Chapter 272: Being fed poison and climbing into bed in the middle of the night?

When her father and elder brother were at home, they taught her some anti-wolf techniques and some skills to save herself when being held hostage. However, she only knew how to play around at the time and didn't put any effort into learning.

Concubine Xu wanted to cry but had no tears. If she had known earlier, she should have studied hard, so that she would not be powerless to resist now.

Seeing that Concubine Xu was not behaving himself, the man in black had no choice but to take her out of the bedroom through the window to avoid alarming others and causing unnecessary trouble.

Concubine Xu's face turned pale with fright. She was almost scared to death as she watched the place where she had lived for a year becoming farther away from her.

Where is the man in black taking her?

Concubine Xu watched in fear as the man in black carried her around walls, fearing that in the next second, the man in black would loosen his grip and throw her off.

She subconsciously grabbed the black-clad man's arm tightly, thinking that she would have someone to cushion her back if she fell.

But in the blink of an eye, we arrived at a remote and deserted place.

The man in black let her go, not afraid of her yelling or screaming.

As soon as Concubine Xu was free, she opened her mouth and shouted, "Help! Someone, there are flower thieves and assassins here!"

After howling for a long time, there was nothing else but the chirping of a few insects.

The man in black said in a casual voice: "No one will come to save you even if you scream your throat out."

Concubine Xu suddenly stopped calling for help. She realized that this was a remote and uninhabited courtyard. She was so scared that she hid behind a pillar and secretly looked at the man in black leaning against the wall. She found that the man in black was very tall, but because the light was dim in the courtyard, she could not see his face at all.

"How about I give you money and you let me go?"

The man in black looked at the woman hiding behind the pillar in the moonlight and asked, "How much?"

Concubine Xu stretched out her hand and said, "Five thousand taels, how about that?"

The man in black laughed softly: "You are only worth five thousand taels?"

"This is all I have. No more." Concubine Xu sent someone home with a letter asking her mother to send her some silver to support her.

It’s not even warm when I get it!

The man in black took a few steps forward, and Xu Cefei was so frightened that she quickly stepped back until her back was pressed against the wall, with nowhere to go.

"You, what are you going to do? Let me tell you, my father is a general, my elder brother is also a general. If you dare to touch me, they will not let you go." Concubine Xu's body was trembling violently, and she did not forget to speak harshly.

The man in black laughed softly twice, obviously not taking Concubine Xu's words seriously.

"Let me ask you something."

Concubine Xu asked, "After I ask, will you let me go?"

The man in black nodded readily, "Well, if you answer, I'll take you back."

Concubine Xu was somewhat skeptical about the truthfulness of the black-clad man's words, but she had no other choice now.

"Then ask."

The man in black asked, "Is there anyone named Xiaojiu in the palace?"

Concubine Xu told the truth: "I don't know anyone named Xiaojiu."

The man in black frowned, took a few steps forward, took out a dagger from his pocket and put it against Concubine Xu's neck.

Concubine Xu was so frightened that she dared not move. She could feel the cold dagger against her neck. If she applied a little force, blood would splatter on the spot.

"Didn't you say you would send me back if I answered? How can you go back on your word, man?"

The man in black asked coldly, "Are you sure there is no one named Xiaojiu in the palace?"

Concubine Xu was about to cry, "The palace is so big, how can I know everyone? Can you find someone else? I really don't know anything."

The black-clad man stroked Concubine Xu's cheek with his slender fingers. He sighed softly, "You are so young, your skin is so good, and you are so beautiful. How about I scratch your face?"

When Concubine Xu heard about the disfigurement, she was so frightened that she trembled violently. "What's the point of living if a woman's face is disfigured? You might as well kill me with a knife."

The man in black asked coldly, "Then tell me, do you know someone named Xiao Jiu?"

"I really don't know him..." Concubine Xu thought for a moment and said, "Can't I help you find him?"

The man in black's eyes paused, and he thought this method was feasible.

"Can."

Concubine Xu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Wait until I escape, I'll make you suffer!"

The man in black took out a pill from his arms, and with his other hand pinched Xu Cefei's jaw, forcing her to open her mouth. He stuffed the pill into her mouth before letting her go.

“It’s poison.”

As soon as Concubine Xu was free, she held her throat tightly, trying to spit out the medicine, but nothing came out.

The man in black reminded him, "The pill will melt in your mouth and you can't spit it out. It won't kill you right away. I'm the only one who has the antidote. As long as you help me find someone, I'll give you the antidote."

Concubine Xu paused in her throat grabbing movement and felt that she was finished this time. The palace was so big, where could she find Xiaojiu?

The man in black sent Concubine Xu back and agreed to give her the antidote every three days.

Just as the man in black climbed out the window and left, Concubine Xu called out to him, "Is Xiaojiu a boy or a girl? How old is she? Is she pretty? Or is she ugly... an ordinary palace maid or eunuch?"

"Xiaojiu is fifteen years old this year, and her sixteenth birthday is coming soon." The man in black paused and said, "She is very beautiful and cute."

Concubine Xu asked subconsciously: "Could it be your sweetheart?"

The man in black did not answer Xu Cefei's question. He jumped out of the window and left swiftly. After a while, his sturdy figure disappeared into the night.

Xu Cefei seemed to have walked through the gates of hell. She was so frightened that her soul left her body. She sat at the head of the bed, exhausted. "I was scared to death."

Dream Palace

Xueyan sat on the bed all night without changing her posture, and the gauze on her cheek was still intact.

The big red candles with the Chinese character "囍" on them have burned out.

Xiao Jinyan did not show up the whole night.

Xueyan clutched the veil tightly. No matter what, she was a princess after all, and Xiao Jinyan should come as well.

Shui Yao felt a little sorry for her young mistress, so she gently advised, "Princess, His Highness may have been busy until very late, and he thought that the princess had rested, so he didn't come. Princess, please rest for a while."

Xueyan didn't know whether Xiao Jinyan was really busy until late at night or he deliberately didn't come. Whatever the reason, it made her, a princess, lose face.

She said in a deep voice: "Help me bathe and change clothes, I will go to pay my respects to His Highness."

Shui Yao responded, "Yes."

Hehuan Hall

Shen Chuwei turned over and felt a solid object. She touched it subconsciously and felt it was smooth and delicate. She touched a certain place and pinched it...

A muffled groan was heard from inside the bed.

Suddenly, someone grabbed his hand tightly. Shen Chu was stunned for a moment. There was someone on the bed.

She slowly opened her eyes and met a pair of sparkling phoenix eyes, and was stunned for a few seconds.

When did Sammul Hsiao climb into bed?

"Your Highness, weren't you busy reviewing memorials in your study last night?"

Xiao Jinyan understood what she meant and thought that he would have to work all night long?

"I cannot keep reviewing memorials without a break."

Shen Chuwei's mind was not fully awake yet. After hearing this, she thought about it carefully and nodded in agreement, "Your Highness is right."