Gao Hongyuan understood the warning in Su Ruojin's words, and the smile on his face stiffened. After all, this was Xiaoyue's territory, and he couldn't allow the Princess Consort of Da Chu to point fingers at him.
"Your Highness, once we have determined that the spies are not in Cangming Mountain, we will withdraw our troops. There is no need for Your Highness to trouble yourself."
Xiao Yanchu spoke up, "It seems the Imperial Advisor values this spy highly. Shall I help you find him?"
Gao Hongyuan was barely able to maintain his smile. "This is a matter of state for Xiaoyue, and I dare not trouble Your Highness with your concern."
Xiao Yanchu smiled and said, "It's alright. The relationship between Xiaoyue and Dachu has always been good. If the Grand Preceptor needs any help, please feel free to ask."
However, the princess's master is on Cangming Mountain, and the princess is worried about her master, so she left some people on the mountain to protect her. If the imperial advisor's men rashly go up the mountain, I'm afraid it would cause a conflict, which wouldn't be good."
"Thank you for the reminder, Your Highness. I will certainly instruct the city guards to be more careful." Gao Hongyuan was unwilling to back down.
"Well, I was just reminding the Imperial Advisor. It's good that the Imperial Advisor knows." Xiao Yanchu said nothing more.
He had already warned him, so if anything happened, he wouldn't be blamed. Judging by the time, Gao Cen's men should be arriving soon.
At the banquet, Lu Hong looked at Xiao Yanchu and Su Ruojin with a hint of anxiety. He wasn't worried about what would happen if the two revealed their identities, after all, the prince and princess would not have done so without a foolproof plan.
He was anxious about when the princess would be able to visit Lu Junyuan.
When Lu Junyuan woke up and found himself tied up, he kept shouting that he wanted to go back to the princess's residence, so Lu Hong had no choice but to gag him.
Last night, Lu Hong sent a message to the Princess's residence in the name of Lu Junyuan, saying that his father had suddenly fallen ill and he would stay at the residence to take care of his father.
But this excuse can only be used for one night at most. If he doesn't go back soon, the princess will definitely become suspicious.
The banquet ended quickly. Empress Dowager Wu wanted to arrange temporary residences for Xiao Yanchu and his entourage, but was refused.
The two then returned to their own courtyard. Before entering the palace, they had already sent their guards back to their courtyard with Yuan Hong and Da Pu.
Yuan Hong and Da Pu kept their heads down and wore hats. Given Xiao Yanchu and Su Ruojin's identities, the city guard didn't dare to investigate further.
That night, Gao Hongyuan ordered the city's garrison to retreat. He observed the celestial phenomena and discovered that, just as Su Ruojin had said, the person he was looking for was no longer there.
So Su Ruojin really has a relationship with that person?
Su Ruojin didn't care what Gao Hongyuan thought. She returned to the courtyard, changed clothes with Xiao Yanchu, and after a little dressing up, rushed to the Prime Minister's residence.
Lu Hong was already waiting in the mansion and hurriedly led the two to Lu Junyuan's room.
When Su Ruojin entered the room, she saw Lu Junyuan tied to the bed with something stuffed in his mouth. When he saw them come in, he kept making "woo woo woo" sounds.
She went over and removed the gag from Lu Junyuan's mouth. Lu Junyuan hurriedly cried out, "Your Highness, you've come! Please tell my father that I'm really not sick. I just want to go back to the Princess's residence. Please tell my father to let me go."
"Why are you in such a hurry to go back to the princess's residence?" Su Ruojin asked.
"Yuening isn't feeling well, I have to go back to take care of her. I've been out all night, if I don't go back soon, Yuening will worry." The anxiety in Lu Junyuan's eyes seemed genuine.
Su Ruojin and Xiao Yanchu exchanged a glance, confirming that there was something wrong with Lu Junyuan.
He used to avoid Yue Ning like the plague, but now he's full of worry for her.
Su Ruojin had the servants untie the ropes binding Lu Junyuan. Lu Junyuan got up, hurriedly bowed to the two of them, and walked towards the door, looking like he was in a hurry to get back.
Su Ruojin gave a signal with her eyes, and Xiao Yanchu knocked the person unconscious with a single chop to the neck and helped him onto the bed.
Su Ruojin took Lu Junyuan's pulse, and the pulse was fine, so...
Su Ruojin recalled that in the book of Gu she had read, there was a type of Gu called the Obsessive Love Gu. The mother Gu was planted on the person who cast the Gu, while the child Gu was planted on the person who was cast the Gu.
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