Seeing Ye Yun's astonishment, Xuan Yuanzhan glared at him unhappily: "Otherwise, do you want me to do it myself?"
"Of course not!" Ye Yun replied subconsciously, then gave Xuan Yuanzhan a dry laugh and said, "I'll do it myself!"
How can we let the prince search this demoness's body? That would only dirty his hands. Let him do it!
Although this enchantress had been with countless men, Ye Yun still didn't search her body in front of so many soldiers. Instead, he dragged her to the bushes nearby.
Under the cover of the grass, Ye Yun carefully searched Long Jiaojiao from head to toe, inside and out, and actually found quite a few bottles and jars.
"Your Highness, these were all found on this woman. We don't know if there are any Gu worms in these bottles and jars." Ye Yun presented all the bottles and jars to Xuan Yuanzhan. He didn't dare to open them, for fear that some kind of insect might fly out and crawl into his body, which would be terrible.
Xuanyuan Zhan hadn't expected to open those bottles and jars, but it seemed he couldn't just throw them away like that. What if there were some kind of mother Gu poison used to poison Xuanyuan Peng in those bottles and jars? Wouldn't that be the end of them?
Xuanyuan Zhan thought for a moment and said, "Let's gather all these things together and put them away safely."
"Yes," Ye Yun replied immediately.
Xuan Yuanzhan then took out the bottles and jars that Su Xuening had given him from his pocket, examined them carefully, and tossed three bottles of medicine to Ye Yun: "Feed these three bottles of medicine to that woman."
Ye Yun held the medicine bottle, somewhat stunned: "Give it all to me?"
Xuan Yuanzhan glared at him impatiently, and Ye Yun dared not ask any more questions. He immediately picked up the medicine bottle and disappeared back into the bushes.
When Ye Yun fed Long Jiaojiao the medicine, he also took a closer look at the medicine bottles. It turned out that the effects of the three bottles of medicine were indeed different.
The first bottle contained poison, the second contained Ten-Fragrance Tendon-Softening Powder, and the third contained a drug that could induce drowsiness.
Now Ye Yun understood why the prince had made him take three bottles of medicine.
The poison is easy to understand. That vixen has harmed their prince more than once. It would be a disservice not to give her a bottle of poison for repeatedly trying to harm the prince and princess.
Even the emperor has been harmed by her, and now this vixen has to be poisoned.
The Ten Fragrant Tendon-Softening Powder is easy to understand. This woman not only has wicked martial arts skills, but she also knows how to use Gu poison. Giving her the Tendon-Softening Powder will make her behave and unable to move, and will also prevent her from having any more crooked thoughts on the road.
As for the third bottle of sleeping pills, the prince probably won't bother with her. If this vixen were awake, she would definitely keep bothering the prince. It's better for her to be asleep so that they can have a more peaceful journey.
Ye Yun pinched Long Jiaojiao's mouth and fed all three bottles of medicine into Long Jiaojiao's mouth without leaving a drop.
After feeding the medicine, Ye Yun carried Long Jiaojiao out of the bushes: "Your Highness, how do we take this demoness back?"
Xuanyuan Zhan glanced at the prison cart: "Throw her into the prison cart and let Tuoba Xiong get out and walk!"
Xuanyuan Zhan dared not lock Long Jiaojiao and Tuoba Xiong alone in the prison cart.
It wasn't that he was afraid Tuoba Xiong would harm Long Jiaojiao, but rather that even if he took away all of Long Jiaojiao's bottles and jars, he would still be afraid that she might use some kind of sorcery. What if she cast some kind of spell on Tuoba Xiong and then used Tuoba Xiong to deal with them? That would be a huge loss.
"yes."
Ye Yun also thought it was a good idea. Why should Tuoba Xiong, a grown man, ride in a prison cart?
He should be made to come down; so many of their soldiers are still walking.
Moreover, with so many of them, I believe Tuoba Xiong can't escape.
Ye Yun ordered the soldiers to open the prison cart. He threw Long Jiaojiao into the cart and then pulled Tuoba Xiong out of it: "His Highness has ordered that this prison cart be given to this demoness. You will walk with us!"
Tuoba Xiong glanced at the woman who had taken his place, but didn't complain at all.
Of course, with his hands and feet chained, he didn't want to escape.
Having dealt with Long Jiaojiao, Xuanyuan Zhan led his army to continue their advance.
The appearance of Long Jiaojiao made Xuanyuan Zhan even more eager to return to the capital.
He captured Long Jiaojiao. Once he returns to the capital, his martial uncle should be able to help Xuanyuan Peng remove the curse.
Once the Gu worms in Xuanyuan Peng's body are removed, Xuanyuan Peng will no longer be controlled by Xuanyuan Yu, and he will no longer have to take such an extreme path.
After Long Jiaojiao's little incident, the army continued on its way, and the presence of a sleeping woman on the prison cart did not seem to affect them.
After traveling for a day and a night without stopping, they finally arrived at the next city, Changshi City.
The gates of Changshi City were tightly closed, as if martial law had been imposed.
Mu Lingchen and Bai Ying exchanged a glance, remembering what Prefect Baichuan had said.
It seems that Changshi City has also received the imperial decree from the capital. It remains to be seen whether they will be able to pass through Changshi City smoothly this time.
Xuanyuan Zhan stared at the soldiers on the city wall and shouted, "I, Xuanyuan Zhan, will lead my troops back to the capital and request that Changshi City open its gates!"
The soldiers on the city wall were terrified when they saw Xuanyuan Zhan leading such a large army, and they immediately went to report to him.
Xuanyuan Zhan knew that these soldiers couldn't make the decision, and he was willing to give them the time to report.
Soon, the prefect of Changshi City also arrived. He did not dare to open the city gate, but instead went up to the city tower.
Upon seeing Xuanyuan Zhan leading so many soldiers, the prefect of Changshi City was startled and hurriedly asked, "Is that the Holy King?"
"It is indeed I!" Xuan Yuanzhan replied in a deep voice, "I will lead my troops back to the capital and open the city gates immediately!"
The prefect of Changshi City said tremblingly, "It's not that I refuse to open the city gate for the prince, but I have received an imperial edict from the capital. The edict says that the prince is plotting a rebellion and orders us to kill him on sight. Anyone who dares to let the prince return to the capital will be guilty of the same crime of treason as the prince. I really dare not open the city gate for the prince!"
"I have not committed any treasonous acts. They have framed me. Now that the Emperor is seriously ill, they have even forged an imperial edict to try to put me to death!" This was not the first time Xuan Yuanzhan had explained these words. He would explain them in almost every city he visited, regardless of whether the people believed him or not. He had to tell them that he had not plotted a rebellion.
He didn't want to be wrongly accused of treason; he wanted all the people of Dongchu to know that he had been wronged!
The prefect of Changshi City watched as Xuan Yuanzhan opened his mouth twice, seemingly wanting to say something, but he couldn't utter a single word.
He wasn't skeptical of what Xuan Yuanzhan said. Changshi wasn't far from the North, and he had heard that after this Holy King went to the North, he swiftly subdued 40,000 bandits. He also heard that he was digging canals in the North to alleviate the drought, and even people from their own Changshi city were working on the canals, reportedly receiving food and wages. He had also heard that he was distributing food and relief supplies in the North, causing many refugees to return there.
Furthermore, it is said that when the Northern Rong invaded the northern lands, the Holy King led the troops to resist them and repelled the Northern Rong in less than a month.
He had indeed heard many heroic deeds of this Holy King, and he believed that he was truly wronged. But what could he, a mere prefect of Changshi City, possibly do?
That was an imperial edict from Kyoto! How could he possibly disobey it?
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