Chapter 54 Chapter 54 [VIP]
Standing on the city wall, looking from such a distance, it was actually impossible to see the face of the official in the carriage.
But the action of the person in the car lifting the curtain and the angle of his head tilting made her subconsciously think of a name - Aye.
When A Ye was a child, he couldn't ride a horse for a long time, so she or Ling Ping always carried him and rode for a while before returning to the car to rest for a while.
At that time, he also liked to stick his head out like this and talk to his mother who was riding on a horse.
"Mother, would you like some water?"
"Mother, are you tired?"
"Mother..."
Later, Aye grew up and rarely rode in a carriage.
It's rare to see him act like this.
Three years had passed. Bai Yuan had thought she had buried everything in her heart, never to think about it again. But even so, such a small action disturbed her heart.
No one knows a daughter better than her mother. When the eldest princess treated the king's uncle and Marquis Sheng with a cold brow, the saint didn't even glance at them.
Now, the eldest daughter was in an unstable state of mind. She immediately turned around, her eyes full of inviolable majesty.
Under the pressure of the Tian family, there was only a little bit of tenderness left, but unfortunately the eldest princess always turned a blind eye to it.
The prince silently lowered his head again. He knew that his mother liked his elder sister and only had eyes for her.
——Therefore, when his mother was angry, he would be stopped by the Prime Minister even if he tried to persuade her, while his elder sister could lose her temper at will without having to consider anyone's opinion.
Even her mother would ask if she was angry.
Thinking of this, the prince's eyes dimmed and he felt very sad.
The princess retracted her gaze, stepped forward, and took the saint's arm: "The wind is strong and the weather is cold. I will help you return to the sedan chair."
She couldn't show her love on the outside, because that would become her weakness and the beginning of being bullied by the king's brother-in-law.
His son's pupils were still in that man's hands, and he couldn't add any more weaknesses.
The saint patted the eldest princess's hand to express his relief.
The two of them walked down the tower together. The Saint spoke softly, with a hint of heartache: "If there's someone you like, just send someone to your house. You've been alone all these years, and I always hope that you can have someone who understands you and stays with you. It doesn't matter who you are, as long as you like it."
The eldest princess said, "I don't like it."
There was a hint of sadness in the saint's eyes: "You are already fully grown, are you still afraid of this?"
The corners of the princess's lips pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying: "Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of ropes for ten years."
"You still blame me." The saint sighed.
"I dare not." The eldest princess closed her eyes. "How could I not know how devotedly my mother has nurtured me? I was too naive when I was young."
"Now that I am in charge, you can act wildly and anger with my father's clan as you please, without considering anyone's opinion. In the future, if you reach my position, you will have to see the clear distinction between black and white pieces and make your moves carefully." As he said this, the two of them had already boarded the sedan chair, surrounded by the saint's confidants.
"No, I have lost everything. Only my mother is by my side. Please don't say these words anymore. I don't care about who is right or wrong. I will just be a fool! I will make it difficult for them to see my thoughts. I have to waste time doing things. This is the best." The eldest princess leaned on the saint's shoulder and said so.
The phrase 'just be a coward' amused the sage. She said, "Back when Xiang Yu held the Hongmen Banquet, his advisor Fan Zeng repeatedly tried to dissuade Xiang Yu from taking action, but to no avail. He uttered the phrase 'a coward is not worth consulting with.' Why is it that in your case, you've become a coward? Indecision will ultimately lead to the guillotine falling on your own neck. As I said, if you like someone, bring them into your home, but don't invest too much time in them. Remember, apart from this world, nothing else is worth your time and attention."
The Queen's voice gradually became more dignified: "You just keep a few male favorites, but you still care about them like treasures. Are you afraid that someone will snatch them away and kill them?"
The princess felt a chill in her heart, and she slowly sat up straight, saying solemnly, "Yes, my daughter will listen carefully to your instructions."
None of her thoughts can be hidden from the saint.
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Ling Suye and Gu Xuanyou didn't know what was happening here yet, and they quickly got ready to go with the army.
Unlike other people who were accompanied by their parents, wives and children, they were accompanied by each other, one sitting in the carriage and the other riding on a horse. They could lift the curtain and see each other at any time. Therefore, they did not feel the slightest sadness of parting from a long journey.
Gu Xuanyou put that sinister look behind him and even felt that he was just going out for an outing.
There was even a touch of comfort in it.
Xie Qingnian rode over at some point. He glanced at the expression on Gu Xuanyou's face and said, "Tsk, looking at your face, I can imagine the expression I had when I was in such a desperate situation and saw the boss appear."
Gu Xuanyou slapped his face and tried to be serious.
Xie Qingnian came over on horseback and wanted to put his arm around his shoulders as a friendly gesture, but at the right moment, Ling Suye lifted the curtain of the carriage.
He said, "I heard from Xuan You that your family originally lived in the East China Sea?"
Xie Qingnian had met Ling Suye several times. Once was in the demon realm of the heavenly demon Azhan, once was in Jiang Ying's dungeon, and later, in the small courtyard outside the capital, he took advantage of the night patrols to find Gu Xuanyou to confide in his thoughts, and he also met Ling Suye.
Therefore, the two are not strangers.
"Yes, in the East China Sea. Last time I went there to investigate something, I wanted to go back home, but I didn't expect that once I got there, my brain seemed to stop working. If it weren't for Lord Si Xuan who finally discovered the clue, we might have come back without finding anything."
Xie Qingnian spoke with a hint of worry in his tone, "Later, I kept thinking about the situation at home, but my father is a big believer in 'wolf culture'. He thinks I shouldn't send letters home too often now that I'm old, and he'll even beat me if I do. Besides, even if I did send letters home, there's a chance he wouldn't allow me to write back. So, I've been completely cut off from my family for over half a year now, and I don't know how they're doing."
Ling Suye wanted to ask this last time, but since Xie Qingnian came back, he has been recovering from his injuries and he didn't find the opportunity.
The Xie family of Donghai was also a prominent family among demon hunters, sometimes even surpassing the Ling family of Mobei in fame. Logically, they should have been the first to discover that the East Sea had been swallowed by the demon domain and report it to the court.
However, Xie Qingnian has been out of contact with his family for half a year, and he is afraid that things are very bad over there.
Xie Qingnian lowered his head and whispered to Gu Xuanyou and Ling Suye, "The boss is here too this time. He said he'll be at Hujin Ferry in three days, at midnight, and the four of us will get together."
He came here just to deliver a message, and immediately after he finished speaking, he shouted, and the horse obeyed his command and carried him towards the carriage.
Gu Xuanyou felt a little suspicious when he heard this. Why would Lord Zhou want to discuss something with Xie Qingnian, the master and him?
How come???
Not to mention that the master is a clerk of the Star Forging Department who has nothing to do with Lord Zhou. No matter what Lord Zhou says, he will not ask him to discuss things with Xie Qingnian!
Could it be that Master Zhou is looking for his master???
Ling Suye's voice was very calm, confirming Gu Xuanyou's guess: "He should be looking for me."
Gu Xuanyou was stunned.
Ling Suye added, "The Master has recognized me."
It is an affirmative sentence.
Ling Suye leaned back against the carriage and took off his jade mirror. There were so many people around him staring at him that he couldn't say anything.
Not only that, Xie Qingnian's invitation even reminded Ling Suye of some things that happened three years ago.
At that time, the Ling family's massacre had not yet occurred, but his father said something happened at home and urged him to go back. At that time, Lord Zhou also sent him to the Hujin Ferry. At midnight, there was only one boat and two people in the middle of the lake. Lord Zhou's eyes were full of meaning. He even said, "Is it really necessary to go back?"
Ling Suye was still very young at that time and didn't think too much. He just felt that his father had ordered him to go back.
He said, "Don't worry, Boss, I'll be back soon."
Zhou Zhi obviously wanted to say something but hesitated, but the young man insisted. He knew that Ling Suye would go back regardless of whether he explained or not. Even if he knew that it was a matter of annihilation of the whole family, he still wanted to go back because those were his family members.
The youthful vigor and ambition of young people are sometimes hard to understand - isn't it better to be prudent and protect yourself?
But it is also extremely admirable.
At that time, Ling Suye didn't notice anything wrong. Later, in the more than a thousand days and nights after he became blind, everything that happened in his youth flashed through his mind like a kaleidoscope. Some ideas that he didn't grasp at the time found corresponding things at this time.
Ling Suye felt that Lord Zhou must know something, but he was powerless, and even the entire Du'e Division was powerless.
That’s why there was that night talk in the middle of the lake.
Lord Zhou might be trying to persuade him to leave.
But Ling Suye had no idea what the other person was saying. He just happily thought that his father wanted him to go home for something.
Seeing each other again now was like what Ling Suye had said to Zhou Zhi: "Boss, don't worry, I'll be back soon."
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Zhou Zhi was wearing a brocade robe, but it looked a little more bloated than usual, with dense white gauze wrapped around it. His injuries were too serious, so the Du'e Division did not want to send him this time.
But he asked for permission, saying that he knew more about the demon realm in the East China Sea, so the princess sent him anyway.
In the cold wind in the middle of the night, Zhou Zhi coughed softly and refused the cup of water that Xie Qingnian brought to his lips, but just looked at Ling Suye without blinking.
"You've grown up."
"Your Excellency hasn't changed at all." Ling Suye said with a smile.
"I don't know the details of what happened back then, I just heard some rumors." Zhou Zhi said, "It was bad news for the Yu Ling family. I think disaster would have happened when you went back that time."
That disaster had changed Ling Suye. His face remained expressionless as he simply said, "Did you hear this news in the palace, sir?"
"To be precise, I accidentally overheard it when I passed by Sheng Mansion during a night shift." Zhou Zhi no longer concealed the truth. First of all, it was beyond his expectation that Ling Suye could survive. Secondly, since he was here, he definitely didn't come to work as an official in the Forging Star Division.
Instead of waiting for Ling Suye to find out slowly, it is better to tell him everything he knows.
Zhou Zhi continued, "Later, I secretly investigated Xu Jiu. One day, the princess's men discovered something—and the princess took me away from them. Since then, I have been under her orders."
The other three people except him were stunned where they were. Xie Qingnian was still confused and had no idea what the boss was talking about.
Gu Xuanyou quickly realized: "Could it be that the eldest princess is also investigating this matter?"
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