"Is there an antidote for the acacia fragrance?"
The other man immediately frowned, his face showing distress.
The man seemed to be losing patience and urged again, "Do you have it or not?"
The other man sighed heavily, then said slowly and with a hint of amusement, "Well... for me, Young Master Yi, this is nothing."
"Can you stop breathing so heavily? Hurry up and hand over the antidote!" The man glared at him and said angrily.
Seeing that he was so anxious and concerned about Xuan Yuan Yue, Young Master Yi chuckled coldly and took out a pill the size of a red bean from his pocket, handing it to him: "Here you go! But you owe me another favor!"
The man glared at him angrily, then took the antidote and hurriedly reached out to gently part the hot lips of Xuan Yuan Yue, whom he was holding tightly in his arms, and fed her the pill.
Soon, Xuanyuan Yue gradually regained consciousness and woke up.
Jinlan also woke up after Yi Sanshao gave her the same antidote.
Upon opening her eyes, even though the two people in front of her were wearing masks, Xuan Yuan Yue immediately recognized the face she had longed for day and night.
She stared at the man who was holding her tightly, as if in a dream, her lips trembling, and tears welling up in her eyes.
Her face still flushed slightly, and she stammered, "You...you are...you are the third..."
Just as the man's bright, deep eyes were also gazing affectionately at Xuan Yuan Yue's face, Yi San Shao's urgent voice rang out from behind, "We'll be discovered soon, why don't you hurry up and take them away?"
Upon hearing the sound, the man immediately came to his senses, scooped up the woman in his arms, and rushed out the door.
Just as he was about to cross the threshold, he saw two figures coming towards him. Young Master Yi looked closely and exclaimed in surprise, "It's Prince Qin, Xuanyuan Han!"
The man had a sudden inspiration. He glanced at the woman in his arms and said to Young Master Yi, "Put them down and leave quickly."
He gently put the woman in his arms down, leaned her against the door, took another deep look at her, and then the two of them got up and rushed out the door together.
With a "whoosh," they leaped onto the roof.
From afar, Cheng Liang saw what appeared to be two figures moving near the doorway, then nimbly leaping onto the roof. Startled, he turned to his master, who had also witnessed the scene, and said:
"Your Highness, one of those two people looks like Young Master Yi."
"Yes, I saw it too. But shouldn't Young Master Yi be in Nan'an? Why is he here at this time?" Xuan Yuanhan asked in a deep voice, also puzzled.
"I don't know either, but according to Wei Ning's report, he did see him and Mei Zhixuan enter the Nan'an Palace together! What exactly happened?"
Cheng Liang immediately looked at Xuan Yuanhan, and they looked at each other, equally puzzled.
"Then the one with him must be Mei Zhixuan without a doubt!" Xuan Yuanhan said coldly, his deep eyes suddenly turning icy.
"What on earth is this Third Young Master Yi up to? I'll go after him right away..." Cheng Liang said angrily, and turned to chase after him.
"No need... Let's take care of business first." But Xuan Yuanhan stopped him with a gesture.
Just then, from a patch of light at the doorway, a woman's soft, gentle voice could be faintly heard calling out: "Princess, wake up, Princess!"
“Princess…” Cheng Liang suddenly had a bad feeling and looked at Xuan Yuanhan’s face with a puzzled expression.
The two hurried forward and saw that, illuminated by two bright red lanterns hanging at the entrance, Jinlan and Xuanyuan Yue were both dressed as men. They were instantly stunned.
Jinlan was sitting on the ground, sobbing as she tightly embraced the unconscious Xuanyuan Yue. Cheng Liang, snapping out of his daze, exclaimed in surprise, "Your Highness!"
"What's going on?" Xuan Yuanhan asked Jinlan angrily, his eyes wide.
Jinlan choked back tears as she answered, "Your Highness, that Northern Fierce Dog, he... he disguised himself and evaded the government troops, hiding here under the guise of the Sihai Tea House, where he plotted to capture and imprison the princess and me. Just now, just now the princess almost had someone... had someone..."
Even now, recalling that extremely dangerous scene, Jinlan was still clearly afraid and dared not continue speaking.
“The Northern Fierce Dog... Tuoba Ze... the waist tag with the sheep grass pattern... it turns out that the mastermind behind the Sihai Tea House is Tuoba Ze.”
Upon realizing this, Cheng Liang immediately understood: "Your Highness, that waist tag originally belonged to Sihai Tea House. That woman was trying to use it to hint that someone was asking us for help."
"After you were locked up, did you see a woman?" Xuan Yuanhan hurriedly asked Jinlan.
“A woman? This servant has never seen any woman!” Jinlan recalled for a moment and said.
"Never seen this before? Then who is that woman trying to lead us to rescue?"
Just as Cheng Liang was muttering to himself in confusion, Xuan Yuan Yue seemed to vaguely hear Xuan Yuan Han's voice. She opened her eyes slightly and weakly said to him, "Uncle Qin, quick, quick, save Yun'er! Yun'er is also hidden here! Quick, quick..."
"What? Yun'er is here too?"
Xuanyuan Han was greatly alarmed and immediately ordered: "Cheng Liang, send men to escort the princess back to the palace immediately, and surround the entire Sihai Tea House for me."
"yes."
Upon receiving the order, Cheng Liang strode forward and scooped up Xuan Yuan Yue from Jin Lan's arms. Just as he was about to leave, Xuan Yuan Han called out to him, "Wait..."
Cheng Liang stopped and turned around, saying, "Does Your Highness have any further instructions?"
Xuan Yuanhan said with a solemn expression: "Immediately order the sealing of all city gates. This time, you must find Tuoba Ze for me."
...
They secretly followed Xuan Yuan Yue all the way to the entrance of Sihai Tea House.
After watching her being safely escorted back to the palace by the people arranged by Xuan Yuanhan, Mei Zhixuan and Yi Sanshao, who had been hiding in the shadows, finally removed their masks and appeared.
Seeing Mei Zhixuan finally relax and breathe a sigh of relief, Young Master Yi turned his head and scrutinized that face for a while, then teased, "You said you didn't like him, but looking at your out-of-control and terrifying face just now, how could you be the gentle, refined, calm, and reserved Third Prince of Dongning Kingdom as rumored?"
"Who did this?" To his surprise, Mei Zhixuan ignored him completely, instead clenching the hand behind his back and muttering to himself.
"What? Do you want me to investigate this thoroughly for you?" Young Master Yi asked with great interest.
After a moment of silence, Mei Zhixuan glanced at him disdainfully and said coldly, "No need!"
He then turned and headed back towards the inn, saying to Young Master Yi with his back to him, "You don't necessarily want to go back and continue drinking tea, do you?"
Young Master Yi chuckled at his retreating figure, shook his head, and followed closely behind.
Inside the tea shop, Cheng Liang led a large group of men to search every nook and cranny, but they still couldn't find a trace of Yi Shangyun.
At this moment, he returned to the door of the private room where Xuan Yuanhan had been waiting, looking dejected.
I stood at the door for a long time before finally mustering up the courage to push it open and go inside.
"Your Highness, we still haven't found any trace of Miss Yi. However, someone saw Tuoba Ze sneaking away through the back door with a girl whose face was covered by a veil."
“He must have discovered us, which is why he panicked and fled with Yun’er.” Xuan Yuanhan stood alone by the window, gazing at the vast, dark night sky outside, and said in a deep voice with his back to Cheng Liang.
However, the fist placed in front of him clenched tighter and tighter.
After a long while, as if he had already made up his mind, he ordered, "Investigate everything in this tea house thoroughly and clearly to see what's going on. And that woman, it seems that the person he really wants to lure us to rescue is Yun'er. She must know a lot of things. We must find her."
"Yes!" Cheng Liang accepted the order, but still hesitated and stammered, "There's one more thing..."
Xuanyuan Han took a breath and said in a deep voice, "Speak!"
Cheng Liang gritted his teeth and blurted out, "I just heard from the tea shop's waiter that the Princess Consort came here with entourage today. I wonder if this matter is related to the Princess Consort in any way?"
The room fell silent after these words were spoken.
After a long silence, Xuan Yuanhan suddenly turned around and strode out the door: "Back to the manor!"
The eastern gate of the Western Qin Imperial City.
In the dead of night, the wind howled, swirling up countless petals from the ground and ruffling Mei Xiyuan's soft, glossy black hair, but she paid no heed.
He stood anxiously and impatiently at the city gate, craning his neck to look towards the city and wait.
The news of the city gates being sealed off had already been sent by express horse to the guard posts at each of the four city gates.
At the city gate, I wonder what Granny Zhao and the general guarding the city were talking about?
"Your Highness, they've arrived." As soon as Zhao Mama saw Tuoba Ze's carriage gradually appearing from the darkness, she hurriedly turned around and went to Mei Xiyuan's side to report.
As soon as Tuoba Ze saw the lanterns of the Qin Prince's Mansion in the distance, a smug smile appeared on his lips.
"Princess Qin, I really didn't expect that we would meet again so soon?" Tuoba Ze greeted her with a joyful expression as soon as he dismounted.
Mei Xiyuan turned away from his expression and said angrily, "Enough with the nonsense, what exactly happened? Why did His Highness come to us?"
Tuoba Ze said, "I've thought about this for a long time. I suspect he's probably heading to find the princess of Western Qin!"
"Princess of Western Qin?" Mei Xiyuan was clearly surprised upon hearing this and glanced at him.
"For some reason, the princess of Western Qin disguised herself as a man and sneaked into the teahouse. I felt her intentions were suspicious, so I devised a plan. Unexpectedly, she gave herself away and discovered that girl..."
Before she could finish speaking, Mei Xiyuan exclaimed in shock, "What? Xuanyuan Yue saw her? That means..."
"Princess Qin, please do not worry. I have already given her the 'Aphrodisiac Incense' and ordered people to take good care of her throughout the night. It's a long night, and I think she won't see the sun tomorrow."
"You really are ruthless!" Mei Xiyuan stared at him in disbelief.
To commit such heinous crimes and yet speak of them so casually.
However, she had indeed put up with that princess for far too long.
"No poison, no manly man, Princess Qin, you flatter me!" Tuoba Ze said with a smile.
After a moment of silence, Mei Xiyuan took a breath and came back to her senses, saying, "Let my nanny tidy her up and send her off on her final journey."
"Please make yourself at home, Princess Consort of Qin!"
Mei Xiyuan gave a wink, and Zhao Mama stepped forward with a lantern and entered the carriage...
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