The cruel little princess

After listening to this, His Royal Highness Prince Jin waved his hand, signaling An Yi to withdraw. "I wonder if Miss Shen has made a decision?" He smiled slightly and handed the decision to Shen Youyou.

Shen Youyou pondered for a moment, "My brother must still be in the mountains. Let's go straight in. Choose a secluded place so as not to disturb the people's peace." At this time, Shen Youyou didn't know that if they passed by Erni's house at the foot of the mountain, they would definitely get news of her brother directly and be able to rescue him more quickly! They didn't have the superpower of foresight, so they could only temporarily miss out on Shen Zijin's news.

Guard Wu and his men drove the carriage straight to the foot of the mountain. "Miss, the mountain road is difficult to travel. We can't drive the carriage into the mountains. Please wait at the foot of the mountain while the brothers go in to search."

"No need, Uncle Wu. Leave a few people to look after the carriage and our horses while we go up the mountain together." Shen Youyou picked up the medicine box in the carriage, lifted her skirt, and swiftly jumped out of the carriage. This made His Royal Highness Prince Jin, who was waiting by the carriage with his right hand extended to help her out of the carriage, touch his eyes awkwardly. He secretly wondered if he had lost all his charm. That couldn't be right. The girls in the capital were all attracted to him. As soon as they heard that he was going out, they would wait for him on the road he had to take. Why did it become completely useless when it came to Shen Youyou?

"Miss, the mountain road is rugged and there are thorns everywhere, and there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants. We brothers in the army are rough and tough, but you, miss, are precious..." Guard Wu still wanted the young lady to wait at the foot of the mountain. Such a beautiful girl, as delicate as a flower and as delicate as jade, must be carefully cared for and must not suffer any grievances.

"Uncle Wu, it's because there are so many things going on in the mountains that I'm going with everyone. I know medicine and I've brought a lot of herbs with me, so I can be of assistance in an emergency and won't hold you back! Besides, my brother's condition is unknown right now, so if I go with you, I can help him as soon as I find him!"

Seeing his young lady's determination, Guard Wu thought about it and realized that if they really found the young general, she would definitely need his help. So, he decided to take her into the mountains with him. When she got tired, he would find a few people to make a simple sedan chair to carry her. In any case, he would not let her get tired!

Shen Youyou turned around and looked at His Royal Highness Prince Jin, "Your Highness, will you wait at the foot of the mountain?" After a brief thought, Shen Youyou continued, "If Your Highness has other matters to attend to, please feel free to make your own arrangements. I am grateful for your generous assistance. If Your Highness needs me in the future, I will bravely fight for your trust!"

His Royal Highness Prince Jin gently waved his hand at Shen Youyou, "I don't have any important business. I was originally here to look for General Shen to stabilize the army's morale. So no matter what, I have to accompany Miss Shen on this trip." He frowned slightly, "You... Miss Shen." In fact, he still wanted to call her Youyou, but he was worried that this would make her feel like a pervert and offend her, so he could only call her Miss Shen. "Let's go to the fork in the road those people mentioned first and take a look!"

The mountain roads are difficult to travel, but Shen Youyou had been on missions all over the world in her previous life. No matter if it was a tropical rainforest or a deep mountain forest, no matter if it was a swamp or an uninhabited desert, no terrain could stop her from completing her mission! So this little difficulty certainly wouldn't stop her! She even prepared some medicine to repel snakes, insects, rats and ants in the medicine box in advance. At first, she thought it was just the people she and Guard Wu brought with them, but she didn't expect that His Royal Highness Prince Jin would bring so many people with him. She only had fifty or sixty doses of medicine. She first took out a simple sachet from the medicine box. There was no pattern on it, and it was just for holding the medicine in a small medicine bag. She took out the first one and handed it to His Royal Highness Prince Jin, "Your Highness, this medicine bag is made by me. Wearing it on your body can repel snakes, insects, rats and ants. I hope Your Highness will not dislike it."

An Yi was about to step forward and politely decline on the prince's behalf. The prince was too precious to just use anything someone else had given him. What if there were some dirty things inside? But he was a step too late. His own prince happily took it without any inspection or help. He tied it around his waist and gently stroked it a few times, his expression of joy beyond words. Such a naive prince was simply unbearable to look at! An Er coughed twice, hinting that his own prince must control his emotions and not be so obvious!

His Royal Highness Prince Jin quickly suppressed the smile on his face. "Thank you for your kindness, young lady. I have no way to repay you, so..." He said, and took off his favorite jade pendant from his waist. "A beautiful jade is given to a beautiful woman. I will give this jade pendant to you as a token of my gratitude!"

Shen Youyou slowly raised her eyes, her gaze settling on the young man standing before her. He had sharp eyebrows, sparkling eyes, and thin, bright red lips beneath a high nose. His face was as sharp as a knife, his features were distinct, and his coldness hinted at a touch of coldness, but his eyes held endless affection and tenderness.

This was the first time she had looked at His Royal Highness Prince Jin so closely and carefully, and an indescribable complex emotion surged in her heart. At that moment, she felt her heartbeat seemed to be out of balance, but it quickly returned to normal. She bowed slightly in return and said softly, "These are just some ordinary medicinal powders. I really can't bear your generous reward, Your Highness! As long as Your Highness doesn't mind." After speaking, she turned around, took out all the medicine bags in the medicine box, and handed them to the guard Wu beside her, "Uncle Wu, please distribute these medicine bags. It's just that the quantity may be a little insufficient, so try to have two people in a group with one. The effective range of the medicine bag is within three meters. When we are looking for people, we can also split into groups of two and keep a certain distance from each other. Time is running out, let's set off immediately after the distribution!"

After the medicine packs were distributed, everyone packed their rations and water bags and prepared to set off. Shen Youyou was about to reach out to carry her own medicine box, but suddenly a strong hand reached out from the side and took the medicine box away from her. "Your Highness, the medicine box is quite heavy, I'll let you carry it!"

Before His Royal Highness Prince Jin could speak, An Er came out from behind and said, "Your Highness, the brothers all brought dry food and water bags, but I only remembered to bring tea and snacks for Your Highness, but forgot to bring my own water bag. Now I have nothing, so let me carry Miss Shen's medicine box!"

An Yi, who was forced to carry two bags and a water bag on his back: ...

Guard Wu, who also wanted to go forward and carry the lady's medicine box, said: ...

So the medicine box was successfully transferred to An Er.

With Shen Youyou chasing at high speed, they finally arrived at the fork in the road where Qingxue had deliberately taken another road to confuse the enemy.

An Yi stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, Miss Shen, this is the fork in the road that person mentioned. A stream runs to the right along the path. They've searched thoroughly before but found nothing. The path to the right leads to a deep mountain cliff. There are many caves over there. Aside from the lower ones, they haven't had time to check all the higher ones yet."

After listening to this, Prince Jin turned around and asked Shen Youyou, "Which path should we choose?" He actually handed the decision-making power to Shen Youyou.

"Uncle Wu, you take sixty people along the path to the deep mountains first, search carefully all the way, and then explore the caves they have not searched. I will go to the stream to see if there are any clues they missed. Although they said they have searched carefully, I still feel something is wrong. After I finish searching here, I will go over there to meet up with Uncle Wu." Shen Youyou arranged the next steps.

"Then you must be extra careful, young lady!" Guard Wu called over his confidant and told him to take someone to follow the young lady and protect her. As for Prince Jin, he didn't dare to consider His Royal Highness the Prince Jin, let alone ask him to help protect the young lady.