As dusk deepened, Xing Zhilin ordered everyone to set up camp and rest for the night.
Inside a hastily erected tent, Ming Li sat on a chair with an impassive expression, her gaze falling on the woman standing before her. "Why are you here?"
"Why are you here?" Qin Yu echoed.
They both spoke at the same time, then froze.
"Who told you to run around?"
"Who told you to run around?"
Ming Li: ...
Qin Yu: ...
An deathly silence hung in the air. After two seconds, Qin Yu cleared her throat as if to dismiss the quiet. "Without my permission, how could you use my body to run around! And to the most dangerous places."
Ming Li: "Your body is unharmed. With you here, what about the Yu Prince's Manor?"
Given Qin Zhanhan's character, he would surely seize this opportunity while she was leading troops on an expedition to make a move on Qin Yu's current body. Now that this person had run off, she didn't know the situation at the Yu Prince's Manor.
Qin Yu: ... "Lan Shi Yi is skilled in disguise, so I had her impersonate me. No one will notice."
Upon hearing this, Ming Li narrowed her eyes. "So, there's a fake Yu Princess Consort at the Yu Prince's Manor. Then Qin Zhanhan..."
At this moment, the system in the space suddenly spoke, "Host, do you want to go back and save this dark guard sister? In the original plot, she saved the original host several times."
Ever since the original host was betrothed to the Yu Prince, after the Yu Prince discovered his imperial brother's true nature, he had sent this Lan Shi Yi to protect the original host. When the original host was suffering greatly at the hands of the male lead, she had saved her a few times. Later, to cover the original host's escape, she disguised herself as the original host and was killed by the male lead.
Hearing this, Ming Li glanced indifferently at Qin Yu and said, "Your dark guard is probably in danger."
"What do you mean?" Qin Yu frowned, her gaze fixed on Ming Li in confusion.
Ming Li's lips curved into a strange arc. "Literally."
Saying that, she stood up and walked out of the tent, approaching her white horse. She grabbed the reins, placed one foot on the stirrup, and with a powerful push, mounted the horse.
Qin Yu, who had followed her, looked at Ming Li on horseback and instinctively asked, "Where are you going?"
Ming Li glanced at Qin Yu with a faint gaze. "To save your dark guard whose fate is dire."
With that, she flicked her whip and rode off.
Upon hearing this, Qin Yu immediately had a bad premonition. Watching Ming Li's receding figure, Qin Yu quickly grabbed a random horse nearby, mounted it, and chased after her.
Meanwhile, in the system space, the system was chattering incessantly at Ming Li.
"Host, I just got something similar to remote surveillance from the main system. It can see any place you want to see, but it can only be used three times. I just took a look, and that dark guard sister's situation is not looking good. She was drugged by the male lead's men, taken to the palace, and is about to be cleaned up and sent to the male lead's bed. Damn! Could this male lead be a beast?!"
Ming Li's lips twitched. This male lead really knew no pain once the wound healed...
Thinking this, Ming Li reined in her horse, bringing it to a halt. She turned her head to look at Qin Yu, who was catching up, and her lips curved into a strange arc.
Qin Yu stopped her horse, meeting Ming Li's gaze. That bad premonition surfaced again.