In any case, the Gu worms in Yanran's body were drawn out, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that she didn't seem to be in any trouble, Linlin said to Lang Xuan, "Let's go."
Lang Xuan glanced at Yanran with concern, then, clutching her egg, followed Linlin closely.
As she reached the door, she could still hear Yanran's loud voice.
"Cui Xiaoqiu, my sister-in-law's egg looks just like her own child, it's hilarious."
Lang Xuan: "..."
This is unbearable!
Once outside, she said to Linlin, "Now that Yanran is better, isn't it inappropriate for Cui Xiaoqiu to still be in her room so late?"
Linlin chuckled and teased her, "What, are you expecting me to go back on my word? Your revenge is coming a little too fast, can't it even last overnight?"
Lang Xuan was extremely embarrassed.
He actually saw right through me.
Her face flushed, but she hummed softly, "I'm afraid I'll forget if I leave it overnight."
He laughed Linlin, and together they walked slowly into their courtyard under the cool moonlight, hand in hand.
In the quiet summer night, amidst lush vegetation and fragrant flowers, two figures nestled together were stretched long by the moonlight.
Yanran complained that she was hungry, Jiang'er brought over some food and then glanced at Cui Xiaoqiu.
This time, her gaze turned to adoration.
But no matter what her opinion was, Cui Xiaoqiu didn't take it to heart at all.
She quickly led her people away.
"What exactly happened?" Yanran asked, biting into a chicken leg. "How come I'm so confused?"
As Cui Xiaoqiu served her food, she explained in detail, "These past few days, after you fell asleep, I went to Jinse to learn music to fight against the Gu-raising people."
So, when you played with the chime bells with me during the day, you were actually practicing too?
"Right."
Yanran was thinking, "Holy crap, holy crap!"
"Cui Xiaoqiu, if we have a child in the future, it must take after you."
We won't have any more children.
"Oh, I forgot," Yanran said. "It's alright, it's alright."
Otherwise, if she were to do it herself, with Cui Xiaoqiu supporting two or three people, it would be too much of a burden for him.
"Eat your vegetables."
Yanran lowered her head and took a bite of the greens, somewhat disgusted, but still swallowed it, then quickly shoveled a mouthful of rice into her mouth.
Cui Xiaoqiu recounted the events of the day in detail.
"You knew beforehand that your sister-in-law would be kidnapped?"
It's a bit unfair not to say anything after that!
"I don't know," Cui Xiaoqiu said, "But I guessed they would use a feint, so I deliberately lowered their guard. Princess Consort, that was an accident..."
No matter how much work they did beforehand, they would never have imagined the uproar that Pang Wanchun's family was involved in.
Even more unexpectedly, Lady Lei, a woman, could harbor such deep resentment and possess such audacity.
"That's true, how could my brother joke about his sister-in-law's safety?" Yanran said.
In other words, this was just an accident.
But it's also good, letting people know that although the Princess Consort is young, she is fearless in the face of danger and should not be underestimated, which will be helpful to Lang Xuan in the future.
"I made arrangements in advance, borrowed Dog Meat, and took Jiaojiao with me to find the person."
Jiaojiao tackled the person to the ground, leaving them too terrified of the wild beast to react in time to commit suicide.
Then the accompanying guard leaped up and dislocated the man's jaw... completely subduing him.
Yanran listened, stunned. "This whole thing, you designed it, didn't you?"
"It's nothing," Cui Xiaoqiu said with a light smile.
Wow, that's amazing!
As expected of Cui Xiaoqiu.
Even if Yanran didn't say it, her face clearly conveyed that sentiment.
Cui Xiaoqiu is complete.
"And then, and then what? That person obediently removed the Gu worm for me?" Yanran asked hurriedly, putting down her chopsticks.
"Some methods were still used."
It was nothing more than physical abuse and psychological manipulation, so I won't go into details with Yanran.
"Where did the Gu worms go?" Yanran didn't press for details, but she was very interested in the Gu worms.
"Someone else used it."
"Huh?" Yanran's mouth dropped open.
How can such harmful things be used by people?
Who used it?
"That's another matter," Cui Xiaoqiu said. "The Prince and I encountered some obstacles while searching for the fourth treasure."
"Huh? How come I didn't know?"
Fool, it's a lie to think you'd know if I deliberately kept it from you.
"Perhaps you haven't noticed," Cui Xiaoqiu said. "The Princess's Tomb actually has a family that guards it, and they've been doing so for generations, always protecting the Princess's Tomb."
What they went into before was actually a fake tomb to deceive people.
To enter the real princess's tomb, one must be led in by a descendant of the family that guards the tomb.
However, this family remained unmoved by either soft or hard tactics.
That's one thing, after all, they still deserve respect.
However, when Linlin and Cui Xiaoqiu discovered that this family also believed in the White Lotus Sect, both of them were in a bad mood.
--No one expected that the White Lotus Sect had infiltrated the populace so thoroughly.
It's even harder to get someone who's been brainwashed to talk.
So the two of them discussed it and decided to combine the two matters into one.
Since Gu worms can harm people, why can't they be used for my benefit?
Thus, this perfect plan came about, and now it has finally come to fruition.
Yanran felt like her Zidu keep up.
Didn't these people grow up eating the same food as her?
"So, is it done now?"
"Certainly."
"Great!" Yanran exclaimed happily, "Now I can go too!"
"But it's not certain; don't have too high expectations about actually finding anything."
Yanran: "... That's true. But no matter what, even if it doesn't work, at least we've proven that this path doesn't work, right?"
"Um."
At the same time, Lang Xuan was kneeling by the bed, her upper body lying on the bed, motionless, not daring to breathe.
Linlin, standing behind her, was both amused and exasperated. "Breathe."
Lang Xuan cautiously turned her head, her innocent big eyes full of worry, "Shh--Your Highness, please keep your voice down, don't disturb the incubation."
The eggshell cracked, but then nothing happened.
So she's staring intently at me right now!
This silly little thing, it finally didn't let her long-term persistence go to waste, it's finally making some progress.
Linlin: "I'm afraid you'll bottling things up."
Lang Xuan blushed. "I... I just want to know, what exactly is this?"
Linlin: "Can I come up and take a look?"
"Yes, of course," Lang Xuan quickly replied.
She didn't stop him from coming closer!
Linlin chuckled, "Seeing how much you treasured that egg, I thought you wouldn't let me go up."
"How could that be? There are things more important than you." Lang Xuan lowered her head, her voice barely audible.
Linlin heard it clearly and was pleased, so she no longer cared whether she was a thing or not, or whether she could be compared to things.
After a long time, until the middle of the night, the eggshell finally cracked completely.
Under the watchful eyes of four, one emerged from within—