The moonlight was blocked by the houses, and the alley was pitch black, with piles of miscellaneous items, making it impossible to see clearly inside even with one, two, or three glances.
First, the entrance to the alley was blocked by a pile of dry bamboo. Ye Qingxue and Dong Bai removed the bamboo one by one, trying their best not to make a sound.
However, the night was so quiet that even the sound of them gripping the bamboo poles was incredibly jarring.
After the bamboo pole was moved aside, the bloodstains on the ground could be seen; they were black and had dried.
However, a fresh, pungent smell of blood emanated from the alley, yet they could see no living creatures or corpses, and had no idea what was hidden there, where it was hidden, or the extent of its injuries.
However, Ye Qingxue noticed that as she and Dongbai arrived, the other party held their breath, which showed that even though the other party was seriously injured, they were still keenly aware of their approach.
The moonlight shone on the wall, casting half-shadows of Ye Qingxue and Dong Bai. They walked around a pile of clutter, stepped over countless pieces of trash, and finally stood in front of a pile of weeds deep in the alley.
The atmosphere was somber.
The weeds were probably used as bedding by someone before. Over time, they were dumped here and left untreated, carrying the stench of urine, medicine residue, and even a strong smell of decay.
Ye Qingxue and Dong Bai exchanged a glance. Dong Bai drew his longsword and parted the weeds, revealing a person lying on the cold ground.
The man had been trying his best to conceal his aura, but as the weeds were lifted, his intense malevolent aura mixed with a strong killing intent rushed towards Ye Qingxue and Dong Bai in an instant.
Ye Qingxue bent down and swiftly pressed down on the other party's wrist, which was tightly gripping the long sword.
In the darkness, the man's gaze was sharp, as if trying to pierce through the layers of darkness to see her clearly.
Ye Qingxue did not back down. Their hands clashed and struggled against each other. Finally, due to the man's exhaustion, Ye Qingxue took the long sword from his hand.
They tried to put something in his mouth again, and he resisted.
Ye Qingxue said, "It's ginseng, to replenish your qi and blood."
Then he took the powder from Dongbai's hand and sprinkled it on his crisscrossing wounds to stop the bleeding. The man was sweating profusely from the pain, but he didn't utter a sound.
"Your Highness, please bear with it. We're here to save you!" Ye Qingxue's voice rang out softly but firmly.
The Crown Prince?!
Dongbai was very surprised that the person the Emperor and Prince Ding had been unable to find for seven days and seven nights had actually been found by her young lady!
Moreover, it's truly pitiful that a dignified crown prince would hide in such a place!
Yun Zhuo tensed up: "Who are you? Why did you save me? Who sent you?"
His voice was terribly hoarse, and his chest heaved constantly; he was full of wariness towards Ye Qingxue.
Ye Qingxue was very frank: "My name is Ye Qingxue. I am Prince Ding's fiancée, but the engagement is about to be called off. He looks down on me and even tries to harm me. I am determined not to tolerate him. But I don't have much time left, so I saved the Crown Prince, hoping that His Highness will be able to bring him down and make him die someday."
Honesty can save a lot of trouble.
Moreover, she and the Crown Prince share a common enemy.
Yun Zhuo sneered hoarsely, "Since you've come all this way to save me, you should know what mistakes I've made that my father can't tolerate me, that my reputation is ruined, that no one will come to me anymore, and that all the people around me have been executed. I have no one left to rely on."
"Besides, I'm covered in wounds, and whether I can recover is another matter entirely. You actually expect me to be able to overthrow Prince Ding?"
He laughed at his current miserable state, and also at Ye Qingxue's naivety.
Dong Bai grabbed Ye Qingxue's arm, turned around, turned his back to Yun Zhuo, and whispered in Ye Qingxue's ear:
“Miss, the Crown Prince was born to the late Empress and is the eldest son of the legitimate wife. He has the advantage of status and had already been appointed as the heir apparent, but he was still brought down by Prince Ding. This shows that the Crown Prince is not as capable as Prince Ding. How can he possibly overthrow Prince Ding?”
Yun Zhuo: "..."
He heard it.
Are people nowadays so perfunctory in their avoidance of speaking ill of the person in question?
Although he had no rebuttal!
Dong Bai continued, "Now, the Great Zhou Dynasty is dominated by the power of Prince Ding and the Empress. If we save the Crown Prince, we might only bring trouble upon ourselves. It will take him much more effort than others to survive. Instead of relying on him to take revenge, it would be better for me to assassinate him at Prince Ding's residence!"
Ye Qingxue said, "The chances of success in an assassination are slim; it would only be a pointless sacrifice of life. Besides, even if you could kill Prince Ding with one blow, could you possibly kill an entire group of enemies with one blow as well?"
Moreover, if the king were killed with a single blow, others would only lament his untimely death, and no one would know that he deserved to die.
"I only have ten days left to live. Even if I invite trouble, it will be the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion that will be burned down!"
After a slight pause, Ye Qingxue said with great certainty, "And I believe that His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely be able to bring down Prince Ding, Yunchi!"
The crown prince trembled. This woman said she believed him? And her tone was so firm, why!
Ye Qingxue had already turned around to face Yun Zhuo.
In her previous life, the Crown Prince was missing for three years before being deliberately found by Prince Ding. To humiliate him, Prince Ding took advantage of her and conspired with Ye Yabing to give her a dream of being a beauty, causing her to do all sorts of despicable things to the Crown Prince.
Despite suffering such humiliation, the crown prince did not resist but endured it all.
She died at the hands of the Crown Prince.
After her death, her soul floated in mid-air, only to learn that the Crown Prince had risked his life to lure Prince Ding into a trap. She died, and before Prince Ding could react, the Crown Prince suddenly turned the tables, and Prince Ding suffered a crushing defeat.
The crown prince is no ordinary person.
As Dongbai said, he was born too well, was too capable, and had too smooth a life. He was a spirited young man and a crown prince that everyone looked up to. As a result, he was too unprepared for the Empress and Prince Ding, which led to this misfortune.
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