Once she made up her mind, she immediately started walking forward.
However, a sudden, sharp pain shot through the back of his neck.
Shen Yunjiao felt everything go black before her eyes and immediately lost consciousness.
The sun slowly sank, and dusk was approaching.
Fu Xia was originally waiting for the girl in the carriage, but when she heard a lot of noise coming from the palace gate, she hurriedly jumped out of the carriage.
One group of noblewomen and ladies-in-waiting walked out, while Fu Xia craned her neck, searching for Shen Yunjiao's figure.
Even after the last figure appeared, Fu Xia still hadn't seen her girl. Anxious, she mustered her courage and walked towards the palace gate.
Seeing that the guards protecting the city were all wearing armor and carrying swords, looking very serious, Fu Xia swallowed hard, hesitant to go forward.
At that moment, she saw a head eunuch with his head down showing his waist tag to a guard before hurriedly brushing past her.
Fu Xia hurriedly caught up with the eunuch, "Please wait, sir. I would like to ask if my young mistress has been left in the palace by Her Highness the princess."
"Your young mistress?" The eunuch stopped in his tracks upon hearing this, revealing a resolute face.
Fu Xia's impression of eunuchs was that they were all effeminate, so what's wrong with this one...?
She paused for a moment, then nodded hurriedly and said, "That's right, my young mistress is the Princess Consort of Prince Pei, and she hasn't come out even though the palace gates are almost locked."
Nanfeng frowned slightly. According to palace custom, if someone from outside wanted to stay overnight in the palace, the servants waiting outside would be notified immediately so that they could find a place to rest. It wouldn't be like this, with no news at all.
Nanfeng had originally disguised himself as a eunuch to do something for Xiao Huaijin, but after weighing the options, he decided to go back and report the news to his master.
However, seeing that the maid looked very anxious and was about to cry, Nanfeng unusually spoke up to comfort her, saying, "Don't worry, I'll go back to find your master now."
Fu Xia said nervously, "I'm sorry to trouble you, Father-in-law."
Nanfeng nodded, lowered his hat, and walked back to the palace gate. "Please be lenient, I forgot to bring the money for purchasing goods for the Crown Prince."
The guards knew that the eunuch was carrying the Crown Prince's waist token, so they didn't dare to be negligent and nodded before letting him pass.
Nanfeng first inquired with the maidservant beside Princess Anle and discovered that Shen Yunjiao was not with the princess.
His heart sank suddenly, and he immediately used his lightness skill to rush back to Feihua Palace.
When Nanfeng burst into the hall, Xiao Huaijin was instructing Zhuye, "You should go back now. If anything happens to Shen Yunjiao again, you must come and inform me immediately."
Upon seeing him, Xiao Huaijin seemed somewhat surprised, and then he knew that something must have happened.
"Master," Nanfeng said breathlessly, his tense face revealing a hint of nervousness, "Miss Chen has disappeared without a trace."
"Shen Yunjiao has disappeared?"
Xiao Huaijin's eyes immediately turned cold.
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Shen Yunjiao felt a dull pain in her back and struggled to open her eyes.
She found herself in a strange room on a bed, her hands and feet bound with rope.
What's going on?
Shen Yunjiao struggled to sit up, but then she heard the door suddenly open.
She was so nervous that she didn't dare to breathe. The person who came was a man dressed in the uniform of the Imperial Guard.
"Who are you?" Shen Yunjiao's eyes lit up with wariness, and she silently moved further into the bed.
The man's face was lewd as he looked Shen Yunjiao up and down. He saw that she was incredibly beautiful, and the rope had accentuated her alluring curves, with her snow-white breasts almost spilling out.
He immediately narrowed his eyes and chuckled, "Who I am is none of your business. But I've never seen such a beautiful woman in all my life."
As he spoke, he took a bottle out of his pocket and slowly walked to the bedside.
He reached out and pinched Shen Yunjiao's chin, ignoring her struggles and poured the bottle into her mouth: "This is good stuff, you have to drink every last drop."
The cold, spicy liquor poured straight down my throat, carrying a taste that was both sweet and fishy.
Shen Yunjiao had never experienced such stimulation before, and she immediately coughed violently, but her physiological instincts made her swallow all the liquid.
"My beauty, it's not that I wanted to frame you, it's just that you were blind and offended a noble person in the palace."
"After drinking this wine, you'll feel very comfortable later. Hehe..." The man was trembling with excitement, and his breathing became rapid.
Shen Yunjiao felt nauseous at the sight of the lecherous man in front of her. Just as the man's rough fingers were about to touch her shoulder, she quickly said, "Wait, brother."
The man was practically drooling. He pushed Shen Yunjiao onto the bed, loosened his belt, and said, "My beauty, don't make a fuss. A moment of passion is worth a thousand pieces of gold. We don't have much time left. Has the drug started to take effect?"
Shen Yunjiao truly felt as if a fire had been lit inside her body, and the flames were burning away all the moisture in her body.
But she clenched her fists tightly, trying to stay conscious.
She suppressed her discomfort and said coquettishly, "How can you do anything if you tie my hands and feet up? I'm a married woman, so I naturally know how to make your little brother happy."
The man looked at her hesitantly.
Shen Yunjiao smiled at him with a boneless smile, "Do you think a grown man like you is afraid of a weak woman like me who can't even kill a chicken? Now that I know I've been drugged, where can I run to? Besides, I've been through some things, and I know that it's better to enjoy it than to force it."
Shen Yunjiao's long, ink-black silk hair was now loose, making her skin appear even whiter and more delicate, almost as if you could squeeze water out of it. A seductive smile played on her lips, and when she looked up, her eyes sparkled, making the man in front of her feel thirsty.
"Alright, I'll untie you, you woman, right away."
Without saying a word, he drew the small knife from his waist and cut the hemp rope on Shen Yunjiao's hands.
As he bent down to untie the ropes binding her feet, Shen Yunjiao swiftly pulled a silver needle from her bosom and held it between her index and middle fingers. Her expression remained unchanged, and the corners of her mouth curved into a wider smile. "Young master, are you done? Let me serve you?"
Upon hearing this, the man couldn't resist any longer. He eagerly puckered his lips and lunged at Shen Yunjiao. Just as he was about to kiss her, Shen Yunjiao plunged the silver needle she had hidden in her hand into the man's carotid artery.
"Ah, you stinking woman, what do you want to do?" The lewd man first clutched his neck in pain, and then glared at Shen Yunjiao and roared.
His neck began to throb with pain, followed by numbness. "You slut, what did you do to me? I—"
He was in a panic when he realized that his mouth felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, and he couldn't utter a single complete sentence.
Shen Yunjiao sneered and kicked him away hard. She herself was in no better shape, feeling as if she were being roasted in a furnace.
There was no need to guess; Shen Yunjiao already knew what aphrodisiac she had taken. Fortunately, she hadn't been ingesting it for very long.
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