While she was thinking, Xue Panrou's condition became worse and worse. Her breathing became irregular, and her eyelids became heavy before she fainted.
Xue Zhiyi called her several times but she didn't respond. Huo Wuyou checked her breath and said, "She's not dead."
Glancing at the empty meal on the table, Xue Zhiyi said, "The Imperial Concubine will not fulfill her promise to save Xue Panrou, as that would be too risky. Instead, she will use this promise to exchange for Xue Panrou's confession to confirm Concubine Li's guilt. The Imperial Concubine wants to silence her, but openly poisoning her will only make His Majesty suspect that there is an injustice. The Imperial Concubine most likely drugged her to keep her unconscious until her execution."
Suddenly, she looked around the cell and said, "Prince Cheng has his own tricks up his sleeve. Let them fight. We won't interfere."
Huo Wuyou nodded, and the two of them did not stay long and left.
…
After leaving the Ye Ting Si, Huo Wuyou did not leave the palace, but followed Xue Zhiyi back to Jianzhang Palace.
As soon as Xue Zhiyi returned to his room, Huo Wuyou hurriedly followed him and closed the door behind him.
"What?" Xue Zhiyi asked him.
But Huo Wuyou sat down with a playful smile on his face: "Of course we are talking about serious matters."
While speaking, he looked at Xue Zhiyi and smiled maliciously: "I am not like some people who would secretly touch their relatives. It's very hateful."
“…” Xue Zhiyi just glared at him and didn’t respond.
She knew that this guy would talk about this matter for a long time to come, unless, of course, she kissed him somewhere else during that time.
Huo Wuyou stopped teasing her and whispered, "I've already asked someone to investigate the matter of Chai Yue and Jiang Xu. It will take another day or two to find out the details of the two. So far, all we know is that they are both from Jiangzhou."
"Jiangzhou?"
"What's wrong?" Seeing her reaction, Huo Wuyou asked her.
Xue Zhiyi shook his head: "Nothing, it's my eldest sister..." Then, he quickly changed the subject: "It's Xue Ruoyu, her husband's family is also from Jiangzhou."
She blinked, trying to suppress the negative emotions rising in her heart, and said, "I have also been observing Chai Yue these past few days, but she is no different from usual and is still kind to me. She has been hiding by the Queen Mother's side for so many years, so even if she has other motives, she should not act rashly."
After that, she gave Huo Wuyou a reassuring smile: "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to the Queen Mother."
Huo Wuyou propped up his head and said, "You can't be in trouble either."
As he spoke, a hairpin appeared from nowhere like a magic trick, spun it around his fingertips a few times, and then handed it to Xue Zhiyi.
Looking closely, I saw that it was a silver hairpin in the shape of a fox, but the eyeballs were inlaid with rich, translucent jade, and the nine fox tails were carved so well that even the feathers on them were clearly visible.
He smiled brightly: "For you."
"Hairpin?" Xue Zhiyi was stunned.
"Yes, the one Gu Shichong gave you, if you lose it, then forget it. It's okay if you don't wear it. Just wear this one of mine from now on."
Huo Wuyou stood up, walked straight behind her, supported himself on the table with one hand, and leaned over. His high ponytail fell to the side of Xue Zhiyi's face.
He naturally held Xue Zhiyi's hand and held the silver hairpin in her palm.
Seeing Xue Zhiyi stiff and not daring to look back at his embarrassment, he raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and just held Xue Zhiyi's hand, saying: "Each strand of this fox tail is a mechanism. Once it is triggered, a poisonous needle will shoot out from the top of the fox head."
As he was speaking, a poisonous needle suddenly shot out and nailed into the door panel.
"If you're in danger, no matter who the opponent is..." His voice was filled with a subtle ruthlessness: "Press it and kill him."
Xue Zhiyi only felt her heartbeat rippling, and the warmth on the back of her hand made her fingers stiff with nervousness.
Huo Wuyou's thumb was right between her palms. As long as she tightened her fingers, she could hold it... Her fingers moved slightly, and she was about to hold it back, but Huo Wuyou withdrew his hand unexpectedly, and the hairpin in her palm was also withdrawn.
"I have to put it on you myself." As he said this, he began to fiddle with the hairpin, trying to find the most suitable position on Xue Zhiyi's head to insert it, without noticing Xue Zhiyi at all, whose hands were clenched in annoyance at this moment.
Huo Wuyou's voice was filled with pride. "Let me tell you, I had this hairpin made by the same forger who used to forge weapons for my father. It's very exquisite and priceless. That broken hairpin of Gu Shichong's is nothing compared to it."
Suddenly, Xue Zhiyi hissed, "Hair!"
Before she could get over her frustration, Huo Wuyou pulled her hair and hurt it.
He really knows how to ruin the atmosphere.
Behind him, Huo Wuyou kept apologizing and tried to take off the hairpin in a hurry, but the more he did, the more chaotic the situation became. Until Xue Zhiyi couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to turn around and slap his hand away.
When she turned around, she found Huo Wuyou bending over and carefully untying her hair. At such a close distance, the moment he turned around, the tip of Huo Wuyou's nose almost brushed across her face.
The two of them were almost stunned at the same time, their faces flushed red, and they turned away quickly, but they couldn't suppress the smiles on their lips no matter what.
At this moment, Huo Zhiyu's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Sister Zhiyi, are you there?"
This voice made Xue Zhiyi's heart skip a beat: there were two of them, a man and a woman, alone in a room in broad daylight, blushing and looking unclear. What would it matter if Huo Zhiyu saw them?
"Hide first!" she whispered, "After I leave with the princess, you can escape quietly!"
Huo Wuyou came back to his senses: "This is Jianzhang Palace, why should I hide?"
After a while of pushing and shoving, Huo Wuyou was finally stuffed under the bed by her.
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