Seeing that Qi Yinyin was about to crash into his arms, Xiao Ye subconsciously dodged to the side, causing her to miss.
He couldn't understand, had Qi Yinyin gone mad?
Qi Yinyin missed her target and staggered. Her maid quickly came over to support her.
She still looked at Xiao Ye with teary eyes, "Big brother, why are you ignoring me? You gave me the jade pendant, didn't you say you liked me the most? I saved you, you should repay me with your body!"
"You remembered?"
Xiao Ye looked at Qi Yinyin in shock upon hearing her words.
Qi Yinyin was secretly delighted, but still pretended to be innocent and said, "You, aren't you the big brother? The big brother is just as handsome as you!"
Xiao Ye narrowed his eyes slightly. He and the girl hadn't seen each other for ten years, and their appearances must have changed somewhat.
She didn't recognize him at first glance, and he only had doubts because of the jade pendant.
How come she suddenly recognized me?
So he asked the doctor standing nearby, "What's wrong with her? Why is she saying such strange things?"
"This... Miss is probably too frightened, and with the fever, her mind is a little confused."
The doctor didn't know what was wrong either, and could only guess based on general information.
Upon hearing this, Qi Yinyin had no idea that she would end up staying by Xiao Ye's side as a fool.
So she quickly and excitedly said, "I'm not confused. I remember now. His Highness the Crown Prince is the brother I saved back then. You gave me that jade pendant. Only the two of us know it. His Highness recognized the jade pendant but didn't tell me."
Xiao Ye was slightly startled. Indeed, apart from members of the royal family, no outsider had ever seen his jade pendant.
This is a prince of the Liang royal family. Every prince born receives a jade pendant with his zodiac animal on it.
If it's not royalty, then only that girl knows.
However, for some reason, the Qi Yinyin in front of him was always difficult to reconcile with the image of the little girl in his memory.
However, she does indeed possess her own jade pendant and knows about the incident that saved her years ago.
With a hint of skepticism, Xiao Ye asked calmly, "So what do you want?"
"I... want to go to the capital with you!"
Qi Yinyin said happily.
Xiao Ye frowned. "What are you going to the capital for?"
“I was originally from the capital, and I still want to return to my hometown. Besides, I am sick now, and the doctors in the capital might be better able to cure my heart palpitations.”
"After you were cured?"
"After that? I... I haven't thought about it yet."
Qi Yinyin hadn't expected Xiao Ye to ask so many questions, so she could only give him this vague answer.
Xiao Ye saw through Qi Yinyin's changes completely, and a dark light flashed in his eyes.
After a moment, he chuckled and said, "Alright, then I'll take you to the capital for treatment first. Once you're better, I'll send someone to bring you back."
*
After the bandit stronghold in Langya Mountain was cleared out, Xiao Ye only managed to capture a few dozen bandits; the rest were burned to the ground.
But he knew that the private soldiers might not have been burned to death; they might have escaped.
He interrogated the bandits he had captured several times at the government office, but he couldn't get them to talk at all.
Furthermore, the interrogation tools available in the government office were too few, so he decided to bring them back to the capital, where he would have more ruthless interrogation tools.
Two days later, Xiao Ye led his soldiers to escort the dozen or so bandits who were still alive into the imperial city.
After several days of travel, they finally returned to the capital.
The city gates were wide open, and all the people in the city were overjoyed to learn that the bandit stronghold in Langya Mountain had been wiped out.
The elimination of the bandits in Langya Mountain means that when they travel far and pass through Langya Mountain in the future, they will no longer have to worry about being robbed by bandits.
Therefore, when Xiao Ye's team entered the city, the streets were lined with people who were there to welcome and thank him.
Qi Yinyin sat inconspicuously at the very end of the procession in a very ordinary sedan chair, so much so that no one paid any attention to her presence.
She was actually somewhat dissatisfied with Xiao Ye's attitude towards her, but she thought that it was already difficult enough for her to come to the capital with him.
This Xiao Ye doesn't seem to value her, his 'benefactor,' that much.
Xiao Ye sat on his tall horse, his face stern, and glanced around at the people.
Suddenly, he frowned slightly and glanced at the people in the crowd a few more times.
There were several women and children with pained expressions, standing beside some sharp-looking people with a murderous aura. They appeared in the crowd for only a short while before disappearing like the wind.
He had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but before he could figure it out, he heard the soldiers behind him exclaim in surprise.
"Oh no! They committed suicide!"
Xiao Ye turned around abruptly and saw that the bandits who had been locked in the cage had died suddenly, spitting blood.
"Guards, pursue them! There are accomplices among the common people!"
Xiao Ye shouted loudly, then ordered the military doctor to examine the bandits' bodies, and found that they had all died from poison bites.
"I never imagined they would poison someone in broad daylight!"
Xiao Ye was furious and said coldly.
Thinking of the suspicious figures he had just seen in the crowd, he guessed that the poison in the bandits' mouths must have been thrown into their mouths from the air.
Then, they used the lives of those people's families to force them to accept poison and die.
Xiao Ye slammed his fist heavily on the cage, hating himself for not being able to defend against this final move.
After sending the troops back to their camp, Xiao Ye quickly returned to the Crown Prince's residence. As for Qi Yinyin, he had his men find her a small house outside for temporary accommodation.
at this time.
Su Liluo had already learned of Xiao Ye's return, and she had someone arrange a welcome feast for him at her residence.
As soon as Xiao Ye stepped into the Crown Prince's residence, he smelled a rich aroma of food.
"My husband, you're back!"
When Su Liluo saw Xiao Ye's tall and handsome figure appear at the door, she exclaimed joyfully and went straight to greet him.
Having not seen her for many days, Xiao Ye also missed her very much. Seeing Su Liluo walking towards him, he strode directly towards her.
With a strong pull, he drew Su Lilu into his arms, and smelling that familiar scent, his heart felt much more at ease.
"Luo'er, how have you been these days at the manor? Have the Su family members come to cause you any more trouble?"
Xiao Ye asked with concern.
He had witnessed the shamelessness of the Su family, and during the time he was away, his biggest worry was that Su Liluo would be disgusted by those people from the Su family again.
Su Liluo shyly pulled away from his embrace. "Husband, there are still many servants here, they all saw! I prepared a meal for you, you must be hungry after working so hard!"
Xiao Ye smiled slightly, reluctantly letting her go, "Okay, we'll talk about those things later!"
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