Chapter 208 The Inspection Tour Ends

Duan Jinghui suspiciously took the booklet Xiao Jian handed him. After carefully reading its contents, he looked incredulous and asked, "What is all this?"

"The so-called 'helping you' is actually her hiring someone to bully you, and then pretending to protect you..."

In other words, all the kindness that woman showed him was a lie, all an act!

"It's ridiculous that you were once a fellow disciple and yet you were deceived by a woman like this for so many years!"

"Now, are you still going to suffer with her?"

Duan Jinghui laughed sarcastically, "I'm not stupid. I'm not going to let her fool me for so many years and make me suffer. I'm not going to do that kind of thing!"

"Xiao Jian, thank you." Duan Jinghui's thanks were naturally for Xiao Jian telling him the truth; otherwise, he would have truly been a fool!

"No need." Xiao Jian wasn't trying to help him; he was just stating the facts. He couldn't bear to see someone who hadn't been involved in the matter and shouldn't have suffered for that woman suffer for someone like that!

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After everything settled down, Qing'er woke up.

"Xiao Jian..." Qing'er called out Xiao Jian's name, opened her eyes, but only saw Xiao Yanzi and Xia Ziwei.

"Little Swallow, Ziwei..." Qing'er struggled to remember, "Where's Xiao Jian?"

Little Swallow pressed her back down, "My dear sister-in-law, just lie here and rest. My brother is fine! He's gone to deal with those who harmed you!"

Xia Ziwei went outside to inform Xiao Jian, and Xiao Jian, knowing that Qing'er had woken up, rushed over.

"Qing'er, how are you? Are you feeling better?" Xiao Jian came in and ran to Qing'er's bedside.

Seeing the flustered Xiao Jian, Qing'er quickly comforted him, "I'm fine, I'm alright now."

"Qing'er, I'm sorry, it's my fault, I failed to protect you..." If they hadn't been lucky, they probably wouldn't have found Qing'er.

"Xiao Jian, how did you manage to save me?"

“Those bastards put you in a coffin and buried you. If my brother hadn’t found you in time, I’m afraid…” Xiao Yanzi was furious when she talked about it.

After complaining, Xiao Yanzi realized that they should have stepped back and left the space to Xiao Jian and Qing'er.

"Brother, please take good care of your wife. We'll head out now."

Xiao Yanzi and Xia Ziwei left first, leaving only Xiao Jian and Qing'er staring at each other.

Xiao Jian touched Qing'er's cheek, "I was really scared yesterday that I wouldn't be able to find you, if..."

Before Xiao Jian could finish speaking, Qing'er reached out and covered his mouth with her hand, saying, "Didn't you save me now? Don't blame yourself!"

"You should look on the bright side. Haven't we encountered plenty of trouble along the way? But we always manage to turn danger into safety, so you should be happy!"

"Happy?"

"Yes, I'm so glad we can all be together. I've survived such a calamity, I'm sure I'll be blessed with good fortune in the future!"

Seeing the continued worry in Xiao Jian's eyes, Qing'er whispered, "Xiao Jian, lower your head a little..."

"Come closer, can you comfort me a little?"

Xiao Jian understood the meaning behind Qing'er's words, and lowered his head to kiss Qing'er's lips.

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The big guys in the yard all seemed to be preoccupied.

Emperor Qianlong sighed, "I really didn't expect there would be so many troubles along the way. Fortunately, we escaped unscathed. Otherwise, I wouldn't know how to explain it to the Empress Dowager!"

He listened to Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi recount how they rescued Qing'er the day before, and the thought of it filled him with dread.

If they fall for it, or miss out, wouldn't Qing'er be...?

If they are placed in a coffin and buried underground, they will die sooner or later if they stay in there indefinitely.

But if those bad guys escape and dig her out, Qing'er's fate will be even worse!

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"Yongqi, do you have any news about Li Chengyun?"

Yongqi frowned and looked at Xiaoyanzi, "Do you think he was also involved in this?"

Xiao Yanzi nodded, "Xiao Yanlou has always been strictly managed, and only Li Chengyun has the ability to plant spies within it..."

She sensed that there was a hand controlling everything, and her intuition told her it was related to Li Chengyun.

That madman Li Chengyun knew how loyal these young people were. No matter what happened to any of them, the rest of them would be very sad!

If anything happens to Qing'er this time, not only will Xiao Jian be devastated, but if the Empress Dowager in the palace finds out, she probably won't be able to bear it either!

At that time, there will be a huge uproar in the palace.

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"Master, it's such a pity that they found it. However, we could have used what we had before..."

"Just shut your mouth! Don't you even know what kind of terrible ideas you came up with before? Stripping Qing'er's clothes in front of Xiao Jian, is that something a human being would do?"

"If I drive Xiao Jian mad, I don't even know if I'll be able to return safely!"

To risk his life for Qing'er is a terrible deal, not worth it at all!

Those standing below: Are you even human? Don't you usually do things like an animal? Now you're suddenly showing mercy to a beautiful woman?

Li Chengyun: I hate Yongqi, but I don't want to hurt the people Xiaoyanzi cares about. Qing'er is Xiaoyanzi's sister-in-law after all. It's enough to scare her a little. If I really harm her, Xiaoyanzi will definitely go crazy and kill me!

(Although the Forgetfulness Poison could make Xiao Yanzi fall in love with him, if Xiao Yanzi knew that her family had died because of him, even if she loved him deeply, she would definitely kill him to avenge her family. Therefore, he could not take the risk!)

"Judging by the timeline, when will the poison in her body take effect?"

"If I remember correctly, it should start around next winter."

"What? Next year?" Li Chengyun looked at him with displeasure. "Can't we bring forward the effects of the medicine?"

"This..." He hesitated and said it was unlikely, but seeing the murderous look on Li Chengyun's face, he changed his words, "This, we'll have to ask the master to know, but I think it should be possible!"

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At the same time the next day, Li Chengyun received the answer he wanted.

"Master, the master said that this thing can bring forward the onset of the poison by a year."

The original time for the poisoning was the winter of the 26th year of Qianlong's reign, but with the good stuff in the bottle, the time can be moved to this winter.

"Very good, very good. Then I can start making preparations in advance."

"Go back and tell them to train their troops well. It's time to fight the Qing Dynasty."

"yes!"

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After Qing'er had rested for half a month, Emperor Qianlong received an urgent secret report from the court.

"Yongqi, Xiaoyanzi, can you guess what's written inside?"

Little Swallow laughed and said, "Hanxiang already sent me a message; she's coming to the Qing Dynasty with her father to pay a visit."

Emperor Qianlong showed the secret report to the others and sighed, "That's why we need to hurry back to Beijing."

They spent a day packing their bags and then prepared to set off.

"Uncle, Aunt, please take care!"

Xiao Jian clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Uncle and Aunt, we will definitely come back to visit you again in the future!"

The group rode at full speed, taking a month to return to the palace before June.

The Empress Dowager and the concubines were already waiting for everyone to return at Cining Palace. Emperor Qianlong led the way into Cining Palace, saying, "Empress Dowager, your son has returned."