Far away from the Yaohe Hall, Bai Qige closed her eyes and took a deep breath, finally able to relax her nervousness.
It was too dangerous just now. If Yi Chenxuan hadn't been deceived by a quick wit, I'm afraid that tonight she would become one of the ghosts who mysteriously disappeared in the palace of the distant country, and even her body would be nowhere to be found.
Bai Qige didn't tell anyone when she came. She was used to walking alone. She never thought that Yi Chenxuan would intercept her here, and she didn't expect that he would reveal his true nature and show his sharp fangs at her so soon. That person was lonely in the dark.
The man who gave her a glimmer of hope can never be found again. From now on, the only one she can rely on is herself...or Yi Chenjing?
The three-day limit is neither long nor short. Bai Qige plans to settle down Mrs. Qi first before thinking about it. Now there are too many irrelevant things in her mind and she can't calm down to think about her relationship with Yi Chenjing.
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Jin Zhaoyi was greatly favored by Emperor Yao, and lived in Diecui Residence, which was much larger than Lianchenxuan. However, there were not many people walking around on weekdays, so living there alone was lonely. It was rare for Bai Qige to come to visit, and Jin Zhaoyi was very fond of her.
She was familiar with Yi Chenxuan, and the brocade bag matter made her even closer, so she insisted on letting her stay for one night before leaving. Bai Qige was still a little wary of Yi Chenxuan, and was worried that something might happen again on her way back to Lianchenxuan alone, so she simply agreed to Jin Zhaoyi's plan.
Go back two days later.
They talked for a long time all night long. Jin Zhaoyi kept talking about how she fell in love with the prince Yi Chenyu. The back and forth lasted until noon the next day. Bai Qige didn't want to have a long night and have many dreams, so she asked Jin Zhaoyi to go to the queen to report Mrs. Qi's affairs.
He asked a palace maid from Diecuiju to accompany him and hurried back to Lianchenxuan.
Yu Che saw that Bai Qige stayed all night and waited until dawn, and could hardly open his eyes. Bai Qige pushed the sleepy maid back to the room to rest, and personally served Mrs. Qi for lunch before returning to Huixi Residence and walking in.
I found someone who was sitting firmly in the hall ahead of me.
"Where did you go all night?" Yi Chenjing held the teacup with an expressionless expression.
"Of course I'm looking for Jin Zhaoyi. I have nowhere else to go." Bai Qige was quite puzzled by his sudden cold attitude. She was just busy with too many things and really didn't have the free time to pay attention to what he was doing every day.
Happy and angry. Exhausted, Bai Qige opened the bedroom door and truthfully told the result of her discussion with Jin Zhaoyi: "Tomorrow I will send Mrs. Qi to Diecui Residence. Jin Zhaoyi will think that the humidity in the distant hall is not good for raising a fetus."
Since she is left behind and guarded by Jin Zhaoyi, there is no chance that the Fifth Prince will hurt Mrs. Qi again."
Seeing that Yi Chenjing was silent in response, Bai Qige stopped talking. Her eyes inadvertently glanced at the bedroom and she suddenly paused, her heart stagnating for a moment.
A stack of rice paper was scattered in a mess, some of which were completed designs, some of which were discarded weaponry sketches, and there were a few empty envelopes underneath. Looking along the papers scattered on the ground, there were only a few scattered fires left in the brazier.
Under the dowry, there were several square pieces of ashes inside, apparently formed by burning folded paper.
The stack of paper has been kept in the drawer, carefully preserved together with the letters home from Bai Haocheng. Each piece and page is the hard work of hard thinking. Each letter and every word is a deep thought from thousands of miles away. It is this cold
Bai Qige's most precious thing in the room.
After the flames passed, the drawings were still there, but the family letters were gone, leaving only ashes.
Her eyes were dry and painful, and her hands couldn't stop trembling. Bai Qige slowly walked to the brazier, her clothes were picked up by the breeze and the ashes were blown away, and the pieces fluttered and shattered.
There is nothing left. She has read it thousands of times and countless times, giving her the final sustenance to have the courage to struggle desperately in the darkness. It was just a trip out. She endured the fatigue and tiredness and ran around for him. Is this the result she got in exchange?
?!
Staggering out of the bedroom, Yi Chenjing was still sitting in the hall with an expressionless face, staring at the complicated patterns on the tea cup in trance, but without the slightest hint of guilt.
The crisp and shattering sound was sudden and harsh in the quiet environment, and the tea cup that was held in his hand a moment ago turned into pieces on the ground. With his half-raised hand hanging in the air, Yi Chenjing raised his eyebrows, and the plain face in front of him was full of anger and pain.
Her dark eyes stared straight at him, and her chest heaved violently.
"Why?" Bai Qige's voice was low and hoarse, and it took a lot of effort to spit out each word.
Yi Chenjing did not answer, but took another teacup and filled it up, speaking in a calm tone as if nothing had happened: "You stayed in Lianchenxuan during the Northern Expedition. Suyan will teach you what you should and shouldn't do."
You don’t need to write any more replies to the Bai family. From now on, you have no possibility of contacting anyone in the Bai family."
Bai Qige couldn't believe her ears. Yesterday, yesterday, he whispered that he would give her freedom and asked her if she would stay by his side. She thought that all the hardships were over, but she didn't want to change again overnight.
The ruthless general who destroyed the country turned into an avenger who hated her and tried every means to make her suffer.
Are you toying with her and having fun watching her fall to rock bottom in an instant?
Could it be that the man who held her hand and recalled his past sins with a remorseful expression was also a fake, wearing a mask to deceive her just like Yi Chenxuan?
Impossible, his eyes were clearly pure and real at that time, how could it be another scam?!
"You said it yourself. You will let the Bai family go. A true man made a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold. Do you want to go back on it?"
"So what if I break my promise?" Hearing Bai Qige's suppressed anger, Yi Chenjing couldn't explain how she felt in her heart. She could only avoid the deeply hurt eyes and look away to remain calm, "Yes.
You broke your promise first, you can't blame me. I have to be lucky that you pretended not to answer me yesterday, otherwise I would have really made a big mistake."
"Did I break my promise? Which of the things I promised you didn't come true? I gave you the weapons you asked for and the terrain map you asked for. You asked me to stay away from Yi Chenxuan, and I did it. I was in the snow for you.
I’ve been lying there all night, what else do you want from me?!”
"Then why did you lie to me and why did you secretly go to see Yun Zhongjin behind my back?!" Facing the unprecedentedly excited Bai Qige, Yi Chenjing finally couldn't help but blurted out the questions she had been holding in her heart, filled with anger.
For a moment, both of them were speechless, and the air seemed to be stagnant and silent.
Before dawn, Zhan Ting, who had been busy all night, returned to the study with the answer. He hesitated for a long time before finally speaking. The information he found was exactly what Yi Chenjing wanted to confirm - the day Bai Qige secretly left the palace was the same day as Yun
On the day when Zhong Jin was attacked, according to the palace gate guards, Bai Qige and Yu Che left on foot and returned by horse. The horse was exactly the same as what the soldiers at the school military field described.
Isn't the result obvious enough? Bai Qige went to Yun Zhongjin behind his back for some purpose and had a dispute. The person who rescued her was Yi Chenxuan's subordinate. When he asked if there was any clue about Hongxiao's death, she
But he chose to deceive.
He kept asking to believe her, but she kept lying to him.
I don't know how long it took, but a sigh of extreme exhaustion echoed throughout the room.
"I chose to believe you again and again, and was deceived again and again. I've had enough, Bai Qige." Touching her pale cheek without emotion, Yi Chenjing stood in front of Bai Qige, with her head lowered and her eyes dim, "I thought you
I have changed, and maybe I won’t lie to me anymore, so I told myself to believe you for the last time. Have you ever thought about how unfair this is to Hongxiao? But I still did it because it was you. Do you know, if
If you tell me honestly, then even if Hong Xiao's death is really related to you, I will still give up revenge and let you and the Bai family go."
Compared with the crime of killing Hong Xiao, he could not bear Bai Qige's deception, which would make him lose another important person in his life after Hong Xiao.
No, don't worry now, because it has been lost.
Yi Chenjing's words were like thunder on the ground. Bai Qige stood there blankly, her mind in confusion, like questioning and muttering to herself: "You forced me... If you had said it earlier..."
"There are no ifs, it's over, the agreement between us." After that exciting questioning, Yi Chenjing became terrifyingly calm, with no cold eyes or expressions of hatred. However, it was that stranger-like indifference that made Bai Qige lose everything.
My strength seems to have lost my soul and my heart.
Everything she did was to save the Bai family in danger. Lying to him and hiding things from him were all things she didn't want to do but had to do because she was afraid that he would attack the Bai family after knowing the truth and that he would hurt her most.
Important relatives. Why didn't he tell her earlier, tell her that he didn't care if she was the culprit, then she would never hide anything!
Yi Chenjing will never know how much pain she felt before lying to him.
"I do - you don't need this answer anymore?" Bai Qige smiled sadly. She didn't know if Yi Chenjing heard it, or if he understood the meaning of these three words. He was more decisive than her, he was more decisive than her.
More straightforward, so his voice was louder than hers, completely burying her weak answer.
"If you want the Bai family to be safe, just be a chess piece. Otherwise, you are nothing."
Bai Qige understood the meaning of this sentence, and from now on, all grudges will be severed.
The quarrel between the two people alerted Yu Che who was resting in the wing room. He ran out of the room in a panic and saw Yi Chenjing leaving. He walked into the hall with a confused look on his face. What he saw in front of him scared Yu Che and screamed.
"Miss! What are you doing!"
The teacup fragments on the floor had sharp edges. Bai Qige knelt in front of the bedroom door. The palms on the ground were cut by the fragments. Large drops of blood spilled across the threshold, and she struggled to reach for the brazier under the dressing table. Yi Chenjing
Arguments and disputes with Bai Qige were common, but this was the first time that Bai Qige was so lost. Yu Che hurriedly took the bleeding hand and pressed the wound with a sweat towel. He followed Bai Qige's dull eyes and let out a low voice when he understood what was in the brazier.
Huh, cover your mouth in disbelief.
How many times have I seen her holding letters from home with a clean smile, how many times have I seen her falling asleep while reading letters over and over again. Yu Che knows better than anyone what those letters from home mean to Bai Qige.
That is their only comfort in being in a foreign country!
"No... it won't burn out. There must be... and..." Both hands rummaged wildly in the ashes, and all they found was black and despair. The remaining temperature of the brazier was very high, but Yu Che
I didn't feel hot, I just felt that my heart and hands were cold, and my clear tears hit the ground, mixing with Bai Qige's blood.
It's all gone and there will never be one again.
Bai Qige wanted to stop Yu Che's meaningless move, but the hand she raised fell softly, her vision went dark, and she lost all consciousness.