Chapter 35 - Cold Palace

 She has been in hell for a long time and has forgotten how to be sad. She won't be sad, and she will live well. Therefore, only in this way can Pei Xiuyan be tied to the pillar of shame. Whenever others despise her, they will mention her other identity, Princess Qing! Today's incident made her see Pei Xiuyan's coldness again. How could she be so blind as to fall in love with Pei Xiuyan? Cold-hearted people are always ruthless.

Pei Xiuyan clenched his fists, and after a long time, he slowly loosened them and began to drink crazily.

The maid who poured wine for Pei Xiuyan accidentally spilled the wine on Ye Chuyan's skirt and knelt down hurriedly and said, "Princess, spare me..."

Ye Chuyan glanced at the maid who poured wine and asked, "Where is my personal maid?"

It was Bai Zhi who had been serving her just now. I don't know when Bai Zhi disappeared.

The maid trembled and said, "Princess, your personal maid just went to get wine and contradicted Concubine Yu. She was taken away. It seems...it seems that she was taken to Xuanyou Palace."

Ye Chuyan was angry and shocked. "Take me to find her!"

Concubine Yu is the daughter of a general. She relies on the power of her mother's family and has always been cruel and arrogant. With Bai Zhi's character, she would never cause trouble for her in the palace. She must have heard others criticise her and then refuted them. She had never been to Xuanyou Palace, but she knew it was a cold palace. After the deaths of several concubines who had committed crimes there, some concubines liked to drag the maids who had made mistakes there to punish them. It was sparsely populated and a good place to deal with people.

Ye Chuyan was about to get up, but Pei Xiuyan stopped her with his hand and said, "Let Yan Xue go and look for it."

Ye Chuyan was angry. "My lord, I am covered in shame, and I have nothing left. I only have a personal maid."

Pei Xiuyan put down his hand helplessly, and Ye Chuyan followed the maid out.

After leaving Hanyuan Hall, Ye Chuyan followed the little maid to a remote, cold palace.

The three words "Xuanyou Palace" on the plaque were particularly creepy under the dim palace lights, and bursts of crying and shouting from a woman came from inside.

The little maid paused and said timidly, "Princess, it's here..."

Ye Chuyan went up and grabbed the little maid's neck, gritting her teeth, and said, "Tell me! Who sent you here? Where is Bai Zhi?"

The voice inside was not Bai Zhi's. Bai Zhi's character was somewhat similar to hers. She was extremely stubborn and would not cry, no matter how much pain she was in. Although the voice inside was very similar, it was definitely not Bai Zhi's.

The little maid was pinched so hard that her face turned blue. "Princess... I don't know... I really don't know anything..."

Ye Chuyan's hand was pinching tighter and tighter, and the little maid kept crying and saying she didn't know. Seeing that the little maid was about to die, Ye Chuyan let go of her hand.

The little maid kneeled on the ground limply and kowtowed frantically.

"Princess, I really don't know anything. Someone gave me a gold ingot and said that if the princess asked, I should say that Miss Bai Zhi was here... I really don't know anything..."

Ye Chuyan didn't know who had led her here, but that person must know her very well and knew that the only person who could make her worry at this time was Bai Zhi. Ye Chuyan waved her hand to let the little palace maid leave, and the little palace maid ran away madly as if she had been pardoned. Ye Chuyan pushed open the door of Xuanyou Palace. The inside had long been dilapidated, and the side halls had almost collapsed, leaving only a dark main hall. She took off the Buddha's hand hairpin on her head, held it in her hand, and pushed open the door of the main hall. No matter what the other party's purpose was, she had to go in and find out. The woman's screams suddenly disappeared, and a black figure flashed and rushed towards her.

She took the hairpin and stabbed at the black figure, and the man suddenly shouted, "Ah Yan! It's me!"

Ye Chuyan was stunned, and the hairpin fell to the ground. This was Wu Mu's voice.

Wu Mu took out a night-shining pearl, and the room was immediately illuminated by the soft light of the night-shining pearl, and the two saw each other clearly. Wu Mu was still drunk, and he looked at Ye Chuyan infatuatedly.

Ye Chuyan lowered his eyes and said, "Why is Master Wu here?"

When Wu Mu heard the three words "Master Wu,"  he felt as if he were being tortured and felt very painful.

He said in a muffled voice, "I drank too much at the banquet and came out to get rid of the alcohol. Just now, I saw someone carrying a person who looked like you, sneaking towards this side, and I followed him all the way."

"Who knew that I would hear a woman's scream as soon as I entered the house? I haven't found the sound yet, ah..."

Wu Mu controlled himself and didn't say the word "Ah Yan."

After a pause, he lowered his head and said, "I haven't found the sound yet, Princess; you came in."

After waiting for a long time, no one answered. Wu Mu raised his head and found that Ye Chuyan was in a strange state. Her eyes were like dark pools of water, rippling with blue waves. Ye Chuyan also realised that something was wrong with her.

Wu Mu seemed to have thought of something and suddenly took two steps back. "Someone poisoned you!"

Ye Chuyan understood in a flash that someone had used Bai Zhi to lure her and Wu Mu here and give her a charm drug. But she really couldn't figure it out. She hadn't eaten anything since attending the palace banquet today, let alone drunk. How did she get poisoned? She bit her tongue and tried to keep the last bit of rationality before her consciousness faded.

She said to Wu Mu, "Go quickly; since that person has set us up, he must have a backup plan. It is estimated that someone will come here soon."

How could Wu Mu not understand? If he went out with Ye Chuyan now and was seen by others, he would not be able to explain himself. But he couldn't leave. He was more worried. If he left, what if someone took the opportunity to come in and bully Ah Yan?

Ye Chuyan saw Wu Mu's entanglement and said angrily, "Go quickly!"

Even if she died, she couldn't implicate Wu Mu. The moment Wu Mu panicked, Ye Chuyan's consciousness quickly faded. She knew she was going to lose control; the drug was about to burst out of her body. She used her remaining strength to seal her acupuncture points. She curled up on the ground. The faint smell of agarwood on the boy, mixed with the sharp smell of alcohol, kept drilling into her nose.

She couldn't help but call out, "Wu Mu..."

It was the first time that Wu Mu heard Ye Chuyan call him Wu Mu so tenderly. She didn't call him "Little Wood" like she used to call him, nor did she call him "Young Master Wu" coldly. If there is a heaven, he is in heaven now. Wu Mu was like being struck by lightning; he stood there in a daze, his whole body stiff. After he came back to his senses, he looked at Ye Chuyan lying on the ground with his deep eyes.

"Don't worry, Ah Yan, I won't make you sad."

The boy's gentle and hoarse voice with forbearance was like that of a demon that seduced people's souls.

Ye Chuyan's breath was completely disordered, and she unconsciously repeated, "Wu Mu... Wu Mu..."

The grievance and tender voice almost made Wu Mu collapse.

Wu Mu took several steps back and bit his lips, letting the bloody smell stimulate him not to lose his mind. He picked up the Buddha's hand hairpin that Ye Chuyan had just dropped on the ground and slashed it fiercely at his heart. The strong smell of blood began to spread throughout the house. Wu Mu walked in front of Ye Chuyan and dripped the blood from his heart into her mouth.

In the three years he travelled around, he had eaten a Tianxin Gu in the southern border. This Gu could make him immune to all poisons, and the blood from his heart could cure all poisons. However, after releasing the blood from his heart, the Tianxin Gu would die and no longer have the effect of being immune to all poisons. He loved Ah Yan, so he couldn't let others see her miserable appearance after being poisoned, and he couldn't take the opportunity to bully her. He didn't need to be immune to all poisons, he just wanted Ah Yan to be safe and sound.