"The old official has moved his family to Jiangnan. You can go find him when you arrive in Jiangnan in the future. He will take care of you and your sister in the future." Shen Tian instructed Xue Qingshang.

Xue Qingshang seemed to sense something, and she asked, "Won't you go to Jiangnan with us in the future?" To her, Shen Tian was an elder who would respond to her every request, and he had even replaced her father over the years.

Shen Tian did not answer, but said: "After a while, I will ask your elder sister to hand over the property of Xinglou. You will not be able to keep the title of the Earl's Mansion. However, I have already arranged the property for you in Jiangnan, and I have also found a doctor. When you get to Jiangnan, let the doctor help your elder sister to recuperate. If you meet Shen Rong in the future, you don't need to pay attention to him."

Xue Qingshang felt very upset listening to his words which sounded like instructions for her final affairs. However, she was still naive and thought that as long as Shen Tian wanted, he would be able to get away with it.

"Your marriage will be decided by you in the future. If you meet someone you like in Jiangnan, discuss it with your elder sister and let her make the decision. She is much older than you, so she should be more accurate in judging people."

Shen Tian smiled gently, "The most important thing to consider when choosing a husband is his character. Even if his family background is a little poor, it doesn't matter. Just look at how he treats those who are not as good as him, how he treats the beggars on the street. If a person has a heart of compassion for the poor and the weak, he can't be that bad."

Xue Qingshang nodded with tears in her eyes. Her father would never be able to say such earnest words.

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As soon as the Weining Army set out, the news that Xiao Ning and Yu Qizhe were leading their troops to Xianyang was delivered to Cheng Ying. The soldiers of the Xianyang Guard received their weapons and were ready to deploy their troops as ordered.

Cheng Ying made all the arrangements and waited for the army to arrive.

After dealing with these, he looked up at the porcelain jar on the table and asked the maid beside him, "Is everything okay on the mountain? Has she eaten yet?"

The maidservant said respectfully, "When I brought the food up the mountain, I saw that Miss Yu's eyes were still a little red and swollen. She did use some of the food, but not much. When I came down the mountain, she asked about you, and I just said that you had something to do down the mountain."

Cheng Ying was silent for a while, then asked, "Did she say she wanted to come down the mountain?"

The maid shook her head: "No."

Cheng Ying waved his hand to let her leave. In fact, he had arranged Cheng Qi and several secret guards to guard in the dark. If Jiaojiao had any intention of going down the mountain, Cheng Qi would have come to report long ago.

However, when I heard the maid say that she had never mentioned the idea of ​​going down the mountain, I felt relieved. After all, I was more or less comforted.

He originally thought that everything happened last night, and she might go back to Kyoto to find Yu Qizhe today.

Cheng Ying stared at the porcelain jar on the table again, rubbing the rough glaze with her fingertips. There was a pill in it. As long as Jiaojiao took it, she would be able to forget the past, forget Yu Qizhe completely, and get to know him again.

But they will also forget their past.

He couldn't make up his mind. It seemed that whenever it came to Jiaojiao, he was always hesitant and full of concerns, unable to find the best solution.

But he was unwilling to really let go and let Jiaojiao belong completely to another man.

How could he be willing to accept this? He had been living for Jiaojiao in these two lives.

"Then kill Yu Qizhe and keep her by your side!"

"What are you afraid of? After taking this medicine, she will not remember anything. Are you afraid that even if she takes the medicine and gets to know you again, she still won't love you?"

"Cheng Ying, you are so pitiful. Do you really love her? Or is it your unwillingness that is causing trouble? Can you tell the difference?"

"Or are you afraid that you will kill her after discovering the truth that she will never fall in love with you?"

The sharp pain reappeared in her head, accompanied by auditory hallucinations. Cheng Ying clenched the porcelain jar tightly. Veins on her forehead bulged from the pain she was enduring, and her cold white knuckles were trembling slightly.

Cheng Ying calmly took out the silver needle and inserted it into the acupuncture point. His finger was trembling slightly and the needle was just a hair's breadth away. He pulled out the silver needle expressionlessly and gave himself another injection.

After one stick of incense, the auditory hallucinations in her mind disappeared. Cheng Ying removed the silver needle and wiped the blood from her skin with a handkerchief.

There was still a lingering sharp pain in his brain. Cheng Ying closed his eyes and breathed softly. The cold sweat on his forehead rolled down his feminine and handsome cheeks and was wiped away by Cheng Ying with a handkerchief.

After changing out of her robes that were soaked with cold sweat, Cheng Ying picked up the porcelain jar on the table and stuffed it into her arms.

On Bodhi Mountain, Yu Jiao watched the sky gradually darken. She withdrew her gaze from the foot of the mountain and returned to the bamboo house.

She didn't see her senior brother the whole day today. She knew that she had made him sad last night, and he probably didn't want to see her right now.

During the day, she looked at the portraits of herself hanging in the room, and tears flowed out of her eyes unconsciously. She knew that she had let down her senior brother's deep affection. She could never repay what he had done for her, and she only owed him.

But she couldn't choose him just because she felt indebted to him or because she couldn't bear to give up her senior brother's kindness. If she did that, she would be nothing.

Yu Jiao sighed deeply towards the glass lamp. She wanted to write a letter to Yu Qizhe, telling him that she would stay in Xianyang for a while, and wondered if her senior brother would agree.

She wanted to stay in Xianyang to accompany her senior brother for some time. She could feel that her senior brother was in a very bad condition.

He was like a drowning man, clinging to her as a straw. She was afraid that once she left, his tight grip would break and he would fall into the abyss.

At the end of the hour of Hai, Yu Jiao sat at the table and yawned. She glanced out the window and still hadn't seen her senior brother. Yu Jiao stood up and was about to blow out the lights and go to sleep when she suddenly heard a loud noise in the distance, like an explosion.

After she figured it out, her expression changed and she quickly walked out of the bamboo house and looked in the direction of the sound. She saw flames rising into the sky in the distance, accompanied by large clouds of smoke, followed by a series of roars.

Yu Jiao clenched her fingers unconsciously. How could it be the sound of an explosion? What happened? Senior Brother...

Worried that something might happen to her senior brother, Yu Jiao subconsciously wanted to go down the mountain. She returned to the bamboo house, picked up the glass lamp on the table, and walked down the stone steps.

After only going down a dozen steps, Cheng Qi suddenly appeared and stopped her: "Miss Yu, the governor asked you to stay on the mountain."

"What happened there? Where is Governor Cheng?" Yu Jiao pointed to the place in the distance where flames were rising into the sky and asked Cheng Qi.

Cheng Qi said, "The governor is at the Taihe Hall at the foot of the mountain. There may be a fire there. It is getting darker and the dew is heavy. It will be difficult to go down the mountain. Miss, you should rest early. It is better to ask the governor in person if you want to know something. I cannot let you go down the mountain."

Seeing this, Yu Jiao had to go back to the mountain, but she did not return to the bamboo house. Looking at the flames and explosions in the distance, she felt confused and worried.

Xiao Ning fled from the explosion on his horse in a panic, and shouted to Yu Qizhe and the remaining Weining troops: "Retreat quickly, retreat to the outside of Yangguan Valley!"