Jing Kai came to Xie Xiuer's bedroom with an unexpected look on his face, and found a group of people kneeling in the bedroom. Everyone had a very ugly face and was trembling like a sieve.

Ruan Qing sat in the main seat, his body slightly tilted, his hand supporting his forehead, his eyes wide open as he stared at the people below, his expression very ugly.

"Your Majesty, Prince Jing is here." The palace maid reported.

Ruan Qing raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Jing Kai: "Kai'er, you're here."

She glanced behind Jing Kai, but didn't see the person she wanted to see, and her eyes darkened.

"Kai'er, where is Miss Xie? Doesn't she want to come? Can you tell her that no matter what the cost, I will be willing as long as Yun Qiao can get better." Ruan Qing stood up anxiously and walked towards Jing Kai.

As a result, he hadn't taken two steps when he stumbled and almost fell.

Fortunately, the old lady kept supporting her, so she was spared.

"Your Majesty, you haven't eaten a single grain of rice since this morning, and now you have no strength at all. I'll have someone prepare some food for you." The old nanny advised.

Ruan Qing pursed her lips and glanced towards Xie Xiuer's bed and said, "I'm not in the mood. Yun Qiao has become like this. How can I eat anything?"

Jing Kai thought Xie Xiu'er was pretending, but when he came to the bed and saw Xie Xiu'er lying on the bed with her eyes closed and a pale face, he was stunned.

He never expected that Xie Xiuer's condition was so bad, and it didn't seem like she was pretending.

"Aunt, what is going on?" Jing Kai asked.

Ruan Qing noticed that Jing Kai had injuries on his face and looked haggard, but she was not in the mood to pay attention to it at the moment.

At least Jing Kai could still walk and talk, but what about her Yun Qiao? She was lying in bed, unable to respond to any medicine.

All the imperial doctors in the palace came to examine Yun Qiao today, but none of them could tell her what happened to Yun Qiao, and no one could guarantee her when Yun Qiao would wake up.

If she had known that this would happen today, she might never see Yun Qiao again. She would not have said so much to Yun Qiao yesterday, asking her not to think about Jing Kai all day long and that she deserved better.

Every time I mentioned this to Yun Qiao, she would be unhappy, and we would naturally end up parting on bad terms.

"I don't know either," Ruan Qing paused and said to Jing Kai, "Didn't I ask you to invite Miss Xie into the palace? She doesn't want to?"

Jing Kai looked at Ruan Qing and said bitterly, "She's gone."

"Gone?" Ruan Qing raised his voice, "What on earth is going on? How could it just disappear out of nowhere?

Could something have happened?"

"We found the carriage on the cliff outside the city. The coachman was killed, and she was nowhere to be found. We only found her shoes and a pool of blood on the cliff." Jing Kai said.

Lian'er was serving Xie Xiu'er beside her. She heard these words carefully and thought that all this was arranged by them.

The princess had already asked someone to find a peerless master outside, so it was naturally easy to deal with Jing Kai, the groom who knew a little martial arts.

Unexpectedly, that person could create such a perfect illusion that even Jing Kai was deceived.

No wonder the princess said no one would know that Xie Yunjiao was still in the palace.

Ruan Qing's whole body swayed and she almost fainted. She didn't even notice that a look of genuine worry appeared on her face.

"Then... have you found the person down there?"

Jing Kai pursed his lips and shook his head: "The bottom of the cliff is too deep. Someone has already gone down. There was no news before I entered the palace."

Ruan Qing waved her hands feebly: "Forget it, I know Miss Xie is your friend. You can't help much here anyway, so why don't you go and help find her."

Jing Kai bowed to Ruan Qing and thanked him.

However, seeing Xie Xiu'er's unusual expression, Jing Kai still asked, "What's going on with the princess?"

Tears welled up in Ruan Qing's eyes. She said to Jing Kai, "Last night, he suddenly hit his head and fainted. His pulse was fine, and there was no sign of any problem."

Ruan Qing paused, a look of worry on her face, tears welling up in her eyes. She said, "But just now, the imperial physician said that Yun Qiao's pulse is getting weaker and weaker, and he may die at any time."

As she spoke, Ruan Qing covered her face and started crying.

When Jing Kai saw Ruan Qing crying, he felt sad too.

But when he saw Xie Xiuer's pale face, he suddenly remembered what the old woman they had brought out of the death row had said before.

The old woman said that at this moment, Xie Yunjiao and Xie Xiuer's lives were connected, and as long as one of them got into trouble, the other would also be in trouble.

Now seeing that Xie Xiu'er had this condition for no reason, and the imperial physician was helpless, it was impossible to explain why Xie Xiu'er had this condition.

It seems that something really happened to Xie Yunjiao, and her life is hanging by a thread!

Jing Kai didn't care about anything else. He comforted Ruan Qing with a few words and left in a hurry.

As soon as Jing Kai arrived at the door of Xie Xiuer's palace, he saw the king of Baiyue slowly walking towards them.

Jing Kai immediately saluted the king. The king looked at Jing Kai and frowned: "Jing Kai, although the queen is your aunt, you are a man. You should still avoid suspicion and do not often enter and leave my harem."

Jing Kai addressed the king with dignity, "Your Majesty's warning is one I will remember. This time, the princess has fallen ill, and my concern has distracted me."

This will not happen again."

The king of Baiyue looked at Jing Kai and let him leave after a while.

The moment Jing Kai turned around and left, his eyes darkened and his hands hidden in his sleeves clenched into fists.

A hint of hatred flashed in his eyes. If it weren't for him, he and the real Yun Qiao wouldn't have ended up like this!

Maybe they have been together for a long time, but the fact is that they can't be together.

When Ruan Qing told him the truth, he decided to swallow the bitterness and blood and never let Yun Qiao know those dirty facts.

Jing Kai's body swayed, and his followers hurried forward to support him.

"Master, are you okay?" asked the follower.

Jing Kai said, "I'm fine. I'll go home immediately."

The follower was stunned for a moment and looked at Jing Kai in surprise.

I thought Jing Kai would rush out of the city as soon as he left the palace, but I didn't expect him to ask to go back home.

Jing Kai returned to the general's mansion and soon came to the dark room where the prisoners were interrogated.

The old woman lived there and was provided with good food and shelter.

After such a period of offerings, the old woman looked much better and more energetic.

When Jing Kai walked in, she was gnawing on a chicken leg with a glass of wine, her face greasy and full of satisfaction.

Seeing Jing Kai coming in, she hurriedly put her legs down and wiped her mouth with her sleeve.

Jing Kai glanced at her sleeves, which were already covered with stains and looked dirty.

"My lord, do you have any questions for me? I will tell you everything I know." said the old woman.