140 I am afraid of death, but I will not sell my dignity to survive
Along the way, neither of them spoke. Qin Jiyan rested against the carriage, while Gu Qiancheng supported his head with his right hand, not knowing what he was thinking...
The journey was quiet and silent, the two of them formed a world of their own, contradictory yet compatible, until...
The carriage stopped.
"Are we here?" Gu Qiancheng subconsciously raised his head and looked at Qin Jiyan.
"Yeah." Qin Jiyan also raised his head, his eyes falling on her injured knee...
When Gu Qiancheng blinked in confusion, Qin Jiyan took out a small box from under the coffee table and handed it to Gu Qiancheng: "Medicine from the palace."
After dropping the medicine, Qin Jiyan got off the carriage without saying anything, leaving space for Gu Qiancheng so that Gu Qiancheng could apply the medicine on the carriage.
Gu Qiancheng was sitting alone in the carriage, looking at the medicine on the table with a hint of confusion: "What does this mean?"
I stopped her specifically just to give her a bottle of medicine. Your Highness, are you too busy?
Gu Qiancheng picked up the medicine, rolled his eyes silently, and then...
Okay, lift up your skirt and apply the medicine.
She never refuses other people's kindness, and Qin Jiyan doesn't need to do anything for her. She doesn't need to guard against others like thieves...
The secret medicine in the palace is indeed not available on the market, and it is more effective than her homemade medicine. After just applying a layer of it, it feels cool, and the burning pain has almost disappeared.
"It's a good thing, but it's a pity that we don't have the equipment. Otherwise, if we test the ingredients, we might not be able to mix it." Gu Qiancheng admitted that her old habit has returned. When she sees a good medicine, she wants to check the ingredients to see if she can
Can't match it.
Ahem... This problem needs to be corrected. There is no grandpa or eldest brother here with powerful hands to put her in danger. As long as she is able to figure out the secret method that is not taught to others, the consequences will be very serious.
Of course, she will not make a profit from this. To put it bluntly, she has never worried about money, whether in her previous life or this life. Although she cannot make money, she has a rich family.
But, is this medicine?
Gu Qiancheng put it away unceremoniously.
Although there was a holy decree and she did not need to kneel to Concubine Gu, there was no guarantee that there would be no other accidents. For the sake of her own life, she had to collect some good things like this.
After applying the medicine, Gu Qiancheng got off the carriage and found...
Qin Jiyan took her to a maple forest outside the city.
At this time, the maple leaves are not yet red, and the layers of leaves are intertwined together, blocking the sunlight, but it is a bit cool.
When Gu Qiancheng got off the carriage, he saw Qin Jiyan standing with his hands folded. There was an indescribable loneliness in his back, as if he was the only one in the world...
For a moment, Gu Qiancheng had the urge to step forward and hug him.
Of course, this is just impulse, Gu Qiancheng would not do this.
Stepping on the soft leaves, Gu Qiancheng stopped when he was three steps away from Qin Jiyan: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the gift of medicine. It is very good."
"As long as it's useful." Qin Jiyan didn't look back or talk nonsense, and went straight to the topic: "Do you know why Feng Sijin was injured?"
"Master Feng told me today." Gu Qiancheng never thought that Qin Jiyan came here for this matter and gave him a surprised look.
Are you worried about her?
"Now that I know it, I won't say anything. You should be careful in the coming days and don't go out if nothing happens." What happened has already happened. Qin Jiyan didn't mean to blame Gu Qiancheng. After all...
Some things were not something Gu Qiancheng could decide. When it came to Feng Sijin, she had to save him.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I don't like going out." Even if she wanted to go out, it wasn't that easy.
"Yes." Qin Jiyan responded and took a step forward: "Go for a walk with me."
After saying that, he ignored Gu Qiancheng and walked straight forward...
Gu Qiancheng always felt that Qin Jiyan was very strange today, but His Highness King Qin didn't want to say anything, and she had no interest in asking. Knowing too much would not be good for her...
The maple forest was very quiet. Apart from the two of them, there was no one else around, not even the guards who always followed Qin Jiyan.
The two of them walked in tandem, aimlessly in the forest. Occasionally, leaves fell, but it did not affect the two of them...
Gu Qiancheng's knees were still a little sore and he was not walking very fast. Qin Jiyan also tacitly agreed to slow down. Gu Qiancheng thought that the two of them would keep walking like this until they returned to the city after dark, but suddenly Qin Jiyan spoke.
.
"Do you know who is the mastermind behind Lingzhen Pavilion?"
"Three princes?" There are no outsiders here, and Gu Qiancheng has no scruples.
"No." Qin Jiyan shook his head and sarcastically said: "It was indeed the work of three uncles to frame me, but this matter about the spirit bird... I have investigated to the end, and all the evidence points to the death of me.
Father."
"How is that possible?" Gu Qiancheng paused, completely in disbelief. The former prince had been dead for more than ten years, how could he have done this?
"I am also surprised, how is this possible?" A person who has been dead for more than ten years can still show off the magic bird?
Gu Qiancheng could hear Qin Jiyan smiling, but there was no trace of sincerity in the smile.
"Three years ago, when the so-called spirit bird appeared, I asked people to investigate it, but no trace was found. Now that the spirit bird is dead, the evidence points to my father. It is really ridiculous." This is Qin.
The reason why Ji Yan hastily closed the case.
The evidence was too sufficient for him to investigate further. Instead of finding out something he couldn't bear, it would be better for the three uncles to take the blame.
Gu Qiancheng pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, you mean, is there someone else behind the Lingzhen Pavilion case?" Those three princes were just the ones who stood out for a time.
"Yeah." Qin Jiyan nodded approvingly, knowing that Gu Qiancheng would be able to figure it out.
"What is this person's purpose?" Gu Qiancheng was puzzled. If...
If she had not testified for Qin Jiyan at that time, then this case would not have been investigated by Qin Jiyan. If it had been investigated by someone else and it had been traced to the former prince, it would have been reported to the emperor...
"Purpose? I'm not sure now. Anyway, it's not for me." Qin Jiyan turned around and looked directly at Gu Qiancheng with his deep eyes: "Gu Qiancheng, are you afraid?"
Getting involved in a fight that shouldn't belong to her.
"I'm afraid." Gu Qiancheng said honestly: "However, it seems that there is no use being afraid now. I seem to have learned a big secret."
Things related to the late prince could never be simple. Since Qin Jiyan told her, he could not tolerate her saying no.
"That's right, you know a huge secret. Now it's too late for you to back down." Qin Jiyan looked at Gu Qiancheng deeply. He wanted to know if this woman could be trusted?
This matter concerns the former prince, and Qin Jiyan cannot tell anyone else. Apart from Gu Qiancheng, he is the only one who knows...
Gu Qiancheng understood the importance of this matter very well, and she expressed her position without hesitation.
"Your Highness, I, Gu Qiancheng, am afraid of death, but that doesn't mean I'm cowardly. I don't like to cause trouble, but that doesn't mean I can take it lightly if someone hits me in the face. No matter what I do, once I do it
I will not regret or be afraid. Because...regret and fear will not help anything!"
There is a difference between enduring humiliation and selling one's dignity in order to survive. She will not be a man of both sides in order to survive. Now that she has been involved in these things, she will stand firm...