Xu Mian asked for paper and pen, and put the fishing rod into Xuelian's hand.

He drew a picture, so that brother Pei Yu should be able to understand it, right? He couldn't explain it too clearly, otherwise if Pei Qing knew about it, Ah Yan's plan would be in vain. He

folded it and gave it to Xuelian, and whispered in her ear: "Wait, take this letter to the alley near Pei Mansion to wait for Pei Yu, and don't let anyone in Pei Mansion see it."

"Don't worry, Princess, I'll go right away."

Xuelian put the letter in her pocket and went out.

Not long after she left, a sound of horse hooves arrived at the door of Xu Mansion.

In the back garden, Xu Mian felt the movement of the fishing rod in her hand, and said happily: "The fish is hooked! Hehehe!"

Just as she got up and pulled the fishing rod hard, the maid ran over and shouted: "Miss, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here!"

What? What to do!

Xu Mian threw down her fishing rod and ran to the room. As soon as she raised her feet, she found that something was wrong. The medicine given by Shi Yan was on her body.

She quickly took it out and swallowed a pill.

After taking the medicine, Xu Mian's blood and qi became disordered. Coupled with nervousness, her feet were unstable and she slipped from the stone beside the pond.

"Miss!"

"It's terrible, the young lady fell into the river! Save her!"

Shi Jun just entered the house and heard the shouting. He ran to the backyard quickly.

"Dead, dead, help..."

Xu Mian was poisoned and had no strength to struggle. Soon even her head was submerged.

Shi Jun jumped into the lotus pond, swam over quickly, and picked up Xu Mian.

"Mian Mian, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me."

Xu Mian's eyes wandered, and he thought he saw Shi Yan, "A Yan, I..."

Shi Jun carried Xu Mian out of the lotus pond, and seven or eight doctors came up to examine her

one by one. After a careful examination, they all shook their heads, "Your Highness, the pulse of the Crown Princess is very rare. We need to study it in combination with ancient books..."

Shi Jun shouted angrily, "Take a closer look, how rare is it? I order you to save the Crown Princess, otherwise no one will survive!"

The doctors were trembling with fear, "Your Highness, calm down, I will find a way right away."

Shi Jun picked up Xu Mian and went back to Fuxi Pavilion.

Both of them were wet, but fortunately it was midsummer and they were not very cold.

Putting Xu Mian on the bed, Shi Jun wiped the water off her hair and body.

"Mian Mian, we haven't seen each other for a few days. How come you are sick?"

Xu Mian touched the medicine bottles on her waist weakly. One bottle was poison and the other was antidote. How could she not find

them? "Mian Mian, what are you looking for? I'll help you."

Shi Jun took off her belt. Xu Mian touched her clothes around her waist and cried in fear, "It's gone. I'm done."

Did the antidote fall into the lotus pond just now?

Roar, she got her comeuppance for lying.

Shi Jun didn't know what she meant. Could it be that her illness was so unstable? He

felt even more distressed and didn't know what to do. He changed her into a dry and refreshing dress and anxiously ordered to find the most famous doctor in the capital to see her.

Xu Mian was tortured by the poison and tossed and turned. His weak face became paler and paler.

"Your Highness, how long have you been here?"

"Three hours. It's already dark."

Xu Mian wanted to cry but couldn't. Ah Yan said that if the poison was not taken within five hours, it would cause serious problems. What kind of serious problems would it cause? Would he die?

Outside the house, the maid shouted, "Your Highness, the famous doctor from the capital has rushed in from the suburbs."

"Please come in quickly!"

Xu Mian hoped that this famous doctor could cure the poison, but he also shook his head and said, "This disease is rare. I'm afraid that the girl will have disordered qi and blood in the future. If it's serious, I'm afraid ..."

"What will happen?"

"Long-term disorder of qi and blood will cause loss of limb vitality and brain power... Without the strength to get out of bed, you may become..."

"A living dead?"

Xu Mian didn't have the strength to cry anymore, her eyes widened, "A Yan, do you still have the antidote? I'm about to become a fool who can't get out of bed.

Go get the antidote? This will work.

"Your Highness, you should go back to the palace quickly."

Thinking of sending Shi Jun away quickly, she asked the servants in the mansion to go to the pond to get the antidote bottle overnight.

Shi Jun was so anxious that he was pacing on the ground, not knowing how to save Xu Mian.

"Mian Mian, what are you talking about? You are seriously ill now, how can I go back to the palace? I will immediately recruit famous doctors to treat you."

"It's useless... Hey..."

You'd better leave quickly, it's the best thing for me. If you don't take the antidote in more than five hours, I will be dead.

Not only can this person not leave, but he also cried anxiously.

Shi Jun stroked Xu Mian's pale cheeks, his eyes were red and filled with tears,

"Mian Mian, you don't know how important you are to me. You are my only light. From the first time I saw you, my heart was pounding. Mian Mian, I love you."

Xu Mian was infected by his sadness and stretched out his hand to him, "Your Highness, you..." He

wanted to say, in fact, I already know that you are the fake prince, otherwise you should run away quickly.

In the palm of his hand were his tears, and strings of tears rolled out from under his long eyelashes, hitting Xu Mian's heart. It turns out that I am so important to the fake prince. I am so charming.

"Mian Mian, don't worry, no matter what you become, I will take care of you and love you."

Shi Jun buried his face in Xu Mian's palm and cried.

At this moment, rebellion and the throne were not important to him. He just wanted Xu Mian to live a healthy life.

At this moment, he realized that the goal he had worked hard for for eighteen years was not important compared to Xu Mian.

Xu Mian could not help but be infected, and tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.

In the past six months, from the initial trial to the later inseparable, she had some inexplicable feelings for him.

But this is a bad fate. He is the son of King Huan, and now he is rebelling again. She is the Crown Princess, Shi Yan's wife...

In the alley near the entrance of Pei's house, Xuelian finally waited for Pei Yu to return.

Pei Yu stopped the carriage and hurried down, "Did something happen to Mianmian?"

Xuelian handed him a letter, "Little Master Pei, this is a letter from the Crown Princess to you, saying that you must think carefully."

Pei Yu opened the letter and saw a dog-head shovel on the left and a fast horse on the right.

What does this mean?

When they were young, they played house and often shouted, "Come on, use the shovel to execute this corrupt and lawless dog official on the spot!"

Pei Yu hurried into Pei's house and went straight to Pei Qing's study.

When he arrived at the door, he saw that the door was closed. He

quietly went to the side window, poked a little through the screen, and saw Pei Qing talking to several people.

These people are ministers in the court, and they seem to be talking about something extremely important.

"Don't worry, Prime Minister. Your subordinates will follow your lead. Your Majesty has been neglecting state affairs for practicing Taoism. Letting the prince succeed to the throne is a good thing that everyone hopes for. We will definitely support it!"

Pei Yu was shocked. Could it be that they want to force the emperor to abdicate and make him write an abdication edict?

Finally, he understood what the scalpel and fast horse in Xu Mian's painting meant. The scalpel represented the extermination of the nine clans, and the fast horse was a hint for him to run away quickly. It was not

until these people left that Pei Qing was a little surprised to see Pei Yu at the door, but there was no need to hide it at this point, so he pulled him into the house.

"Yu'er, your father will give you a leave these few days. You will leave the capital for a while."

Pei Yu sneered, "Does your father have no confidence in his plan?"

Everyone knows the reputation of Prime Minister Pei, but Pei Yu knows that he is two-faced and just seeking fame.

Pei Qing patted his shoulder, with a certain chance of success.

"Yu'er, I have done so much for our Pei family, for you and your sister."

Pei Yu opened his hand, "Father, there is no need to say nice things. My sister and I don't need you to be a rebel. You are just satisfying your own selfish desires!"

Pei Qing said coldly, "You are the only son in the family. Father orders you to leave the capital tomorrow and go... to Jiangzhou." He

wrote an address for him, "This is a house that father bought before. The court can't find it. If..."

Pei Yu knelt down and advised, "Father, please stop."

Pei Qing seemed to have ascended to the supreme imperial power and would not listen to any advice.

"I have been planning this for eighteen years and will never give up at the last moment. Yu'er, go. If you succeed, your father will let you come back. If you fail... you will live in Jiangzhou under an assumed name. The wealth of that house is enough to provide you with food and clothing, and you can also go outside the Great Wall."

Madam Pei came in and hugged Pei Yu and cried, "Yu'er, listen to your father and hurry up."

"Mother, you and your son will go together."

Madam Pei looked at Pei Qing, "Mother will accompany your father and will not go anywhere. Here are the banknotes and deeds that have not been recorded in the family account. Take them with you."

"Son, don't want them! These are all ill-gotten gains. Leave them for your father!"

Pei Yu stood up, and a stack of banknotes and deeds flew around. The father and son glared at each other, and he ran out of the yard.

In the Xu Mansion, Xu Sheng found that something big had happened in the mansion when he returned.

Rushed to Fuxi Pavilion.

Pushing open the door, he saw Xu Mian lying on the bed with a pale face and weak breath, and the fake prince beside him had red and swollen eyes from crying.

Xu Sheng bowed and said respectfully: "Your Highness, you should go back to the palace." Shi Jun

said in a sullen voice: "I won't go back. I have to take care of Mian Mian. I wonder if the Grand Marshal knows any miracle doctor?"

Xu Sheng remembered that Taoist Lin was quite knowledgeable about medicine. "This old minister knows someone, but he is a wanderer and hard to find. Mian Mian, how do you feel now?"

Xu Mian's lips turned pale, and he hinted: "Father, I am exhausted and fell into the pond today..."

Can old man Xu understand? What should I do? There is only one hour left in the five hours. If I don't take the antidote, I will become a living dead.

Time passed by, Xu Mian was afraid to tell the truth to Shi Jun, just enduring it.

Xu Sheng stepped out of the door, wondering why Xu Mian got seriously ill out of nowhere, when Xuelian told him in the morning that she would prepare a lot of toys. Did he

fall into the pond and get sick? What's in the pond?

He stood by the pond, with only a waning moon reflected on the water in the dark night.

Suddenly, he heard a bird chirping from the courtyard wall by the pond, and the sound was quite loud.

He was alert and went to see that a man behind a stone pulled him to a hidden corner.

Xu Sheng saw that it was Shi Yan and said hurriedly, "Your Highness? It's dangerous for you to come tonight! Go!"

Shi Yan originally came to find Xu Mian tonight, but when he climbed over the wall, he found that there were guards guarding the door of Fuxi Pavilion. He thought that the fake prince was here.

"What happened? I heard that Mian Mian was sick. Did she catch a cold?"

Xu Sheng said, "It's very strange. According to the imperial physician, Mian Mian's symptoms are disordered pulse, which is extremely rare..."

Shi Yan knew as soon as he heard it that Xu Mian had taken the poison he gave her and had not taken the antidote yet?

He hurriedly asked, "When did it happen? I'm asking when did the disease occur?"

Xu Sheng thought about it and said, "The maid in the mansion said it was about four hours ago."

What? Mian Mian, why don't you take the antidote yet? Are you afraid that the fake prince will find out? Afraid that he knows about my existence?

How can you be so stupid? Nothing is more important than your health.

"Master Xu, go to Mianmian's room now and let her take the antidote. If she doesn't take the antidote within five hours, she will become a living dead. Go!"

Xu Sheng was panicked when he heard this and ran to Fuxi Pavilion.

Shi Jun entered the room sweating profusely and thought it was the miracle doctor. He looked at the door and saw nothing. His heart sank to the bottom.

"Your Highness, can... can you let me talk to Mian Mian alone?"

Shi Jun was suspicious. Xu Mian said weakly, "Your Highness, you haven't eaten yet. Go eat something. Let my father accompany me for a while."

"I have no appetite. I'm not going anywhere. Mian Mian, how can I eat like this?"

Xu Mian was so anxious that he pulled Shi Jun and said weakly, "Your Highness, can you let me talk to my father? Please, Your Highness."

Shi Jun coaxed, "Mian Mian, don't worry, I'll be waiting outside the door."

He stood up and went out, closing the door. Xu Mian wanted to jump up, but he had no strength at all, as if he had soft bones.

"Father, hurry, the pond..."

Xu Sheng lowered his voice and asked, "Mian Mian, where is the antidote, take it quickly!"

Xu Mian hurriedly pulled him closer and said, "I fell into the pond, Dad, go get the antidote..."

Xu Sheng was shocked and hurried out the door. Shi Jun wanted to ask something, but he didn't care and hurried to the pond.

Shi Jun walked in and asked in confusion, "Mian Mian, what happened to the Grand Marshal?"

Xu Mian glared at him resentfully. It's all your fault. If I wasn't afraid that you would catch me and take me back to the palace, why would I take poison!

Shi Jun didn't understand what was going on. He sat down beside the couch and kissed her cheek, "Mianmian, I'm not going anywhere. I'll always be with you."

Xu Mian wanted to ask, you're not going to rebel? Don't lie.

But he said in a deep voice, "Mianmian, I used to think power was important, but now I find that a person is more important. I came from the cold black abyss and thought it would be like this for the rest of my life, but I didn't expect to meet a woman with two dimples when she smiled."

"Mianmian, I'm willing to exchange everything for your health, even my life..."

Mianmian, I'm an orphan, no one in the world cares about me, you are my only lover and relative, and my home.

Xu Mian couldn't help but shed tears, "You, you..."

Nothing can be said before everything is revealed.

Xu Mian hinted: "I hope you can be safe and sound. In fact, imperial power and wealth may not necessarily bring happiness to people..."

Shi Jun held her in his arms with emotion, and put his cheek on her soft hair, "Mian Mian, I want to be with you forever, never separate."

"But I can't..." Big fool, I am Ah Yan's wife, you better wake up.