() The next day.

The group was divided into three teams, disguised as merchants, Qi Yuan and Liuye were behind, Chang Lei and Xue Tan rode in the front, and the carriage invited a coachman in the barracks, who was also Chen Dongshan's trusted cronies.

Along the way, a few people didn't say too much, first went to Shuzhou, followed Shuzhou all the way south, and arrived in Nanzhao in a few days.

"Jiuling, do you remember how you escaped from Nanzhao with your father?" Yin Qingqi saw that she had nothing to do, and she talked to Jiu Ling without a match.

"I don't know." Jiu Ling frowned, as if it reminded her of a tragic memory. "It's just that I remember that we really survived the pile of the dead, and my father and I hid in the cellar of the house for a long time, and only when we heard no movement outside, did we dare to go out."

"Didn't you say he wouldn't kill old people, children and women?" Yin Qingqi also looked puzzled, "Then your father, why don't you take your mother with you?"

"My mother chose to stay in order to cover us, and the man's order was indeed true, but then everyone killed the mad eye and robbed us of our belongings, besides, it was ......"

"What else?" Yin Qingqi leaned in, thinking that Jiu Ling was just talking, and his voice suddenly became quieter.

"And insulting women." Jiu Ling bit her lip tightly, a resentful look flashed on her face, and her small face was originally frozen sallow, but at this time there was no blood, and she looked at Yin Qingqi pale and desolate.

"I'm sorry." Yin Qingqi looked at her at a loss, only to realize that she had asked too much, "I shouldn't ......"

"Sister, it has nothing to do with you." Jiu Ling smiled helplessly, "It's just that our clan is too ostentatious, the news has reached the capital, and some people with different intentions have been given a chance." ”

Yin Qingqi knew that he was just a child at that time, since the death of the queen's mother, the emperor has not allowed him to enter the palace, and he heard that Qi Yuan disappeared in the palace for a few days, and when he came back, he was seriously ill.

Yin Qingqi remembered her agreement with Concubine Shu, and she was secretly anxious in her heart, and she didn't dare to confirm whether she had different intentions for Qi Yuan.

"I'll tell you something about myself." Yin Qingqi pondered for a long time before he spoke, and there was no anger and sorrow in his eyes, more about the past

of helplessness.

"I was back then...... is the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion, in the palace, and also the body of the queen's mother. Yin Qingqi slowly recalled, as if once again brushing away his layers of scars.

"It's just that later, my best friend framed me, but it turned out to be a bad result and killed himself, the prince investigated, saying that I did it, I begged bitterly, but I was still imprisoned in the Yeting Palace." When Yin Qingqi said this, she actually laughed to herself, and Jiu Ling was also confused.

"Sister, why did that man harm you? What is the Ting Palace? Jiu Ling stared at her with big eyes like copper bells, looking at her in a daze, and even Yin Qingqi was in a trance, as if she saw what Xiao Nineteen would look like in the future.

"She is fighting with me for the crown princess, and she feels that I am her biggest threat." Yin Qingqi shook her head helplessly, "The emperor doesn't like me, saying that I am not the best candidate for the crown princess, and the person who fights with me is called Xi Yue, and he is also my friend who has played since childhood." ”

"What I don't know in my internship month is that I can give everything to her, even the position of the crown princess, but Qi Yuan can't let it, I love Qi Yuan as a person, not his identity." A trace of perseverance flashed in Yin Qingqi's eyes, which had never appeared from the past to the present.

"But Qi Yuan didn't understand, he thought that I was carried away by interests, and he thought that Xi Yue, who reaped the consequences, was harmed by me." Yin Qingqi breathed a long sigh of relief, "Didn't you just ask, what is the place of the Yeting Palace?" I'm telling you now, it's a hell of no peace, just like you're facing, except that I have to face it once a day. ”

"Sister......" Jiu Ling looked at Yin Qingqi with some pity and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"In the Yeting Palace, no one is safe, everyone is always worried about their own lives, they are worried about their own tomorrow, the only thing they can do is to hide in the corner in fear, looking forward to this tomorrow morning, they will still be alive, instead of being persecuted by the poisonous wine rewarded by a certain concubine."

Yin Qingqi remembered those days, and her body couldn't stop trembling, and the cold wind seemed to penetrate into Yin Qingqi's fair skin through the window.

"Prince, why didn't he help you?" Jiu Ling asked tentatively

Dao, when he looked at the prince just now, he always looked at Yin Qingqi intentionally or unintentionally, and the love in his eyes was overflowing.

"I'm just looking at the way he looks at you, full of love, he could have saved you."

"Yes." Yin Qingqi's face sank, "He could have saved me, he didn't have to let me suffer so much, but he didn't trust me, he thought I was the kind of woman who fought for fame and power, and I killed Xi Yue." ”

"Every night, those who died for me hovered in my mind, and their cries and wails made me feel as if life was originally like the palace of the court, and others were hell."

"Sister, you can't be so pessimistic." Jiu Ling comforted Yin Qingqi and stroked her back.

"Miss Jiuling, the reason why I am talking to you about this today." Yin Qingqi swallowed his saliva and tried to organize the language, "Actually, I want to ask you for one thing, I hope you can promise me." ”

"What's the matter?" Jiu Ling's face was puzzled, and she didn't know what Yin Qingqi wanted from her.

"I want to leave, I want to leave the palace completely, leave Qi Yuan." Yin Qingqi looked at Jiu Ling with unwavering belief in her eyes, as if this matter was the only thing she could persist in living.

"I don't want to live in such a messy life, I can be a cow and a horse for you in the future, and even take care of you for a lifetime, I just ask you to find a way to let me go after you arrive in Nanzhao." Yin Qingqi's expression was serious, not like a joke at all, but this also completely frightened Jiuling.

"This ...... This ......" Jiu Ling was speechless, not knowing how to respond to Yin Qingqi's request.

"Sister, you have to think clearly." Jiu Ling was silent for a while, and then said, "There is naturally a way, our Huo family, what we are best at is controlling dreams and holding your breath, I naturally have a way to hold your breath and send you in a box to other places." ”

"But in the future, if the crown prince asks, I also hope that you can keep it a secret, and most importantly, you will no longer be the graceful and luxurious princess in the capital." Jiu Ling's eyes when he looked at Yin Qingqi, a sly light flashed, but Yin Qingqi was only thinking about his own business and didn't pay attention.