Proofread by Men Shunde

She seems to know the man, and in her memory, she could recall the man as the Crown Prince of the State of Dongli, whom she was to marry today. But her cousin Nangong Qingyao has married him instead of her. Then, is he here to look for her?

Anyway, the top priority for her now is to save her own life.

"Take me to get the gra.s.s," says Nangong Ning to Jun Zixuan.

 "What?" Jun Zixuan turns his head and stares at her angrily.

Is the woman mad? Jun Zixuan didn't say that he would give her "the gra.s.s of the nether world", for it is priceless.

  "Take her back and give her 'the gra.s.s of the nether world'!" Says a cold voice, which is so loud that it startles everyone in the hall.

Jun Zixuan couldn't believe it is his uncle Jun Qianye who says this. He looks at Jun Qianye with a suspicious look in his eyes, saying, "What did you say, Uncle Regent?"

"Didn't you come to look for Nangong Ning? Now that she is here, take her back with you!" Says Jun Qianye blandly

Jun Zixuan does not know what to say.

Mr. Zong couldn't help saying, "My Lord, Miss Nangong is too feeble to leave here."

Jun Qianye turns his head to look at Nangong Ning.

  Seeing that Jun Qianye is looking at her, Nangong Ning feels her heart missed a beat. Whenever this man's eyes fall on her, her heart couldn't help beating faster not only because of his handsome appearance, but also because of the sharp murderous look in his eyes.

Any one of these two factors would make her lose control of herself.

Her condition becomes weak due to the poisons from the hundred-variety-venomous insects. But now under the severe look from Jun Qianye, Nangong Ning, sitting there with a dull look in her eyes, has to face the pressure from all sides.

Suddenly she feels her heart aches, her throat tightens, and her nostrils tickle.

  She is startled as she knows that there may be some nosebleed from her nose.

No sooner had she thought of this than the blood from her nose came out. She feels something cold on her mouth and stretches her hand to wipe it and there her hand is full of blood.

At the sight of her own blood, she pa.s.ses out, plopping down.

She was leaning, half reclined there just now. One can imagine that her plopping down might cause her facing down with her nose askew.

Mr. Zong is the one who is closest to Nangong Ning at that moment, and he is quick at his wits, trying to stop her falling with his stretched hand. However, he is too old to react, and he is a little fat for a quick action.

Jun Zixuan, of course, will not help her, neither will Weichu. None of the others present will.

Just at the moment when Nangong Ning is doomed to have a miserable fall, a shadow flashes before everyone there, and the next moment, Nangong Ning disappears, and so does Jun Qianye, the Regent of the State of Dongli!

  "What happens?" asks the Crown Prince in surprise when he comes to his senses.

n.o.body pays any attention to him.

Those who attempt to follow the shadow are stopped by Weichu who waves his hand before them.

Nangong Ning feels extremely giddy, and her whole body is in such a trippy state that she has a feeling of going to die.

And she also feels that the blood from her nose is unstoppable.

Since her condition has been weak, her detoxification will be in vain if she loses too much blood.

Thinking of that, she is desperate in trying to get something with her hands to put into her nostrils in order to stop the nosebleed.

  Now that with Nangong Ning in his arms, Jun Qianye finds his sleeve is grasped by her to put into her nostrils and his chin is covered with the blood she throws when she is desperate in her movement. He suddenly has a strong urge to strangle her to death. Even a man without the propensity of over-cleanness will be turned into a fanatic for cleanliness by Nangong Ning! He shouts, "d.a.m.n you! What are you doing?"

Nangong Ning is startled, raising her eyes and finds a face of a handsome man with a high level of physical attractiveness so close to her ... 

  "Ah... nosebleed again!"

Jun Qianye pulls his sleeve back with a force, only to find that blood coming out of her nose and splas.h.i.+ng up to his face. He is so stunned that he puts his palm to cover her face subconsciously.

Nangong Ning fails in her desperate struggle to get her face free from his covering palm for she is unable to breathe. So she bites him hard.

  "Ouch! You wicked girl!" Says Jun Qianye.

He is rather annoyed than how painful he feels about her bite.

How many bites has he got from the d.a.m.ned woman?

Nangong Ning is desperately breathing when getting free from his hand. She is nearly killed by this man's covering her mouth with his hand just now! She wonders how the man wants her to die by either covering her mouth with his hand or trying to strangle her!

But somehow the blood seems to stop flowing from her nose.

"You d.a.m.ned woman! You must tell me the truth why you were at the Toxic Abyss? Why did you ruin my detoxifying pool?"

This time it was very dangerous for Jun Qianye to detoxify his poison by the use of the hundred-variety-venomous insects, the so-called method of 'the like cures like.' But the sudden appearance of Nangong Ning nearly put him to death. Although she used her phoenix bracelet to transfer his toxins, it is not out of her own will, but she has to do it under that circ.u.mstance.

"My Regent, I was pushed off the Toxic Abyss," says Nangong Ning, who has to tell the truth when she comes a little to her senses.

She doesn't know what is going on with the Crown Prince and Nangong Qingyao, but she does know clearly that if she is not careful enough, she cannot escape being killed by Jun Qianye.

  "Who pushed you off?" asks the Regent.

"It is my cousin, Nangong Ningyao, who wants to become 'the Crown Princess'." That's why she wants to kill me and marry the Crown Prince. Only when I am dead can she be safe in her benefits. I was poisoned and pa.s.sed out when I was brought to the Toxic Abyss and I had no idea you were down there in the pool."

Jun Qianye is staring at Nangong Ning's face, seeming to judge whether she is telling the truth or not.

  "If you don't believe me, you'd better go to find Nangong Qingyao," says Nangong Ning with her eyes staring at Jun Qianye.

Jun Qianye lifts the corners of his lips a little with a smile on his face, which is attractive as well as terrifying.

"Get somebody killed with somebody else's knife?" Nangong Ning is thinking to herself in her mind.

Nangong Ning suddenly feels a s.h.i.+ver in her heart. With her face turning pale, she hastens to deny her own thought, saying to herself, "No, no, it is not!"

The man puts his hand around her neck again!

What a violent man he is!