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Chapter 196 The Hairpin Falls

A cool breeze blew, and perhaps Tu Shanjing regained his consciousness. He looked down at me in surprise and said, "Lanxiang?" Then he pulled me up.

I was so scared that my hands turned cold, and now I felt even more how hot his hands were.

He opened his mouth and said, "I—" Then he immediately tightened his grip and pushed me to the side, "Get out of here!"

I looked back at him and saw that in the light coming in from the window, his face was extremely red, as if he had a fever or was drunk.

"Let's go!" He shook his head, bent slightly, and his voice was a little breathless.

I had a rough idea in my mind that he was probably... drugged.

I swallowed, wondering whether it would be too late to run for the doctor to save him, whether it was the medicine that Fangfeng Yiying had prescribed, but I had clearly given away the wine, and whether there was no other solution except that.

Seeing that I didn't move, he swung his right hand backwards, and his short sword with flowing silver light appeared in his hand.

I saw him raise his hand as if to stab himself, so I quickly stopped him and said, "No! Don't hurt yourself!"

The light of the dagger illuminated his eyes, which seemed to be filled with tears. He said in a trembling voice: "If I don't hurt myself, I'm afraid I'll hurt you! Get out of my way, and let me try to draw some blood."

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. That’s it. All this is fate.

I opened my eyes, walked forward gently, and grasped his slender white wrist holding the dagger.

He trembled, and the aura disappeared in his palm.

The next moment, his burning palm was on the back of my head.

I had nowhere to escape, and didn't want to escape, so I closed my eyes and accepted his soft and hot lips.

Our lips touched, our breaths intertwined, and after a kiss so long that I thought I would suffocate, he moved away a little, and his breath fanned my face, hot and itchy.

"Who am I?" I asked him, my lips just brushing his jaw.

"You are Lanxiang." He panted.

"No, I'm not." My heart ached and I answered involuntarily.

"Then... who are you?" he asked in confusion.

"Yeah, who am I..." I choked a little.

He thought for a moment and whispered, "You are you." Then he interlocked our fingers and kissed me as densely as the raindrops outside the window.

Her eyebrows are often shy, and her breath is like orchid. The brocade tent is warm, and her red lips are even warmer. She takes off her gauze clothes and holds hands in the tent. Her powder is wet with sweat, just like the continuous summer rain.

The peach trees in the courtyard are stealing their colors, and the young willows beside the eaves are learning to be light. They prefer to feast on the green mountains, and a branch breaks the spring of Yuxi first.

Without the candlelight, I didn’t know my jade hairpin had fallen. I couldn’t move my wrist, and my hair was messy. The moon was shining on the sparse orchids, and a few dewdrops were hanging.

When the clouds and rain stopped, the sky outside became gradually brighter with the stars dimming and the moon shining.

The skin was white as ice and the evening breeze was cool. I gently stepped over Tu Shanjing and got down to the ground. I held my waist and fumbled to get dressed and tidied my hair.

I turned around and saw Tu Shanjing sleeping with long breaths in the fluttering gauze curtain. I slowly moved to the window and closed it, fearing that he would lose the heat and catch a cold.

I walked out of his room slowly, and the fresh air after the rain enveloped me. It was quiet all around, with only the occasional chirping of insects.

I think it was because it was raining heavily with thunder and lightning at that time, so everyone hid in the house and the yard was empty at this time.

I raised my right hand, and a flash of inspiration appeared on my lower back. I used the method of healing that Hong Ying taught me here. I couldn't help but blush and secretly feel ashamed.

However, time was running out and I had no time to feel ashamed. I walked slowly to Ruofeng's door and knocked gently.

"Ruofeng, are you there?"

"Girl?!" Ruo Feng's voice rang out, followed by the sound of footsteps running over, and he opened the door.

When he saw me, he seemed very surprised, and then he said seriously: "Miss, I have finished my errand. If you have time, why don't I tell you about it?"

I nodded and walked into the room.

He left the door open and followed, lowering his voice and saying, "Girl, that wine... seems to have problems."

I think so too, but I can't understand why all the wine was given to Tushan Hou, but Tushan Jing still fell into the trap?

Ruo Feng's face turned pale and blue, and then he continued, "Guanglin heard that you were the one who sent it, so he didn't doubt it and did it directly. Then he said he had a headache and hid in his room, pretending to sleep. I hid outside the eldest young master's room and saw..."

I asked hurriedly, "What did you see?"

He pursed his lips and said, "Not long after, I saw a young lady dressed up, sneaking in from the back door with a maid. The young lady went into the eldest young master's room and never came out. The table and bed were shaking in the room, leaving the maid outside, wandering around, stretching her neck to look around, as if she was very anxious. I saw that her spiritual power was not weak, and I was afraid that if I stayed too long, she would be exposed, so I had to come back. There was no one in the young lady's room, and I saw that the light was not on in the young master's room, so I thought...I thought you were taking a nap."

My face turned red. Ruo Feng was always a quiet person, so this lie sounded so dry.

I didn't expose him, cleared my throat and said, "Well, the young master was tired and fell asleep. The young lady you saw was about this tall," I stretched out my hand to compare, and then said, "Then she had thin eyebrows and long eyes, a pretty face, light red lips that were neither thin nor thick, and a very determined look?"

Ruo Feng shook her head. "It was dark, so I couldn't see much. I only knew she was very white, wearing a purple dress, with a gold hairpin in her hair. I didn't know anything more. Oh, by the way, the maid was wearing a lotus pink dress and a jasper bracelet on her hand. I saw her touching the bracelet as she paced anxiously."

I nodded. It sounded like Fangfeng Yiying and Xuanzhou. If Fangfeng Yiying really added something, and Tushan Hou drank the wine, she would probably keep pestering her. That was why the maid waited so long but no one came out. She was so anxious, afraid that someone would find out.

If I wait for Tushan Jing to wake up, I will miss the opportunity, so I decided to go to Tushan Hou and catch the adulterer immediately.

"Miss, the person in our house who can dress up as a lady... could it be...?" Ruo Feng looked at me in disbelief.

"That's right, it's the young lady from the Fangfeng family, the future wife of the second young master!" I looked at him steadily.

Ruo Feng said anxiously: "But how could she...how could she?!"

"Now that things have come to this, I can't worry about the reasons for now. I just ask you, do you have the courage to come with me?" I looked up at him.

He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then met my gaze and replied, "The young master has been very kind to me, so naturally I will do everything for him. I will accompany the girl on this journey. However, they all have strong spiritual powers..."

"Don't be afraid. I'll call a few shadow guards to go with me."

Ruofeng nodded and followed me out of the room.

He and I walked to the outside of Tu Shanjing's room and called out to the eaves, "Excuse me, is it Brother You who is on duty today?"

You jumped down from the eaves and bowed to me: "It's me."

"The young master was poisoned by drugs, but has now recovered. I have to rush to track down clues, and time is urgent. I wonder if Brother You could send a few people to accompany me to visit the eldest young master?" I returned a salute to him.

You nodded: "Thank you for your help, young lady. Gu Yi and Hong Ying are on duty in the study today, I asked them to follow. Young lady, go first, they will catch up later."

I thanked him and walked towards Tushanhou's house with Ruofeng.

When we got to the door, I told the guard that the second young master was anxious to get back the Sunlight Crystal that he had placed here before. The guard did not dare to neglect us and let us in and called Guanglin over.

Guanglin said that the eldest young master saw that the sun-lit crystal was beautiful and moved it from the study to the bedroom, and led us to find the Tushan Hou. I was secretly glad. I was just worrying about how to get from the study to his room. Now it's easy. I got it without any effort. I think he was afraid of Tushan Jing, so he didn't feel comfortable leaving the things sent by Tushan Jing in the study for others to watch, and he had to watch it himself.

Guanglin led us forward and came to the door of Tushanhou's house. I saw a lotus pink dress flash past the corner of the house, and I knew that Fangfeng Yiying must be reluctant to leave and was hiding inside.

I said loudly: "Young Master, the Second Young Master sent us to get the Sunlight Crystal. It's urgent. We are sorry for the offense!"

There was no sound in the room, maybe they were scared.

I pretended to be anxious and said, "Guanglin, has the young master gone to bed? How come such a loud noise can't wake him up?"

Guanglin scratched his head and said helplessly: "Young Master has been in a bad mood recently and has been staying up late drinking. Maybe he will sleep more deeply if he falls asleep now."

"Oh, what should I do? I have delayed the Second Young Master's important business. Not to mention you and me, even the First Young Master might not be able to handle it!" I acted out the dilemma perfectly.

*Derived from the cultural poems of a group of ancient poets, with some modifications.