan Chengrui finally raised his head from the book in his hand and looked at the densely packed schedule inside. The corners of his mouth curled up. "Her fear of Duan Chengxuan, his fear of repeating the same thing, will make her turn back at any time."
"Your Highness, did you really fall in love at first sight?" Yue Qing was silent for a moment.
"From the start of love at first sight, until now, it's only because I feel that this kind of woman is suitable for me. She has changed the men and women by her side, and she has advanced thoughts and actions, so even if I can't keep her by my side, I can't give her up to Duan Chengxuan." Duan Chengrui's eyes were like deep pools of water. "Moreover, she has the capital to make all the high positions fall in love with her."
Power, status, as well as guesses and intelligence that could change the current situation, she had everything.
Chang Yi Qin returned to his side, obediently leaning against her leg. "Your Highness, are you leaving tomorrow? Won't King Jing take away your throne? "
"Of course not." Duan Chengrui rubbed Chang Yiqin's head, then fed her some sweet fruits before continuing. "I'll use Gu Mingyan to threaten him. As long as I can get Gu Gouyan, Duan Chengxuan will be willing to give up everything."
Chang Yiqin shook her head in confusion, but didn't say anything else.
Yue Qing could only bow. "Yue Qing is willing to go with you …"
"To stir up trouble? I can only tolerate you twice. In the future, you only need to stay in the Heavenly Flame Gang to cover it up and don't let me leave behind the name of someone who would kill his wife. " Duan Chengrui leisurely stood up and allowed Chang Yiqin to fall to the ground. "If you're as willful as her, then this small building will be your residence in the future."
"Yes, Your Highness." Yue Qing swallowed her saliva, not daring to speak.
Duan Chengrui simply changed his clothes and went to the second floor. Yet, there were quite a few paintings of Gu Danyan here, and the bookshelves were filled with books on Gu Danyan's actions, as well as where she went to play and what she did every day.
Downstairs, Yue Qing laid out a blanket on the ground, letting Chang Yiqin lie down unconscious.
In the past, she should not have provoked Gu Danyan, and she never expected that his highness would deceive even the people around him.
After leaving the third prince's residence, Duan Chengrui went straight to the imperial palace. Duan Cong feigned to be sick from the poison and leaned on him. He saw him and said, "Rui'er came here today for …"
"Ninth prince's ambitions are obvious. Yesterday, he suggested going to the border trial because he wanted to cooperate with other countries. This son is willing to go and stop him." Duan Chengrui lightly cupped his hands.
Duan Ku raised her eyebrows, "You …" Are you not willing to stay in Sky Flame? "
"This son knows that the establishment of the treasure deposit is very important, but at the moment, there are external problems and internal problems. This son is not in a hurry, and my military strength is insufficient." This son knows that the establishment of the treasure deposit is very important, but at the moment, there are internal problems. Duan Chengrui knelt on the ground with extreme sincerity.