The thunderstorm and lightning lasted for half an hour before it stopped, and occasionally thunder could be heard in the distance.
Chen Nian was restless in the room. She hadn't seen Han Ge'er for almost a whole day. She was looking forward to seeing Lu Yun, but she hadn't seen Lu Yun until late at night.
Shen Nian asked Qiu Yue outside, "Is Lu Yun not back yet?"
"To reply to the Princess, the Prince has not returned yet."
Chen Nian looked out the window at the rain that had just stopped, looked outside indifferently, walked to a table of cold dishes, forced himself to eat a few bites, and then fell asleep.
Shen Nian was somewhat unable to sleep, as the moment he closed his eyes he could hear Han'er crying.
After tossing and turning all night, Shen Nian heard a noise and learned that Lu Yun and Zhou Jiamin had gone hunting in Qianhu Mountain and disappeared. Only their horses were found, and the two had been missing all night.
It was not until Empress Dowager Zhou started looking for Zhou Jiamin but failed to find her that they realized Lu Yun was with Zhou Jiamin.
He had not returned all night and was on a mountain with tigers. Princess Pingrou was extremely worried when she learned about this.
Qi Yuning knew about this and could only comfort Princess Pingrou, saying, "Don't worry, Brother Yun will be fine."
Princess Pingrou sighed and said, "The Qianhu Mountain is extremely dangerous. We should have come down when it's getting dark. Now we can only pray to the Bodhisattva for protection and let Lu Yun return soon. Where is Shen Nian? Her husband didn't come back all night, and she didn't even show up?"
Qi Yuning said: "Chen Nian was watched by Lu Yun and was not allowed to leave the room."
Princess Pingrou frowned and asked, "What's going on here?"
Qi Yuning quietly told Princess Pingrou about Shen Nian's abortion.
Princess Pingrou almost couldn't breathe, "The most important thing now is to find Yun'er first."
Qi Yuning said: "Lu Ze and I will go to the mountain to look for it ourselves. We are very familiar with Qianhu Mountain."
Princess Pingrou nodded slightly and said, "You and Ze'er should also be extremely careful."
Qi Yuning agreed and said, "I will have the guards follow you closely."
When Qi Yuning arrived at the foot of Qianhu Mountain, Lu Ze had already led his troops to the foot of the mountain and was instructing the soldiers on the search range.
Qi Yuning and Lu Ze went to the place where Lu Yun had marked. Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "There are traces of a wild boar carcass next to the mark made by Lu Yun, and there are also tiger footprints next to it. It should be that Lu Yun hunted a wild boar but couldn't take it away. He marked it and planned to take it in the daytime, but the tiger ate the wild boar carcass first."
Qi Yuning asked: "Where is the mark missing?"
"The wild mountain stream ahead is gone. It rained heavily, and even the footprints are hard to find."
Qi Yuning followed Lu Ze to the wild mountain stream. Lu Ze searched carefully and found a piece of clothing rag.
Qi Yuning took the cloth and said, "This cloth should belong to Zhou Jiamin. I saw her wearing this cloth."
Lu Ze was filled with worry when he saw the blood stains on the rag.
Qi Yuning followed Lu Ze in searching until noon. When the sun was very bright, Qi Yuning saw a cave and let Lu Ze go with him into the cave to rest and have a meal.
After entering the cave, Lu Ze lit a candle and saw some bloodstains inside.
He walked deeper into the cave.
Qi Yuning held Lu Ze's hand tightly and walked inside with him. In the dark cave, Zhou Jiamin and Lu Yun were lying together.
Lu Yun's calf was exposed. Lu Ze could see at a glance that there was an obvious snake bite wound on Lu Yun's calf. The wound was purple and red and swollen to the size of a steamed bun.
There was blood stain on Zhou Jiamin's lips.
Qi Yuning stepped forward to help Zhou Jiamin up, took her pulse, and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Zhou Jiamin was still alive.
"Fortunately, the person is still alive."
Lu Zelian asked the guards to come in and carry the person. Zhou Jiamin was a woman, so Qi Yuning and Lichun had to help her out of the cave. When they got outside into the sunlight, Zhou Jiamin's face became even paler.
The crowd did not dare to stop and walked down the mountain without stopping.
Qi Yuning first sent Zhou Jiamin to the temporary palace. Queen Mother Zhou came over in a hurry and said, "Jiamin, Jiamin!"
The imperial physician also came to check Zhou Jiamin's pulse. After checking Zhou Jiamin's pupils, the imperial physician said, "It seems that Miss Zhou Er has been poisoned by a snake. Empress Dowager, why don't you ask the palace maid to check if Miss Zhou Er has any snake bites on her body?"
Qi Yuning said: "I have checked, there is no wound or bite. The reason why she was poisoned by the snake must be that she sucked the snake venom."
The imperial physician said, "I will now prescribe medicine to detoxify Miss Zhou Er."
After seeing that the imperial physician had already prescribed the medicine, Qi Yuning hurried back to the Lu Mansion. The imperial physician had bandaged Lu Yun's wound and prescribed an antidote.
The imperial physician stroked his gray beard and said to Princess Pingrou, "The snake venom is too strong. Even if someone helps to absorb some of the venom, it is not certain whether the antidote will work."
Princess Pingrou cried out of worry. Duke Lu put his hand on her shoulder and said, "Yun'er has always been lucky. He will be fine. Don't worry."
Qi Yuning had cursed Lu Yun countless times before. This time, seeing him lying on the sickbed with a pale face, Qi Yuning only hoped that he could be safe. After all, he was the little brother next door whom he had watched grow up, and now he was Lingling's uncle.
Thinking of Lingling's uncle, Qi Yuning felt relieved immediately.
Three-year-old Lingling knew Lu Yun, so it seemed that Lu Yun would not die so easily!
Qi Yuning looked at the worried Lu Ze and whispered to him, "Lingling knows Lu Yun, don't worry too much."
Lu Ze nodded slightly and said, "Yes."
Shen Nian was in the room, listening to the noise outside, and asked Qiu Yue hurriedly, "What happened outside?"
Qiuyue bowed and said, "The prince has been found, but he has been poisoned by a snake and is now unconscious!"
"What?!" Shen Nian said worriedly, "How could he be poisoned by a snake? I want to go out and see him."
Lu Yun was unconscious, and Qiuyue and other maids did not dare to stop Shen Nian anymore.
Shen Nian hurried to the room in the front yard, where many people were standing.
Shen Nian didn't bother to salute one by one, looking at Lu Yun lying on the bed, she bit her lip tightly, and cried out: "Husband, husband, wake up."
The maid brought the boiled medicine over, Shen Nian took the medicine bowl and fed it to Lu Yun, but she couldn't feed it in. Lu Yun clenched his teeth and the medicine juice flowed out from the side.
Lu Yun couldn't take his medicine, which made everyone very worried.
Chen Nian took a sip of the medicine, kissed Lu Yun's lips, and fed some of the medicine orally.
Tears in Shen Nian's eyes kept falling on Lu Yun's face. She knelt in front of Princess Pingrou and said, "Your Highness, what Lu Yun said before was very right. I am a star of misfortune, a person who brings misfortune to my father, mother, husband and children. It was all my fault that Lu Yun was harmed.
I would like to ask to be divorced, maybe we are no longer husband and wife, and he will not be unlucky by me..."
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