"Take this Life-Prolonging Pill at once. It can keep you alive for three days. As long as we escape, I will find someone to purge your poison!" the princess said.
At this point, how could Huang Xiao dare hesitate? Whatever else might be said, who wanted to die?
After taking the Life-Prolonging Pill, Huang Xiao immediately felt much more clearheaded. He promptly closed his eyes, sat cross-legged on the carriage, and briefly circulated his energy. Several dozen breaths later, he let out a long breath of stale air and opened his eyes.
It certainly lives up to its name. The pain in my back has actually returned. At least that means the poison has been suppressed for now. I wonder whether I can make it through these three days. Otherwise, once the medicine wears off, I still won't escape death, Huang Xiao thought.
But these thoughts merely flashed through his mind. The princess was right beside him, and he could not neglect her. Earlier, his consciousness had been somewhat hazy, and he had not paid any attention to her appearance. Now, seeing her face at close range, he froze.
Huang Xiao felt a boom go off inside his head, leaving him utterly dazed. Wasn't this Zhao Xin'er, whom he had been unable to forget for so long?
"M-Miss Zhao?!" Huang Xiao murmured involuntarily.
"Miss Zhao?" Hearing his words, the Third Princess also froze involuntarily for a moment. Her surname was indeed Zhao, but with her exalted status as a princess, who would dare address her as Miss Zhao?
"Miss Zhao, you... why are you here?" Huang Xiao asked, feeling somewhat uneasy.
"Constable Huang, you have mistaken me for someone else!" The Third Princess quickly recovered and realized he had taken her for another person.
Her words sent a jolt through