Yu Xiaobei clutched the hairpin in her hand and walked out all the way. Then, she quickly handed the thing over to Yu Mingyi.
Yu Mingyi looked disdainful. "What do you show me a hairpin for?"
Yu Xiaobei replied in a low voice. "They asked me to take this thing and seek help from Miss Ji."
She timidly glanced at Yu Mingyi. As soon as Ji Yunxi was mentioned, Yu Mingyi's eyes instantly showed a moment of daze. It was obvious that he still couldn't let go of that person. A sour feeling welled up in her heart. She had accompanied the Crown Prince for quite a while.
It was a pity that he had never noticed her. Instead, he had always set his eyes on Ji Yunxi.
Yu Mingyi took the hairpin and looked at it from side to side. It was just an ordinary thing and didn't seem to have anything special.
"What did they ask you to do?"
"They said that as long as I took this thing out, they would surely come to rescue the others when they saw it."
Yu Mingyi frowned, as if thinking about something. "Just this hairpin?"
He really couldn't understand the tricks of mortals. Could a hairpin really tell something? Was this thing unique?
Yu Xiaobei just smiled and said nothing. She knew the secret inside but didn't reveal it immediately.
Since Yu Mingyi couldn't see anything different, he waved his hand. "Then go ahead."
Just because he couldn't see any abnormality didn't mean the people around him couldn't.
Jiang Yaoji happened to pass by. Seeing the hairpin in Yu Xiaobei's hand and remembering what Yu Mingyi had said, she sneered inwardly. How could someone with such a simple mind be a crown prince?
She stepped forward. "Wait."
She stretched out her hand and asked Yu Xiaobei to give her the hairpin.
Yu Mingyi had always disliked Jiang Yaoji's superior attitude. He said disdainfully, "It's just a hairpin. What's so interesting about it? You can go and send it first. Try your best to get Ji Yunxi and the others here."
He was about to let Yu Xiaobei leave. Jiang Yaoji looked helpless. "Can't you see it?"
She gently twisted the hairpin. Suddenly, it trembled and broke in the middle. There was a white thing hidden inside.
Yu Mingyi's eyes widened. He never thought that such a thin hairpin could have such a delicate mechanism.
Yu Xiaobei pursed her lips and smiled. "What they really wanted me to do was to send this letter out."
Jiang Yaoji didn't answer. She took the letter out of the hairpin after disassembling it. After reading the content, she coldly looked at Yu Mingyi. "… Yu Xiaobei is a traitor… Hehe. She's really bold. You still believe her."
Yu Mingyi's face darkened. He thought that since Yu Xiaobei had known the secret inside, why didn't she tell him earlier? It made him lose so much face in front of Jiang Yaoji.
"Damn it! You knew there was something hidden but didn't take it out. What do you want to do!"
Yu Xiaobei quickly knelt down. Her face turned pale instantly. How could she explain why she didn't want to stand up just now?
After all, she didn't know it herself.
"Why were you so careless? You almost ruined the important matter!"
Yu Mingyi sighed. Since the person was his own and it was true that she almost ruined the matter, he could only lower his head and apologize. "Sorry. It's my… oversight."
Seeing this, Yu Xiaobei knew that the woman in front of her had control over Yu Mingyi. Whatever she said, the Crown Prince would listen to seriously. So she immediately praised Jiang Yaoji for her shrewdness, trying to flatter her.
Jiang Yaoji didn't care about these sweet words. She coldly took out another letter from her bosom and handed it to Yu Xiaobei. "Just take this letter and go. After you go up, just find a Menghua Pavilion and wait for Ji Yunxi to contact you."
Seeing her familiar manner, Yu Xiaobei immediately nodded and didn't dare to have any doubts.
All the way out of the Water City, she thought that if she didn't have any injuries on her body, wouldn't she be unconvincing?
So she took out a dagger and stabbed her own arm.
Looking at the blood on her arm, she thought that as long as it was what the Crown Prince wanted, she would offer it with both hands.
She took the letter and came to the Menghua Pavilion in Beidi. Coincidentally, she met Lu Shu and Qing Xuan who were looking for Jiang Linyin.
The two of them really didn't expect to meet her. Seeing the red bloodstain on her arm, Qing Xuan subconsciously frowned. He just felt that something was wrong.
Lu Shu looked confused. "Why are you here?"
Wasn't she supposed to be with Jing Weiwei and Zhao Qingcang?
Yu Xiaobei's eyes were filled with tears. She looked at them pitifully, as if they had bullied her.
Lu Shu felt something was even more wrong. He grabbed Yu Xiaobei's arm and asked fiercely, "Where are they!"
Previously, with Ji Yunxi around, Yu Xiaobei always got better treatment when she cried. Naturally, no one had ever gotten angry with her. Now, Lu Shu didn't give her any face at all. He grabbed her arm tightly, which really made people afraid.
"S, they were captured…"
Yu Xiaobei's voice was trembling. But it wasn't because of the fear of their capture. Instead, it was because of Lu Shu and Qing Xuan who didn't buy her tricks at all.
Qing Xuan sneered. "They were captured. What about you?"
Yu Xiaobei trembled. "As soon as we entered the Water City, they were captured. I was far away and wasn't discovered."
"Not discovered?" This really wasn't very convincing.
Yu Xiaobei felt guilty under their gazes. She quickly took out the letter from her bosom and handed it to them. "I secretly brought out the letter from Jing Weiwei and the others."
Lu Shu didn't have time to figure out whether what she said was true or not. He could only take the letter and read it immediately.
The letter basically stated the situation. It only said that they were captured by Jiang Yaoji and Yu Mingyi and needed rescue. It didn't mention Yu Xiaobei's matter.
Lu Shu glanced at her, exchanged a look with Qing Xuan, and then said in front of her, "In that case, Qing Xuan, you can take the letter back and find the Pavilion Master."
Hearing this, Yu Xiaobei immediately said, "I'll go back with you!"
Before she left, Jiang Yaoji had specifically whispered to her to try her best to find out where Ji Yunxi and the others were going.
Qing Xuan felt that this person was getting more and more suspicious. He asked her to stretch out her hand. "Let me take a look at your injury first."
Yu Xiaobei sighed inwardly. Fortunately, she had been cruel to herself. With this wound, they wouldn't suspect anything.
Qing Xuan stared at the wound for a while. Although he felt something was strange, he couldn't figure out exactly what was wrong. He could only let go of her hand. "Take good care of your injury. It'll be faster for me to go back alone. Taking you with me will only be a burden."
How could Yu Xiaobei let go of this opportunity? She was very curious about where Ji Yunxi and the others were going. Naturally, she wanted to find a way to follow. She immediately shed tears. "Take me with you. I can be fast, too!"
Lu Shu narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "There are some places you can't go. Have some self - awareness. If you're afraid in the human world, it's okay. I'll accompany you."
As soon as these words were said, Yu Xiaobei trembled and didn't dare to say anything more.
Qing Xuan turned around and left. He immediately set off. It didn't take long for him to return to Lingyun Mountain.