After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

What kind of insolent and lewd words are these?

"Your Highness? What are you talking about?"

Xie Xing's heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was about to jump out of his chest.

What does he mean?

Does he mean he likes me?

Is it true? Is it true?

[System, System, check quickly! How much affection does he have for me now?!]

System: 【…Let me see.】

After a short while, the system quickly replied: [Checking here, the favorability rating has reached 60+, meaning you're now a familiar stranger, at a level where you can be ordinary friends.]

Xie Xing: "..."

She found it a little unbelievable.

Jun Lanjin only considered her a friend, yet he confessed his feelings to her?

Is he lying to her, or does he really like her?

When Jun Lanjin heard the system's favorability calculation, his expression turned cold. What kind of favorability was this thing detecting? Was it really real?

"Xie Xing?" Jun Lanjin had no intention of letting Xie Xing listen to the system's nonsense. He reached out and pulled Xie Xing closer, his eyes meeting hers tightly. "Look at me and tell me the answer."

Xie Xing froze, her gaze meeting Jun Lanjin's, their eyes clashing.

However, compared to others, Jun Lanjin's favorability towards you is quite high; his favorability towards others is usually between 30 and 40.

[After all, he's a villain; it's hard for him to easily fall in love with someone.]

The system's words entered Xie Xing's mind, but Xie Xing could hardly listen to them at this moment.

Jun Lanjin's aura lingered around her, and Xie Xing felt half of her body go numb.

She began, "I..."

"Your Highness." Just then, the pharmacy owner walked in. When he saw the two of them so close, he was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately lowered his head.

Taking advantage of the moment, Xie Xing immediately chuckled and freed himself from Jun Lanjin's grasp, saying with a forced smile, "Your Highness, please don't suspect that I have any romantic entanglement with Luo Hanfeng."

"What woman would fall in love with a man who plans to poison her and kill her?"

"I am just a weak woman, and I can only do my best to ensure my own safety."

Jun Lanjin curled his fingertips, pulled his clothes tighter, and hid his fingertips in his sleeves, replying indifferently, "Is that so?"

Xie Xing nodded vigorously: "Your Highness, your health is the most important thing right now."

The chill emanating from Jun Lanjin was palpable even upon close proximity; Xie Xing felt as if Jun Lanjin was about to be frozen into an ice corpse.

Jun Lanjin gave Xie Xing a half-smile.

Xie Xing looked away guiltily.

She dared not answer Jun Lanjin's question at that moment.

First of all, she won't stay here forever.

Once the mission is complete, she will leave this world.

Secondly, she really does like Jun Lanjin!

Jun Lanjin was asking her how she felt about him. What should she say?

She says she likes him, but she can't take responsibility for it.

To say you don't like it would be going against your conscience, wouldn't it?

So Xie Xing simply didn't answer the question.

The pharmacy owner sent a message to Medicine King Valley, and he came over and said, "Your Highness, before you arrived, the Valley Master sent us a message that if we find the Tianshan Snow Lotus, we will prepare a medicinal bath for you according to this prescription."

The pharmacy owner handed the prescription to Junlan Jin for review.

Jun Lanjin looked at the prescription. This prescription was for expelling cold toxins from the body and required a medicinal bath.

“The current situation is not suitable for a medicinal bath.” After all, Jun Lanjin had studied in Medicine King Valley for a period of time, so he could naturally understand the prescription.

He took the prescription back, saying, "There's war going on in the city. The medicinal bath can't be interrupted. If someone comes looking for us..."

The pharmacy owner hesitated for a moment before saying, "Even so, Your Highness, if the cold poison in your body isn't expelled soon, I'm afraid..."

"What are you afraid of?" Xie Xing asked anxiously.

The pharmacy owner glanced at Xie Xing and said, "I'm afraid that even if the Heavenly Snow Lotus can cure the poison in the prince's body, it will still damage the foundation of his body."

Xie Xing looked at Jun Lanjin.

Jun Lanjin tucked his hands into his sleeves and gave her a nonchalant look.

Xie Xing said, "Your Highness, let's have the medicinal bath now. I'll watch over it for you."

Jun Lanjin tilted his head to look at her: "You? How can you look after me? Aren't you just a weak woman?"

Now he started using Xie Xing's words to retaliate again.

Three drops of sweat slid down Xie Xing's forehead.

Since meeting Jun Lanjin here, she has found that this person's words have become increasingly venomous and sarcastic.

Xie Xing said, "Since Chao Le issued a warrant for my arrest first, he must know that he can't catch you, so his target is me."

"I'll go out and attract their attention, and naturally no one will notice you."

"Your Highness..." the pharmacy owner said, "Your health is of utmost importance."

"Hmph!" Jun Lanjin neither agreed nor disagreed, but simply flicked his sleeve and followed the pharmacy owner into the inner room.

Xie Xing watched his retreating figure, stood there for a while, then straightened his armor, turned around, and ran out of the pharmacy.

Little did she know that after she turned around, Jun Lanjin, who had gone into the inner room, came out again, looking intently at Xie Xing's departing figure.

“Your Highness, since this young lady dares to say such a thing, she must be confident. It’s not too late to go find her after Your Highness has recovered from the poison.”

The pharmacy owner stood behind Jun Lanjin, looking in that direction, and slowly spoke.

"Is she confident?" Jun Lanjin chuckled, but said nothing more, only calmly, "Let's prepare now."

Xie Xing...

Xie Xing was indeed not confident.

After leaving the pharmacy, Xie Xing went straight to the place where the moon was hiding on the back mountain.

Fortunately, the moon was easy to find. After finding it, Xie Xing abandoned the horse, climbed onto the moon's back, stroked its fur, and whispered, "Now it's up to you. You're fast, can you avoid those people's attacks and help me rescue Xie Tongchen?"

"Awoo." The moon yawned lazily.

Xie Xing was still a little uneasy, but there was nothing she could do now. She took a deep breath and patted the moon's neck.

In an instant, the moon shot off like lightning.

Its speed was much faster than Xie Xing's previous horse.

……

North of the city.

Just as Xie Tongchen's defeat was about to become apparent, Song Ci'an led his elite troops to flank from behind, catching Chao Le and his men completely off guard.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness!"

The soldiers from the south rushed up from behind, exclaiming in terror, "Behind us! There's a Chu army behind us, Your Highness!"

"what?"

Chao Le was shocked. He had just turned his head when he saw Song Ci'an leading his elite troops toward them.

Song Ci'an's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly said in a cold voice, "Quickly, shoot arrows to stop them!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Ci'an ordered his men to draw their bows, and countless arrows came hurtling in from behind.

In an instant, a large number of Song Ci'an's guards fell.

"Your Highness, run!"