The next morning, the elders and her parent came into her room to see how she was doing and they were happy to see that she was now conscious, this gave them hope that she would be able to survive her condition.

"My daughter!" her mother said then she sat on the bed and hugged her with happiness written on her face, she smiled very broadly then she held her hand and stroked her hair. ​​

"don't worry, you will be alright," her mother said, this was the first time they had seen her mother like that, she had always been a strong woman but right now she was just a mother and nothing else, Huo Ying tried her best to put on a very happy front for the sake of her mother but the best she could do was to smile.

"Are you feeling any pain," the sect leader asked, he waited for his wife to talk to her first before he spoke, he too was happy that she was at least conscious since that would make it easier to her condition to be stabilised as long it can.

"I am fine father, don't worry about me," She said with a slight smile since that was the best she could do in that state.

"young mistress, we are very happy to see you conscious, this way it would be easier for you to hold out before they return with the herb you need" the third elder said, the other two elders just kept on smiling, they were on really on good terms with her for them to show their concern to her, so they just kept it to themselves. She looked at them, then when she saw the expression they wore on their faces, she realised that they cared for her and they were also worried about her, for the first time she felt that these two elders are still part of the sect in one way or the other.

"sect leader, I need to go and prepare her tonic," Huo Mei said then she left the room with Huo Mei, the elders too left the room after they did, they all knew that the parent needed their private time with Huo Ying.

"Mother, I am really sorry for causing you to worry," Huo Ying said with a weak voice, although she had woken up her face still remained as it was the day before, she still looked very weak and her face was just pale looking.

"No, you did it because of your promise to your father and we are very proud of you, if you hadn't held it in the consequences would have been very bad, but you should have told us earlier that way you wouldn't have been injured to this extent," her mother said

"I didn't want you to worry and I never knew that it would be this bad, I really don't know what is wrong with him but this is the third time it is happening, I become like my sister every time I get angry because of her," Huo Ying said, form her voice, it seemed like she was about to cry but she was holding it back.

"just know that you will be alright," her mother said, they didn't want her to know about her sister having the heart of the flame demon and her being affected by it for a reason they didn't know anything about. They found out about her sister when her father went to the beast dungeon, he was also the first person to go there and come out alive after Huo Lan but no one knew about it except his wife, the beast didn't attack him because he knew that he was Huo Lan's father so he just told him about her having the heart of the flame demon.

.......

Changlin woke him with a very serious headache, he held his head in his hand because of the headache then he winced, he checked his surrounding then he realized that he was inside a carriage.

What is happening, I... I only remember drinking in the blossom valley…...

He thought!

He opened the carriage window then he realized that the place looked familiar.

"isn't this the way to the palace," He said, then he winced in pain again, Xi Feng heard him talking then he realized that he must have woken up, he stopped the carriage then he came down from the horse and walked to the window.

"you…you what am I doing here," Changlin asked with a confused look on his face, Xi Feng smiled and replied "your highness, I was asked to send you back to the palace"

"what do you mean by that, I was clearly at the blossom valley a moment ago," Changlin said

"it has been a day and a half now since we left the blossom valley, the fourth prince ordered me to send you back to the palace after you got drunk" Xi Feng replied

"There is no way I would be asleep for a whole day and a half just because I was just, did you guys use knockout drugs on me," Changlin asked with an angry expression, even though he wasn't as good as them when it comes to drinking, there is no way he would have slept for even ten hours just because he was drunk and the last trick Li Ruansong played on him the last time he sent him back to the palace without his permission was using a knockout drug but he had completely let his guard down this time even though he promised not to let his guard down this time around but he was tempted by the wine so he had forgotten what happened last time.

"it was his highness command," Xi Feng said

"I don't care, just take me back to the blossom valley right now!!" Changlin said, then he suddenly felt dizzy.

"Your highness, you have not fully recovered from the knockout drug, we are almost at the palace now so if you decide to go back by yourself, you will still collapse on the street," Xi Feng said

"You…You..." Changlin said, then he wanted to leave the carriage but he fell back because of the dizziness and headache from the alcohol.

After a while, they arrived at the palace, after the soldiers guarding the entrance confirmed that it was the seventh prince that was in the carriage, they let him in. They arrived at the entrance of Changlin's palace then Xi Feng carried him into his palace without letting anyone see them. When they reached the entrance of his chamber, his servants carried back into the room. Then his main attendant came out of the room.

"Who are you and why are you with his highness," the main attendant said.

"Who are you," Xi Feng asked back.

"I am Si Ye but why did you ask me a question when I asked you first," the attendant said, somehow Xi Feng had a way of confusing people, the attendant didn't even know when he answered his question.

"I am guessing you are his trusted attendant then, you seem like you don't know any martial art" Xi Feng said as he rolled his eyes over the attendant body.

"Yes but what is your business with that and why haven't you answered my question, the prince disappeared some days ago and you just returned with him alone and he is not himself" attendant Si said angrily, he was frustrated that he has been the one answering questions instead of Xi Feng who is a stranger.

"Just feed him some hungover soup, he is drunk as for where he went ask him when he is alright," Xi Feng said.

"you…you" attendant Si was about to complete his sentence but before he could Xi Feng had already disappeared.

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"your majesty, your majesty" an attendant called out as she entered into the imperial consort's room.

"what is it, attendant Xu," the imperial consort said, she was embroidering on a piece of cloth but she pricked her finger because of the attendant.

"your majesty, there is news from the seventh prince place that the seventh prince is back," the attendant said smiling.

"is that true" the imperial consort said, then she put aside the cloth she was embroidering and stood up.

"Yes, your majesty," the attendant said, then the both of them left the room, after they exited the room, a trail of servants followed behind them. She didn't even wait for his servant to announce her presence before she entered the seventh prince room.