They thought Xiang Beizheng had fled, but unexpectedly, he came back.
"Hahaha..." Xiang Beizheng laughed maniacally. "The treasures of Southern Border are mine. With all these gold, silver, and jewels, I will surely make a comeback. I am the legitimate royal blood of the Great Jin Dynasty."
Yi Qing thought Xiang Beizheng had gone mad. "Can others open this door from the inside?"
"No." Zisu had already fully understood what was going on. She was the only key to the treasure vault, and it was necessary for both entering and exiting.
"Close the door." Yi Qing said directly.
Zisu also reacted and directly slapped the totem on the big door. The door slowly closed.
Inside the treasure vault, Xiang Beizheng was still complacent, thinking that all the treasures of Southern Border now belonged to him.
Yi Qing looked at the crazy Xiang Beizheng and suddenly didn't understand what he was after. Now he was just a man chasing fame and fortune.
After this turmoil, Zisu could finally ascend the throne in peace.
After a busy day, Yi Qing returned to her residence. Looking at the empty room, she started to miss Xiao Jinghan again. It should be Xiao Jinghan who had made all this possible. Without Xiao Jinghan protecting the jade seal of the Great Jin Dynasty, none of what followed would have happened.
She had just sat down when she heard a hasty knock on the door. "Come in."
Wu Peng pushed the door open and rushed in.
He had disappeared after catching a few poisonous gu worms today and didn't show up until the banquet was over. She wondered what he was in such a hurry for.
"Help me out in an emergency." Wu Peng sat sideways opposite Yi Qing.
"Speak."
"My junior sister saved a man. He was seriously injured. We used the life - sustaining gu and placed him on the ice bed. Aren't you known as a divine doctor? Go and take a look at him." Wu Peng had a heavy responsibility this time when he came back.
"Okay." Yi Qing didn't refuse. She hoped that if Xiao Jinghan was seriously injured, there would be someone willing to save him without hesitation.
"You agreed?" Wu Peng was a bit surprised.
"Don't you want me to agree?"
"No." Wu Peng didn't want to set Yi Qing up either. "My junior sister is a bit unruly. She seems to value that person very much. If you can't cure him, I'm afraid she'll make things difficult for you."
"Is he the man she likes?" Yi Qing finally smiled.
"I don't know either, but it's the first time I've seen her care so much about a man."
When Yi Qing heard it was a man, her heart skipped a beat. "You don't recognize him?"
"I haven't even seen his face." Wu Peng was also curious about what the man looked like. "His face was also injured and wrapped tightly."
Yi Qing suddenly realized that she might be overthinking. Why did she think it was Xiao Jinghan as soon as she heard someone was seriously injured? "Let's set off tomorrow."
"Okay." Wu Peng got up happily and went out.
Yi Qing stared blankly at the teacup on the table. They had searched all the places they could find downstream of the moat. What should they do next?
Lu Tianxun stood at the door and knocked on the door frame.
Yi Qing turned her head and saw Lu Tianxun. "What's up, Dean Lu?"
"I saw your door was open and the light was on." Lu Tianxun said as he walked over.
They didn't live in the same courtyard. How could Lu Tianxun have seen that? He had actually come to find Yi Qing.
He sat opposite Yi Qing. "What are your plans next?"
Now that the jade seal had been returned and the Southern Border imperial princess had ascended the throne, their business in Southern Border was over.
"I want to take a walk around Southern Border." Yi Qing didn't answer directly.
"Looking for Xiao Jinghan?" Lu Tianxun made Yi Qing face this question.
"Yes." Yi Qing nodded.
"If he's alive, he will surely come to find you." Lu Tianxun thought Yi Qing was too persistent.
Yi Qing knew that as long as Xiao Jinghan was alive, he would come to find her. That was exactly why she was heart - broken. "What are your plans, Dean Lu?"
"I'll accompany you." Lu Tianxun said directly.
He was thinking that if he hadn't avoided the situation when Yi Qing was tricked into his room by Yi Weiwei, maybe things would have ended differently for him and Yi Qing.
"Thank you, but no need." Yi Qing refused directly.
"Xiao Jinghan wouldn't want you to be alone either."
Hearing Lu Tianxun say this, Yi Qing paused for a moment and then forced a bitter smile. "The general and I have the same attitude towards feelings. If we don't like someone, we don't want to be in debt. If Dean Lu insists that this is his own business, please make sure it has nothing to do with me."
Lu Tianxun knew Yi Qing would be so decisive, but he wasn't discouraged at all. He just liked Yi Qing's attitude towards feelings. "Even if it has nothing to do with you, I also want to find General Xiao."
Since he had said so, Yi Qing didn't know what else to say.
Zisu had just ascended the throne and had a lot of things to do.
Xiang Beizheng was dead, but there were still some of his subordinates who hadn't been cleared out. The previous continuous turmoil had made Southern Border weak and poor. It was a time when everything needed to be rejuvenated.
"Although Wu Peng is with you, you still need to be careful." Zisu didn't know where the Witch Gorge was. She turned to Wu Peng. "I know your Witch Gorge has always been disobedient to the court's control. But if anything happens to Yi Qing in the Witch Gorge, I will raze the Witch Gorge to the ground even if I have to turn Southern Border upside down."
"Don't worry." Wu Peng forced a smile. He wondered if it was still too late not to take Yi Qing there. His junior sister was also difficult to deal with. It seemed that the Witch Gorge might be razed to the ground either way.
"Alright, just be a good queen. I'm not afraid of anything with the queen of Southern Border backing me up." Yi Qing looked at Zisu.
Zisu nodded.
Watching Yi Qing and her group leave, Zisu sighed softly in her heart. Love could make people risk their lives, yet countless people were trying to find its true meaning.
Thinking of this, she looked at Prince Zhen, and Prince Zhen was also looking at her seriously.
Yi Qing thought the Witch Gorge was a very far place, but unexpectedly, they reached the entrance of the Witch Gorge after two days' journey.
It was an unhidden cave entrance, but Lu Tianxun thought there was something strange about this entrance.
"Is this a formation?" Lu Tianxun looked around.
Wu Peng turned around and looked at Lu Tianxun. "What do you know? Follow me closely and don't get lost." Then he walked into the cave first, running his right hand along the cave wall.
Lu Tianxun didn't say anything else. He walked in front of Yi Qing and followed Wu Peng, imitating him by putting his right hand on the cave wall.
"Why don't we light up the way?" Xue Miao'er felt the cave was pitch - black.
"If you don't want to die here, don't light up the way at all." Wu Peng reminded in a hurry.
Xue Miao'er grabbed Gan Ermei. "Are there any bugs around?"
"I can't see." Gan Ermei also felt a bit creepy.
Yi Qing felt they had been walking downhill all the time, but the slope was so gentle that it was hardly noticeable.
They didn't know how long they had walked in the dark before they finally saw a glimmer of light. The light was still very weak. When they got out of the cave, they found they were at the bottom of a cliff.
"Be careful and don't wander around." Wu Peng told them and led them forward along a small path.
Yi Qing looked around warily. It wasn't that she didn't trust Wu Peng, but this place was too strange. It didn't seem like a cliff but a huge ground fissure. They could hear the rumbling sound of an underground river, but they didn't know where it was.
It was very hot in Southern Border, and they were dressed lightly. But when they got here, it was icy cold, making them involuntarily hug their arms.
Just as she was thinking like this, a group of bats flew over from the front, scaring them. Xue Miao'er screamed in fright.
"Junior sister, junior sister, these are all the people I invited to treat that person's injury." Wu Peng hurriedly shouted.