Shortly after the two jailers turned around and left, a dark shadow suddenly flashed through the dungeon.
The shadow glanced at the "Helan Yanting" imprisoned in the dungeon. With agile movements, it scaled the walls and walked on the eaves for a few steps. Then, it quickly struck outside the prison door. A long silk thread extended from its sleeve, and there was a thin needle tied to the other end of the thread.
As the person moved, the thin needle precisely pierced the Baihui acupoint right in the middle of the "Helan Yanting"'s head. "Helan Yanting" trembled all over and suddenly raised his head, showing most of his pale face.
At first glance, this face was indeed exactly the same as Helan Yanting's. However, upon closer inspection, this person's face was completely bloodless, his eyes were dull and lifeless, and there was a heavy aura of death all over his body, which was completely different from Helan Yanting's aura.
But who would go into the prison cell to check this carefully...
The shadow retracted the long thread in its hand and then quietly left the dungeon along the original path.
...
"Bang!"
A sudden loud noise came from the South Study Room. Immediately afterwards, Dongfang Chuan's angry scolding could be heard. "What's the use of raising you useless people?! It's just a woman, and you can't even find her?!"
In front of Dongfang Chuan, several imperial guards quickly knelt on the ground. "It's our incompetence that we failed to find the whereabouts of Princess Helan. Please punish us, Your Majesty!"
"Punishment? Will the person appear just because I punish you?"
Dongfang Chuan angrily grabbed a cup on the table and threw it at them. "What I want is this person, not your nonsense! Send more people to look for her immediately. Even if you have to rummage through the entire Dan Kingdom, you must bring the person back to me! If you still can't find her, you don't need to keep your heads!"
"Yes! We'll go look for her immediately!"
...
At this moment, Feng Yunshu, who was soundly asleep in a house in the Dan Kingdom, had no idea that she had become the target of a city-wide manhunt.
"Your Highness!"
Feng Yunshu suddenly woke up from a dream. Just now in the dream, she saw Helan Yanting standing in front of her, pale and covered in blood, with many long arrows sticking out of his body. This scene made Feng Yunshu break out in a cold sweat.
"Master, you're awake?!"
A familiar voice came from beside her ear. Feng Yunshu looked up and saw Xiaoling running towards her excitedly on her short legs.
Feng Yunshu looked at the scene in front of her and felt extremely unfamiliar. She couldn't help but be stunned.
She immediately looked around and then at the bed she was lying on. This place was neither the Prince's Mansion nor the Prime Minister's Mansion. She was very unfamiliar with this place and had never been here before.
"Xiaoling, where is this? How long have I been sleeping?"
Feng Yunshu wanted to lift the quilt and get out of bed, but she felt a bit dizzy in her head. Her body suddenly couldn't exert any strength, and everything seemed strange.
Xiaoling ran in front of Feng Yunshu and looked at her with a complicated expression. She hesitated several times and there was a hint of apology in her eyes.
"Master, I..."
Looking at Xiaoling's rare expression and connecting it with the strange place she was lying in, Feng Yunshu quickly realized that something was wrong. Her heart sank a bit.
"Xiaoling, what exactly happened? Don't stutter. If you know something, just say it quickly!"
Feng Yunshu suddenly had a strong intuition. "Is something wrong with the Prince?!"
Under Feng Yunshu's continuous questioning, Xiaoling tearfully grabbed the quilt beside Feng Yunshu and looked at her pleadingly.
"Master, there are some things I must say first! Xiaoling is absolutely and completely loyal to you without any second thoughts. And even if I sometimes lie or do something, it must be forced! It's definitely not what Xiaoling wants... Master, please don't abandon Xiaoling!"
Hearing her say this, Feng Yunshu became even more anxious. "Okay, I promise you. I won't abandon you or hold you accountable. So what exactly happened? Hurry up and tell me. I'm really dying of anxiety..."
"Master, the Prince was taken away by the imperial guards, and... this is the Third Senior Brother's mansion."
"What?! The Prince was taken away?!"
Feng Yunshu was shocked. "Why was the Prince taken away? Did the Crown Prince and my father join hands to deal with the Prince? Didn't the Prince say he had a way to deal with it? Why was he still captured?"
"This... Xiaoling doesn't know either. Xiaoling only knows that the Prince was taken away by those people. Now the whole city is spreading that the Prince is a rebel who intends to plot a rebellion and deceive the emperor, so he was captured."
"Impossible. He clearly said he had a way to deal with it..." Feng Yunshu's head was buzzing, and she still couldn't believe the truth of this matter. Her hands unconsciously tightened the quilt on her body.
"Xiaoling, are you sure the Prince was really taken away? Did you see it with your own eyes? What about Yan Liu and Yan Qi? What about those secret guards? Weren't they always protecting the Prince? And what about that spiritual beast in the yard? Didn't it protect the Prince either?"
Xiaoling was dizzy from Feng Yunshu's barrage of questions. Just as Xiaoling was in a daze, Kong Ze in a black robe walked into the room.
"Little Junior Sister, you're awake."
As soon as Xiaoling saw Kong Ze coming, her eyes immediately sparkled with light. As if seeing a walking life-saving straw, she immediately shifted the topic to Kong Ze.
"Third Senior Brother, you came just in time. How is the Prince? Since you're the national teacher, you must know what the emperor is going to do to the Prince, right?"
Kong Ze could see that Feng Yunshu was very emotional. He walked forward gently with a mild expression. "Little Junior Sister, calm down first. Your body hasn't fully recovered yet. You're not suitable to have such a big emotional fluctuation."
Feng Yunshu certainly knew that her body was still a bit weak, but she couldn't control her emotions. She was extremely worried about Helan Yanting. Even she was surprised that Helan Yanting had become such an important existence to her.
"Third Senior Brother, don't beat around the bush. I just want to know the Prince's situation. Otherwise, I really... I really can't be at ease. I just dreamed about the Prince. His appearance was terrifying..."
Feng Yunshu didn't dare to recall the dream just now. She felt very cold and couldn't help shivering.
"Prince Helan was indeed captured by the emperor's men."
"Really?!"
Kong Ze nodded. "Yes. The emperor wants to use Helan Yanting as an excuse to launch a war against the Yuan Kingdom. Now the Dan Kingdom is already preparing for it."
"What? The two countries are going to go to war?!"
Kong Ze nodded. "Yes. I'm afraid this war between the two countries is inevitable. Once the war starts, it's still the common people of the two countries who will suffer."
Feng Yunshu frowned tightly. "The emperor of the Dan Kingdom has always been ambitious. Since the day I married Helan Yanting, he and my father have been plotting to launch a war on the pretext of making the Prince Helan die for me. Dongfang Chuan, this old fox, is extremely hypocritical. He's so disgusting!"
"Why does he have to capture the Prince as an excuse to launch a war? It's simply too much bullying!"
Feng Yunshu could no longer hide her anger. "No, I won't allow anyone to bully the Prince. I've endured this old fox for a long time! If he dares to hurt a single hair on the Prince, I'll definitely make him pay double the price!"
Saying that, Feng Yunshu was about to lift the quilt and jump out of bed. This time, even Kong Ze had a hard time stopping her.
"Third Senior Brother, don't stop me. The Prince has been so kind to me and has always protected me! He's the kindest person to me in this other world. I can't let anything happen to him!"