The night was calm, and the crescent moon, peeking through thin clouds, revealed a delicate, pretty face.
The Cold King, his consort, and Xiao Liuzi had spent the day painting murals at the new medical hall. By evening, the trio completed their task and returned to the Cold King's manor.
Leng Ruoli and Xiao Liuzi were so weary that their backs and arms ached. After a casual dinner, everyone retired to their respective rooms to rest.
“Oh, my goodness, I’m utterly exhausted,” Leng Ruoli exclaimed, leaning against her waist with her hands and walking with tired steps to the bedside. She spread her arms and collapsed onto the soft, large bed.
“It feels so much better lying in bed,” Leng Ruoli sighed again.
Jun Mohan, who followed her into the room, was the opposite. His piercing purple eyes gleamed, and the corners of his thin, handsome lips curved upwards slightly. His impeccable, handsome face showed no hint of fatigue.
His excellent painting skills were a result of his diligence and constant practice. When he studied with painters in the past, he would often pick up his brush and paint for an entire day, sometimes for several days. He also painted frequently in his spare time, so spending a whole day painting didn't bother him at all.
He walked with steady steps to Leng Ruoli's bedside and sat down.
“Lier, why don’t you take a bath before sleeping?” Jun Mohan said with a face full of indulgence.
“Mmm, I’m really too tired. Let me sleep for a bit first,” Leng Ruoli murmured with her eyes closed.
“Then I’ll help you wash up!” Jun Mohan said deliberately.
As soon as he finished speaking, Leng Ruoli on the bed vanished from Jun Mohan’s sight.
Jun Mohan: “——”
“Alas…”
Jun Mohan sighed and shook his head.
He was truly helpless with his consort; just as he was talking, she disappeared right before his eyes.
He then opened the wardrobe in the room, took out a set of clothes, and went to his hot spring for a bath.
Inside the system space, after Leng Ruoli had hidden away from Jun Mohan, she tossed and turned on her large bed, unable to sleep.
Later, she finally got up, went into the bathroom, and enjoyed a relaxing bath, washing away her fatigue.
An hour had passed by the time Leng Ruoli emerged from the bathroom. After applying a face mask and doing a simple skincare routine, she went back into her space laboratory to continue researching the Jade Dew Pill she had analyzed halfway the previous night.
In less than half an hour, she had analyzed the main components of the Jade Dew Pill. It contained not only Immortal Grass, Licorice, Honeysuckle, Yin Yang Snowflakes, Earth Ganoderma, but also the Nine Deaths Returning Grass and eighteen other Chinese herbal ingredients.
However, these herbs were not difficult for Leng Ruoli to obtain at present. More than half of them were already in her space’s medicinal garden, and she could directly dig them up for use. Thus, she flashed herself onto the grassy area of the system space.
At this moment, she was surprised to find that a snow-capped mountain had formed at the edge of her space’s grassland. From afar, heavy snow was falling, and the snowflakes danced in the air in various poses, some flying, some circling, some falling rapidly and straight, carpeting the mountain.
Her system space was indeed becoming more and more magical.
However, she had important matters to attend to now and could only visit her snow mountain another day.
A moment later, Leng Ruoli found a small hoe and dug up a large basket of the herbs she needed, returning to her laboratory. Then, she retrieved herbs from her space’s medicinal cabinet that were not in her garden and focused on refining the Jade Dew Pill.
Outside the system space, Jun Mohan emerged from the hot spring and, not seeing Leng Ruoli, casually picked up a military book and leaned against the bed to read. However, he couldn’t focus on the book for a long time and felt a bit restless.
Just then, his room door was knocked.
“Reporting to Your Highness and Consort, Divine Doctor Chu says he has something important to discuss with the Consort,” Yin Chen said respectfully from outside the door in a low voice.
“Mm-hmm, this King understands. Go tell him to wait in my courtyard.”
Jun Mohan put down the military book, his long, handsome purple eyes suddenly lit up, and a plan formed in his mind to get Leng Ruoli out of her space.
“Lier, Lier, can you hear me? Chu Mingxuan has something important to tell you. Hurry and come out!”
Jun Mohan called out to the empty air on the bed, but unfortunately, Leng Ruoli, who was hiding in the system space, was engrossed in preparing the Jade Dew Pill.
It wasn't until Leng Ruoli had prepared more than twenty high-quality Jade Dew Pills that she smiled and walked out of the laboratory.
At this moment, Leng Ruoli faintly heard Jun Mohan outside the space calling her repeatedly, as if there was an urgent matter.
The next moment, Leng Ruoli left her system space and appeared before Jun Mohan.
“Jun Mohan, what happened outside? You were calling me so urgently,” Leng Ruoli asked, frowning.
“I don’t know. Chu Mingxuan said he had something important to find you,” Jun Mohan said, shrugging and immediately passing the buck.
“Then where is he now? I’ll go see him,” Leng Ruoli asked with concern.
“He is waiting in our courtyard right now,” Jun Mohan replied indifferently. His consort was more concerned about others’ affairs than her own.
“Then let’s go out and see him!” Leng Ruoli said seriously.
Leng Ruoli had known Chu Mingxuan for almost a year. While she didn’t understand his disposition completely, she understood it quite well. If he hadn’t encountered any difficulties, he wouldn’t have sought out Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan in the middle of the night.
Then, Leng Ruoli casually grabbed a piece of clothing, put it on, and walked out of the room with Jun Mohan.
In the Cold King’s couple’s courtyard, Chu Mingxuan was pacing back and forth alone in the corridor. He had been waiting in the courtyard for the Cold King and Consort for half an incense stick’s time, but they hadn’t appeared, causing him considerable anxiety, though he had no choice but to wait.
Just as he was about to leave the Cold King’s couple’s courtyard, Leng Ruoli’s voice called out from behind him: “Chu Mingxuan, do you have something important to tell me?”
Hearing this, Chu Mingxuan’s footsteps halted. He immediately turned around and walked towards the Cold King and Consort.
“Consort, can you do me a favor?” Chu Mingxuan said directly.
“What favor? Tell me, and I will definitely help if I can,” Leng Ruoli asked with concern.
“It’s that my sister Miaoling (A’Man) has gone missing. I’ve had people search the entire capital city, but I still haven’t found Miaoling. Even Liu Ruyi has disappeared, so I wanted to borrow your little snow fox to help me search,” Chu Mingxuan said with a face full of worry.
“Liu Ruyi is already dead,” Leng Ruoli said calmly.
“Liu Ruyi is dead? Then where is my sister?” Chu Mingxuan asked with a face full of shock.
“That night, the Prince and I went to Suxiang Manor to look for someone. We only saw Liu Ruyi and did not see A’Man,” Leng Ruoli said truthfully.
“Then where is she now? Could she have been killed by Liu Ruyi first?” Chu Mingxuan asked with a face full of worry.