Of course, if you can't catch the little palace maid, it's fine. You can lure Yun Zhuo to the Bamboo Sea Stream and kill him.
Even if a palace maid held evidence of Consort Li's defilement, what difference would it make? Yun Zhuo was already dead and could no longer be the Crown Prince!
“Let’s go up,” Yun Zhuo said, dismounting from his horse. The night was cool and still, and only his tone carried a hint of warmth.
At this time, both of them were disguised, dressed no differently from their subordinates.
They were all dressed in short black clothes, with the cuffs and trousers tied up, which allowed for easy movement and prevented the people from noticing them immediately.
Ye Qingxue's hair was also tied up on top of her head with a black silk ribbon, looking neat and tidy.
Yun Zhuo remembered that she was suffering from severe poisoning and unbearable pain, so he came to her side and reached out to help her down.
The moonlight clearly illuminated the outline of his hand; it was a large hand with long, slender fingers, a very beautiful hand that also exuded strength.
But the moonlight made it appear deathly pale, as if it were the skin of a human.
Ye Qingxue was stunned for a moment, then slapped his hand and dismounted.
She said, "I'm going to kill someone later, I'm not that fragile."
Yun Zhuo silently withdrew her hand.
With her back to him, Ye Qingxue suddenly felt that the moonlight tonight was very beautiful, so beautiful that it was easy to make mistakes.
But she only had less than five hours to live.
Ye Qingxue smiled wryly, led her horse into the woods, and Yun Zhuo followed with his horse. The two found a secluded spot, tied up their horses, and began to walk up the mountain.
This is a mountain valley near the village. Villagers often come to this area to gather firewood or hunt wild game, so there is a path leading to it.
However, the villagers dared not venture deeper into the mountains and forests. After Ye Qingxue and Yun Zhuo reached the mountain pass, they found the path difficult to traverse.
Basically, they had to rely on two wolves to clear the way for them.
After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Ye Qingxue heard a strange noise in the woods and suddenly stopped to listen carefully.
The same applies to Yunzhuo.
"Your Highness!" Only when the familiar voice, deliberately lowered, came did Yun Zhuo breathe a sigh of relief and shield Ye Qingxue behind him.
Zhuang Xin emerged from the woods with two of his men and knelt before Yun Zhuo. After Yun Zhuo told them to rise, he said to Ye Qingxue, "This is one of my men, Zhuang Xin."
Zhuang Xin and the others immediately paid their respects to Ye Qingxue, and Ye Qingxue returned the greeting with a bow, thus establishing their acquaintance.
Zhuang Xin said, "Your Highness, please move to the side to speak. We have found an excellent spot that overlooks most of the bamboo forest."
Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue followed them.
After crossing half a mountain, they stood at the highest point of the peak. The terrain was relatively flat, just as Zhuang Xin had said, and from here they could overlook most of the bamboo forest valley.
Unfortunately, it was nighttime, and even with the moonlight, they could only see the general outline of the bamboo forest.
You can feel the ruggedness of the mountains here. Apart from a stream, there are mountains all around, and one of the mountains is covered with a dense bamboo forest.
This is a beautiful and tranquil place, but it is also extremely dangerous, as it is a remote area frequented by tigers and wolves.
Both the old woman and the young palace maid were weak women. Even strong men who came hunting were afraid of them, yet those two weak women had to make a living in this place. It was too difficult for them.
Yun Zhuo asked, "How long have you been here? Have you found any trace of those two people?"
Zhuang Xin said, "We followed Your Highness's orders and arrived here an hour ago. We have a general understanding of the surrounding terrain and have tried to find the two people, but so far we have found nothing."
After a pause, he continued, "I heard that they would go down the mountain at night to steal some food from nearby villages, but they don't do it every night. Sometimes they can survive for several days by stealing once."
"Moreover, in order to survive and reduce risks, they would rather go hungry. Besides, there are some wild vegetables and fruits in the mountains."
Therefore, finding two people in these mountains, while not quite like finding a needle in a haystack, is still extremely difficult.
Everyone fell silent.
In the bamboo forest stream, the wind suddenly rose.
The bamboo poles swayed in the wind, casting dappled shadows that twisted and stretched on the ground like ghosts.
Ye Qingxue stared intently at a certain spot in the bamboo forest opposite, only to see the moonlight being fragmented by the swaying bamboo leaves, scattering on the ground and forming patches of pale light.
As Ye Qingxue watched, she suddenly saw the bamboo poles swaying in the wind, revealing a pair of eyes peeking out from the woods, looking in their direction.
Ye Qingxue's heart clenched suddenly, and she gripped Yun Zhuo's arm tightly beside her: "Look, what's that? Is it a person?"
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