Dihuazhuang's wine is famous for its mellow and strong aroma. Bai Qige and Ning Xizui both like this. They can smell the intoxicating aroma of wine that is everywhere and penetrate into their noses. Even the sumptuous meal is difficult to swallow.
Originally, Di Tianhong had prepared two jars of aged wine on the dining table, waiting for a few people to come to the table so that he could have a drink. However, because Bai Qige had more than a dozen wounds of various sizes on her body, Yi Chenjing refused to allow her to drink wine at all.
, Ning Xizui carried forward the spirit of risking his life to accompany the gentleman, but he drank the wine bowl upside down without touching a drop of it. After a meal of delicacies and fish, the two of them managed to stay up until the end of the meal, especially Ning Xizui, who looked listless at first glance.
The addiction to alcohol is huge.
After dinner, it was getting late. Di Tianhong ordered his servants to boil hot water for several people to bathe. Bai Qige was also really tired. After discussion, they decided to rest one night at Dihua Village before continuing on their way.
In the gorgeously decorated but slightly vulgar room, the faint fragrance of flowers lingered vaguely. Bai Qige sat in the bathtub without moving for a long time. A layer of fragrant petals floated on the clear water up to her shoulders, which blocked all the underwater scenery.
It's a pity, Yi Chenjing sighed secretly.
"Did your eyeballs fall into the water? Do you want me to help you fish them out and stuff them back?" Bai Qige glared at Yi Chenjing, who was leaning against the screen with her arms crossed. She wanted to bite his unbridled gaze into pieces with her teeth.
She had soaked well and was comfortable and comfortable in the water, but Yi Chenjing excused herself to help her fill up the hot water and then stood aside openly and stared. Bai Qige waited and saw no intention of avoiding him, and then she suddenly realized what he was thinking.
How sinister and cunning.
"Come out after washing, soak for a while and it will melt inside." Yi Chenjing finally made a move, shook off the wide cloth and moved it to the barrel, as if a good person would help Bai Qige dry the water stains on her body.
Seeing Bai Qige rolling her eyes and sitting stubbornly in the bucket, Yi Chenjing showed a smile that was definitely not kind: "Are you still afraid of me seeing it? How about the heroic spirit of a woman who is not afraid of anything? I thought you were so open and generous.
, she didn’t even care about being hugged by other men, she turned out to be a paper tiger who only pretended to lie.”
After turning left and right and returning to Ning Xizui's complaint about hugging her, Bai Qige felt somewhat justified and stood up from the bucket silently. Quan thought it was a good show to compensate for Yi Chenjing's big-heartedness.
Carefully avoiding the wound and wiping away the water stains, Yi Chenjing picked up Bai Qige horizontally through the towel, walked around the screen, returned to the inner room and laid her gently on the couch.
"I'm going to change the water. After cleaning, I'll help you apply the ointment - just lie down and don't peek." Yi Chenjing grabbed the new coat and threw it to Bai Qige. Yi Chenjing's face was serious and guarded.
Bai Qige also wanted to say something to anger him, but after thinking for a long time with her mouth open, she couldn't say a single sentence. Normally, she could stab him with blood every sentence, but she couldn't do anything to him in these almost ambiguous moments.
Compared with her face, she felt that her skills were far inferior to Yi Chenjing's.
After putting on my middle coat and wrapping myself in a quilt, I heard the sound of rushing water behind the screen. I looked quietly across the door and saw faint silhouettes of people behind the screen, and occasionally I could see long arms waving.
The arm was full of scars, which Bai Qige had seen with her own eyes.
Yi Chenjing was no better than the other princes who had been pampered and well-clothed since childhood. He had experienced too much. He had experienced ups and downs with the changes in the government at a young age. He had endured hardships while serving as a hostage in Zhao Kingdom that other princes could not even imagine.
Those old and new, deep and shallow scars are proof of this. Perhaps because he has experienced more thoughts than others, his heart and eyes always see farther and broader than ordinary people, and therefore he has a contradictory and paranoid character.
The result of the combination of the two is attachment to the throne.
In history, those who seek power and usurp the throne are mostly ambitious, some are greedy for glory and commit rebellion, and some are obsessed with power and commit regicide. Bai Qige usually scorns these people, but she does not object to Yi Chenjing's idea of seeking the throne——
Maybe it’s because I know his past and understand that his purpose is just to no longer be restrained by others, or maybe because it’s him, I can only help.
She cannot bear the general trend of the world, nor is she willing to bear it. It is enough for her to see Yi Chenjing's wish come true.
Why not be selfish?
"What are you thinking about so stupidly?" There was a chill on his cheeks. He raised his eyebrows and saw that his clean and handsome face was looking down.
"I wonder if I want to learn cooking in the future, specializing in sweet and sour cuisine." She lifted the corner of the quilt and signaled Yi Chenjing to get in. Bai Qige picked up her coat and piled it in his arms. Her eyebrows were raised high, "Don't be too naked."
Walking around naked on the ground, where is your shame? Where is your face?"
"I'm used to it - it's not like you haven't seen it before when I was a kid." Yi Chenjing answered lightly.
Taking the initiative to avoid the topic that she had no memory of, Bai Qige shrank into the quilt and leaned against her warm body. Before she could touch a hair, Yi Chenjing suddenly lifted the quilt and sat up.
"Lie down and apply medicine."
Bai Qige reluctantly lay down and let Yi Chenjing lift up her shirt and gently apply the wound medicine. A wisp of coolness spread over her skin exposed to the air, dispelling the sleepiness that had just come over her.
"Actually, I also doubt whether the person who took away the hidden people in Yonghe Buzhuang that night was Senior Feng, but we have no evidence, and Mr. Ning is not a person with hidden agendas."
Yi Chenjing paused for a moment while applying the medicine on his palm, and then returned to normal: "I don't believe him as much as you do. The physical features of the old man named Feng are exactly the same as those of the Xia'an tribe, and the Xia'an tribe is perishing at the hands of his father, even if Ning Ning
Xizui's hair color is slightly different from that of the Cheyenne tribe, so I still can't treat him as a friend."
Bai Qige sighed silently.
It is necessary to be on guard against others. It is only when she and Ning Xizui talk about it that they feel believable. However, Ning Xizui and Yi Chenjing do not have much contact, and it is normal to distrust them. How can you blame him for being too jealous? One is the one she loves.
For one person, one is a close friend and confidant, and it is indispensable for her to mediate the relationship between them.
Although Bai Qige's wounds were many, they were not serious. Most of them were very superficial. The most serious one was a stab wound on her right forearm. She could simply apply some medicine. Yi Chenjing collected the wound medicine and tucked it away carefully.
Bai Qige is so considerate and considerate that she feels ashamed - in many things, she is not as meticulous as Yi Chenjing.
Before the oil lamp went out, Yi Chenjing quietly watched Bai Qige's thinning face and thought for a long time, then suddenly said: "Qige, what do you think of Fu Chu?"
"Young and mature, thoughtful and far-sighted than ordinary people, he is indeed a rare wise man. But..."
"Just what?"
Taking a deep breath, Bai Qige frowned slightly: "He and Miss Ye are from the world, but they haven't had much contact with the world. For example, they both seemed frightened by today's ambush. I'm afraid they will face more dangers in the future.
I will be unable to bear it and eventually abandon you."
Fu Chu was temporarily lent to Yi Chenjing by the Poison Doctor. The boy was adopted by the Poison Doctor when he was still in his infancy. The books he read since childhood were all about various medical techniques and the "Yao Lue" left by the former Imperial Master Shen Junfang.
She has deep plans and foresight, and has outstanding ideas in determining national policies. Although Yi Chenjing is indifferent to outsiders and cherishes his talents, he is even more eager for talents from Fu Chu. His only worry is the issue of Fu Chu's fate after the crisis is over.
Originally, he wanted to win over Ye Huawan and let Fu Chu stay by his side, but looking at it today, it was clear that Ye Huawan could not accept his and Bai Qige's life where they were always surrounded by conspiracies and plots.
"There is something you may not want to hear, but now that you have thought about it, you should speak up." Bai Qige looked at Yi Chenjing, her eyes flickering in the light, "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and so do all the civil and military officials. You answer
He has made countless achievements in the past few years since he arrived in Yaoguo, but it is still Yi Chenxuan who is praised highly by all the ministers. Have you ever thought about why this is?"
Yi Chenjing pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "Keep talking, I'm listening."
Bai Qige nodded: "As long as you listen - in my opinion, the reason is very simple. You and Yi Chenxuan seem to be the emperor's right-hand men, and their status should be about the same, but he knows how to deal with the world better than you.
Therefore, you are better than you in terms of connections. You are afraid that being in the limelight will bring disaster, but have you never thought about the consequences of keeping a low profile for a long time? Those ministers are not stupid, regardless of whether the eldest prince will be the prince in the future.
Whether you can keep your position or not, it's not wrong to be friends with the most powerful prince. What reason do they have not to choose Yi Chenxuan, who is loved by the emperor and has an all-round talent, but to choose you, who is unknown and pretends to be rough?"
It is an indisputable fact that Yi Chenxuan has good relations with powerful ministers such as Zuo Chengxiang. This is why Yi Chenjing regards this as the biggest obstacle, but he has never thought that this gap is actually caused by the different performances of the two. Before
He had always thought that the reason why Yi Chenxuan was favored by more ministers was because of Emperor Yao's favor, but now he suddenly realized after listening to Bai Qige's direct analysis. It turned out that his forbearance was a double-edged sword, with pros and cons.
, gained but also lost a lot.
Closing her eyes and hugging Bai Qige deeply, Yi Chenjing exhaled for a long time: "Miss Bai, your eyes are so poisonous, can you be my military advisor from now on?"
"Then it depends on how much you pay." Bai Qige raised her eyes and smiled, and then her smile disappeared, "Speak of business, don't always joke. Fu Chu is a useful talent, if he is willing to sincerely help you, then he and Zhan Ting
He will become your civil and military arms. Although running away this way is a bit hard, you still have to put some thought into how to keep him, but don't make up your mind about Miss Ye, that girl has no thoughts at all.
It’s tied to you, and it’s really hard to predict whether you can get married to Fu Chu in the future.”
The last half of the sentence went in and out of Yi Chenjing's ears. She didn't intend to take it to heart at all. She raised Bai Qige's cheek with a stern expression, and her eyes met with indescribable confusion: "Then what should I do? Learn from it."
Is Yi Chenxuan so hypocritical? He has been wearing a mask for so many years. It is unrealistic to try to snatch the power from him, and I don't like that either."
"Who wants you to imitate him?" Bai Qige asked back, her thin lip line provoking a confident smile, "Even if you start to make friends everywhere and build connections, those weak ministers who are like grass on the wall have long been bribed by Yi Chenxuan and will not destroy themselves.
There is no way out, and those who are upright will not buy Yi Chenxuan's fault, nor will they buy your fault. You are too limited to these two options in this matter. In fact, you can completely take the third path -"
The white fingertips touched the warm chest, and with each word, the smile became brighter: "Compare your heart to your heart, exchange your heart for your heart, be loyal and sincere, and attack his hypocrisy and humility."
In this way, what Yi Chenxuan has is just a piece of grass that can be blown away by the wind, while what Yi Chenjing has is a solid foundation that is hard to shake.
There was no words for a moment as the light flickered. The bright yellow light shone on the side of Yi Chenjing's face, making it look more and more angular. This handsome but often indifferent face suddenly revealed a gentleness like water, which was alluring.