The guards in the dungeon below the Yin Office were all from the East Camp, and they obeyed Ji Zhen's orders. But they were not prepared for the dignified Princess Li Yuanzhen to push Ji Zhen against the wall and strangle her neck.

Faced with Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, the soldiers of the East Camp froze in place, looking at each other, not daring to take action. For a moment, they didn't know whether to pull away or stop them.

Of course, Ji Zhen was not prepared for Li Yuanzhen to suddenly go crazy. Fortunately, she was quick-witted and raised her hand to block it. With only a fraction of her true strength, she broke away from Li Yuanzhen's entanglement and scolded:

"Wake up! Is this the appearance of a drug man having an attack? Can't you tell?"

"No!" Li Yuanzhen grabbed Ji Zhen in a rage and said angrily, "They shouldn't have a tantrum now! Even if they did, they shouldn't look like this!"

The inhuman appearance of the drug man shocked Li Yuanzhen too much, and the fear spreading from the bottom of her heart made her unable to calm down. She grabbed Ji Zhen's sleeve tightly, and the whole person looked crazy, and had lost the noble demeanor of a princess.

Snapped--

With a crisp sound, a bright red palm print appeared on Li Yuanzhen's left cheek.

Li Yuanzhen was stunned, covering her face in disbelief, staring at Ji Zhen with wide eyes, accusing:

“Qingyan, you…you hit me?”

Ji Zhen turned her slightly numb hands, glanced at Li Yuanzhen as a matter of course, and nodded:

"Well, have you calmed down?"

Li Yuanzhen touched her face. The burning pain turned all the fear in her heart into anger. She attacked Ji Zhen:

"Qingyan, how dare you..."

"Outrageous, outrageous. We've been doing this all night. Change the word."

Ji Zhen frowned slightly and interrupted Li Yuanzhen impatiently.

There was a cold light in her eyes as she glanced at Li Yuanzhen's embarrassed appearance and snorted coldly:

"If you want to accuse me of being rude, you should also look at what you look like. May I ask, Your Highness, do I, the Princess of Nanyue, look like this?

Are you so scared by just a few medicine men? Aren't these the medicine men you raised yourself? What's there to be afraid of?

I just wonder, if Your Highness sends such a medicine man to the battlefield, what chances of victory can you have?"

Li Yuanzhen had never seen Ji Zhen so disrespectful. Her words were so rude and sharp that she couldn't even say a word in rebuttal. She just covered her face, lowered her head, and fell to the ground.

Ji Zhen looked at Li Yuanzhen, who was slumped on the ground, with disdain, waved to the guard, and ordered:

"Go get a chair for Her Highness. And make half a bowl of my tranquilizing soup for Her Highness."

Then he asked another guard:

"Do you know where Ye Hui is now?"

"Your Highness, Lord Ye is looking after cell A."

The guard pointed to the other side of the dungeon, and Ji Zhen immediately understood.

The person imprisoned in cell A is Lu Ziyan.

"Where is General Yu?"

If it were in the past, Yu Bojun would definitely come to see her if he knew she was coming. But today, she still hadn't seen Yu Bojun, and she couldn't help but miss him.

"Your Highness, an hour ago, Lord Lin said that he was going to arrest an important criminal, but he didn't have enough manpower, so he asked General Yu to go with him. A dozen brothers from our East Camp will also go with him."

"With so many people, who are you going to catch?"

Ji Zhen asked, but the guard just shook his head and said:

"This is a confidential matter. Lord Lin only told General Yu about it, but we are unaware of it."

The guard's answer made Ji Zhen frown more and more. He turned back to look at Li Yuanzhen who was slumped on the ground. After thinking for a while, he instructed the guard:

"Put the black cloth back on the cell. You guys stay here and watch over Her Royal Highness. When she drinks the calming soup and calms down, come to Cell A and report to me."

Ji Zhen immediately walked towards the A cell. Halfway there, he called over the guard and said,

"If Lord Lin or General Yu comes back, please be sure to report to me."

After everyone dispersed as ordered, she went to Cell A.

The A cell was at the other end of the dungeon. It was equipped with desks, tables, and couches, and was much better than the other cells. However, Lu Ziyan was curled up in a corner, looking very bad.

Ji Zhen stood at the door of the cell and ordered the guard to unlock the door. Lu Ziyan heard the noise and looked up from the corner. The moment he saw Ji Zhen, his dull eyes lit up for a moment.

Ye Hui, who was writing furiously on the desk, saw Ji Zhen coming in, and quickly stood up and bowed, saying:

"Your Highness."

"Ah."

Ji Zhen glanced at Ye Hui. After staying in Yin's office for these days, she had learned to call her "Your Highness" instead of "Junior Master" in front of others.

"How do you feel?"

Ji Zhen was asking this question to Lu Ziyan.

Lu Ziyan didn't say anything, he just looked at Ji Zhen quietly. In the light of the torch in the dungeon, he looked at her carefully, as if he was looking at an old friend who had been reunited after a long absence.

Suddenly, his mouth moved, as if he said something. But Ji Zhen didn't hear clearly, so he moved closer to him and asked:

"What did you say? Say it again."

Suddenly, Lu Ziyan grabbed her collar and pulled her towards him. His blue eyes locked onto her tightly, and he said in hatred:

"Why are you returning me? Why?"

what?

Ji Zhen reflexively grabbed Lu Ziyan's hand and just as she was about to pry it apart, she caught a glimpse of the deep knife marks on his wrist.

Those were the traces left by Ye Hui's blood.

Ji Zhen lowered his eyes and loosened his grip.

These days, under her instruction, Ye Hui came to take Lu Ziyan's blood every three days to study the medicine man. She also successfully researched a prescription to induce the properties of the medicine man, verifying her guess about the medicine man.

There is no doubt that Ji Zhen's experiment was successful. But what is the difference between what she is doing now and what Li Yuanzhen did to Lu Ziyan?

Even if he was the prince of Beidi, the blood that was taken from him was enough to repay her.

Ugh--

Ji Zhen sighed heavily, feeling extremely heavy-hearted. At this moment, she noticed that Lu Ziyan's wrists were unusually thin and bony, so she frowned and asked Ye Hui:

"Why is he so thin? Don't you give him food?"

Ye Hui's eyes flickered, and she replied hesitantly:

"Master Lu was already weak to begin with, and now his blood and energy have been greatly depleted... No matter how much he takes tonic in prison, it... can't be replenished."

Ji Zhen choked for a moment, looked up at Lu Ziyan, and suddenly lost all his strength.

It's her fault.

"Come here." Ji Zhen called the guard and ordered, "Take Master Lu to the guest room in the backyard of Yin's office. No one is allowed to disturb him without my order."

"do not want!"

When Lu Ziyan heard that Ji Zhen wanted to let him go, he immediately became excited. He grabbed Ji Zhen's collar tightly, stared at her, and said nervously:

"I still have blood, I'm still useful! Don't let me out, don't abandon me again. Please!"

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