Song Jinyu returned home dejectedly. Cheng Song was waiting for her at the door. "Miss, that woman is Lord Cheng's concubine."
"Oh?"
"Your subordinate has found out that she is from Yanqiu."
Jinyu understood immediately. She went straight to the storeroom and found a delicately crafted jade gourd.
Niaoniao saw that she had just returned home and was busy without even taking a break.
She asked, "Miss, why are you doing this?"
"Someone is trying to cause trouble!" As Jinyu was putting all the antidote pills she had brought down from Tianmen Mountain into the jade gourd, she also asked Niaoniao to get some sulfur.
After getting everything ready, she headed towards the Prince Yu's Mansion.
The Prince Yu hadn't returned yet, so Jinyu and Niaoniao waited for him at the door.
"I didn't know Miss Song missed me so much!" Zhongli Mingye jumped off his horse. Seeing Jinyu, he couldn't help but tease her.
"Take one of these antidote pills every day, and you'll be immune to all poisons." Ignoring his teasing, Jinyu directly handed the things to him.
"This is all the sulfur I have. Put it at the door of your bedroom." It could prevent snakes and insects from entering the room. The foreigners were very cunning, so it was better to be on the safe side.
"You care so much about me. It makes my heart so happy." These words were whispered by the Prince Yu into Jinyu's ear. The ambiguous tone made Jinyu blush.
She was stunned for a moment and then said with a smile, "If you die, our whole family will have to be buried with you!"
Pretending not to see the Prince Yu's increasingly gloomy face, she ran away!
Her charming figure was deeply imprinted in the Prince Yu's eyes, but there was more malice in his dark eyes.
"This girl!"
"Qingfeng, surround Minshan at midnight tonight."
That night, Liuzhou City was not peaceful. Many soldiers surrounded Lord Cheng's Mansion overnight. Song Chuyu led thousands of people to Minshan.
After a busy night, Song Chuyu finally returned home, exhausted. Song Qinzhou had been waiting for news in the front hall.
Song Jinyu, however, slept soundly. After a good night's sleep, Lady Xiang sent someone to deliver green congee and side dishes. Just as she was about to eat, Song Chuyu came to have breakfast with her.
Jinyu joked, "In the past, it was always the old maids who delivered the meals. Now, why did sister-in-law specifically arrange for the small kitchen to cook for me?"
"So it's because of elder brother."
"I've heard from your sister-in-law about what happened at home." Song Chuyu felt very guilty.
"I'm a failure as an elder brother."
Just as Song Jinyu was about to say something, Song Chuyu changed the subject. "However, it's not proper for a girl like you to run around like this!"
"From today on, you'll stay at home and help your sister-in-law manage the household."
Jinyu pouted, very dissatisfied. "I didn't cause any trouble, and I have Cheng Song to protect me. What could possibly happen?"
"Last night, we captured dozens of people from Yanqiu and found countless poisonous insects! Lord Cheng's entire family was raided!" Song Chuyu lowered his voice and told Jinyu about the current situation.
"If, if—" Song Chuyu didn't dare to think about what would happen if Jinyu had been discovered by the people from Yanqiu yesterday.
"Even if you have extraordinary abilities, those poisonous insects would still be fatal to you!"
"We lost more than twenty brothers." Song Chuyu felt very sad. Just thinking about Jinyu's dangerous actions during the day made him feel terrified.
Jinyu stood up and filled a bowl of white congee for her elder brother. "Since elder brother is worried, of course I'll listen to you."
However, she made up her mind not to tell Song Chuyu about their mother anymore. She suppressed her thoughts and decided to investigate on her own.
Song Chuyu felt relieved. For a moment, the siblings were deeply affectionate and chatting and laughing in the room.
After the people from Yanqiu were captured and Lord Cheng's Mansion was raided, it became a hot topic in Liuzhou City. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, Liuzhou City gradually returned to peace.
People came and went, and there was a bustling scene. The prosperity of the past was still there. Who still remembered the conspiracy in the dark night?
Just as Jinyu had guessed, the people from Yanqiu had invited witches from the Miao region to introduce poisonous insects. They intended to harm the Prince Yu Zhongli Mingye. By doing so, they hoped to cause chaos in Qinghe Pass and Liuzhou City, and then Yanqiu would capture Liuzhou City.
The dozens of beggars and homeless refugees they had killed were only for the purpose of raising poisonous insects. They thought that the disappearance of these beggars would not attract attention. However, they were careless and were discovered by Song Jinyu. Thus, their evil plan was foiled.
Lord Cheng's concubine from Yanqiu had long controlled the Cheng family and provided help for the activities of Yanqiu on Minshan.
Zhongli Mingye reported this matter to the court. In order to calm things down, Yanqiu had to send three thousand fine steeds and a thousand taels of gold to the Great Xia Dynasty. Only then did the Great Xia Dynasty stop being angry.
"Miss, miss, the Prince has sent you a lot of rewards!" Niaoniao ran into the room excitedly. Several little maids followed behind, carrying many boxes.
"Rewards?" Jinyu was busy with the herbs in her hands.
She had given all the antidote pills to the Prince Yu last time, and now she had nothing left. Since her martial arts skills were not good, she had to prepare some more.
"Is this fabric from the capital?" Niaoniao pulled Jinyu forward to take a look.
"Miss, look at the quality of these pearls. They're really good!"
"The jadeite is so transparent! It makes Miss's skin look even fairer and more delicate."
Song Jinyu felt a bit headache looking at this pile of "rewards", but a pair of jade grasshoppers really caught her interest.
Both the craftsmanship and the quality of the jade were excellent. Jinyu held them in her hand. Through the sunlight, it seemed as if there was liquid flowing inside the jade grasshoppers. She was moved and decided to keep them.
"Send the fabric, jadeite, etc. to sister-in-law."
"Send the purple-gold ink to father."
"Keep the pearls for your dowry!"
Song Jinyu rummaged through the things and found a folding fan. The fan surface was made of rain silk brocade. One side was very smooth, and the other side had a landscape painting embroidered with gold and silver threads. It was very exquisite. Jinyu thought of the sunny young man Yan Fei in white clothes. Her heart warmed.
She thought that if Yan Fei held a folding fan, he would look even more suave.
"Niaoniao, go and invite Senior Brother Yan Fei over!"
"By the way! Wrap up the millennium ganoderma. I'm going to use it to nourish Master's body."
"Give the ginseng to Cheng Song. I'm afraid his internal injury hasn't fully recovered yet!"
In no time, she had distributed that pile of "rewards" cleanly.
If the Prince Yu knew that the carefully selected gifts he had given had been given away like this, he would probably have a gloomy face again.
Yan Fei played with the exquisitely crafted folding fan for a while. His slender fingers brushed over the fan. Among the mountains and rivers, there were faintly pavilions and towers. It was really extremely delicate.
His "Flying Sky Chain" was a famous divine weapon in the martial arts world. With this skill, he roamed the world and rarely had opponents.
But no one knew. In fact, Yan Fei wanted to be a handsome young master even more. With a pot of rough wine, a small boat, and a beautiful lady playing the zither to accompany him, he could enjoy the setting sun together.
This beautiful lady was smiling brightly, and it was exactly the charming face of his little junior sister.
It's just that she only knew how to poison, poison, and poison!
As soon as they disagreed, she would poison someone! Thinking of this, Yan Fei's mouth curved up, and he couldn't stop smiling.
She had loved to cause trouble in Tianmen Mountain since she was a child. Every time, it was he who had to clean up the mess for her.
From childhood to adulthood, Yan Fei had really taken the blame for Jinyu many times. All the senior and junior brothers in the sect looked at Yan Fei with sympathetic eyes.
But he just couldn't bear to see his little junior sister cry. This feeling had been there for a long time, as if it was engraved in his bones. Now it was flowing in his blood and had become a habit.
However, this folding fan was a reward from the Prince Yu. Yan Fei felt a bit jealous. He remembered the man's domineering behavior that day, and his eyes gradually turned cold. The enthusiasm just now was no longer there.