"Fine," Hua Yueye said with a hint of helplessness as he rubbed his forehead. They had been searching for so long but still found no useful clues. It was truly frustrating.
"Don't worry. If we can't find it today, we'll look for it tomorrow. We still have time," Su Qingwen said as she patted his shoulder. Then she intended to go out.
Unexpectedly, when she pushed the door, she found it was locked. This was strange. They were both still inside. Why was the door locked out of the blue?
"Help!" Su Qingwen was extremely angry. She wondered which stupid eunuch had locked them in.
Hua Yueye immediately sensed something was wrong. He stood up from the chair and grabbed Su Qingwen's wrist.
Fortunately, he was quick. A sudden burst of fire appeared outside. Immediately, a wave of heat came. Su Qingwen felt as if a raging inferno was in front of her.
"This is not right. It seems there's a fire outside," Su Qingwen said, covering her chest with one hand and looking at Hua Yueye across from her with a lingering fear.
"Let's go quickly!" Hua Yueye made a prompt decision and immediately pulled her towards the window to escape.
However, Hua Yueye didn't expect the fire to spread so fast. In just the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the fire outside grew stronger and stronger. They couldn't get out at all.
"No, we definitely can't go out directly. Look, the fire outside is really too fierce," Su Qingwen said, covering her chest and gasping for breath.
"We can't give up either!" Hua Yueye thought for a moment, then tore a piece of cloth from the side. He wet it with tea and covered Su Qingwen's nose and mouth with it, planning to escort her out.
At this moment, a figure suddenly rushed in from outside. The person was wearing a black fur coat, which looked shiny in the firelight, as if a lot of water had been splashed on it.
"Why are you here?" Su Qingwen asked in great surprise when she saw Ning Yunqing's face.
"I just found out about Gao Quan's plot and rushed in from outside. Hurry up and get out, or it'll be too late," Ning Yunqing sighed and quickly waved his hand, motioning for them to go out.
Hearing this, Su Qingwen was almost moved to tears. Ning Yunqing was really reliable.
The two of them walked forward along the path Ning Yunqing had taken. Suddenly, a ball of fire fell from the beam. Ning Yunqing was the closest to it. He didn't have time to dodge, so he could only block it with his arm.
Immediately, there was a flash of light on his arm, and the smell of burnt skin came. Su Qingwen felt dizzy. Just looking at it made her feel the pain.
"Are you okay?" Hua Yueye frowned tightly and looked back at Ning Yunqing beside him.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. It's nothing serious," Ning Yunqing said, shaking his head with a bitter smile and covering his bleeding wound.
The three of them managed to escape safely. Ning Yunqing bowed to Hua Yueye and said, "Your Majesty, I came out behind Gao Quan's back this time. If I'm discovered, it won't be good. Your Majesty and the Empress should leave first. Find a safe place to hide and see what Gao Quan has to say."
"Thank you," Su Qingwen said. She lowered her head and glanced at the wound on Ning Yunqing's body, and couldn't help but show concern. "If your wound gets infected, it will be very troublesome. Go back and find a doctor to take a good look at it."
"Okay," Ning Yunqing nodded, then turned around and disappeared into the night.
After this incident, Su Qingwen increasingly thought Ning Yunqing was reliable.
"If you keep looking like that, your eyes will fall out. As a woman, how can you be so shameless," Hua Yueye said mockingly when he saw her "reluctant" look.
Hearing this, Su Qingwen was stunned at first, then quickly reacted and slapped Hua Yueye hard on the back. "You really speak without thinking. What's wrong with me and Ning Yunqing? If it weren't for him, we would have been burned to death."
After saying that, she subconsciously held the cloth Hua Yueye had given her in her hand, planning to use it as a weapon to "attack" Hua Yueye.
When she looked down, Su Qingwen was surprised to find that this cloth seemed unusual. There were words written on it.
But what kind of writing was this? It looked so strange. It didn't look like English, Japanese, or Korean...
"What are you looking at?" Hua Yueye frowned and asked when he saw her suddenly standing still.
"Look at this," Su Qingwen said as she quickly ran in front of Hua Yueye with the cloth. She pointed at the words on it with her hand and asked, "What kind of writing is this? Or what does it mean?"
"I'm not sure either..." Hua Yueye glanced at the words on it, and there was also a hint of confusion in his eyes.
"Come on. You're the emperor, but you don't know. By the way, where did you get this thing?" Su Qingwen lowered her head and asked again.
"Just now when the fire broke out, I didn't think much and just grabbed it. It seemed to be in a certain book. Why do you care about this?" Hua Yueye was a bit impatient with her words.
"I see. Look, don't the words on this look like some kind of spell or writing? My intuition tells me that the secret we're looking for is on this," Su Qingwen said, narrowing her eyes. There was a hint of excitement in her eyes. It seemed that she was getting closer to completing the task.
"Really?" Hua Yueye wasn't as optimistic as she was. He just looked into the distance meaningfully. When he saw a familiar figure, he couldn't help but curl his lips and show a teasing smile.
"Your Majesty, Imperial Concubine Xian, why are you here?" Gao Quan trotted all the way to the door of the library. Facing the house that was almost burned to cinders, he was stunned at first, then began to fake tears. "You're really so pitiful. You're all so young."
[System: This guy's acting skills are really too bad. Even I can hardly stand it, dear. Do you want to go out and expose him quickly?]
"Humph, I think the same as you. That Gao Quan is really good at self - directing and self - acting, but his acting skills are really embarrassing," Su Qingwen said. Then she cleared her throat and pretended to be very haggard. "Oh, I seem to hear someone cursing me."
Hearing Su Qingwen's voice, Gao Quan's face suddenly changed. He looked back in shock.
When he saw Hua Yueye and Su Qingwen looking normal, there was a look of panic in his eyes. He stretched out a finger and stammered, "This, what on earth is going on? You..."
"What? Eunuch Gao, are you really looking forward to me and Hua Yueye dying in this library?" Su Qingwen said, coldly curling her lips and mercilessly mocking Gao Quan opposite.