Ming Ruyi felt his body gradually recovering. After circulating his inner energy, he found that his martial arts had returned. Immediately, he decided to take Song Jinyu back to the capital.
Song Jinyu looked at him coldly. "Do you really think my medicine is useless?"
Unlike her gentle self in the past, Song Jinyu seemed like a different person today. Ming Ruyi felt as if he was seeing her for the first time. "For his sake, have you really become so heartless and ruthless?"
"Heartless and ruthless?" Song Jinyu sneered. "Ming Ruyi, you're wrong. This is the real me."
She walked gently towards him and whispered, "This world is what Ming Ye desires. I will surely preserve it for him..."
"If he lives, once we return to the capital, I will give you the antidote."
After a pause, her voice trembled slightly. "If he dies, I will follow him." Her beautiful eyes no longer shone with their former brilliance.
After several days, they were bloodshot.
Ming Ruyi took a few steps back. Compared to the physical pain he was suffering, his heart was bleeding at this moment.
After saying these words, Song Jinyu seemed to have exhausted all her strength. Her body swayed and she fell instantly. Mi Cui quickly caught her to prevent her from falling to the ground.
After traveling continuously for days and with the intense summer heat, Song Jinyu finally fell ill. Her delicate body couldn't bear the continuous overnight journey. "Shuang'er, take good care of her." Ming Ruyi staggered out and no one knew where he had gone.
When he returned, Song Jinyu was still unconscious.
"Prepare these ingredients for the princess..." He had traveled dozens of miles on the mountain road overnight just to find ginseng for her. Rong Shuang'er felt extremely bitter in her heart.
Suddenly, she thought about her unrequited love for him all the way. In the end, Ming Ruyi and she were the same kind of people, loving someone who would never love them back, yet still willing to give without asking for anything in return, only hoping for the other person's safety and happiness.
A flash of emotion crossed his phoenix eyes as he silently calculated the situation in the court. "Zhongli Ming Ye couldn't have died so easily. What on earth is he scheming?"
In the current situation, his position as the crown prince was almost certain. Was he trying to take this opportunity to clean up the forces in the court or aiming at the emperor?
From Yanqiu to Daxia, it was impossible for him not to have extra protection along the way. Was this assassination and disappearance his own arrangement?
Ming Ruyi waved his folding fan. If it was really a scheme and arranged by Zhongli Ming Ye himself, it didn't seem right. Otherwise, why would Song Jinyu personally leave the capital to look for him and force him out of the capital? What on earth was going on?
At night, a layer of mist rose in the valley. It was quiet, and from time to time, there were the chirps of startled birds flying by. But Ming Ruyi heard an unusual sound of horse hooves.
Qing Feng, Mi Cui, and Niao Niao became alert. Rong Shuang'er protected the unconscious Song Jinyu. They waited until the sound of the horse hooves got closer and closer until it stopped at their camp. Niao Niao took a closer look and said in surprise, "Master Wen!"
Qing Feng had some impression. This was the new master of Tianmen Mountain.
They didn't know what he was here for, so they didn't dare to relax.
Wen Sirong dismounted. "Where's the eldest lady?"
Niao Niao said, "The princess was overly sad and has been unconscious for half a day." Wen Sirong became anxious. "Let me take a look at her quickly!"
Ming Ruyi blocked him and gently tapped his folding fan. "Do you think you can just look at her?"
Niao Niao advised, "Master Wen is the princess's fellow senior brother... Master, this is His Highness the King of Zhongzhou..."
Wen Sirong took a step back and saluted, greeting Ming Ruyi.
"Your Highness, Master Wen is highly skilled in medicine. Please let him feel the princess's pulse..." Seeing the tense atmosphere, Niao Niao quickly said.
Ming Ruyi stepped aside but stared at Wen Sirong intently. "Little junior sister..."
Hearing this address, Ming Ruyi almost threw his folding fan at him.
Looking at Song Jinyu's pale face with her eyes closed, Wen Sirong felt extremely heartache. He immediately felt her pulse and found that her body was weak and she was overly worried.
Other than that, there was no major problem.
He gave Niao Niao many precious medicinal herbs and pills he had brought and instructed, "I went to the capital to look for you earlier but couldn't find you. Remember to give these medicinal herbs and pills to Jinyu. She knows how to use them."
"These... Dissolve them and feed them to her later. She will wake up within an incense stick's time."
Wen Sirong looked at Song Jinyu. Now that Prince Yu was missing, she must be extremely heartbroken. If it weren't for the many affairs in Tianmen Mountain that he couldn't leave, he really wanted to accompany her to look for him.
Unfortunately, revitalizing Tianmen Mountain was Song Jinyu's wish and also the last wish of their master.
Before dawn, Song Jinyu slowly woke up. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Wen Sirong. She suddenly felt extremely wronged. Wen Sirong coaxed her, "You used to be so proud, but now you cry so easily!"
She felt a little embarrassed. Wen Sirong was right. She had changed a lot. Wen Sirong felt a slight bitterness in his heart. This change must have been brought about by that man.
He only remembered that Zhongli Ming Ye had once taken her down the mountain from a crisis. It was likely that his little junior sister was able to destroy the Jinshui Palace within just a few months with the help of that man.
So, today's Song Jinyu had become vulnerable.
Ming Ruyi understood what Wen Sirong meant and couldn't bear to listen anymore. Immediately, he went to the stream.
Waking up from a bout of pain, Zhongli Ming Ye checked his body. Fortunately, he wasn't seriously injured. He had underestimated the huge force hidden behind the royal family of Yanqiu.
After the fall of the royal family of Yanqiu, he led his troops back to the capital. Originally, he had arranged an assassination, but now, someone had taken advantage of the chaos during the assassination to make a move.
Who was behind all this?
His phoenix eyes narrowed slightly. With his "disappearance", had the little woman in the prince's mansion heard the news? Was she extremely sad?
That day, Zhongli Ming Ye had promised not to lie to her again. But now, not long had passed and he had broken his promise. When he got back, he would let her beat him up to vent her anger!
"Little junior sister... The people of Tianyan Sect are waiting for you near Yanqiu!" Wen Sirong seriously proposed to return Tianyan Sect to Song Jinyu.
After a brief hesitation, Song Jinyu said, "Thank you, senior brother, for your kindness!"
Seeing her hair slightly disheveled after days of traveling, Wen Sirong reached out to tuck it behind her ear and smiled. "Don't torture yourself like this anymore... You'll become too thin."
"When you reunite with him, if he sees you like this, he'll be so heartbroken." As Wen Sirong said, he handed her a package. "A few days ago, I asked someone to clean the Sutra Pavilion and found many medical books you had copied."
"I only hope that you'll be happy."
Seeing them chatting happily, Ming Ruyi's face gradually darkened.
After chatting with Wen Sirong for a while, Song Jinyu's mood improved a lot. She thought of that dream and said to herself, "Zhongli Ming Ye, if you dare to die before me, I'll definitely chase you to the underworld and beat you!"
In that dream, he had walked a long way. Song Jinyu frowned slightly. "Is he waiting for me?"
"Set off!"