After Chu Qing woke up, regardless of her throbbing headache, her first reaction was to touch her belly. However, she found that her hands and feet were tied tightly.
She took a careful feel of herself. Fortunately, there was no discomfort in her body. After secretly heaving a sigh of relief, Chu Qing began to use her elbows to feel the surrounding environment.
As for why she was feeling around...
It was because...
She could hardly see anything. All that greeted her eyes was endless darkness.
She tried to sense the surroundings. There seemed to be something fluffy beside her. As she reached further out, she could touch something hard, probably wooden boards...
So... it seemed that she was in a box?
Then came the continuous jolting and the occasional sound of wheels in her ears...
So... it seemed that she was in a box on a carriage?
Helplessly, her mouth was also gagged, so she couldn't make any sound for help.
Chu Qing could only try her best to touch the wooden boards with her toes, attempting to make some noise. It would be great if any passers - by could hear it. But it seemed... this was just a fantasy...
Because... that familiar smell wafted in again. Chu Qing gritted her teeth, cursed inwardly, and then reluctantly fainted again.
When she woke up again, Chu Qing resolutely decided... she'd better just stay put.
Because as long as she made any noise, the other party would use the sleeping incense on her. She might be able to bear it, but the baby in her belly surely couldn't.
After all, she wasn't alone.
Since she had been in the dark all the time, Chu Qing had no sense of time. She didn't know how long it had passed. When Chu Qing thought she might starve to death, she finally saw the long - awaited light.
The moment the light shone in, she first subconsciously closed her eyes. After feeling that she should have adapted, she slowly opened them. Then... when she saw the person who had knocked her out, Chu Qing's face instantly turned cold.
She had imagined many people, but never thought it would be her.
Lu Luo, who had been lying beside her without her noticing, also woke up at this time. She was standing in front of Chu Qing angrily, glaring at the other person.
"Why?" Chu Qing asked coldly.
"Because you're useful to me." The other person no longer sounded gentle as before. Her tone was as cold as a stranger's.
"The princess just wants to know..." Chu Qing still said with coldness in her eyes, "Does Lord Zhou know what you've done? Lady Zhou..."
She never expected that the Lady Zhou, whom she thought was gentle and virtuous, would set her hands on her.
She thought that she had no feud with the other person.
Could it be because she had casually asked if the Lady had a daughter?
But it seemed that couldn't be the reason.
At this moment, Chu Qing felt a chill in her heart.
Lu Luo was also full of indignation. She even said with a hint of crying, "Lady Zhou! Shame on you! Our mistress liked you so much!"
Lady Zhou's expression seemed a bit dazed. Then she gave a cold smile and said, "Liked me? I really don't deserve it."
"Does Lord Zhou know what you've done?" Chu Qing repeated the same words expressionlessly.
"He doesn't know." Lady Zhou replied expressionlessly as well.
"Aren't you afraid of dragging him down? If the Prince of Ning knows it was you, he will surely never let Lord Zhou go."
"I'm me, and he's he. What happens to him has nothing to do with me."
Chu Qing was a bit surprised.
It seemed that there was some problem with their relationship...
Chu Qing had a thought in her mind and slowly asked, "Then can you tell me where you're taking me?"
The most urgent thing was to figure out who Lady Zhou was sent by. Was it Xiliang? Or someone else?
Seeing that Chu Qing was so direct, Lady Zhou replied without hiding, "It's not the people from Xiliang."
It was as if she could see through Chu Qing's mind.
Chu Qing was stunned and didn't know what to say.
Since it was directly denied that it was the people from Xiliang, she really had no clue at all.
"You don't need to ask who sent me. I won't say any more. Also, Princess, you'd better keep quiet and don't try to escape. You're pregnant. I don't want to hurt you for now." Lady Zhou's face was expressionless, but her words made Chu Qing's heart completely cold.
The words "don't want to hurt you for now" meant... there was a possibility of hurting her.
Chu Qing and Lu Luo looked at each other and tacitly closed their mouths.
Seeing that the two were so sensible, Lady Zhou didn't make things difficult for them. She then led them out of the carriage. At this time, they seemed to be in a remote small mountain village.
Chu Qing looked around and found that the chances of escaping or calling for help were very slim. So she gave up these thoughts and obediently followed Lady Zhou.
Seeing that her mistress didn't make any move, Lu Luo also obediently followed without saying a word.
Seeing that the mistress and the maid were so sensible, Lady Zhou didn't give them any trouble.
For the whole day after that, she even provided Chu Qing with good food and drinks.
So, during these days of being kidnapped, Chu Qing seemed to have gotten a bit plumper...
...
"My wife and the princess disappeared together. Please, Prince of Ning, investigate thoroughly!" Zhou Cheng knelt on the ground with a solemn look.
Wei Ying responded in a low voice, showing no emotion on his face.
Only Wei Yi knew that his master was on the verge of an outburst.
He had been happily waiting to reunite with the princess, but instead, the princess had been kidnapped!!!
How could he bear this?
Thinking about the place where the princess had disappeared, they hadn't found any other obvious traces. If he hadn't been specially trained and could smell the scent of the Dream - inducing drug, they might even have thought that the princess had already returned.
As for this Dream - inducing drug, it was a special kind of sleeping drug.
Coincidentally, this drug was produced in Xiliang.
So when he told his master everything he had discovered, he immediately felt the chilling killing intent from his master.
If his master were really a cruel and blood - thirsty person, there might even be a possibility of a bloodbath in Xiliang.
"Wei Yi."
Wei Ying said in a deep voice.
Wei Yi quickly responded and then waited for his master's order.
"Go and pack up. I'm going to attack Xiliang."
"Master?!" Wei Yi was a bit shocked.
Originally, the two countries had been in a temporary truce. His master's decision would surely stir up a new storm.
All this was because the disappearance of his mistress might be related to Xiliang.
At this moment, Wei Ying was like a fierce beast lurking in the dark. When his reverse scale was touched, he had already bared his claws and was ready to strike violently.
...
At this time, in the Xiliang Palace, Hu Yan Zhuori still seemed to be indulged in the gentle embrace. It was not until a servant came in to report that he seemed to wake up.
Due to his physical condition, he had placed his last hope on his eldest son, Hu Yan Longchang.
As long as he could get his son back, he was even willing to sacrifice a few cities.
But now, someone actually told him that the Prince of Ning from Dayan had directly attacked the border between their two countries. This really infuriated him.
But more than that, he was also a bit frightened...
You know, in Xiliang at present, there were hardly any capable warriors left.
What annoyed him the most was that the Prince of Ning had found a very lame excuse, saying that they had kidnapped the Princess of Ning?!
God knew which heartless person had kidnapped the Princess of Ning! And they had even shifted the blame onto innocent him!
"Your Majesty... what should we do?" the servant asked timidly, afraid that he might say something wrong and anger the emperor.
Hu Yan Zhuori's eyes were filled with chilling killing intent. Then he said,
"What else can we do! We can't fight now! The best strategy is to help find that Princess of Ning!"