Chapter 297 You scared me to death!

Since she knew there was cat poop and danger inside, she had to keep a weapon with her in case of emergency.

After everyone went in, the first thing that caught their eyes was a huge alchemy furnace in the middle of Ying Zheng's room. The alchemy furnace was still burning with great fire, and it was obviously in the process of refining alchemy.

Some soldiers already felt something was wrong and were sweating profusely.

Xu Yanyi subconsciously lowered her head, trying her best not to let people who knew her notice any flaws.

Looking further inside, I saw the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

A soldier immediately pointed over there and said, "The Queen Mother and the Emperor are there. Should we go over and apologize?"

But there are still some people who are somewhat smart and alert. "Something seems to be wrong. There are many Taoists around this alchemy furnace, and they are throwing herbs into it. I don't know why I always feel like I am one of those herbs. It's creepy."

"How can people like us possibly meet the Emperor and the Queen Mother? Did the leader lie? Is there something wrong here?"

"Look there!"

…

Suddenly, a person pointed somewhere not far away and screamed. Everyone looked over and was so scared that they stepped back.

Because there was a fist-sized channel at that location, and blood was constantly flowing out of it. At the other end of the channel was the alchemy furnace. The blood-red blood slowly flowed and finally flowed into the alchemy furnace. It was actually making elixir!

Xu Yanyi had already prepared herself mentally, so she wasn't too surprised to see this.

Instead, the soldiers behind him began to get restless. "No, that must be human blood. Do you remember that there are fewer people here every now and then? They must have been dragged here to shed blood. We won't be unable to get out, right?"

The leader laughed when he heard the wolves. "Hahahaha, I didn't expect you guys were so smart. That's right, now that you're in, don't even think about getting out!"

The soldiers subconsciously turned around and wanted to escape, but when they turned around, they found that there was already a group of people guarding the door, and they really couldn't get out!

The leader laughed more and more proudly, "Now the Queen Mother and the Emperor want to make an elixir, and they are in urgent need of medicinal materials. You have witnessed this secret, so you will die anyway. Why don't you just make this medicinal material for the Emperor and the Queen Mother? The Emperor and the Queen Mother will definitely think highly of you."

After hearing this explanation, the soldiers were so frightened that their hair stood on end. Thinking that they would soon turn into that blood and flow into the alchemy furnace, they were so scared that their faces turned pale and they didn't know what to do.

Seeing that the time was almost right, the leader immediately waved his hand and said, "Alright, the Emperor and the Queen Mother are watching over there, quickly kill all these people and make the elixir!"

"Yes, sir!"

The guards at the door immediately drew their swords and rushed forward to deal with them as they had just done.

At this critical moment, there was a sudden sound of breaking wind, and everyone squatted on the ground subconsciously, and an arrow shot in from outside.

"Guard!" the leader screamed.

The guards immediately ran to the Emperor and the Queen Mother and stood guard.

However, the arrow did not kill anyone. Instead, it pierced the candlestick. The candle on the candlestick instantly fell to the ground and went out. The entire tent immediately lost its light and became dark.

"What's going on? Hurry up and find a way to light the candles for me!" The Queen Mother screamed in fear.

The emperor immediately ordered, "Hurry up and light the candlesticks. If anything goes wrong between me and the queen mother today, all of you here will die!"

The Queen Mother and the Emperor had both spoken, and everyone was anxious to find candles.

Many guards were groping in the darkness, as if looking for candlesticks.

"This is a good opportunity." Xu Yanyi whispered to Feng Xuanling beside her.

Now it is dark and no one knows which direction the enemy is. In order to avoid encountering their own people, no one will choose to take action at this time.

So this is her best opportunity, otherwise it will be dangerous once the candle is lit!

Just as Xu Yanyi was about to take action and everyone was shouting in panic, she was suddenly pulled by a hand from behind. Her eyes flashed in the dark, and she subconsciously grabbed Feng Xuanling's sleeve and pulled her away.

Finally, the two of them were pulled into a particularly secret corner in the dark and hid there.

Xu Yanyi seemed to smell a familiar scent vaguely, which made her feel a little relieved.

Feng Xuanling beside him asked in a low voice, "What happened? Why did you drag me here? Did you find something?"

Just now he was planning to take action together with the eldest princess, but unexpectedly he was suddenly taken away by the eldest princess. He is now confused.

But Xu Yanyi didn't say anything. The candle inside started burning again, and the light in front of her eyes returned.

Xu Yanyi and Feng Xuanling both turned back to see who saved them.

Seeing Feng Xuanling behind her, who was wearing a black robe and had his face covered, with only a pair of bright eyes showing, Xu Yanyi's eyes immediately turned red with excitement, "Why is it you? You're still alive! You scared me to death!"

When she saw the person in front of her, she felt her body relax and was no longer as tense as when she first came in.

The man in black calmly pulled off the scarf on his face, revealing Mu Nanzhou's handsome face.

The leader Feng Xuanling standing by suddenly felt a little embarrassed and poked his hands around awkwardly.

Mu Nanzhou just glanced at him lightly but didn't say anything, nor did he ask him why he was here, let alone say that he wanted to arrest him!

Xu Yanyi also knew that the current situation was very awkward for the two of them, so she changed the subject, "We two are here to look for you. I heard that this place is very dangerous, and they even use people to make pills. I'm afraid they will give you..."

Mu Nanzhou frowned in worry, "Why did you come here? When did I ever need my princess to come to my rescue? Don't you know it's dangerous here? You shouldn't have come here!"

Xu Yanyi knew that he was worried about her, and when she saw him dressed in night clothes, she instantly felt relieved.

But thinking about it, what Mu Nanzhou said was right. When would he ever let others scheme against him?

Even the Emperor and the Queen Mother could not take advantage of Mu Nanzhou. I guess I was too nervous.

"From your look, you must have known something, so you came here alone to attend the meeting. I feel relieved. Otherwise, I would be worried."

She had already prepared for the worst before coming here, but fortunately nothing has happened now, Mu Nanzhou is still alive, so things can be resolved tactfully.