Lips and teeth intertwined, I once again depicted that already unforgettable face in my mind thousands of times.

It's ingrained in my bones and I can never forget it.

In the Taoist temple, not long after the two men sank to the bottom of the water, the Regent led his men in with a stern look on their faces.

As expected, nothing was found.

"Your Majesty, could it be that the news is wrong? Although this temple is dilapidated, passers-by still stay here from time to time. If His Majesty is really here, he shouldn't have been discovered until today."

Besides, this shabby place doesn't look like a place where people can hide. So many people searched inside and out.

If you can’t find it, it must be gone.

The Regent took a deep breath, suppressing the anger that kept rising between his brows. He pressed hard between his brows to suppress the tyranny deep in his heart, "Forget it."

"The Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet will be held in a few days. If you can't find the little emperor before then, you..."

The people around him broke out in cold sweats.

It's easy to imagine what the unspoken threats will be like. Even though I was so nervous that I was sweating profusely, I still had to respond in a deep voice.

After walking around the Taoist temple again, a servant came from the palace.

"Your Highness, Madam Lin who came in today asked me to pass something to you!" The servant showed a smile that only men could understand, and took out a tender red bellyband with a pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water.

Regardless of the presence of many outsiders, he handed it directly to the Regent.

The bellyband is not new and carries an alluring feminine scent.

The Regent instantly thought of the delicate and beautiful bride, and he swallowed the saliva in his throat unconsciously.

The desire in his eyes began to burn, but with a bit of disdain, "As expected of the top performer of Hongxiulou, she really has some tricks up her sleeve."

"Your Highness is talking about Miss Qinghe from Hongxiu Tower?"

The people around him also swallowed their saliva. Of course, before the Regent got tired of playing with him, no matter how brave they were, they would not dare to have any random thoughts.

But... the novelty of being the Regent didn't last long.

Thinking of this, the man beside him couldn't help but let out a lewd smile, "Come to think of it, the top courtesan of Hongxiu Tower should have been Miss Ah Huan."

"It's such a pity that such a beautiful face got sick. The face is ruined, and the person is ruined too."

The Regent's eyes darkened slightly.

Of course, he had heard of the name Hongxiu Ahuan, but before he could take action, the other party's face was damaged and he could no longer face people.

He secretly sent someone to take a look at Ah Huan's appearance when he was ill. The swelling and pus were so frightening that he gave up all thoughts.

"Okay, I'll leave this place to you. Search it inside and out. If you really can't find it, then forget it." After he finished speaking, the Regent walked out in a hurry.

That anxious look.

The others looked at each other and laughed knowingly.

On the other side, Lin Chunhuan pulled the emperor out of the moat like a dead pig.

She also didn't expect that the little emperor couldn't swim at all. If it weren't for her excellent swimming skills, the little emperor would have been drowned before he could even run halfway!

Even so, swimming all the way out almost cost Lin Chunhuan half his life. He sat in the open space and gasped for a long time before he recovered.

He quickly knelt down beside the little emperor and asked, "Little monk, are you okay?"

"Wake up!"

The emperor was in a very bad condition. His face was extremely pale. Not only was he breathing out more than breathing in, but he was even starting to roll his eyes.

Helpless, Lin Chunhuan gritted his teeth, took out the pill from the brocade bag, and stuffed it into the man's mouth without saying a word!

After about ten breaths, the little emperor vomited out a large mouthful of water. The violent coughing sound was scary just to hear, but... at least he survived.

Lin Chunhuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Knowing that she couldn't stay in this place for long, she took out a spare veil to cover her face, regardless of being so tired that she could barely breathe, and found a farmer's house not far away to stay overnight.

I managed to settle down barely.

"Girl, drink this medicine first. The weather is getting colder. Your clothes have been wet for so long. I'm afraid you'll get sick!"

In the farmer's house where Lin Chunhuan stayed, there was only a widow living alone. It was said that she had fled to the suburbs of Beijing to escape famine, and her husband had abandoned her and her daughter on the way.

After much difficulty, I brought my daughter to Beijing, but she developed a high fever and died within two days. I have been living alone these years.

She was a simple peasant woman, and the medicine she brought was very rough. It was obvious that she was reluctant to buy medicine from the clinic, and she picked the herbs herself in the mountains.

"Thank you, Auntie!"

Lin Chunhuan quickly stepped forward to take the medicine bowl, but did not drink it immediately. "Auntie, do you understand pharmacology?"

"Oh, what do you know? We mountain people eat this when we have a headache or a high fever. It works!" The peasant woman said carelessly.

Seeing that Lin Chunhuan didn't drink it, he didn't take it seriously, thinking that she was afraid of being burned. "Miss, don't be fooled by the black color of this medicine. It's very effective. You have to drink it hot. Don't let it get too cold!"

"Okay, then you guys take a rest first, and I'll make you some food!"

The peasant woman walked out the door with a smile.

When staying overnight, Lin Chunhuan gave the peasant woman a tael of silver. It was not much, but enough to get a good treatment among such farmers.

It’s not that she couldn’t get more, but showing off her wealth too much in the suburbs of Beijing might not be a good thing for a weak woman like her.

After testing it with a silver needle and carefully identifying the remaining medicine residue, Lin Chunhuan fed the medicine to the emperor, but she did not drink any of it herself.

She already knew how to proceed.

August 12th.

Lin Chunhuan didn't come back the whole night. Mother Zhuang would go outside Hongxiu Tower from time to time to look out. Every time she looked out, the worry between her brows grew heavier.

Lin Yinyin did not go on stage tonight. She took a few hairpins given to her by the young master of the Minister of Personnel's family yesterday and gestured back and forth in front of the water.

Seeing Zhuang's mother walking out again, she pulled her back with a smile, "Mom, please stop walking around. Sister Huan has always been a sensible person."

"Once she finishes her business, she'll naturally come back. There's no point in you running back and forth like this." Yin Yin put out the hairpins and said, "If you have the time, please help me see which hairpin is more suitable for me today!"

Mother Zhuang rolled her eyes.

A finger poked Yin Yin's head, "You little heartless thing!"

"Your sister Ah Huan treats you very well on weekdays. You don't worry when she stays out all night!"

Lin Yinyin smiled nonchalantly, "What are you worried about? People in our line of work are lucky. They're likely to be redeemed by a noble, and become a concubine."

"For those with bad luck, if they encounter a murder for money, being killed by a knife can actually be considered a good thing. It can't get any worse."