"how?"

"Just as the prince expected." Yun Ting stepped forward, took out an agarwood box from his arms and handed it to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu took it, opened it and saw half a spiritual fire grass inside.

Although I had expected it, I was still excited when I saw the spiritual fire grass in the box.

The poison that had kept him bedridden for seven years was finally going to be cured!

He can be like a normal person, no longer afraid of the cold in summer and no longer stay indoors in winter!

Li Jing was really happy for Xiao Yu.

When Su Lingyue finds out that she has obtained the complete herb, she will be so happy that she will cry.

Thinking of this, she raised her lips unconsciously.

Lin Chuan was stunned as he had never seen Li Jing smile before.

After a while, he leaned in and whispered, "Ajing, you look so beautiful when you smile."

Li Jing couldn't bear to hear such words. Her hair stood on end and she couldn't help but turn her head and glare at Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan had never seen Li Jing glaring at him like this. She seldom showed an expression other than indifference and alienation. Suddenly seeing this, she smiled even more happily.

It seems that what the princess said was right. As long as he makes Ajing happy, Ajing will slowly accept him.

Yan Qing was the only one who was happier than Xiao Yu himself.

He put his hands on his hips and laughed happily, "King Jing is a peacock. He had to suffer a lot before he was willing to hand over the Spirit Fire Grass. But I finally got half a plant. It was not in vain."

Yun Ting said coldly: "Don't be happy too soon. King Jing is a man of deep scheming. I'm afraid it won't be that easy to get the other half."

Yan Qing was originally happy, but Yun Ting's cold water ruined his good mood instantly.

"Hey! We finally have something happy to see, Yunting, could you please stop spoiling the fun!" He had experienced Yunting's poisonous mouth many times, but he still couldn't help but retort every time.

"This is true." Yun Ting responded coldly without even looking at him.

Xiao Yu closed the box, held it in his hand, suppressed his emotions and asked calmly, "What did King Jing say?"

Yun Ting said: "King Jing said that he would hand over the other half of the Spirit Fire Grass only after he ascended to the throne of Crown Prince."

"What!" Yan Qing was instantly panicked. "But there are only eight months left until the one-year deadline. For an unpopular prince to be released from confinement and ascend to the throne in eight months, only a great god can show up!"

Yun Ting reminded him coldly: "But King Jing doesn't know! And he can't know!"

Li Jing was already used to it, so she just stood there quietly, ignoring the two of them.

Lin Chuan looked at the two people arguing and persuaded them, "Yan Qing, Yun Ting, don't argue. There is a solution to everything. Let's see what the prince says."

The two finally stopped talking and looked at Xiao Yu together.

Xiao Yu stroked the box and fell into deep thought. After the two stopped arguing, he came to his senses and asked calmly, "Did you three see where King Jing took out the Spirit Fire Grass?"

Yan Qing and Lin Chuan shook their heads, and Li Jing said, "I saw King Jing take it out from an attic in the backyard."

Xiao Yu raised his eyes, looked at Yan Qing and said, "Go to the study and get the topographic map of Prince Jing's Mansion from the top shelf on the second row of bookshelves against the wall."

Yan Qing responded and went out immediately.

During this period, Xiao Yu asked Li Jing and Yun Ting to tell him the details of how Xiao Changan got the spiritual fire grass.

Yun Ting said: "After the terms were agreed upon, Xiao Changan asked the guard Lu Ming to watch over me in the hall while he went to get it himself."

Li Jing said: "It was too far away, so I couldn't see the details clearly, but King Jing did enter a pavilion in the backyard and took out a box. He then took the box back the same way he came."

Yan Qing quickly brought out the map of Prince Jing's Mansion and asked Li Jing to start identifying it.

After the identification, Xiao Yu put away the map of Prince Jing's Mansion and handed it to Yan Qing, saying to the others, "We must explore Prince Jing's Mansion, but not now. I will tell you when we have a foolproof plan."

After saying that, he looked at Yun Ting again, "During this period of time, send someone to keep an eye on Xiao Changshi's every move."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yun Ting nodded in response.

Xiao Yu looked at Yun Ting deeply, then looked away and said to the others, "Everyone go down."

Several people turned around and walked out together. Li Jing took a few steps but stopped.

"Ajing?" Lin Chuan stopped and waited for her curiously.

Li Jing said calmly: "I have something to discuss with the prince alone, you go first."

Lin Chuan had a puzzled look on his face, but still nodded and went out with Yan Qing Yunting.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yu pointed to a chair beside him and motioned for her to sit down.

Among these people, except Yun Ting, Xiao Yu has the best martial arts foundation and practices the most diligently.

In the first two years, Li Jing's eyes were full of hatred, and she often asked Xiao Yu for guidance, and Xiao Yu never refused.

After a few interactions, Li Jing and Xiao Yu developed a closer relationship as both teacher and friend, and were no longer so distant in private.

Li Jing was not polite. She sat down opposite Xiao Yu and looked at him and said, "We agreed before that when Lord Jiang is released from prison, I will ask him about my brother's yard. When are you going to ask him?"

Xiao Yu remembered that this was indeed the case. Even if he was not reminded, he was going to ask Jiang Fu about it himself.

"When Second Young Master Jiang's shift is over today, I'll have someone find him and pass on the message."

Li Jing nodded and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

During the past six months, she had some inexplicable emotions towards Li Qingfeng, but she had always been confused about the origin of the courtyard.

She was very concerned about how the confiscated property of her and her brother ended up in Li Qingfeng's hands.

If she doesn't clarify this issue, she will never be able to interact with Li Qingfeng sincerely.

Xiao Yu couldn't help but frown when he saw her relieved look.

As if he were a brother, Xiao Yu asked, "Have you had any contact with that person recently?"

Li Jing shook her head and said firmly, "No. I know what I am doing. I will not make friends with anyone who is not clear about their background or who is potentially dangerous."

During the time that Xiao Yu left the capital for Lingzhou, she went to the yard several times, but she just sat on the wall for a while and then left, and did not meet or talk with Li Qingfeng.

Compared with her previous impulsiveness, Li Jing has indeed grown a lot in recent years.

Xiao Yu looked pleased, "That's great, I will give you a reply as soon as possible."

"Okay." Li Jing responded, but still sat there, looking down as if thinking about something, with no intention of leaving.

"Anything else?" Xiao Yu asked.

Li Jing recalled the look in Yun Ting's eyes that she saw in the hall the day before Xiao Yu returned home.

She was very familiar with that look. Lin Chuan often looked at her with that look, and she knew what it meant.

She felt angry towards Yun Ting.

She is the princess, the prince's wife, how could Yun Ting covet her?

While traveling around the world, she had seen many cases of brothers being killed and wives being taken away, and masters being killed and wives being taken away.

Yun Ting is Xiao Yu's closest right-hand man. What if Yun Ting has any bad intentions? Xiao Yu is now powerless. How should he deal with it?

Should she tell Xiao Yu and ask him to be on guard?

But if I tell him, will it cause Xiao Yu and Yun Ting to become enemies?

"Ajing?" Xiao Yu called her again.

Li Jing raised her eyes and met Xiao Yu's gaze. When she saw Xiao Yu's pale face, Li Jing inexplicably felt as if her heart was stabbed.

Seven years ago, Xiao Yu also lost his most important relatives and friends.

During these seven years, he had endured both physical and mental torture that ordinary people could hardly endure. He had finally come to where he is today, and he absolutely could not afford to make any mistakes.

Li Jing made up her mind, looked at Xiao Yu firmly and said, "While you were away, I noticed that Yun Ting looked at the princess differently."

As if afraid that Xiao Yu wouldn't understand, he added: "Just like you look at her, do you understand?"

Xiao Yu's eyes darkened and his expression suddenly changed.

Is it already so obvious?

He didn't even try to hide it in front of others.

Xiao Yu held the box in his hand, and the joints turned whiter little by little.

Seeing that Xiao Yu didn't say anything, Li Jing became anxious and asked, "Xiao Yu! What are you going to do? Are you going to keep him in the mansion?"

Xiao Yu raised his eyes to look at her and said in a deep voice: "I know. I will handle this matter, just pretend you don't know. Don't tell the princess, lest she think too much."

Hearing what Xiao Yu said, Li Jing got angry and said in a cold voice: "But she is not a fool! Even I, who don't understand emotions, can see it. If Yun Ting continues like this, she will see it sooner or later. Or before she sees it, Yun Ting did something to you or her first. What should you do? What should you let her do?"

"That's enough!" Xiao Yu interrupted her harshly, looking at Li Jing seriously with a warning, "I will take care of this matter, you protect the princess, you don't need to worry about anything else!"

Li Jing stood up, looked at Xiao Yu and said coldly: "I used to treat him as a partner, but if he betrays his master and has ill intentions, I will never forgive him!"

After saying that, Li Jing turned and left the hall.

Xiao Yu watched Li Jing's back disappear completely, and suddenly he started coughing violently, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

He covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief to try not to make any sound.

After a long while, a fishy and sweet taste suddenly rushed out of the throat. When she took away the handkerchief, she saw a stain of blood that had dyed the snow-white handkerchief red. The two mandarin ducks were immersed in the blood.

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