A few days later.

On the choppy sea, a large ship was setting sail towards the southeast.

Xiahou Yi sat in a wheelchair on the deck, gazing at the connection between the sea and the sky, looking relaxed and contented.

"My Lord."

Qing'er came behind him and bowed.

Xia Houyi asked, "She's not making trouble anymore?"

Qing'er sighed, "She's still making a fuss. No matter how I threaten her, it's useless. She's making so much noise that I can only light another stick of incense to calm her down."

Xiahou Yi said: "You did a good job."

Qing'er was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It was the Lord who had foresight and knew that the Baihua Palace would capture me and lock me up. In order to lure me into contact with the Lord, they deliberately left the cell door unlocked. I refuse to leave!"

"Go down."

Xiahou Yi said.

"Yes, my lord!"

Qing'er returned to her own room.

As soon as the door closed, the smile on his face disappeared.

She put her ear against the door and listened carefully. Only when she was sure that no one was secretly spying on her did she breathe a sigh of relief.

"Come out."

She whispered.

Su Xiaoxiao opened the lid of the box and walked out of it: "How is Hui'an?"

Qing'er sat on the bed and said unhappily, "What else can I do? You didn't let me tell her you were on the boat."

Su Xiaoxiao said with a complicated expression: "Not telling her is for her own good. If she reacts more truthfully, she will be more trustworthy to Xia Houyi."

"You can't escape." Qing'er said.

Su Xiaoxiao said: "It's not your fault if you can't escape."

Qing Er glared at her and said, "But if you are discovered, it will kill me!"

Su Xiaoxiao said calmly: "Speak louder."

Qing'er quickly covered her mouth and whispered resentfully: "Don't forget what you promised me!"

Su Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows and said, "Don't worry, a gentleman's word is as good as his bond."

Su Xiaoxiao has her own plans.

But sometimes, plans can't keep up with changes.

Princess Hui'an was ill, with rashes all over her body, a high fever and a constant cough.

There was no doctor on board.

Su Xiaoxiao had to sneak into her room to treat her under Qing'er's cover.

Princess Hui'an saw a vague familiar figure in a daze, and said in a hoarse voice: "Little follower..."

“Shh—”

Su Xiaoxiao pressed her index finger on her cracked lips.

The touch under the fingertips made Su Xiaoxin's heart tighten.

Su Xiaoxiao's gaze fell on the haggard face, and she suddenly realized that Huanhuan had also experienced a lot in the past two years.

She was no longer the carefree princess who was naive and willful and didn't even take jumping off the city wall seriously.

She learned to endure, to be strong, and to protect others.

If it weren't for her bravery and wit that night, three children would have been taken away.

Su Xiaoxiao's eyes were a little moist.

She lowered her head and gently touched Princess Hui'an's forehead with hers: "Huanhuan, don't go to sleep yet. Take the medicine first."

Princess Hui'an was in a daze: "Well...but I...really...so sleepy..."

Su Xiaoxiao stroked her cheek and said, "Huanhuan, you can make it through this. I haven't caught Su Xuan yet to be your consort."

Princess Hui'an said weakly: "Su Xuan..."

Su Xiaoxiao: "Yes, Su Xuan, how about he be your consort? How about you be my fourth cousin's wife?"

Princess Hui'an: "Okay..."

Su Xiaoxiao: "Then don't sleep."

Princess Hui'an: "Huanhuan...I don't want to sleep..."

Su Xiaoxiao held her in her arms as if she were her own child.

After a while, Princess Hui'an cried weakly and aggrievedly: "Little follower... I... miss my mother so much..."

After finally feeding Princess Hui'an the medicine, something happened again at Sha Nu's place.

That’s right, when Xiahou Yi went to sea this time, he not only brought Princess Hui’an as a hostage, but also brought slaves to be killed.

Su Xiaoxiao was not unfamiliar with this operation. This was how Xiahou Yi treated Wei Chen, Wei Qing and Wei Yan.

Xiahou Yi has no humanity and only ambition.

Under Qing'er's cover, Su Xiaoxiao arrived at the cabin where the slave killers were held.

This room was much smaller, but fortunately only the slave killer was imprisoned there.

The slave killer curled up on the dirty floor, breathing weakly.

He had suffered too much torture, lost a lot of blood, and seemed to be a little seasick, so his injuries did not improve.

Su Xiaoxiao used all the medicine she could, but at this point, to be honest, she could only rely on the slaves to bear it herself.

Su Xiaoxiao kept going back and forth between Sha Nu and Princess Hui'an all night, and was finally caught at dawn.

"My lord is waiting for you on the deck."

Su Xiaoxiao had a cold face and went up to the deck with him.

Xiahou Yi got up early and had been looking out on the deck for half an hour.

Su Xiaoxiao simply couldn't understand why he kept looking at it every day. How much did he like this beautiful landscape? Su Xiaoxiao walked closer and heard a muffled groan. Only then did she realize that Qing'er was lying at Xiahou Yi's feet, covered in wounds.

Xiahou Yi turned his back to Su Xiaoxiao and looked at the golden sun rising slowly above the sea level: "You are quite good for being able to incite my people to rebel."

Su Xiaoxiao walked towards him.

Another guard beside him quickly stretched out his arm to stop him.

Xiahou Yi raised his hand and the guards respectfully stepped back.

Su Xiaoxiao stopped beside him and also looked at the rising sun over the sea. The vast ocean was before her eyes.

"Since you've discovered it, just speak frankly."

Su Xiaoxiao didn't show any sympathy for Qing'er, and didn't even look at her.

It was as if Qing'er was just a tool that she would throw away after using, and was not worth mentioning.

"In fact, what you want does not conflict with what the Wei family wants. The Wei family just wants to live in peace and be citizens of the Great Zhou for the rest of their lives. As long as you promise to let us go, I can assure you that the grudges between you and the Wei family will be wiped out, and the Wei family will never come looking for revenge on you again."

Xiahou Yi asked, "Do you think I will believe it?"

Su Xiaoxiao said: "I know you won't believe it, so I have a second bargaining chip."

Xiahou Yi motioned for her to continue.

Su Xiaoxiao took out a wrapped white handkerchief from her purse: "Your illness is not cured yet, right? These are the last two herbs that can cure the Xiahou family's illness. If you are willing to let us go, I can refine them into pills to cure your illness."

Xiahou Yi took the handkerchief and after opening it, he found that there were indeed two genuine medicinal herbs that were effective in treating the disease.

Unexpectedly, an incredible scene happened next.

Xiahou Yi actually threw the herbs into the sea.

Su Xiaoxiao's eyes moved: "What are you doing!"

Xiahou Yi turned around while pushing the wheelchair and looked at Su Xiaoxiao: "You don't really think these herbs can cure diseases, do you?"

Su Xiaoxiao frowned: "What do you mean?"

Xiahou Yi's eyes flashed with mockery: "I put the Wordless Heavenly Book on the first floor of the Sutra Library. Do you really think I can't bring it out?"

Su Xiaoxiao asked in surprise: "Did you put it there on purpose?!"

Xiahou Yi did not deny it: "I thought Xiahou Qing would take it away, but he went in several times and didn't find the wordless book. Instead, you got it by chance. I guess Yun Lin has touched the herbs, right?

“There is one thing you may not know, the herbs recorded in the Wordless Book of Heaven are not the best medicine for this disease, but the poison that induces it.

"If anyone from the Xiahou family touches it, they will definitely get sick!"

"Is that the reason you got sick?"

Su Xiaoxiao suddenly asked.

There was a hint of surprise in Xiahou Yi's eyes, as if he had not expected her mind to work so quickly and grasp the key to the problem in one go.

Xiahou Yi did not hide it: "I was the same as you guys at the beginning. When I saw the wordless heavenly book, I thought I had found the antidote to save the Xiahou family's illness. At that time, I had not yet fallen ill, and I also thought that since I was not the city lord, I would not fall ill. But I always thought that in the past..."

Su Xiaoxiao said calmly, "You want to use the antidote to threaten your elder brother one day, right? Why do you have to make it sound so grand?"

Xiahou Yi said, "You are right to think so. Later, when I got sick, I understood everything. In fact, all the people in the Xiahou family who got sick were because they touched the herbs that they thought were the antidote. As long as they don't touch them, they will never get sick again."

Su Xiaoxiao said, "So, you want to use herbs to frame your nephew for an illness."

Xiahou Yi did not hide his viciousness: "Although Xiahou Qing was not infected, it would be the same if Yun Lin got sick."

Su Xiaoxiao sneered: "Who told you... Yun Lin would get sick?"

Xia Houyi looked at Su Xiaoxiao strangely: "He didn't touch the herbs?"

"He did." Su Xiaoxiao said, "But he touched the non-toxic part. Don't you find it strange that the picture recorded in the Wordless Book of Heaven is a single grass, not a blooming state? Because the herb is non-toxic, and the poisonous part is its pollen!"

Xiahou Yi's expression changed slightly.

How could Su Xiaoxiao let Ling Yun touch the herbs without checking?

When she put the herbs into the pharmacy, she immediately noticed that the pollen on them was gone.

She knows pharmacies all too well.

Refined poisons are absolutely not allowed to be brought in, but some natural medicinal herbs with medicinal effects can be tolerated, such as the Gastrodia elata which has a toxicity of ten days, and the Aconitum which can dispel cold and relieve pain.

Keep the herbs and remove the pollen, which is very telling.

Su Xiaoxiao shook her head and gave Xiahou Yi a sympathetic look: "Everything in the world is mutually reinforcing and mutually exclusive. There is an antidote for a highly toxic herb within three steps. Pollen is the cause, which can cause the people of your Xiahou family to become ill, but the leaves and stems are its antidote. It's a pity that the two plants you just threw away were the last two in the world. My father and my sixth brother dug up all the roots, and they will never produce fruit again."

At this point, Su Xiaoxiao sighed: "Xiahou Yi, you are confused."

Xiahou Yi's expression changed!

With Xiahou Yi's keen eyesight, he could naturally tell that Su Xiaoxiao was not lying.

His fist suddenly clenched: "Stop the boat!"

The trusted guard beside him immediately notified everyone and asked them to drop anchor and stop the boat.

The guards on the boat jumped into the sea one after another and swam back to retrieve the herbs that Xiahou Yi had just discarded.

Unfortunately, there was no reference point in the endless sea, and no one knew where Xiahou Yi threw the herbs down.

Even if we know where the herb fell into the water, the sea water is flowing, and no one can guarantee how far the herb will float or whether it has been swallowed by the fish.

The intense salvage operation began.

This was the first time that Xiahou Yi showed a look of anger in front of others.

He was no longer calm! The salvage lasted for a whole hour.

Just when everyone was exhausted and had difficulty even getting on the boat.

Su Xiaoxiao suddenly came behind Xiahou Yi and kicked him and his wheelchair down! Plop! Xiahou Yi fell face down into the sea in shock!

(End of this chapter)