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"My poor daughter." Xue Duan Sheng's smoke ring was red as he turned around. After a while, he seemed to recall something. He walked up to the doctor and asked, "Doctor, how is my daughter's condition?" Seeing her like this, Xue Duan Sheng was sure that the situation wasn't good.

"Please be at ease, my lord. Miss Xue only suffered some superficial wounds, nothing serious. I'll give her the medicine to revive the blood circulation and dissolve the blood stasis. It'll be over very soon." The doctor stood up.

"Ah, that's great." Xue Duan Sheng was extremely surprised and was pleasantly surprised. He hurriedly called for the servants to go with the doctor to get the medicine.

He sat down next to Xue Shaoli, feeling gratified. He had thought that something had happened to his daughters, but who knew that Xue Shaoli would be so lucky to be able to escape. Xue Duan Sheng was both happy and puzzled. He could only hope that Xue Shaoli would wake up quickly and ask him about the situation inside.

Xue Shaoli finally woke up at dusk.

Xue Duan Sheng and the Zhao Clan were extremely happy as their tears flowed from excitement. When Wei Ming came out of his practice room and heard that Xue Shaoli had returned, he was very surprised.

The cave was heavily guarded. He remembered that Xue Shaoli had been kidnapped by the Ghost-Masked Man and threatened by him. She must have been arrested along with Xue Ruyun, so why did she come back alone now?

Wei Ming was puzzled. He felt that there was something fishy going on, so he quietly went to investigate.

"Father, mother, where am I?" Xue Shaoli rubbed her head and sat up slowly.

"Daughter, you're at home. You're back in the arms of your parents." Mrs Zhao said while wiping away her tears.

"Ah, home! I'm home! That's great!" Xue Shaoli looked around in disbelief, then threw herself into Mrs Zhao's arms, crying tears of joy.

Only after the family had confided in each other did Xue Duan Sheng ask them about Xue Shaoli's disappearance and their current situation.

"I just got up that day and was washing up in my room, then somehow passed out. When I woke up, I found that I had been taken into the cave. I wanted to run away everyday, so they beat me up and locked me up. " Xue Shaoli pretended to be panicking and said,

"What about your sister? Have you seen her? She went missing the same day you did. Madame Zhao was anxious. She quickly drew.

"What? Did his sister get kidnapped too?" Xue Shaoli's face turned pale with fright as she covered her mouth and asked in disbelief. As expected, this mother doted on her younger sister a little more.

"That's right... "My obedient daughter has been painting …" Mrs Zhao thought of Xue Lian's painting and burst into tears.

"Didn't you see her? And what exactly did they kidnap you for?" Xue Duan Sheng was too lazy to bother with the Zhao Clan, so she directly asked Xue Shaoli. Now was the time to figure out the situation and save them as soon as possible.

"I don't see it. There are only some people who have been captured. Even if they asked us to do some needlework, I don't know what they would do." Xue Shaoli said casually, pretending to be ignorant.

"What about your sister?" Seeing that he was unable to get any information on Xue Lian's painting, Xue Duan Sheng started to care about Xue Ruyun.

"Sister, sister was captured by them …" Xue Shaoli wiped his tears away with a silk handkerchief.

"How is she?" Xue Duan Sheng asked anxiously.

"Very bad." Xue Shaoli shook her head.

"That day, when my elder sister wanted to escape, they caught me to threaten my elder sister. Later on, in order to save the Holy Maiden, my elder sister was captured by them and locked up …" Xue Shaoli said in heartache.

"Then how did you escape?" Wei Ming walked in and asked after hearing what she said.

"When they saw that I was no longer of use, they wanted to poison me to death. I poured the poison into my sleeve, pretended to be poisoned, and passed out. They threw me into the wilderness, and then we were caught. " At this point, Xue Shaoli still had a look of lingering fear.

She had already thought of this in her heart. Furthermore, she was born with the ability to act, so she couldn't tell if it was true or not. With that, Wei Ming was also a bit confused. He did not know much about Xue Shaoli and could not make up his mind. He had no choice but to come out.

Xue Shaoli watched Wei Ming walk away, his face covered by a silk handkerchief as he smiled sinisterly.

It had rained continuously for the past few days, and Mu Zheng was very frustrated. He didn't know why, but perhaps it was because of some natural connection between the twin brothers, but every time he was teasing Zheng Ziyi, he would feel a wave of discomfort.

"Your majesty, what happened to you?" Today, when Mu Zheng wanted to go to bed with Zheng Ziyi, he felt uncomfortable. Thus, he put on his outer robe and was about to return to his own hall when Zheng Ziyi chased after him and asked in confusion.

Mu Zheng didn't answer and walked straight away.

After Mu Zheng left, Zheng Ziyi's expression immediately recovered from her displeasure. Her face darkened as she pulled up her clothes and entered the house.

"Lu Mei, go take a look and see if that vixen in the palace has played tricks on the emperor by luring him away." Otherwise, why would His Majesty be so cold to me during this period of time? "

"Yes, Empress." The green plum went down.

Zheng Ziyi was restless as she thought about how the night was long and the emperor was not around … As Zheng Ziyi thought of this, her body began to stir.

She called her personal maid, Green Lo, over and whispered a few words into her ear before leaving the palace.

Mu Lingfeng was drinking in the main hall as usual. Suddenly, the butler walked in and whispered a few words into his ear.

"Why is she here?" Mu Lingfeng hesitated for a moment, his face full of doubt and displeasure. He thought for a moment and drank a mouthful of wine, then dismissed the dancers and walked towards the back garden.

From far away, he could only see the elegant back of a person standing by the lake with his back facing him.

Mu Lingfeng swallowed his saliva and sneered. He walked up and fiercely hugged Zheng Ziyi's neck from behind and kissed her.

"Aiya." Zheng Ziyi was surprised at first, but later found out that it was Mu Lingfeng. She seemed to want to refuse but instead welcomed her and started to kiss Mu Lingfeng.

Mu Lingfeng took the opportunity to carry Zheng Ziyi into the room.

"What are you doing here so late?" Mu Lingfeng was wearing an undergarment as he sat at the table, drinking wine.

Zheng Ziyi walked out of the bed wearing her undergarments. Seeing Mu Lingfeng's handsome side, she felt extremely satisfied. She snatched Mu Lingfeng's glass and drank the rest of the wine, pretending to be angry. "What, you want to chase me away just after making love with me?"

"How could that be? I wish I could be with you every day. It's just that this is an emergency, so I can't let things go wrong. If you come often and are discovered, it would be bad for you …" Mu Lingfeng coaxed Zheng Ziyi with a face full of deep love.

"Alright, I'm just teasing you." Zheng Ziyi sat down and rubbed the pearl emerald on her head. "Her Majesty has been treating me more and more coldly these past few days, and I don't know why …"

"What?!" Mu Lingfeng was extremely surprised. This Zheng Ziyi was the Emperor's best friend, and he was counting on her to help him with his great plans. Now that he heard Zheng Ziyi say this, his heart instantly rose.

"As usual, I didn't do anything to make the Emperor unhappy. I can't understand why he's so cold. "

"I'm fine. Maybe it's because we have been busy with national affairs and the weather is very stuffy, so royal father isn't in a good mood. You should spend more effort to snatch royal father's heart back. Once this man's heart is cold, it's rare for it to be warm. " Mu Lingfeng pointed.

"I know." Zheng Ziyi walked in front of the mirror and carefully observed her reflection before answering.

"You should go back earlier today. My palace has some goat fat and pearls that are from the Western Regions. Take them and take care of them." Mu Lingfeng looked concerned, but in reality, he was already unhappy and silently blamed Zheng Ziyi for not dressing up properly.

Zheng Ziyi was completely immersed in love, how could she understand the hidden meaning behind it? She only thought that Mu Lingfeng was concerned about her.

"Thank you, Prince." Zheng Ziyi lowered her head, her actions gentle and graceful.

"It's best if you don't come here too often in the future, spend more time and effort on royal father. Don't miss anything big." Seeing that she wasn't clear, Mu Lingfeng directly said without thinking.

"Oh." Only now did Zheng Ziyi understand what she meant, and her voice lowered.

She knew that to Mu Lingfeng, she was actually a chess piece. However, she was willing to be a chess piece for him and sacrifice her body for his great cause. It made him feel that he was useful and valuable to him.

Zheng Ziyi looked at Mu Lingfeng. Under the light, his face was so mesmerising, his facial features so clear. Especially when he was trying to achieve great things, that kind of calm and domineering attitude made his heart beat faster.

Zheng Ziyi smiled tenderly: "Prince, I'll be taking my leave."

"Alright." Mu Lingfeng agreed and didn't turn his head around.

Zheng Ziyi let out a bitter laugh. After changing clothes and putting on the black cloak, she definitely had to help Mu Lingfeng at all costs. One day, she would make him unable to leave her and fall in love with her.

Zheng Ziyi replied to the door to the chamber and saw Eunuch Wei standing by the emperor's side. There seemed to be a shadow flickering within the room.

"Not good, it must be the emperor." Zheng Ziyi hurriedly dodged to the side.

He only heard a conversation coming from inside the room. It turned out that the emperor couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. He thought that he had neglected Zheng Ziyi, so he came to the chamber to look for her.

"It's already this late to drink it?" The Emperor came in high spirits, but when he saw that Zheng Ziyi wasn't present, he seemed to be disheartening the situation as he asked in displeasure.

"To return to the emperor. Recently, the Empress saw that the Emperor was always worried about the matters of the kingdom, and worried that the Emperor might be exhausted, so she went to the buddhist hall to pray for the emperor's blessings." "Yes," Lu Luo replied according to the reason Zheng Ziyi had made up earlier.

Zheng Ziyi heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she had thought of a reason beforehand. Otherwise, if the Emperor were to ask her now, she would definitely reveal her identity.

Today was truly a lucky day. Zheng Ziyi didn't stay over at the third prince's place, otherwise, as usual, she would definitely arouse the Emperor's suspicions when she returned at dawn. Who would've thought that the emperor would be so interested in coming to find her in the middle of the night?