The Story Behind the Jade Pendant
Looking for the third prince and the others

"prince, we should just retreat.The opponent we are facing is too much" Ye Jing shouted as she fended off an attack from Ling Mei

"hold on, I will soon help you" cried the third prince

"Ye Jing, get out of here quickly.I'll hold Ling Mei. You take Rong Ji away from here" cried the third prince who helped Ye Jing resist the attack

"well, then what about you?"

"it doesn't matter that I'll catch up with you soon, let's go" said the third prince

"please take good care of yourself, we go first" Ye Jing said as she ran to take Rong Ji away

after seeing Ye Jing who had already gone far away the third prince decided to immediately go after them. due to Ling Mei who kept attacking him, the third prince decided to immediately go after them, he was forced to beat Ling Mei to a faint and finally he was able to go after them by bringing Ling Mei.

shortly afterwards the third prince caught up with them to safety and he saw Ye Jing who was bandaging wounds on Rong Ji's body. the prince asked her what happened to Rong Ji and why was she so badly injured? Ye Jing replied, that he also did not know who attacked him, but most likely the one who attacked Rong Ji was Ling Mei.

because at that time Rong Ji went to save Ling Mei, but suddenly Rong Ji was injured and he was also exposed to poison from the weapons of the criminals. the third prince and Ye Jing speculated that this was Ling Mei's deed, but what astonished them was why Ling Mei could do such a thing to them.

realizing that something was wrong with Ling Mei, Ye Jing finally suggested to the third prince to immediately tie up and take Ling Mei's weapon, so that later when she woke up, she would be able to do so, he was unable to attack them. After treating Rong Ji's wounds, they decided to leave the forest immediately, but unfortunately in the middle of their journey was blocked by some people from the criminal group earlier.

the group was too many people and they were now unable to fight the group either. They decided to escape and go avoid the pursuit of the group. fortunately in front of them there was a cave, which was a cave, but the cave had a small cave door so they could only enter in turns.

after entering the cave, they only realized if it turns out that the cave has a fairly large space and also there is a tunnel inside because they have managed to enter the cave, because they have managed to enter the cave, next, the two of them immediately pushed a large rock to cover the door of the cave, so as not to be seen by the group of criminals.

after a while, the group of criminals passed through the cave where they hid and fortunately the criminals did not realize if there was a cave in front of them, then the group of criminals went and continued the search. the cave became dark as they closed the door, now they were forced to search for a bit of light so they could see and treat their wounds.

after walking for a while in the cave, they finally found a speck of light that entered the cave.they decided to rest there. Because it was getting dark, it was getting dark, Xiao Yan became worried about them.then the servant whom Xiao Yan had told to follow them had not returned to this point either.

before long the servant that Xiao Yan had told to follow them, he finally returned and told Xiao Yan that he had failed to follow in their footsteps and that he did not know where they were going. hearing that made Xiao Yan even more anxious about them, he was now confused about where to look.

A'jue who got word that his older cousin Xiao Yan had not yet returned decided to go look for them, then Xiao Yan forced to come with him. But A'jue forbade him because the day was getting late, Xiao Yan remained reckless and forced to come along, so he ran out of the house and went to look for them.

A'jue immediately went after Xiao Yan. Because Xiao Yan was losing quickly with him, A'jue managed to catch up with him. Seeing Xiao Yan who still remained reckless to leave, A'jue also managed to catch up, A'jue was forced to render Xiao Yan unconscious for a while. upon finding Xiao Yan he immediately apologized and he hit the back of Xiao Yan for him to faint.

due to being hit from behind finally Xiao Yan fainted, then A'jue immediately brought her back home and put her on the bed. the next morning Xiao Yan woke up and he felt a pain in his back. A'jue who saw that, then immediately apologized to Xiao Yan for his actions last night.

after hearing A'jue's apology, Xiao Yan now realized that he was too stubborn and selfish last night.he also finally apologized to A'jue for his attitude yesterday. then Xiao Yan asked him if he had managed to find Rong Ji and the others? A'jue answered if he could not find them yet.

Xiao Yan was confused and did not know how else.he finally decided to go to see the emperor. Xiao Yan hoped that by meeting the emperor, he would be able to know where they were. Xiao Yan left with A'jue to the palace before long they arrived at the royal palace.

without further ado, Xiao Yan immediately asked to meet the emperor.The emperor also told him to enter the palace.After meeting with the emperor, the emperor, Xiao asked him where the third prince had gone yesterday and why until now he had still not gotten any news from him.

in addition to Xiao Yan who did not get news from his cousin, the emperor also had no news from the third prince.because the third prince who did not tell him, the emperor also had no news, the emperor decided to send some soldiers to go look for them.The emperor also gave information if the third prince and the others went to the forest near the city of Yihe, to bring Ling Mei back.

Xiao Yan had obtained information about the whereabouts of the third prince and the others.he decided to immediately go to meet them.then he left with A'jue on a horse. two hours later they arrived at their destination city and they headed straight for the forest, then they proceeded to walk through the forest.

A'jue told Xiao Yan to follow him from behind and he also told Xiao Yan to remain cautious. a short time later they reached the location where the third prince had once made exchange transactions with a group of criminals. A'jue and Xiao Yan, shocked at the sight before them. So many corpses were lying there, it seemed that the forest they entered was not safe for them.

A'jue decided to have Xiao Yan return to the city and wait for him there. however Xiao Yan still insisted on going to look for them and Xiao Yan also said to A'jue if he would not return before, he managed to find them. A'jue could not ban Xiao Yan, he was afraid that Xiao Yan would act recklessly if he continued to ban him.

finally they went from that place and looked the other way.with great care they both walked through the forest.when passing the other direction they saw there was a trail of blood along the way. they finally chose to follow the trail of blood, but instead of meeting the third prince, they met with a group of criminals who had attacked the third prince.

A'jue who saw that the situation was in a bad state, decided to take Xiao Yan away from the place before being caught by the criminals.the moment they turned around, they turned around, Xiao Yan unintentionally stepped on the twig and it gave rise to a sound that made the criminals feel suspicious.