Xiao Yan covered his stomach and bent over in pain. His keen intuition about danger allowed him to dodge an arrow. He staggered and fell to the ground. Just as he was about to grab someone to block the arrow, he found that the guards suddenly fled in all directions and disappeared in an instant.
"The eldest prince is here~" Xia Yang's voice was so urgent and sharp that it almost pierced people's eardrums.
Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt that his hands and feet were powerless. The fight just now had consumed all the strength of this body. He tried twice but failed to get up, so he had to give up.
Ji Yunhuan rushed over like a gust of wind and held Xiao Yan in his arms skillfully. He felt that this had become an instinctive movement of his body and it was particularly comfortable to hold him in his arms.
"Are you okay? Why are you sweating so much? Someone, go get Doctor Ye!"
After the pain subsided, Xiao Yan felt much better, but he still had no strength. He whispered, "I'm fine. I can walk. Put me down."
Ji Yunhuan confirmed that Xiao Yan was not injured, so he put him down and supported him carefully.
The two exchanged glances, both were worried about the baby in the belly, but it was not appropriate to discuss this matter in front of outsiders, so they could only wait until they returned to Xiaozhuyuan.
"Everyone, please disperse. I will investigate today's matter myself. Come, arrange for a sedan chair to send Yun Fengyi back."
Sun Jiayi's forehead was hit by a stone on the ground and was bleeding a lot. There were purple marks on her neck, which looked quite scary.
She pulled Lin Wan'er together and stood in front of the "Grand Prince", kneeling and shouting, "Yun Fengyi can't leave!"
"At this point, Your Highness still wants to protect another criminal slave? In broad daylight, she almost strangled me to death. I am Your Highness's legitimate wife. Are you willing to disregard my life just to favor a criminal slave?"
"Your Highness, look at Lin Liangyuan. She has a broken arm, her face is disfigured, and she nearly drowned! This woman is vicious, seducing her master and killing people. She must not be allowed to live!"
Ji Yunhuan didn't believe a word of it. It was impossible for Xiao Yan to attack Lin Wan'er for no reason, and it was even more impossible for him to kill Sun Jiayi with her body. It was obvious that Sun Jiayi set up a trap to frame "Yun Fengyi". Xiao Yan naturally would not surrender, so a fight broke out.
When she rushed over, she heard the sound of archery. There were still some broken arrows at the scene. A seriously injured eunuch was lying by the lake with an arrow stuck in his abdomen.
"How dare you, Princess Consort! You dare to use a weapon in the Forbidden Palace? Do you want to kill Yun Fengyi, or do you want to kill me?"
Sun Jiayi had already prepared her excuse. With a look of sorrow on her face, she said, "Your Highness favored a criminal slave and allowed her to bully me. The maid I brought into the palace was beaten half to death, and Your Highness didn't do anything about it."
"If it weren't for my father's pity and providing me with a few men, not only would Lin Liangyuan have died here today, but I would have been strangled to death as well. Two lives won't wake Your Highness up? Do you really have to wait until I die before Your Highness will deal with this criminal slave?"
Sun Jiayi thought she had planned everything well. Even if the eldest prince did not punish Yun Fengyi, he should at least ignore her. However, she never expected that the person standing in front of her was Yun Fengyi himself.
Ji Yunhuan listened expressionlessly, then turned to look at Xiao Yan, who was already sitting on the sedan chair next to him, and said softly, "Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere? Does it hurt?"
Xiao Yan shook his head, "It doesn't hurt now."
"That's good. I don't believe what they say. Xiaoyun, tell me what's going on."
Xiao Yan briefly explained the whole story.
Ji Yunhuan was stunned when he heard this. Lin Wan'er was so cruel to him. Sun Jiayi was still the same as in her previous life, cruel and ruthless, and would do anything to achieve her goals.
If she was really framed like this, I wonder if Xiao Yan would believe her explanation.
Fortunately, she used soul exchange. She would not be able to escape Sun Jiayi's killing plan on her own. However, with the system, as long as she is willing to spend merit points, she should not die.
Ji Yunhuan took Xiao Yan's hand and said in the same tone as Xiao Yan: "Fortunately, Xiao Yun is fine, otherwise I would have killed them and buried them with Xiao Yun!"
Xiao Yan kissed Xiao Yun's hand and said with a smile, "Your Highness is so kind to me."
Sun Jiayi was greatly irritated and shouted anxiously, "Your Highness, how could you believe Yun Fengyi's one-sided statement? This golden hairpin is the evidence that Yun Fengyi injured people. There are also many palace maids and eunuchs who can testify. The injuries of this concubine and Lin Liangyuan are not fake. Why doesn't Your Highness believe this concubine..."
"Enough!" Ji Yunhuan said angrily, "I only trust Xiaoyun. The princess has no need to say anything. Come, lock up the princess and Lin Liangyuan. We will make any further decisions after the investigation is complete!"
Sun Jiayi's confidant had been controlled. She shook off the eunuch who came to grab her and stood up on her own.
"Get out of here! Don't touch me! I'm the prince's consort appointed by His Majesty himself. Even if Your Highness doesn't believe me, he can't abolish me. When I appear before His Majesty, he will definitely clear my name."
Lin Wan'er also stood up and followed Sun Jiayi. "It's all my fault that I'm with the prince's wife. If I hadn't come here to enjoy the scenery, nothing would have happened..."
The two walked hand in hand, as close as sisters.
Ji Yunhuan ordered people to carry the sedan chair and prepared to accompany Xiao Yan back to Xiaozhu Garden. Not long after they walked, she heard Lin Wan'er's sharp cry.
"Ahhh!! It hurts so much!!!" Lin Wan'er covered her face. The left half of her face felt like it was on fire, and she rolled on the ground in pain.
"My face...what happened to my face? I clearly put medicine on it, how could it become like this? Ah! This is not me! No!"
A hideous face was reflected on the lake surface, half of which was festering and the wound was so deep that the bone was visible.
A white porcelain bottle rolled out of Lin Wan'er's arms. Lin Wan'er finally reacted and pounced towards Sun Jiayi.
"It's you! You're the one who hurt me! This isn't a skin-growing cream, you lied to me!"
The two men were fighting with each other, and Xia Yang couldn't handle it on his own, so he had to ask the "Eldest Prince" to come over.
Sun Jiayi's face was scratched several times, and blood was dripping. "You crazy woman! Let me go! It's obviously your own bad luck that your face is rotten, what does it have to do with me?"
Lin Wan'er broke her wrist and was quickly pushed to the ground by Sun Jiayi. When she saw the "Grand Prince" coming, she immediately crawled in front of him and cried:
"Your Highness, please be merciful. This has nothing to do with me. It was the princess who forced me to do this. If I hadn't framed Yun Fengyi, the princess would have taken my life."
"I have no one to rely on in this palace. I had no choice but to listen to her. She has ruined my appearance. I beg Your Highness to take action for me. Wuwuwuwu..."
Ji Yunhuan put the small porcelain bottle away. With Lin Wan'er as a witness, things became much simpler.
"Stop crying! What a shame to make such a fuss! Lock them up separately, and find a doctor to treat Lin Liangyuan's injuries and take good care of her."
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