"Your Highness, I don't think Yun Qingran is entirely trustworthy. We should cast a wide net, catch as many fish as possible, and choose the best one. I've heard there's a Taoist priest named Xuanling on this mountain who is highly skilled in Taoist arts and medicine. He might be able to cure the young prince and princess's illnesses," Pei Chen said incessantly.
Jun Molin, who was riding a horse beside him, moved his eyes when he heard Pei Chen mention Yun Qingran.
I heard she's joined Consort Ning's faction and wants to perform at the New Year's Eve palace banquet. She'll definitely be ridiculed for her appearance.
"Your Highness, what are you thinking about?" Pei Chen asked, noticing that Jun Molin's pale purple eyes were clouded with a look of confusion, the kind of look that only appeared when he was deep in thought.
"I'm thinking about how to shut you up." Jun Molin glanced at Pei Chen.
Pei Chen immediately covered his mouth, not daring to speak again. The prince's methods of punishing people were comparable to going to the eighteenth level of hell, and he did not want to experience it.
Yun Qingran and Ning Jitang arrived at the foot of Fragrant Hills by carriage, where a maid was waiting.
"Miss Yun, my young lady and the others have gone up first. You should hurry up and follow this road to catch up with my young lady," the maid said.
"Mm." Yun Qingran nodded.
"Miss Ning, the mountain road is difficult to travel, you'd better not go." The maidservant quickly stopped Ning Jitang when she saw that she was about to go with them.
If Miss Ning goes along and gets accidentally injured, Consort Ning will definitely not let it go, and that will cause another lot of trouble.
"The mountain road is difficult to travel. Miss Yun can go, but I can't? Are you looking down on me?" Ning Jitang put her hands on her hips and looked angrily at the maid.
"Go ahead, go ahead." The maid was so intimidated by Ning Jitang's imposing manner that she took a step back.
"Hmph." Ning Jitang snorted and followed behind Yun Qingran.
The two followed the winding mountain path uphill for more than half an hour until they arrived at a flat pine forest.
Yun Qingran noticed that there were many messy footsteps in the flat pine forest, and the fallen leaves on the ground had been turned over.
"Tangtang, watch your step and stay close to me," Yun Qingran reminded her, then reached out and grasped the hilt of the soft sword at her waist.
She had Zhang San get this soft sword last night; it was thin and easy to conceal, yet sharp and tough.
"Yes, Ranran, be careful too." Ning Jitang felt nervous when he saw Yun Qingran's serious and cold expression.
As Yun Qingran and Ning Jitang walked to the middle of the woods, a flock of forest birds suddenly took flight, and fallen leaves fluttered down from the trees.
Yun Qingran immediately looked up, her gaze landing precisely on a large tree where a Taoist priest was standing, staring at her.
"Where did this stinking Taoist priest come from, putting on airs?" Yun Qingran stared at Master Xuanling, her eyes as deep as a still pool.
"Yun Qingran, this is Daoist Xuanling. Do not be rude." Liang Jingxue led a group of noble ladies out from behind the big tree and scolded them.
"Miss Liang, didn't you invite me to admire the flowers? What do you mean by this?" Yun Qingran looked at Liang Jingxue, her eyes filled with a chilling light.
If I'm not mistaken, Liang Jingxue and the others must suspect or deliberately frame me for being possessed or by an evil spirit.
Given how much she had changed, it was only a matter of time before she was suspected or deliberately framed. Yun Qingran was already mentally prepared for this.
"Yun Qingran, you're not Yun Qingran at all! You must be a demon possessing a human!" Gu Manxiang shouted, mustering her courage.
"Have you all eaten poisonous mushrooms? What nonsense are you spouting? I am Yun Qingran herself." Yun Qingran spun around to show everyone.
"Whether it is an evil spirit or not, I will know with a single examination." Master Xuanling flicked his whisk and used his lightness skill to fly towards Yun Qingran.
"Tangtang, get out of the way." Yun Qingran pushed Ning Jitang out of the fighting area and then went to meet her.
"Ranran." Ning Jitang called out worriedly, then looked angrily at Liang Jingxue, "Miss Liang, you've gone too far."
"Miss Ning, we are rescuing Miss Yun." After saying this, Liang Jingxue ignored Ning Jitang and looked at Yun Qingran in the arena.
She drew her longsword, and the soft, silvery blade became entangled with the Taoist Master Xuanling's whisk, the two locked in a fierce and evenly matched battle.
"Yun Qingran actually knows martial arts!" Yun Xiyue looked at Yun Qingran, who was agile and had sharp moves, with a mixture of shock, fear and jealousy.
Bei Yin valued martial arts, and being skilled in martial arts was an honor. She had also learned martial arts when she was young. However, practicing martial arts was too arduous, and it wasn't aesthetically pleasing, so she gave it up.
Not only her, but very few noble ladies in the entire social circle learn martial arts; most give up because they find it too hard and unattractive.
Unexpectedly, Yun Qingran actually learned martial arts, and her skills were quite good.
"Yun Qingran suddenly knows medicine, and now she suddenly knows martial arts. What else could this be but being possessed by an evil spirit?" Liang Jingxue said excitedly, pointing at Yun Qingran.
"Could it be that Ranran has really been possessed by an evil spirit?" Yun Xiyue's voice was not loud, but all the noble ladies heard it.
Upon hearing this, the other noble ladies thought that if even Yun Xiyue believed it, then Yun Qingran must be possessed by an evil spirit, and they all retreated in fright.
Seeing this, Liang Jingxue's face flashed a triumphant smile. In the inner quarters of the household, countless schemes and intrigues raged, and it was quite normal to hide one's skills. She wasn't foolish enough to believe that Yun Xiyue was possessed by an evil spirit and that it was all a fabrication to deceive everyone.
The purpose was to drag everyone down with them, so that if anything happened to Yun Qingran, the law wouldn't punish everyone, and she wouldn't be blamed alone.
Yun Qingran, blame yourself for seducing His Highness the Northern Cold King! His Highness the Northern Cold King can only be mine! Liang Jingxue's face was filled with a ruthless determination.
Unbeknownst to Liang Jingxue, everything she did was observed by Yun Xiyue, who sneered inwardly, "Liang Jingxue, you can fight with Yun Qingran all you want."
When both sides are severely injured, the King of Northern Cold will be mine. Only she, the most beautiful and talented woman, is worthy of the King of Northern Cold.
"Bang!" The fight between Yun Qingran and Xuan Ling entered a white-hot stage. Finally, the two extended their palms, and as soon as their palms touched, they were shaken apart by the other's internal force.
Yun Qingran took three steps back, while Xuan Ling took more than ten steps back!
"Miss Yun, your skills are impressive." Xuan Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, and her expression turned ferocious for a moment.
"Thank you for the compliment." Yun Qingran smiled, accepting the compliment without hesitation.
When she was little, she learned medicine from her father on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and martial arts from her mother on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. While other children were still peeing and playing in the mud, she could diagnose illnesses and even take down a strong man.
Thinking back, I used to think my parents were too strict with me, but now it seems they were right: having more skills is never a bad thing.
"Since that's the case, don't blame me for using my ultimate move." Xuanling quickly took a few steps back and came to a tree. There was a red rope on the tree, and he reached out and pulled on it.
From the fallen leaves beneath the open ground where Yun Qingran stood, dozens of red silk threads suddenly sprang up, encircling her and binding her.
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