Chapter 618 Reunion with Nanping!
"Girl, be careful."
"No matter what happens later, please let me go first."
Li Qingluo pinned his hands and feet to the ground.
"Don't treat me like trash."
“Chasing Rain, I chose you to come with me because you are more rational than Kill Word and the others. You won’t act rashly and will only rush for me.”
“Listen! If I hadn’t asked for help myself, you would have put the bigger picture first.”
"Given the current situation, I can still protect myself. You should take care of yourself."
Only after she finished speaking did she begin to move slowly again.
Zhuiyu remained silent.
If he really listened to the girl and something bad happened, would he dare to go back alive?
So he gripped the sword tighter in his hand, ready to stand in front of Li Qingluo at any moment.
However, at that moment, Li Qingluo heard another voice.
She and Zhuiyu stopped again.
The voices started to become indistinct, so she tried sliding down a little further.
But gradually she seemed to hear her own name.
"Sister Luo'er..."
Sister Luo'er?
Li Qingluo immediately exclaimed in a low voice, "Is it Nanping?"
That voice was so familiar; she couldn't possibly mistake it!
Overjoyed, Li Qingluo quickly slid down again and soon saw a glimmer of light.
When she finally emerged from the dark and narrow tunnel, she found herself in a completely different world!
Everywhere was covered in lush green grass, and besides the clear pond water, there was even a towering tree!
What's amazing is that the pool reflects light for some reason, and it's so bright that you don't need a torch to see it!
Turning her head again, Li Qingluo indeed saw the person she had been searching for for several days!
It was none other than her best friend, Princess Nanping, whom she hadn't seen for almost two years.
Li Qingluo couldn't help but laugh.
"Nanping".
All the mess and fatigue vanished at that moment.
Nanping was also shocked to see her suddenly appear.
"Sister Luo'er?"
"Is it really you, Sister Luo'er—?"
Nanping's eyes instantly filled with tears.
Then they started falling down in large chunks.
She rushed over and hugged Li Qingluo tightly.
"Sister Luo'er! Waaaaah..."
"Sister Luo'er, how could it be you, Sister Luo'er! Waaah... Am I really not dreaming?"
"Was it a hallucination I had before I died?"
"If it's just a hallucination, then I can die in peace, sob sob..."
"Heaven has been kind to me after all, sob sob..."
Li Qingluo let her hug her, and listened to what she said, feeling both amused and exasperated.
She reached out and poked Nanping's forehead: "Then take a closer look and see if I'm real or fake."
Nanping quickly reached out, first touching Li Qingluo's face, then her neck.
Feeling the warm skin and the throbbing pulse, Nanping opened her mouth in astonishment.
"It's really true?"
On the other side, Kill One and Kill Two, who had just stopped fighting, quickly came over: "Your Highness, we have already told you that it was my young lady who came looking for us."
"Now you believe me, right?"
The two of them looked helpless.
Nanping blushed: "I have indeed never seen you before."
"And what if you're just imagining things again? Wouldn't we be killed again?"
"But Sister Luo'er, how did you end up here? This is all so incredible!"
"Also, aren't you a guard by the Fifth Imperial Uncle's side? After the Fifth Imperial Uncle passed away, all of you disappeared. So you went to find Sister Luo'er?"
"Sister Luo'er, where have you been all these years? Do you even know? Waaaaah..."
Recalling these painful memories, Nanping couldn't stop her tears.
It seems they really suffered a lot.
Before Li Qingluo could answer, another series of sounds came from the tunnel behind her.
Amidst a series of shouts of "Ah—ah—ah—", one person after another poured out of the tunnel like beans.
Nanping looked shocked.
Li Qingluo looked helpless and was pulled away by Zhuiyu, who was afraid that she would be implicated and hit.
Sha San and Sha Si were the first to fall, and before they could even roll away, Zheng Mama and Que'er behind them fell down as well.
The two men were hit so hard they didn't utter a sound, but their faces showed signs of pain.
"ah--"
Just then, sounds began to come from inside the tunnel again.
Sha San quickly rolled to the side with Que'er in his arms, and Granny Zheng also scrambled to her feet.
Zhuiyu moved slightly, but seeing that Sha San and Que'er had dodged in time, he finally restrained himself.
One, two, three, four...
More than twenty people fell one after another.
Some of them fell and ended up with bruises and swelling on their faces.
Some are unharmed.
However, not one of them was missing; they all followed Li Qingluo to this surprising place.
"Where is this place?"
"Are you alright, young lady?"
"It really is Princess Nanping!"
"There's still clean water here!"
"Don't drink it yet!"
"This cave is so bright, look! Is it because of those glowing stones at the bottom of the pool?"
Everyone started talking at once, and it got quite lively for a while.
Suddenly, someone noticed Kill Five sitting on the ground.
"Hey? Kill Five, why are you bleeding from your head after hitting it?"
The first one to come down was also the one who was in the most sorry state.
Because he fell into the cave without warning and was ambushed as soon as he came down, he was in a difficult situation.
She could only cover her head in grievance and look at Li Qingluo.
Li Qingluo then looked at the other person beside Nanping, Cui Jiaqilang.
Li Qingluo hadn't forgotten that Nanping had been chasing after Cui Qilang all along. During that Xia Miao hunt, Nanping's affection for Cui Qilang was obvious to everyone.
However, Cui Qilang was quite cold to Nanping at the time, which hurt Nanping's feelings.
It is clear that the two of them did not end up together in the following two years.
And now, is this Cui Qilang still the one escorting Nanping to a marriage alliance?
Besides Li Qingluo, it seems that only Cui Qilang and Nanping are left in this cave.
They were a man and a woman, all alone, with no one else around.
Seeing that Li Qingluo's gaze had fallen on him, Cui Qilang stepped forward politely to greet her: "Cui Qilang greets Princess Yaoguang."
Li Qingluo nodded to him: "I didn't expect to see you here. I wonder how your sister is doing now, is everything alright?"
Li Qingluo and Cui Jiuniang had some connection.
So, I just asked.
Cui Qilang: "Ninth Sister is now a member of the Pei family. She and her husband are a harmonious and loving couple."
"She has already given birth to the eldest grandson of the Pei family."
"Ninth Sister said that Princess Yaoguang had done great favors for both her and the Pei family."
"It's just that Princess Yaoguang suddenly disappeared, and Ninth Sister has been very worried. It's a pity that I haven't had a chance to repay you yet."
"Now that I see that Princess Yaoguang is safe and sound, I can send a message to my elder sister."
Li Qingluo originally felt it was a pity that such a good person as Cui Jiuniang married into the Pei family.
But it seems she's doing quite well in the Pei family?
That's fine too.
Although the Pei family lost their marquisate, Pei Jingzhe was still more intelligent than his father.
Having also removed the poison from the Pei family's entanglement, the Pei family no longer needs to worry about dying out. As long as they lie low and wait for the right opportunity, it is by no means impossible for Pei Jingzhe to revive the Pei family.
Li Qingluo pulled Nanping to sit down on the other side.
Once she was separated from the others, she asked, "What exactly happened?"
"To tell you the truth, I came to find you after receiving your letter."
"I originally wanted to catch up with you in Eagle City, but I didn't expect the journey to be so long, so it took some time."
"I lost track of you again, so I inquired about your whereabouts in Eagle City, and finally found this place."
"How many people actually accompanied your wedding procession?"
"Why are you and Cui Qilang the only ones left here now?"
How long have you been here?
"But seeing that you're alright, I'm relieved."
"Nanping, you've grown up quite a bit."
Li Qingluo patted Nanping's head. That fourteen-year-old girl from back then is now seventeen in the blink of an eye.
She had grown much taller, and her features had fully developed.
She has shed her youthful and naive appearance and is now a graceful young woman.
Li Qingluo was deeply moved, and her gaze towards Nanping was filled with tenderness.
Nanping's eyes reddened.
There are few people in this world who can truly care for me. Sister Luo'er, you are one of them.
"And then there are my elder sister and father."
"As for my mother... she has changed a long time ago."
Nanping raised her hand and wiped her eyes: "I lost contact with you these past few years, and I often thought about you. I'm really happy to see that you're alright."
"I sent that letter out of desperation and helplessness. I never expected it to actually reach you. I never expected you to risk your life in the Western Regions and travel thousands of miles to find me."
“Even my father couldn’t do that.”
"Sister Luo'er, let's not talk about this anymore."
"Take Eagle City for example. The city lord, Baza, and that guy named Liu Li are both wicked!"
"Did you fall for his tricks too?"
"They are truly treacherous and cunning!"
"Just two weeks ago..."
It turns out that Nanping and his group had arrived in Yingcheng half a month ago.
As a princess sent for a political marriage, she was received by the King of the Eagle Kingdom, Baza, who then welcomed them into the city lord's mansion.
Although Nanping was just a county princess before, she has now been granted the title of princess for a political marriage, so her status is naturally very noble.
She was also very beautiful, with a look and charm quite different from women from the Western Regions.
That bazaar then developed lustful thoughts towards Nanping.
"Princess, why don't you marry me?"
"That third prince is not favored, he is ugly, and he is short and stocky. You would look down on him."
"Why don't you just give in to me? I'll make you my Khatun, and I'll cherish and love you dearly."
"Once you become mine, I will personally petition the imperial court and ensure you are not treated unfairly—"
As he spoke, Baza rushed towards Nanping.
If Cui Qilang hadn't appeared, Nanping would have already met with a terrible fate that night.
She was led away from the palace by Cui Qilang. However, since Nanping had already been sent on a diplomatic mission for a marriage alliance, she knew that she bore the honor of the Great Liang on her shoulders and understood her responsibilities even more.
So why would he abandon his more than one hundred followers and escape alone?
She and Cui Qilang fought their way back.
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