Ji Zhen walked into the yard and looked at the sky. It was almost dusk.

She crushed the wax seal of the Cloud-Breaking Bomb, gathered strength in her fingers, and threw it high into the sky.

There was only a shriek, and in the blink of an eye, the cloud-breaking bomb disappeared above the clouds. Then, accompanied by a loud bang, a brilliant firework exploded at the top of the sky, bright and eye-catching, and lingered for a long time.

Ji Zhen looked up at the yard for a while and murmured:

"This place shouldn't be far from the capital. Ye Hui should be able to see such a large flare."

But it's hard to say. Although the thing was left to her by Shi Lang, who said it was a top-grade item passed down from his master, it was her first time using it after all, and she was not sure about it.

Better than nothing!

Watching the fireworks gradually dissipating, Ji Zhen turned his gaze to the willow tree hanging by the pond in the yard.

This is a willow tree unique to Beijing, called the Golden Willow, and it is very expensive.

The Golden Willow grows extremely tall, and is named because its branches are thick and drooping when it sprouts, and its branches and leaves turn yellow when the flowers fall, resembling golden leaves. Many of these trees are planted in the mansions of princes and nobles in the capital, and jade plates are placed around them to catch their fallen leaves, which means receiving glory and prosperity.

Even in her Qingyan County Prince's Mansion, there are six golden willows that were planted when her mother was still alive. They stand lushly in the courtyard to show that they are in harmony with the world.

As the saying goes, if people move, they will live, but if they move, trees will die.

The same goes for the golden willow. Once you pass through the Sitong Gate and leave the capital, you will no longer see a golden willow within a hundred miles.

In other words, since there is the Golden Willow here, with her current skills, it would only take her a day and a night to walk from here to the capital.

Ji Zhen raised his head and looked at the fireworks that lingered in the sky for a long time, clenched his fists secretly, and made a decision immediately.

Just wait until midnight. If Ye Hui doesn't come, she will go out.

Even if there was an ambush outside, she would use all her skills to escape as long as she could reach the jurisdiction of East Daying or North Daying in the suburbs of Beijing.

Thinking of this, Ji Zhen’s heart settled.

With her mind made up, Ji Zhen's mood improved. She was stunned for a while in the yard until it was completely dark. Then she remembered that Lu Ziyan was still lying in the room with blood on the corner of his mouth. So she put aside her past grudges and fetched a basin of water to wash his face.

However, she didn't expect that when she pushed the door open with the basin of water, she was met with a pair of horrified eyes.

"Your Highness...Your Highness?"

"you're awake?"

He woke up quite quickly, which was somewhat beyond Ji Zhen's expectations.

She stood beside the bed holding a basin of water. Just as she was about to put it down to wipe Lu Ziyan's face, she saw him shrink into the bed, tremblingly pulling the quilt covering his body to his chin, revealing only a pair of deep blue eyes.

These eyes carried complex emotions that Ji Zhen could not understand. They looked back and forth between Ji Zhen and the basin in her hand, and finally fixed on her.

Lu Ziyan slowly pulled down the quilt, revealing his face, and asked with difficulty:

"Your Highness, why...why...why am I here?"

what?

ask her?

Ji Zhen's eyes twitched, and she almost laughed out of anger at Lu Ziyan.

With a bang, she placed the basin in her hand heavily on the small table beside the bed, stood by the bed, looked down at Lu Ziyan's increasingly pale face, and said slowly:

"How did I get here? Didn't you capture me, Master Lu?"

"I...captured you?"

Lu Ziyan was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood.

It must have been him!

Lu Ziyan frowned, and suddenly felt annoyed:

How could he be so careless that he actually let him seize control of this body? And at this time? He actually had no memory of this!

He is so useless, so useless!

Lu Ziyan raised his hand and hit himself on the head angrily. Before he could hit himself a second time, Ji Zhen grabbed his wrist and stopped his self-abuse.

"what are you doing?"

Ji Zhen's eyes were as sharp as a knife. She stared at Lu Ziyan without blinking, unable to understand what was going on with him.

Lu Ziyan felt guilty when she looked at him, and he lowered his eyelashes, trying to hide his panic. But he didn't expect her to say coldly:

"I think I broke a few of your ribs. If you hurt somewhere else with your force, I won't care."

"Did you hit me?"

Lu Ziyan raised his head suddenly and stared at Ji Zhen. Ji Zhen was stunned for a moment, nodded, and said truthfully:

"Yes. But there is a reason. You were the one who flirted with me first, so I took action."

"I, flirt with...you?"

Lu Ziyan looked at Ji Zhen in disbelief, and saw her open her collar with a serious face, pointing to a suspicious red mark on her collarbone, and said seriously:

"Why would I lie to you? I never hit anyone randomly."

She discovered this mark in the water shadow when she was fetching water just now, and she was angry for a long time.

The light red is particularly eye-catching against the fair and delicate skin.

Lu Ziyan stretched out his hand tremblingly and touched himself who was only wearing underwear. The blood immediately drained from his face.

He sat there swaying, as if someone had taken away half his life, which made Ji Zhen puzzled.

"you......"

Ji Zhen was about to ask him something, but saw Lu Ziyan suddenly raised his fist and hit the wound on his chest fiercely, gritting his teeth and said angrily:

"Beast! Beast!"

This change happened too quickly, and before Ji Zhen could stop Lu Ziyan, the fist had already landed.

This punch, with full force, hit his body hard. There was a dull sound, and Ji Zhen knew something was wrong.

Lu Ziyan's face suddenly turned bad, as pale as paper, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

His hands hung limply at his sides, and he could not even sit still, and kept sliding down. Ji Zhen was so frightened that she did not even have time to take off her shoes. She stepped onto the bed and held him in her arms.

"What are you doing? Are you crazy? What's wrong with you? I really don't care about you anymore!"

Ji Zhen couldn't help but curse, but she kept taking his pulse.

Sure enough, Lu Ziyan's fatal punch aggravated the injury from her palm strike. Her injuries were now severe to her heart and lungs, and she had to be treated immediately, otherwise her life would be in danger.

"you!"

Ji Zhen glared at Lu Ziyan fiercely, raised his hand to seal his two acupoints again, and completely ignored the fact that Lu Ziyan was now pale, and angrily cursed:

"What's wrong with your brain? Huh? You brought me here for no reason, and now you want to kill yourself in front of me! What's wrong with you? If you want to be crazy, then go crazy. Why did you bring me here? Are you looking for death here? Are you sick?"

"Your Highness..."

Lu Ziyan took a deep breath, swallowed the blood in his throat, and spoke with difficulty:

"Your Highness is worth a fortune, how can you let others... treat you lightly? I have made such a big mistake today, I am ashamed of Your Highness, and I have no face to live in this world anymore."

"Ah... Although it's wrong to act like a hooligan, but you... I beat you up, didn't I?"

Ji Zhen looked at Lu Ziyan, who was dying in her arms, and couldn't bear it, so she said:

"My Lord is very generous. As long as you promise not to do it again, I will forgive you..."

"Your Highness!"

Lu Ziyan interrupted Ji Zhen directly. He leaned weakly in Ji Zhen's arms, not daring to think about how the other self treated Ji Zhen. After all, he was capable of doing anything that he could not do.

But, this is Ji Zhen, whom he cherishes so much, how could he bear to let her suffer such humiliation?

"My crime is unforgivable. Your Highness, please grant me death."

Ji Zhen was puzzled by Lu Ziyan's suicidal look. She hugged the man tighter and helped him sit steadily. There was not much distance between them and they looked very close.

However, Ji Zhen rolled her eyes and shattered the seemingly ambiguous atmosphere. She leaned impatiently against Lu Ziyan's ear and gritted her teeth and said:

"Lu Ziyan, I warn you, don't try to kill yourself! Even if I am magnanimous and forgive the past, you still have to tell me the truth, why you brought me here. Understand?"

However, before Lu Ziyan could speak, he heard a hesitant voice coming from the half-open door:

"Uh...how about I come back later?"

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