Chu Qingluan opened her eyes with difficulty and tried to sit up, but found that her limbs were so sore and weak that she even had difficulty standing.

She tried to use her internal energy to resist, but was surprised to find that her internal energy was stagnant - obviously she had been injected with the muscle-softening powder.

She was shocked and looked around, and found that this was a very low-key carriage, but the interior decoration was luxurious, and there was a faint scent in the carriage.

The moonlight filtering through the gaps in the car curtains indicated that it should already be night.

The light in the carriage was dim, and the only sound was the sound of the wheels rolling over the mountain road.

The curtain was lifted, and the moonlight leaked in, illuminating the face of the person inside.

"Your Highness is awake?"

Yun Yan came in with a bowl of warm water in his hand, and there was some worry between his brows: "Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?"

Chu Qingluan looked at him coldly, as if questioning him silently.

She remembered that Yun Yan, the illegitimate son of the Yun family, had always been weak and cowardly in the court, and was appreciated by Chu Lang for his talent, but at this moment——

"Your Highness, there is no need to look at me like that. I am only following orders."

He still spoke in a slightly timid voice, but Chu Qingluan saw through his disguise with one stroke.

"Chu Hong sent you?"

Yun Yan's hand paused slightly, and surprise flashed in his eyes.

Yun Yan, no, it should be Qi Che, he sighed, put the bowl of water aside, and said: "The princess is indeed smart."

There was a hint of admiration in his tone, completely different from his usual timidity.

"Why don't you just kill me?" Chu Qingluan stared at him.

Qi Che smiled, and a hint of helplessness appeared on his gentle face: "Your Highness is joking, the Third Prince just wants to invite you to be his guest."

"Be a guest?" Chu Qingluan sneered: "Use the tendon softening powder?"

"Your Highness, I am sorry for the injustice for now." Qi Che said gently, but he had no intention of helping her to get rid of it. "When we arrive in Youzhou, the Third Prince will personally apologize to you."

Chu Qingluan stared into his eyes. There was not the slightest trace of fear in her eyes as in the past. Instead, there was bottomless calmness, and a hint of madness and stubbornness.

But for some reason, these eyes gave her a very familiar feeling.

"Mr. Yun acted really well." She said sarcastically, "Even the crown prince was fooled by you."

Qi Che chuckled and rubbed the edge of the water bowl with his slender fingers.

"Princess, you are too kind. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been very kind to me, but..."

“Some roads must be chosen by oneself.”

When he said this, he stared at Chu Qingluan without blinking, a little dazed, as if some memory flashed through his mind.

Chu Qingluan's eyes unconsciously fell on his long fingers. His nails were trimmed neatly and roundly, with faint scars on his knuckles.

This discovery made Chu Qingluan's heart tremble.