Seeing her use this trick again, Zhixia was so angry that she wanted to find someone to throw her out immediately.
And in fact, Zhixia did just that.
She was just about to tell her maid -
At this moment, Gu Yanran suddenly covered her stomach and said in pain: "Ah... it hurts..."
Zhixia's words got stuck in her throat.
"Well, your Highness didn't even touch a finger of yours. Even if you want to scam me, you shouldn't be so arrogant!"
Gu Yanran quickly shook her head and tried to explain: "It has nothing to do with the princess. It's my own body that is not doing well. I beg Your Highness to have mercy on me and allow me to go down and rest for a while."
Chu Qingluan narrowed her eyes and looked at Gu Yanran.
Finally, she nodded to Zhixia and asked Zhixia to make the arrangements.
Soon, Zhixia, with a cold face, ordered two maids to take Gu Yanran away, and arranged for a female doctor to go.
The onlookers were all sighing.
Someone suggested: "In my opinion, Your Highness should not be soft-hearted and let her in. It is obvious that he has bad intentions."
"That's right, but if we chase her away now, what will become of His Highness? Someone will start a rumor that Your Highness did not save someone in danger, which will chill the hearts of everyone..."
Facing the discussions of the crowd, Chu Qingluan did not comment.
No matter what Gu Yanran's purpose is, she will not let her succeed.
She instructed Zhixia to have someone secretly keep an eye on Gu Yanran to prevent her from doing anything secretly.
…
On this side, Gu Yanran was helped by two maids to lie down in the side room. A female doctor came over with a medicine box to check her pulse. Finally, she said, "Miss, you are suffering from both deficiency of Qi and blood, and you were frightened. You need to rest for a while."
Gu Yanran nodded weakly: "Thank you, I want to rest alone for a while, you all go down."
When the door closed and the footsteps faded away, she immediately turned over and sat up in bed, with a gleam of ruthlessness in her eyes.
She walked quickly to the dressing table, took out an exquisite porcelain bottle from her sleeve, and poured out a few dark red pills.
"Chu Qingluan, I must have you today..." She murmured to herself, gritting her teeth. Just as she was about to crush the pills and sprinkle them into the incense burner, she suddenly felt dizzy.
Gu Yanran staggered and held onto the edge of the table to avoid falling.
"What's going on..."
She shook her head, but her vision became increasingly blurry.
Only then did she notice that the smell of incense in the room was unusually sweet - this was not a spice a princess should use at all.
“We’ve fallen into a trap!”
She widened her eyes in horror and wanted to call for help but found that she could not make a sound.
Then, her legs went limp and she fell heavily to the ground, with the pills in her hand rolling all over the floor...
In the last moment of her coma, she saw the door being gently pushed open, and a pair of soap boots embroidered with cloud patterns stopped in front of her.
Gu Yanran tried hard to see who was coming, but she was completely plunged into darkness——
…
Meanwhile, at the banquet.
After hearing the doctor's report, Chu Qingluan raised her hand and signaled the other party to leave first.
Zhixia asked in confusion: "Princess, what does she want to do?"
Although she came to the banquet, she never met or talked with any young master from aristocratic family.
But could she say that she came here specially to apologize to the princess? That was absolutely impossible.
Zhixia was full of doubts.
"It doesn't matter what her purpose is, as long as she doesn't disrupt the normal progress of the banquet."
Chu Qingluan quickly put Gu Yanran's matter behind her and began to respond to the greetings from various noble ladies or young masters of aristocratic families.
Not long after, Chu Qingluan rubbed her temples, feeling a little tired, and said to Zhixia: "I am a little tired, let me go to the wing room to take a rest for a while."
Zhixia wanted to go with her, but at this moment, a maid came and said that Qin Jiuge in front was looking for her.
Finally, Chu Qingluan said goodbye to everyone and walked towards the lakeside room alone.
The moonlight stretched her shadow very long, casting it on the bluestone path.
What she didn't notice was that after she left, a figure quietly followed her -
…
A quarter of an hour later!
"There's a fire! The wing is on fire!"
A rapid shout sounded like thunder suddenly exploding at the banquet.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a thick smoke quickly coming out from the roof, with flames licking the window frames.
The guests rushed to the lake in panic, and some of those with less strength were soon squeezed to the ground.
"Oh no! The princess is still in there!"
When Zhixia heard the shouting, her heart trembled violently. Without thinking too much, she rushed towards the wing room.
A wave of heat hit her face, and the scorching air forced her to stop.
"Princess!"
She screamed heartbreakingly, but her tears were evaporated by the heat as soon as they came out.
Just when Zhixia was in despair, she saw a dark figure passing by her like an arrow and rushing into the sea of fire without hesitation.
It’s Pei Yuan!
Zhixia quickly recognized the figure, and immediately felt like she had grabbed a life-saving straw, and was about to rush in.
"Stop!" Qin Jiuge grabbed her wrist and said, "You are so reckless, do you want to go in and die?"
"But the princess is still in there! I will save her even if I die!" Zhixia cried.
Qin Jiuge didn't say anything, snatched the teapot from the maid beside him, poured the whole pot of tea on himself, and shouted: "Someone! Bring me a quilt!"
Soon, a soaked quilt was brought over. Qin Jiuge wrapped the soaked quilt around Zhixia and said in a deep voice, "Cover your mouth and nose, and follow me closely!"
Zhixia was about to nod when she heard a loud noise suddenly coming from the room.
“Boom!”
"Oh no! The roof beam collapsed!" someone shouted.
Qin Jiuge and Zhixia were blocked outside, and their expressions suddenly changed.
At this critical moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind.
"Zhixia, Jiuge, I'm here."
Everyone turned around suddenly and saw Qingluan standing at the corner of the corridor. Her hair was a little messy and there was some cigarette ash on the corner of her skirt, but her expression was still calm.
"Princess!"
Zhixia's defense was instantly broken, and she stumbled over, "I'm so glad you're okay!"
Qin Jiuge also breathed a sigh of relief, threw the quilt in her hand to the ground, and hurried forward. She even ignored the etiquette and grabbed Chu Qingluan's wrist, pretending to glare at her fiercely: "Next time you dare to do this, I will show you how to deal with you!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhixia suddenly screamed:
"Oh no! General Pei is still in there!"
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