That night, Han Yunxi left with Gu without hesitation. Gu silently led her down a very remote road.
Han Yunxi, who was unfamiliar with the road, only noticed the problem after walking halfway.
"This is the way to Medicine City?" She was suspicious, but she wasn't afraid that Gu would kidnap her. If he really wanted to, he wouldn't have waited until now and spent so much effort.
"This road is a secret passage used to transport medicine specially supplied to the medical academy by Medicine City. It's a shortcut, so there won't be any robbers," Gu explained honestly.
Due to the nature of this road, it was destined that only a few people in Medicine City and Medical City knew of its existence.
Long Fei Ye had heard of this road before, but in his current state of madness, he couldn't recall it.
When he couldn't find Han Yunxi in the medical academy, he thought that she had returned to the inn. However, when he returned to the inn and saw the unconscious guard on the ground and the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion on the table, he almost lost control.
He mobilized all the men he could find in the vicinity to guard the four main gates of Medical City. At the same time, he divided his men into two groups. One group searched the city while the other chased out the four main gates.
Long Fei Ye had already searched the medical academy once and asked Gu Beiyue, Luo Zuishan, Third Elder, and even Long Tianmo and Qinwang Rong, who hadn't left yet, but to no avail.
Fortunately, Third Elder had seen the world. Otherwise, he might have spilled the truth upon seeing Long Fei Ye's cold and angry appearance.
At this time, Long Fei Ye was standing on the roof of the medical academy's tallest building. His robes and hair fluttered in the wind as he overlooked all of Medical City.
It was dusk, and the afterglow of the sun illuminated everything in Medical City with a golden luster. However, the light couldn't penetrate his eyes, which were as dark as midnight.
His entire body exuded a terrifying aura of viciousness, like a demon descending with the curtain of night.
Every now and then, a black-robed guard would come to report, but even when the sun had set and night had fallen, he still hadn't received any good news.
At this time, another guard came to report, "Your Highness, we've already chased them for fifty li from the west gate, but there's no trace of the Princess Consort. Please …"
Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly kicked out and sent the guard flying into the darkness.
"Useless thing!"
He said coldly. His entire being seemed to be bathed in flames of fury.
Han Yunxi, how dare you leave!
Since you dared to leave without saying goodbye, you must not let this prince find you!
"Men, pass down my order. Seal off the Han Residence. No one is allowed to enter or leave!" Cold as he commanded, that woman had no idea that he'd been the one protecting the Han Clan all this time after leaving the capital. Otherwise, Emperor Tianhui would've made his move long ago.
Han Yunxi followed Gu and left Medical City in less than two hours. She didn't know that Long Fei Ye had been looking for her in Medical City for three days and three nights.
By the fourth day, there was still no news. He issued a bounty for anyone in Cloud Realm Continent who could provide clues or find Han Yunxi herself would be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold.
Tang Li couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Big bro, you're letting the entire world know that Qin Wangfei's gone missing."
"Your lordship wants her to know that she shouldn't think of staying anywhere else in the world besides your lordship's," Long Fei Ye said.
"You!" Tang Li didn't know how to coax him. "With her personality, a forcibly picked melon won't be sweet!"
"She was the one who kicked down the sedan chair. Your lordship didn't force her!" Long Fei Ye's anger had yet to subside, but only grew.
Tang Li paused before asking, "Could it have been that man from the Shadow Clan who took her away?"
Long Fei Ye didn't answer, but gave Tang Li a deep look. Tang Li knew that the Shadow Clan had already become a taboo topic.
But Aunt Ru was standing right outside the door and heard their conversation.
"Shadow Clan!"
Aunt Ru was so shocked that she almost screamed out loud.
Shadow Clan!
Wasn't the Shadow Clan destroyed? How could there be a Shadow Clan? Could it be that there were still descendants of Western Qin's imperial family?
What was the relationship between Han Yunxi and the Shadow Clan? What did Tang Li mean by that?
Aunt Ru was about to rush over and ask, but she stopped after thinking for a moment.
Even Tang Li dared to hide such an important matter from her. If she rushed over, how could they say anything?
"Han Yunxi … Han Yunxi …"
Aunt Ru's eyes hardened as she looked at Long Fei Ye's thin back. She turned around and left.
That day, she gathered all of the Tang Sect's men that Long Fei Ye had borrowed. As the second-in-command, she issued a secret order to kill Han Yunxi without mercy!
At this time, even Tang Li didn't know about this.
She didn't care who Han Yunxi was, nor did she care about Han Yunxi's relationship with the Shadow Clan.
The Shadow Clan represented Western Qin's imperial family. Once Western Qin's imperial family was implicated, she had to eliminate the source of trouble!
The news quickly spread. Unfortunately, Gu and Han Yunxi had taken the mountain path. Before they reached Medicine City, they'd only passed by small villages at most. News wasn't that fast.
At this time, the two of them were each riding a horse on a small path in the wilderness.
"Mu Xin and Lianxin … they're sisters, but why are their fates so different?" Han Yunxi asked curiously.
She wasn't sure if Gu knew that Han Congan wasn't her biological father. She also didn't know why Gu was investigating Lady Tianxin, so she chose to hide it for now.
"It really is a little big! One seduced a married man, while the other married into the Poison Sect, "Gu laughed.
Han Yunxi was bewildered. "Married into the Poison Sect? What do you mean? "
In truth, Gu had been investigating Mu Xin for a long time. When he was young, he'd overheard that a daughter of the Mu Clan in Medicine City was having an affair with a descendant of the Poison Sect. He'd been investigating the matter ever since.
He'd purposely approached Mu Ling 'er because of Mu Xin. After many years of investigation, he'd finally confirmed that the Mu Clan's daughter was called Mu Xin. She was the fourth daughter and had been missing for many years.
If he hadn't coincidentally seen the "Xin" character embroidered on the back of Han Yunxi's medical pouch, he would never have guessed that it was Lady Tianxin.
The "Xin" character had also appeared on the things Mu Xin had left behind in the Mu Clan. Following the "Xin" character, he'd finally confirmed that the missing Mu Xin was the same Lady Tianxin who'd married Han Congan and changed her surname to Baili Tianxin.
Gu Qishao didn't hold back at all as he told Han Yunxi everything. Han Yunxi listened in a daze, her heart secretly shocked by one thing. So her birth father was from the Poison Sect!
Was that why Little Thing was so clingy?
"Poison lass, are you saying that you're Han Congan's daughter, or …"
Gu purposely paused and leaned closer to her, his voice very low. "Or are you also a descendant of the Poison Sect?"
Only Lady Tianxin knew about this. If she hadn't told Han Congan that she was pregnant back then, he probably wouldn't have known.
Of course Gu didn't know, which was why he'd asked.
Han Yunxi's mouth twitched. This guy had told her everything. Should she tell him … or not?
"Hey, why are you investigating Mu Xin? Do you have a grudge against the Poison Sect? "Han Yunxi asked instead of answering.
Gu suddenly burst into laughter. "Poison lass, take a guess."
Han Yunxi smiled as well. "What if I accidentally become a descendant of the Poison Sect? You won't expose me, will you?"
This was Han Yunxi's first time learning that there were still descendants of the Poison Sect. From what she knew, the Poison Sect was different from the medical academy. The head of the medical academy was chosen through election while the head of the Poison Sect was hereditary. Thus, the descendant of the Poison Sect referred to the bloodline of the head of the Poison Sect.
If Lady Tianxin was a daughter of the Mu Clan and her father was the head of the Poison Sect, then she would have nothing to do with the Shadow Clan!
That white-robed man wasn't here to protect her!
There was too much information, so Han Yunxi's mind wandered off and she forgot about her joke with Gu.
Meanwhile, Gu Qishao was seriously considering her joke.
If she really did become a descendant of the Poison Sect, what would he do?
Han Yunxi, I, Gu, have never believed in ghosts or gods since I was young. Today, I'm praying to the heavens that you're not a descendant of the Poison Sect!
I'm praying that you're not a poison woman!
Before they knew it, the two of them were lost in each other's thoughts. It was rare for them to be so quiet when they were together.
The white horses traveled side by side, one dressed in white robes while the other dressed in purple robes. As they traveled through the forest, anyone who didn't know better would think they were a pair of lovers who didn't envy mandarin ducks or immortals. But their hearts were heavy as they pondered the most important thing in their lives.
After Gu and Han Yunxi left the forest, the Chu siblings emerged from the side.
Although the two of them were dressed neatly, the wounds from their trip to the poison grounds were still scattered all over their bodies. The black spiders in the second door weren't poisonous, but Chu Qingge had been too nervous and made a mistake in her judgment. She'd used medicine indiscriminately and ended up with these spots.
Duanmu Baiye had gone to find Duanmu Yao. It was rare for the two of them to travel together.
"Big bro, lure that red-robed man away. I'm going to find Han Yunxi for revenge!" Chu Qingge was still fuming.
They hadn't left Medical City until they found out that Long Fei Ye had offered a bounty for Han Yunxi. Unfortunately, they'd run into each other in the wilderness.
Actually, Chu Tianyin had suffered the heaviest injuries while protecting Chu Qingge, but he didn't complain at all, much less hold a grudge.
"Qingge, just pretend this never happened. Don't worry about it, alright?" Chu Tianyin asked mildly.
"Never happened?" Chu Qingge couldn't believe it. "Big bro, don't tell me you've been bewitched by that woman too! What else does she know besides a bit of poison arts? "
Chu Tianyin knitted his brows and didn't reply. Chu Qingge grew even angrier and took out her bow to chase after him, but Chu Tianyin grabbed her bow and stopped her. "Qingge, don't worry about anything related to Han Yunxi in the future. If you run into her, yield to her, understand?"
"Why should I?" Chu Qingge finally sensed that something was off. Although her big brother had a good temper, he wasn't the type to let anyone take advantage of him or bully him!
"These are father's orders. It's best if you don't ask any questions," Chu Tianyin added.
A complicated look flickered past Chu Qingge's eyes. She was all too familiar with her big brother's words. When father had her learn poisons, he'd said the same thing. These are orders. It's best if you don't ask any questions.
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