Chapter 49 Chapter 49 Ah Si, you will wait for me to come back,...
Seven days later, the night of the return of the soul? Nie Xiangyi was about to ask something when he heard Xie Zhi's cold voice behind him.
"Ah Si, it's time to go home."
He forcefully pulled Nie Xiangyi's hand onto the carriage, his eyes dark and gloomy. "Ah Si, what did you two say?"
Nie Xiangyi shook off his wrist and sneered, "Your Highness, do you even want to take care of such trivial matters?"
"You two had a very happy chat." Xie Zhi stated this fact word by word.
He grabbed Nie Xiangyi's waist, holding her in his arms, and forced her to look him in the eye. "You can talk and laugh with him, but you have nothing to say to me, right?"
Indeed, she probably just liked men who were as gentle as jade. The Crown Prince was like that during the Lantern Festival, and so was Pei Jue now.
The possessiveness in her heart was like a giant beast, growing stronger day by day under his selfish and despicable feeding, but she was completely unaware of it.
But the more this happened, the more panic and fear he felt that he couldn't keep her, and he could only use force to keep her.
But she will become more and more disgusted.
It's like being trapped in a vicious circle, going back and forth without finding the direction.
Nie Xiangyi's voice rose sharply as she grew annoyed. "What has this got to do with Little Master Pei? His Highness has locked me up in the mansion, and it's fine! He doesn't even allow me to say a word to anyone else! Who am I in His Highness's eyes?"
Her excited tone made her eyes gradually redden. Xie Zhi listened to her accusations word by word, his tone calm but unquestionable, "Anyone can do it, but Pei Jue can't."
He pursed his lips and added, "And the prince."
"Why not?" Nie Xiangyi continued to confront Xie Zhi, "I don't have many old acquaintances in Beijing!"
The Crown Prince is fine, he's not a good person to begin with. Little Master Pei can't do that.
"They have impure intentions."
Nie Xiangyi suddenly found these words absurd and somewhat ridiculous. He had schemed so hard for the Zhong family's military power, yet he would actually say such things.
"What about His Highness? How much better is he than them?" She looked at Xie Zhi with a burning gaze. "Your Highness married me and trapped me in this situation. Can you really call it simple?"
Xie Zhi's tone faltered. Even though he knew she had the wrong man, he still went along with it and asked the emperor for permission to marry her. She still resented him.
Seeing that he remained silent, Nie Xiangyi raised her eyes to meet his, her words fierce, "Or is it that Your Highness has been afraid of being snatched away since he was a child, so he's afraid of being snatched away too!"
Xie Zhi's eyes darkened, and just as he was about to speak, Nie Xiangyi continued, "Your Highness, have been suppressing your possessiveness for so many years. Are you going to unleash it all on me?"
The force on Nie Xiangyi's waist suddenly tightened, almost suffocating her. Xie Zhi's eyes seemed to be filled with a dark storm, "Ah Si, do you know what you are saying?"
Nie Xiangyi's words undoubtedly stabbed him in the deepest part of his heart. She was not a smart person and could not see the changes in current affairs, but she could always understand them in this way.
His so-called indifference and lack of desire were nothing more than the endurance and restraint he endured day after day amidst the partiality of the adults. The prince, who was favored by everyone, would probably never understand where his indifference and self-control came from.
His only flaw was probably that he couldn't control his love for Nie Xiangyi.
She is the only one he has, how can he let her go?
Nie Xiangyi simply looked straight into Xie Zhi's eyes, "Your Highness, I am not yours."
Xie Zhi's possessiveness towards her was probably no different from those stolen objects.
Perhaps the difference is that this time, for the sake of military power, he cannot give it up.
She felt indescribable loss and sadness in her heart. Such a noble young man who was as bright as the moon could actually trap her to this extent just for military power.
But she is not a symbol of military power, nor is she a royal mascot representing the Third Prince's wife. She is still the rebellious and unruly Nie Xiangyi.
Xie Zhi opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
He still held her tightly in his arms, never letting go, "I never treated you as an object."
"Will His Highness allow me to divorce?"
"A Si, don't say these two words anymore." Xie Zhi's eyes suddenly showed deep fatigue. He slowly closed his eyes and hugged Nie Xiangyi.
His voice was hoarse, with a barely perceptible pleading tone, "Just think of it as me begging you."
Nie Xiangyi remained silent.
On the seventh day, Nie Xiangyi and Xie Zhi went to the mausoleum to pay their respects. She looked around, but Pei Jue was nowhere to be found. She wondered if what he had said that day was true.
Before the sacrifice was over, someone from the palace came to announce that the emperor had important matters to attend to and summoned Xie Zhi to the palace for an audience.
For some reason, before Xie Zhi left, he suddenly turned around and looked at Nie Xiangyi, his eyes deep, "A Si, you will wait for me to come back, right?"
Nie Xiangyi looked away and did not answer him.
After the ceremony was completed, Nie Xiangyi, Zhong Lingyu, and the others said goodbye and left. As she left Duanling, a carriage stopped in front of her. Pei Jue lifted the curtain and smiled gently at her.
"Sister Ah Si, I'll take you away."
Nie Xiangyi glanced back, her gaze aimless. She seemed to hesitate for a moment, then took a deep breath, lifted her skirt, and got into the carriage.
"You sent His Highness away?"
Pei Jue did not deny it. "A few days ago, I deliberately made some mistakes in the Shen Ce Division, and the emperor just happened to find out today."
Leaving like this, Nie Xiangyi seemed to feel a little confused.
She had clearly decided to leave long ago, but the moment she stepped onto the carriage, she suddenly felt reluctant and unwilling to leave for no apparent reason.
Xie Zhi's fragile and tired appearance that day suddenly appeared in her mind.
She pinched the corner of her clothes, forcing herself not to think about it. She just looked at Pei Jue and asked, "Will His Highness blame you?"
Pei Jue suddenly turned his head to look at her, chuckling softly with his eyes crooked, "If I say yes, will Sister Si feel more sorry for me?"
His gentle gaze was filled with many indescribable emotions, which intertwined and struck Nie Xiangyi's eyes directly.
She looked as if she understood something.
Nie Xiangyi could only avoid his sight in panic, and he was destined to get no response.
"It was just a joke." Pei Jue sighed silently, and then changed the subject very smoothly, "I come from the Pei family, so Your Highness will not be too harsh on me. Sister A Si, don't worry."
Nie Xiangyi smiled and put the matter aside. She watched the carriage speed by and asked, "Where are we going now?"
Pei Jue's smile was filled with a hint of mystery. "You'll know when you go there."
She hesitated as the carriage sped out of the city. "My uncle said... I'd better not leave the capital, otherwise it would be dangerous."
"Don't worry, you won't leave the capital." He said with a firm look, "But I also guarantee that His Highness won't find you."
His words made Nie Xiangyi even more curious.
The two were chatting casually when the carriage suddenly stopped. Nie Xiangyi lost her balance and stumbled forward. Pei Jue was quick to protect her forehead with his hands.
"Come out."
The sudden sound made Nie Xiangyi and Pei Jue's expressions change suddenly. Pei Jue opened the curtain and saw a carriage blocking their way.
The Crown Prince sat upright inside, shrouded in the shadow of the carriage. He raised his lips and chuckled, "Master Pei, have you ever heard of the saying, 'While the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is unaware of the oriole behind?'"
The gentle smile on Pei Jue's cheek gradually faded.
"Xie Zhi is stuck in the house all day. You might be able to hide your little mistake from him, but not from me." Xie Chengxin tilted his head and looked at him, the smile on his lips gradually widening. "I was wondering, how could Master Pei, who is always so strict and meticulous, make such a mistake? It turns out you eloped."
"Your Highness, be careful with your words."
"Oh?" Xie Chengxin raised an eyebrow. "If it's not eloping? Then it's abducting the prince's wife?"
Pei Jue just looked at him sternly, not letting him lead him by the nose. "Your Highness, what's the important matter that brings you here?"
Xie Chengxin didn't waste any words with him, "Hand over Nie Xiangyi."
"It seems that it wasn't me who abducted the prince's wife, but His Highness wanted to seize my brother's wife."
"Strongly?" Xie Chengxin looked at her like he'd just heard a joke. "Nie Xiangyi was supposed to marry me. We were related by marriage, and we hit it off right away. It was Xie Zhi who schemed to snatch her away from me." His heavy gaze fell behind Pei Jue. "Miss Nie, what do you think?"
Nie Xiangyi didn't know where he got such confidence from. Although she resented Xie Zhi, she was even more disgusted with Xie Chengxin, who might have killed her grandfather.
"Why should I marry you? When has His Highness ever snatched you from me?"
Xie Chengxin's smile froze for a moment, and then gradually became gloomy and ghostly, "You were deceived by him. The one you like is me."
With Xie Chengxin blocking his way, Pei Jue knew he couldn't leave today. But he also knew he couldn't let Xie Chengxin take Nie Xiangyi away.
There are only two paths to take now.
He turned to look at Nie Xiangyi and asked in a low voice, "Sister A'si, do you want to wait for the Third Prince to come and rescue you, or take a chance? Make your own decision."
Nie Xiangyi clutched the corner of her clothes tightly, but shook her head firmly, "I don't want to wait for someone to rescue me."
Pei Jue seemed to have anticipated her choice, so he got off the carriage and bowed to the Crown Prince, "Your Highness, don't forget that she is still the legitimate consort of the Third Prince."
"So she has nothing to do with you." Xie Chengxin seemed too lazy to talk nonsense with him. "Hand over Nie Xiangyi. Otherwise, I will take action."
Several secret guards appeared around the carriage in an instant, confronting the servants brought by Pei Jue. He stopped in front of the prince's carriage and said, "I'm sorry, I can't obey your command."
He knew that, at least openly, the prince did not dare to attack him.
As he was speaking, the carriage suddenly took off and turned away in an instant.
"Chase after them!"
Although these servants were no match for the secret guards, they were able to hold off a few. Yang Qiu suddenly appeared from nowhere and took advantage of the chaos to delay the battle.
The carriage galloped away.
Xie Chengxin just sneered, "Master Pei, you don't really think that these few servants alone can stop my secret guards, do you?"
When Xie Zhi heard the news that Nie Xiangyi had left again, he couldn't describe the feeling in his heart.
His fingertips were curled tightly, his nails dug into his palms, and blood was almost dripping from them.
He was aware of the loopholes that Pei Jue had deliberately left behind.
Nie Xiangyi's accusation that day made him think that maybe he should let her go a little, so that when she faced a choice, she might stay for him.
He was gambling. Gambling on a slim hope.
But she left him without hesitation.
He sealed the city gates and no one could leave without his order.
But he hadn't expected the Crown Prince to be the variable. Xie Chengxin was actually inside the city, and dared to act so openly.
He knew he shouldn't let her go. He should lock her up by his side for eternity, protecting her every moment.
But when he hurriedly rode his horse, he followed the hurried tracks of the carriage and found an alley that was in a mess.
Nie Xiangyi was nowhere to be found, and the carriage was overturned and stopped at the entrance of the alley. There were chaotic footsteps walking around in the muddy alley, and at the end of the footsteps, there was only a pool of bright red blood.
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