Traveling through the ancient times

When Hua Ling and the others rushed over, they only saw four bodies lying on the ground, but no sign of Nian Chu Hua. "Master Qi, where is the young lady?"

"Chu Hua has already gone ahead of us, and has been taken away by Yong Kang..." We just don't know where he will take her.

The purpose of these people from the King of Xiliang is to capture him, but Yongkang's target is Lu Mingqian. Lu Mingqian is not in Qunan. Will he take Nian Chuhua to Kyoto?

"Butler, do you know where the Third Prince is now?"

"I can't be sure about this either!" His Highness is like a spinning top, spinning back and forth, and he doesn't know where his Highness is now.

"Then you can pass on the news here to him. Yongkang should still be in Qunan now. Everyone should split up and look for him. Search the nearby mountains carefully to see if there is any cave or other hiding place."

"Yes! I will arrange it right away!" The butler turned around and ordered the guards of the prince's mansion to search everywhere for the whereabouts of Nian Chuan's painting.

"Butler, please send someone to inform the Second Prince and Miss Jiang of this news."

Hua Ling wanted to find Nian Chuhua, so she asked the housekeeper to send someone to notify Lu Mingcheng and Jiang Ruixue. The area they were looking for was very wide, and with more people helping to look, the chances would be greater.

The housekeeper also knew that the more people involved, the better. "Okay, I'll send someone right away."

The housekeeper went to arrange the staff, and Tianxing and the others were not idle either.

Hua Ling turned around and searched the valley carefully with Tian Xing and the others to see if there were any clues left by Nian Chu Hua.

Finally, he made a discovery on a leaf. In a patch of grass with obvious indentations, Qi Muhe picked up four leaves with words engraved on them.

Qi Muhe picked up the leaves and searched nearby to make sure they were gone, then he called everyone together, "I found it, come and see!"

When the others heard there was a clue, they all gathered around.

Qi Muhe placed four leaves on his palm, which were "one", "ten", "people" and "SOS".

As soon as Hua Ling saw the SOS, she knew it was left by Chuanchuhua. She pointed at the leaf and said to everyone, "It was indeed left by the young lady! This is the young lady's distress signal."

Tianxing looked at the number and asked, "What does ten mean? Miss, are you trying to tell us that the other side has ten more people?"

Fei Shuang expressed her opinion, "I think it should be eleven people. If it was ten, Miss wouldn't have added an extra 'one'."

"Feishhuang is right. Chuhua should be trying to tell us that there are eleven people on the other side."

"There are only eleven of them. If four of you die here, there will be seven left."

"Well, everyone split up and look for it!"

"Let's go look for it too!" The horses prepared by the personal guards of King Xiliang were still grazing in the woods. Tianxing ran over, grabbed one, and jumped on the horse.

"I'll go with you!" Hua Ling and the others got on their horses and ran in groups of two or three in different directions.

Jiang Ruixue was having dinner at home at this time. The table was filled with her favorite dishes. She took two bites without much interest and put down her bowl and chopsticks.

She had been feeling uneasy since this morning, and her eyelids had been twitching constantly, as if something bad was going to happen.

As a result, she was absent-minded in everything she did today. When she was practicing martial arts in the morning, she was distracted and lost her grip on the weapon several times, causing her to hit herself.

I was also distracted when doing things in the afternoon. I wasn't paying attention when walking and bumped my head into a pillar. Now there is a bump on my forehead!

Mingyue saw that she was a little worried. The young lady seemed to be worried all day and couldn't explain it when she asked her.

Moreover, Jiang Ruixue's appetite is more than this. She didn't eat much at noon, and didn't eat much at night either. This can't go on.

"Miss, why don't you want to eat? Is today's meal not to your liking?"

"Well, everyone, please leave. I can't eat anymore!" The food that used to be delicious tasted like chewing wax today. She had no appetite at all.

What happened?

"Miss, you've only taken a few bites. Eat a little more, or your body won't be able to handle it!"

Jiang Ruixue practices martial arts with her "women soldiers" every day, which consumes a lot of physical energy. In the past, they would eat a full bowl of rice and many dishes, but today they hardly touched the rice and only ate two slices of vegetables.

"I really can't eat it!"

Seeing Jiang Ruixue's sad face, Mingyue also became anxious, "Is the food too light today? How about asking the kitchen to make something spicy?"

"No, I just want some tea." Jiang Ruixue said as she picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of strong tea. Before she could drink it, Mingyue stopped her.

"No, Miss, you can't drink this strong tea now, otherwise you won't be able to sleep tonight. I'll make you a pot of soothing tea. Please wait for a moment."

Mingyue told the maid waiting at the door to come in and take away the food. She then went out to make a pot of calming tea for Jiang Ruixue and poured a cup for her.

Jiang Ruixue was in a state of anxiety and restlessness, but she couldn't find the reason.

I was thinking about something and didn't notice the hot tea that had just been poured into the cup. I picked it up and put it into my mouth.

"Oh, it's so hot..." Jiang Ruixue just took a sip of tea and spat it out because of the burn. The teacup in her hand was not placed firmly and fell to the ground. The hot water splashed all over Jiang Ruixue, and the ground was covered with teacup fragments.

There was a moment of chaos in the room. Jiang Ruixue shook her dress, stuck out her tongue, and fanned herself with her hands.

Mingyue went forward anxiously to check, and asked the maid to bring a pot of herbal tea over, and poured a cup for Jiang Ruixue to cool down. "Miss, are you okay?"

Jiang Ruixue took a few gulps of herbal tea, and the burning pain in her mouth was relieved. "It should be okay!"

What happened today?

Just when Mingyue was preparing to change Jiang Ruixue's clothes, Chaoyang came in and reported that the guards from the Third Prince's Mansion were asking to see her in the outer courtyard.

The guards of the Third Prince’s Mansion?

Jiang Ruixue and Mingyue looked at each other and saw a hint of nervousness in each other's eyes.

Jiang Ruixue's body tensed up involuntarily, and her intuition told her that something had happened!

"Please invite the person in quickly!"

Jiang Ruixue didn't bother to change her clothes that were splashed with tea, and she ran towards the gate of the courtyard, holding up her skirt.

"Miss, please slow down!" Mingyue also hurriedly followed her out.

The guards of the Third Prince's Mansion were already waiting outside the courtyard. When they saw Jiang Ruixue, they immediately knelt down and said, "Greetings, Miss Jiang!"

"Please stand up! But what happened?"

The guard stood up and saw Jiang Ruixue's serious face. He didn't waste any time and told her what happened outside the city.

"Miss Jiang, I am here on the orders of the steward of the Third Prince's Mansion to ask for your help. Miss Nian was abducted outside the city today and her whereabouts are unknown. We have limited manpower in the palace, so the steward would like to ask Miss Jiang to send someone to help look for her."