The fact that Yu Wenran keeps Gu Yanyue by his side all the time is really enough. Is he keeping her by his side because he is afraid that Gu Yanyue will be targeted by the Queen Mother in the palace?
That's perfect. This time, he can catch all the "bishops" in one fell swoop, and he won't have to be restricted by the Queen Mother Gu Yanyue after he ascends the throne.
On this side, Prince Xiang was still waiting for the news that would come from "Bishop Wu". A few days ago, since He Shuhuan received the news that "Bishop Wu" had discovered the location of the villa rented by Yuwen Ran for Gu Yanyue to recuperate, he said that he would poison the well water they drank every day. No one would have thought that poison would be put in the well water.
By the time Yu Wenran and Gu Yanyue find out, the poison will have already penetrated deep into their bones, and there will be no way to cure it.
Even if there was, it would take Qin Ruoruo to detoxify the poison. As far as he knew, Qin Ruoruo was left in the capital by Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue to take care of his niece Xiao Yuntun, so it was impossible for her to appear in Qianzhou.
Even if Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue discovered that they were poisoned, the accompanying imperial physician and the doctor in the small town were unable to cure the poison and wanted to send someone back to the capital to invite Qin Ruoruo to Qianzhou, they were ultimately powerless.
Therefore, King Xiang only had to wait for "Bishop Wu" to bring back the news that Gu Yanyue and Yuwen Ran had died of poisoning to He Shuhuan.
Meanwhile, Qin Ruoruo and He Fangyan were clearly not feeling well. It was unclear whether it was Yuwen Ran's bad luck or just bad luck. They had just sent Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue out, and not even two hours had passed when the watchers outside the gate discovered that the "Gu Yanyue" and "Yuwen Ran" in the courtyard were fakes and had already fled.
The night was quiet and beautiful, with a hazy moon. The originally clear night sky was darkened in the blink of an eye after Gu Yanyue and Yuwen Ran were sent out of the villa by Qin Ruoruo and He Fangyan.
Masked men in black emerged from all directions and surrounded Qin Ruoruo and He Fangyan. The swords in their hands shot out cold rays of light, making it impossible for people to look directly at them.
Qin Ruoruo didn't know whether these people were the same group that stabbed Gu Yanyue last time. She could only sigh that as a doctor who practiced medicine and saved lives, she had an unusual connection with the flashing of swords and the shadows recently.
He Fangyan and she stood back to back on either side. The leader was holding a palace maid from the other courtyard hostage and was standing face to face with Qin Ruoruo.
Qin Ruoruo looked at the palace maid in the hands of the leader, who was unconscious and held hostage by him. She knew that the palace maid was either knocked unconscious by him or drugged, and her brows couldn't help but furrowed.
She recognized the maid; she was the one who served Gu Yanyue. She could usually hear her calling "Miss Qin" from a distance whenever she went to Fengqi Palace. She was also a skilled baker. While her pastries weren't as exquisite and delicious as Gu Yanyue's, they were still a fraction as good as those sold outside or made in the imperial kitchen.
When Qin Ruoruo couldn't eat the pastries made by Gu Yanyue, she would eat the pastries made by her. Every time she made pastries, she would make a few extra of her favorite pastries so that she could take them out to the palace to eat.
"This young lady and young master."
After someone said a few words in the other person's ear, the other person took the palace maid and took two steps towards Qin Ruoruo and He Fangyan.
Holding a knife to the maid's neck, he began to negotiate with Qin Ruoruo, "Although I don't know what your relationship is with that bastard emperor and his queen, but judging from your appearance, you should be a doctor, right? They say doctors always have a compassionate heart. So, do you think it's worthwhile to trade the whereabouts of that bastard emperor and his queen for the life of this maid?"
"It turns out they are coming for His Majesty and the Empress."
She raised the corner of her lip slightly, "Now that you know this is where His Majesty and the Queen are temporarily staying, do you think you'll be allowed in so easily? This place is heavily guarded. Now that you're in, don't even think about leaving."
"Hahahaha!" The man acted as if he had just heard a terrible joke. "Humph! That damn Emperor and his Queen have abandoned you and fled, so why are you still so stubbornly protecting them? Besides, the damn Emperor isn't here anymore, so how do you think there's still a heavily guarded area here? You're probably trying to scare us away by saying it's heavily guarded, right?"
This was true, and Qin Ruoruo had no way to refute it. She had indeed exaggerated the number of guards in this villa, except for the three guards who escorted Gu Yanyue and Yuwen Ran away.
There were only a dozen guards left in the villa, and the rest were still outside searching for clues about the "no bishop" and had not returned yet.
Those who stayed behind were guards who were more or less injured. No matter what, Qin Ruoruo would not let them fight to the death with this "bishopless man".
But she still wore a smile on her face, and stubbornly reminded him, "It's true that His Majesty and the Queen have left, but Your Excellency has probably forgotten that I'm still here. Since I'm able to stay by His Majesty and the Queen's side, my status must be quite high. Even if His Majesty is unkind, he should at least consider my family's reputation and leave some elite guards for my safety. After all, if I get hurt, my family won't let His Majesty off so easily."
"Are you from the Queen Mother's family?"
Seeing Qin Ruoruo's confident look, as if she had already predicted that they would never return tonight, the other party quickly thought of the current empress dowager's family. If there was really any family that would oppose Yuwen Ran because of their daughter's misfortune, and would not be punished by Yuwen Ran, it would probably be the empress dowager's mother's family.
"How about you take another guess?" As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Qin Ruoruo didn't wait any longer and shouted into the air: "Close the net and save people!"
Suddenly, more than a dozen ghostly shadows appeared from nowhere in the air and appeared in front of the leading criminal in the blink of an eye.
The leader-like man who had been arrogantly negotiating with him before had his head chopped off in the blink of an eye, and some ghosts also took care of the masked man near him.
Soon, there were many corpses on the ground, and the palace maid was taken to the hands of one of those ghosts.
The masked men were still stunned for a moment before they could react. Then someone shouted, "Kill!"
But Qin Ruoruo would never let those guards who were still injured do such a dangerous thing. Seeing that the little palace maid had been rescued from the hands of the masked men, she gave an order, "Retreat!"
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