Qin Jiyan put his hands on Gu Qiancheng's shoulders, bent down to help Gu Qiancheng up, and carefully adjusted Gu Qiancheng's posture, just to avoid making her sit uncomfortable.
Qin Jiyan's movements were gentle and careful, as if Gu Qiancheng was a fragile porcelain doll, afraid that she would break if the force was too strong...
There was only a fist distance between the two of them, and with a gentle breath, Gu Qiancheng could smell the cold fragrance on Qin Jiyan's body.
The long hair slid down with this movement and brushed against Gu Qiancheng's face, tickling, but Gu Qiancheng did not brush it off, but looked at Qin Jiyan blankly...
Gentle movements, ambiguous words, reproaches on the lips, but worry and concern showed in the eyes.
This was the first time Gu Qiancheng had seen Qin Jiyan like this. If it had been in the past, she would have pretended not to see it, but now...
She couldn't bear it!
She wanted a gentle embrace, like her brother's, who could hold her and comfort her when she was sad.
Gu Qiancheng wanted to throw herself into Qin Jiyan's arms and cry out her sadness and helplessness, but she couldn't...
The man in front of her is not her eldest brother!
Click... click...
Tears fell one by one, silently and silently.
Such Gu Qiancheng is strong yet fragile, making people unable to help but want to hold him in his arms and coax him softly...
"What's wrong?" Qin Jiyan suppressed the urge to hold the person in his arms, but could not suppress the urge to reach out and wipe Gu Qiancheng's tears.
Although Qin Jiyan is the eldest grandson of the emperor, he is not a pampered person. His fingers are not delicate and smooth at all, and are even a bit rougher than ordinary people.
The fingertips rubbed his cheek, which stung slightly, but made Gu Qiancheng's eyes fall more and more fiercely...
She was too naive before, and the world was more cruel than she imagined. Her soft heart and kindness ultimately harmed others and herself.
Gu Qiancheng didn't speak and was just suffering. The more tears he wiped, the more Qin Jiyan frowned. He sat down beside Gu Qiancheng's bed and said helplessly: "What's wrong with you? I don't blame you either."
you?"
He admitted that his tone of voice was always bad, but it wasn't the first day Gu Qiancheng met him, so why was he so scared?
"It's okay." After crying, he felt much better. Gu Qiancheng sobbed, pushed Qin Jiyan's hand away, and wiped the tears from his face randomly: "I'm sorry, I just lost my temper."
His eyes were red and his voice was choked, but he had indeed calmed down. But Gu Qiancheng like this made Qin Jiyan even more worried.
"Are you sure you're fine?" Qin Jiyan was very doubtful...
Gu Qiancheng nodded firmly: "I'm fine."
His voice was hoarse and uncharacteristically charming. Qin Jiyan felt that his throat was itchy and he coughed twice before feeling like he was back to normal.
Qin Jiyan quickly asked about the business to divert his attention: "What happened? How could you be hurt like this?"
Qin Jiyan only knew the result, not the process. Although he could ask his subordinates, he wanted to hear it from Gu Qiancheng himself.
It was necessary to lie to the old emperor, but when facing Qin Jiyan, Gu Qiancheng did not need to make up lies. After this incident, Gu Qiancheng understood very well that she and Qin Jiyan were in the same boat, and she had to be honest.
Gu Qiancheng told Qin Jiyan one by one about how Feng Yao broke into the other courtyard, knocked out the guard, and took her hostage to escape...
Qin Jiyan was calm at first, but as Gu Qiancheng talked about the dangers in the forest, Qin Jiyan's face turned gloomy.
He really didn't expect that Gu Qiancheng would encounter so many dangers...
Seeing the injuries on Gu Qiancheng's body, Qin Jiyan blamed himself even more.
If it weren't for his poor arrangements, how could something like this happen to Gu Qiancheng, but...
It's useless to say this now. What he can do is try to avoid similar things from happening again.
Gu Qiancheng didn't know what Qin Jiyan was thinking, so he told the reason why he saved Feng Yao: "Feng Yao looks very similar to Feng Yuqian, but he doesn't look like a Xihu person. I heard the Xihu people call him General Feng, so I mistook him for it."
He is a member of the Feng family, so he came to the rescue."
"After I found out that the other party was from Xihu, I didn't kill him. I just kicked him down the slope. After seeing that the other courtyard was burned, I went back to look for him, but... he disappeared."
At the end of the sentence, Gu Qiancheng's voice choked up again.
All said and done, what she regretted most was letting Feng Yao go.
Realizing that Gu Qiancheng was blaming himself and feeling sad for the deaths of five people from other courtyards, Qin Jiyan could not bear to be angry. He sighed secretly and comforted him: "It's not your fault. They didn't protect you.
It would be a breach of responsibility."
"They died because of me." Gu Qiancheng closed his eyes and blinked back the tears in his eyes.
After calming down, Gu Qiancheng also understood that even if she did not go back to rescue Feng Yao, she could not stop the fire in the other courtyard, nor could she save the five people, let alone...
She was not the one who brought those big men from Xihu, but she still blamed herself for not being able to overcome the hurdle in her heart.
Qin Jiyan couldn't understand Gu Qiancheng's self-blame and guilt. In his opinion, it was their honor that those five servants died for Gu Qiancheng, and they deserved their death...
Of course, Qin Jiyan didn't say this, he just comforted: "You don't have to take this matter seriously, I will bury them generously and treat their families well."
There's only so much they can do now that the person is dead.
"Yeah." Gu Qiancheng nodded and said nothing more.
However, Qin Jiyan could see from her stubborn eyebrows that Gu Qiancheng was not relieved and even put the blame on Feng Yao.
Qin Jiyan hesitated for a moment and decided to reveal Feng Yao's identity: "Qiancheng, Feng Yao is the son of Princess Xihu. He and the Feng family... many people suspect that he is from the Feng family. But the two countries
The emperor has checked that during Princess Xihu's pregnancy, everyone in the Feng family was in the capital. No one had contact with Princess Xihu, and there was no chance that Princess Xihu would give birth to a child."
The son of Princess Xihu? Gu Qiancheng raised his head and looked at Qin Ji in confusion: What does your Highness, King Qin, mean?
Qin Jiyan did not answer Gu Qiancheng's doubts, but continued: "Feng Yao's father is a mystery. Except for Princess Xihu, no one knows who that man is, including Feng Yao himself."
Qin Jiyan paused for a moment, looked at Gu Qiancheng, and said with a hint of ridicule: "Qiancheng, what do you think is possible for a princess's son who has been ignored and bullied since he was a child, and has no chance to learn to read or practice martial arts?
, can you make a career in the military with your own abilities?"
"Even if a young man with no one to teach him has strength and courage, how likely is it that he will become a general with military power?"
"Qiancheng, generals are not better than soldiers. They must not only be able to fight, but also know how to fight. Even if Feng Yao is a natural and talented general, he still needs to be taught."
Qin Jiyan never believed that there was anything he was born with...
Of course, this is not evidence, it is just Qin Jiyan's suspicion, and is this suspicion worth pondering?
"You mean, it's very possible that Feng Yao is really from the Feng family?" Gu Qiancheng's mind was still clear, especially since he had just vented his anger and his emotions had eased...
"This is just my suspicion and should not be taken seriously. In short, you did nothing wrong in saving Feng Yao." Although Qin Jiyan meant to comfort Gu Qiancheng, what he said was also true...