When Feng Wuxi and the others returned, two of the arrows on Song Qing'an's back had already been removed.
Upon entering and seeing the situation, the man raised an eyebrow and then turned to leave again.
After waiting outside for a while, the door finally opened, and the smell of blood from inside rushed out before Feng Yinwan.
"Has Ye returned?"
They were originally a small team with limited personnel, and on top of that, the valley top...
The subordinate beside him was clearly worried about this matter as well. Upon hearing this, he immediately shook his head, "Not yet."
With these two words, the general situation could be understood.
They had likely been captured.
Feng Yinwan's brow furrowed slightly, and she looked up at Feng Wuxi, a hint of inquiry in her eyes.
"You knew about tonight's events beforehand?"
She had originally thought that this person had left without a word to return to Wuxi Pavilion, but she had not expected him to appear here tonight.
If there were no reason, how could such a coincidence occur?
Feng Wuxi glanced at her, a rare hint of hesitation appearing on his face.
"Not exactly."
Feng Yinwan frowned. "What do you mean?"
The people of Beishang Kingdom had not seen through their plan, and everything should have gone smoothly. If it weren't for the well-prepared imperial guards and the cold arrows shot from the valley top...
Feng Wuxi pursed his lips.
"That day, I followed Ye Tinglan's carriage."
The matter of seeking the Jade Zhi Grass seemed very suspicious to him.
He had originally just wanted to follow and investigate, but he had followed all the way to the capital and learned about the Hundred Wood Spirit Rhinoceros.
His first reaction upon hearing the news was that this matter was intentional.
Ye Tinglan was setting a trap, but no one had expected that the one who would fall into it would be Feng Yinwan.
"It was him after all!"
The moment her guess was confirmed, a surge of anger shot up to Feng Yinwan's head.
"That day at the Immortal Medicine General Assembly, he wasn't poisoned at all!"
The force and accuracy of those arrows today were definitely not something a person poisoned with a potent toxin could achieve.
What Jade Zhi Grass? He was clearly acting from the very beginning.
Even the news about the Hundred Wood Spirit Rhinoceros was probably spread by him deliberately.
But why would he do such a thing?!
Feng Wuxi was also puzzled. "What do you want the Hundred Wood Spirit Rhinoceros for?"
She was not such a reckless person. Before her wings were fully grown, how could she easily antagonize the royal family?
As for the reason, he could probably guess one.
Feng Jin Chen.
As expected, he heard her speak.
"The potent poison in Chen Chen's body needs to be suppressed with it."
Not wanting to say more, Feng Yinwan casually handed him a bottle of medicine and strode out.
"You stay and apply medicine to him."
If she hadn't misunderstood, she was referring to Song Qing'an, who was still unconscious in the room.
Feng Wuxi stared at the medicine bottle in his hand, his brows furrowed into a deep "chuan" shape.
"Me? To him?"
"Feng Yinwan, when have I ever done such a thing!"
However, that slender figure completely ignored his displeasure and disappeared from sight.
When Feng Wuxi came out, his face was as dark as could be. He grabbed a black-clothed man beside him and, with an undeniable force, stuffed the medicine bottle into his hand.
"You, go in and apply medicine to him."
The black-clothed man wanted to say, "Why should I listen to you?" But then he thought that the person lying inside was, after all, a good friend of the Holy Lord, and a general Song that their sect members all liked very much.
So, he endured it and obediently took the medicine into the room.
Feng Wuxi thought for a moment, still feeling somewhat indignant. He snorted coldly and grabbed another black-clothed man.
"Where is your young lady?"
The black-clothed man looked at him with a wary expression in his eyes.
"Don't know."
"..."
After searching inside and out and not finding any trace of Feng Yinwan, Feng Wuxi's eyes darkened as he remembered the anger churning in her eyes when she left. He immediately mounted his horse and rode out.
...
Ink King's Manor.
Having not returned for several years, the manor was still the same as before.
However, time had passed, and things had changed. Standing here again, Feng Yinwan only felt an unquenchable anger in her heart.
Ye Tinglan had not returned to the manor, and Qi Xuan was nowhere to be seen. The vast manor was unattended, which made her actions convenient.
She moved along the rooftops, avoiding the sentries, and then leaped down in front of a courtyard.
As the silver moon was once again obscured by clouds and mist, a slender yet powerful figure flashed quickly across the sky above the manor. The birds perched on the branches were startled for a moment, then quickly merged back into the silent night sky.
The moment her toes touched the ground, a light "tsk" came from behind her.
Feng Yinwan turned her head, only to find Feng Wuxi had somehow followed her.
"Why did you follow?"
Before leaving, she seemed to have asked this guy to stay and apply medicine to Song Qing'an.
Meeting her gaze, Feng Wuxi's face darkened again.
"Don't worry, your Xuanmen's methods of applying medicine are much more skilled than mine."
Feng Yinwan thought about it and agreed.
Nodding, she threw the person on her shoulder onto the horse, then mounted the horse herself, all in one smooth motion.
"Go back."
She said and then urged the horse forward. Feng Wuxi glanced at her with amusement and immediately followed on his horse.
When they returned, Song Qing'an had already woken up.
Feng Yinwan threw the person to her subordinates and then went inside, giving orders.
"Tomorrow morning, have someone deliver a letter to the Ink King's Manor. If they don't want Princess Chaoan to be in trouble, meet me at Juxian Tower in three days with the Hundred Wood Spirit Rhinoceros."
She glanced at Yun Shu, who was still in a coma, and her pretty face became even colder.
"Feed her the Spirit Locking Pill, assign people to guard her in shifts, and no mistakes are allowed."
Seeking the Jade Zhi Grass for love?
She would see whether Yun Shu or the Hundred Wood Spirit Rhinoceros was more important!
Ye Tinglan received the secret letter early the next morning.
He had only just returned from the palace. When he entered the manor, it was already in chaos.
Seeing him, the maid serving Yun Shu immediately ran forward, crying.
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened! The Princess... the Princess is missing!"
"Missing?"
Those thin lips, naturally cold and fierce, pursed without intending to.
This faint utterance was enough to frighten the maid to prostrate herself on the ground.
"Your... Your Highness, please investigate! Last night, after the servant girl served the Princess to rest, she withdrew from the room, but this morning when she looked again... this servant girl doesn't know why this happened!"
Yun Shu, a person suffering from a serious illness, disappearing from the manor out of thin air was something no one would believe.
Ye Tinglan's brow furrowed slightly upon hearing this. "Did you hear any noise last night?"
A dark shadow lingered in his eyes, making them appear even more unfathomable.
But the maid dared not look up. Upon hearing this, she only shook her head repeatedly.
"No... no noise at all."
In an instant, the cold air from above seemed to intensify slightly, but before he could react, a guard interrupted him.
"Your Highness, someone has delivered a secret letter. It is stated that it must be personally examined by you."
It was a thin, ordinary piece of letter paper, with "For Ink King's Personal Reading" clearly written on the back.
Ye Tinglan's dark eyes deepened. The moment he opened it with a palm strike, a faint, unusual fragrance wafted out.