Everything happened so suddenly, Mu Anxiao was startled and quickly looked. She saw that the interior of the carriage was once again enveloped in red light.
Immediately, as the curtain was forcefully pulled away by the red light, Youxian fell to the position where the leisurely driver usually sat, motionless.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao's eyes widened. Suppressing the panic in her heart, she said, "Fairy, what is going on?" As she spoke, she pretended to look around.
"Go, knock on the door, someone will open it for you. Hand the person over to him then." After that, five taels of silver fell at Mu Anxiao's feet. Then, the demon soul flew over Mu Anxiao's head and disappeared.
Following this, Mu Anxiao breathed a sigh of relief. She turned to glance at the red light that had flown into the imperial palace, then bent down to pick up the silver that the demon soul had given her, and put it into the money pouch at her waist.
Just then, Feng Qishi emerged from behind a nearby tree, walking gracefully to the side of the carriage. "This is your doing," he said, reaching out to test Youxian's breath and then sighing in relief.
Mu Anxiao patted the money pouch at her waist and quickly ran to the front of the carriage. She glanced at the horse and said, "Good thing the horse is okay." As she spoke, she looked down at Youxian.
Feng Qishi put on an expression of disdain. "You have the nerve to say that. If anything were to happen to her, would you dare to say you could bear that responsibility?" As he spoke, he withdrew his hand that had been testing Youxian's breath.
Mu Anxiao: "She'll be fine."
"How can you..."
"That demon soul needs her, so it won't harm her. But speaking of which," Mu Anxiao glanced in the direction where Feng Qishi had been hiding and said, "Why did you come out?"
"They're all gone," Feng Qishi said coldly.
Mu Anxiao frowned. "They're gone, and then you come out. What if she comes back, you..."
"You can carry her," Feng Qishi interrupted, pointing at Youxian.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao followed Feng Qishi's finger and looked at Youxian, falling speechless.
"..." Feng Qishi withdrew his finger and quietly watched Mu Anxiao, intentionally not speaking.
Mu Anxiao gave Feng Qishi two awkward laughs.
Feng Qishi let out a soft snort, stepped forward, and grabbed Youxian's arm.
In the next moment.
Mu Anxiao followed Feng Qishi to the palace gate. Feng Qishi then put Youxian, who was slung over his shoulder, down, pointed at the palace gate, and gestured for her to knock.
Mu Anxiao understood Feng Qishi's meaning. She then reached out and grabbed Feng Qishi's arm, while with her other hand she made a throat-slitting gesture.
Feng Qishi also understood Mu Anxiao's meaning. He intentionally pointed at the palace gate, then pointed at Mu Anxiao, and shook his hand, meaning, "Don't worry."
Mu Anxiao understood Feng Qishi's meaning again, let go, and pointed at the large tree not far away.
This time, Feng Qishi did not respond and turned to leave.
Following this, Mu Anxiao took a deep breath, turned her head, and began to knock on the palace gate.
Inside the palace gate, the two guards heard the noise from outside. They looked at each other, then together opened the palace gate a crack.
Mu Anxiao saw them open the door and quickly said, "Someone asked me to deliver her." As she spoke, she moved aside and pointed to Youxian, who was sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall and sleeping soundly.
Then, the first guard poked his head out, followed Mu Anxiao's finger, and looked at Youxian's face. He immediately understood. "Alright, I know."
"You know..." Mu Anxiao said, looking up at the first guard and letting out a dry laugh. "And then?"
"Then, you can go." The first guard said, stepping out of the door crack, coming before Youxian, and bending down.
Mu Anxiao looked sideways at the first guard as he bent down to pull Youxian up. She said, "Aren't there any benefits?" She said this deliberately.
Then, the first guard, putting all his strength into it, hoisted Youxian onto his shoulder, turned, and looked at Mu Anxiao, who was waiting for him to give her benefits. He said, "Get lost."
"You..."
"What are you looking at? Hurry up and get lost, or be careful, I'll take your life."
"You want my life," Mu Anxiao said, quickly walking in front of the first guard. She deliberately glanced at Youxian. "What you mean is, you're going to kill her."
"Don't talk nonsense."
"You want my life, so you'll definitely want hers too. No, you... put her down." Mu Anxiao said, bracing herself, wanting to get some benefit from the first guard.
Conversely, the first guard paid no attention to Mu Anxiao and said impatiently, "If you don't move away quickly and delay the time for the imperial concubine, you'll be waiting to lose your head."
"I..."
"Be sensible and get out of my way quickly." The first guard's attitude was strong.
Mu Anxiao looked at the first guard's arrogant expression, her eyes sinking, and she no longer bothered to be polite, stepping aside.
A few minutes later.
Mu Anxiao stood alone, glanced at the closed imperial palace gate, pouted, turned, and walked to the tree where Feng Qishi was hiding, sighing several times.
Feng Qishi leaned against the tree, not even looking at Mu Anxiao, and said, "You just needed to hand the person over to them. Why so much nonsense? Serves you right." He glanced at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao curled her lips, raised her hand to touch her forehead, and said, "I was just testing them."
"What's there to test about them?" Feng Qishi said coldly.
"I just wanted to see their attitude, like this..."
"Speak human language to humans, and dog language to dogs," Feng Qishi interrupted, straightening up. "Do you think you're human or a dog?" He cast a sideways glance at Mu Anxiao.
Hearing Feng Qishi's words, Mu Anxiao immediately understood his meaning and said indignantly, "Shen Moyun, are you sick?"
"You're the one who's sick. Go back and change your clothes, and prepare to enter the palace," Feng Qishi said, walking ahead.
In turn, Mu Anxiao, unable to contain her anger, clenched her fists and hurried after him, saying, "Shen Moyun, I've decided. After we enter the palace, you'd better pretend not to know me in front of others." She walked up to Feng Qishi's side.
Feng Qishi said as he walked, "I wasn't planning on pretending to know you in front of them either."
He knew that the demon soul Mu Anxiao was going to serve was the emperor's favorite concubine.
Naturally, they would have met numerous times. Therefore, he had wanted to say this to her for a long time.
His reasons for doing so were twofold. Firstly, he genuinely did not want to interact with Mu Anxiao in front of King Jin, because any interaction would give King Jin more opportunities to tease him. He did not like that. Secondly, if he and Mu Anxiao were always talking, it would also arouse the demon soul's suspicion.
Therefore, he felt it was necessary to make things clear.
"Very good," Mu Anxiao nodded, and suddenly grabbed Feng Qishi's arm.
Feng Qishi was taken aback. He stopped walking with Mu Anxiao and asked, "What do you want to do now?" He then turned his face to look at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao smiled slightly. "You've used so many spells, you can heal me now, right?"
"What?"
"I said, heal me, a healing spell," Mu Anxiao emphasized in a low voice.
Feng Qishi's expression was blank. He lowered his gaze to look at the hand Mu Anxiao had placed on his arm and said, "No."
"Why?" Mu Anxiao asked righteously, her eyes staring straight at Feng Qishi.
In the next second, Feng Qishi averted his gaze.