Cold-faced Empress

One group consisted of Bai Qingyu and Fu Siying, while the other was led by Mo Canglan. Upon entering the icy pool, the chill was biting. Bai Qingyu held Fu Siying tightly in her arms, enduring the immense cold of the pool and the cushioning effect of the fall.

After regaining his senses, he immediately dragged Fu Siying out of the cold pool and quickly got ashore.

Fu Siying had three bloody wounds on her body, plus abrasions from clinging to the rock face and saplings. Once she fell into the water, she immediately lost consciousness and became unresponsive.

Bai Qingyu gently laid Fu Siying on the shore, quickly took out a medicine bottle, and fed Fu Siying a pill to protect her heart. Then, disregarding her own cold and damp body, she first used her internal energy to warm Fu Siying's body, easing her bluish-purple complexion and stopping her bleeding.

After drying Fu Siying's clothes until they were only slightly damp, Bai Qingyu stopped. He had already expended a great deal of internal energy, so he didn't intend to dry his own clothes any further, only wanting to maintain his body temperature.

However, at that moment, Bai Qingyu was suddenly shocked and turned her head back to look at the cold pool in horror. She belatedly realized that after so long, Prince Mu still had not come out of the water!

What about people? !

Even a short time after falling into the water, one could feel its bone-chilling cold and unfathomable depth. If Prince Mu hasn't emerged yet, isn't that a grave misfortune?

Thinking of Prince Mu's cold illness and the way he pushed Fu Siying into his arms before falling into the cold pool, Bai Qingyu, even though she had little internal energy left, stopped thinking about it and plunged into the lake again.

This time, it took Bai Qingyu a long time to finally surface. His face was bluish-purple, and his movements were sluggish and stiff, as if he had been frozen to the bone by the icy pool.

Bai Qingyu struggled to pull the unconscious Mo Canglan out of the icy pool. After putting a heart-protecting pill into the mouths of both herself and Mo Canglan, she could no longer hold on and collapsed from the cold.

And so, on the bank of the icy pool at the bottom of the cliff, lay three frozen corpses.

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However, Fu Siying was eventually woken up by the cold.

In her hazy state, she was shivering from the cold. She turned and hugged something, but it felt like hugging a large block of ice, which made her suddenly open her eyes and come to her senses.

The sky was just beginning to lighten, it was hard to tell whether it was dawn or approaching night. A layer of cold mist enveloped the area, and the soil beneath him was cold and damp; this place was practically the underworld.

Looking to the side, he saw that the person lying next to him was none other than Mo Canglan.

Fu Siying's heart skipped a beat; no wonder it was so cold.

She hurriedly got up, trying to get away from Mo Canglan, but the movement caused her to ache all over.

"Hiss..." The three large wounds on her lower back caused her to grimace and gasp in pain no matter what position she made in her upper body.

Left with no other choice, she reached out and tried to push Mo Canglan beside her: "Mo Cang... Ouch!"

Mo Canglan's entire body stiffened, as if he were truly frozen, his fleshy body no longer present, turning him into a block of ice.

In an instant, Fu Siying was horrified. Ignoring the cold and the pain from her wounds, she pushed him violently, crying out, "Mo Canglan! Mo Canglan! Wake up! You're not dead, are you?! Mo Canglan, wake up!"

Mo Canglan remained completely still.

Enduring excruciating pain, Fu Siying struggled to sit up from the ground. Only then did she see Bai Qingyu lying on the other side of Mo Canglan.

She shouted so loudly, but Bai Qingyu didn't react at all, clearly showing that she was just as clueless about her own fate as Mo Canglan!

The two men's fates were unknown, terrifying Fu Siying to the point of near madness. She stared blankly at Bai Qingyu, then at Mo Canglan, and after a moment, cried out in anguish, "What are you two doing?!"

They were supposed to save her from falling off the cliff, so how did they end up risking their own lives?

Fu Siying hurriedly checked Mo Canglan's breathing, but found nothing. She then listened to Mo Canglan's heartbeat, but found nothing there either!

Now, they were completely panicked.

"Mo Canglan!"

Crying in pain, she crawled to Bai Qingyu's side. Reaching out, she discovered her clothes were wet and cold. She must have been lying in that state by the icy pool at the bottom of the cliff for who knows how long; her condition must have been terrible.

Filled with fear, he cautiously tried to check Bai Qingyu's breathing, but his hands trembled so badly that he couldn't sense her breathing at all.

She had no choice but to press her ear against Bai Qingyu's chest, hold her breath and concentrate for a while, until she heard Bai Qingyu's faint and slow heartbeat. Only then did she burst into tears of joy, as if she had found a lifeline.