s me as frigid, then she's devoid of ink. If she truly sees through my facade, yet remains silent, then she has ulterior motives. Linglong, with your wedding approaching, remember to be cautious in a..."Thank you, Third Sister."

Feng Lingxi let Xiao Li take it, the two finished their meal, Feng Yu Xi followed Feng Lingxi back to the room, took sulfur and sprinkled it at her door, after finishing the busy work, she was willing to go back to rest.

"Your Highness, did the Third Miss really send you sulfur to ward off snakes"

Xiao Li's face was filled with disbelief, "I always feel that the third miss doesn't have good intentions. There are no venomous insects or snakes near the princess's room."

Feng Lingxi fiddled with the saltpeter, thinking about how to make gunpowder. She took the remaining sulfur and saltpeter and began to mix them.

As night fell, an explosion from Feng Lingxi's room startled Xiao Li awake. The soldiers rushed over.

"Your Highness, what has happened"

Feng Ling quickly put down what she was holding, "It's nothing, everyone go to sleep."

"Send more men to protect the princess." Sun, the deputy general outside, shouted. Inside the room, Feng Lingxi pulled Xiao Li, excitedly saying, "Xiao Li, the gunpowder is made!"

Feng Lingxi pointed at the hole in the ground, "Just now I configured a little gunpowder, and it worked."

She was afraid of the excessive power, so she only used a small amount of configuration to avoid harming herself. Unexpectedly, it actually worked.

Xiao Li looked at the hole on the ground, swallowed nervously, and reminded, "Your Highness, this is your room. You'd better be careful researching gunpowder, don't hurt yourself."

"I know, so I only made a little bit for testing."

Feng Lingxi gave Xia Li a reassuring smile. "We can't let her know about the gunpowder's success."

Xiao Li nodded, Feng Ling Xi began to make gunpowder according to the configured proportions. Tomorrow morning, she would find a place to test it out. Only then could she secretly produce a batch of gunpowder, and this gunpowder absolutely couldn't be known by Feng Yu Xi.

Feng Lingxi didn't sleep until almost dawn, while Yu Xi took Xiaorou out of the city early in the morning when it was raining heavily. The person Feng Lingxi sent to follow them reported that after leaving the city, Yu Xi went into the forest with Xiaorou. She used the excuse of catching wild rabbits to separate from Xiaorou and then met with the man in black. Afterwards, she continued wandering around the forest with Xiaorou, taking advantage of this to knock Xiaorou unconscious. She spoke with the man in black for more than half a watch before waking Xiaorou up again. They continued to wander aimlessly.

Feng Lingxi configured five gunpowder and brought Xiaoli and Sun, the deputy general, to a secluded grove for testing. An explosion collapsed a cave, its power shocking Sun, the deputy general. Feng Lingxi recorded it and continued experimenting.

That morning, the soldiers surrounding the mountain heard several huge explosions, and even the ground trembled. However, none of them knew it was Feng Lingxi's doing, and they all speculated that something might be amiss nearby. When Feng Lingxi returned to the city, she heard the reports relayed by the soldiers.

"Lieutenant Sun, I'll make a few of these for you. Take them and find some reliable soldiers to practice with. Remember the methods I taught you, don't hurt the soldiers."

General Sun was eager, "Your Highness, perhaps this gunpowder should be left to me. It's too powerful! With this, we wouldn't need so many soldiers for battles."

Feng Lingxi hurriedly reprimanded, "General Sun, gunpowder is too powerful. During battle, we must use it cautiously and minimize unnecessary casualties." After all, war brings harm to the people. She didn't want all this gunpowder to be thrown at the soldiers, regardless of which country they belonged to.

General Sun hurriedly apologized, "This subordinate remembers the Duchess' teachings and will certainly follow the Duchess' instructions."

Wind Ling responded and, configured several half-power gunpowder to be given to General Sun. Only then did she tell Xiao Li, “Don’t tell the Third Sister about the gunpowder.”

“I understand, Your Highness, but Lady Wang, with Third Miss scheming against us in the shadows like this, are you not going to expose her I'm truly worried she might suddenly betray us. With the Lord away, what if something happens How can we explain it to him”

“It’s still unclear who this person is and who she reports to. She’s very cautious, and the people above her are even more so. I’m worried that if we try to expose the person behind her, we might blow our cover and make things worse.”

Now that Dugu City is no longer in the city, all she can do is guard the city and wait for him to return.

Stillness is better than motion; observe and wait for things to unfold.

"This servant will go prepare lunch for the Princess."

Feng Lingxi took out her brush and ink, wrote down a gunpowder formula, tucked it away after finishing, and then wrote another one that was different. A gleam of shrewdness flashed in her eyes as she put the formula in her sleeve, got up, and went out.

As the evening storm raged, he returned home and heard about the explosion that had occurred on the mountaintop today. He hurried to find Feng Lingxi.

"Xier, when I returned, I heard there were explosions on the mountaintop. Everyone's saying there's a problem in Linxi County's city. Do you know anything about this"

"I heard, but it's no bother. This is a result of my experiments."

Feng Lingxi said faintly, Feng Yuxi hurriedly stepped forward and pulled her, anxiously asking, "Xier, what did you do again Making such a big fuss, don't hurt yourself."

"I'm fine, isn't that right No problem."

Feng Yu Xi looked at him with worry, "You...how can you be so careless If the King knew you were doing this here, he'd be so worried. He's gone to war, you need to stay here and take good care of yourself, don't make him worry, understand"

"Okay, Third Sister, I've remembered it all."

As the wind and rain fell, I saw her impatient expression. I tentatively asked, "Xi'er, what experiment are you doing Why is there such a loud noise"

"I can't tell you this yet, because it's too dangerous. I'm afraid you'll hurt yourself."

Feng Lingxi mysteriously winked at her, giggling. Feng Yu Xi frowned, "Since it's dangerous, let's stop playing."

"I understand." Feng Lingxi hurriedly changed the subject, "Third Sister, did you have anything fun today Did you run into any bad guys"

When asked, Feng Yu Xi avoided eye contact and hurriedly said, "Of course not! I was just taking a walk. There aren't that many bad people out there, besides, this is your territory. Who would be so foolish to cause me trouble on the War God's grounds"

"You're the only one who talks, I still have to patrol. If Third Sister is free, take Little Rou to the market for a stroll."

"Aren't you going"

She had been thinking about going to the market when, unexpectedly, Xi'er offered to let her go free.

Feng Lingxi looked at Xiaoli who was walking over, “I have something to do and no time to go, let Xiaorou accompany Sanjie.”

Then I'll be going. I'll bring you some delicious food when I get back this evening.

Feng Yu quickly winked at Xiaorou. There was an urgent message earlier saying they needed to meet her, and she had to see this person. Meanwhile, on Feng Lingxi's side, Dugucheng wasn't there. If she wanted to kill her, she would have to come up with a foolproof plan. She didn't want to risk her life.

"Follow her."

Feng Lingxi’s smile gradually disappeared from her face, and she coldly ordered. A figure in the shadows responded and followed Feng Yu Xi’s retreating figure. Feng Lingxi took out a gunpowder formula from her bosom and, riding with Xiao Li, went to the valley on horseback.so knew that her poison hadn't been cured yet. Therefore, he wanted to destroy her only clue to finding out the poison.After all this time together, she knew that he would definitely come back here to...