Chapter 514: Xiaobai Shows His Power
Chapter 514: Xiaobai Shows His Power
Meng Qianqian paused for a moment, her brow furrowed in confusion. "Did Prince Jin really set up such a grand scheme just to test Lu Qi?"
Lu Zhaoyan added, "And Xiaobai."
Was testing Lu Qi and abducting the Princess of Miaojang all that Prince Jin had planned?
The thought flickered through Meng Qianqian's mind. "Father, please keep a close eye on Lu Qi for the next three days. Don't let him return to Prince Jin's residence. If Lu Yuan's cover is blown, the consequences will be dire. I'll go find Mother."
Lu Yuan's infiltration of Prince Jin's residence was no easy task. This was the perfect opportunity to uncover more of Prince Jin's secrets.
Lu Zhaoyan nodded. "Be careful."
"I will be."
Meng Qianqian sent a message to Lu Yuan via the hunting hawk and then headed to the stables at the Crown Prince's Manor.
The white horse, tamed by Lu Yuan, had kicked seven people since arriving at the Crown Prince's Manor. No one except Lu Yuan could get near it. But this was the only horse that stood a chance of catching up to Liu Qingyun, who had been "missing" for two hours.
"Miss Yan, you can't go in!"
The stable hand tried to stop Meng Qianqian. "It's very aggressive and will hurt someone!"
Meng Qianqian softly replied, "Please step back."
The stable hand hesitated. "No, I mean, it will hurt you."
Meng Qianqian said, "I'll be careful."
"Ah, this..."
The stable hand and the other servants looked at each other, unsure of what to do.
As they debated whether to inform the Crown Prince, Meng Qianqian entered the stable.
Their hearts leaped to their throats.
The stable hand reached out. "Miss Yan—"
Meng Qianqian raised her hand and touched the white horse's mane.
An incredible scene unfolded.
The white horse did not attack Meng Qianqian. Instead, it moved closer to her, sniffing her gently, behaving nothing like a wild horse.
The onlookers were stunned.
So obedient? What did Huang Changsun suffer for, then?!
"Did you smell it?"
Meng Qianqian smiled, took a carrot from her pouch, and smeared it with honey from a porcelain bottle before feeding it to the horse.
The white horse munched contentedly, unable to stop eating.
Meng Qianqian stroked its head. "Now that you've eaten my food, you have to let me ride you."
The white horse obediently allowed her to mount.
The onlookers were speechless.
Meng Qianqian put on a veil and rode out of the Crown Prince's Manor.
Lu Yuan, who was still at Prince Jin's residence, received the message from the hunting hawk and knew that Meng Qianqian was going to find Liu Qingyun.
He wanted to go, but he couldn't.
In this struggle for succession, everyone had their own battlefield.
He trusted her.
He was willing to entrust the task of protecting her mother to her.
Just as she never doubted him and unhesitatingly placed her trust in him.
Meng Qianqian rode for over an hour and, at dawn, tracked down Cui Hu.
Cui Hu was crouching by a field ridge, poking at a small insect on the ground. "Why won't you fly? You should fly a bit more, at least until I find the person."
"Cui Hu."
Meng Qianqian spoke.
Cui Hu turned around, startled. "Miss Yan? How did you get here? You didn't make a sound... No, your horse didn't make a sound..."
His gaze dropped, and he noticed that the white horse's hooves were wrapped in a strange layer of fabric, significantly reducing the sound of its steps, though not completely silencing it.
Yan Girl's horse training skills are on par with Huang Changsun.
Wait—
"Yan Girl, is this Huang Changsun's white horse?"
"Yep."
Meng Qianqian nodded.
Cui Hu was stunned.
How did you tame such a stubborn beast?!
"Two questions."
"Go ahead with the second one."
"Alright." Cui Hu gave the white horse a wistful look and asked, "Yan Girl, how did you find me?"
Meng Qianqian said, "I put a tracking insect on you."
Cui Hu was taken aback. "What?"
Meng Qianqian explained, "I put one on every imperial assassin, but only yours is still active."
Cui Hu didn't know whether to be proud or sad.
Meng Qianqian glanced at the small insect in the field. "Is this the tracking insect from Lady?"
Cui Hu nodded. "It flew here and stopped."
Meng Qianqian said, "It can't fly anymore. We'll have to rely on ourselves from now on."
Meng Qianqian whistled to the sky.
A hunting hawk spread its wings and flew over, breaking through the morning mist and heading toward the village with its plumes of smoke.
"Get on the horse."
Meng Qianqian said to Cui Hu.
"Ah, t-this... Men and women shouldn't be so close—"
Cui Hu was pulled onto the horse by Meng Qianqian and thrown behind her, gulping a mouthful of cold air.
"Riding! Riding! I, Old Cui, am riding—hahahaha—ugh—"
The white horse reared.
Cui Hu was jolted and vomited.
The hunting hawk flew over one village after another, leading them deeper and deeper.
Cui Hu: "Are you serious? Where are we going? Is that hawk reliable?"
Smack!
The hawk dropped a load of droppings on him.
Cui Hu: "…!!"
But when they reached the foot of a mountain, the hawk began circling high in the sky.
"The person is in the mountain."
Meng Qianqian said.
Cui Hu looked up at the endless mountains. "You mean… this mountain that takes a decade to cross?"
It's like looking for a needle in a haystack!
The trees on the mountain were too dense for the hawk to search effectively.
Meng Qianqian took Liu Qingyun's veil and let the white horse smell it. "It's up to you now."
Cui Hu: "This… will work?"
It's a horse, not a dog!
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In a secluded village, Liu Qingyun slowly opened her eyes in a small, damp, and dark room with tightly closed windows and doors.
She had been drugged, bound, and blindfolded.
Her fingers moved, and a blade slid into her palm.
After cutting the ropes, she removed the blindfold and took a deep breath. "I'm exhausted."
Although she didn't have a golden silkworm insect, she had a lifebound insect given to her by the old man, making her immune to ordinary drugs.
She stretched.
Creak—
The door was pushed open.
Blinding light flooded in, and Liu Qingyun instinctively closed her eyes.
Then, a man in a raincoat, conical hat, and mask stepped inside.
Liu Qingyun glanced at the cut ropes and decided not to pretend anymore. She sat down in a chair, crossed her legs, and asked, "So, which traitor from the Miao Borderlands are you?"
The man slowly spoke in a deliberately low, raspy voice, "Oh?"
Liu Qingyun said coolly, "Oh what? If I wasn't trying to catch you, would I pretend to be captured by you?"
The man's voice behind the mask sounded somewhat real. "You're as self-important as ever. You think you can walk out alive after putting yourself in this situation?"
Liu Qingyun laughed coldly. "You're afraid to show your face and even disguise your voice. It seems I know you well, and we have a deep connection. I'll have to take a good look at which shameless bastard betrayed my father and the Miao Borderlands."
As she spoke, she slapped the man's conical hat away.
She reached to remove his mask.
He grabbed her slender wrist. "Bai Zheng, do you want to die?"
(End of Chapter)
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