After seeing the Lan family off, Yun Zhuo walked to Ye Qingxue's side, his beautiful eyes gazing at her face with boundless affection.

You've lost a lot of weight.

She must not have had a proper rest or a proper meal these past few days.

"What would you like to eat? After you get home, go and rest, and I'll cook it for you myself."

The man's voice was like warm jade, deep and gentle.

Ye Qingxue looked at him. After all that trouble, almost losing her life, wasn't what she wanted precisely the safety of her beloved and the warmth and affection of the person in front of her?

Ye Qingxue smiled, a distant smile, even with a hint of mockery. She pushed Yun Zhuo away, turned around, and leaped onto the horse that Dong Bai had prepared for her. With a "giddy-up," she turned and disappeared from Yun Zhuo's sight.

"Where are you going?" Yun Zhuo's heart tightened suddenly. Ye Qingxue refused to forgive him. He grabbed a horse at random and quickly chased after her.

The morning of September 11th was slightly cool.

Consort Ning committed suicide, and Prince Xuan and his wife were demoted to Liangzhou. At this moment, their entourage had already left the city.

To protect his secret from being discovered, the emperor arranged for many people to escort them.

Of course, he had another purpose in sending so many people to Liangzhou: to keep an eye on Prince Xuan and his wife and find out the secrets buried by Consort Ning, so that the emperor would no longer be threatened.

However, only the emperor knew the purpose behind it.

To outsiders, the entourage escorting Prince Xuan to Liangzhou seemed far too large.

As the carriage walked out of the city gate, Yun Xun and Ji Mingwei couldn't help but turn back to look at the gates of the capital city, both with extreme desolation in their eyes.

Ji Mingwei, in particular, had endured ten years of hardship and painstaking efforts to finally marry Prince Xuan and become his concubine, squeezing into the circle of high-ranking officials and nobles. But after only four days, she had to be demoted to Liangzhou along with Prince Xuan.

Only four days? That's far too short a time.

I never dreamed it would end so quickly.

I wonder when I'll be able to return to this incredibly bustling city of Kyoto...

Ji Mingwei felt mostly resentful.

Although Yun Xun was also unwilling, he was more grief-stricken that his mother had died like this, and that death was like a lamp going out, leaving nothing behind.

He couldn't even keep vigil for his mother or watch her burial.

Ji Mingwei held his hand and said softly, "Your Highness, please accept my condolences. As long as we are safe, your mother will never regret what she did. If Your Highness continues to be immersed in grief, I'm afraid your mother will not be able to rest in peace in the afterlife."

Yun Xun stared at her intently, without saying a word or shedding a tear; he felt that he had already cried all his tears.

"Your Highness Prince Xuan, please wait!" A cold shout suddenly broke through the air, piercing the somber atmosphere surrounding Prince Xuan and his wife.

The two of them were stunned for a moment, and when they looked up, they saw Ye Qingxue riding over. The guards immediately drew their swords and stood in front of Prince Xuan and his wife.

Ye Qingxue reined in her horse and stopped beside the carriage of Prince Xuan and his wife. She sneered, "What's there to be nervous about? How could I dare to take the lives of those protected by my father?"

Yun Xun's face was extremely ugly, and his eyes were filled with raging anger: "What are you doing here!"

Ye Qingxue stretched out her hand to him, her voice as cold as frost, carrying a command: "Give me the antidote for the Dream of Floating Life!"

"She's here to get the antidote!" Yun Xun and Ji Mingwei had initially thought she was there to humiliate and embarrass them, but now that they knew she was there to get the antidote, they suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction!

Ji Mingwei said, "The one who poisoned her was my mother, and my father has already convicted her. If you want the antidote, go to my mother. We don't have any antidote."

Ye Qingxue said, "Did you think that just because you have Father Emperor's guards protecting you, I can't do anything to you?"

Ji Mingwei had stayed in the Marquis's mansion for ten years and witnessed the fate of everyone in the second branch of the family. She knew that Ye Qingxue was ruthless and a person of her word.

She kept shrinking behind Yun Xun, not daring to confront Ye Qingxue head-on.

Yun Xun suppressed the hatred in his heart and said, "I suppose Xiang Si Zi has already told you that Fu Sheng Meng is a secret medicine of the Southern Frontier. We do not have the antidote. If you want to find the antidote, you might as well go to the Southern Frontier."

Ye Qingxue's gaze was sharp as she stared directly at them.

In those usually cold eyes, a raging fire now burned them to ashes.

Ji Mingwei said, "...Princess Jing, in a life-or-death struggle like this, no one has the antidote. If you don't believe me, you can ask Xiangsi Zi."

Yun Xun added, "Princess Jing, with Father Emperor's guards here, it won't be easy for you to kill us. Even if you do manage to kill us, you will be punished by Father Emperor later. It's not worth it to trade one life for another."

“If I were you, I should go back to Prince Jing’s side at this time and spend more time with him, or find someone to go to the southern border to find the antidote. I wonder how much longer Prince Jing has to stay by your side.”

Yun Xun's tone was somber. They were already at their wits' end, and preserving their lives was the most important thing right now.

As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn.

A head-on confrontation with Ye Qingxue would only result in mutual destruction and be utterly pointless.

He will return to Kyoto sooner or later.

The leader of the guards stepped forward and knelt before Ye Qingxue, saying, "Please, Princess Jing, do not make things difficult for us. His Majesty has decreed that if we cannot safely deliver Prince Xuan and Princess Xuan to Liangzhou, we will all be beheaded."

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxue's gaze swept back and forth between the faces of Prince Xuan and his wife until she heard the sound of horses' hooves behind her and heard Yun Zhuo calling her name. Only then did she spur her horse and turn to leave.

The procession of Prince Xuan and his wife to Liangzhou set off again.

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