Not long after leaving the city, Rong Shuang'er happened to ride by on her horse. She saw the carriage of the Prince of Zhongzhou. Strangely enough, why were Mitui and Qingfeng driving it?
She vaguely felt that something was amiss. Had Song Jinyu defected to the Prince of Zhongzhou because of the disappearance of the Prince of Yu?
She shook her head to dispel this possibility. She wasn't such a person. Rong Shuang'er had seen with her own eyes how affectionate the Prince and Princess of Yu were.
She followed the carriage all the way to a desolate mountain on the outskirts.
"Your Highness, Miss Rong has followed us!" Song Jinyu was closing her eyes to rest. After getting the news, she opened her beautiful eyes. "Seize her as well when we get the chance!"
Ming Ruyi sighed helplessly. She was truly a heartless and ruthless woman.
Rong Shuang'er was captured and brought over. "Your Highness, you..."
"I don't want to explain. Since you've discovered my whereabouts, you might as well come with me!" Song Jinyu said expressionlessly. Meanwhile, Ming Ruyi, lying beside her, was using his internal energy to resist the pain and numbness in his head and had no time to answer Rong Shuang'er's questions.
The three of them remained silent on the journey. Unable to bear the atmosphere, Rong Shuang'er got out and sat with Mitui. Song Jinyu hugged her knees tightly, lost in thought.
Ming Ruyi saw that she looked listless and his mood sank as well. "If you don't eat or drink like this, you won't be able to make it to Yanqiu."
"..."
"Ming Ye is always cunning and calculating. He won't die so easily." Ming Ruyi endured the bone - gnawing pain in his head and comforted Song Jinyu.
Rong Shuang'er listened thoughtfully and suddenly understood. It seemed that Song Jinyu had kidnapped the Prince of Zhongzhou and was going to look for the Prince of Yu with him.
She was truly bold.
Looking at the state of the Prince of Zhongzhou, he didn't seem to be in a normal condition. Otherwise, why was he lying down? Thinking of this, she quickly lifted the curtain and got in. "Your Highness, did you drug the Prince?" She didn't dare to say poison for fear of angering Song Jinyu.
After the incident of the Prince of Yu, she had gone to visit Song Jinyu. Unfortunately, Song Jinyu was already in a coma at that time, so she didn't know the details.
Song Jinyu looked at her coldly. "Why do you care about him? He's just a hypocrite anyway!"
A hypocrite?
Rong Shuang'er was stunned. Ming Ruyi was extremely heart - broken. After knowing her for so long, he had ended up with the title of "hypocrite".
Suddenly, seeing Ming Ruyi in extreme pain, Rong Shuang'er knelt down. "Please! Shuang'er is willing to share half of his pain." Although she didn't know exactly what was wrong with Ming Ruyi,
she felt extremely heart - ache at the moment. Song Jinyu was lost in thought, while Ming Ruyi was slightly touched. This woman was pleading for him.
Looking at Song Jinyu again, she was really heartless. She remained unmoved.
Not long after, Song Jinyu handed Rong Shuang'er a pill. "Give this to him. If it weren't for your sake, I would never have given him the antidote."
After feeding the pill to Ming Ruyi, Rong Shuang'er stared at him.
The headache had eased a lot, but he still felt weak all over. Ming Ruyi smiled bitterly. Sure enough, she didn't trust him at all!
At this time, the palace was in an uproar. It turned out that Song Jinyu had left a letter for Concubine Shu, saying, "You must find him back!"
Concubine Shu was worrying about how to mention this to the emperor when Concubine Jia came to see her. "This is really outrageous!"
"Since the Prince of Zhongzhou has taken the initiative to look for the Prince of Yu, let's just wait for the news."
It turned out that Song Jinyu had made preparations before leaving. Kidnapping a prince was a serious matter. In order not to implicate the concubines in the palace, she had made the matter clear.
Concubine Jia understood her intention and went to the emperor to mention this. However... she said that the Prince of Zhongzhou had voluntarily gone to look for the Fourth Prince.
So, although the emperor was suspicious, due to his concern for Zhongli Mingye, he had no choice but to acquiesce in this matter.
Heyi often accompanied Concubine Shu. Now the life and death of the Prince of Yu was unknown, and the Princess of Yu was extremely sad and had gone to look for her husband. No one knew when she would come back.
I'm afraid Concubine Shu's body couldn't bear such a blow.
The news reached the deposed Crown Prince Zhongli Chengze, and he immediately became restless. He didn't want to be imprisoned for the rest of his life. Having been used to being domineering, he really couldn't bear being imprisoned now.
Chen Mingzhu was pregnant. Thanks to the relationship with the Duke of Fuguogong, her life was not too difficult. But seeing that the Crown Prince had no future, Chen Mingzhu's mind was also getting active.
Chen Feng came to her room every day and became more and more unscrupulous. Rumors spread, but they no longer cared about it. It wasn't until Zhongli Chengze caught them.
However, the deposed Crown Prince still had to rely on the Duke of Fuguogong's mansion to live a comfortable life. He had to swallow his anger. Later, Jinyu sneered and provided the Crown Prince with a secret medicine.
"Don't worry. The Crown Princess's child will definitely not be born."
He wanted to deal with Song Jinyu now, but she had already left the capital. It would be better to focus on finding a way for the deposed Crown Prince to be restored to his position first.
"Song Jinyu, are you really that infatuated?"
Wen Sirong finally arrived in the capital after a long journey. She went to the Prince of Yu's mansion but came back empty - handed.
At night, Song Jinyu fell into a deep sleep. "Ming Ye!"
Zhongli Mingye walked towards her. "Look, you've lost so much weight... Have you been missing me?"
"Be good... Listen to me!"
Song Jinyu hugged him. "Don't leave again, okay? Ming Ye, I'm so scared!"
However, Zhongli Mingye just smiled and ignored her. Slowly, he became more and more blurred. Song Jinyu wanted to chase after him, but she found that she couldn't move. She became more and more anxious and shouted loudly, "Ming Ye!"
"Wake up, wake up, Your Highness! Jinyu..." Rong Shuang'er shook her awake. Only then did she realize that she had been dreaming. There were tears in the corners of her eyes.
Ming Ruyi couldn't bear to see this.
Rong Shuang'er supported her. "You must take good care of yourself. If the Prince comes back and sees you like this, he'll be so heart - broken."
Although she was the woman Ming Ruyi had always been thinking about, Rong Shuang'er was very worried about Song Jinyu. "You haven't found the Prince yet, and you've already broken down in health."
"I know!"
Song Jinyu's pale face looked even more listless in the night. Niaoniao brought over some congee, and she drank it slowly.
Her thoughts intermittently returned to the dream. Zhongli Mingye's smile seemed like it was just yesterday.
She had been surrounded by his love. Now that she had lost it, she suddenly realized that she couldn't afford to lose this person.
Ming Ruyi gradually regained his strength. "Ming Ye is always resourceful. He won't die so easily." Even for your sake, he wouldn't be willing to die.
At the moment, that woman looked so haggard that it made people feel pity for her. Recalling the words he had said a few days ago about making her the queen, Ming Ruyi didn't regret it at all because that was exactly what he thought.
If Zhongli Mingye really died, he was absolutely confident that he could win Song Jinyu's heart.
As long as she was alive, even if she regarded him, Ming Ruyi, as a substitute, it would be fine!