Jingjue was dizzy and staggered out of the courtyard.
He stopped when he reached the path in the woods.
Thud—
He fell straight down, kicking up a cloud of dust, and then completely lost consciousness.
Not far behind Jing Jue, two figures were following him.
Zixin, dressed as a servant, was very surprised to see Jingjue faint. She shook Xiahou Yu's arm beside her and asked, "Did he faint?"
"Let's go take a look." Xiahou Yu and Zixin stepped forward and helped Jing Jue up.
Xiahou Yu patted Jing Jue's face. "Jing Jue? Young Marquis?"
"Ayu, what if he doesn't wake up? What if the Imperial Advisor...?" Zixin made a throat-slitting gesture, her expression worried.
Xiahou Yu's expression was solemn. He checked Xiahou Yu's breath and, finding that Xiahou Yu was still breathing, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "He's alright. After all, he's a minor marquis. The Imperial Advisor wouldn't risk a complete falling out with the Jing family."
Zixin nodded, "That's true, but you said that Miss Mu Mu is Mu Tiantian, and someone the Imperial Advisor has wanted for two years. Could it be that she has already been killed by the Imperial Advisor?"
Because the whole city search for her brother had caused such a big commotion, she also recalled the appearance of that girl, Mu Mu, which was exactly the same as the portrait that her brother had secretly kept that she had accidentally seen.
Only then did he realize that she was the woman who had agreed to marry his elder brother three years ago, but had run away from the marriage.
She had never met Mu Tiantian before, only heard her name, because at that time there was a palace coup, and one careless move could have cost her her life.
Therefore, she remained in a very quiet state until her elder brother became emperor, at which point she was able to move freely.
"I'm not sure. Do you know what happened back then?" Xiahou Yu asked Zixin.
“I don’t know either. My brother doesn’t tell me anything.” Zixin glanced at Jingjue. “Let’s wake him up quickly. It’ll be dark soon, and I need to get back to the palace before then.”
If her brother hadn't been distracted these past two days, she definitely wouldn't have been able to get out.
At this moment, Zixin noticed Jingjue's slightly curly beard and reached out her hand.
Xiahou Yu grabbed her wrist. "What are you going to do?"
"Tear off his beard and see if he's still alive. If he's not dead, the pain should wake him up," Zixin suggested.
"I'll do it." Xiahou Yu didn't want Zixin to touch him.
Zixin withdrew her hand, her wrist still warm from Xiahou Yu's palm, and her face flushed.
Xiahou Yu instantly tore off Jing Jue's beard.
"ah!"
Jingjue let out a scream and sat bolt upright.
Zixin couldn't help but cover her mouth and giggle.
Jing Jue snapped out of his daze and realized he was sitting on the ground. He looked around and then looked at Xiahou Yu and Zixin with a suspicious expression. "What are you two doing here?"
Zixin coughed twice and said in a serious tone, "We are your saviors, you should thank us."
Jing Jue's face contorted in pain, his entire chin burning. He glanced at Zi Xin, who was dressed as a servant, and said, "You're trying to save me, neither male nor female? Don't be ridiculous."
"With my fiery temper, I won't be able to quell my anger without punching you a couple of times today!" With that, Zixin rolled up her sleeves, ready to fight him.
He said she was neither male nor female, I'll see if I don't tear his mouth apart!
Xiahou Yu quickly stopped him, saying, "We don't bully the weak. Look at him now, he's so weak he can only vent his anger."
"Weak?" Jing Jue was displeased upon hearing this. "Who's weak?"
Zixin scoffed, "If you're not weak, then why did you faint?"
“I…” Jing Jue felt a headache coming on as soon as he thought about it.
He remembered being slapped by Yin Jiahan, but he couldn't recall how he got out afterward.
“Tian Tian…” Jing Jue remembered that Mu Tian Tian was still being controlled by Yin Jia Han, and turned to run back.
Xiahou Yu grabbed him, "Jingjue, you'd better calm down. Your injuries are quite serious. You can't defeat the Imperial Advisor."
Zixin nodded, "Yes, young master, why don't you tell us what's going on inside that mansion?"
Jing Jue calmed down at this point, turned around and looked at the two of them, "Were you following me?"
Xiahou Yu and Zixin exchanged a glance, feeling somewhat guilty.
When Ziyi was searching for Mu Tiantian, the two of them followed him out and happened to run into Jingjue, who was also secretly following the search team. Because the two of them were almost recognized by the guards, they had to give up the pursuit halfway.
The two then waited on the road Jingjue would take home, and when they encountered him, they began to ask him what was going on.
As a result, Jingjue didn't tell them a single word.
So today they can only follow him secretly.
"I don't need to tell you about a princess and a prince." If he told them, it might easily reach the emperor's ears, and the emperor's search for Mu Tiantian was far too large.
It's easy to imagine that if the emperor found out she was here, it wouldn't end well.
Zixin was somewhat surprised when he revealed his identity.
How did he know?
Xiahou Yu asked, "Did you already know our identities?"
"Nonsense." Jing Jue was too lazy to pretend with them and said directly, "I knew your identities a long time ago."
"Then you still dare to dislocate our arms?" Zixin thought he was incredibly audacious.
“You owe me money first, and you agreed to break my arm if I don’t have the money.” Jing Jue was too lazy to argue with them anymore and stretched out his hand to Zi Xin, “Give me the beard.”
Zixin pouted and threw the beard at him.
Jingjue put his beard back on; he had also sneaked out today, so he couldn't lose his disguise.
"Goodbye." With that, Jingjue turned and left without looking back.
Zixin was annoyed by his attitude and muttered, "What kind of person is he?"
“We’ve found the location for the residence; we can come anytime,” Xiahou Yu said.
Zixin nodded and left with Xiahou Yu.
...
The next morning.
Stimulated by a beam of bright light, Mu Tiantian slowly opened her eyes.
Sunlight streamed through the door and shone on her.
Mu Tiantian sat up and looked around. It was a boudoir.
Did Yin Jiahan bring her out of the secret room?
There was no one by the bed.
Mu Tiantian asked Qi Tong: "Where is Xiaohan?"
System: [He's gone to court.]
Mu Tiantian worried: "He's so badly injured, why is he going to court?"
System: [He seems to be recovering well, so you don't need to worry too much. Although many people want to kill him, with his strength, he should be fine. I'm curious which expert could have injured him so badly; did he tell you?]
Mu Tiantian: [They didn't tell me this, and I didn't have a chance to ask.]
Mu Tiantian got up, disguised herself, and prepared to go out.
System: [Where are you going?]
Mu Tiantian: [I'm out of wound medicine. I spilled a lot yesterday. I need to go out and buy some more.]
She walked out of the courtyard.
Before they had gone two miles, their bodies suddenly stopped on their own and began to walk back uncontrollably.
What kind of spell did he cast on her this time?
Qi Tong noticed that Mu Tiantian was acting strangely and scanned her body.
System: [The Gu afflicting your body right now is the Ten-Mile Gu. This means you cannot stay more than ten miles away from it, otherwise, like now, your body will involuntarily move to a safe distance. However, I was unable to detect this Gu in your body last time.]
Mu Tiantian remembered the peach blossom wine from that day.
Once her body returned to the mansion, she was able to move around freely again.
No wonder he brought her out of the secret room.
Mu Tiantian took a deep breath. She had to think of a way to make Xiao Han believe her and stop using the spell on her.
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