Chen Liu was very excited when he saw Xu Junjun again.

Kneeling on one knee to greet Xu Junjun, Chen Liu raised his head, clasped his fists, and said firmly:

"I am Chen Liu, honored to meet Miss Xu."

Things have come to this point, and Chen Liu no longer hides the fact that he knows Xu Junjun's identity.

Xu Junjun also learned from the letter sent by Niao Niao that Chen Liu and others were not ordinary servants of the neighboring mansion, but members of the Qilin Guard under Xiao Tong's command.

Seeing his old friend again, Xu Junjun's heart was filled with emotion. He helped Chen Liu up, his face full of joy at meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

“Finally meeting you.

When I saw you on the street that day, I thought I was dazzled.

Tell me quickly, how many of you are here? Where are you hiding in the imperial capital now?

Jun Xiaochen's two personal guards were guarding outside the house, so Xu Junjun didn't dare to speak too loudly.

Chen Liu also lowered his voice and explained hurriedly:

“We arrived in the Tianqi Imperial Capital half a month ago, and during this time, we explored the area around the Regent’s Palace several times.

However, the palace is too heavily guarded. We have been searching for several days but haven't found a chance to meet you.

Helplessly, we had no choice but to wait outside the palace every day, waiting for any movement in the palace and then responding in time.

That day, when we learned that you were going to the palace with the Regent, our people followed the carriage all the way to the palace gate, where they stopped and gave up.

I waited so long for you to come out of the palace and wanted to meet you, but I was unable to get close to you due to the strict protection of the Regent's personal guards.

Fortunately, you saw us that day, and since you went out of the palace several times afterwards, we have also learned about the daily habits of the Regent's Palace's personal guards.

That is why I dared to take the risk and come here to investigate."

Chen Liu didn't know that Xu Junjun was poisoned. He only knew that she was captured by Jun Xiaochen and taken back to Tianqi for house arrest and use.

Now that he had seen the person, and thinking of the secret letter sent by the emperor over a thousand miles, Chen Liu's face darkened, and he immediately said in a serious tone:

“Miss Xu has suffered a lot in the past few months.

Our people are waiting downstairs, I will take you away right away!"

As he spoke, Chen Liu grabbed Xu Junjun's arm and walked towards the window impatiently, but halfway, Xu Junjun raised her hand to stop him.

"Chen Liu, don't be anxious. Listen to me first. I can't leave now."

Pulling back the arm that was held by Chen Liu, Xu Junjun glanced at the closed door and said quickly:

"Time is running out, so let's cut to the chase. I've been poisoned, and the antidote is with Jun Xiaochen. I must get the antidote back before I can leave with you.

I can't go anywhere until I get the antidote."

Pulling out a stack of banknotes from his bosom, Xu Junjun stuffed them into Chen Liu's hands and continued:

"First, take this money and rent a courtyard in the imperial capital. We will meet at Fanlou every seven days to discuss the next arrangements.

You must remember that Jun Xiaochen is extremely suspicious and will act decisively and ruthlessly. Do not let him become aware of your presence, or we will find it difficult to escape."

Chen Liu was shocked when he heard this. Just as he was about to ask a few more questions, he suddenly heard the voices of his personal guards outside the box.

"Miss Xu, are you ready?

It’s getting late, we should go home.”

Xu Junjun was startled, cleared his throat, and immediately responded loudly:

"It'll be ready soon."

After shouting, Xu Junjun turned around and pushed Chen Liu hard, signaling him to get out of the window quickly:

"We'll meet in this private room in seven days. Now leave."

Jun Xiaochen's personal guards were just outside the room. Even though Chen Liu was extremely reluctant, he had no choice but to jump out of the window and leave in a hurry.

Standing by the window and looking down, Xu Junjun made sure that Chen Liu and his men had disappeared from around Fanlou. Then she turned around and messed up all the dishes on the table, pretending that she had eaten a lot of them. She held the uneaten cakes and walked forward to open the door.

The door was wide open. Xu Junjun, holding the cakes, said calmly to the two guards:

"I've eaten.

Let’s go back home.”

The two guards nodded in agreement, glanced around the room, and only followed Xu Junjun after making sure there was no suspicious movement.

After returning to the Regent's Palace, Xu Junjun went straight back to the yard with the things in her arms.

After giving the unopened cakes to the maids and asking them to open and divide them, Xu Junjun went straight into the pharmacy to continue making medicine.

In the past few days, she has figured out three or four more prescriptions. While the herbs here are still free, she has to hurry up and make more pills.

Whether it is medicine or poison, you must prepare enough to be fully prepared for the future journey.

The next day, Xu Junjun handed Wei Dong a list full of medicinal herbs. Looking at the densely packed list of medicinal herbs, Wei Dong felt overwhelmed.

"Miss Xu, when do you want the herbs on this list?"

As the year draws to a close, not only is Jun Xiaochen, the master, busy, but his subordinates are also busy like spinning tops.

Xu Junjun brought out hundreds of medicinal herbs at once. Wei Dong was dizzy as he held the list of words that looked like ants.

Xu Junjun pointed at the medicinal herb named Zhu Mo on the list:

“The ones I marked with red dots with a vermilion pen are for urgent use, so you should find a way to send them here first.

The rest can be purchased within half a month without any problem."

Weidong nodded with a bitter face:

"I will ask the steward to make arrangements immediately."

As a qualified trusted guard, Wei Dong knew everything about Xu Junjun's medicine making.

Knowing that some of the pills she made were to be sent to the palace for the emperor to take, Wei Dong did not dare to delay. He put the prescription in his arms and hurried out to make arrangements.

Weidong is very efficient in his work.

It was not known whether it was because the Prince Regent's Palace had enough money, or because everyone wanted to curry favor with Jun Xiaochen, a great Buddha, but in any case, the nearly 200 medicinal herbs listed by Xu Junjun were all delivered to the palace within two days and to the pharmacy she had opened specifically for making pills.

Sorting the herbs was a huge project. The maids in the mansion did not know what herbs were, so Xu Junjun was the only one who had to classify them. It took Xu Junjun three days just to classify the herbs according to their medicinal properties.

On the fourth day, she finally had some free time to start refining medicine.

Seven days passed in a flash, and in the blink of an eye, it was the day she had agreed to meet Chen Liu.

Early in the morning of that day, as soon as Jun Xiaochen left the palace, Xu Junjun said hello to Wei Dong and left the palace with the two personal guards from last time.

In order to avoid arousing Jun Xiaochen's suspicion, this time when she left the house, Xu Junjun first went to a jewelry store to buy two hairpins and a pair of earrings, and then went to a clothing store to pick out a winter skirt that matched the hairpins and earrings. She made a full preparation for going out shopping, and finally asked her personal guards to carry the things and walked slowly to Fanlou.

They found the same private room as last time and ordered the same dishes. After the food was served, Xu Junjun closed the door and immediately ran to the window to look around.

This time, Chen Liu came with Chen Shiyi and others.

Seeing familiar faces looking up at her in the alley below Fan Tower, Xu Junjun smiled brightly and almost broke her arms waving at them.

Under Xu Junjun's surprised gaze, Chen Liu took a deep breath and jumped up, like a nimble black cat, stepping on the eaves of Fanlou and quickly flipping into Xu Junjun's room.

"Miss Xu."

Each meeting was time-sensitive, and after the greetings, Chen Liu immediately told Xu Junjun their current address and plans.

Xu Junjun didn't say anything more and quickly explained her situation. At the end, she took out two letters she had written in the past few days and handed them to Chen Liu, whispering:

"These two letters, one is for you and the other is for Niao Niao.

In this letter, I have briefly told you what you need to pay attention to in Tianqi Emperor City. You can slowly understand it yourself.

As for the other letter, it concerns the royal family of Tianqi. You must send someone to deliver it to Niao Niao as soon as possible, and then bring the reply to Tianqi."

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