Li Xiyu's face darkened slightly. Seeing this, a maid beside her quickly said, "What are you shouting about?" The door opened and a young maid stood there in a panic. Her hair was in disarray and her face was as white as paper. She was shaking violently.
Xie Lang's breathing stopped for a moment.
This young maid was a person beside Shen Mingzhu!
He didn't dare to think any further. He suddenly got up and walked up to the young maid. He said coldly, "Tell me! What happened?"
Xie Lang didn't even dare to think too much. Seeing the young maid trembling in place, his fingertips instantly turned cold. His heart sank heavily and he was in a daze for a moment.
The young maid was pale. Seeing Xie Lang approaching, her voice trembled even more. "Your Highness... Your Highness, on the way down the mountain, she was assassinated!"
"Your Highness, the Consort... is now missing."
As she said that, the young maid's face was full of tears. She was crying with a tearful face. The next moment, her body went limp and she fell to the ground.
Xie Lang instinctively felt that Shen Mingzhu would definitely be okay, but when he saw the person in front of him, his mind buzzed. In an instant, there was only a blank space left.
"What did you say... What did you say!" Xie Lang said harshly, "Where is Your Highness now?"
Li Xiyu silently watched the scene in front of her. Looking at the tears on the young maid's face, an indescribable feeling arose in her heart.
Before she could react, the young maid raised her head and looked at Xie Lang. She cried, "On the road when we came, at the place with the most maple trees."
Xie Lang's heart completely sank. He hurriedly ran out. Before leaving, he left a sentence for Li Xiyu. "Sister Xiyu, don't worry. I'll go find Your Highness. Don't leave the temple. There are people guarding here."
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
He ran out of the temple and flipped onto his horse.
Only three or five guards followed beside Xie Lang. He swept a glance and said seriously, "Leave one person and go call the others. Hurry! Remember to leave a few people to guard Li Xiyu."
Xie Lang's face was cold. He held a long whip in his hand and a sword was hung on his waist. He looked like a ghost that took people's lives. His aura was horrifying.
"Let's go!"
The long whip whipped hard on the horse. The horse neighed and ran forward in a hurry. Xie Lang tightened the reins, but his hands were trembling slightly.
He closed his eyes slightly and kept praying in his heart.
Shen Mingzhu, wait for me. I'll come right away.
...
Watching Xie Lang leave, Li Xiyu instinctively felt that something was wrong. So there was a hint of scrutiny in her eyes. She stared at the maid kneeling on the ground.
"What's going on?"
She said coldly. Seeing the maid, she felt even more out of place.
This person was indeed a maid beside Shen Mingzhu, but why did she feel something was wrong?
The uneasiness in her heart became stronger. Li Xiyu believed her intuition. So she said seriously to the guard, "Catch this maid for me!"
"Hurry!" Li Xiyu said. Her voice was urgent. "Send someone to stop Young Master Xie!"
"It's too late." The maid on the ground suddenly sneered. Her eyes stared at Li Xiyu. "How did you find out?"
Li Xiyu's heart sank suddenly. She took a deep breath and looked at the maid. She said, "You are indeed wrong."
"So what?" The maid laughed wildly. After laughing, she continued, "Anyway, it's too late. Shen Mingzhu may not even be able to find her body now. Even Xie Lang, that useless person, has sent himself up for nothing."
"It's really damned! All of you are damned. Don't even think about escaping!"
As she said that, black blood had already flowed out of the maid's mouth. She covered her heart and fell to the ground.
Li Xiyu completely noticed something was wrong. Her face suddenly turned white. Then she coughed violently. She coughed until she couldn't speak.
"Hurry... Hurry! Wasn't Zhou Chengyu also here yesterday?" She said, covering her heart. She only felt that she couldn't even speak now. She inexplicably couldn't catch her breath. "Hurry! Hurry up and find him!"
"Miss."
The maid beside Li Xiyu said to her, "Young Master Zhou left last night for some unknown reason, but he also sent someone to deliver a message to you. I haven't had time to tell you."
Li Xiyu's vision went black. She said to the maid, "Where are the others? Who else is there in this temple now?"
"No one, Miss." The maid saw Li Xiyu's body go limp. She almost fell to the ground. She was in a hurry. She stepped forward to support her. She said with a crying voice, "Miss! Miss, don't worry! If you fall, who will save Her Highness Mingzhu?"
Li Xiyu's body was weak. She coughed until her internal organs ached. After hearing this sentence, she suddenly came back to her senses. She said to the maid, "Hurry, hurry up and find someone to stop the Consort. If not, then go directly to the place the young maid said just now to take a look. Then send someone to deliver a message to the capital to find Zhou Chengyu! After finding him, send a message to the palace."
After saying that, Li Xiyu coughed violently again. She coughed until her eyes were full of tears. She said weakly, "Hurry up!"
The maid left crying.
Li Xiyu lost her support and suddenly fell to the ground.
The young maids kneeling on the ground beside her were shocked. They hurriedly stepped forward to support her, but saw Li Xiyu's hand covering her mouth fall. Her palm was full of blood.
"Miss!"
"Hurry! Hurry up and call a doctor!"
Hearing this, Li Xiyu's face darkened. She said harshly, "Don't make a sound. Now go find the abbot and lock the temple. Don't let anyone in or out!"
...
Shen Mingzhu walked to the middle of the mountain. She instinctively felt uncomfortable in her heart. So she covered her heart and turned around. She said in a low voice beside Chun Tao, "Is it ready for yesterday?"
Chun Tao nodded. She said seriously to Shen Mingzhu, "It's ready, Your Highness."
"Someone will be there to pick us up on the way today. If the situation is wrong, we'll immediately pass the news to the capital. Then someone will also pick us up. Don't worry."
Chun Tao was also uneasy. She said to Shen Mingzhu, "Your Highness, you left too many people in the temple. I really..."
"It's okay."
Shen Mingzhu quickly interrupted her. She said, "Sister Xiyu and Xie Lang are both there. We can't let them take risks with me."
As she said that, Chun Tao couldn't continue to persuade. She only showed a hint of uneasiness on her face.
Shen Mingzhu lowered her eyes and thought.
She didn't know if Xie Lang had gotten up. If he saw the message she left, he would definitely be angry. She didn't know how to coax him this time?
As she thought like this, Shen Mingzhu actually began to feel a little anxious. She instinctively lifted the curtain and looked outside.
In the distance was the familiar mountain. It was summer now. So the maple trees on the mountain were all green and lush.
Shen Mingzhu's heart was hard to calm down.
"Whoosh -"
The next moment, a sound of breaking through the air came. Shen Mingzhu suddenly took a step back and pounced Chun Tao on the seat next to her.
The sharp arrow carried the sound of the wind. It rubbed past Shen Mingzhu's head and then nailed firmly on the wall of the carriage.
Shen Mingzhu frowned. She instinctively noticed something was wrong. She protected Chun Tao and said in a low voice to her, "Get ready to escape!"
Chun Tao's eyes widened.