In the forest, Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianhua slowed down their horses and walked side by side. Although they were aimless, they did not dare to go deeper into the forest. After all, there was an injured Xuan Feiyu in the imperial tent, and she had to ensure that the servants could find her as soon as possible if something happened.
The series of incidents made the two of them feel bad. Even Xuan Tianhua frowned all the way. Instead, Feng Yuheng was the first to speak and comfort him: "Feiyu is fine. The injury looks scary, but fortunately it is an external injury. The muscles and bones are not injured, and it is not difficult to treat. I have done a detailed treatment, and I will prepare needles and medicines for future recuperation. Try not to leave scars. Don't worry, Seventh Brother."
Xuan Tianhua smiled bitterly, "I have never doubted your medical skills, so I am not worried about that." He looked at Feng Yuheng, and the worry in his eyes was revealed without any concealment, which made Feng Yuheng feel a little embarrassed. A sigh sounded in Xuan Tianhua's heart again, just like before. Every time he faced this girl, he felt helpless at the end of his life. He wanted to protect her, but he had to maintain the most basic rules and etiquette. This is what is called being unable to do what one wants.
How could Feng Yuheng not understand? However, there are some things that she understands in her heart but cannot say out loud. Once she says it, her life will be a mess. No matter how beautiful things or people are, they will become bad with that one sentence. And this kind of bad thing can happen to anyone, but it can't happen to Xuan Tianhua. For no other reason, she can't bear to see Xuan Tianhua in any bad way.
"There are more and more enemies." She changed the subject and said something. "I always feel that there are enemies all around me, some are open and some are sneaking around in the dark. Sometimes I wonder, if these enemies suddenly join hands one day, should we surrender?"
Xuan Tianhua looked at her and asked, "Are you scared?"
She shook her head. "There's nothing to be afraid of. Or rather, there's no point in being afraid. We've come this far. Can we go back? Even if we go back, can we still treat the things and people we've met along the way as if we've never met them? If that's really possible, it would be fine."
"Keep calm and fight. Ah Heng, this is the royal family. Once you step in, there is no way to back out." Xuan Tianhua suddenly stretched out his hand and rubbed her head. At first, he rubbed it gently, and then suddenly he used a lot of force, messing up Feng Yuheng's hair. But he just rubbed her head, and immediately helped her smooth out the messed up hair, and then said: "Ming'er replaced the letter sent by Yuanshi to Biannan. Lao Ba always listens to his mother. Ming'er obviously found out this, so he changed the name and portrait of Fu Ya to that of Miss Lu. Calculating, Ming'er should be on his way back now. Lao Ba will be later than him, but Danian will definitely come back to attend the palace banquet on the first day of the new year. He was forced to marry Lu Yan, and he will definitely not give up after knowing the truth. We have to think of countermeasures in advance and not be too passive. And today's incident was obviously done by the mastermind. I thought that Yuanshi was too busy to take care of herself, and even if she wanted to retaliate, she would not do it immediately. After all, she also had to avoid suspicion. As for the others... do you know..."
Xuan Tianhua said a lot of things in one breath, but before he could finish, he heard the sound of horses trotting behind him. The two turned around and saw Huang Quan riding a horse and rushing towards them. He looked anxious and shouted before he even got close to them: "Miss, Seventh Prince, wait a minute."
Feng Yuheng and the others quickly reined in their horses, and when Huang Quan came closer, she asked, "What's wrong? Is Feiyu in trouble?"
Huang Quan shook his head, "No, no, nothing happened to the little grandson. The problem is in our tent."
"In the tent?" Feng Yuheng was puzzled. "What do you mean? What happened in the tent?" As he asked, he looked at Huang Quan. He saw that she had a cloth bag in her arms, and inside it was a little white tiger. He was slightly relieved, but he still asked, "Did Xiaobai hurt someone again?"
Huang Quan still shook her head, "Xiaobai is fine, miss, stop guessing, take a look at this." As she spoke, she took something out of her sleeve pocket.
Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianhua looked over and were shocked when they saw it. "Witchcraft." Xuan Tianhua said affirmatively.
Indeed, it was witchcraft. Huang Quan was holding a little man with Feng Yuheng's name written on it and full of needles. But Feng Yuheng smiled, took the little man in his hand and looked at it for a while, and asked Xuan Tianhua: "Seventh Brother, do you think this thing is really useful? I heard that in witchcraft, the person cursed will feel pain wherever the needles are inserted. Look, this little man has needles all over his body, even on his face. If I were to be pierced like this, I would have to fall down in pain. How could I have the strength to ride a horse in the woods?"
Without waiting for Xuan Tianhua to express his opinion, Huang Quan spoke first, "Miss, you must not disbelieve this. As far as I know, this kind of skill of piercing a little man does not work immediately after it is pierced. It has to be placed next to you, and you will have a reaction after being in contact with it for a few days."
"Where was the thing found?" Xuan Tianhua asked Huang Quan, "You just said it was in the tent, very close to your princess?"
Huang Quan nodded. "It's right under the princess' bed. The little white tiger dug it out when it went to play underneath. We just arrived at the camp yesterday, so this thing should not have been there for long, so the princess has not reacted yet. If it's left there for another day or two, I'm afraid it will..."
"Let's go, let's go back and take a look." Feng Yuheng said, "If we can let one in, we have to be on guard against the other party letting in a second one. Although I don't really believe in this thing, it just doesn't bite people, and it's also resistant to people. We can't let the other party continue to be arrogant."
Several people hurriedly rode back to the camp. At this time, Feng Fendai, who had already discovered that Huang Quan had hurried into the woods, had already walked to Feng Yuheng's tent with her maid Dongying. As they walked, they muttered, "Huang Quan must have gone to look for Feng Yuheng. Seeing how anxious she is, something must have happened. Let's go and take a look."
Dongying knew that her young lady was very brave, so she didn't dare to persuade her anymore, and could only follow silently. The two stood outside the tent for a long time, and saw that the princess' tent was heavily guarded, and she didn't know what had happened. Fendai couldn't figure it out, and was about to turn back, but when she turned around, she saw Feng Yuheng and the other two walking towards her. She was not a big deal, but suddenly she felt a little nervous and wanted to take another route. When she turned around, she bumped into Dongying again.
How could Feng Yuheng not notice the movement here, but she did not stop. She just threw a sentence when passing by Feng Fendai: "You want to escape when you see me? Could it be that Miss Feng has done something wrong?" After saying this, she brushed past and entered the tent in the blink of an eye.
Fendai frowned, "What does she mean?"
Dongying shook her head, "I don't know."
"What else do you know?" After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left.
In the princess's tent, several people moved the bed to a new position and searched for a few places where items might be hidden, but they couldn't find anything. Feng Yuheng even put the little white tiger on the ground and let it play by itself. He didn't see the little guy take anything out again, so he was relieved. "It should be gone."
"Could it be Feng Fendai?" Huang Quan couldn't help but become suspicious when he thought of the other party's behavior when he saw Feng Fendai outside the tent just now.
Feng Yuheng thought for a moment and said, "It's possible. But she probably doesn't have the ability, nor the brains, and most importantly, she doesn't have the method." As she spoke, she asked Xiang Xuantianhua, "Seventh Brother, is there anyone in the palace who has studied this curse technique? Concubine Yuan?" Concubine Yuan suffered a loss today. Although it is impossible for her to turn around and frame him immediately, what if she had already made arrangements before?
Xuan Tianhua stood with his hands behind his back and told her, "The palace has always hated this kind of thing. Many years ago, when the current Concubine Li and Concubine Gu were both concubines, they had a quarrel. In the end, Concubine Gu was promoted to concubine before Concubine Li, which made Concubine Li dissatisfied. She once tattooed such a little man to curse Concubine Gu. After the incident was discovered, she was supposed to be punished, but no one expected that Concubine Li was already nearly two months pregnant at the time. Once the imperial physician told her about this, no one could say she would be punished. They could only raise the child well. When she gave birth to a prince, the ministers in the palace said it was a happy event and Concubine Li should be rewarded. In this way, Concubine Li was promoted to Concubine Li, and the matter of witchcraft was exposed."
Feng Yuheng pondered Xuan Tianhua's words, and then asked, "Is it the Sixth Prince?"
Xuan Tianhua nodded, "Just now in the woods, I didn't finish my last words. Not only did Concubine Li give birth to the Sixth Prince, she and the noble lady Yuan are sisters." After Xuan Tianhua finished speaking, he didn't stay any longer. He just gave her a few instructions and urged her to send this little guy to the Second Prince. Since this matter was urgent, they investigated it together and then left the tent.
Feng Yuheng stood still, muttering, "Concubine Li..."
Feng Fendai took Dong Ying to her tent, muttering as she walked: "I don't know what happened, but Feng Yuheng seems to be having a hard time lately, I'm really happy!"
The two of them quickly walked to the front of the tent, but Feng Fendai suddenly stood still. Dong Ying was puzzled: "Miss, you are not going in?"
Feng Fendai didn't say anything. She thought for a while, then suddenly turned around and ran towards another road.
Dongying saw that the route was wrong! This was heading towards the center of the camp. For this winter encirclement, the locations of all the tents were very particular. From the periphery to the center, each level was more powerful than the previous one. For example, the soldiers were at the outermost, followed by the military officers, then the civil officials, then the female relatives, then the princes, princesses, and finally the concubines and the princes' families. The center was the imperial tent of Emperor Tianwu. Feng Fendai was naturally ranked among the female relatives, but she was now heading towards the center of the camp. Dongying asked casually, "Miss, are you going to see the Fifth Prince?"
"Shut up." Fendai was in a bad mood and shouted coldly, but she still walked straight forward. However, she had already passed the prince's circle and walked directly to the concubines' camp. Finally, she stopped in front of Concubine Li's tent...
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