"What do you know?" Bai Qige took a breath and frowned anxiously, "Yu Che, tell me everything you know. Don't hide anything!"
I have never seen Bai Qige look so anxious. In addition, Yu Che also understood that the matter was of great importance. He nodded heavily and returned to the bedside to hold Bai Qige's cold palm tightly: "I was not present when Princess Hongxiao's accident happened. The young lady was sent back by Deputy General Yun that day.
Yes, the lady looked very nervous and panicked at that time. Deputy General Yun kept telling you that it was okay but did not tell you what happened. I was curious so I quietly hid outside the window and eavesdropped. I didn’t want to inadvertently know vaguely what happened that day.
thing."
Yu Che's voice was trembling, and his originally rosy face gradually turned pale. The palms holding Bai Qige's hands also trembled and lost their warmth, which was no less than Bai Qige's.
I tried my best to hide the memory of that day, always hoping that the truth I had never heard before would be recalled in Yu Che's mind bit by bit.
It was obviously an ordinary day. The third young lady of the Bai family, who had agreed to learn the piano together with Princess Hongxiao, suddenly returned to the Bai Mansion, followed by Yun Zhongjin, who was then the little governor. Yu Che saw that the two of them were talking secretly.
With a panicked look on his face, he couldn't help but become more suspicious and hid outside the room to eavesdrop. All the conversations in the room came to his ears word for word.
"Watch your mouth. If you tell me what happened today, you and I will die. Do you understand? I will find someone to help me later. After everything is done, you can go to the palace and follow what I teach you. There must be no hint of anything.
I'm sorry, you don't have to worry about other things, just listen to my orders."
This was the voice of Yun Zhongjin, and there was a hint of harshness and coldness in the panic. The person being scolded was naturally Bai Qige.
"No... She has so many injuries on her body, how can others believe what I say? I won't go to the palace, I won't go, I won't go..."
"Bai Qige, do you think you can get away with what happened at the river just now?" Yun Zhongjin's voice became more vicious, "You are committing a capital crime by murdering the princess!"
Just this sentence was enough to make Yu Che, who was eavesdropping outside, break into cold sweat and his heart beat wildly. He wanted to leave but couldn't move forward. He could only cover his mouth and lean against the wall, while the conversation in the room was still going on.
continue.
Bai Qige was obviously frightened by Yun Zhongjin, and kept begging in a tearful voice, but Yun Zhongjin showed no mercy, and even had a hint of pleasure after revenge: "Why are you crying? Aren't you, the Third Miss of the Bai family, very arrogant?
?What about Bai Qige, who pretended to be noble and rejected my proposal of marriage a few days ago? Why, you are so scared. Who was watching with numbness on the side just now when she saw Princess Hongxiang being raped? Stop pretending to be pitiful with me, you kind of person
A femme fatale can harm even her best friend, so why wouldn't she dare to do it? Hehe, you didn't expect me to show up, did you? There are many things you didn't expect. Let me tell you Bai Qige, wait for a while and things will calm down.
I will propose marriage again in the future, and you should think carefully about it at that time, whether you want to be my woman obediently or let me reveal the truth and kill the entire Bai family, it is your choice!"
Three days after that, King Zhaomin announced that Princess Hongxiao had slipped and drowned. Four months later, Yun Zhongjin proposed marriage to the Bai family, and Bai Qige happily agreed.
There is no more detailed content, but this is enough to explain the most important issue.
"So, it was really me who killed Princess Hongxiao, right?"
In a warm room filled with fire pots, Bai Qige smiled sadly and her heart was as cold as ice. What Yu Che said was like a blow to the head, shattering all her confidence and endurance. In an instant, the sky fell and the earth collapsed, even her frozen heart.
Can't find it.
The truth she was desperately looking for turned out to be right in front of her. She didn't want to believe it, but she had to believe it. What kind of woman was Bai Qige back then? Everyone said that Princess Hongxiao treated her like a sister, just because she liked Yi Chenjing.
Do you kill your sisters when you can't get the affection you want? No wonder, no wonder Yi Chenjing always said that she has been scheming since she was a child, no wonder Yu Che hated her so much at the beginning. You can't blame anyone else for everything, it's all her own fault!
The devastated Bai Qige made Yu Che's heart hurt. The reality was already cruel. Why bother talking about those past memories? Why put the young lady who had finally forgotten the nightmare into pain again?
No matter how strong she is, being hit repeatedly in a predicament with no one to rely on for protection will still make her lose the courage to live?
"Miss, Miss! It's Yu Che's fault. Yu Che deserves to die. He shouldn't say those things again... Miss, it doesn't matter. I will never tell this matter. Can I swear? I swear..." Bai Qige
Sitting motionless on the bed, his eyes were distracted, dazed and stunned as if he had lost his heart. Yu Che's eyes were red, and he knelt on the ground and kept shaking Bai Qige's arms, but could not get any response.
"It was me who killed Hong Xiao... no one lied. It was me who killed her..."
Lost in thought and mumbling incoherently, Yu Che hugged Bai Qige and cried harder: "Miss, forget it, nothing happened, just forget it. You did not kill Princess Hongxiao. We will go back to Zhaozhou together when His Highness is no longer angry.
Is the country good? I want to return to Zhaoguo, and I want to serve the lady for the rest of my life..."
Zhaoguo, Bai family, parents, second brother.
He raised his head and closed his eyes, two tears falling down for no apparent reason.
"Yu Che, can I still go back? It was me who killed Princess Hongxiao. How can I go back to the past?"
She obviously made an appointment with Yi Chenjing to find out the truth for him, but now that the truth is revealed, she has no courage to accept the reality calmly. How can she tell him the truth? She can't go back, and she can't go back to the peace where he started to trust her.
Time can't go back to the peaceful life when he made fun of her, nor can we go back to the warm night when he faced the wind and snow with her to receive punishment.
After doing so many things and suffering so much, Bai Qige suddenly understood that everything she did was not only to protect the Bai family and herself, but also for him.
I don't know since when, I just wanted to make him stop hating me.
Is it the guilt and infatuation left in this body? Or has she really fallen into the tenderness that Yi Chenjing occasionally showed and gradually lost her? I don’t know, I don’t know anything, my heart is full, and all that is left is confusion, despair, and fear.
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I'm afraid that if he knows the truth, everything will be in vain.
"Yu Che." When he came back to his senses, the midday sun filled the room. His body was no longer cold, but his heart was cold. Bai Qige rubbed her painful and split forehead, and her voice was low and hoarse: "Don't tell anyone about this first. It's time.
I will explain it to Yi Chenjing when the time comes, but now is not the time."
"I will never mention it again in this life. Even if Yu Che dies, he will take it to Jiuquan!"
Bai Qige smiled sadly.
Is someone like her worth swearing allegiance to? Unknowingly, she has no choice but to go on, carrying the chilling truth step by step.
"I want to live, Yu Che." The hoarse voice gradually calmed down, and the empty eyes suddenly became brighter. They were different from the past, with a more tenacious color, "You, the Bai family, all the people who are important to me, I
I will risk my life to protect you. No matter how vicious you are, or if you die, I am willing to bear all the infamy, but you must live. Listen to Yu Che, I will do whatever it takes to get the Bai family out of Yi Chenjing's control. You are
My most important family members cannot die because of me, do you understand?"
Holding her arms around the maid who was unable to cry, Bai Qige was surprisingly gentle, with an indifferent smile at the corner of her mouth.
"I don't want to lie to him. I will tell him the truth when you are safe and sound. He can kill him if he wants. After all, I owe him."
But before that, the only option was to continue to lie to him.
There were regular footsteps approaching from far away. Bai Qige could tell who it was and hurriedly wiped away the tears on Yu Che's face and smiled.
"I asked the kitchen to make some porridge, you can drink it while it's hot - what's wrong? What happened?" Yi Chenjing was holding the food box, and her heart tightened when she saw the master and servant with red eyes.
"It's nothing. Yu Che saw me lying down and was bored, so he talked about some family matters. Who wants to feel homesick after listening to it? If I shed two tears, you will see the joke in vain." Bai Qige took a long breath and covered it up with an understatement.
Yi Chenjing nodded, opened the food box and put it on the table: "It's okay. After dinner, take a nap. The imperial doctor will come over to see you again in the afternoon. Suyan will send someone to the room for dinner, and wait until I come back from the imperial study room."
I want to talk to you about the drawings."
"You go down first." Bai Qige patted Yu Che on the shoulder and asked her to leave first, leaving a slightly confused Yi Chenjing alone in the room, "I have peeked at the expedition memorial you wrote, and frankly speaking, it is no different from what I think.
, so there is no suggestion to make. However, there are a few ways to fight against the Iron Armored Army of the Jolo River Khanate. I will discuss them in detail when you come back in the evening. In addition, I also have some opinions on how to shake the prince's position. The prince's faction and
You have to explain to me the power dispute between Prime Minister Zuo and his faction in detail."
Although Bai Qige had long promised to help Yi Chenjing with suggestions, she had never been so proactive and talkative as today. Yi Chenjing couldn't help but be surprised, and felt uneasy in her heart.
I always feel like...she is leaving.
"It's still a long time before we leave for the expedition. There's no need to be in such a hurry." Yi Chenjing lowered his head and took out his rice bowl to cover up the fleeting confusion. He calmed down and said, "You don't have to worry about Jin Zhaoyi's affairs anymore. Nothing will happen.
She will come to see you today or tomorrow. It is up to you whether she wants to tell you the reason why she sneaked into the apse——"
"If I help you win the throne, can you let the Bai family go?"
The sudden question made Yi Chenjing silent for a moment. After a long time, he gently stirred the spoon and looked at the calm face through the steam rising from the porridge.
"Have you got any clues about the Hung Hom incident?" Yi Chenjing asked rhetorically without answering. The moment her sensitive nerves were aroused, she tensed up in anticipation, but also had an inexplicable feeling that she didn't want to know the truth so soon.
Bai Qige shook her head, her smile still dull: "How can you tell me if you don't go out the door or take two steps? I just want to confirm. I really can't trust you. If I try so hard to help you get what you want, I won't get anything.
, wouldn’t that be such a disadvantage? In fact, I wanted to simply let you set up a written evidence as evidence, but after thinking about it over and over again, I felt that it was useless, so I casually asked if I could tell him something while your guard was down. It’s a pity that you are wary.
It’s too heavy, no matter how you reel it, it won’t get hooked.”
Yi Chenjing's half-joking answer failed to reassure Yi Chenjing. He silently handed over his rice bowl and brushed away a strand of hair from his pale cheek. Yi Chenjing didn't notice that this seemed to have become his natural habit.