Demoting my wife to a concubine? After being reborn, I turned around and married into the imperial f

Chu Xunzhen chuckled lightly, saying nonchalantly, "Then we'll wait and see."

Zhou Qing was taken away.

Gu Changfeng's eyes twitched.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he could no longer force Zhou Qing to confess.

Everyone already knows that Zhou Qing has been framed.

He couldn't force him to sign anymore.

It seems we have no choice but to resort to underhanded tactics.

Nangong Yue suddenly said to Anshun, "Send a few people to protect Zhou Qing. You are responsible for preparing his food; he must not eat the prison food anymore."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Chu Xun was truly surprised.

Nangong Yue's thinking is too thorough, isn't it?

Gu Changfeng's face turned ashen.

Isn't he mentally challenged? How come he acts so skillfully?

He had just been thinking of secretly poisoning Zhou Qing's food, but now Nangong Yue had directly eliminated that potential threat.

"Thank you, Your Highness, and thank you, Ninth Princess."

Zhou Qing kowtowed repeatedly to Chu Xunzhen and Nangong Yue.

As soon as they got into the carriage, Nangong Yue hugged Chu Xunzhen.

"Sister, why did you go to the government office alone?"

Chu Xunzhen's eyes flashed, and she blinked, saying, "I originally only planned to come and take a look. But who knew my friend who knows autopsies wouldn't be coming. So I had to examine the body myself. I'm sorry, Your Highness."

Nangong Yue grasped Chu Xunzhen's hand and asked, "Are you alright?"

Chu Xunzhen shook his head, a warmth spreading through his heart.

Unexpectedly, Nangong Yue didn't mind that she personally examined the body and damaged the princess's reputation; instead, she was worried about her.

This sentiment of caring for her left her somewhat bewildered.

After all, her husband in her previous life was someone who wouldn't even look at her, and now, unexpectedly, she's been replaced by such a warm-hearted person, leaving her somewhat bewildered.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a loud noise came from outside.

Before Chu Xunzhen could lift the curtain, a hidden arrow suddenly shot in from the outside, piercing through the curtain.

Nangong Yue suddenly pressed Chu Xunzhen's head down.

With a snap, the arrow pierced deep into the wood.

Nangong Yue drew the long sword hanging on the carriage and stood in front of Chu Xunzhen.

"Your Highness!"

Before Chu Xunzhen could finish speaking, the carriage suddenly accelerated.

"We've been kidnapped."

After Nangong Yue finished speaking, the coachman sitting outside the curtain laughed.

"Ninth Prince, please don't blame me. Blame yourself for blocking other people's way."

The brown horse neighed mournfully, and the carriage was already moving at top speed.

Chu Xunzhen tried to get up, but the inertia from the carriage's rapid movement caused him to crash into the carriage wall.

Nangong Yue lifted the carriage curtain, raised her long sword, and swung it at the man driving the horse.

The longsword pierced his flesh, but instead of loosening the reins and jumping off the carriage, he looked on with a mad glint in his eyes.

"Today, the Ninth Prince and Ninth Princess will die with me. I will die without regret."

Chu Xunzhen raised the bracelet on her right hand, and instantly a poisoned needle landed on the man's neck.

He was about to say something when he suddenly swayed, lost consciousness, and fell off the bike.

In that instant, the carriage plunged off the cliff.

The wind howled.

The carriage disintegrated in mid-air.

Chu Xunzhen's pupils contracted.

That assassin was a madman; he deliberately led them to the edge of a cliff.

A sudden dizziness.

Chu Xunzhen realized that her body was being pulled by Nangong Yue.

Using a lever, he tumbled from above and landed beneath Chu Xunzhen.

"Sister, don't be afraid, I'm here."

Nangong Yue hugged Chu Xunzhen tightly.

Bang!

The carriage crashed to the ground, turning into a pile of discarded wood. The two men also fell onto the layers of golden, withered leaves on the ground.

The wooden wheel disintegrated, and the discarded log bounced over, directly slicing Chu Xunzhen's cheek.

Click!

The sound of bones cracking rang out from Nangong Yue's body.

His mouth twisted and he coughed up blood repeatedly.

As Chu Xunzhen was protected by her, she felt dizzy and a strong force of recoil came from Nangong Yue and acted on her.

It took Chu Xunzhen a long while to recover.

"Nangong Yue!"

Chu Xunzhen was sweating profusely and shouted loudly.

She instinctively reached out and touched the tip of his nose.

He was still breathing, but he was almost half dead.

She bit her lip, looked up at the cliff above, and a hint of annoyance flashed in her eyes.

This time, I was careless.

Zhou Qing was the former commander of the Five Cities Garrison.

The person who would deal with him was naturally a high-ranking official in the imperial court.

My interference in this case must have seriously affected the interests of certain people.

Chu Xunzhen glanced at the assassins above, gritted his teeth, stood up, and carried Nangong Yue on his back.

She was about to go outside to seek help.

Suddenly, a series of chilling sounds came from the top of the cliff.

"Go down and search. We need to find them alive or dead."

"There's a bear down there."

"If you keep making noise, I'll make you see my mother-in-law right now."

......

She paused, her back to Nangong Yue, and stopped.

If we go out like this, we will definitely be discovered. The only thing we can do now is to find a place to hide.

However, Nangong Yue needs medical treatment.

Seeing the blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, Chu Xunzhen turned in another direction with difficulty.

She walked for a long time and suddenly discovered a natural cave.

Before I even stepped inside, a brown figure appeared before me.

It had a robust body, bristling hair, and a bloodthirsty madness in its eyes.

This is the brown bear that the pursuers mentioned earlier.

The three-meter-tall figure, with a body as thick as a small mountain, looked down at Chu Xunzhen.

It seemed to see the half-dead Nangong Yue, and a bloodthirsty cruelty flashed in the brown bear's eyes.

His mouth was drooling, and his emaciated belly was pounding with hunger.

Chu Xunzhen took out her protective Gu worm without hesitation.

The brown bear roared and was about to pounce, but in the next instant, it looked down at the two silver needles embedded in its chest and fell to the ground.

Chu Xunzhen entered the cave without hesitation.

The brown bear's plump body conveniently covered most of the cave entrance.

With green vines hanging down and blocking the entrance to the cave, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She placed Nangong Yue on the ground and checked his breath.

She was still barely breathing.

She tore open her skirt and used it to bandage Nangong Yue's wounds.

She took out the silver needles from her body.

Now, only five silver needles remain for treatment. The rest were lost when the patient fell off the cliff.

She gave him acupuncture to stop the bleeding.

After a long while, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at his parched lips, Chu Xunzhen decided to go out and find water.

She walked up to the brown bear and slit her wrist.

But the mini bunny that was supposed to appear went on strike.

Chu Xunzhen looked grim and sat down on a rock inside the cave.

If the mother Gu within the body cannot be summoned, the brown bear cannot be controlled.

She focused intently on examining her body and realized that the intense pain she had felt when she fell off the cliff had also affected the mother Gu within her.

The mother Gu was shaken and could not be summoned at all.

Now, unable to control the brown bear, she simply cannot leave this place.

Otherwise, what if the brown bear wakes up early and eats Nangong Yue?

Blood seeped from Chu Xunzhen's palm, but adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, she placed her palm on Nangong Yue's lips.

Nangong Yue swallowed a few mouthfuls unconsciously.

Suddenly, a surge of heat emanated from Nangong Yue's body.

Chu Xunzhen had a bad feeling.

She placed her hand on Nangong Yue's forehead, and the next moment, a warmth traveled from Nangong Yue's hand to hers.

"Do you have a fever?"

Chu Xunzhen was stunned, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes.

In this desperate situation, Nangong Yue developed a fever and needed to find water.

Chu Xunzhen walked to the brown bear's side, pushed aside the vines blocking the cave entrance, and immediately saw the man in black on the opposite mountain.

Their black clothes covered their entire bodies, leaving only their eyes visible.

At this moment, they were holding long knives and searching around.

If she were to come out now, she would definitely be noticed by these people.

Chu Xunzhen returned to the depths of the cave.

She pondered a solution.

Suddenly, the brown bear woke up.

It first sat up, then suddenly sniffed at the tip of its nose. The next moment, it abruptly turned its head and looked at Chu Xunzhen and Nangong Yue, who were snuggling together.

His eyes gleamed with excitement as he slowly crawled toward the two of them.

Chu Xunzhen's eyes flashed with a cold light as she slowly raised her hand, revealing the bracelet on her wrist. The brown bear paused.

A hint of apprehension flashed in its eyes.

It was snorting and scratching at the ground with its claws, clearly a little restless.

Chu Xunzhen quietly raised her wrist and fired silver needles at the brown bear.

Da da da!

The bracelet on her wrist suddenly stopped working.

It was obviously broken from falling from a height.

The brown bear roared.

It couldn't hold back any longer and suddenly charged towards Nangong Yue.

Chu Xunzhen released the protective Gu worms on his body.

Like bees, the venomous insects coiled around the brown bear.

But the next instant, a huge claw slammed down heavily towards Chu Xunzhen.

Chu Xunzhen quickly raised a stone from the side to block in front of him.

The next instant, the stone shattered, and she coughed up blood.

"Damn it!"

Chu Xunzhen threw out the bloodthirsty Gu worms from his body.

The bloodthirsty worms crawled up the brown bear's body, and in the next instant, the bear stuffed them into its mouth and chewed them up with a crunching sound.

Chu Xunzhen moved his right thumb, summoning the mini rabbit inside his body again, but the mini rabbit did not move at all.

The brown bear strode toward Nangong Yue, while Chu Xunzhen sat cross-legged on the ground and directly forced out the mother Gu from his body.

Chu Xunzhen whistled, and in the next instant, countless small snakes coiled towards the cave from all directions, surrounding the brown bear.

The brown bear was surrounded by snakes. It grabbed one of the snakes, broke it in two, and blood splattered on the ground.

Snakes lunged at the brown bear. The brown bear opened its massive jaws and bit down on the snakes' heads.

Chu Xunzhen protected Nangong Yue and slowly retreated, keeping away from the raging brown bear.

Brown bears are fierce and clumsy; if she were to suffer another blow, she would likely die on the spot.

Whether the brown bear realized that she was controlling the snakes or not, it was because the brown bear, despite the excruciating pain of being bitten by the snakes, still tried to pounce on her.

The brown bear roared and opened its blood-red maw.

A strong, fishy smell emanated from its gaping maw.

Chu Xunzhen's face turned deathly pale.

She could even see the remnants of wild animal flesh between its teeth, the stench and sourness of which was nauseating.

step.

Two steps.

Three steps.

The brown bear's gaping maw was about to bite down on Chu Xunzhen's head.

Chu Xunzhen's legs went weak, and he almost foresaw his death.

The next moment, an accident occurred.