When the leader came back after filling the water bottle, he found his brothers sleeping against the tree.
He walked to the side of the carriage, thinking of Yunchu's kindness in distributing cakes just now, and shouted beside the carriage with the water bag: "Miss Yun, I just filled the water, would you like to drink some?"
The carriage was eerily quiet, and no one answered him.
He calmed down and listened to the movements inside, but unfortunately, he seemed unable to hear even the sound of breathing.
The worst thought had already emerged in his mind. He narrowed his eyes and directly opened the curtain of the carriage.
As he expected, the person inside had disappeared, and even for convenience, the other party left his package there.
"Damn it! You stinky bitch!"
He cursed out loud, when did this woman find out their identities?
He was very angry, but when he looked down, he saw his brothers sleeping like dead pigs.
"Damn it! Why are you sleeping? If we can't find that woman before dawn, we'll all die!"
He simply leaned over and slapped the man closest to him twice.
The man lying on the ground who had fallen asleep for some reason suddenly woke up and saw his eldest brother's angry face. He was confused and said, "Brother? What's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me?" The man pointed at his nose. "It's not me, it's that bitch who ran away! How dare you sleep?! If we can't find her, we'll all die tomorrow!"
The man scratched his head, and three huge question marks appeared above his head. Didn't this woman just share food with them? Why did she run away?
Yes! Food!
The man patted his thigh and said, "Brother! There's something wrong with the cakes that woman gave us. We brothers are sleepy because of the cakes she gave us!"
......
Yunchu had already run very far away, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that no one was catching up with her. However, she still didn't dare to slow down, for fear that the group of people would smell the scent and chase after her.
She thought about it and decided that she definitely couldn't go to the capital. Once those people found out that she had run away, they would definitely send people to guard the capital in advance. As for Anzhou, she couldn't go back either.
But it's winter now, and if she doesn't find a place to stay, she might freeze to death outside.
Yunchu had no choice but to follow the road and saw a dilapidated temple. After thinking about it, he decided to hide inside.
She thought about finding an ordinary family and giving them some money to stay with them, but what if the other party had bad intentions?
The environment of this dilapidated temple is a bit poor, but there shouldn't be anyone coming here.
And it's better than being out in the wilderness, as it can at least block some of the wind.
She had just turned around to spread some hay and have a good rest, but as she turned around she heard footsteps behind her.
From the sound it seemed like there was only one person, but even so, Yunchu was still so nervous that he didn't dare to breathe.
Fu Chen held a torch in his hand, his eyes curling up the corners of his lips in a playful manner.
"I don't need to catch you myself, right? Miss Yun~"
Yunchu didn't dare to go out, she shrank back again, but the other party's footsteps were getting closer and closer, until the light was already in front of her.
"I found you~ Poor little beauty~"
Yunchu raised her head and met the teasing gaze. She had seen him before... He was Fu Chen, Zhang Ci's uncle.
She pursed her lips, her voice trembling: "Are you... going to send her to the eldest prince?"
Zhang Ci didn't say anything, just looked at her quietly.
His gaze made Yun Chu feel numb, so he turned his head away and stopped looking at her.
"You don't have to be so scared. You are the same age as Ci'er, and Ci'er likes you. You should have been my niece-in-law."
Although, there were some mistakes along the way.
"At this time tomorrow, the eldest prince will unite with neighboring countries to rebel. As for Jiang Zhanyuan, the man you have been thinking about so much, he will die at that time."
Yun Chu was startled, but still turned around and asked him, "Why are you telling me this?"
"It's nothing. I told you this just because I hope you can believe me. I won't hurt you."
Yun Chu looked into Fu Chen's eyes, and suddenly he felt some courage coming from somewhere. Although his body was still trembling, he met his gaze.
"You won't hurt me? You're lying!"
Fu Chen: “…”
He was not lying. There was someone else who wanted to kill her.
For example, his sister, and the eldest prince, but he never wanted her to die!
At most, he was doing something for someone else. Every wrong has its perpetrator, and even if she died in his hands, it had nothing to do with him!
"Don't you want to see Jiang Zhanyuan? Guess who he will choose between you and the throne?"
She and the throne...
Normal people would choose the throne, but Jiang Zhanyuan...she believed in him.
"Didn't you say Jiang Zhanyuan would die tomorrow? Then the throne wouldn't fall to him... But you're going to such great lengths to capture me. I guess it's because even if you join forces with neighboring countries to rebel, you won't be able to completely seize the throne."
She expressed her guess in a light tone, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly after she finished speaking.
"Tell me, am I right? Fu Chen."
Fu Chen snorted coldly and put away the gentle expression on his face. He didn't expect that the Yun family had been in business for generations, and he didn't expect that a woman could analyze things so thoroughly.
"Whether you know it or not, just follow me obediently. I promise you that neither the Crown Prince nor anyone else will harm you."
Yunchu naturally knew that they would not hurt her.
If she died, they would have nothing to threaten Jiang Zhanyuan.
But...even if she died, she would not become a stumbling block to him.
"I'll go with you."
Even if she disagreed, Fu Chen would definitely take her away.
Fu Chen smiled with satisfaction, "You're not that stupid. You can suffer less if you follow me on your own initiative."
Yun Chu didn't know how Fu Chen knew she would hide here. If she wanted to blame anyone, she could only blame herself for not being as skilled as him and having her thoughts seen through.
Yunchu was still brought back to the eldest prince's palace.
Fu Chen locked her up in a side courtyard of the eldest prince's mansion, leaving her nothing except food and water.
She tried to escape again, but the room had already been locked.
There was no charcoal fire in the house. Yunchu, who had always lived in Jiangnan, felt this cold for the first time.
I don’t know if it’s because my body is cold or because... my heart is cold.
She curled up in bed, and before dawn, she took out the things Jiang Zhanyuan gave her with trembling hands.
She wrote him a letter in advance, so the Yun family should be protected now, right?
In addition to the things Jiang Zhanyuan gave her, she also brought another thing, which she prepared for herself.
A round white pill.
It looks small and cute, but is actually highly poisonous.
She didn't intend to use this unless it was absolutely necessary.
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