Chapter 23: Tai Chi: One wave has not yet subsided, and another wave is rising

The people watching outside the door couldn't help but whisper a few words to each other when they heard this:

"Has this princess ever been to the barbaric land of Yue Kingdom? How could she have such a lavish life in private?"

"Alas, it's better for me to do this kind of good thing. I don't know where the Fourth Prince found this person. It doesn't sound very good."

"The taste of this princess is definitely not ordinary. That boy inside got a good deal."

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Although these people do not have the qualities of professional secret guards, they have been trained for a long time and can at least conceal the sound of their voices. Even if the people inside hear them, they will only feel that it is like the humming of mosquitoes and flies and is not very real.

Looking at Chen Yu's calm reaction, it seemed as if he didn't hear anything, but every little movement outside the door reached Qi Xin's ears without missing a word. She felt a little helpless and anxious, but not angry.

It's because her fourth sister seems to have an underdeveloped cerebellum and always regards herself as an imaginary enemy. I just don't know in whose hands she has become the knife.

This Chen Yu is also uncooperative and cannot be provoked.

Qi Xin had no choice but to intensify her attack, shoving him against a nearby cabinet, sending the ornaments crashing down with a series of crisp noises. She grabbed his collar with one hand, supported herself on the edge of the cabinet with the other, and leaned closer, ready to press her lips against his again.

The person outside the door looked at the silhouettes inside the house and the sounds of tumbling and crashing, and said awkwardly:

"This eldest princess is really fierce, I like her——"

The people beside him kept pulling him: "Alright, this is beyond our responsibilities, let's go and report it quickly."

Qi Xin listened attentively and noticed that the footsteps outside the house gradually died down. When her lips were only an inch away from his, she let him go without mercy. She was about to take the clean clothes on the official suitcase beside her, but was pulled back by a pain.

Qi Xin saw the end of a strand of his hair entangled in the knot on Shen Yu's chest, but Shen Yu was still standing there in a daze.

When she was pulled back by the pain, her forehead happened to hit his chest.

Qi Xin rubbed his red forehead and blamed it, "What happened to the once powerful General Shen today? Why is he so dull?"

Chen Yu seemed to have just come to his senses after a long dream. He finally recovered and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, still unsatisfied: "You—are you pretending?"

Qi Xin didn't respond immediately. Instead, she grabbed the end of her hair, ripped out the strands that were stuck, picked up the clean clothes on the official suitcase, met his gaze that was still lingering on her, and said, "I'm going to change my clothes. Do you still want to watch?"

Shen Yu's face turned pale, and he quickly turned around, facing away from her, and stuttered, "You, what's wrong with you?"

Qi Xin quickly took off his clothes from outside to inside. If he hadn't just drenched himself, he wouldn't have had to change his underwear. Her hands kept moving, but she couldn't help but tease him:

"You really aren't interested in women at all, or maybe you just have no interest in me."

"I..." Shen Yu's ears turned red unconsciously, but Qi Xin was tying the straps with his head down at the moment, so he didn't notice.

Qi Xin groped to the back of her head, wanting to take off the heavy crown on her head, but the maids had fastened it firmly in the morning, and she didn't wear it often, so she didn't know how to do it, so she gave up. She shook down her double-breasted outer garment and said:

"Oh, by the way, the one who got hit was Princess Xiang Ning. I have to go save her now. We can discuss other matters later."

Chen Yu suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, lowered his right hand which had been raised secretly, and asked in a hoarse voice: "What do you want me to cooperate with?"

"Since you can sneak in among the servants of the grand ceremony, you know how to leave the palace without being noticed." Qi Xin had already dressed and walked around to him.

"Um."

Qi Xin: "If the plan goes well later, we can take Princess Xiang Ning out of the palace. If not, just leave first. I have my own countermeasures."

"Okay." Shen Yu responded, and then took her around the screen and came to the back window. "There is a small path in the back garden, away from people's eyes and ears, which should help you find her. Come, climb through the window."

Qi Xin stuck his head out to take a look. Although this place was not very high from the ground, this road was rarely walked on. There were rocks in the grass on both sides of the road, and the road surface was extremely uneven. If he fell out like this and sprained his ankle, wouldn't it slow down the rescue process?

But if she were to ask Shen Yu to carry her out, she really couldn't bring herself to do it.

Chen Yu looked at her as she retracted her head and hung her head in silence, licked his lips with a frown, then took two steps to run up, pinched her waist by inertia, and took her to jump onto the window frame, then took a step with all his strength and landed steadily on the bluestone path.

"I think you did it on purpose. Why didn't you go through the main door but the side door?" Qi Xin left his arms and walked forward on his own. As he walked, he listened attentively to the movements in the side rooms.

Chen Yu quickly followed her and spoke faster:

"The layout of this back garden is exactly the same as it was when I entered the palace as a child. This area of ​​corridors and rooms has been the scene of frequent romantic affairs since ancient times. Where you and I were just now should be the western wing closest to Taiqing Palace. Princess Jinghe, the Fourth Princess, didn't want to leave you any chance of survival, so she chose this location. But she might not know about Princess Xiangning's Chinese medicine, and her people have nowhere to put the princess, so she must have hidden herself away nearby. Let's search one by one. Don't worry, the princess won't be able to get far in her condition."

"How do you know it's Fourth Sister?" Qi Xin couldn't help but want to confirm whether he heard what the person outside the door said just now.

"Puchi," Chen Yu laughed as Qi Xin ran, glancing at her sideways and saying, "How else could I have gotten in?"

Seeing Qi Xin was too nervous, Chen Yu teased him for a moment to ease the atmosphere, then immediately restrained his expression and said seriously, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Let's rescue the princess first. I'll tell you the rest later."

Qi Xin ran as fast as he could, and before he could catch his breath, he heard all sorts of crashing and banging noises in the house:

"Who is so bold as to drug this princess?"

"You have the courage to act, but you don't have the courage to admit it?"

"Where's the antidote? Where's the antidote? Go find the antidote for this princess, go!"

Inside the room, a servant standing by saw Qi Tian's disheveled hair and disordered breath, and for a moment he felt itchy and pounced on him like a wolf and a tiger, grinning cunningly:

"Don't worry, Princess. This is a match made in heaven. I will be your antidote, okay?"

The next second, his neck was gripped tightly by the sharp nails of the five fingers, and his throat was stuck in between, making it impossible for him to make a sound.

Qi Xin's hands became more and more powerful, and the familiar burning sensation in his body gradually rose, and red lines emerged slightly from the white corners of his eyes.

Shen Yu swept around smoothly, knocking out the servants in the room one by one in a lightning-fast manner. Then he turned around and saw the situation beside the couch. He shouted anxiously: "Xiao Jiu, calm down!"

The two figures appeared so quickly that Qi Tian, ​​standing by, finally saw the person in front of him. As if grasping at a lifeline, he exclaimed, "Sister Xin!"

The burning sensation in Qi Xin's brain slowly subsided, and the red thread disappeared in an instant.

The young man, overcome by the sudden feeling of suffocation, raised his head, revealing the whites of his eyes, and his vision went completely blank. Qi Tian, ​​who was beside Qi Xin, didn't see anything due to the angle and the effects of the drug.

Therefore, apart from Chen Yu, no one in the room noticed her strange behavior.

Qi Xin relaxed his grip and winked at Shen Yu. Without a word, Shen Yu immediately dodged and retreated behind the inkstone screen.

The servant finally saw who was coming. He covered his neck, which had been pinched until it was purple, and used his hands and feet to crawl to the footrest beside the couch. He grabbed the hem of Qi Xin's skirt and said timidly, "Princess, Your Highness, please, please forgive me this time. I will never dare to do it again."

Qi Xin had no intention of wasting time arguing with him and was just going to take Qi Ling away, but hurried footsteps were heard from the west. Judging from the situation, there were at least twenty or thirty people.

Qi Xin was secretly shocked. After all the painstaking planning, they still managed to find him so quickly?

Listening to the creaking and colliding sounds of the wooden door, Qi Lingying was leading them, searching every room from west to east.

It’s too late!

Qi Xin met the amber eyes in the corner behind the curtain, frowned, and raised his chin slightly towards the rear window.

Chen Yu immediately understood, silently left the four words "Gu Yi Piao Hao", and disappeared.

Qi Xin grabbed the huddled servant on the ground, tilted his head and looked into his terrified eyes. He pressed a finger firmly against the wound on his neck and spoke slowly, word by word:

"Fourth sister, you've got all this in your hands. You can't control the dirty stuff in your lower body. If someone breaks in later, don't let me hear a single word about Princess Xiang Ning from you. If I do, I won't mind completely piercing your flesh here!"

The servant yelled at the top of his lungs, "You, you wouldn't dare! Your Majesty, in front of His Majesty and all the ministers, how dare you take human life so lightly!"

"This princess—why wouldn't I dare?" Qi Xin roared, then threw an ice pack from Shen Yu to Qi Tian, ​​beckoning her, "Go, hold on to this and hold on, and hide behind!"

Then, Qi Xin pulled down the bed curtain, tied up the boy, and stuffed him into the cabinet.

Although Qi Tian was burning like a raging fire, he still couldn't let go of Qi Xin and stubbornly wanted to stay: "Sister Xin, then, what are you going to do?"

"I have my own plans." Qi Xin stood up and then spoke faster, "If you take care of yourself, my plan will not be in vain."

Qi Tian was helpless. Besides the burning sensation, she felt a stabbing pain slowly spreading through her internal organs. She could no longer stand and had to crawl behind the inkstone screen.

Qi Xin gave his final warning: "Hide well, and don't come out again no matter what!"

The next moment, the door to the wing room was forcefully kicked open. Qi Xin looked up and met the gaze of Emperor Shengde of the Central Government. All the ministers who were worthy of a title behind him had arrived and stood in a semi-encirclement.

Qi Ling looked down at her smugly, the smile in her peach-shaped eyes almost overflowing. She shouted, "She has no self-control, is having an affair with a man outside her family, and is undermining the moral discipline of the Dasheng Imperial Family. Come, take her down immediately!"

"Wait!" Emperor Shengde said sternly. His imposing aura, without even anger, forced back the imperial soldiers who were about to capture him. "I have a few words to ask Princess Jialing."

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The author has something to say: ps——

Qi Xin: These days, a good man doesn’t get close to women; he eats rotten cabbages in baskets!

Chen Yu, who felt like he was about to be kissed, asked: Why did Xiaojiu give up halfway?

Bai Lu: (Cricket inside: Seventh Master, you, you, don't be so mean!) Xiaojiu, it's not that Seventh Master is not interested in women or that he's not interested in you, it's that he's only interested in you! (Cricket inside again: These two people are blind!)

Three people in different spaces said in unison: Alas~