A woman who could sacrifice herself for him when her life was hanging by a thread, how could he be so cold-hearted and think of her as the culprit of taking human lives?
Bai Qige didn't know what emotions she was feeling out of when she was confronting Yi Chenjing. Was it regret, pity, or hatred?
Bai Qige, who committed suicide by throwing himself into a river to protect his innocence, was so cowardly that he could never kill his best friend without any reason. Bai Qige did not believe that this body was full of sin, and she did not believe that these weak hands were stained with blood.
However, Yi Chenjing believed it.
"Stop acting Bai Qige, Hong Xiao is no longer here, who are you still pretending to show?!" The crystal clear jade bracelet fell to the ground hard, shattered into pieces, and the debris scattered everywhere, and cracks that could not be pieced together pierced into Bai Qige's heart,
The pain reaches the bone marrow.
That was not her heartache, but the body's involuntary reaction due to the original owner's emotions. This body still remembered the unforgettable attachment and pain, and still remembered the lingering thoughts of the dead Bai Qige, as if the ghost was still lingering.
Is the man in front of me worth desperately loving? Because he is fearless and faces the sword, but he throws his jade bracelet and vows not to marry her. Emotions should be equal, so leaning to one side in exchange for countless resentments, why bother?
Taking a deep breath, Bai Qige stood in front of the window with her arms folded: "Bring out the evidence. As long as you can't produce evidence to prove that I was responsible for Hongxiao's death, then nothing will be established and you can't blame me for no reason."
"Do you want evidence?" The angry gaze gradually calmed down, and her eyes were dark and cold. Yi Chenjing raised a cold smile on her lips, "I ask you, did you tell everyone that Hong Xiao fell into the river and drowned because she was trying to pick up a kite?
Yes, then why did I find countless scars on her body when I secretly looked at her body? Picking up a kite is not a battle on the battlefield, so why are there scars and bruises? If Hong Xiao died accidentally, why did everyone in the Zhao Kingdom say so many things to her?
No one mourns his death? Bai Qige, how long are you going to lie to me until everyone in the world knows your ugly face and vicious heart before you give up?!"
"I want to know the truth more than you."
No matter how excited Yi Chenjing was, Bai Qige remained calm, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.
Indeed, these disturbances have nothing to do with her, but unfortunately she borrowed someone else's body to bear the fate of others, so she had to shoulder the entanglements of love, hatred, and grudges belonging to this body at the same time. Whether it was true or false, it didn't matter.
Only by clarifying the truth can we come up with solutions to the current situation. We cannot continue to be hated and tortured by Yi Chenjing. Her temper is not a submissive type. One day she will not be able to bear the grievance and explode completely. At that time, Bai Bai
What to do with the family? What to do with the father, mother, brothers, and brothers? What to do with the hundreds of innocent people in that family?
In her previous life, she was an orphan, and what she wanted most was family affection. Therefore, in this life, even if she has to pay the price of dignity, personality, and even her life, she will protect her relatives from any harm until death.
"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. I really don't know what happened in the past. What I want to know now is the same as you, which is the truth about Hongxiao's death." Turning around and turning her back towards Yi Chenjing, Bai Qige completely gave up her defense or
He was on guard, looking calmly through the window at the small tree with falling leaves in the courtyard, "If I really killed Hongxiao, then you can take this life, kill or cut it up as you please, the only request is not to hurt
My family; if the truth is not what you think, and there is another reason for Hongxiao’s death, then I hope you can let me go. Whether I once liked you or did anything wrong for you, this will be wiped out from now on.
How about no more involvement?"
After a long silence, the man behind him was no longer excited and angry, and his tone was full of testing.
"You really don't remember?"
A sarcastic chuckle, laughing at herself and the person who left this body and complicated grudges to her.
It was the first time in so many days that she had a calm conversation with Yi Chenjing. It was a rare opportunity that would never come again. Bai Qige took a long breath and closed her eyes. She was exhausted physically and mentally and had nowhere to rest.
"If I say I'm not Bai Qige, would you believe me?"
This time it was Yi Chenjing's turn to be silent.
If you don’t believe it, her performance is too different from the past, both in terms of personality and style of dealing with things. It’s hard to believe that a person can undergo such a huge change in a short period of time. If you believe it, who is standing in front of you? Then
With his unprepossessing face, the voice that was used to hearing petty complaints, and the figure that was always willing to follow him silently, who else could it be if he wasn't his childhood sweetheart, Xiao Yingge?
"Give me some time, and I will fully cooperate with you to find out the truth." Once again, Bai Qige wanted to reach an agreement with him, "During this period of time, you and I will not be in conflict with each other - you should understand that I am not arbitrary.
A weak person who is slaughtered by others, even if your so-called revenge method can hurt me, you yourself will not be able to escape implication."
It was as if she had undressed herself in public and pretended to be drunk. No matter how embarrassing and insulting he gave her, Bai Qige would always try her best to drag him down and fall together.
Calmly, he took two steps forward and stood side by side with Bai Qige. Yi Chenjing didn't know what he was thinking, that he would stand next to the woman he hated the most without any intention to kill. But that was the fact. Bai Qige was different from what he was doing now.
He is different from the one he is familiar with. His hands are decisive and sharp, his mind is smart and alert, and his cowardly expression and many disgusting schemes have long since disappeared.
"How are you going to check? Get your memory back?"
"No, you can't get any useful information from me." Bai Qige shook her head. No one knew better than her that there was no relevant memory in this head anymore, because the real Bai Qige was dead and she was just an empty shell that had been resurrected.
Lifting her finger to press her lower lip, Bai Qige thought for a moment with a deep brow, then suddenly looked up at Yi Chenjing: "Go find the coroner who performed the autopsy on Hongxiao. He knows the cause of Hongxiao's death best. Trying to reconstruct the situation at that time from the cause of death might help."
We can guess who the murderer is."
Yi Chenjing lowered his head slightly and looked back, but there was no trace of guilt in those clear eyes, which were as calm as a pool of stagnant water.
Is she really not that Bai Qige?
Maybe she was lying to him again. She had been lying to him since he was a child. Time and time again, he had to hide the truth even about Hong Xiao's death, leaving him to suffer in pain day and night without relief.
"you--!"
The sudden severe pain made Bai Qige couldn't help but scream out. The wound on her wrist opened several times. The pain of being held tightly by Yi Chenjing was heartbreaking. Deep red gushed out from the scab, covering her wrist with his.
His hands were stained with blood.
Gritting his teeth to endure the pain, he raised his head and saw eyes as cold as ice.
Even after talking to this point, he still refused to let her go and give her a chance? Yi Chenjing, how much do you hate her to be so cruel to a woman?
"Bai Qige, I will never believe what you say again." He said coldly and resolutely.
The little energy in her frail body was completely robbed by the severe pain. Yi Chenjing had strong arms and could throw Bai Qige far away with just a pull. After many days of careful conditioning, her body, which had finally recovered, began to feel tired again.
Destroy.
Bai Qige stubbornly gritted her teeth and said nothing. She watched Leng Su's figure going in and out of the house. Thumb-thick hemp ropes and prisoners' shackles were piled on the table. Along the way, they brought back memories of the two nights of trembling and suffering in the storm when they first entered the palace.
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This man is crazy, Bai Qige thought.
How many people are obsessed with love and become demons. How common is it to have one or two crazy people? It is just because of their bad luck that they happen to meet such a good person. He ignores whether the truth is related to her and seems to want to torture her and see her in pain. In this way, his
Only then will you feel better in your heart and not be swallowed up by your own hatred to death.
The heavy shackles tightly locked her ankles, making it impossible to walk or move. Any movement would rub the old wound. Even though she didn't care about the pain, Bai Qige still didn't dare to move rashly. If the wound lasted for a long time, it would definitely affect her muscles and bones. She didn't want to spend the rest of her life as a cripple.
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Besides, there's no place that I have to go to.
After twisting her hands, they were tightly wrapped with hemp rope, fearing that the binding would not be strong. Yi Chenjing used great force. As soon as she finished tying Bai Qige's wrists, red marks appeared on her forearms, and her palms were also bruised due to the obstruction of blood circulation.
Chill.
"You can't tie me down." Bai Qige smiled lightly, her eyes indifferent.
Yi Chenjing remained silent, and the chain was wrapped around the bed and fixed to the leg of the bed, leaving only half a step of movable length. It was impossible to even approach the dressing table, let alone the door.
He ignored her, and Bai Qige remained as calm as water, turning to look out the window as the wind began to sound.
"Do you accept the agreement I made?"
"No need for you, I will check it myself."
"You are cruel and ruthless, I guess you are not a good person either."
Yi Chenjing raised his eyebrows and gave the iron chain a hard kick. The shackles immediately scratched the wound and covered it with blood: "As long as you don't play any tricks, I will never touch a hair of the Bai family. This is what I can do."
bottom line."
As long as he doesn't hurt the Bai family, isn't this the purpose of her struggle for survival from the beginning? Bai Qige nodded, rarely showing a warm smile: "I admire your ruthlessness."
After hearing the unknown secrets, Bai Qige tried to exchange their identities and put herself in their shoes, and suddenly she felt less disgusted with Yi Chenjing.
A man who was abandoned by his father and had been humiliated as a slave in an enemy country for ten years, when the most important woman in his life passed away, and the person who was most suspicious was the pursuer who was still attached to him and grew up with him.
Such a chaotic encounter is no wonder that Yi Chenjing has a cautious and suspicious character. It was his irreversible fate that forged him into a resourceful general and prince, and also forged his ineradicable suspicion and hatred towards her.
What a sad, pitiful man.
The figure who showed no mercy to her walked out of the door. The thick wooden door blocked the sun and cut off Bai Qige's only connection with the warmth outside. Listening carefully, the words of Yi Chenjing and the little eunuch who managed the servants came into his ears clearly.
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"I'm going out of the palace and won't be back until about half a month. During this period, no one is allowed to come near here. You can only deliver the food and water in person. Also, tell my mother that Princess Qi'an is going out with me, so she doesn't have to worry.
.As for Su Rao, I will explain to her that with her help, my mother and Su Yan must not be allowed to know that Princess Qi'an is being held here, do you understand?"
There was a series of responses of sincerity and fear, and then the footsteps gradually became distant and finally stopped being heard.
Bai Qige sat on the head of the bed and sighed.
She made suggestions for him, but he created a prison for her. Regardless of whether the murderer was Bai Qige himself or not, Yi Chenjing's hatred for her would never go away.