There was still half a jar of wine left on the table, and the customer who had been staring at it for a long time came back to get it. After swallowing nervously, the waiter walked over to the table where Bai Qige and Ning Xizui were sitting just now, and took the opportunity to clean the table.
He greedily held the wine jar in his arms, but as soon as he picked up the wine bowl and wanted to send it away, someone grabbed him.
"This guest..." The waiter put down the wine jar in embarrassment, his face flushed, "I, I just want to save this wine first and wait for the gentleman to come back to pick it up. People are coming and going, so good wine is easy to come by.
Being taken away."
The young man in front of him and the person who bought the wine just now had a pair of rare blue eyes. The waiter immediately thought that the two of them were together. If he was found to be trying to embezzle a rare wine worth a hundred taels, he would definitely be scolded by the shopkeeper, so he agreed.
He hesitated and argued in every possible way. However, the man who suddenly appeared did not seem to care where the wine ended up. He raised his hand and took the wine bowl used by Bai Qige. He raised it high and then suddenly let go, causing rough pottery shards to shatter all over the floor.
The waiter didn't understand what the guest wanted to do. He stood dumbfounded for a long time, but saw the man take out a piece of broken silver and throw it on the table. His elegant and clean voice was concise and clear.
"A bowl of money."
How many coppers does a bowl cost? You don’t need wine and you pay so much. Listen, there are more and more weirdos in Lingyun City recently.
The taciturn figure disappeared immediately after the two previous customers. The waiter shook his head with a puzzled expression. When he bent down to pick up the fragments, he was stunned again when he touched the wall of the rough bowl. Then he said to himself in confusion: "Why is this so?"
Slippery? Who put something in the bowl?"
Poor waiter, who has spent most of his life busy in restaurants, has little knowledge. If he knew that the greasy touch came from the Mongolian sweat medicine, and that the woman who fell asleep under the influence of the medicine was the prince's concubine, he would probably have to sleep for the rest of his life.
Not stable anymore.
After a fierce quarrel with Bai Qige, Yi Chenjing sat alone in the room until evening. Xiao Baishan and Liang Gong took care of the trivial military affairs. She held her forehead and kept reading the book on the art of war, only to find out when the waiter came to add lamp oil.
, from noon to now, he has not read a single word.
Is she really angry?
Where will people go when they are not at the inn? Have they left the city? Is there any danger?
It seems that the person named Ning is not in the inn either. Are they together?
Countless confusing thoughts filled her mind, and Yi Chenjing became more and more irritable. She put down her book and stood up, pacing back and forth in the room. As soon as she left, she walked until night fell and the stars hung in the sky.
However, Bai Qige still didn't come back.
Suddenly there was a regular knock on the door outside the room. Yi Chenjing took a deep breath and put on a nonchalant expression. She opened the door with full expectation. What appeared in front of her was not Bai Qige, but the person he least wanted to see and the one he hated most.
People would rather be drunk.
"I would like to talk more with the general about the military resources. Is it convenient to go in and sit down?" Bai Jing had a faint smile that would never change for eternity. Without waiting for Yi Chenjing to answer, Ning Xizui stepped in.
In the room, he sat casually at the table and poured himself a cup of tea. His tone was quite curious, "Huh? Miss Bai isn't here?"
Yi Chenjing frowned: "She's not with you?"
"I spent the next whole day checking the goods with my adoptive father, but I didn't see Miss Bai. That's why I came directly to the general to discuss military supplies."
There were only a few people I knew in Lingyun City, a place I was unfamiliar with. If Bai Qige hadn't gone to find Ning Xizui, then where had she gone? Looking out the window, it was already dark at dusk. Worry overshadowed her irritability. Yi Chenjing couldn't help but start
She regretted not sending anyone to follow her.
The worry on his face fell into Ning Xizui's eyes, and the meaningful smile disappeared in an instant, and returned to normal the moment Yi Chenjing came back to his senses.
"General, don't worry. There are Dayao soldiers everywhere in Lingyun City now. Even the bad guys don't dare to take action at this time. I guess Miss Bai just went out for a walk in a bad mood and will be back soon."
"How do you know she is in a bad mood?" Yi Chenjing keenly captured the information in the words and asked in a deep voice, "Has she been looking for you today?"
Ning Xizui slowly sipped her tea, and her words showed familiarity as if Bai Qige had been an old friend for many years: "Even if Miss Bai didn't come to see me, I would know that. In the past two days, she has been busy solving the military resource problem, thinking about everything.
I am not far away from the general, and suddenly I put down my hands and disappeared without a trace. Unless I have suffered some grievance and found a place to resolve it, I really can't think of any other possibility."
"It seems that you know her better than I do."
"Only bystanders know."
Yi Chenjing stared at Ning Xizui for a long time, but there was no flaw in the graceful and slightly lazy alien face, and the smile was extremely natural, without any trace of nervousness. He suddenly straightened up and sighed, struggling for half a day with the seventh prince of Dayao.
He raised the corner of his mouth: "Has Qi Ge told you about our relationship?"
Ning Xizui shook his head, and his expression seemed to have no desire to know.
Regardless of whether he wants to know or not, what needs to be said has to be said. Yi Chenjing poured a cup of tea and put it to her lips. Her long and bright eyes were slightly misty, and a few glimmers danced with the light: "She is my wife,
The princess of the distant country."
"So?" Ning Xizui still smiled lightly, not surprised.
"So, I don't want to see any man approaching her." Yi Chenjing opened the door neatly, with the intention of expelling the guests. Yi Chenjing's eyes were sharp and she was not angry. "You can't be a businessman without a smart mind, let alone being praised by Qi Ge.
Young businessman, you should understand what I mean. Starting tomorrow, I will ask General Xiao to contact you about matters related to military resources. Qi Ge has been in poor health, so don’t bother her again."
Yi Chenjing's outspokenness was beyond Ning Xizui's expectation. She drank the warm tea in silence, as if the smile frozen on her face had finally changed slightly, but her relaxed demeanor was not lost at all. Even Yi Chenjing had to admit that in the
In terms of demeanor and demeanor, he was indeed not as good as Ning Xizui. Such free and uninhibited style was most likely to fascinate women. What made him even more displeased was that only when they came face to face at a close distance did he suddenly realize that in terms of appearance, he was not as good as Ning Xizui.
If there is a perfect person in the world, it would probably be someone like Ning Xizui.
"I don't think the general is in a very good mood. How about playing two games of chess with me? Maybe if you concentrate on the chess game, you will forget about the troubles." Ning Xizui turned around and asked after walking to the door.
How could he be in the mood to play chess with someone he didn't even want to see? After a quick cold look, Yi Chenjing answered very simply.
"Not interested in."
"That's really a pity. I thought the general was also a person who liked layout. That's all. Go back and play the piano and listen to some tunes to relieve your boredom!" Ning Xizui sighed with regret, shaking his head and walking towards his room, feeling sour and rotten.
The anger made Yi Chenjing feel cold all over.
A manly man actually takes pleasure in playing, singing and dancing, and he says it with confidence. This kind of person... Qi Ge will never like him.
For no reason, Yi Chenjing stood there and chuckled. His originally suppressed emotions disappeared completely. He stretched himself and returned to the room to quickly tidy up the mess. Then he asked the waiter to bring a pot of hot tea and sat down.
He held his chin at the table and waited. He wanted to wait for Bai Qige to come back. It was very cold in the night. Waiting for her to calm down and return to the inn, hand him a cup of hot tea and say a few nice words. Today's unpleasantness would be forgotten in the morning, and they would definitely be able to be together again.
Same as before.
And this wait lasted all night.
The bright moon rises in the east and sets in the west, the stars move in the sky, the warm tea becomes cold again and again, and the night quietly recedes under the tear of the morning light.
It was daybreak, but Bai Qige still hadn't come back.
At breakfast time, the always energetic General Yaojun appeared in front of the inn. His bloodshot eyes made the guarding soldiers silent and they didn't even dare to say hello. However, his slightly cool eyes kept patrolling back and forth on the street in front of the door, as if they were lost.
It looked like something important, and its breath was as cold as ice.
"Did the princess come back last night?"
"Back to General, no one came in or out last night, but the man named Ning played the piano and sang songs all night long, making it very noisy." The guard guard said carefully.
Ning Xizui wants to sing, dance, die, or live, but Yi Chenjing is not in the mood to care. Now he just wants to know where Bai Qige is, whether she is in some danger and cannot come back, or she doesn't want to come back, or maybe she is no longer with him in Lingyun City.
Gone far away? With such a determined character, she was completely reckless with the consequences, and she took several desperate risks. Yi Chenjing was really convinced, and she was helpless against Bai Qige's own way of going her own way and being stubborn and paranoid.
"Hey, isn't that the Crown Princess?" The guard guard paused as his eyes swept across the bluestone road, pointed at the trailhead and raised his voice, "General, the Crown Princess is back!"
Looking up, he saw a thin figure in plain clothes staggering towards the inn. The familiar movements and body shape were none other than Bai Qige, who had been missing for half a day and all night!
Without any hesitation, Yi Chenjing hurriedly ran forward, her tall figure was like a gust of cold wind blowing down beside Bai Qige. Bai Qige was walking with her head lowered, and when she saw an extra pair of feet on the ground, she realized that there was someone standing next to her, and she raised her head in surprise.
, just when he saw Yi Chenjing frowning, they almost knitted their brows together. His bright eyes contained anger, and his face was frighteningly gloomy.
"Do you still know how to come back?" He wanted to ask her what happened, but unexpectedly, she turned into a sharp question. Yi Chenjing clenched her fists, feeling confused.
Bai Qige didn't look too good, she looked a little pale, and she didn't have the energy to deal with Yi Chenjing's question: "Don't you know that you all have to come back? Do you want to wait until you turn Lingyun City upside down and then dig three feet into the ground?
It appears again when public dissatisfaction abounds? You have the leisure to use, but I don’t have the face to lose."
Facing the guard's confused look, he walked back to the inn. As soon as he entered the room, Yi Chenjing, who was following closely behind him, slammed the door and his anger suddenly broke out.
"Where are you going without even leaving a word? How is it appropriate for a woman to stay out all night? You are the prince's concubine, you are Dayao, and you are my face. What does it mean to wander around so casually? Do you know that I have been waiting?
You’ve got a whole night!”
"I didn't pinch your eyelids to prevent you from sleeping. You are willing to wait, so what does it have to do with me?" Bai Qige was in a bad mood due to a splitting headache. Yi Chenjing had to refute every word she said, as if this could make her feel better.
Soothe a mysterious hangover.
After a night of worrying about being mercilessly ridiculed, Yi Chenjing became even more angry and roughly pulled Bai Qige to stand in front of her. The distance was slightly closer, and the strong smell hit her nostrils.
He took a deep breath and held it in his chest, his tone suddenly turned cold.
"you've been drinking?"
Hiding aside irritably, Bai Qige rubbed her forehead and closed her eyes, unwilling to say another word. What's the use of saying too much? Anyway, he won't listen or believe, so he will just keep doubting.
Constantly blaming, a look or a word can cancel out all her efforts.
However, avoiding could not solve any problem. Yi Chenjing silently moved closer, tightly grasping the thin mandible with his stiff fingers, and his four eyes were intertwined, each looking cold.