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After changing into the guards 'clothes, Helan Zhixuan and Zhao Shizhe stealthily made their way to the royal study.
Zhao Shizhe said softly,"Helan, it's fortunate that you reacted quickly just now.”If Helan Zhixuan hadn't stopped Zhao Shizhe from asking about the poison, perhaps Yin Bishan wouldn't have trusted them so easily.
Helan Zhixuan held the Bi Ye in her hand and said,""We were all poisoned just now, so we should naturally be the most concerned about our situation. If we suddenly asked Luxiang, how could Yin Bishan not be suspicious? She's not an ordinary woman.”
" You're right. I changed my mind because I thought of this," Zhao Shizhe said in a deep voice,""Could the poison she gave us be Luxiang?”
Helan Zhixuan shook her head," No, how could it be Luxiang who was poisoned for three days!”
"I feel the same. Right, Yin Bishan had been wearing a veil these days.”Zhao Shizhe wanted to say something but hesitated. There were some things that he couldn't say.
"I really want to know if Yin Bishan is really as beautiful as a fairy. She has been covering her face for the past two days.”Helan Zhixuan said what Zhao Shizhe was thinking but didn't say.
The two handsome men finally reached a consensus on a certain issue. They looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
"Alright, alright, back to the main topic. We don't have much time left to find Luxiang. We still have to meet up with Yin Xianyin and the others at midnight tonight, which one of us is going?”Zhao Shizhe had always been a person who valued the balance of benefits and didn't want to waste time on Yin Bishan.
"Whatever." Helan Zhixuan seemed to do as she pleased.
"You can go."
"Why?"
"Didn't you say that it's up to you? I think the person Yin Xianyin wants to see is you.”
"Zhao Shizhe, I didn't expect you to be able to joke?”
"Hehe, I'm just saying. Your Light-body Technique is better than mine, so it's more convenient for you to go.”Zhao Shizhe could admit that he was inferior to Helan Zhixuan in some aspects and was still a humble person.
"Yes." Helan Zhixuan replied.
"When are you going to steal the jade seal?"
"On the third day. I know where it is. Let's go around and find the antidote first."
"Yeah, I think so too."
They were walking in the palace corridor when a rough voice suddenly came from behind them."Stop!"
Helan Zhixuan and Zhao Shizhe turned around. A team of guards with sabers approached. The leader wore a silver helmet and silver armor. His left hand was on the hilt of the saber. He glared at them and had a full beard on his face. He was heroic and extraordinary. He was not angry but he was dignified.
Helan Zhixuan glanced at the person who had come and knew that he was an expert with outstanding martial arts. She naturally asked Zhao Shizhe,"Who is that person?"
Zhao Shizhe also felt the other party's sharp and imposing aura. He looked like the commander of the Imperial Army. He said,"I don't know."
The bearded man spoke in a deep voice,"Where are you guards from? Why haven't I seen you before?”
He Lan Zhixuan and Zhao Shizhe had met with trouble just as they left the house. They were really unlucky. Now, they didn't even know who he was, let alone how to answer his question.
Helan Zhixuan rubbed her ears and pretended to be calm. She asked,"And who are you?"
The guard behind the bearded man shouted,"How dare you! Great General Qi was here, yet he dared to be so rude!”
Helan Zhixuan raised her eyebrows. Great General Qi? Could it be that General Qi Wushang that Yin Xianyin had mentioned before? Helan Zhixuan felt a sense of crisis and smiled unnaturally."General, I'm sorry."
Qi Wushang roared,"Capture him!"”The guards behind them drew their sabers and surrounded Helan Zhixuan and Zhao Shizhe.
Helan Zhixuan and Zhao Shizhe were shocked. Qi Wushang was not an easy person to deal with, so it was best not to make enemies with him.
Zhao Shizhe smiled calmly and innocently, asking,""General Qi, why are you doing this?"
Qi Wu Shang said solemnly," I personally selected the guards in the palace. You are not my guards, so you must have pretended to be guards to enter the palace. Who are you exactly? What are your intentions?" It was best to explain immediately, or else his head would fall to the ground!”
Helan Zhixuan pretended to calmly take off the token at her waist and handed it over with both hands. She said,"General, take a look. Do you recognize this?”
"This?" Qi Wushang revealed a suspicious expression. He took the token and looked at it carefully before saying sternly,"It's the queen's token! Who are you?"
"We are the guards personally chosen by the Queen to enter the palace," Zhao Shizhe said seriously.”
Qi Wushang sized them up with a surprised look."Are you the queen's men?"
"How can this be fake?" Helan Zhixuan sneered.”
Qi Wu Shang returned the gold medal to Helan Zhixuan. The gold medal was not fake. However, Qi Wushang had always hated Yin Bishan, so he naturally didn't have a good impression of her. "What is your motive?" he asked.”
"Forgive me for not being able to tell you, but this is a mission given by the Queen.”Helan Zhixuan smiled and said,"Please forgive me, General."”
Zhao Shizhe had a friendly smile on his face as he said,""General, we didn't do anything wrong. You can't force charges on us and put us in prison. It's hard to say to the queen.”He wanted to use the queen's name to threaten Qi Wushang.
Yin Bishan was a vicious woman. Qi Wushang didn't want to get into unnecessary trouble, so he said in a deep voice,""Alright then, but I have to remind you that you better behave yourselves in the palace.”
Helan Zhixuan smiled." Please go ahead, General. We still have things to do. We'll take our leave first."”Towards Qi Wu Shang, Helan Zhixuan was neither warm nor angry. They did not know each other and did not have any feelings for him.
Qi Wushang raised his hand, signaling the guards around him to retract their sabers and make way. The guard accepted the order.
Zhao Shizhe bowed to Qi Wushang." General Qi, farewell."”
Zhao Shizhe followed Helan Zhixuan and walked out of Qi Wu Shang's line of sight.
"Remember! Let me give you a reminder, don't go to places you shouldn't go!”Qi Wushang's deep and threatening voice came from behind, making the two young men feel a hidden danger.
Cold Palace, in the room.
Ping Yuxiao, Lu Xiao, and Ying Ying were sitting around the table eating.
Yingying watched them wolfing down their food, especially Lu Xiao's satisfied look. She couldn't help but laugh.
Because of this laughter, Lu Xiao became restrained and restrained his eating manners. With half a mouthful of rice wrapped around him, he smiled slightly and said incoherently,"Yingying, thank you. It's all thanks to you these two days. Otherwise, I'm afraid we would only have the strength to sit here.”
Yingying smiled sweetly at Lu Xiao and said,""It's alright. We are friends."
"Yes, we are friends." Lu Xiao nodded his head like a rattle drum.”
After a smile flashed across her face, she asked Ping Yuxiao seriously,""By the way, you've been here since yesterday. I still don't know where you're from. Aren't you going back to report?”
When Ping Yuxiao heard this question, he knew that he was not an expert at lying. Thus, he ate a few mouthfuls of rice and shifted his gaze to Lu Xiao. His lustrous gaze also followed Ping Yuxiao's gaze to Lu Xiao. At this moment, Lu Xiao's mouth was stuffed with food again. His gaze shifted to Ping Yuxiao, and his sparkling gaze returned to Ping Yuxiao.
Ping Yuxiao held it in for a long time and couldn't think of a countermeasure. He steeled his heart and said to Lu Xiao,""Lu Xiao, Yingying asked you a question. Don't just focus on eating.”
After hearing Ping Yuxiao's words, her lustrous gaze landed on Lu Xiao once again.
Lu Xiao smiled. He knew that Ping Yuxiao was an honest man, so he could only direct this story himself. Lu Xiao chewed hard and swallowed the food in his mouth.""Yingying, it's like this. We are here to serve Concubine Zhu. A few days ago, the Niangniang's beloved glazed bracelet disappeared. The Empress was very anxious and remembered that she had been to the grass near the Cold Palace. She suspected that the bracelet was lost here, so she sent the two of us to look for it.”Fortunately, he still remembered Yin Xianyin's warning before entering the palace.
Ping Yuxiao heaved a sigh of relief. He was so nervous that he forgot what to say.
"Then it's very difficult to find a lost bracelet! Concubine Zhu was recommended by the Queen to enter the palace. If you…"Yingying wanted to say something but stopped.
"Yeah, if we can't find it, we'll either be beheaded or crippled. We haven't completed the mission yet, so we don't dare to go back. If we go back, it will definitely be very miserable.”Lu Xiao thought that his reaction was fast and his brain was agile.
Yingying widened her eyes and nodded."I see. Actually, I feel very lonely in the Cold Palace alone. It's better to have you guys accompany me. But why didn't you tell me the real reason yesterday?”
Lu Xiao did not know what to say for a moment. He casually said,"Ping Yuxiao, why didn't you tell Yingying the truth yesterday?”He could then throw the bag to Ping Yuxiao.
"We just met yesterday, so there must be something hidden." Ping Yuxiao laughed foolishly.”
"Isn't today the second day we met?”Yingying asked back, a crafty look flashing in her eyes.
Ping Yuxiao was speechless. He and Lu Xiao looked at each other and complained. Yin Xianyin had arranged for the two of them to be together.
"Alright, I'm just playing with you." Ying Ying looked at the embarrassed Ping Yuxiao and smiled.
"By the way, Yingying, I want to ask you something. Can you tell me the truth?”Ping Yuxiao put down his chopsticks and asked seriously.
"What is it?"
"Do you know a poison called Luxiang?”
"Luxiang? Wasn't this a kind of poison used in the harem to punish people? It was very terrifying.”
"Do you know where I can find the antidote?”Ping Yuxiao asked anxiously. When Lu Xiao heard this, he put down his bowl and stared at Yingying, waiting for her answer.
"Antidote? No way. It was said that Luxiang was a kind of poison that slowly tortured people. After a month, the poison would take effect and they would die in pain. Moreover, the method was complicated. It was very rare in the harem. It seemed to be a new drug developed by the queen's pharmacist. However, I have never heard of an antidote for it.”
"There is no antidote! How is that possible?" Ping Yuxiao shouted.
Lu Xiao, who had been chewing silently at the side, almost spat out the rice in his mouth. He swallowed the food in his mouth and said excitedly,"Luxiang doesn't have an antidote, are you sure? Yingying."
"I've never seen it with my own eyes, so I'm not sure."”
Lu Xiao was not going to let it go. This was a big deal. Without the antidote, not only would he die, but the entire martial arts world would also be in a desperate situation. "Yingying, does Luxiang have an antidote? How can it not have an antidote?" Lu Xiao asked.”
"Why are you so concerned about this?”Yingying asked with a frown. Lu Xiao's excitement frightened her.
Lu Xiao's tense expression immediately relaxed. He calmed himself down and explained,"Yingying. We heard that the palace was going to use Lu Xiang to execute some people, so we were curious and asked casually. Can you help me inquire about Luxiang's symptoms of poisoning? If possible, find someone to confirm if Luxiang has the antidote.”
"Is that necessary?" Yingying's tone was surprisingly cold.
Lu Xiao put his arm around Yingying's shoulder and smiled.""Good Yingying, please help. You must have some acquaintances in the palace. We new eunuchs want to know.”His tone softened, but his heart was getting more and more anxious.
Yingying looked at Lu Xiao's hand on her shoulder and moved a small distance to the other side, avoiding Lu Xiao. She said,"I'm afraid I can't help you with that. The less you know in the palace, the better. Curiosity will harm you sooner or later. From a personal standpoint, I advise you not to be so stubborn. The most important thing now is for you to quickly find Concubine Zhu's lost bracelet. If you can't find it, your end will be very miserable.”
Just as Lu Xiao was about to continue, Ping Yuxiao tugged at the corner of Lu Xiao's clothes and said,""Yingying is right. Lu Xiao, we are new to the palace and should listen to the advice of others. We're all done eating. We have to go look for the bracelet again. Thank you.”Ping Yuxiao realized that there was no point in saying anything more, it would only increase his suspicions.
Yingying put the bowls and plates into the basket, and Lu Xiao also helped to put the bowls and plates away. Ying Ying smiled at Lu Xiao.”
Lu Xiao patted Ying Ying's shoulder and said," What are you saying? We should be the ones thanking you. Fortunately, we have you to take care of us." If anyone dares to bully you in the future, tell me. I'll definitely help you teach them a lesson!”
Feeling the love she had never felt before, Yingying nodded gratefully. Looking at Lu Xiao's handsome face, she picked up the basket and left a message before she left."I'll be leaving first. I'll be back later. You guys can take your time looking for it." Yingying suddenly turned around and sized them up with a strange look before leaving. The door was not locked.
Lu Xiao looked at Yingying's departing figure and suddenly felt extremely depressed. He complained,""Ping Yuxiao, why did you stop me? Let me ask properly. It's unbelievable that Luxiang doesn't have the antidote. Then wouldn't I and those people from Kunlun Mountain be dead for sure?”
"The words of a palace maid are not to be believed. Moreover, she is not very clear. He probably wouldn't be able to get any useful clues from her, so he shouldn't make her suspicious anymore. He was going to meet up with Yin Xianyin and the others tonight to get to the bottom of this!”
"Yes, I'll go tonight! What should I do without the antidote? I don't want to die young. I'm so handsome, so good at martial arts, and so kind. It would be a sad thing for millions of young girls if such an outstanding young hero dies without a wife!”Lu Xiao sighed.
"You don't have to worry too much. Yingying's words can't be taken seriously.”Although Ping Yuxiao said so, his heart was also empty.
"Little Ping 'er, you're not poisoned. How can you feel my despair at this moment?”Lu Xiao looked dejected, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
"Alright, there's no use crying now. We'll go somewhere else tomorrow to take a look. We're basically sure that the antidote won't be in this godforsaken place.”Ping Yuxiao knew that this kid couldn't be comforted. If he didn't console him, he would be more optimistic.
"You don't have to say this. Everyone can see it. I say, can you tell me something I don't know?”
Ping Yuxiao had completely lost his patience with Lu Xiao. He turned his head and left.
"Hey, hey, don't go!" Lu Xiao followed behind and howled. He was on tenterhooks for a long time because Yingying said that there was no Luxiang antidote.
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