Under the cliff, the water was gurgling, and Lu Yanluo suddenly woke up from her sleep.

There was pain all over her body. Lu Yanluo slowly stood up, gritted her teeth, and straightened her dislocated arm.

She was lucky. When she fell, she was caught by a tree branch, which eased the impact of her descent. There was a deep pool below, and although she suffered some injuries, it was better than dying there.

Lu Yanluo looked up at the cliff above her head. The cliff was too steep to climb up with bare hands, so she had to find another way.

Following the direction of the sun to distinguish north from south, Lu Yanluo recalled the location of Dongming Temple and walked according to her memory.

The location of the cliff at that time was southwest of Dongming Temple. As long as we follow the direction, we will not be too far away.

However, there were deep mountains and dense forests, and the constant roars of wild beasts. Lu Yanluo was secretly worried that she would not be able to find a way out when dark came, which would be very troublesome.

However, what people fear often comes to pass. Facing the black bear with its fangs bared in front of her, Lu Yanluo could only look up to the sky in silence and turn around and run away.

The black bear was huge in size, but it moved very fast. It followed Lu Yanluo closely. At the critical moment, Lu Yanluo ignored the wounds on her body and climbed up the tree. The black bear wandered back and forth under the tree for a long time. Seeing that Lu Yanluo refused to come down, it finally gave up and left.

After some twists and turns, the sun had already set. Seeing this, Lu Yanluo could only take a few quick steps. Fortunately, when she climbed the tree, she relied on the high terrain and found a gentle slope of the mountain. She followed the gentle slope back to the cliff.

This place was far away from the accident site. The gate of Dongming Temple was just a few steps away. Lu Yanluo was overjoyed and knocked on the temple door.

Before dawn the next day, there was a commotion outside Dongming Temple.

It was Chu Xuan who brought his guards to Dongming Mountain to look for Lu Yanluo.

Xiao Ran hurried back home yesterday and told Chu Xuan about Lu Yanluo falling off the cliff. Chu Xuan immediately became extremely anxious and took people to search for her in Dongming Mountain overnight.

After daybreak, the guards finally found a piece of trampled grass, followed the clues, and finally returned to the top of the cliff.

It was not until this moment that Chu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly led his men into Dongming Temple.

When Chu Xuan arrived, Lu Yanluo had not yet woken up. The injuries on her body made her feel a little feverish. Her arm was fixed with a splint and there were some scratches on her face, which seemed to have been treated with medicine. However, Chu Xuan's eyes were still red with heartache.

He recalled the despair he felt when he received the news last night, and the rage that made him want to kill Concubine Xian with his own hands. Only when he saw the ** people did his mood gradually subside.

Lu Yanluo seemed to sense someone around her and suddenly woke up. When she opened her eyes, she saw Chu Xuan beside the bed.

"You..." Lu Yanluo was surprised. How did he find this place?

Chu Xuan walked to the table, poured a glass of water, carefully helped the person up, and fed him some water bit by bit.

"I came here as soon as I received the news. I found your trace under the cliff and followed the trace to Dongming Temple. Are there any other injuries on your body?"

Lu Yanluo shook her head. It seemed that the bandits really kept their promise and released everyone else.

What about Yue Lengxin?

Lu Yanluo grabbed Chu Xuan's hand and asked, "Where is Yue Lengxin? Has she returned to the city?"

Chu Xuan fell silent for a moment, and then he said after a while: "I just received the news that Yue Lengxin...she was raped by bandits. Now the envoys from the Northern Frontier are making trouble in the Taiji Palace. I'm afraid this matter will not end well."

Ruined? Lu Yanluo was stunned and speechless. Such a sincere and kind girl had just found the man she loved and was about to get married, but...

Lu Yanluo didn’t dare to imagine what the little girl had become at this moment.

"We have to go back to the city immediately." Lu Yanluo said coldly: "The Princess of Northern Frontier had an accident in Tianji, and everyone knows about it. When the King of Northern Frontier knows about it, he will never let it go. I'm afraid that the Emperor will deal with this matter secretly in order to prevent a war in Northern Frontier. Yue Lengxin might be in danger."

This was indeed the case. Yue Leng was devastated by this incident. The envoys from the Northern Frontier were all furious. They stood in the Taiji Hall and pointed at the emperor and cursed him.

The emperor had never suffered such a thing before. At this moment, he wished he could throw the virtuous concubine, who was capable of doing nothing but causing trouble, to these envoys in order to calm his anger, but the envoys were obviously unwilling to give up so easily.

He bluntly said that he wanted to bring Yue Lengxin back to Northern Frontier and hand her over to the King of Northern Frontier to negotiate with the Emperor.

The emperor began to feel impatient, but he spoke kindly and soothed her, "Of course you have to go back to Northern Frontier. The princess has suffered such a great injustice. I will send someone to hand the princess over to the King of Northern Frontier safely. When the King of Northern Frontier comes to Beijing, I will personally apologize to the prince."

When the envoys realized that their goal had been achieved, they left the Taiji Hall.

The emperor's expression changed instantly, and he ordered: "After leaving the capital, arrange for people to stop their carriages and horses, and do not leave any of them alive. Get rid of them all. I don't want to hear anyone go to the northern border and talk nonsense."

"yes."

The news that the Princess of Northern Frontier's innocence had been ruined and that she was about to return to Northern Frontier spread widely in the capital.

Ever since Yue Lengxin was thrown back by the bandits, she has been locking herself in the house, not seeing anyone, and she seems to be hollowed out.

Yue Lengxin finally came back to life when the envoy came to say that they would return to Northern Frontier the next day.

She went back home. Her father was still waiting for her in the northern border.

Before leaving, Yue Lengxin went to Zhang Xuanlin's residence in person. She wanted to ask him if he still wanted her? Was he still willing to go back to Northern Frontier with her?

Zhang Xuanlin lived alone in a three-courtyard house in the west of the city. Yue Lengxin went straight in and went straight to the study, but he was not there.

After waving away the servants, Yue Lengxin strolled around the house. When she crossed a hallway, she heard faint voices.

Yue Lengxin followed the sound and found the room where the sound came from. Inside, Zhang Xuanlin was kneeling on the ground, with rows of solemn black tablets in front of him.

Yue Lengxin guessed that these were probably the Zhang family members who died in the northern border.

"Dad, Mom, I have avenged you. I had Yue Lengxin raped by someone. When the King of Northern Frontier finds out, he will definitely go to war with Tianji. Soon Northern Frontier will cease to exist. But... I accidentally killed an innocent person. Did I do something wrong..."

Yue Lengxin felt cold all over and she stared wide-eyed to see clearly the person in the room. Was he her fiancé? What did she hear?

It turned out that everything that happened to her was just a tool for him to provoke war. In other words, Zhang Xuanlin had no true love for her at all!

Yue Lengxin left Zhang's house in a daze. Who could she go to? Who could help her?

"Princess? Why are you here?" Lu Yanluo quickly walked to Yue Lengxin, grabbed her hand and left.

Before coming, she had received news that the emperor had sent a group of secret guards to assassinate Yue Lengxin.

Yue Lengxin was dragged away by Lu Yanluo, and said in a daze: "Lu Yanluo, you are right, he really doesn't have the slightest sincerity towards me."