Jinse began to play, the flute music growing increasingly chaotic, lower, and more distant...
However, she did not relax. While playing the pipa, she said, "Guards, come with me to arrest them!"
Immediately, guards followed her out.
Qu Nian didn't move, Ren Yingying gave him a push. "Go and check on Jinse right now!"
Qu Nian: "... So many people are following us! Isn't this to prevent you from getting jealous?"
"She doesn't care about you, stop making a scene," Ren Yingying said irritably. "You go protect Jinse, I'm afraid she'll hurt herself again."
The damage that Jinse Sound Attack on herself is truly worrying.
As the flute music faded, Yanran seemed to have lost her strength and was suppressed by Linlin and Cui Xiaoqiu working together.
As Qu Nian walked out, she anxiously instructed, "Don't go any closer. Just stay here and behave yourself. All of you, protect the Crown Princess!"
The guards of Prince of Min's Residence repeatedly confirmed this.
Qu Nian then went to help Jinse.
Seeing that things had gone well, Linlin shouted, "Cui Ling, knock her unconscious!"
Cui Xiaoqiu's position is clearly more suitable for this task.
Cui Xiaoqiu nodded, but raised her hand twice without actually doing it.
Linlin's brows furrowed so deeply they looked like they'd trapped a fly. He didn't need Lin Lin anymore and said, "You hold her off, I'll handle it!"
"Okay." Cui Xiaoqiu faced Yanran directly.
Linlin then switched places with him, circled around to Yanran, reached out, raised her arm, and delivered a swift chop to Yanran, Yanran collapsed Ruanruan to the ground.
With quick reflexes, Cui Xiaoqiu stepped forward and caught Yanran, holding her in his arms.
"We still need to be careful, and watch out for when she might wake up."
Although she cursed Cui Xiaoqiu as "useless" in her heart, it was clear that Linlin herself was reluctant to use excessive force.
They all knew what to do, but when it came to Yanran, they all hesitated.
Lang Xuan, lifting her skirt, ran over anxiously, saying, "Your Highness, your injuries! And Young Master Young Master Cui's... Where is the imperial physician? The imperial physician!"
While she was anxiously watching the battle, she had already sent for the imperial physician.
Imperial Physician Wang rushed in and bowed to everyone.
Linlin patted Lang Xuan's back a few times. "I'm fine, just a superficial wound."
What courage did this timid girl, who wouldn't even watch a chicken or squid being killed, possess to stand resolutely in front of me, facing the sharp blade?
Lang Xuan answered him later.
She said, "I don't need to muster up courage; liking you is enough to make me brave."
"Even superficial wounds require a doctor's visit," Lang Xuan insisted. "Your Highness, this is no joke."
Her expression was serious and concerned, a side of her she had never shown before.
She always manages to give Linlin unexpected surprises.
"How is Yanran?" Lang Xuan asked worriedly. "Is she alright? Why would she suddenly attack the Prince? She certainly didn't mean it."
She always knew how close the siblings were.
Just now, Yanran seemed to be controlled by something.
Lang Xuan looked closely and saw that Yanran's eyes were fixed and unfocused, lacking any sparkle.
It feels somewhat like... the work of a demon.
However, Lang Xuan dared not speak carelessly about supernatural or superstitious matters.
"You'll know when Jinse arrives." Linlin grasped her hand. "The Crown Princess is here, but she's not feeling well. You should go and keep her company. Cui Ling and I will go check on Yanran."
Yanran is still in danger, and he doesn't want Lang Xuan to get too close.
Lang Xuan knew what he was thinking, so she nodded obediently and whispered, "Please be careful," before going to help Ren Yingying.
The man grilling the squid knelt on the ground, trembling and unable to speak, as he was led away by the guards.
His young apprentice, seeing no way to escape, had already taken his own life, and the guards dragged the body away.
Cui Xiaoqiu picked up Yanran and carried her to Yanran's room with Linlin, the imperial physician following closely behind.
Cui Xiaoqiu looked even more disheveled than Linlin, having been injured in multiple places, but he was clearly more concerned about Yanran and didn't care about his own injuries.
The maids brought water to wash the courtyard, Lang Xuan forced a smile, saying, "Princess Consort, I'm so sorry to have troubled you today. It's all thanks to you bringing Miss Jinse here, otherwise..."
She could see clearly that if Jinse hadn't come, these people would have been completely defenseless against this "evil magic."
"We're family, let's not talk like that." Ren Yingying didn't go inside, but stood behind the screen wall, constantly looking outside. "What happened just now? What's wrong with Yanran?"
Lang Xuan shook her head, "I don't know either, none of us know. We were eating squid, and she was asking the waiter about the kitchen knife, and then somehow..."
"I suspect it's still Nanyue causing trouble, otherwise Jinse wouldn't know how to break the curse." Ren Yingying gritted her teeth. "Sooner or later, we'll crush Nanyue!"
So much trouble!
That Dowager Consort Jingyi, now known as the White Lotus Lady, hasn't been caught yet. Who knows what other trouble she might cause?
All marriage alliances are ticking time bombs for future generations.
If it can be wiped out, then wipe it out completely.
Lang Xuan said, "It's not that easy. The terrain of Nanyue is complex. If we really wanted to flatten it, even an army of 100,000 wouldn't be enough."
"I was just venting," Ren Yingying said. "You know quite a lot! As expected, Linlin how to teach people."
Lang Xuan blushed.
She was too embarrassed to say that she learned this from overhearing Yuwen Duo talking to someone in her past life...
Looking back now, all those "eavesdropping" incidents in my past life were actually just his indulgence.
Not to mention her, even when Yanran prank and tiptoed near the window, Yuwen Duo would always spot her immediately.
He was such a smart and alert person, how could he not recognize his clumsy self from his past life?
About fifteen minutes later, Jinse hurriedly returned.
"Are you alright?" Ren Yingying looked her up and down, then touched her arms with concern.
Qu Nian heartbroken.
His status in the family was always at the bottom.
He's worse than Dog Meat, worse than a concubine; what a pitiful man he is.
Why don't they care if he's injured?
"It's alright," Jinse said. "He's no match for me. Our Sound Attack Clan is the nemesis of Gu Poison Masters. Because they need to use flutes to control Gu worms, Sound Attack can restrain them."
Ren Yingying was shocked. "This is the Gu-raising person you were talking about?"
Jinse nodded. "I lost him. I didn't expect him to act so quickly; he's already made a move on the princess."
"Was it the grilled squid that Yanran ate today?"
"It should have been before; it won't be as fast today. The Gu worms still need to adapt to their host and can't immediately obey commands." Jinse's expression was solemn.
Lang Xuan immediately understood.
It must have been when Yanran went out to eat grilled squid yesterday that she was already under a spell.
"So what do we do now? What happened to the person who raised the Gu? Did you catch him? Is Yanran alright?" Ren Yingying fired off a barrage of questions.