"Your Highness, what did Princess Qi'an want to say after all this trouble?" After Bai Qige left, Zhan Ting was still puzzled.
"It's nothing more than bringing up old things again, trying to get me to let go of the Bai family, but this time I have more confidence than before." Yi Chenjing sat lazily in the chair, tapping on the table with his long fingers, raising his head slightly.
The corners of her eyes were as blurry as fog, "I have been using the Bai family as a threat to force her not to commit suicide. Unexpectedly, instead of committing suicide, she used the trick to gain an advantage. What she did just now was to tell me that she was capable.
She can take my life at any time. If I really attack the Bai family, she would rather fight to the death and hurt both sides than teach me to be alone."
Using offense as defense and counterattack as the main focus, Bai Qige's move was really beautiful, and her overbearing momentum just now was enough to make Yi Chenjing re-examine her.
Strong, brave, courageous and not lacking in endurance, all the character qualities that Bai Qige has shown so far are completely different from those when they parted three years ago. This also makes the cause of Hongxiao's death even more confusing - if it were Xiao Yingge back then, it might not be possible.
He would be so cruel to hurt his close friends, but if it were Bai Qige who was unwilling to be manipulated by others... But, for no reason, he wanted to believe in that cold and tough woman who was decisive in doing things.
"Zhan Ting, is there anything unusual happening over at Yun Zhongjin?" His eyes suddenly turned cold, and the atmosphere that finally relaxed became solidified again.
Zhan Ting also calmed down his casual look and responded respectfully: "Since leaving Lianchenxuan last time, Yun Zhongjin has been training new recruits at the military school field outside the imperial city. During this period, he had private contacts with a young eunuch in the palace several times, but
This little eunuch is not from the fifth prince, but is a subordinate of the prince."
"Prince? Does he also want to get involved in this muddy water?" A cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth unconsciously. Yi Chenjing propped up her forehead and closed her eyes. The scroll in her hand was pinched and deformed, "Forget it, Yi Chenxuan is alone.
People are a bit monotonous, but I would like to see how far these princes who are hiding in the palace and enjoying their wealth and well-being can go."
When he opened his eyes again, the arrogance and splendor that belonged to the Prince and General Dayao was deeply buried. His long eyebrows and narrow eyes inadvertently glanced outside the door, and his voice suddenly lowered by three points, almost whispering: "It has only been quiet for a few days, and an uninvited guest came to visit again. Zhan Ting
, I will keep an eye on Bai Qige while I'm away, and don't let her meet Yi Chenxuan - even if others are around."
Whatever the master gives him, he will do it. If he needs an explanation, he will explain it naturally. If he doesn't need it, there is no need to ask. Zhan Ting has been with Yi Chenjing for many years, and he knows very well what to ask and what not to ask. After receiving the order, he turns around and leaves.
, not a word of nonsense.
With Yi Chenjing's unspoken promise, Bai Qige's life was finally a little easier. Although her food, clothing, housing and transportation were still not as good as Suyan Surao's, and she often found Zhan Ting following her when walking around, but at least she didn't have to lock the door every night or even push the table.
The chair is blocking it.
To be honest, Bai Qige still shudders when thinking about the torture that almost destroyed her body and mind that night. The pain was not limited to her skin and flesh, but reached deep into her heart. Sometimes she would be awakened by fragmentary memories in her dreams.
It's not wrong to be more careful, even though Yi Chenjing may not have the intention to touch her again.
As the New Year approaches, Concubine Jing always thinks about going to the nunnery to offer incense and fulfill her vows. Yi Chenjing originally planned to let Suyan Surao accompany her, but who would have thought that Concubine Jing insisted that he and Bai Qige go together, but she couldn't resist her mother, so Yi Chenjing had to take Suyan Surao with her.
Shang Bai Qige left the palace together.
The nunnery is in the mountains, snow is falling all the time, and the ground is covered with snow. Bai Qige does not believe in gods and Buddhas and is unwilling to pay homage. She wanders outside the nunnery alone while Concubine Jing is chatting with Mei Xiangu, enjoying a rare moment of freedom alone.
People who grew up in the north have special feelings for snow, and Bai Qige is no exception. Seeing the goose-feather-like snow covering everything in the sky, I feel like I have gone back to the past, to my previous life, to the days when I experienced life and death with my comrades.
Every night.
People never live for themselves, just like her previous life was to find relatives and repay those who helped her, but in this life, she is for the Bai family, for the relatives who fell from the sky and gave her meaning to live.
"There are wolves in this mountain. Don't walk alone outside." There was a crunching sound of snow behind her. Bai Qige turned around. When facing her, her face always looked like she was holding a grudge for not paying back money. She seemed thin.
After a while, he asked, "I have been busy for a whole month and have no time to look for you. Why don't you take the initiative to send me the drawings?"
"You think when designing a weapon, you just paint mountains, water, and beauties, and you just put a few strokes on it and it comes out?"
Yi Chenjing shrugged noncommittally, and took out a letter from his sleeve and gave it to Bai Qige: "I didn't want to give it to you at first, considering that I need evidence to prove that I abide by the agreement, so it can be regarded as part of the deal."
Who cares what a man who cares about profit in everything says, Bai Qige snatched the letter fiercely, ignoring Yi Chenjing's complex eyes and tearing it open in a hurry, as if it would disappear a moment later.
No one would write to her except the Bai family, so this is a letter from home, the first one she has received in two lifetimes.
Smiling sometimes, sometimes depressed, the look of greedily reading the letter fell into Yi Chenjing's eyes. The unfamiliar expression on the familiar face made the seventh prince of Yaoguo have an illusion for a moment: the person in front of him was not Xiao Yingge, whom he had known for ten years, but another person.
A woman, an innocent woman who interested him deeply but couldn't bear to hurt her again.
In my impression, Xiao Yingge is plump and not inferior to Su Yan, with pink cheeks and baby fat. Although she is not beautiful, she is very cute and charming. But now she is so thin that she can be blown over by a gust of wind, her slender wrists are skinny, and her face is darker than in memory.
It's a lot different. Things in the world are unpredictable. Who would have thought that the three children who grew up together would be reduced to such a situation, and they would turn from life-and-death friends to enemies?
If possible, Yi Chenjing hopes that everything is just a dream. He is still the taciturn but happy and free proton, and she is still the timid girl who stays with the woman she loves, the sister who is often hugged behind him.
With an almost inaudible sigh, Yi Chenjing took away the letter paper that Bai Qi Singer was holding carefully, folded it neatly and put it back in the envelope: "I'll give it to you when I get back - Bai Jingfu and Bai Haocheng have returned home, and I've made an appointment with them.
Already done, the rest depends on whether you can keep your promise."
It was just a few chapters of weapon drawings, nothing. Bai Qige was about to say yes when suddenly there was a loud bang in the distance, and the ground beneath her feet shook violently. If her hands and eyes hadn't been quick to hold on to the dead tree beside her, she might have fallen down.
Into Yi Chenjing's arms.
The violent shaking didn't last long, but Yi Chenjing's expression changed immediately when she heard the roar, and she ran towards the nunnery while shaking unsteadily. Bai Qige could only follow after the shaking stopped.
If there was no loud noise, it might be considered an earthquake, but the moment she heard the sound, Bai Qige was sure that it was an explosion.
There were not many people in the nunnery. Apart from Mei Xiangu, there were only about a dozen little nuns who were cleaning and serving. Then there were Suyan Surao and four servants who came with the concubine. Bai Qige rushed back to the nunnery and saw a chaos, with half of the house collapsed.
, flames were everywhere, and the frightened little nun and the servants ran around like headless chickens, but the concubine Jing and others were nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Concubine Jing?" Yi Chenjing, who was one step ahead, roughly grabbed a servant and asked sharply.
"Jing, Jing Fei... is with Mei Xiangu... it seems..." The servant couldn't say anything in a panic. Yi Chenjing was so anxious that he arrested a few more little nuns for questioning. In the end, these little nuns were even more frightened than the servant, except
While crying, he pointed in random directions and couldn't even speak.
"I'll look for you in the guest room, and you go to the front hall." Bai Qige was the only woman who remained calm at the critical moment. Explosions sounded one after another, and violent vibrations struck again. Regardless of her identity, Bai Qige actually commanded Yi Chen directly.
Jing Lai. The concubine Jing treats her as if she were her own child. Bai Qige, who believes in repaying good with good and punishing evil with evil, naturally cannot sit idly by. Although her feet were shaking violently and it was difficult to stand still, she still rushed towards the guest room facing the running crowd.
The chaos and eager search did not stop Bai Qige from thinking. The explosion here and now was no accident. An ominous premonition arose in her heart, and became stronger when she saw two old figures.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Jing!" In the corridor at the end of the guest room, a burly man in fine clothing raised his sword high and was about to chop it down. The people who retreated in fear under the sword were Concubine Jing and Mei Xiangu. In desperation, Bai Qige took advantage of it.
Pulling out the jade hairpin from his hair, he rushed forward with three steps at a time and stabbed the man hard into the back of his neck.
With a furious roar, hot blood splashed onto Bai Qige's face, and her white hairpin was also stained red. Unexpectedly, the man was unprepared for a sneak attack, so he shook his long knife away from his painful wrist, and swung his thick arm back violently.
Bai Qige lacked strength but still had agility, so she ducked and dodged the heavy attack.
"Quickly go!" Bai Qige dexterously walked around the attacker and used all her strength to bend her elbow and hit the man in the abdomen, blocking her entire body between Concubine Jing and the man.
After all, she was someone who had gone through countless palace fights and chaos. Concubine Jing calmed down a little after the quick reminder, and she and Fairy Mei supported each other and ran out along the corridor. As they ran, they turned around frequently with urgency and pain. How could the thin Bai Qige do this?
Can she stand up to a strong man? Concubine Jing was worried that she would risk her life and cause misfortune to her for her old life.
The feeling of being a special soldier is reviving. Although the power that the body can mobilize is far less than before, it is still possible to delay the time and block the way. Bai Qige took advantage of her short body to move left and right in the narrow corridor, blocking the attackers.
It was difficult to move even an inch, and when Concubine Jing and Fairy Mei disappeared at the end of the corridor, they deliberately used a loophole to escape. Perhaps angered by her interference on the way, the man picked up the knife and ran straight after Bai Qige, waving cold lights behind him.
"Sister Qi Ge! Here, here!" Just as she was about to run out of the guest room, Su Rao's voice suddenly came out muffled, vaguely accompanied by Su Yan's sobbing. Bai Qi Ge stopped and looked around, and found that the two of them were trapped in
In the opposite room, someone had bolted the door. Looking back at the man chasing after him with a knife, Bai Qige gritted her teeth and turned around and ran towards the door.
The door opened, and the man caught up with him. Bai Qige felt a cool breeze pass behind her head, and subconsciously rolled to the side. The sharp blade of the knife grazed her shoulder and struck the door panel.
Inside and outside the house, Bai Qige and Suyan Surao held their breath at the same time, with their hearts in their throats. They watched helplessly as the ferocious-looking man raised his blade and swung it at Bai Qige, but there was no way to escape - Bai Qige was standing in the guest room corridor.
At the end corner, the only way out is from the direction of the sword light.
As the long knife raised high struck down again, Suyan Surao was so frightened that she closed her eyes tightly. After a low groan, blood splattered everywhere.