Hongqueyuan had just experienced a heavy rain, and the green grass and trees were growing like bamboo shoots. The people following on horseback could not see clearly the movements of the two fleeing siblings through the dense layers of grass and trees. Bai Qige followed Bai Haoyu and walked backwards until one person
The horse's hooves stopped next to the high boulder. He silently signaled his brother to hide behind the boulder, while he held the handle of the knife and leaned against the side.
If the tracking target is lost, the follower will definitely come to check it anxiously.
Sure enough, the two of them hid behind the stone for less than a stick of incense. The pursuer hiding in the grass hut couldn't wait to gallop away. The loud sound of horse hooves became closer and closer. Listen carefully to the getting louder and louder sound of hooves. On the big stone,
The moment the shadow of a man and a horse appeared next to him, Bai Qige swung his sword and struck suddenly, the sharp snow blade slashing straight at the unexpected pursuer.
There was a clang of metal and iron colliding, and the horizontal knife that had used up eight percent of its strength was accurately intercepted by the long sword. It was obvious that the man was not a vegetarian. He had both quick reactions and full experience. He deflected the blade and attacked again. Bai Qige left no room for him.
The opponent had an opportunity to counterattack, and he only wanted to make a quick victory to let Bai Haoyu leave safely, so he chopped down hard without retaining his strength.
"Prince Concubine! It's me! It's me!" An urgent voice stopped Bai Qige's movements. It was strong but confident despite the vicissitudes of life. Bai Qige was familiar with this voice and had heard it almost every day since the expedition.
"General Xiao?!"
Dressed in iron armor and red clothes, the tracker in his prime was none other than Xiao Baishan, the deputy general of the Northern Expedition of the Far Eastern Army.
Xiao Baishan can be said to be the second-largest general in the army after Yi Chenjing. He was trained by General Ou and won the trust of Emperor Yao. Yi Chenjing also treated him with courtesy. What does it mean that such a prominent deputy general is following her?
?It’s just that Yi Chenjing is determined to win Bai Haoyu’s life—and perhaps hers.
Her dark eyebrows were sharp and sharp. The usually gentle Princess Dayao became less friendly and more hostile towards the respectful lieutenant. She held a horizontal knife in front of her, the alert look in her eyes has not diminished at all, and her tone was sarcastic:
"Yi Chenjing thinks too highly of me. He actually sent General Xiao to hunt him down personally. Why, are the two despicable lives of our siblings more important than the great event of the Northern Expedition?"
"The Princess misunderstood -" The bright sword light was approaching, Xiao Baishan couldn't express his pain, so he had to step back and show that he meant no harm, with a smile on his face that was more bitter than eating fish gall, "Princess put down the sword first, and then the general will
They were not sent by the general to pursue you two."
"If you're not here to chase, are you here to protect?" Bai Qige sneered.
Despite Xiao Baishan's various explanations, Bai Qige has always been on guard. She must be on guard against others. She has experienced too many deceptions and betrayals. Who knows whether the middle-aged general who has spent half his life in the military for the distant country will lay down his sword before her?
What about when a sword strikes? She is an outsider to Yao Guo and Yi Chenjing after all.
Seeing the deep suspicion in Bai Qige's eyes, Xiao Baishan had no choice but to abandon his sword, dismount from his horse, and kneel on one knee respectfully: "The last general is here to escort the princess and Mr. Bai on the order of the general."
Escort? Bai Qige was shocked. She had drunk Xiao Baishan and others before they escaped from the Yaoguo camp with Bai Haoyu. Logically speaking, Yi Chenjing couldn't know, so how could he come to escort? Furthermore, he had no idea about the Bai family siblings who killed Hong Xiao.
How could the two of them hate each other so much that they would not kill him but instead defend him? Bai Qige could not believe what Xiao Baishan said, or in other words, there was no reason enough for Bai Qige to believe it.
Just a few days after making the promise, Yi Chenjing faced each other indifferently with a sword. His capriciousness and his thoughts were difficult to understand... Bai Qige no longer had any expectations of Yi Chenjing's mercy, but at this moment,
Someone came out and said that he wanted to protect her.
is it possible?
The dazed expression did not last long. A thought flashed through her mind. Bai Qige still stubbornly pointed her sword horizontally and blocked Xiao Baishan's face with her thin body: "General Xiao no longer has to cover for him. As long as he is willing to let Xiao Yu go, I can immediately do it without saying a word."
I go back with General Xiao to collect my guilt, but if he insists on taking Xiao Yu’s life - forgive Qi Ge for the offense, even if I die, I will never let anyone hurt my family!"
Bai Qige has always been true to her word, and she must do what she says. Xiao Baishan also understands this after spending so much time together. Seeing a resolute look on that thin and slightly pale cheek, the 30-year-old deputy general of Yao Guo really didn't know how to react.
After hesitating for a long time, the words in her heart came to her mouth several times and she swallowed them back. The complicated behavior of being hesitant to speak made Bai Qige puzzled, but she did not dare to move at all.
"Princess, you are forcing the general..." With a deep sigh, Xiao Baishan closed his eyes and shook his head, taking a deep breath as if he had made up his mind, "It is no longer convenient for me to hide the matter now. In fact, everything that happened today
It was all within the general's expectation, and the general knows everything that happened after the arrival of the fifth prince."
Bai Qige's heart suddenly trembled, and she lost her voice in surprise: "Yi Chenjing had known that I would save Xiaoyu?"
"Not only the matter of rescuing Mr. Bai, everything the princess saw was a show, and the person who made up this show was the general."
Her originally clear thoughts were in chaos, and there seemed to be a vague clue in her mind but it was difficult to grasp. Bai Qige's intuition told her that Xiao Baishan was not lying, and that everything had an inside story that she had never known.
The horizontal sword hanging in mid-air was finally unable to hang down. Xiao Baishan stood up with a sigh of relief. In order to prevent Bai Qige from angering the suspicious Bai Qige again, he had to keep three steps away. His eager tone was much calmer: "The general treats the prince and concubine very favorably, and the army officers and soldiers
It is obvious to all, even if others are suspicious and speculative, the princess and concubine should never suspect that the general is treating you harshly! On the surface, it seems that the prince and young master Bai are suffering in the past few days, but in fact, the people who are really having a hard time are the general and the prince.
Concubine Xu didn't notice, but in just a few days, the general lost a lot of weight."
"General Xiao has made it clear, what the hell is Yi Chenjing doing?" Too many things happened recently, and Xiao Baishan was vague and could only talk about the good things about Yi Chenjing. Bai Qige, whose mind was in confusion, gave up thinking alone and simply frowned.
He frowned and asked directly.
"The general's attitude has changed so much, hasn't the princess ever suspected it?" Xiao Baishan ignored Bai Qige's anxiety and asked slowly.
"This..." Bai Qige hesitated.
Indeed, after Xiao Baishan said this, she suddenly realized that there was a huge difference between Yi Chenjing's gentleness before Yi Chenxuan came and his determination and coldness later. She was furious and blamed his paranoid personality and Yin Qing for her crime.
Undecided, but did not carefully consider his mood - didn't he keep all the changes in his heart during the day and night together? In the face of life and death, wouldn't he rather use his own life to keep her safe? Although he has broken his promise, he has always tried hard to stick to the promise of never leaving.
Oath, this kind of him, this kind of Yi Chenjing, why would he abandon her because half of the truth is already clear?
His changes were too rapid and violent, so unreal, and in her excitement, she did not hesitate to accuse him of betraying her promise.
The expressions in her eyes were changing violently, and a look of confusion appeared on her pale cheeks. Bai Qige's hands began to tremble until she was unable to let go, and the sword fell to the ground with a clang.
"He didn't blame me, and he didn't insist on Xiaoyu's death, right?"
Xiao Baishan slowly shook his head: "I don't know whether the general is right. The general only knows that the general loves the princess deeply and will never cut off his love because of the appearance of the fifth prince or any secret. The princess did not see him behind the scenes.
The general looks like he is always staring into space in a daze, not thinking about food or food, not caring about his home, he is really worried and missing the princess very much."
If Yi Chenjing really cared about her as Xiao Baishan said, why did he press on her step by step and make her want to go crazy until she ran away?
"The wine boss Ning left is really strong, but if you don't drink it, where will you get drunk?" Xiao Baishan saw Bai Qige wavering, and spoke in a low voice to pursue him, "The soldiers guarding the cage were specially replaced by the general. They are all
The most trustworthy subordinates of the general, even if they are forced to hold a knife, they will never neglect their duties and run away to drink. Now they are sitting soberly in the camp. Also, the princess thinks that the general will make the matter of burning at the stake public.
What is the purpose of the announcement? What is the purpose of giving Mr. Bai good food and drink to build up his strength before leaving? The princess is a smart person, she really can’t even figure this out?"
That is to say, Xiao Baishan and the guarding soldiers did not drink the wine at all, they were pretending to be drunk; it meant that Yi Chenjing deliberately let her know that Bai Haoyu was about to be burned at the stake, and that he had to take action if he wanted to save people; it meant that he understood her
, I had known that she would be forced to take this step, so I provided all the necessary conditions for escape in advance to open the door for her.
The thin figure suddenly swayed and staggered back a few steps.
She understands.
How could there be any heartlessness to betray her, and how could he not hesitate to turn against her again for Hong Xiao? Everything Yi Chenjing did was for her!
No one understands the importance of family in her heart better than him, so even though she is filled with anger and hatred, Yi Chenjing finally chooses to protect her most important family and betrays her own heart, giving up being the Princess of Hongxiao.
The matter of revenge. He seems to be ruthless. He first imprisoned Bai Haoyu and then threatened to have nothing to say to her and refused to meet her. In fact, he was doing it to show to others? In order to avoid someone's eyes and ears, making people believe that they had broken up.
"Why didn't he tell me?" Bai Qige asked in a low voice with a sore throat.
If he made it clear that everything was just to deceive Yi Chenxuan, she would not blame him no matter how wronged she was, and she would not be heartbroken because of it. Wouldn't that be better?
Bai Qige's confusion was all seen in the eyes of the experienced Xiao Baishan. The mature general smiled at the inappropriate moment: "The fifth prince is such a smart person, how can he believe it if the acting is fake? First, the general is worried about the princess and you will be confused if you care about him, but he knows the truth because of
I feel sorry for Mr. Bai's betrayal, and secondly... the walls have ears. The general has to be on guard against opponents everywhere. He must be extremely cautious in every word and deed. Even with the general, he can only take advantage of the opportunity to discuss military matters and speak with his pen.
, to ensure that you are not discovered by suspicious people.”
Yes, the seemingly gentle and elegant fifth prince Yi Chenxuan is the most proficient in acting. She is a hot-tempered person, and her performance will be different if she knows the truth and if she doesn't. It is very likely that she will be noticed by Yi Chenxuan, who is both ears and eyesight; and then there is the martial arts expert.
Su Jinyan, it was this blue-eyed man who had been monitoring Lianchenxuan in the Royal Palace of Yaoguo. There were no war guards in the military camp. Who would have thought that the following watchers would still be eavesdropping somewhere?
I have to say that Yi Chenjing was very thoughtful and thoughtful, so this scene had to be played like this.
The answer was revealed, Bai Haoyu's life was safe, and the relationship between her and Yi Chenjing had not changed at all. A faint smile appeared on the lips of the escaped princess with her eyes lowered, hiding thoughts that only she could understand.
Although the thrill was followed by a sudden shock, and what happened made it difficult for her to completely let go in a short period of time, Bai Qige understood one thing - he loved Hong Xiao and loved her sincerely.