A thunder exploded in Bai Qige's mind. If what Yi Chenxuan said was true, then she would no longer have to be imprisoned in Lianchenxuan like a prisoner. She would no longer have to endure Yi Chenjing's unstable temper, and she would no longer have to let him go.
No matter how insulted he was, he couldn't resist.
Seeing that Bai Qige seemed to be shaken, Yi Chenxuan hugged him tighter and his tone became more urgent: "I'm serious, Qige, as long as you——"
Just as she was speaking, a large black shadow suddenly rushed into the room from outside the door and rushed towards the two of them. Bai Qige only heard a loud flapping sound of wings in her ears. Her shoulders sank, and a big gray bird landed.
On your body!
There was nothing scary about the bird, but it suddenly sprang out and kept chirping next to her face. No one could keep calm. Bai Qige's heart trembled, and she raised her hand to drive away the bird.
"Don't be afraid, it's just a goshawk carrying a message." Yi Chenxuan quickly calmed down, protecting Bai Qige's cheek with one hand and waving his hand around to drive away the goshawk. A loud whistle came from somewhere outside the courtyard.
, the goshawk spread its wings and circled low in the room following the whistle. After another long whistle, it swooped down and grabbed Yi Chenxuan's face.
Yi Chenxuan waved his hands in vain to drive him away, but the goshawk was as smart and cunning as a human being. Every time it picked up an area that Yi Chenxuan didn't block, it pecked hard. After a few circles, the elegant and unrestrained Fifth Prince of Dayao was in a state of embarrassment.
If you continue, won't you be disfigured by this beast? Bai Qige was so anxious that she didn't care that there were outsiders around. She frowned and shouted sternly outside the courtyard: "That's enough! It's not over, is it?"
After a short moment of silence, the whistle sounded slightly lower than before. The gray goshawk finally stopped its fierce attack, flew out of the house and landed on a branch. Its two bright and sharp golden eyes stared at the disheveled Yi Yi.
Chen Xuan. As long as he gives another order, this spiritual beast will continue to attack, there is no doubt.
Bai Qige couldn't help but push the embarrassed Yi Chenxuan out of the hospital and gave him a cold look. Yi Chenxuan stopped talking, looked down at the damaged clothes in several places, smiled bitterly, shook his head, and turned around to leave without saying a word.
Bai Qige, who returned to the courtyard, did not enter the room directly. Instead, she stood under the tree where the goshawk was perched and raised her head, her eyes cold and ruthless: "Zhan Ting, come out."
There was a rustle of dead branches. The gray goshawk that was so ferocious just now was extremely docile. It lowered its head and cooed twice toward the outside of the wall, as if calling its master. There was a stampede of snow outside the courtyard wall a few steps away.
At the sound of the sound, the white clothes and snowflakes blown by the breeze fell in front of him. The man holding an inch-long silver flute in his hand and his head lowered with an apologetic face was undoubtedly Zhan Ting.
"I just want to drive away the fifth prince. Please forgive me for any offense I may have caused, Princess Qi'an."
"Are you driving people away or killing them all? Don't you know that if you are not careful, this thing will peck out people's eyes?" Bai Qige was furious, and her tone was much stronger than usual, "I know that you and Yi Chenjing both suspected that he was the fifth prince.
You set up an ambush to attack the concubine Jing, but you have no evidence at all to prove it. Have you ever thought about the consequences of just attacking other princes so casually?"
"What more evidence do you need? No outsider knew that Concubine Jing was going to the nunnery that day. Who else could he have sent to report the information and then ambush and attack?" Listening to Bai Qige's defense for Yi Chenxuan, Zhan Ting was not willing to be outdone.
At first, his face was full of anger, "Your Highness won't say anything, and the Concubine Jing will not say anything. Don't you think it's too much for Princess Qi'an to be so partial to the fifth prince? Your Highness has always been more than half indebted to Princess Qi'an?"
Bai Qige was so angry that she wanted to laugh. The person who had wronged her the most in the world was Yi Chenjing. To Zhan Ting, it felt like she had failed him. Where did such a confusing idea come from? But the conversation also made Zhan Ting feel like she had failed him.
She slowly calmed down. Indeed, Yi Chenjing and Concubine Jing never mentioned the assassination. Zhan Ting was a simple and upright person. It was reasonable to mistakenly think that Yi Chenxuan was secretly plotting the assassination. After all, the person Yi Chenjing was most wary of right now was
It's that Five Emperor Brother.
"Come in, I have something to say to you." Bai Qige glanced at the pitiful goshawk flapping its wings on the tree, and raised her eyebrows, "By the way, I like this thing. If it dares to let it out to hurt anyone, I will kill it. Please
You drink the broth."
Zhan Ting trembled, and the goshawk trembled. One person and one bird looked at each other silently, then turned to look at Bai Qige who walked into the room, and couldn't help but feel chilled in his heart.
Yi Chenjing did not notice anything strange after returning from Yaohuang's study. Although Zhan Ting seemed to be hesitant and a little strange, after all, he had been his confidant for many years. Yi Chenjing believed that Zhan Ting would never do anything detrimental to him.
, so I didn’t ask any more questions, and I frowned and immersed myself in the complicated terrain map.
With one less thing to worry about, Zhan Ting didn't hide what happened during the day just to help Bai Qige, but because he didn't want Yi Chenjing, who was busy all day long, to have to worry about these trivial matters - just as Yi Chenjing believed in him, so did Zhan Ting.
Believe in Bai Qige and believe that she will not harm the man she is loyal to.
Not being able to see Yi Chenjing for a whole day was normal for Bai Qige, but it was not normal for Suyan Surao. Especially Surao, she had become more and more dull since she became the new prince and concubine. Even Concubine Jing said she had changed.
She didn't look lively in person. She was exhausted both physically and mentally after being busy at night. Yi Chenjing wanted to turn off the candle and go back to her room to rest, but Surao happened to push open the door and walk in with steaming lotus seed porridge in her hand.
"The light in Sister Qige's room is still on, I thought she was here with you." She gently put the bowl on the desk, and Surao meekly walked around behind Yi Chenjing and kneaded her shoulders with just the right amount of force.
"She should be sleeping at this time, but why haven't you rested yet? Is Suyan asleep?"
"Sister, I went to bed. I didn't see you going to greet your mother, but I knew you were staying up late here again, so I asked the kitchen to cook some lotus seed porridge and bring it over." Surao pushed the bowl to Yi Chenjing's hand, with a clear voice like
Tong Ling, "Originally I wanted to make some bird's nest porridge. I saw that the lotus seeds sent by the fifth prince today were very fresh, so I changed it to lotus seed porridge on the spur of the moment. I don't know if you will be used to it."
The body that had just felt comfortable suddenly stiffened, and he looked at Su Rao with an evil look: "Brother Five Emperors has been here today?"
"Yes," Surao nodded, picked up the porridge and stirred the heat, "The fifth prince came to see Sister Qige during the day, but he was in a hurry when he left. When I saw Sister Qige, I didn't go out to see her off, thinking it was them.
I didn't dare to ask what was causing the unpleasantness. In the afternoon, I planned to give Sister Qi Ge two new coats and skirts, but the girl in charge of cleaning Huixi Residence didn't know what happened. Her face looked flustered and frizzy, and her good clothes were
She was knocked over and covered in mud and water, so she had to take it back and wash it before sending it away."
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. While Surao was still blowing the porridge, Yi Chenjing's face became darker and darker.
He specifically asked Zhan Ting if Yi Chenxuan had been here, and the answer was no. In other words, his most trusted confidant had deceived him.
"Go and call the maid from Huixiju, the one you saw." Holding back her anger, Yi Chenjing coldly pushed away Surao who was sticking to her side. The corners of her mouth curled up in a cold arc, "Lotus seed porridge, I don't know how to connect it."
Whose heart!"
Senhan's tone made Surao shudder. She quickly put down the bowl and backed out of the door in fear. She trotted away under the suspicious gaze of the night eunuch. However, when she turned to a corner where no one saw her, a confident and seductive smile replaced the fear on her face, and her pretty face appeared.
Mature and gloomy for her age, Surao slowed down and smiled silently under the falling snow.
"No one can be above me. The position of prince and concubine can only belong to me!"
At this time, Bai Qige didn't know that another storm was coming. In the room with a fire pot, Yu Che was sitting at the table and mending old clothes carefully, while Bai Qige was leaning in front of the window, regardless of the cold evening breeze, and opened the window.
Looking outside, the snow is falling silently.
She was hesitating, wondering whether she should believe Yi Chenxuan, and trying to figure out what he had not finished.
The night wind picked up light snow and scattered it all over the sky. The courtyard was dark and quiet, and that cold and slender figure suddenly broke into sight, bringing with it an endless chill.
Bai Qige's heart suddenly sank. In the time it took to take a deep breath, Yi Chenjing had already kicked in the door.
"The door is opened with your hands, not your feet." Bai Qige forced herself to calm down and signaled Yu Che to leave with her eyes, while she made meaningless jokes to attract Yi Chenjing's attention - she didn't want Yu Che to see her embarrassment.
Besides, with Yu Che outside, if something happens, she can go to Su Yan or even Concubine Jing in time to resolve the crisis. She doesn't want to experience what happened before, which almost forced her to death.
Yi Chenjing never liked to be muddled and asked straight to the point: "What is the collusion between you and Yi Chenxuan?"
"If there is collusion between me and him, then it can be said that there is adultery between me and you. It doesn't matter who says what, what matters is whether you believe it or not. At least I have never shown those drawings to others.
"
"You still don't admit it, do you?" Yi Chenjing sneered, raised her hands and snapped her fingers. A person timidly walked in from the door, and knelt down in front of the two of them. Bai Qige looked at Yi Chenjing, who had a cold look on his face, and his anger was hidden.
Bufa: "Ask her yourself what she saw during the day."
There is no need to ask others, she knows best what happened. Bai Qige glanced at the kneeling maid, her cold eyes not inferior to Yi Chenjing's.
The maid in front of her was the one who saw Yi Chenxuan kissing her during the day. Afterwards, Bai Qige gave her a few pieces of silver and two jade bracelets in order to stop her from talking nonsense, and finally persuaded General Zhan Ting.
This matter was concealed, but I didn't expect that it would be revealed in the maid's mouth in the end. It was really scary in the deep palace. There must be someone behind the scenes to control the current situation. As for who it is... there are those people who can't escape anyway.
"Tell me exactly what you saw. If there is a lie, be careful with your tongue!" Seeing that Bai Qige didn't speak, Yi Chenjing asked the maid personally.
"You deserve to die! How dare you lie to His Highness?" The maid kowtowed repeatedly, she was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat and cried, "This slave is responsible for cleaning the courtyard of Huixiju. When I was cleaning today, I happened to see the fifth prince coming to Huixiju.
She was still carrying the food box in her hand. Later, Sister Yuche sent the food box to the dining room and closed the door. It was unknown what the princess and the fifth prince were doing inside. Later... later... the princess
Opened the door..." After swallowing her saliva and raising her head timidly, the maid glanced at Bai Qige in panic, then knelt and moved to Yi Chenjing's side.
"This servant saw with her own eyes that the Crown Princess and the Fifth Prince hugged each other, and the Fifth Prince even kissed the Crown Princess!"