"We'll pretend to be poisoned, and then run away once Nangong Xu lowers his guard," Yun Qingran said to Yan Shuangshuang.
The best of the Thirty-Six Stratagems is to flee; let's run out of the city and rejoin the main force.
“Okay, I’ll listen to you.” Yan Shuangshuang nodded and smiled.
Yun Qingran took away the love gu and obedience gu from the brocade box, and then put in two digestive gu worms.
"Zhao Xingyun, come closer." Yun Qingran beckoned to Zhao Xingyun.
Zhao Xingyun obediently leaned closer and listened to what was said, then nodded obediently.
"Let's go." Yun Qingran chuckled.
The two arrived at Chaoyang Palace and saw a large table of sumptuous food.
"Ranran, you must be hungry after all this traveling." Upon seeing Yun Qingran, the icy Nangong Xu instantly melted into a pool of gentle spring water.
"It's alright." Yun Qingran glanced at the food and asked, "You didn't poison me, did you?"
Nangong Xu's eyes flickered slightly, then he smiled calmly and made a firm promise, "Ranran, I will never hurt you."
Yan Jing and Yan Shuangshuang, who were standing to the side, immediately wore expressions of extreme envy.
"Ranran, what's going on?" Yan Shuangshuang asked Yun Qingran in a low voice.
“It’s just like what you see,” Yun Qingran replied.
"Please take a seat," Yan Jing called out.
"You bastard, you treated this princess so badly, and you even dared to put my father's body in the side hall!" Yan Shuangshuang glared at Yan Jing.
"I'll release her now, what can you do about it?" Yan Jing glared angrily at Yan Shuangshuang.
"Yan Jing." Nangong Xu glanced at Yan Jing, who immediately lowered his head, no longer daring to argue with Yan Shuangshuang.
"Shuangshuang, let's eat first." Yun Qingran also tugged at Yan Shuangshuang.
"Hmph." Yan Shuangshuang snorted coldly at Yan Jing, then sat down.
After sitting down, Nangong Xu raised his wine glass, "This is wine from the desert, it tastes sweet, you should try it."
Yun Qingran glanced at the wine in the glass; it was a deep, unfathomable red, and if a Gu worm were hidden inside, it would be completely undetectable.
Just then, a young eunuch hurried in and said, "Lord Wuyuan, Mr. Zhao Xingyun has something to discuss with you."
"Tell him to wait," Nangong Xu said.
Yun Qingran raised her glass and took a big gulp of wine, then said, "Zhao Xingyun must have something to tell you. Go ahead."
The red wine made Yun Qingran's already rosy lips even more luscious. Nangong Xu glanced at her lips, then at her wine glass.
She had finished her wine, and the love-cursing worm must have been ingested along with it. Nangong Xu breathed a sigh of relief, his voice filled with gentle pleasure, "Okay, I'll be right back."
After Nangong Xu left, Yun Qingran looked behind Yan Jing, her eyes suddenly filled with fear.
Yan Jing was startled by her action and quickly turned around to see if there was anything terrifying behind him.
But when he turned around, he found nothing behind him. Looking at Yun Qingran, he saw that she was drinking wine with Yan Shuangshuang, her expression unchanged.
This woman is crazy!
He didn't notice that there were slight ripples in his wine glass, as if something had fallen in.
"Your Highness, I'd like to offer you a toast." Yun Qingran raised her wine cup and offered a toast to Yan Jing.
"Alright." Yan Jing raised his wine glass, looking at Yun Qingran's glass with a smile in his eyes, secretly chuckling to himself, "Yun Qingran, you'll embarrass yourself someday."
Yan Jing drank the wine in his cup in one gulp.
A short while later, Nangong Xu returned, looking somewhat angry. Had Zhao Xingyun lost his mind? He had been called out just to ask him how the food was and if it was palatable.
Yan Jing looked at Nangong Xu as he walked in, and his face flushed instantly. He stared at him with a longing look in his eyes.
My lord is so handsome! He has a great physique and an extraordinary aura!
Thump thump thump~ Yan Jing felt his heart beating very fast.
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