Yun Yan brought Xiahou Yan to Jiang Muyu's guest room.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Jiang Muyu lying on the edge of the bed, spitting a mouthful of dirty blood into the spittoon.

Yunyan hurried forward, crying, "Madam, how are you? I've brought someone to you, they'll be fine soon, just hold on a little longer."

Then she knelt down in the direction of Xiahou Yan and kowtowed: "Please save our wife."

Xiahou Yan frowned, motioned to the maid beside him, and said, "Don't cry, I'll let my maid treat her, everyone else please leave first."

"Yes, yes." Yun Yan immediately stood up and retreated with the guards in the room.

The only people left in the room were Jiang Muyu, Xiahou Yan and the maid who knew medicine.

Jiang Muyu's face and clothes were stained with blood, his complexion was pale, and he lay powerless on the edge of the bed.

Xiahou Yan signaled to the maid: "Check what poison she was poisoned with."

"Yes." The maid walked forward, squatted down, held Jiang Muyu's wrist, and felt her pulse with her fingers.

Jiang Muyu didn't move and let her take his pulse.

After a while, the maid said, "It's ricin, a toxin extracted from castor beans. Even a small amount can be fatal. Fortunately, she was not poisoned too deeply and was not seriously injured."

"Is there a prescription for the antidote?"

"have."

"Give her medical treatment."

"yes."

The maid asked her to lie down first, then took out a cloth bag from her sleeve and opened it. Inside was a row of tiny silver needles.

"I will use silver needles to control the flow of toxins in Madam's body. You can close your eyes and take a nap."

"Yeah." Jiang Muyu just moved her eyelids. In fact, she even found it difficult to speak at this moment.

In order to make Xiahou Yan believe it, she really took the poison. Although the dosage was strictly controlled, the poison was very powerful.

The maid took out a silver needle, warmed it over the fire, and then slowly inserted it into the acupuncture point on her head.

Jiang Muyu gradually felt sleepy, and her eyelids became heavier...

When she woke up, it was two days later.

She squinted her eyes and looked around for a while before her thoughts came back to her. She had taken poison to delay Xiahou Yan's journey, so she should still be at the post station along the way.

"Madam, you are finally awake." Yunyan's surprised voice came to my ears.

Afterwards, Yunyan came over and helped her sit up, and placed a soft pillow on her back.

Jiang Muyu grabbed her wrist and asked hurriedly, "Where's Xiahou Yan?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a lazy male voice came from not far away: "I'm here. The first thing Xiao Jiangjiang did when he woke up was to look for me, but he also dreamed about me?"

Jiang Muyu looked over in the direction of the sound and saw Xiahou Yan sitting sideways on a chair not far away, supporting his head with one hand, looking at him with a smile in his eyes.

She thought that Xiahou Yan might slip away at night, and she also thought that Xiahou Yan would ask the maid to come and treat her if he knew she was poisoned. However, she didn't expect Xiahou Yan to stay and wait for her to wake up.

"Don't you have something urgent?"

Xiahou Yan shrugged and said, "It's all right now. It's less than a day's journey to the imperial capital anyway. We can afford to delay."

She pursed her lips and said, "Thank you this time."

"It's just a small effort, not worth worrying about." After saying that, he stood up, yawned lazily, and walked out of the house: "Since you are awake, it means there is no problem. Let's take a rest for a while, have lunch and then set off."

"Yeah." Jiang Muyu nodded, looking as if he was feeling extremely guilty for delaying his trip.

Seeing this, Xiahou Yan said before leaving: "Don't think too much. I really only stayed here because there was nothing urgent in the imperial capital, not because of you."

He said this and left.

Jiang Muyu watched him leave the house and waited for a moment. When he was sure he was far away, he called Yunyan to his side and asked, "What is the situation in the imperial capital right now?"

Yun Yan excitedly held her hand and said, "The master sent a letter yesterday, and it's done! Madam, from now on you will be the most noble woman in the world!"

God knows how much patience she had to not tell it out immediately.

Jiang Muyu was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes. He held Yunyan's hand, but still felt that it was a little unreal: "Yunyan, am I dreaming?"

"My lady, this is not a dream, it is real!"

"Quick, bring me his message."

"Yes." Yun Yan immediately took out a small note from under the bag in the cabinet.

Yes, it was just a small piece of paper. When I opened it, there were only four words on it: I'll be waiting for you when I get it done.

Jiang Muyu quickly got up from the bed, not caring that he was still a little weak, and asked Yunyan to change his clothes for him.

As Yunyan helped her put on her clothes, she said, "If it weren't for delaying that Xiahou Yan, you would have rushed to your master's side long ago."

"It doesn't matter. I was just afraid that Xiahou Yan would get into trouble in the imperial capital, so I wanted to delay him on the road as much as possible."

"Alas - both the bandits and the poisoning, it's been such a torment. Your Majesty has lost a lot of weight. You must work hard to regain your weight in the future."

"knew."

After Jiang Muyu washed up and had lunch, she continued on her journey with Xiahou Yan and the others.

Her body, which had just been poisoned, could not stand the fatigue, so she dozed off as soon as she got on the carriage, but her back and waist ached from the jolting ride. It was not until dark that they finally arrived at a river.

The group stopped to regroup, light a campfire, and eat some dry food.

Xiahou Yan came over and handed her a clean little white porcelain bottle, saying, "This is the medicine for your health that the maid who treated you made. The remaining toxins in your body have just been cleared, so you need more treatment."

"Thank you." Jiang Muyu smiled at him, took it, and put it into his sleeve: "I'll eat it later."

"Yeah." Xiahou Yan sat down beside her.

He looked up at the starry sky and said, "I haven't asked you what you are going to do in the imperial capital yet?"

"Of course I'm going to look for my husband."

"Oh? Do you have any news about him?"

"No, but I heard that many people fled to the imperial capital, so I thought that was the capital of Xuan Cang Country, the safest and most prosperous place, and he might be waiting for me there."

Xiahou Yan was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "What if you don't find your husband in the imperial capital?"

"Then look somewhere else."

"In these chaotic times, it's not easy to find someone. What if I can't find him, or... he is no longer alive?"

Jiang Muyu shook his head: "I believe he will be alive and well, wait for me to be by his side."

Xiahou Yan frowned slightly, puzzled: "Why are you so determined?"

"Because he promised me, he won't break his word."

Xiahou Yan felt that this silly woman was really stubborn and he even felt a little disappointed with her.

But he didn't know what to say for a moment, so he got up and left without saying a word.