The sound of slight footsteps came, making Qiao Yueru frown slightly.

Her senses were sharper because her eyes were closed, and the person in the room, though light, had an uncontrollable mess, obviously unwell, or injured.

Realizing this possibility, Qiao Yueru slowly opened a slit, looked into the room by the moonlight, and saw a man in black slowly leaning over.

She instantly clenched the dagger in her hand, and before she could react, she smelled a crisp sandalwood fragrance on the tip of her nose.

Smelling this smell, Qiao Yueru's heart froze, and she sat up from the couch, "Gongzhijin, how can you ......?"

The black figure paused, obviously surprised by her words, "How do you know it's me?" ”

"Is it that you have the scent of sandalwood on your body, what are you doing here all of a sudden? It's still in the middle of the night, and it's weird and scary. Qiao Yueru uncomfortably pulled on the quilt to cover herself.

Gongzhijin smiled bitterly, and his inky black eyes were shining in the night.

As soon as he was about to say something, he tilted his body and fell heavily to the ground, fainting motionlessly.

"Up, Gongzhijin?! Are you okay?! Qiao Yueru was startled, hurriedly jumped off the couch, knelt on the ground and shook his body.

Gongzhijin closed his eyes tightly and did not react, as if he was dead.

Qiao Yueru hugged his body and struggled to help him up, and before she could check his pulse, she saw a pool of blood on the ground.

Blood...... How can there be blood?!

She probed into Gongzhijin's waist in a panic, and sure enough, she felt a piece of wetness.

"Someone! Kerr! Come and help! Qiao Yueru shouted, and her heart was raised.

Hearing the shout, Ke'er came in in a panic with a candle, and when she saw a scene in the house, she was so frightened that she almost threw the candle in her hand.

She and Qiao Yueru carried Gong Zhijin to the bed together, and helped take off his black robe.

"Miss, he's seriously injured......" Ke'er looked at Gongzhijin's pale face, and couldn't bear to overdo it.

Qiao Yueru took a deep breath, stared at Gongzhijin's white underwear soaked with blood, and pinched her palm to force herself to calm down.

She waved her hand at Ke'er, "Go get a basin of water, and then go get the hemostatic powder." ”

"Yes." Ke'er agreed, turned and left the room.

Qiao Yueru slowly sat on the edge of the bed, found scissors and cut the clothes on Gongzhijin's waist, and saw a hole gushing with blood, obviously stabbed with a dagger.

She was shocked for a while, and closed her eyes sadly, "Gongzhi Jin...... What the hell happened to you? Why did it hurt like this? ”

Gong Zhijin didn't respond, he was already unconscious, and if he didn't treat the wound in time, he was afraid that he would die of excessive bleeding.

Ke'er quickly came over with a basin of water, put it at the head of the bed, and took the hemostatic scatter and handed it to Qiao Yueru.

She looked at Gongzhi Jin's wound from the side, and couldn't help but sigh, "Childe, has you been assassinated?" How did it hurt like this? Obviously, his martial arts are also very high. ”

"It's obvious that he encountered a premeditated assassination, don't talk about this, you go out first, I'll take care of him." Qiao Yueru wrung out the towel and carefully wiped the blood stains around Gongzhijin's wound.

Hearing this, Ke'er had to nod and leave step by step.

There was only Qiao Yueru left in the room who could move, and she finally couldn't help but reddened her eyes, and wiped it with her trembling hands, but tears blurred her vision.

After not seeing her for such a long time, she didn't expect to see Gongzhijin again in such a way.

What happened to Gongzhijin? Why can't anyone tolerate him?

Questions and worries were intertwined in Qiao Yueru's heart, making her unable to make a sound in pain.

After she cleaned the wound and poured hemostatic dispersion again, Gongzhijin's wound really stopped bleeding, and although her face was pale, it was much better than when she first fainted.

Qiao Yueru was relieved, lying on the couch and staying up without sleeping, silently waiting for Gongzhijin to wake up.

This waited until the fifth watch, and the sky outside was already bright, but the rooster still crowed.

Qiao Yueru couldn't stand it anymore and lowered her head and fell asleep on the couch.

I don't know how long it took, Gong Zhijin's fingers moved, and he slowly opened his inky eyes.

He felt the pain in his waist, and immediately frowned, and just when he was about to look around, he saw Qiao Yueru sleeping beside him.

Qiao Yueru's eyelashes trembled slightly, like a frightened deer that couldn't sleep steadily, and her cherry-red mouth was panting, looking cute and charming.

Gongzhijin slightly hooked the corners of her lips and stretched out her hand to stroke her hair, "Yueru." ”

Qiao Yueru slept very lightly, and the injured Gongzhijin was still lying beside her, and when she was touched like this, she suddenly opened her eyes in fright.

Looking at those ink eyes, she was stunned for a moment before grabbing Gong Zhijin's hand, "You...... Are you awake?! ”

The joy in his tone softened Gong Zhijin's expression a little.

"I've woken up a long time ago, have you been here all night?" He withdrew his hand, pretending not to do anything to her at all.

Qiao Yueru nodded, helped her hair and sat up straight, "Are you still in pain now?" No, you must be in pain, then you ......"

She pursed her lips, not knowing how to talk to this man for a long time.

"It hurts, but I believe you have helped me with good medicine, Yueru, thank you for saving me, I know that only you can save me." Gong Zhijin chuckled and held her hand, but there was obviously a desolation in her voice.

Qiao Yueru could hear that he had a very important matter, and his injury was also because of this incident.

She thought about it for a while, but she couldn't help but ask, "What happened last night?" Who is the person who hurt you? ”

Hearing Qiao Yueru ask like this, Gong Zhijin lowered his head and quietly thought about whether to tell the whole thing.

Seeing that he was silent, Qiao Yueru pressed his arm a little anxiously, "Tell me quickly, is there anything you can't tell me?" I'm worried about you and want to know what's going on. ”

"This incident has let you know that there are only disadvantages and no benefits, and you can't bear this result." Gong Zhijin opened his mouth lightly, and he didn't plan to say anything about it.

Qiao Yueru closed her eyes, not wanting to hear him say such useless words.

All along, she has endured enough things, and her heart has been trained to be extremely strong, and she has even accepted the kind of thing that she has crossed over here and can never return to the original world, what else can she not accept?

"Please, tell me what happened, I saved you, I am entitled to know the truth." She held Gong Zhijin's hand, so stubborn that she didn't let go without hearing the answer.

Gongzhi Jin knew that she had always been stubborn, and stared at her helplessly and complicatedly, "Do you really want to carry this heavy secret with me?" ”

"Yes, no matter what happens, I will be on your side and solve it with you." Qiao Yueru nodded without hesitation.

Hearing this, Gong Zhijin frowned a little moved, and after a few considerations, he decided to tell everything.

He pressed Qiao Yueru's hand with his backhand, and said word by word: "I investigated my background a few days ago and found that I have a shocking secret hidden on my body. ”

"What...... Secret? Qiao Yueru held her breath, but she couldn't understand what he said.

Gong Zhijin's identity is other than being a brother and sister with her, is there any other identity?

Seeing that she was nervous, Gongzhijin hesitated, but still told the truth: "I am the prince of the former dynasty." ”

A simple sentence made Qiao Yueru completely stunned.

Her beautiful eyes widened, and she stared at Gong Zhijin for a long time without understanding what this meant.

The prince of the former dynasty? Doesn't that mean that Gongzhijin is the person who everyone in today's dynasty is punished?

And what about her? Is her identity also a person from the previous dynasty? Who is the one who assassinated Gongzhijin this time?

Qiao Yueru opened her mouth, and when she wanted to ask again, she heard Gong Zhijin continue: "Originally, I was the only one who knew about this matter, but there were also people on the emperor's side who were secretly watching me. ”

"So the person who injured you at night was a secret guard sent by the emperor? How did you escape? The more Qiao Yueru listened, the more scared she became.

She never thought that the person who wanted Gongzhi Jin to die would be the emperor.

No matter who wants to go against Gongzhijin, she believes that Gongzhijin can settle it, but only the emperor is ......

Gongzhijin smiled bitterly and nodded: "The emperor sent twenty secret guards to sneak into the mansion, I escaped after detecting it in advance, and was ambushed and attacked by five secret guards on the road, and fled all the way here after being injured, they couldn't find me, and now I should have gone back to restore my life." ”

"How so...... Is the emperor determined to kill you now? Qiao Yueru bit her lip, her face even paler than him.

Now that Gongzhijin has been found to be a relic of the previous dynasty, the emperor must not tolerate sand in his eyes, and he will try his best to get Gongzhijin to die.

No matter how capable Gongzhijin is, he can't compete with the peerless secret guards around the emperor who have been tempered for many years.

This...... What can I do?

"You don't have to be afraid, I have found out that you and I are not brothers and sisters, even if I am the prince of the previous dynasty, it has nothing to do with you." Seeing that she was scared, Gongzhijin told the truth very complicatedly.

Qiao Yueru came back to her senses and looked at him stunned, "What do you mean...... We ......"

"We are not related by blood, you will not be implicated by me, so you don't have to worry so much." Gongzhijin gave her a reassuring smile.

Qiao Yueru was not happy when she heard this, but was very angry.

It's all at this time, naturally Gongzhijin's life is the most important, what's the use of saying anything else? It can't be that Gong Zhijin misunderstood her and was scared like this, because she didn't want to be chased and killed as a former dynasty, right?

Qiao Yueru suppressed the turmoil in her heart and said word by word: "I've never been worried about myself, I'm worried about you, what are you going to do next?" ”

"The emperor doesn't know that I will hide here, and I will leave here after three days of recuperation." Gongzhi Jin thought about saying this, but his tone was very hesitant.

If he wants to evade the pursuit and leave here, he may never come back, and he will never see Qiao Yueru again.

Qiao Yueru obviously understood this, and said complicatedly: "So after you leave, you can't come back, right?" We won't see each other again? ”

"I can't bother you, if I leave, I can only go to a place far away from the imperial city, maybe to be a woodcutter at the foot of the mountains, maybe to live in a very remote small village, in short, it will be even more difficult to see you again." Gong Zhijin looked at her deeply.

He knew that it was very cruel to say this, but in order to survive, he had no choice but to separate from Qiao Yueru.

Qiao Yueru couldn't hold back, and two lines of tears flowed out at once, "You...... Have you already decided? ”

As long as the thought of never seeing this man again, her heart was like a knife.

Gong Zhijin nodded without hesitation, and said softly: "I also want to stay by your side rather than die, but the emperor can't tolerate sand in his eyes, and he doesn't allow the people of the previous dynasty to live at all, for this breath, I must live well." ”

"I know, I know it, but ......" Qiao Yueru lowered her head and sobbed quietly.

When she knew that she and Gong Zhijin were brother and sister, even if they couldn't be together in the future, she hadn't been so sad, but now when she heard Gong Zhijin say that she wanted to leave forever, why was she so sad?