"What's going on?"
Zhongli Mingye was taken aback by her question. "Have you received some news?"
"Before I left, I asked Zhong Yuanliu to keep an eye on the Crown Prince's Mansion. Although he has become much more cautious lately, but..."
Song Jinyu smiled. "Yuanliu still managed to follow him!"
Zhongli Mingye pulled her to sit down beside him. "I was just about to talk to you about this!"
"It doesn't matter. He won't dare to kill these imperial physicians."
"If it weren't for the urgent situation, I would surely take action against him. However..." He looked at Song Jinyu seriously. "Right now, there must be some highly - skilled person advising the Eastern Palace. It's not easy to find fault with the Crown Prince these days."
The couple looked at each other helplessly. "My love, I'm setting off... Please take care of Liuzhou City!" If it weren't for this epidemic, his Song Jinyu wouldn't have to work so hard. He had originally wanted to give her a peaceful and quiet life, but... someone had to step up in this current situation.
Song Jinyu was a bit worried. "Take this medicine first. Don't drink the water on the way." She kept giving instructions until Zhongli Mingye left Liuzhou City.
The situation in Liuzhou City was getting worse and worse. There was a shortage of medicinal herbs. Although Lin Yijun had transported a large quantity from the Southern Border, it only provided temporary relief.
Only when the people from Tianmen Mountain came could the pressure of this epidemic truly be relieved.
"Dad, what... is this?"
"I've just arrested many people. They were all instigated to poison the water sources all over Liuzhou City..." Song Qinzhou frowned. "Strangely enough, they're out of their wits and don't know anything when questioned."
"The only thing we can be sure of is that they're all night watchmen."
Song Jinyu took a glance and sneered. "It's just a smokescreen! Someone first dazed the night watchmen." Since she could make the soul - confusing powder, there must be others who could do the same.
It took some effort to prepare medicine to restore their senses. As a result, these people completely forgot what had happened before.
"It's quite interesting. This person knows what they're doing!"
"Your father and Chu Yu have already sent troops to guard all the water sources strictly. But... is it true what you and the Prince said about Yan Qiu taking advantage of the situation?"
He sighed. "The Prince has sent the news to the capital. We can only hope that the Emperor can make timely arrangements."
Three days later, the water sources in Liuzhou were purified. No new people were infected, but the number of infected people in the city only increased.
Song Jinyu was extremely worried. Even after mobilizing all the medicinal herbs in the city, it could only last for a few days. During these days, the Prince and Princess of Yu had been personally involved in the work, winning the support of the people in Liuzhou City.
The prefect of Yuzhou City, following the instructions of the Prince of Yu, first sent over some medicinal herbs. He saw with his own eyes that the Princess of Yu, dressed in coarse cloth, was personally diagnosing the common people.
She also took the lead in organizing the nobles in Liuzhou to donate money and medicinal herbs. Before leaving, the prefect of Yuzhou City took away Song Jinyu's prescription. "Now, Liuzhou City is in great danger. For now, we need to protect Yuzhou City."
Once this incident spread, everyone praised the Prince and Princess of Yu for their love for the people.
The Crown Prince became even more jealous and hateful. He only told the mysterious person to block Zhongli Mingye. "You must make sure they die in Liuzhou City!"
Zhongli Mingye didn't take the original route to Tianmen Mountain. Instead, he chose the path under Huangshan Cliff. The people he sent out were successively intercepted and killed. If he couldn't figure out the purpose of the person behind this, he wouldn't be worthy of being the Prince of Yu.
Before leaving, after discussing with Song Jinyu, he decided to go through the area under Huangshan Cliff.
This was the place where they had shared life - and - death experiences. Revisiting this old place filled him with joy. Without any delay, Xing Jian accompanied him, and more than a dozen shadow guards followed.
Finally, they reached the back mountain. Holding the spirit tablet given by Song Jinyu, he found Wen Sirong.
After receiving the news, Wen Sirong immediately arranged for more than fifty disciples to go to Liuzhou together. At the same time, they brought countless rare medicinal herbs from Tianmen Mountain.
"Your Highness, there's no need to be polite!"
What concerned Song Jinyu concerned him. Wen Sirong hadn't seen Song Jinyu for a long time, and the news he got about her was in such a situation.
Worried about Song Jinyu in the city, Zhongli Mingye rushed back at night. However... to avoid being noticed, he arranged for Wen Sirong and the other Tianmen Mountain disciples to return via the small path under Huangshan Cliff,
while he led the shadow guards back on the main road.
Xing Jian was a bit worried. "Your Highness, I'm afraid some ill - intentioned people have already set an ambush on the road!"
"It doesn't matter. I have to find a way out for the people in Liuzhou City!" At present, the Song father and son had gone to Qinghe Pass to prevent future troubles.
Song Jinyu was struggling alone in Liuzhou City.
She was the only one holding on in the city! Thinking of this, Zhongli Mingye's heart ached.
As he set foot on the way back to the city, Zhongli Mingye's phoenix - like eyes glinted with a strange light in the darkness. "The Crown Prince, huh?"
"Kill!"
Song Jinyu waited and waited. Several days passed, and there was still no news from Zhongli Mingye. She silently prayed.
But when she saw Wen Sirong, her heart settled down.
"Eldest Senior Brother!"
The doctors brought by Wen Sirong relieved her pressure, and the epidemic situation in Liuzhou stabilized. But Zhongli Mingye was still missing.
Song Jinyu no longer cared about the epidemic. With Wen Sirong around, she just paced back and forth on the city gate, looking for that familiar figure.
The epidemic in Liuzhou City was under control, but Zhongli Mingye didn't return for a long time.
" Mingye, come back quickly!"
She became more and more anxious and still refused to go back even late at night. Niaoniao felt sorry for her but knew she couldn't be persuaded at this moment.
At dawn, she finally saw a few scattered horses.
Seeing the jujube - red horse exhausted, Song Jinyu quickly ran out. In the familiar eyes, she saw nothing but exhaustion.
When he reached out his hand, he only gave a sad smile and then suddenly fell off the horse.
Song Jinyu's slender body barely caught him. Holding his lean waist, she felt the scalding temperature. "No!"
She panicked and hurriedly helped him onto the carriage.
Holding him in her arms, she was afraid that Zhongli Mingye had been infected with the epidemic. Even though she had prepared well, he still got caught.
Qingfeng and Xing Jian were also covered in wounds. "We were ambushed. We managed to escape after a desperate fight."
"Bang!"
Song Jinyu was extremely angry and heart - broken.
She had to calm down and focus on treating Zhongli Mingye. As soon as she fed him a bowl of medicine, he vomited it out. "Mingye, please..."
She became more and more anxious. Zhongli Mingye had a fever and was ambushed.
Now he was in a coma.
"Junior Sister, don't be so anxious... His Highness is a lucky man and will surely be blessed." Wen Sirong saw that Song Jinyu neither ate nor drank and had been guarding by his side. He tried hard to persuade her.
"Thank you, Senior Brother!"
But she still didn't leave Zhongli Mingye's side for a moment. "You can go... I'll guard here."
Looking at Zhongli Mingye's pale face, Song Jinyu was extremely heart - broken. She panicked and was no longer as calm and self - controlled as before.
She tightly bit her finger with her white teeth and didn't even feel the pain.
She used to be under his protection. Now seeing him lying there, his teeth clenched and refusing to take any medicine.
After everyone left, Niaoniao brought over a new bowl of medicinal soup. She parted her red lips slightly, took a mouthful, leaned over, and gently fed it to him.
Perhaps feeling the different warmth, Zhongli Mingye swallowed it.
Seeing that this method worked, Song Jinyu fed him the whole bowl of medicine like this. After finishing, her little face was already flushed.
"The Princess really has a way," Mincui joked.