Chapter 69 The Beauty Kidnapped by the Queen (10)

You are shameless.

Wanqi Yanjing touched the wound between her eyebrows. Although she had immediately taken defensive measures, the attack, which was no less powerful than a white rainbow piercing the sun, still caused her minor injuries. She could feel the power of the golden needle from the ancestors of the Zhai Kingdom.

Jiang Yiqing panicked. She hadn't expected anything to hurt her. Why was something attacking her on its own initiative? She was about to step forward to check on Wan Qiyan's injuries when she was coldly stopped by her.

"Now you're pretending to care, who are you trying to fool?"

Jiang Yiqing, as if stabbed, immediately forgot her guilt and said, "Why would I need to act? Seeing you injured makes me incredibly happy! Even the Empress is nothing more than this!"

Jiang Yiqing looked around. She noticed that golden light on the barrier was circling clockwise and counter-clockwise, like the movement of stars at night. The light grew brighter and brighter. Even she knew that the commotion had alerted the people of Zhai Kingdom, so she became even more arrogant and said, "This is the Zhai Kingdom's palace, the Cleansing Heart Pool! You're the one who's being insolent! Wanqi Yanjing, just wait and see!"

“No one can hurt me again and again.” Wan Qiyan’s phoenix eyes locked onto Jiang Yiqing with a slightly sharp look. His eyelashes flickered, suppressing a trace of barely perceptible bitterness: “Neither can you. I will make you know the price of disobeying me.”

With a flick of her brocade robe, something flew out from her sleeve. Jiang Yiqing thought she was going to play some kind of "if you can't have it, destroy it" game, and was so frightened that she scrambled to the shore. Suddenly, her waist was bound. Looking down, she saw a soft yet incredibly tough red silk ribbon. As the red silk ribbon wrapped around her, Jiang Yiqing felt like a monster subdued by Guanyin Bodhisattva, powerless to resist, and unable to use any of the system tools.

Just as she was secretly praying for her to fall into the clutches of evil, countless flying swords of different sizes suddenly flew through the air and slashed at Hong Ling.

"Wanqi Yanjing, how dare you kidnap my sister twice! I, Jiang Yuxiu, will never let you get away with this!" With a shout, Jiang Yiqing saw her elder sister arrive on a cloud. When she landed, the small cloud disappeared from beneath her feet.

"Royal sister, save me!" Jiang Yiqing shouted. She wanted to add "Royal sister is mighty!" but her mouth was immediately covered by a red ribbon.

The red ribbon constantly changed shape in the air, weaving back and forth between the flying swords, seemingly about to bring Jiang Yiqing to Wan Qiyan Jing's side.

Jiang Yuxiu placed her right hand on her left, held the seal in one hand, and quickly raised three fingers after drawing her fingertips in the air. Thousands of flying swords flew towards Wanqi Yanjing.

Wanqi Yanjing waved his sleeve to block, and a wave of energy rippled out. The flying swords froze in the air for a moment, as if they had encountered some kind of barrier, and then fell into the Cleansing Heart Pool.

"Jiang Yuxiu, do I need to tell you? You are no match for me. If you know what's good for you, leave now."

"you!--"

Jiang Yiqing realized at this moment that although her elder sister was indeed powerful, Wanqi Yanjing was probably a dead end. Was she really going to be taken away? She felt that her chances of survival were slim.

At this moment, Ning Yinxi also walked in.

"Empress of Qin Kingdom, this is the palace of Zhai Kingdom. Do not act recklessly."

"And who are you?" Wanqi Yanjing looked at her coldly and said, "You, a mere mortal with weak spiritual power, dare to lecture me?"

"My daughter is not talented, but she is Princess Anxu's tutor. Although she does not have the spiritual power of the Empress, she knows the principles of 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness'. As an uninvited guest, the Empress suddenly entered the ancestral holy land. What did she do? Even if you are the Empress, you should consider the consequences of your actions. I'm sure the resulting tension between the two countries is not what you want to see."

If Jiang Yiqing hadn't been unable to speak, she would have shouted, "Good! The third-ranking scholar is right! Wanqi Yanjing is too reckless and arrogant. Does he really treat another country's palace as his own backyard?"

“Jiang Yuxiu, and you too, Instructor, is that it? Then let me tell you both, Jiang Yiqing is a woman I have offered sacrifices to the ancestors of the Qin Kingdom for and who is included in the genealogy of my Wanqi clan. She is my—Consort Qing. Whether she was your sister before or your student now, it doesn’t matter. Matters of marriage are witnessed by Heaven and Earth. How can you presume to influence them with your mere five words of ‘benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness’? I ask you, would you talk about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness with your wife?”

"Mmm...mmm..." Jiang Yiqing wanted to say, "You're shameless." But she failed.

“Besides, Jiang Yiqing herself agreed to be my Consort Qing. She suddenly broke her promise, and I haven’t even questioned her about her crimes yet. Are you people of the Di Kingdom really so unreasonable?” After saying that, Wanqi Yanjing released Jiang Yiqing’s mouth and said, “Consort Qing, tell me, am I right?”

"..." Jiang Yiqing fell silent. At that critical moment of life and death, she had no choice but to do so. She never expected that Wan Qiyan would take a liking to her, a woman as well. How could she have foreseen this?

"It seems you agree with what I said."

"Nonsense!" Jiang Yuxiu shouted, "You dare to kidnap my sister and take her as your property! This is an irreconcilable enmity!"

“Jiang Yuxiu, if you respect our marriage, I should respectfully call you ‘elder sister’ according to seniority. But if you don’t appreciate my kindness, don’t blame me for being impolite.”

"Stop!" Jiang Yiqing said, afraid that the two of them would start arguing. "You two stop arguing."

Wanqi Yanjing took it as a concession and was quite pleased.

Jiang Yiqing saw that bright yellow and vermilion phoenix feathers had sprouted from her back. The phoenix feathers danced and burned like flames. With a gentle wave, they lifted her up from the ground and broke through the barrier with lightning speed, flying into the air.

Jiang Yiqing was held in her arms as they rapidly ascended into the air, screaming in terror.

Just when she thought Wanqi Yanjing was about to succeed, she suddenly saw several large drums standing on the Wanshou Terrace in the Zhai Kingdom's palace. The sound of the drums was so loud that it hurt her ears. Not only that, the needles on the sundial reflected beams of white light, which swiftly attacked their location.

“The sundial that illuminates the sky and the drum that subdues tigers,” Wan Qiyan said coldly, “I didn’t expect the Empress of Zhai Kingdom to bring out such divine artifacts.”

"So please let me go." Jiang Yiqing endured the pain in her ears and said, "This won't be good for anyone."

Wan Qiyan was quite surprised that she could withstand the drumbeats. After all, even a master of her level would find this thing disturbing to the mind and causing a splitting headache. While resisting the attack of the Sunrise Dial, she summoned a teleportation array, hoping to use it to bring Jiang Yiqing back to the Qin Kingdom.

Upon seeing the words "Fragments of Scarlet Glow Silk *10", Jiang Yiqing immediately confiscated Wan Qiyan Jing's treasures, using this as a pretext to redeem the Strange Bone Langhua Pendant, which she then threw to Wan Qiyan Jing. Taking advantage of Wan Qiyan Jing's momentary distraction, she pushed her away and fell downwards.

"Here you go, we're even now!" Jiang Yiqing shouted.

Wanqi Yanjing swooped down, trying to grab her, but countless flying swords flew towards her; they were Jiang Yuxiu's flying divine swords.

Jiang Yuxiu caught Jiang Yiqing as she fell. Seeing her lying in her arms with only a few clothes on, she felt even more hatred for Wanqi Yanjing and even more pity for Jiang Yiqing. She took off her outer garment and draped it over Jiang Yiqing, saying, "Royal sister, I'm sorry you've suffered."

Jiang Yiqing shook her head and buried her head in Jiang Yuxiu's arms. She didn't dare to look at Wan Qiyanjing's expression.

No one in her life had ever been so persistent towards her. It was Wan Qiyan Jing who made her realize that there was someone who would do anything to get her—even though she was a person who didn't know how to respect others, she was still deeply moved.

However, she was destined not to be a canary in her palace, nor did she want to see her hurt again; this was all she could do.

While Jiang Yiqing was lost in thought, the Yigu Langhua Pendant in Wanqi Yanjing's hand emitted a strange light. The sudden burst of light was like a dazzling meteorite exploding in the air.

The world fell into a brief silence and a pause slower than the speed of light.

Jiang Yiqing looked up and saw that the strange bone pendant had struck Wan Qiyan Jing's body like a meteorite. She spat out a mouthful of blood, her wings flapped weakly, and she fell from the sky.

As she passed by Jiang Yiqing, her bright phoenix eyes, like dull glass, were filled with hatred for her and resentment at being schemed against.

"Jiang Yiqing, I hate it so much! How could I fall for a woman like you again and again!..."

Jiang Yiqing saw her lips slowly move, and for some reason, she understood what she was trying to say. Jiang Yiqing instantly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

"What happened? Why is this happening?" she asked Jiang Yuxiu, while also asking the system.

"I don't know. The Yigu Langhua Pendant underwent quality inspection while it was in the mall. The inspection process was somewhat complicated, and there are no results yet."

Jiang Yuxiu's eyes also showed surprise, but as if she understood something, she sighed softly and said, "Yiqing, it was my fault for not protecting you. My elder sister... deserves to die even more than her."

What on earth happened?!

Jiang Yiqing began to recall what had happened after she returned to China. She listened to Master Qiyun's words and came to the Cleansing Heart Pool, but there seemed to be an ambush in the Cleansing Heart Pool, which attacked Wanqi Yanjing. Not only that, but there was also a powerful weapon prepared on the Longevity Platform to target Wanqi Yanjing, as if it was waiting for her arrival. And why did the strange bone pendant obtained from Wanqi Yanjing attack her?

If there's nothing wrong with the Yi Gu Lang Hua Pei, then could it be that there's something wrong with her—that she herself has a problem?

Jiang Yiqing clearly saw Wan Qiyan Jing fall onto the Longevity Terrace like a phoenix struck by an arrow, and from the distant mountains and forests, it seemed as if the mournful cries of birds could be heard. She was the one who wielded the bow and arrow, yet one day she too was wounded by a hidden arrow.

When the phoenix falls, all birds grieve.

She had no feelings, no emotions whatsoever, so why did her heart ache so much? The phoenix, which should have soared freely through the heavens, why... had it fallen into a trap because of her?

[Author's Note]

The main theme of this story is her little dark room where she thought I didn't love her. The current plot mainly serves as foreshadowing, so don't worry, there won't be any angst! It will definitely end sweetly!