The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 1025 - 1020: Serendipity

Fortunately, Youyou had managed to perfectly resolve the rumors spreading wildly; otherwise, who knows how many would have been seduced into becoming rebels.

The Emperor was well aware of all these matters, so he had intervened and secretly assisted Gu Youyou, making her actions proceed so smoothly.

"Youyou has made a contribution this time," he said.

A smile curled up on Jin Zijin’s lips, happier to hear the Emperor praise Youyou than to praise himself.

He was like a young man tasting love for the first time, unable to help but smile when he mentioned the girl he liked.

The Emperor sat down, picked up the brush from the rack, and as he dipped it in ink and wrote, he said, "Four royal decrees, one each for Dongzhou, Beimo, and Lingnan; the remaining one, you will personally take to Xining. Do you dare to go?"

"Just write," Jin Zijin finally let out a breath of relief.

It wasn’t easy to agree to disrupt the peace.

The rumors had provided a perfect opportunity.

And fortuitously, Yu Jizi had disappeared.

Yu Jizi, master, where had they gone?

Carrying the Emperor’s decree, Jin Zijin went to Xining, and soon this news spread and also reached You Jiang’s hands.

He had originally planned to lure Jin Ziyuan out using Gu Youyou.

As long as Gu Youyou was in his hands, Jin Ziyuan would naturally appear, but unexpectedly, he heard about Jin Zijin going to Xining with the royal decree.

It seemed that the plan had to change; Gu Youyou might still be of other use.

You Jiang stroked his beard for a long while, then said to his subordinates, "Take her with us, we return to Xining first thing tomorrow morning."

Qin Changlin and Gui Yunxi were captured and held in a decrepit village, overseen by a man in black.

Taking advantage of the man in black’s distraction, Qin Changlin used the needle Searcy had given him to knock him out, then he and Gui Yunxi made their escape.

He was just a regular doctor and wasn’t as ruthless as Searcy; he dared not use the poison needle on anyone.

"Quickly."

They smoothly exited the village, which had been deserted due to a disaster, and the residents had not yet returned.

Qin Changlin, being an outsider, was not aware of the situation concerning Gu Youyou and the others; Gui Yunxi thought for a moment and decided to first go to Sanqing Temple to find Yue Rujing, as ordinary people like them would find it difficult to locate Jin Zijin, and he wasn’t sure if Jin Zijin had returned to Beijing.

However, halfway there, in a Shili Tea Shed while drinking water to quench their thirst, they unexpectedly came across an acquaintance.

He seemed to be traveling too and had stopped to rest momentarily.

Next to him was a chestnut horse; he drank some water and then gave some to the horse as well.

"Jin Yi?" Qin Changlin was surprised, having not seen him since his last trip to Lotus Village.

"I thought you hadn’t escaped. How are you here?" Qin Changlin asked, astonished.

"Jin Ziyuan?" Gui Yunxi had not seen him since leaving Fusang Island.

He looked at Qin Changlin, as Qin Changlin referred to him differently.

Jin Ziyuan said, "My name is Jin Yi, styled Ziyuan. Where are you heading?"

"Doctor Gu and Searcy were captured by unknown men in black," Gui Yunxi said anxiously. "Do you have any way to quickly contact His Highness the Prince? He must not know about Doctor Gu’s trouble."

"Youyou is missing?" Jin Ziyuan’s expression darkened, and after a moment of thought, he said, "Alright, I understand. You two go back to Beijing. By the way, Jin Zijin is not in Beijing; he has gone to Xining. Do not worry about Youyou; I will rescue her."