Lin Jinwei hurriedly stopped the middle-aged doctor, smiled, and said, "Doctor, why don't you sit down and rest for a while? Let my master change his clothes first." As he spoke, he went over and threw a bundle inside.

After a rustling sound inside, Bi Xie came out.

The middle-aged doctor was completely bewildered. He had clearly heard a man speak just now. He stared at Bi Xie, his brows furrowing. "Looking at your strong voice, you don't seem sick at all!" He stood up, carrying his medicine box, and said angrily, "Are you playing me for fools?"

A few coughs suddenly came from inside the curtain. Bi Xie was taken aback. "Doctor, the patient is inside."

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The middle-aged doctor put down his hand that was taking Bi Xie's pulse, glanced at him, and snorted unhappily. "He's fine now, but the young master is weak and easily catches a cold. He should avoid contact with cold water in the future, otherwise he'll easily develop a cold-related illness. He should also try to eat less cold food... and he shouldn't overexert himself in bed either." Young people just don't know how to be moderate.

Bi Xie's eyelids twitched, and she looked at Han Yun, only to meet his gaze. Caught off guard, she blushed and scoffed, "Quack doctor." He hadn't slept with her last night; he was still a virgin.

Upon hearing the words "quack doctor," the doctor was about to jump up and argue, but was persuaded and pulled out of the house by Lin Jinwei.

As soon as the door closed, Lin Jinwei's expression turned serious. "Your Highness, General Xu, I went to the clothing shop to buy clothes just now and saw that the number of soldiers patrolling the streets had doubled. I inquired and found out that they were arresting a man who was trying to break out of prison. I was worried that if I stayed any longer, something might happen, so it would be best to leave as soon as possible."

Han Yun, dressed in a black belted robe, had already gotten up from the couch. He looked at Lin Jinwei with a cold expression and said, "I'm fine. Let's continue on our way and not cause any more trouble."

The three of them left the inn and went straight away from Fengshui Town. They didn't dare to take the official road and continued to walk along the mountain path.

The carriage traveled for three days. On the third night, a torrential downpour suddenly began. The rain was so dense that it obscured the road ahead. The three had no choice but to find a nearby dilapidated temple to take shelter from the rain. Unexpectedly, there was another person in the temple who had also been stopped there to take shelter from the rain.

A fire burned in the temple, illuminating the people who were taking shelter from the rain.

It was a man, dressed in black robes, lean and tall. The moment they entered the temple, he picked up the sword from the ground and looked at them warily.

Bi Xie paused for a moment when he saw him, and the man was also stunned, exclaiming in surprise, "General Xu!"

"Young Master Jiang, what are you doing here?" Jiang Huan is the son of the Prime Minister. Why is he not staying in the capital? What is he doing in this remote border region?

Han Yun's gaze swept over the two of them, his brows furrowed in gloom.

Jiang Huan paused for a moment, then hesitated before saying, "It's a long story." He looked at Bi Xie and asked, "Where is General Xu? Why is he here? I heard that General Xu just got married to Young Master Ning not long ago. Why would he go to the frontier?" His gaze lingered on Lin Jinwei and Han Yun.

It's like they're rubbing salt in the wound. Bi Xie glanced at Han Yun, and sure enough, the boy's face darkened as he stared at her like a hedgehog.

Bi Xie forced a smile: "This is a long story, why don't we sit down and talk about it slowly?"

Jiang Huan paused for a moment and said, "Alright," then sat down and threw some more firewood into the fire, making the dim, dilapidated temple a little brighter.

Bi Xie wanted to say something to Jiang Huan, but the dark eyes of the boy sitting next to her were fixed on her, like a jealous husband ready to catch his wife cheating at any moment. Jiang Huan had sensed the boy's hostility when she introduced herself to the other two at the beginning, and she was very reserved when communicating with Bi Xie.

"We left in a hurry, so we could only prepare some rough rations. If Young Master Jiang doesn't mind, please have some." Bi Xie handed over a dry bun and a water pouch.

Jiang Huan quickly thanked him, but noticed that the young man sitting next to General Xu had even colder eyes, staring intently at him, his hand squeezing the steamed bun out of shape.

After finishing their dry rations in an awkward atmosphere, Bi Xie kept going until everyone finally fell asleep.

Outside the dilapidated temple, a fierce wind and rain raged, raindrops pattering against the leaves, stones, and ground. Bi Xie sat up from the dry grass, looked at the dimly lit temple, and tiptoed to find Jiang Huan. Jiang Huan's mother was the powerful prime minister, and he was her only son, whom she had cherished and pampered since childhood. Controlling Jiang Huan was equivalent to controlling his mother.

Jiang Huan was quickly woken up by her. When he saw it was her, he opened his eyes and was about to speak when Bi Xie put a finger to his lips and said, "Shh, let's talk outside."

Jiang Huan nodded.

The two quietly slipped out of the dilapidated temple. Taking advantage of the sound of the pouring rain outside, Bi Xie finally spoke, getting straight to the point, "Young Master Jiang is the assassin who broke into the prison a few days ago, right?" His all-black attire was exactly what an assassin needed, but she was curious about why Jiang Huan broke into the prison and whose prison he was breaking into.

Jiang Huan was surprised for a moment, but neither refuted nor explained. Instead, he frowned and asked, "General Xu was also in Fengshui Town a few days ago? I haven't asked in detail yet. Why did you appear here, General?"

While observing him, Bi Xie recalled Xu Xie's memories and deduced who Jiang Huan wanted to save.

Xu Xie's memories are mostly from the battlefield. Although she was appointed by the Empress as the General of the Cavalry, commanding the three armies and having more power than the Prime Minister, she rarely attended court and was unaware of many things happening in the capital. However... before the original owner of the body got married in her previous life, a major event did happen in Kuiyang Kingdom—the Prince of Xiaoyao embezzled disaster relief funds, causing widespread famine and countless corpses in Lingnan. He was impeached by the censor and exiled to the frontier.

Prince Xiaoyao, Chu Wei, and Empress Chu Chu are half-brothers. When the previous empress was still alive, she conferred the title of prince upon Chu Wei and granted her a fief. Just like her title "Prince Xiaoyao", she likes landscapes and calligraphy and rarely cares about court affairs. No wonder the original owner did not remember her well. The two people who were often not in the capital might not see each other for four or five years.

The Prince of Xiaoyao's fiefdom is in Lingnan. Lingnan is prone to flooding. The Prince of Xiaoyao has been accused of embezzling grain and pay, and of corruption. With these two accusations, even if Chu Wei is a member of the royal family, he may be spared the death penalty, but he will not escape punishment.

Having figured it out, Bi Xie smiled shyly at him and said frankly, "Perhaps Young Master Jiang will laugh at me if I tell you, but I eloped with my lover."

"Elopement?!" Jiang Huan was stunned. "With the young master of the temple? Is General Xu dissatisfied with his marriage to Young Master Ning?" This was a marriage personally bestowed by Her Majesty the Empress, and besides, General Xu had never been seen getting close to any young master in the capital before. Could it be...?

Bi Xie chuckled: "Young Master Jiang guessed correctly, it is him. He is Han Yun of Nuanjiao Pavilion, my beloved."

Another breathtaking bolt of lightning tore through the sky. Bi Xie glanced into the shadows at the temple gate and a smirk appeared on his lips.

Jiang Huan stood there in shock. In his memory, Xu Xie was unrestrained and wild, but she always put the country first and would never disobey the emperor's orders. But now she had appeared in the border region and eloped with her beloved.