C18 Shan yin village

Mu Qianxue raised her head and smiled, causing her face, which was several times whiter than paper, to radiate a trace of brilliance. "Don't worry. "I won't let anything happen to myself." After saying that, she tried her best to urge him to leave. "Let's go."

Dongfang could only grit his teeth at her insistence. He grasped the reins and urged the horse along the deserted mountain road until sunset. At the same time, a house with a roof full of crows appeared.

Dong Fang Shan was elated. He quickly lowered his head and said to the person in his embrace, "Princess, we're here!"

"Alright." After she barely said this word, Mu Qianxue's vision turned dark and she lost consciousness. Her physical strength had already reached its limit and she had relied on willpower to forcefully endure along the way. Now that her mind had relaxed, she was naturally powerless to continue.

However, just as she was about to rush over, the empress's entire body was suddenly pierced with holes, and blood was gushing out from her mouth, flooding all over their bodies. At the same time, their expressions became sinister and angry, as they asked her why she was helping Xi Chu destroy Nan Zhao and kill her loved ones!

"None... This son has not... royal father ? royal father! " Mu Qianxue abruptly opened her eyes and sat up.

Dongfang Yi, upon hearing the commotion, walked over quickly to Mu Qianxue's side, who was covered in cold sweat, "What's wrong?"

Mu Qianxue stared at him with an extremely unfamiliar gaze, as if she had forgotten what happened before she fainted. After a long while, she finally returned to normal, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, and said while shaking her head, "I had a nightmare, nothing happened."

Seeing that she didn't want to talk anymore, Dongfang Qin didn't ask any further. He took out a broken jar and placed it on top of the fire. "I left some rabbit meat for you. You'll be able to eat it after heating it up."

"What time is it now?" Mu Qianxue looked around and saw an abandoned temple covered with spider webs. There was a statue of a god on the divine altar, but due to the paint being peeled and the heavy damage, it was impossible to tell which Divine Buddha it was. There was a thick layer of dry grass under their bodies, so they didn't feel like it was hard at all.

In the broken temple, only she and Dongfang Shou were there. There was no trace of Xia Yue or those gray-clothed people, so they were probably guarding outside.

"It's almost midnight." He pushed open the door and glanced at the moon hanging silently in the night sky. Because he was afraid that the fire would attract pursuers, all the windows were boarded up to ensure that no one would notice.

"Time of the Child ?" Mu Qianxue whispered, "Sir Jiang and the rest have not arrived yet?"

"No, I've already sent fifteen to check. As for Xia Yue, she said that she wanted to find something to eat nearby, so I told Eleven to go with her for safety." Dongfang Yi added a few more branches to the fire, causing the weak fire to light up once more.

Mu Qianxue's brows slightly moved. "Are all your guards named after numbers?"

"Most of them were orphans when they lost their parents. They weren't even able to remember their names, and even if they did, for various reasons, some of them were unwilling to mention their names, so they simply used numbers as their names. That's fine."

Mu Qianxue lowered her head as though she was thinking about something. Her snow-white face seemed to have a trace of blood under the flickering flames.

"Ta ta!" The boiling water inside the pot boiled, making a slight noise against the broken corner of the lid. Dongfang Shou wrapped his sleeve around his hand and took the jar off the fire. As soon as he removed the lid, a wave of meaty heat emanated.

"I know your body is weak, so you shouldn't eat greasy food. But since this place is deserted and you can't find any wild fruits, I can only let you eat this. Fortunately, this wild animal grows wild all day long, so it seems you don't have much oil, so you can eat it while it's hot."

"To be able to leave the palace city alive is already a blessing by accident, why would I feel wronged?" After she received the spoon, Mu Qianxue asked in surprise, "Where did you find it from?"

"When you were sleeping, I used wood to carve it. It was very rough, but at least it could be used. You don't need to use your hands as chopsticks."

Mu Qianxue smiled as she scooped up a spoonful of milky white soup and slowly drank it. Although it was rather light because there was no seasoning, it was not difficult to drink as the meat's freshness seeped into the soup.

Actually, Mu Qianxue didn't have much appetite, but she still forced herself to eat a lot in order to escape.

After cleaning up his things, Dongfang Gu asked, "Can I ask you a question?"

"You want to ask me why I know this place has a run-down temple?"

Dongfang Shou nodded and said, "That's right. As far as I know, your health hasn't been good ever since you married into the Southern Chu. In the past four years, you probably haven't gone out often, not to mention leaving Ying Tian. How did you know about such a desolate place?"

Mu Qianxue raised her eyebrows, took a branch, and slowly said as she fiddled with the fire, "This place is called Shanyin Village, and was originally inhabited by dozens of villagers. Every time it was just 15 years, they would take their own belongings and go to the market to sell some money, although it is not as lively as in the city, but it is not desolate either. As a result, three years ago, a terrifying disease that came out of nowhere engulfed the entire village.

"When the plague broke out, all the famous doctors of various sizes in Ying Tian City were secretly summoned to the palace to study the disease with the imperial physicians. However, they were always helpless against it. In other words, there was only one possible way."

"Kill all the infected people before the explosion!"

Mu Qianxue nodded her head and said, "That's right, but no one has the guts to accept this matter in the imperial court. Firstly, there is the risk of getting infected; secondly, there is the problem of killing so many people; secondly, no one would like such a thankless task, including the crown prince and the other princes. "I advise Xiao Ruo Ao to accept this matter. I have read many medical books, and since ancient times, there has never been an epidemic disease that spread out of nowhere, so I need the media, saliva, or blood. As long as I pay attention and avoid this, it won't be a problem; in addition, although this matter is slightly detrimental to my reputation, it can still enter the eyes of the old Emperor. This was what Xiao Ruo Ao at that time needed the most."