The branch pierced Mu Xueyao's leg, and the flames on it burned up her leg, causing the fabric to burst into flames in an instant.
"ah--"
"You crazy woman, get the fire out of here, you madwoman!"
"Did you hear that? If I die, I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"
Mu Xueyao screamed and cursed wildly, but she had dismissed all the servants around her, and no matter how much she shouted, no one came to help her.
They brought it on themselves.
Mu Qingyun slightly turned her fingers, and the flames disappeared, but the branch remained stuck in Mu Xueyao's leg.
"Look here." She turned her head to look at the beautiful back garden just a few meters away, a slight smile playing on her lips. "It's beautiful, isn't it?"
"This is where you grew up. You've always enjoyed the treatment of a princess, living a life of luxury and wealth. But what about me? Do you know what kind of life I led as a child?"
"I don't care how you're doing, what does it have to do with me!" Mu Xueyao still couldn't grasp the current situation and just kept yelling at her.
Upon hearing this, Mu Qingyun smiled disdainfully, "Mu Jingfeng's style and scheming are quite good, how did he raise you to be like this?"
"What do you mean?" Mu Xueyao clenched her fists and looked down at the path behind her.
It leads directly to a forbidden area within the palace, and there are many traps and hidden weapons along the way. My father once gave an order that no one is allowed to go there.
She originally intended to lead Mu Qingyun there, but unexpectedly, Mu Qingyun poked her leg with a tree branch, leaving her unable to move.
"You want me to come in?"
Mu Qingyun naturally noticed Mu Xueyao's constant glances toward the path, indicating that there must be something extraordinary on that path.
"No, no." Mu Xueyao immediately denied it upon hearing her words, but her eyes darted downwards, avoiding eye contact with her.
His guilty look was practically screaming "I'm lying" written all over his face.
Seeing this, Mu Qingyun stopped talking, reached out and grabbed the branch, and with a sudden force, pulled the branch off Mu Xueyao's leg!
"Ah—what are you trying to do?!"
Mu Xueyao cried out in pain, pressing her hand to her leg, which was still bleeding profusely and she couldn't stop the bleeding.
Mu Qingyun raised her left hand, and plant-based supernatural energy flowed continuously from her palm into her leg, giving her a simple stop to the bleeding.
Seeing that the wound had stopped bleeding, Mu Qingyun immediately stopped, ensuring that she would not bleed to death, but leaving her tormented by the pain of the wound.
After finishing all this, Mu Qingyun stood up, picked up the vines that were tangled around her wrist, and threw them on the ground.
The vines absorbed some of her plant-based abilities and instantly began to expand.
Mu Xueyao's expression changed drastically when she saw the two thick vines. "What are you going to do?"
Without replying to Mu Xueyao, she manipulated the vines to wrap around Mu Xueyao's ankles.
"You'll find out soon enough." She lowered her head and smiled faintly, a smile that made Mu Xueyao's heart tighten.
The next second, Mu Xueyao felt a pulling force on her feet, and almost instantly, she was dragged by the vines into the path.
The vines lashed out rapidly, her body scraping wildly against the ground. Her clothes were torn on the back, and her delicate skin was chafed by sharp stones, the stinging pain spreading through all her nerves.
It hurts!
She raised her hand, intending to stop the vines dragging her, but the vines stopped on their own, released her ankle, and started to pull back.
Mu Xueyao came to her senses and propped herself up on her scraped arm. Her clothes were completely torn and could not even cover her body.
The wound on her back and countless small wounds on her body were throbbing with pain, so much so that she couldn't help but whimper softly.
"Mu Qingyun."
She gritted her teeth, tears streaming down her face. She could only hold back her overwhelming emotions by chanting Mu Qingyun's name.
But this isn't the worst part yet. The mechanism on this path won't activate immediately; it will only be activated within thirty minutes of detecting someone entering.
She tugged at her clothes, trying to cover her vital parts, and struggled to her feet, walking unsteadily toward the exit.
...
Mu Qingyun retracted the vines and put the vine bracelet back on her wrist.
Turning around, she bumped into Mu Jingfeng's subordinate.
He was furious, holding a laser gun pointed at her head.
"Where is Her Highness? What have you done to her?!" the subordinate shouted angrily, his attitude so reckless that it seemed he would shoot her dead if she dared to say a bad word.
Is this... true love?
Mu Qingyun looked at him calmly, "You'd better put down the gun in your hand."
"I don't care anymore, I can't stand watching her being bullied and doing nothing!" The subordinate's eyes were filled with anger, and Mu Qingyun was certain that he would really take action against her.
"Alright, then you go to the underworld first and scout ahead for her." Narrowing her eyes, she reached up and touched her wrist, pinching the vines, a hint of murderous intent flashing in her eyes.
Upon hearing this, the subordinate could no longer bear it. He threw his musket, and a glittering, energy-bullet-like object shot out from the muzzle.
Mu Qingyun's plant-based supernatural energy surged, and a layer of resilient vines formed a protective barrier in front of her. Within seconds, the energy blast struck the vines.
The vines were dented by the Spirit Bomb, but they managed to protect her safely.
"Mu Feng, what are you doing!"
A roar came, and Mu Qingyun had just heard the sound and hadn't even had time to retract the vines when her subordinate's body was mercilessly slammed to the ground beside her like a rag doll.
With a slight cough, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
She pulled back the vines and looked ahead.
Mu Jingfeng stared coldly at Mu Feng, his face contorted with rage. "Do you know what you just did?!"
He was filled with lingering fear, but thankfully he arrived in time.
Yueheng is gone. Mu Qingyun is the only memory Yueheng left him. If Mu Qingyun is gone, then there will be absolutely nothing left between him and Yueheng.
"Your Majesty, cough cough," Mu Feng forced himself to get up from the ground and knelt on one knee, "Princess, Your Highness, I don't know where you've gone, I, I'm worried, Your Highness..."
"No matter what, you can't lay a hand on her." Mu Jingfeng's eyes were unusually cold, and his fists clenched so tightly that they trembled uncontrollably.
Mu Feng was always by his side. He knew that Mu Feng and Mu Xueyao were close, but he never expected that Mu Feng would have such a moment of irrationality.
"Mu Xueyao is inside." Upon seeing this, Mu Qingyun glanced at Mu Feng seemingly casually, but her eyes were full of mockery, as if she was deliberately provoking him.
Upon hearing her words, Mu Feng ran inside almost like a madman. He had always been by the king's side, so he naturally knew about this path.
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