Changlan's heart beat like a drum and he turned around. It turned out to be Lope beside Mu Ying, "Is it you?"
Seeing her turn around, Luo Pei's expression became brighter, and she softened her voice and said, "It turns out you are from the Wei Mansion. I wonder how you got here?"
Changlan could faintly feel some auras dormant nearby, and knew that the other party wanted to stop her to prevent her from going out to report the news.
She gritted her teeth secretly, no matter whether the opponent came soft or hard, she would be unable to defeat four hands with her two fists.
But since the other party acted like this, something must have happened to the girl!
what to do?
Chang Lan thought for a while and decided not to confront others head-on. He changed his tone and said, "My girl didn't come back for a while, so I went out to look for it, but I didn't expect that I was also lost. Sister Lope." Have you found my girl?"
Luo Pei slowly took a step forward and said with a smile: "A little girl has already come over to report that she has found someone. You should go back and wait."
Chang Lan didn't believe her nonsense at all and said, "Why don't you take me to see my girl, sister Luo Pei?"
Lope glanced at her and said: "I am just a slave. I am the master of whatever I can do. Girl, please don't embarrass me."
This statement clearly means that Changlan, a slave, cannot be the master at all!
Changlan gritted his teeth secretly, and could only bite the bullet and return to the table, standing behind Princess Yuanheng.
After Lope left, she secretly whispered to Princess Yuanheng: "Princess, something must have happened to the girl. You should quickly think of a way to find the girl!"
Princess Yuanheng was startled and turned to look at Chang Lan: "Where did you start talking about this?"
Changlan told what happened when he was stopped, but Princess Yuanheng was still hesitant and said, "It's normal for you to be watched by guards when you wander around other people's houses."
"Princess, what I said is true!"
Chang Lan's eyes were red with anxiety, but he couldn't explain the reason here. He could only say: "If something happens to the girl, I will regret it too much!"
When Ruan saw that Changlan was really anxious, she also became suspicious. After all, Li Qingyi was from a young girl's family, and she looked like that. If she met a bad person or a bad servant, the consequences would be disastrous.
This kind of thing has never happened before.
"I think this girl's concerns are justified."
Princess Yuanheng was still worried that something might happen to Li Qingyi, so she nodded: "However, if the Mu family wants to hide something in such a huge mansion, where should we find someone?"
Changlan said: "Princess, as long as you take me out of the house, I will have my own way!"
At this time, Mrs. Mu's wife has not yet shown her face. If she leaves right now, it will definitely make people unhappy and lead to speculation. However, this is not as important as Li Qingyi. Princess Yuanheng took a deep breath and bravely excused herself. .
As soon as Changlan left Mu's house, he sent a message to the people in Dongchang.
Luo Pei informed Mu Ying of this and asked, "Girl, do you want to send someone to stop her?"
Mu Ying squinted at the sunlight hidden behind the gray clouds on the horizon, and sneered: "It doesn't matter, I'm afraid His Highness has already succeeded."
*****
Behind the secret door, it was not the dark and lengthy passage Li Qingyi imagined. Instead, it was very spacious and bright, and four or five people could pass through it side by side.
The fire dragon embedded in the wall crackled and sprayed sparks, illuminating the surrounding area.
The fourth prince walked in front, and Li Qingyi secretly took out a pill and stuffed it into his mouth.
For a moment, Li Qingyi felt a pain in his chest and vomited a mouthful of blood.
Isatis beside her turned pale with fright, trembling and pulling at her sleeves.
The fourth prince in front turned around in surprise, obviously very surprised by Li Qingyi's sudden vomiting of blood, and couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with Miss Li?"
Li Qingyi wiped the blood from the corners of his lips with a handkerchief, "It's nothing, it's an old problem."
When the fourth prince heard her answer, his surprised eyes were filled with disgust and pity: "Old/trouble?"
Li Qingyi looked at his expression and felt relieved.
She remembered correctly, the fourth prince was good at incense.
The incense ceremony, like the tea ceremony, is an elegant event highly praised by the children of the powerful in the capital. Not only the noble ladies, but also many noble princes are also good at this art.
I heard that the fourth prince used living people to make incense in order to keep his beauty forever!
After Dongchang exposed the matter, the Mu family asked Mu Yang to take over the matter in order to save the fourth prince.
The Mu family was quite powerful at that time, and General Mu was in good use, so the emperor had no choice but to save some face for the Mu family and handled the matter in a very low-key manner.
Li Qingyi once curiously asked Qin Zeng. Qin Zeng's face looked as if he had eaten a fly. For the first time, he lost his composure in front of her and said, "What ancient method of beauty? You don't have to say those disgusting things. Don't do it." Mention it again.”
At that time, she just thought the rumor was new and didn't take it seriously, thinking there was some other inside story. However, at this time, she somewhat believed it.
The fourth prince has an extremely surly temperament. I'm afraid he can't tolerate any flaws in the woman who makes incense, right?
That's why he would show disgust when he heard that he had a serious disease.
She looked at the fourth prince standing sideways in the corridor in front. Waiting for her to answer, she coughed twice and made up nonsense: "Yes, after my mother left the Li family, my father was so angry that he couldn't even get sick. Grandma My grandmother was in grief, and everyone at home was busy with my father's affairs. My servants neglected to take care of me, which is why I developed some problems. However, after many years of recuperation and some simple boxing and kick exercises to strengthen my body, I was almost healed. Occasionally, you will get sick if you lose your mind."
After hearing what Li Qingyi said was reasonable, the fourth prince's eyes flashed with anger. He returned to normal for a moment and said doubtfully: "Have you ever used any medicine on weekdays? If there are any rare medicinal materials, I might be able to help."
Li Qingyi looked calm and walked forward slowly. In a few steps, she reached the end of the corridor. She looked at the stone door in front of her and said seemingly casually: "I don't need precious medicinal materials for this disease, otherwise the Yang and deficiency will conflict. It dragged down the condition. As long as you pay more attention to avoid cold air entering the body, you will be fine. Like this place. Although there are fire dragons, it is dark and dark, and I can't stand it for a while. His Highness the Fourth Prince wants to take me Wherever you are going, please move quickly."
The fourth prince's eyes flickered, and he was obviously regretful, as if he didn't want to take her into his sacred territory.
While he was hesitating, the stone door suddenly opened from the inside, making a dull friction sound.
Mu Ying's face appeared in their sight.
She stood on the stone steps inside the door, staring down at Li Qingyi, as if she was looking at something within easy reach, and then she raised a sneer at the corner of her mouth.
"Why are you here, cousin? I've been waiting for a long time."
She did not take her eyes away from Li Qingyi, but the words she spoke were addressed to the fourth prince.
The fourth prince's mood plummeted, as if the snack he had been looking forward to for a long time was moldy after being opened.
His expression turned cold, losing the initial pleasantness, and he said to Li Qingyi: "Miss Li, please!"
Li Qingyi didn't seem to notice the change in his attitude. He led Isatis slowly up the steps and looked into the stone room.
Long white gauze curtains hang down from above. Behind each curtain, a steaming wooden barrel can be vaguely seen. A woman is immersed in it, her eyes are blurred, her cheeks are red, and her black hair is wet. On the snow-white fragrant shoulders, it is charming and fragrant but extremely strange.
Isatis gasped, her legs so weak that she could hardly stand.
Li Qingyi squeezed her hand hard, which finally calmed her down.
Li Qingyi himself was shocked by the scene in front of him. It was one thing to guess it, but it was another thing to see it with his own eyes.
She forced herself to calm down and looked around, looking for opportunities to escape.
It was just that she was suffocated by the heat inside, and she began to feel the same way she had in the yard before.
Presumably, the light fragrance in this water vapor has the same effect as the light fragrance emanating from the spring in the courtyard.
At this time, Lope, the maid next to Mu Ying, brought a cup of tea to Isatis and said coldly: "Drink."
Isatis looked at the tea in horror, not knowing what to do.
Li Qingyi suddenly realized that the aroma must interact with the tea.
But after drinking the tea and smelling the fragrance, she didn't feel any deep sense of loss.
Seeing Isatis standing motionless, Lope said: "Don't toast and eat as a penalty."
Li Qingyi squinted at Luo Pei and said to Woad: "It's just a cup of tea, just drink it."
