Chapter 016: The Truth Is Clearing
The military career has given Bai Qige a very keen sense of observation, since she found out that someone seems to be hiding outside the room, Bai Qige has become more attentive in everything she says and does, and the facts have not wasted her suspicions - there are more and more signs that someone is secretly watching her.
Who could it be? Yi Chenjing's subordinates?
It doesn't matter who it is, Bai Qige doesn't have time to spend a lot of time guessing meaningless things, and what she wants to solve as soon as possible is another problem, about Bai Qige's own past with Hong Xuan and Yi Chenjing.
During the day, Yu Che called a few maids to wash their clothes in the courtyard according to Bai Qige's instructions, and as soon as the sound of pounding clothes sounded, what was said in the house could not be heard outside at all, so Yu Che took this opportunity to tell everything he knew, and slowly added flesh and blood to the past memories that only had vague veins.
A few days later, the truth of a first outline gradually emerged.
Yu Zhaoguo has been a proton for ten years, Yi Chenjing became friends with the third lady of the Bai family, who is almost the same age, and Princess Hongjuan, and fell in love with Princess Hongxuan, and made a private lifelong agreement before returning to Yaoguo. More than a year later, Princess Hongxuan drowned mysteriously, and Bai Qige was the only witness, because the hidden situation touched the reputation of the royal family of Zhaoguo, yes, and King Zhao ordered all the insiders to keep their mouths, only to say that Princess Hongxuan was to pick up a kite and accidentally fell into the water and drowned, as for the truth, it seems that only Bai Qige himself knows.
After getting a lot of useful information from Yu Che, Bai Qige roughly understood the reason why Yi Chenjing hated her to the core.
Bai Qige, who is ordinary and cowardly, is also obsessed with Yi Chenjing, but the many disparities in her life and status, appearance and personality with Princess Hongxuan make her jealous of love, although she maintains a close friend relationship that she grew up with without saying a word on the surface, but in fact, Bai Qige herself hates Princess Hongqi very much.
In addition, Bai Qige herself seems to have expressed her heart to Yi Chenjing but was refused, according to Yu Che, after that, she began to abuse some tricks, always hoping to affect the relationship between Princess Hongxuan and Yi Chenjing, who thought that the result was counterproductive, not only did not let the relationship between the two crack, but taught Yi Chenjing to be disgusted with Bai Qige himself, who was secretly ghostly.
When the body of Hongxuan was salvaged, it was full of scars and bruises, it was shocking, obviously it could not be as simple as picking up a kite and drowning, and the reason why King Zhao gave up even avenging his daughter for the sake of face was even less known, even Yu Che only knew it when he overheard Bai Qige himself talking to his second brother Bai Haocheng.
Hongxuan was not only violently injured, but before being attacked, the princess of Zhaoguo, who was not yet sixteen years old, had already been forced to **.
Bai Qige's heart felt bitter, as the only witness, he had long lost relevant memories, if what Yun Zhongjin said was true, then the possibility of Bai Qige himself instructing someone to rape and kill Princess Hongxuan out of jealousy and hatred is quite high.
In this way, it is no wonder that Yi Chenjing is so resentful after returning from Zhaoguo.
has the relatives of her dreams, and the ** who wants to live is burning in Bai Qige's heart, but if this body has really committed a mortal crime, even if Yi Chenjing wants her to repay it with her life, it is not too much - the facts are not quibbling, no one will believe her crossing the rebirth, the damned one is still her.
After surviving the contradictions for most of the month, no matter how resistant he was in his heart, Yi Chenjing still came back. As the first step in seeking self-preservation, Bai Qige did not wait for him to be summoned, but took the initiative to appear as soon as possible.
Withdrawing from the people around him, Yi Chenjing looked coldly at the woman in front of her whose face had just regained her blood, and there was no temperature in her tone: "I'm not going to look for you, you came to me first." Say, do you want to beg for forgiveness or continue to deny it? ”
"It doesn't matter if the culprit is me or not, I just want to know how you plan to get revenge." Bai Qige avoided answering Yi Chenjing's questions full of ridicule, his eyes were as light as flowing water, and he had no emotion.
"There's no need to say what to do now, you'll know sooner or later."
The meaningless answer had already been guessed, Bai Qige didn't continue to ask, tilted his head slightly, and his eyes swept over the open carved wooden window intentionally or unintentionally: "In such a hot weather, even people can't stand it and want to go outside to escape the heat, the insects everywhere in the dust collection are pitiful, and there is no delicious food in my room, and it is in vain to go." ”
Yi Chenjing's eyes tightened.
"The dust is clean, and there is nothing dirty except for you." Sitting comfortably in the chair, facing the metaphor in Bai Qige's words, Yi Chenjing did not shy away from it, "I'm just worried that you are not familiar with your life and take the wrong path and then disturb outsiders, so I sent a few maids to pay more attention, but I didn't expect it to be a group of waste, this little thing can't be done." ”
How many maids? Bai Qige was dumbfounded, how many maids would have such good kung fu to hide in the shadows, and they would climb to the wall and under the eaves of the trees to monitor and eavesdrop?
Did he take her for a fool, or did she overestimate his IQ?
Fang wanted to speak, but Yi Chenjing interrupted with a cold wave of his hand: "If you have time to care about idle things, it is better to consider yourself." A few days later is the queen's birthday, but the female dependents in the palace have to go to congratulate, although I didn't intend to give you any name, but the princess of Zhaoguo married and came to the world to know, you have to go to this birthday banquet. Since you have been scheming since childhood, you won't know how to behave when the time comes, and you will play your marriage princess for me, otherwise...... If you don't want to suffer from flesh and skin, try to learn how to please me, and maybe one day I'll be kind enough to you. ”
"That's really worth looking forward to." Bai Qige raised a smile at the corner of his mouth, but there was no expectation in his eyes.
The queen's birthday banquet must be grand, and there are hundreds of women in the entire Yaoguo Palace, not to mention three thousand, as long as Yi Chenjing doesn't make a fool of her on the spot, who will notice the humble princess who came from the marriage of the courtiers? I'm afraid, his mind is to embarrass her.
is really a man with a small belly, even if he has the ability to lead the troops to surrender the enemy and calm the battlefield? A narrow-minded person will never ascend to a high position.
That's it, the soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, Yi Chenjing has his plan to block the door, and she Bai Qige is not lacking in climbing the wall ladder, it's a big deal to spend a lifetime of fighting openly and secretly, and there must be a result. Bai Qige didn't dare to say that she was capable enough to defeat Yi Chenjing, but if she got serious, it wasn't so easy for Yi Chenjing to bully her casually. For example, the last time the prince had a private banquet and borrowed wine to pretend to be drunk, he also knew who was better.
"I still have to go outside the palace, and you will go to Su Yan to prepare for the birthday banquet - remember, you don't have any identity now, what you should wear and what you use are all taken care of by the rules of the servant, I won't remind you a second time." Leaving behind is clearly a difficult request, Yi Chenjing waved his long sleeves and left with his hands.
Bai Qige showed a silent smile, without the slightest expression of grievance or surprise.
Sure enough, Yi Chenjing wanted to take this opportunity to make her unable to get off the stage in full view of everyone. As a married princess, she wears the clothes of a maid, which not only shows the low status of Zhaoguo's vassals, but also makes everyone see that she, Princess Qi'an, who was sent to marry Zhaoguo, is just an inferior commoner in the eyes of the Seven Princes, who can be bullied and entertained.
Gently touching the ugly scar on his face, Bai Qige closed his eyes and stood alone in the open room.
When I open my eyes again, my eyes are bright and deep.
If you want to survive in the Yaoguo Palace, you must have an identity that is not easily humiliated, and this identity Yi Chenjing will not give to her, so she will fight for it herself.
It was after the light rain, the air outside the house was fresh and clear, and the horse rode out of the palace gate and walked not far, and the green mountains of hundreds of miles came into view. Yi Chenjing dismounted from his horse, stood in the emerald green grass that did not reach his feet, and exhaled deeply, the fresh air soaked into his heart and lungs, and his exhaustion was swept away.
Where there is no open and secret fighting, people are always taught to be at ease, remove the disguise, and dye a touch of tranquility and peace in their hearts.
A few neighing horses broke the calm, and the man in the strong suit turned over and dismounted from a distance, looked around vigilantly to make sure that no one was following him before walking quickly, and stood still behind Yi Chenjing.
"Your Highness."
"The air in the palace is too dirty, and occasionally you have to take a breath while they don't pay attention, Zhan Ting, you will not leave in the shadows if you are bitter." Yi Chenjing turned around with a slight smile, and in the palm of his outstretched palm, a clear jade pendant was impressive, "Your sister's illness has improved a lot, and the imperial doctor said that if it continues like this, it will be cured in another three or two years, and then I will find a way to bring her out so that your brothers and sisters can be reunited." ”
"The war court is grateful, there is nothing to repay in this life, and I would rather go to the soup for His Highness!"
Lifting up the heart that was about to kneel, Yi Chenjing sighed: "I have said that there is no need to make this great gift, it stands to reason that you are also a relative of the emperor, it is extremely excessive for me to send you like this, so kneeling and worshipping, do you want me to die early?" ”
Zhan Ting knew it was a joke and nodded and laughed.
"Just now in the room, Princess Qi'an mentioned that someone was watching, but His Royal Highness has never sent someone to do this, why should he rashly admit it?"
"If it's someone I sent, I don't need to admit it, because I didn't send it, so I have to resist this suspicion." The smile on his face dissipated, mentioning those bright and dark disturbances, Yi Chenjing's sword eyebrows were deep, "Bai Qige dared to question face-to-face, which means that she has determined that someone is watching nearby, this person is not you nor I sent it, that is to say, only that person is the most suspicious." ”
The "person" in Yi Chenjing's mouth obviously understood who Zhan Ting was referring to, and he pondered for a moment: "Someone has been eavesdropping on the trees outside just now, although it is impossible to see who it is with the black cloth covering, but it is definitely the same person as before." His Royal Highness was worried that Princess Qi'an would inadvertently break the matter of someone being watched, so he diverted the topic? ”
Nodding appreciatively, Yi Chenjing looked at the distant mountain with a sharp gaze: "That's right." At present, we can't let that person know that we have found out that he has sent someone to watch, and he is making up nonsense not to say it to Bai Qige, but to the people in the trees outside. It is more difficult for smart people to survive in this palace, and before I have enough strength to fight against them, I must be an honest prince who can only lead troops to fight and has the courage of a horseman. The eyeliner sent by that man did us more good than bad, and the message from his henchmen was far more credible than ours. ”
After a slight pause, a trace of doubt flashed in Yi Chenjing's eyes.
"It's just that I didn't expect that person to target Bai Qige so quickly, what is his purpose? How many secrets are hidden in Bai Qige, and what is the truth of Hongxuan's death? Zhanting, I don't understand her more and more, it's like ...... It was as if she had changed into a different person, a cunning woman I didn't know. ”
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