"Your Majesty said she was going to the back mountain to pick snow lotus for Your Majesty, so I didn't stop her," the guard said, trembling.
"Besides, Your Majesty, you didn't issue any order forbidding the Queen from leaving the palace!"
“And he keeps calling me a queen…” Xi Jing kicked the man.
"Did your brain get squeezed by a door?!"
"Snow lotus only grows on snow-capped mountains, where in Western Chu can you find snow lotus?!" Xi Jing was so angry that he didn't know what to say.
[How did someone with such a brain even get selected as a guard in the first place?]
"Go to the back mountain and pick snow lotus for me..."
The guard was kicked so hard he was almost unconscious, and he didn't dare to say a word.
"Quickly send men to search along the back of the mountain! If you can't find her, none of you are to come back!"
"Yes, Your Majesty..."
"Also, go find my wooden pillow. Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, find Yun Duoduo and my wooden pillow for me!"
That wooden pillow was part of the defense map of Western Chu. If the defense map were lost, the consequences would be enormous.
Xi Jing gets a headache whenever she thinks about this.
The guards scrambled out of Xi Jing's bedchamber and scattered in different directions to look for Yun Duoduo and the wooden pillow.
Xi Jing's face was gloomy. He had been quite pleased because Yun Duoduo was concerned about his health and had arranged the fumigation, but now, smelling the fumigation, he was even more irritated.
【Are you really treating me like a monkey?!】
He went back into the house, grabbed the incense burner on the table, and threw it forcefully to the ground.
With a loud crash, the dried herbs inside the incense burner spilled out.
"Remove all the dried herbs from this room!"
"Remove all the bottles from the windowsill, the incense burner from the table, the dried herbs from the bedding, and even the dried herbs from the bed curtains!"
Xi Jing looked around and felt disgusted by any place where he could see dried herbs. His blood pressure soared, and he felt dizzy and lightheaded.
Don't get angry, don't get angry, or you'll get wrinkles on your face.
Xi Jing steadied herself by holding onto a pillar, calming herself down, and rested her forehead on her right hand.
"But, Your Majesty, your cough..."
The palace maid looked at Xi Jing timidly and with a troubled expression.
I don't know whether I should listen to him and remove the dried herbs, or wait for him to calm down.
"Even if I die, I will not take her medicine!"
Xi Jing glared at them, startling the palace maids so much that they dared not utter another word and hurried off to tidy up the bedchamber.
Once I catch this little thing, I'll crush her like an ant!
Xi Jing now hates Yun Duoduo with a passion, hating her for not only deceiving him but also taking away the most important defense map.
Her actions made him seem very stupid.
Thinking of this, Xi Jing became even more furious.
[Should I have provoke this little thing in the first place?]
This little thing has a lot of staying power.
...
Behind the Western Chu Mountains, the moon was dark and the wind was high, with a cold breeze whistling through the air.
Yun Duoduo trudged along the tree branches, her steps uneven, listening to the whistling wind and the occasional howling, cold sweat beading on the back of her neck.
"This place is really creepy."
Yun Duoduo deeply regretted that when she was little, her eldest brother had told her many ghost stories, such as mass graves, paper dolls, and vengeful spirits.
At this moment, she was walking alone in the dark and chilly woods behind the mountain, having to be wary of the Xijing guards who might catch up at any time, as well as the poisonous snakes and bears that might suddenly appear.
The last time I had a close encounter with Xiong Da and Xiong Er was the last time.
She didn't want to experience that again, after all, she couldn't be so lucky as to have someone come to her rescue every time.
Yun Duoduo was on high alert, observing everything around her with vigilance, and walking carefully and quickly.
"How come we've been walking for so long and still haven't gotten out of this back mountain?"
Her mouth was dry, her stomach was rumbling, and her legs felt weak.
Suddenly, she saw a small cave ahead.
She rested for a while in a cave on the back mountain, and after regaining her strength, she stood up.
She dared not linger, fearing that the people of Western Chu would discover she was missing and chase after her, so she continued southward carrying her heavy medicine box.
...
After the clouds of smoke were released, Zheng Ningxiang led the people of the Plum Blossom Pavilion to search for her location.
Zheng Ningxiang led her people to the back mountain of Xichu, and carrying tinder, they followed the markings on the tree trunks until they finally found Yun Duoduo.
"Sect Master!"
Zheng Ningxiang called out softly. She saw a slender figure ahead, walking with a limp and difficulty.
"Ningxiang?!"
Hearing a familiar voice behind her, Yun Duoduo stopped and turned around with great joy.
[It's Zheng Ningxiang; the people from Plum Blossom Pavilion are looking for her!]
【Very good!】
"It's truly a case of 'when one door closes, another opens,' it's wonderful that you've come."
Looking at Zheng Ningxiang and the several martial arts sisters following behind her, Yun Duoduo finally felt relieved.
"Sect Master, are you injured?"
Zheng Ningxiang looked at Yun Duoduo with great concern, seeing how unsteady she was on her feet, and was afraid that she had injured her foot.
Yun Duoduo shook her head: "I'm not injured, I'm just too tired and can't walk anymore."
Zheng Ningxiang was relieved. She took out a sesame seed cake from her bosom and said, "It's good that the Pavilion Master is not injured. Here's a sesame seed cake for the Pavilion Master to eat first."
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