She approached the door gingerly and pressed her ear against it, but could only faintly hear a few words of the conversation.
"Our master doesn't think the princess's plan is feasible..."
"Just because your master thinks it's not feasible, it can't be done? Then how can I avenge my brother?"
At first, their voices were quite loud, but then they gradually lowered, making it hard to hear clearly.
Fearing that they might discover her, she quickly retraced her steps.
After groping her way out of the cave, just as she was about to go down the mountain, the voice of Princess Yuemi came from behind.
"Miss Jiang, what brings you here?"
Jiang Sihe turned to look at Princess Yuemi. "I'm just taking a stroll. I didn't know the princess was here too."
Princess Yuemi took a few steps forward and stared at Jiang Sihe with a cold look in her eyes. "You... followed me here?"
"Princess, Lingyin Temple is not that big. Every time I come here, I would go to drink some water from the spiritual spring. Today, I just happened to drink from there and then thought of taking a walk around here..."
There was not a trace of nervousness on Jiang Sihe's face, which dispelled some of Princess Yuemi's suspicion. Was she just being paranoid?
A young lady from a noble family, raised in seclusion, couldn't possibly have noticed her abnormality.
"In that case, take me to taste that spiritual spring..."
Jiang Sihe took a deep breath and pointed in that direction. "Go from here, and it's right below..."
She walked in front to lead the way, and Princess Yuemi took the opportunity to quickly kick some weeds to block the entrance of the cave.
Each with their own thoughts, one walked in front and the other in the back.
Princess Yuemi lowered her eyes and noticed that there seemed to be some moss under Jiang Sihe's feet...
Moss usually grows in damp and dark places, like caves...
She looked down at her own feet and saw the same moss.
Slowly drawing out a dagger from her sleeve, she planned to deal with Jiang Sihe right here.
"Yan An, why are you here?"
Jiang Sihe had already noticed Princess Yuemi's strange behavior behind her. When the princess drew out the dagger, the sunlight glinted on it, and she immediately reacted.
Shouting out Yan An's name was just to distract Princess Yuemi. Then she turned around and scattered the sleeping drug in her hand towards the princess.
She learned this from He Wenyu. Last time, He Wenyu used this drug to knock her out. Since it was scattered, the princess might inhale some of it.
Sure enough, caught off guard, Princess Yuemi was directly hit by Jiang Sihe's sleeping drug. She quickly turned her head and held her breath, but it was already too late. She felt her strength leave her instantly.
Without looking back, Jiang Sihe quickly ran down the mountain.
After running for a short distance, she remembered the signal transmitter that Yan An had given her. She quickly took it out from her waist and fired it into the sky.
She needed to get Yan An here as soon as possible. There must be evidence of Princess Yuemi's communication with the other party in that cave.
As long as they had the evidence, Pei Yanchao could stop the princess and the people behind her. There would be no need for the plan of luring the snake out of its hole. They could just catch them off guard...
The signal shot into the sky and exploded like a firework.
Princess Yuemi, lying limp on the mountainside, also saw it. She couldn't help but pound the ground hard.
This Jiang Sihe was so clever. She really ruined her plan.
Now that she had been drugged and was lying here, she didn't know when she would be found. She was afraid that by the time she woke up, Jiang Sihe would already have taken people to the cave and snatched those things.
She underestimated this young lady from a noble family in Dajing. She thought she was just a somewhat clever girl, but she didn't expect her to have such a deep mind.
Just as she was thinking about how to deal with Jiang Sihe when she woke up, she saw Jiang Sihe turn back.
"You dare to come back?"
Jiang Sihe looked innocent. "When I noticed that the princess didn't catch up, I was sure that the princess must have been drugged by me. Since the princess has been drugged, of course I have to come back..."
Seeing Jiang Sihe approaching, Princess Yuemi asked warily, "What do you want to do?"
"Of course, I want to do what the princess wanted to do to me just now..."
Princess Yuemi raised her eyebrows slightly and sneered. "You wouldn't dare... If you kill me, the peace negotiation between the two countries won't succeed. I'm not afraid, but there will be people in Dajing who will be anxious..."
Jiang Sihe snatched the dagger from Princess Yuemi's hand and took a look. There were some jewels inlaid on the dagger. It was a very beautiful one.
"This dagger looks really nice. It's not only beautiful but also can kill..."
Princess Yuemi felt a chill in her heart at Jiang Sihe's slightly calm and crazy look.
"Aren't you afraid that the peace negotiation will be ruined?"
"Princess, do you think it's useful to threaten a young lady from a noble family with this? I hate being threatened the most, so..."
Jiang Sihe gently drew the beautiful dagger across Princess Yuemi's face.
With just a little force, the blade cut through her veil.
Now Jiang Sihe could see Princess Yuemi's true face clearly. Her face was very small. Compared with her coquettish eyes, her face was a bit less outstanding. One could say she was cute and well - behaved!
"So this is what the princess looks like..."
Princess Yuemi took a breath. "What I look like has nothing to do with you."
"Tsk tsk... I don't think you can seduce our Lord Pei with this face..."
She wasn't as good - looking as her. It was impossible for Pei Yanchao to take a fancy to Princess Yuemi. Pei Yanchao's taste was too high for an ordinary woman to seduce him.
"Who wants to seduce him? Such a boring guy. He's yours."
Princess Yuemi wasn't stupid. Through the probing on the way, she had already seen Jiang Sihe's feelings.
"Okay. Then the princess must keep her word and stop having any bad thoughts about Lord Pei..."
After saying that, she cut a vine from the nearby bushes with the dagger and then tied Princess Yuemi to a tree trunk beside her with the vine.
After tying her up, she thought it wasn't enough and covered her with dry branches.
Princess Yuemi just calmly watched her do all this.
Finally, she couldn't help but smile and ask, "Hey... Why do I feel that you're not like a pampered young lady from a noble family in Dajing..."
Her voice was weak and intermittent, but she still managed to finish her sentence.
After Jiang Sihe finished everything, she clapped her hands. "I wasn't loved before. I was just a wild child. Now that someone loves me, I also want to protect that person... So unfortunately, what you're going to do will involve that person..."
"Who? Minister Pei..."
After saying that, Princess Yuemi shook her head. "No, it's not him."
"Of course it's not him. But you deserve to be punished for ruining the peace negotiation..."
After saying that, she gently patted Princess Yuemi's face. "The peace negotiation between the two countries is a good thing. If you don't want to marry into Dajing, you can discuss it. Why do you have to ruin the negotiation...?"
"Do you... want to... know... the reason?"
Princess Yuemi was already out of strength. If she hadn't inhaled only a small amount of the drug, she would have been unconscious by now.
"I don't want to know now, because I guess the princess will tell me voluntarily before long..."
After saying that, she covered the dry branches better for her and then turned around and quickly walked towards the place where she had fired the signal.
"My lord, it's the signal sent by Yan An!"
Pei Yanchao in the carriage said in a deep voice, "Hurry up. They may be in danger!"