Chapter 126 There is no antidote
"No, I have always been like this." Xiao Mingxuan knew that he had never changed. "She used to be silly and didn't know anything. I was afraid of scaring her away, so I tried my best to deceive her and pretend to be a good brother. Now she is getting more and more powerful, and her behavior is no longer something I can control. So now I think it's better for her to stay by my side peacefully."

I can give her a certain degree of freedom, but if it means breaking free from the ropes, I would rather break her wings completely.

"Is she still the little princess you want?" Nangong Yan asked in a deep voice.

"Shouldn't Mr. Nangong know best? If the situation were reversed, would you let the princess go?" Xiao Mingxuan asked back.

Nangong Yan suddenly stopped talking and fell silent.

They all knew the answer.

Nangong Yan would never let Zhao Wanyu go, which led to the farce that followed. The same was true for Xiao Mingxuan.

Things have changed, and they have long been unable to let go.

Perhaps it was the sad scene that made Xiao Mingxuan recall many things from the past in a short while.

[In the past, you accepted all the evil thoughts I exposed when I couldn't suppress them. If you could do it before, why not now? ]

……

Xihe didn't sleep the whole night. She stared at the curtain above her head in a daze all night.

Early in the morning, he opened the door with dark circles under his eyes.

"Is there something wrong, Your Highness?"

Outside the door were Xiao Mingxuan and Nangong Yan.

Xiao Mingxuan was completely different from the madness of yesterday. He smiled gently and said, "Didn't you say you were going to look for the princess today? So I came to find you."

Xihe frowned and said, "I told you I would go find my aunt. Prince Jing and my aunt are not related, so why are you so worried?"

Xihe's words were very impolite, but Xiao Mingxuan didn't seem angry. Instead, he pointed at Nangong Yan who was standing beside him and said, "It doesn't matter to me, but he does. Mr. Nangong begged me for a whole night, and I couldn't bear it any longer, so I had to bring him here."

Nangong Yan: “…”

How could I ask you for one night? It's obviously you who wanted to see the little princess, and you had to use me as an excuse.

Xihe looked over and frowned, "I know you."

"It is the honor of the lower..."

"You betrayed my aunt and kidnapped her."

"..."

Nangong Yan fell silent, and Xihe was too lazy to argue with him. After all, how could an outsider understand what was going on between the two of them?

"I can go by myself, no need to trouble you two, please leave as soon as possible." Xihe turned around and was about to go back to his room and close the door, but his eyes swept across the red dot on Nangong Yan's neck and he suddenly stopped.

She stared at that place intently, causing Xiao Mingxuan to look over as well, but there was nothing there except a darker red dot.

Xihe opened his mouth, his eyes full of disbelief, "Have you ever been poisoned by Qianji Powder?"

Nangong Yan didn't understand why, so he nodded, "Yes, Ah Wan once captured a spy from Nanli. That person took advantage of my carelessness and sprinkled medicine powder on me. I accidentally inhaled some of it."

In fact, the person the spy wanted to kill was Zhao Wanyu, but Nangong Yan noticed it a moment in advance and pushed Zhao Wanyu away.

"How did you solve it?" Xihe closed his eyes and asked with gritted teeth.

Nangong Yan's suspicion grew even stronger, and he said, "At that time, Ah Wan asked me to take a pill that could cure all poisons. I slept for half a month, and when I woke up, I was fine." Xihe suddenly sneered, thinking, "The pill can cure all poisons, but Qianji Powder is beyond all poisons, how can it be cured by a pill?"

Then he said, "Mr. Nangong, are you afraid of pain?"

Nangong Yan really didn't know what to say now, "Don't be afraid."

"Well, stretch out your hand."

Nangong Yan glanced at Xiao Mingxuan, and when he saw the other party nodded, he finally stretched out an arm with the fear that his hand might be chopped off.

The next moment, there was a slight pain in his arm. Nangong Yan looked up and saw the silver needle stuck in his fingertips. As soon as the needle was removed, blood quickly spurted out. Xihe quickly took the bottle in his arms to catch the falling blood.

"Okay, thank you Mr. Nangong, you can go now."

Xihe put away the porcelain bottle and had no intention of going back to sleep. She walked out anxiously, eager to confirm something.

"Are you going to look for Awan? I'll go too." Nangong Yan used a handkerchief to stop the bleeding and was about to follow.

"Don't follow me!" Xihe suddenly turned around and roared, then felt a little out of control. However, at this moment, her heart was full of questions and she was extremely irritable. She had no intention of explaining to them at all.

Nangong Yan frowned, turned his head and asked, "Why is she crazy? She stabbed me and scolded me? Is she sick?"

Xiao Mingxuan stared at Xihe's receding back with an unclear expression, "Something's not right."

They have been together for two years. Xiao Mingxuan cannot say that he knows the other person completely, but he still knows his temperament and character.

Xihe was not a person who spoke harshly. On the contrary, he was somewhat gentle towards people and things, which was inconsistent with his appearance. It was unprecedented for him to embarrass others so blatantly.

"What's going on?" Nangong Yan's mind was in a mess when he came across Zhao Wanyu's matter. He had no idea what these two people were talking about.

Xiao Mingxuan glanced at Nangong Yan, and after some hesitation, he slowly expressed his guess, "The Princess...may have been in trouble."

Apart from this, Xiao Mingxuan couldn't think of anything else that could cause Xihe's temperament to change so drastically.

……

Xihe hurriedly ran to Zhao Chengning and asked him for a few guards to go find Zhao Wanyu. Although Zhao Chengning didn't understand why, he quickly found people. He stayed to guard the border, and Zhao Jinyuan accompanied Xihe to find Zhao Wanyu.

Xiao Mingxuan and Nangong Yan followed anyway, but Xihe was in a hurry so he didn't argue with them.

The little girl sat in the carriage with a worried look on her face. Xiao Mingxuan handed her two pieces of cake, but she remained unmoved.

"Xihe, I know you are worried about the princess, but this place is still some distance away from Baili Town. You should at least eat something to fill your stomach." Xiao Mingxuan went there early in the morning and knew that Xihe had not had breakfast at all.

"I can't eat." Perhaps she was too worried about Zhao Wanyu's affairs, so she rarely looked at Xiao Mingxuan coldly.

Xiao Mingxuan sighed, put the cake back, poured a glass of water and handed it to the little girl, "Then drink some water, otherwise you won't be able to bear it."

Xihe was silent for a moment, then took the cup, took a sip of tea, and said, "Do you know... Thousand Machine Powder?"

This was the second time Xiao Mingxuan heard this name today.

"I've heard of it. It seems to be a very powerful poison that only appears in Nanli." Xiao Mingxuan knew a little about it because one of his aunts was from Nanli and he happened to hear her talk about it a little.

"It's not just powerful, Qianji Powder is the king of all poisons." Although Xihe has a medicine cabinet, he has also read a lot of medical books from various countries in recent years. That's why he recognized the traces of poison on Nangong Yan's body at a glance.

She suddenly closed her eyes to hide the pain in them, "But what you don't know is that Qianji Powder... has no antidote."


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