After Xia Jingyan completely disappeared, Gu Yun came out of the room, interrupted Zhou Ranzhuo's silence, and brought him into the house.
"Cousin, cousin?" Gu Yun called Zhou Ranzhuo, but Zhou Ranzhuo had no response, "Your Majesty!"
Only after this sentence did Zhou Ranzhuo come to his senses.
"Yes, I am an emperor." Zhou Ranzhuo murmured.
"Your Majesty, someone has exposed our identity, we can't delay it any longer, we have to find a way!" Gu Yun was frantic with anxiety.
"Yan'er wants to send someone to find out my identity. You can't sit back and ignore it. I asked you to secretly forge a new identity. What can you do?" Zhou Ranzhuo then discussed a countermeasure.
"That's good, let her investigate. I will keep an eye on everything and take action if necessary. But, Gu Yun, we are in Prince Xia's Mansion, and the trap can be reached at any time. There is Qin behind us, and I can't get rid of it at the moment.
Get rid of him, go find our secret guards, keep an eye on him, and take action if necessary!"
"Yes!" Gu Yun immediately went out to communicate.
Zhou Ranzhuo sat on the bed, still feeling frightened, but he had to force himself to calm down and think.
What should I do?
Amid countless heartaches and fears, Zhou Ranzhuo and Xia Jingyan spent the whole night.
In the early morning, mist shrouded the sky. Through the window, Xia Jingyan saw the messy people outside the courtyard.
Xia Jingyan knew that today was a day for officials to discuss matters. His three brothers and all the officials who came to visit the patient would go to discuss matters. The maids and guards in the palace were all busy, but after a while, the palace would become empty.
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"Master, are you awake?" Lu Chaoya entered the house from the courtyard, carrying a basin of water and placing it on the table. The smile on her face revealed her inner thoughts.
"If you want to take care of your second brother, go ahead. When have I ever stopped you?" Xia Jingyan smiled.
"Thank you, Master!" As soon as Xia Jingyan finished speaking, Lu Chaoya disappeared immediately. Xia Jingyan saw the smile on Lu Chaoya's face.
How great.
Xia Jingyan let Lu Chaoya go. On the one hand, it satisfied her thoughts. On the other hand, Xia Jingyan also wanted to get rid of her. After thinking about it all night, Xia Jingyan decided on a "stupid" plan.
How can Zhou Ran avoid suspicion and take off his clothes as a matter of course?
After all the officials had left and there was no one in the house, Xia Jingyan finished changing his clothes and freshening up, then poured himself a full bottle of wine and drank until his face turned red.
It was poured into the wine. Xia Jingyan carried the wine and staggered to Zhou Ranzhuo's small courtyard.
"Ranzhuo? Ranzhao, come out!" Xia Jingyan knocked on the door vigorously.
Zhou Ranzhuo heard the noise and hurried to open the door. Xia Jingyan almost fell out, but fortunately Zhou Ranzhuo caught her in time.
"Cousin, what's wrong with the princess?" Gu Yun asked as he probed his head.
Zhou Ranzhuo smelled the smell of alcohol on Xia Jingyan.
"Yan'er, why did you drink so much wine this morning?!" Zhou Ranzhuo was a little panicked and was about to drag Xia Jingyan into the house.
Xia Jingyan suddenly straightened up, ignored Gu Yun's presence, put his arms around Zhou Ranzhuo's neck, and kissed his red lips.
"Hmm..." Zhou Ranzhuo was startled and quickly pulled away from Xia Jingyan.
Gu Yun from behind instantly blushed and stood there at a loss. Zhou Ranzhuo signaled, and Gu Yun knew to leave quickly!
See no evil and hear no evil!
"Yan'er, what are you doing..." Zhou Ran blushed.
Xia Jingyan didn't bother to explain and pushed Zhou Ranzhuo into the house. Xia Jingyan followed him and closed the door.
"Yan'er, do you have something to tell me?" Zhou Ranzhuo didn't know what to do, so he could only keep asking.
"I'm here to drink with Ranzhuo..." Xia Jingyan shook the wine bottle in his hand, picked up the wine glass on the table, poured a full glass, brought it to Zhou Ranzhuo, and motioned for him to drink.
Zhou Ranzhuo didn't know what Xia Jingyan meant, so he refused to drink.
Xia Jingyan pursed his lips, "Then I'll drink it myself..." As he said that, Xia Jingyan started to pour it into his mouth.
Xia Jingyan would never drink. The wine was laced with drugs. She was sure that Zhou Ranzhao would come and take it away.
"Yan'er, please stop drinking!" Zhou Ranzhuo fell into the trap and snatched the wine glass from Xia Jingyan's hand.
Xia Jingyan pretended to be aggrieved and murmured: "If you don't want to drink, why don't you let me drink..."
"I can't drink it." Zhou Ranzhuo had no choice but to drink the wine. He always felt that the medicine was weird, but he didn't say anything.
When Xia Jingyan saw that his plan was successful, he smiled and used his fingers to hook Zhou Ranzhuo's clothes. Zhou Ranzhuo suddenly felt hot all over and had some irrational thoughts.
"Yan'er, I...I'm so hot..." Zhou Ran breathed heavily, his face gradually turning rosy.
"Take off your clothes when it's hot." Xia Jingyan said, then started to untie Zhou Ranzhuo's clothes.
Zhou Ranzhuo didn't offer any resistance and watched Xia Jingyan take off his shirt, leaving only his pajamas.
Xia Jingyan's heart was beating wildly. She was willing to devote herself to Zhou Ranzhuo, but she was afraid that the knife wound on Zhou Ranzhuo's left arm under his pajamas would be ironclad evidence that Zhou Ranzhuo was following her.
Just as he was thinking about it, Xia Jingyan suddenly felt warmth and brief pain on his neck. Xia Jingyan couldn't help but moan softly, and then he felt a feeling on his shoulders and a tickling touch on his waist.
"Ranzhuo..." Xia Jingyan called softly.
Zhou Ranzhuo only responded to her by carrying her back to the couch and closing the curtains. Xia Jingyan knew that the medicine had taken effect.
Xia Jingyan groped around to see if there was a wound on Zhou Ranzhuo's left arm. Unfortunately, the sudden pain on her shoulder made her lose her bearings, and she accidentally put her hand on Zhou Ranzhuo's wound.
And this time, Zhou Ranzhuo came to his senses.
"Yan'er, what did you give me to drink!" Zhou Ranzhuo pinned Xia Jingyan down. Looking at Xia Jingyan's disheveled clothes and his own blurred consciousness just now, he felt something was wrong.
If Xia Jingyan hadn't doubted her, she wouldn't have gone to the stage of drugging her.
"Ranzhuo..." Xia Jingyan knew that the plan failed, but she still wanted to use her drunkenness to pretend that she was holding Zhou Ranzhuo away.
"Stop making trouble, Yan'er, stop making trouble..." The effect of the medicine has only weakened, but has not completely disappeared. Zhou Ranzhuo's heart is still almost uncontrollable.
How could he hold on to his sweetheart?
But at the same time, Zhou Ranzhuo also figured out that Xia Jingyan was concerned about the wound on his left arm, and he really had that wound, so he couldn't take off this dress!
Unable to control himself, Zhou Ranzhuo could only control Xia Jingyan first. He took out a silver needle coated with dizziness medicine from under the pillow and slowly inserted it into Xia Jingyan's body.
Not long after, Xia Jingyan fainted. Zhou Ranzhuo gently put her down, covered her with a quilt, then rushed into the courtyard, scooped a few ladles of cold water from the water tank and poured it all over himself. Only then did he finally wake up.
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After taking a few long breaths to calm down, Zhou Ranzhuo began to think about countermeasures.
My injury won't heal for a while, and I can't hide it for long, so why not just "admit it"!
Zhou Ranzhuo thought of a countermeasure and immediately went to discuss it with Gu Yun.
This plan will not only stop Xia Jingyan from being suspicious, but will actually make her even more determined.
The potency of the dizziness medicine was not too strong. Within half an hour, Xia Jingyan was about to wake up. Zhou Ranzhuo changed his clothes early and waited at the door. After a while, Xia Jingyan sat up on the edge of the couch.
"Are you awake?" Zhou Ranzhuo heard the noise and asked inside the door.
Xia Jingyan was startled for a moment, then regained his composure. He rubbed his eyes and replied, "Yeah."
"Change your clothes and I'll take you somewhere."
Another message came from outside the door. Xia Jingyan glanced at the table and saw that there was indeed a piece of lavender plain clothes on the table. He listened to Zhou Ranzhuo and changed his clothes and went out.
At the door, Zhou Ranzhuo and Xia Jingyan looked at each other, both were embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
After a long time, Xia Jingyan broke the silence.
"Ranzhuo, didn't you say you wanted to take me somewhere? Where?"
Only then did Zhou Ranzhuo come back to his senses. He took Xia Jingyan's hand and led her away. Xia Jingyan followed him until he reached the gate of the palace.