Ignoring the pain in his hand, Xiao Ruyu immediately checked the civet cat and found something wrong!

The originally clear blue eyes were now shrouded in wisps of black air.

Black energy? This is not a cult...

Just as she was lost in thought for a moment, the black air suddenly disappeared, as if she was just dazzled.

The civet cat also crouched down, as if it knew it had done something wrong.

The pain in his hand made Xiao Ruyu realize that this matter was not simple. Just as he was thinking about it, he felt a warm touch on the wound.

Looking down, the civet cat was carefully licking the place where it had been bitten, whimpering softly, with guilt written all over its face.

"What's wrong with you..."

Xiao Ruyu murmured in a low voice, but heard Eleven's movement behind him.

"Little princess, why are you staying here?"

When she saw Eleven coming over here, she subconsciously lowered her sleeves to cover the wound.

Then he adjusted his expression, turned around and forced a smile at Eleven.

【I'm teasing Ergou. 】

Xiao Ruyu didn't dare let Eleven know that she was scratched by the civet cat, for fear that he would worry.

Secondly, and more importantly, he was afraid that Eleven would come after Lingmao for revenge, so he had to keep it secret.

Eleven didn't notice her unnaturalness and walked forward to hold her hand and walk into the hall.

Seeing that Eleven wanted to hold her injured hand, Xiao Ruyu reacted quickly, turned around, squatted down and touched the civet cat's head.

[Ergou, I'll come play with you next time. ]

She calmly changed the direction of her hand that was pointing towards Eleven and led him into the hall.

Eleven was very relieved to hear that Xiao Ruyu had reconciled with Queen Duan.

"That's good, of course."

At night, Xiao Ruyu closed the doors and windows and carefully lifted up his sleeves.

The wound has already scabbed over, leaving only two scratches.

She took out the scar removal cream from the space and gently applied it.

A cool feeling came over Xiao Ruyu, and his mind became clearer. He remembered the strange behavior of the civet cat during the day.

Why did Ergou suddenly go crazy?

What on earth is that black gas...

As I was thinking about it, I suddenly felt sleepy for some reason.

Xiao Ruyu yawned, put the matter aside, and lay down on the bed.

In a daze, she felt her body falling into an abyss.

Xiao Ruyu forced himself to open his eyes and looked at the familiar world, and he realized something was wrong.

This is not the scene when I was trapped in the illusion by the leader last time!

A black shadow gradually gathered under his feet. Xiao Ruyu took two steps back vigilantly, and a "hehehe" laugh echoed between heaven and earth.

The next second, the leader's face gradually took shape before his eyes.

"I didn't expect you to have a protective spiritual weapon on you. It took me a lot of effort to find you."

His entire body was shrouded in black air, leaving only his face suspended in the air.

Xiao Ruyu looked at his horrifying face and couldn't help but gasp.

Black air... Civet cat...

"You actually attacked the cat and let it bite me?!"

Everything connected together. She stared at him with rage, quietly mobilizing her spiritual power.

Unexpectedly, her little trick was seen through by the leader at a glance, and his expression became even more ferocious.

"Don't waste your energy. You can't do anything to me here."

Xiao Ruyu also noticed this and stared at him with gritted teeth.

"What do you want?"

"Did you rescue Lu Zongyuan from prison?!"

"Hand over the antidote to the mother-child Gu!"

The leader stared at her without answering, but his figure gradually faded away. "I will wait for you at the old temple in the south of the city at the end of tomorrow."

"I hope that you will come alone."

"Why should I go just because you told me to?"

Xiao Ruyu yelled unwillingly, but suddenly woke up.

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, she knew clearly...

It wasn't a dream just now!

The leader must have put something on the civet cat to establish a connection with her.

What on earth does he want to do?!

Xiao Ruyu racked his brains but couldn't figure it out, so he simply threw off all the bedding, fluttered a few times, and fell into a deep sleep again.

Xiao Ruyu woke up when the sun was high in the sky.

She had thought it through yesterday. No matter what the leader wanted to do, if she went there, there would still be a chance to save Xiao Rujin.

Even if he had bad intentions, she had space and could hide if necessary.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ruyu immediately left the palace.

She found an excuse to hide it from Eleven, stole Eleven's token, and escaped by hiding under the carriage leaving the palace.

After leaving the palace, Xiao Ruyu headed straight to the south of the city.

The old temple in the south of the city was hidden in a forest, where few people went, so she had to be on guard.

Gathering the spiritual power in her hands, she moved towards the old temple step by step.

The old temple has been dilapidated for many years, and the wooden beams on the eaves are already shaky and seem like they will break at any moment.

There were unknown birds singing in the woods, mixed with the sound of snakes crawling on the ground spitting out their tongues, and the whole forest seemed eerie and terrifying.

The leader must have had bad intentions in inviting her here!

Knowing there is a tiger in the mountain, you have to go there.

At the moment, Xiao Ruyu is caught in such a stalemate.

"Squeak." She carefully pushed open the door of the old temple, and the dilapidated wooden door made a harsh noise.

A layer of dust came towards him. Xiao Ruyu waved away the dust in front of him and saw the whole picture of the old temple.

It is unknown who is being enshrined in the center of the temple, as the dilapidated stone statue can no longer be identified.

Xiao Ruyu looked up and calculated the time. It was already the end of the hour.

She looked around but didn't even see the shadow of the leader.

Strange, where is the person we were supposed to meet?

Xiao Ruyu found a clean stone and sat on it, waiting quietly for the leader to come.

One hour.

Three hours passed.

The sky was beginning to turn yellow and dusk was approaching, but not a single hair could be seen.

Xiao Ruyu angrily broke off a branch in his hand and threw it on the ground.

This leader must be playing tricks on her on purpose.

Seeing that a long time had passed, Xiao Ruyu guessed that he would not come, and was very angry. She prepared to return to the palace before Eleven found out.

After leaving the forest, she walked towards the palace.

A mansion in front caught Xiao Ruyu's attention. She raised her head and recited the words on the plaque.

【Lufu.】

Isn’t this the residence of Lu Huaikun, the Minister of Dali Temple?

Speaking of this person, I met him once before in Lin County.

Xiao Ruyu suddenly remembered what Doctor Yang said about a minister of the previous dynasty falling ill, and guessed that this person was the one who fell ill.

Just as I was thinking about this, a person suddenly came out from the door of the mansion.

The man was sneaking around, as if he was afraid of something.

He was wearing dark grey clothes and looked around carefully. When he saw that there was no one around, he quickly left the mansion.

Xiao Ruyu didn't take this matter to heart. At this moment, she was thinking about how to get back as soon as possible.

After returning to the palace, Eleven discovered that the token had been stolen.

When he was about to find Xiao Ruyu to report, he found that she had lost the token along with it.

Now he understood everything and sat at the door of Xiao Ruyu's palace waiting for her to come back.

"Little Princess, are you out of the palace again?"