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The girl in front of him was rather heroic. Her phoenix eyes were thin and her lips thin. Her face was pale and her eyes sunken.

The blade on his neck was about a foot long and incomparably sharp.

"What are you doing?" Li Xiang walked forward to protect Gu Mingyan behind him, and could not help but alarm the lady on the bed as she struggled. However, there were only two sounds of metal clashing, and she could only take big breaths while her eyes turned cold.

He raised his hand to feel his neck. Not only was the veil cut open, there was also a small wound on it.

Swallowing his saliva, Gu Mingyan only had enough time to cover half of his face.

Li Xiang had a strange expression on his face, but in the end, he didn't say anything. With a dark expression, he held onto her shoulders and fixed her onto the bed. Under the girl's sharp gaze, he said, "Thank you, Miss Yan."

"My master has the life to not save those who seek death wholeheartedly."

Gu Mingyan would definitely not present his neck with both hands again.

Li Xiang's expression turned cold, and he was about to erupt in rage, but the young woman coldly laughed, her voice still as gentle as ever.

"Liro, if I don't die today, what about in the future?"

"We'll talk about it when the time comes. It's more important that we save your life first."

Li Xiang looked at her coldly. The woman let out a low sigh as the dagger in her hand fell to the ground.

Seeing that, Gu Mingyan carefully walked forward, with one hand gently holding onto her veil, he sat on the bed and raised his hand to grab her wrist.

When the poison entered the body, it would drill into the heart.

However, this was not a deadly poison, and he did not need to waste time or effort to cure it.

He was speechless for a moment. Gu Mingyan immediately wrote a prescription, but he was not prepared to take out the silver needles, he just sat at the table by the side, looking at Li Xiang who was carrying her, whispering something, she shivered, her eyes filled with sadness.

"Thank you for Miss Yan's recipe. I'll personally send someone to send you home in the evening, including the rewards."

When Li Xiang saw that the medicine had been consumed, the girl's complexion improved. She immediately embraced him with a smile.

This was the first time Gu Mingyan came here and he did not want to alert her, furthermore, the two of them seemed to be very close, but the two iron chains were too eye-catching, and Li Xiang had even injured the girl while he was suppressing her.

It didn't seem like they were in love.

The poison in her body is deeply rooted in her bones, and a few simple potions are unable to completely remove it. Moreover, this young lady's back is injured, although it does not injure her core, she still needs to be taken good care of. It is best not to use this waist blade in the future.

Gu Mingyan indifferently carried his own small medicine box.

After another glance at Li Xiang, he said, "It's cold out in the winter. It's better not to get too close to a patient while using a piece of metal."

Li Xiang chuckled dryly as he instructed his men to bring her away.

From the beginning till the end, Gu Mingyan didn't even glance at them, as if his interest in this simple mansion was mediocre.

The servant who was leading the way carefully looked at her for a few times, but then withdrew his gaze without leaving a trace, and sent her into the small palanquin.

It had been several hours since he returned to the Yan Gui Inn.

The fire in the room had not yet died down. It was the waiter who was looking after the fire carefully, the manuscripts and scrolls in the room had all been scrolled through, but the herbs had not moved the slightest bit. When he saw her enter, he only whispered: "Thank you for your hard work, little one will tell the kitchen to prepare some food."

"Alright." Gu Mingyan nodded, he raised his hand and took the other complete veil.

Before she left, she glanced at the waiter before returning to her room. She then laid on her bed to take a nap.

When Xiao Qiran returned, he only needed to tell him about the girl.

The waiter carefully closed the window outside, and while still holding Gu Mingyan's two manuscripts in his hands, he walked behind the Swallow Inn and softly said to the black-clothed man: "Most of the manuscripts in Miss Yan's room contain medicinal formulas, and she only reads the scrolls for medical techniques and some books on small cycles of internal energy. It doesn't seem to be a problem at all."

"Entering the palace is not a problem, but this lady is very cold and takes good care of him."

After saying that, the man in black took the two manuscripts and quietly left the backyard.

The snow fell heavily, and the two of them were only blinded by the sound of the wind. They did not realise that they were in the darkness, where Shuang Hua could hear everything the two of them said clearly without saying a single word.

Xiao Qiran sat on the wheelchair and the entire hall was dyed red with blood.

Shuang Hua avoided the blood stench and knelt by the side, telling them everything he heard. After a while, he said: "Looks like First Miss has done a good job, she did not leave any traces behind, it's just that Li Xiang still wants to find out more about First Miss's background, should we..."

"No need. The more detailed and truthful the preparation is, the more suspicious people will be."

Nodding his head in agreement, Shuang Hua could not help but take another glance at the crimson red ground, and asked softly: "The doctor from before?"

"Fang was pressed against him, and then he killed himself."

Xiao Qiran's gaze turned cold, and there were still a few traces of blood on the corner of his clothes.

Shuang Hua did not speak anymore, he only thought that if the Prime Minister did not personally take his daughter away, the two of them would not have hurried back to the residence in the middle of the night.

What was even more laughable was that the Prime Minister had no intention of taking his eldest daughter away, yet he didn't even bother to leave a single girl behind.

Thinking till this point, Shuang Hua still could not help but speak out: "Your Highness, may I know where the young miss is?"

"If the crown prince were to come today, I'm afraid he would not be satisfied until he sees me in person."

Xiao Qiran shook his head indifferently, he only lightly tapped on the armrest, and the guards outside understood what was going on and left.

Shuang Hua was also temporarily relieved.

Although there were people secretly taking care of her, but if the First Miss fought alone, it would still be very dangerous.

In the middle of the night, a small slip of paper fell from the window onto the table, but there was no one outside.

"It won't come again, right …" She rubbed her arms, which were covered in goosebumps, and carefully unfolded the paper.

"Fight alone, be careful. Pass the message, deduct the desk two times, and repeat it three times. "

Gu Mingyan pursed his lips, and only threw the slip of paper into the charcoal bowl, only to see it burn to ashes.

As was a Seventh Prince, he went into seclusion to thank his guests when he was heavily injured. On that day, even the Fourth Prince was closed to welcome him and the secret map that was connected to Li Xiang was probably not an ordinary one as well. Thinking about it this way, it must have been because he encountered something even more important that he couldn't leave.

After thinking about it, Gu Mingyan did not have the intention to continue guessing, and could only write a letter.

Knocks on the table twice, three times.

He saw a shadow descend from the roof, and on its shoulder were bits of white snow. It was very conspicuous in this snow-white area.

After flipping the letter twice, he handed it over and whispered, "This is what I saw today."

"I wonder if the young mistress has any other instructions for me?" The aura of the black shadow was extremely light, and it hid the letter without leaving any trace.

"Let His Highness hide me for a few more days. After this matter is over, no matter if we find the secret map or not, he will have to take me to bring the ice jade coffin."

She was not here to help Xiao Qiran.

However, if Li Xiang didn't look for her today, it was likely that something had happened.