The Regent Princess has run away again

Xue Zhiyu frowned and ignored the maid who came to report. When she noticed that Aunt Zhou suddenly held her hand, she gave her a reassuring look.

"Okay, I'll be there right away."

.......

Outside the door, Lord Xu was so anxious that he kept pacing back and forth. He had looked at the gate countless times, and his fat face was already covered with sweat.

"Master Xu, why are you in such a hurry?"

A crisp female voice was heard, and a woman in a goose yellow tube top dress was seen walking slowly towards the door. Her delicate makeup did not look tacky, and her hair was casually tied into a bun, giving her a lazy feeling.

Lord Xu walked over quickly as if he had seen a savior and said urgently, "Miss Xue, something bad has happened. The head shopkeeper of Miaoshou Hall said that the prescription you gave me is missing one medicine. The rest are all there, but this one is missing..."

"What's missing?"

"Thousand Spirit Grass."

Xue Zhiyu rubbed her brows. It seemed that she had to run to another dimension to see if there was anything there.

"Okay, I understand. You go back first. If there is any, I will take it to the government office."

Lord Xu opened his mouth, but quickly closed it again, "Well, I will go back to the government office first."

After watching Lord Xu walk away, Xue Zhiyu turned around and ran into the mansion like the wind.

I returned to the bedroom, closed the door, walked into the space, and started opening the cabinets to search.

When she opened the last cabinet, Xue Zhiyu no longer held out much hope. After all, she had never heard of this medicine.

But saving lives was the most important thing, so he didn't care about anything else and shouted, "007, get out here!"

After a while, 007 floated out slowly, yawning from time to time, as if he had just woken up. Seeing the man in a hurry, he said unhappily, "What's wrong with you? You're crazy."

"Do you know Qianling Grass?"

007 glanced at her and saw that she was staring at him expectantly. He looked away and said unhappily, "I don't have it. But you can go to Yuling Mountain to have a look. Don't blame me for not reminding you. Qianling grass likes cold weather and usually grows in relatively cold places. Its leaves are light blue. The biggest difference between it and other grasses is that you can feel a chill when you get close to it. That's it."

"Okay, I'll go find it right now."

Xue Zhiyu didn't give 007 time to react after she finished speaking, she turned around and walked out of the space.

After leaving the space, Xue Zhiyu asked Xiaoqiu to find a backpack. She glanced at the sky and thought about coming back before the sun went down.

"Xiao Qiu, do you know where Yuling Mountain is? Is it far from here?"

Xiao Qiu rolled her eyes, "Well... although I have never been there, I know roughly where it is. We can get there soon after walking a short distance out of the city gate. But why are we going there, Miss?"

Seeing Xiaoqiu's curious expression, Xue Zhiyu said nothing, put on the backpack and walked out. Xiaoqiu was so scared that she had to quickly follow.

The carriage went all the way to the city gate, and Xue Zhiyu took the time to close her eyes and rest in the carriage.

........

"Miss, we have arrived at Yuling Mountain."

Hearing Xiaoqiu's voice, Xue Zhiyu slowly opened her eyes, responded, took Xiaoqiu's hand and got off the carriage.

As soon as she got off the car, she saw a stone staircase as long as the ladder to heaven. Xue Zhiyu almost wanted to lament out loud.

"Miss, why don't you take a sedan chair? Such a long stone staircase must be tiring."

"No need. Anyway, I haven't exercised for a long time. I'll take this opportunity to do some exercise," Xue Zhiyu said and walked straight towards the stone stairs.

The two of them didn't know how long they walked before they reached the halfway point of the mountain.

Seeing a pavilion, Xiao Qiu couldn't help but say, "Miss, why don't you take a rest and then set off again after you have rested enough."

Xue Zhiyu breathed a sigh of relief and looked around, but she didn't see the light blue grass that 007 mentioned. She turned to Xiaoqiu and said, "Wait for me here. I'll be back soon."

"No! I can't abandon you, young lady. I'm not tired, and I'll go with you."

Looking at Xiaoqiu's stubborn eyes, Xue Zhiyu said okay, and walked to the back of the pavilion based on her own feeling.

The further they walked, the colder they felt. Xue Zhiyu couldn't help but shiver. If she had known earlier, she would have worn an extra cloak outside.

"Sigh~"

This sound frightened Xiaoqiu, who was already shaking all over, and she screamed in fear, and slowly leaned towards Xue Zhiyu, "Miss... I think I heard a sound..."

Xue Zhiyu frowned because she heard it too, and as they got closer, she heard more hissing sounds, as if warning them not to get any closer.

"It's a snake. We must have entered their territory by mistake. They are warning us. Xiaoqiu, stay close to me and don't run."

When Xiaoqiu heard that it was a snake, she was scared out of her wits, but she still nodded obediently and didn't say anything more.

Although she also wanted to turn around and leave, for some reason, her intuition told her that it was so cold here that the Thousand Spirit Grass must be here.

She took out a bag of realgar powder from the space. Something was really wrong, so she scattered the powder out.

Walking forward step by step with Xiao Qiu, the sound of the snakes sticking out their tongues became louder and louder, and some of them even sounded a little aggressive.

Listening to the dense sound of spitting out tongues, Xue Zhiyu's scalp went numb, but she still gritted her teeth and continued walking.

Sure enough, a huge snake as thick as an arm pounced towards them. Xue Zhiyu's eyes turned cold and she scattered the realgar powder she had prepared.

As soon as the big snake touched the realgar powder, it couldn't help but roared, and its huge body fell to the ground, twisting its body in pain. The other snakes that were originally squatting did not hide and all slid out.

Seeing those huge snakes, each as thick as an arm, Xue Zhiyu couldn't help but feel a little panicked. Although she had realgar powder, there were so many snakes here and she didn't have that much to spread.

At the critical moment, a clear flute sound was suddenly heard from not far away. The originally aggressive snakes suddenly quieted down. Although they were still a little unwilling, they all retreated.

Xue Zhiyu finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that all the snakes had disappeared. Her palms were already filled with cold sweat.

Xiao Qiu patted her chest with a bit of relief. God knows when she saw the snakes, her legs would have been shaking so much that she couldn't walk, and she couldn't make a sound either. But she still held on to Xue Zhiyu's sleeve tightly, and her eyes were fixed on the front without blinking.

Xue Zhiyu raised her head and looked in the direction of the flute sound, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

The person playing the flute was a man, dressed in a white robe as white as snow, with long jet-black hair hanging straight behind his head. His facial features were delicate, as if he was a darling carefully carved by God. There was a hint of indifference on his face. He glanced at them, then looked at the dead snake on the ground, frowning.

Xue Zhiyu couldn't help but stare at him for a while, and when she came to her senses, she couldn't help but want to slap herself. How could she not control her habit of looking at handsome guys? But she had to admit that although this handsome guy looked cold, he was handsome after all.

Seeing that the man had no intention of coming over, Xue Zhiyu turned around and saw that Xiaoqiu was still a little pale. She knew that she must have been frightened by the group of big snakes, and she couldn't help but comfort her softly, "It's okay, we can go without worry."

Xiao Qiu nodded, as if she had thought of something, and said seriously, "Miss, why don't you let me go and take a look first? If there is any danger, you should run down the mountain immediately."

Xue Zhiyu saw that she was very serious, and felt angry and amused at the same time. She reached out and knocked her head, "What are you thinking about? Am I the kind of person who is afraid of death? Besides, you don't know what you are looking for, let's go together."

Xiaoqiu curled her lips in grievance and said nothing more.

Just when the two of them had taken a few steps, the man who was originally sitting came over. Xue Zhiyu was so scared that she thought he was up to something and she cautiously protected Xiao Qiu behind her. But who knew that his next sentence almost shocked her.

"You killed my snake."

"Well, so you want to?"

"Compensate me."

This sentence scared Xue Zhiyu so much that her eyes widened. She originally thought that this icy handsome guy was really good-looking, but who knew that he was not so smart. However, he looked so serious that Xue Zhiyu didn't know how to communicate with him.

He took a few deep breaths, maintained his traditional style and said with a fake smile, "Brother, it was obviously your snake that pounced on me first. I was only trying to protect myself. You can't blame me for this."

The icy handsome man frowned and said nothing more. Just when Xue Zhiyu thought she had convinced him, he continued to speak.

"As long as ordinary people don't get close to here, my snakes won't come out to harm them. What are you looking for?"

"I'm here to look for the Qianling Grass."

When the icy man heard this, he immediately felt cold all over. A hint of murderous intent flashed across his beautiful peach blossom eyes, but he still asked indifferently, "What did you come here for?"

Xue Zhiyu was not stupid, so of course she could sense the uncomfortable chill from him. She pretended to be calm and said, "The people in Stone Town have contracted a disease. I only need this herb to treat them."

The icy handsome man narrowed his eyes, and his hand holding the flute kept turning, but he did not rush to speak, but his eyes were still staring at Xue Zhiyu.

After a long while, he finally said, "Of course you can, but you have to promise me one thing."