Yan'er immediately understood what was going on: "You gave all your money to your uncle again?"
The fat woman spoke with obvious guilt: "He, he lost money, and the people at the casino want to beat him to death. How can that be allowed? He's my only son, and I'm counting on him to take care of me in my old age and see me off when I die."
Yan'er sneered, "Believe it or not, if he asks you for money again next time, he might just send you away if you don't give it to him!"
The fat woman gritted her teeth: "So you'd better hurry up and take down Prince An!"
Yan'er strode out of the door in a huff and headed towards Zhu Yu's room. Was it that she didn't want to? Or was it that the prince hadn't paid much attention to her these past few days?
He had barely reached the door when Xi Yi, his face filled with murderous intent, held a knife to his neck: "What are you doing here? Get out of my way!"
The knife carried a chilling murderous aura, gleaming with a cold, sinister light under the moonlight; it was a knife that had truly drunk blood and killed people.
Yan'er turned pale with fright and took several steps back: "Lord Xi, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! I, I just came to see if the Prince needed anything. He's been in that room for several hours..."
Xi Yi forced Yan'er to retreat step by step: "Don't think I don't know you're trying to seduce the prince."
That's far too blunt.
With trepidation, Yan'er slowly placed her snow-white, scallion-like hand on Xi Yi's hand holding the knife.
"No, how could that be? Although I admire someone like Your Highness, I know I am of lowly status and not worthy of you. But you, Lord Xi, are exceptionally brave and valiant, and I am deeply enamored with you..."
Xi Yi glanced coldly at the slender white hand resting on his, then suddenly pressed the knife closer to Yan'er's neck, instantly cutting her delicate white skin and drawing blood.
"Ah!" Yan'er screamed in fright, her gaudy face filled with panic, and tears immediately rolled down her cheeks.
Xi Yi coldly said, "You should take a good look at yourself. How could the prince possibly be interested in someone as ordinary as you?"
When Yan'er's attempt to seduce Xi Yi failed, and remembering the prince's ambiguous attitude towards her, she cried out in terror towards the tightly closed door, "Your Highness, Your Highness, save me! Your guards are going to kill me, Your Highness..."
Xi Yi cornered them: "Speak, did you poison the princess?"
Yan'er's face turned deathly pale.
Inside the room, Lu Xiaoyun was slowly waking up.
Lu Yuyan was covered in sweat and slumped weakly on the footstool in front of the bed. He had used the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Needle five times in a row to finally force out all the toxins from Zhu Yu's body, which almost drained all his strength.
Beside the bed was a pool of black, poisonous blood. Zhu Yu, who was on the bed, was also stained with a lot of poisonous blood on his snow-white undergarment. Although his face was still pale and bloodless, it was no longer bluish-black.
Seeing Lu Xiaoyun, who had already sat up and whose face was gradually regaining its color, Lu Yuyan revealed eight fine white teeth; his older sister was alright.
Lu Xiaoyun looked at Lu Yuyan with a slight smile.
Lu Yuyan struggled to his feet, almost crawling over, and grabbed Lu Xiaoyun's neck, saying, "Sister, it worked, it's alright, you're alright."
A cool liquid slid down his neck, his body trembled slightly, and tears rolled down his face, sliding into her neck.
He held Lu Xiaoyun tightly, afraid that if he let go, his older sister would be like she was in modern times, gradually stiffening in his arms when he rushed into the ward, finally falling silent: "Sister, sister..."
Lu Yuyan choked up.
Lu Xiaoyun gently patted his back to comfort him: "It's alright, I'm fine, Ayan, your older sister is alright now."
Lu Yuyan wiped Lu Xiaoyun's tears all over his body. He stepped out of Lu Xiaoyun's arms. When Lu Xiaoyun saw his face covered in tears, she knew that she had really frightened him this time. She reached out and wiped the tears off his face and teased, "How old are you? Still crying in front of your older sister."
"Sister, let's switch bodies back as soon as possible. After we switch back, let's leave the Prince An's mansion. It's too dangerous here, okay?" Lu Yuyan's voice was thick with nasal congestion.
Lu Xiaoyun looked at Zhu Yu lying quietly on the bed. His face was pale and his body was so thin that it seemed as if a gust of wind could blow him away. She gently pursed her lips.
Lu Yuyan followed Lu Xiaoyun's gaze to the bed: "Sister, I've already lost you once, I can't lose you a second time."
After a long pause, Lu Xiaoyun nodded.
But, Ah Yan, Zhu Yu, he...
"Jiang Chuan."
As soon as Lu Xiaoyun finished speaking, Jiang Chuan pushed open the door and entered the room. When he saw the "Prince An" already sitting up, his eyes filled with tears, which streamed down his face. He choked out, "Your Highness, you're awake! That's wonderful, wonderful..."
He then bowed deeply to Lu Yuyan with great solemnity: "Thank you, Mr. Lu, for saving my lord. From now on, Mr. Lu will also be Jiang Chuan's master. Jiang Chuan will go through fire and water for any order you may give."
Lu Yuyan chuckled and waved his hand: "The princess will probably not wake up for another hour or two."
Jiang Chuan then saw the "princess" on the bed clearly. Although her face was still pale, it was no longer ashen. The princess's poison had been cured, so his prince had also come back to life.
"Where is Wu Chuan?" Lu Xiaoyun asked.
Jiang Chuan moved two steps to the side, and Wu Chuan, kneeling upright in the moonlight, came into view.
Lu Xiaoyun rubbed her forehead, her head aching. "Let him in."
Wu Chuan entered the room with his head down and knelt down before Lu Xiaoyun without saying a word. He felt extremely ashamed, as he had almost caused the deaths of his master and the princess.
So the master wasn't poisoned at all. He was so anxious and upset when he saw the princess was about to die. Also, because the arrow in his heart hadn't fully healed, he vomited blood. He had wronged Mr. Lu.
Lu Xiaoyun didn't call him to get up, but asked coldly, "Has anyone come out of Yunmei Garden today?"
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