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◎I want to ask her to wear wedding clothes for me again.◎
Xu Qinghe immediately frowned and looked over.
Perhaps her gaze was too sharp, which made the person opposite her stunned.
After a moment, the man continued, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to you and your daughter. Someone just asked me to bring you two to him safely."
Xu Qinghe looked at his daughter's pale face, thoughtfully.
Seeing her hesitation, Nanzhi immediately said worriedly, "No, Princess, this man must have a conspiracy. If the princess and the young lady go with him, won't it be even more unsafe?"
But Nanzhi knew in her heart that they had no choice now.
If I don’t agree to this man’s request, what will happen to the young lady’s poison?
After a few more breaths, Xu Qinghe finally nodded in agreement.
"Okay, I can go with you. But you have to detoxify my daughter first."
Her eyes were firm, but the man opposite her suddenly smiled.
"Princess, did you not hear clearly what I just said? I said that I would take you and your daughter away together."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, a cold light flashed, and a sharp dagger was immediately pressed against Xu Qinghe's neck.
"Princess!" Exclamations were immediately heard all around.
"Don't do anything stupid!"
Because the other end of the dagger was tightly held in Xu Qinghe's own hand.
"I only ask you one question: do you understand or not? If you don't, I will immediately commit suicide in front of you. If you don't bring me back intact, do you think your employer will still give you what you want?"
Sure enough, the man who had been so at ease just now finally showed a crack on his face.
But it was only for a moment, and he quickly returned to normal.
He raised his lips and smiled, "Xie Qi is still fighting desperately on the battlefield, and your daughter is still unconscious from the poison. I just don't believe you are willing to die here like this?"
Xu Qinghe also smiled and said, "My husband and I love each other, and my daughter is well-behaved. I have already experienced the ultimate happiness in life. Why should I be reluctant to leave?"
As he spoke, the dagger in his hand advanced another inch.
The extremely sharp blade had just touched the skin when it left a bloody mark on the neck.
Seeing that the person opposite him did not take any action, Xu Qinghe continued to push the dagger forward.
Blood dripped down the silver-white blade, staining her luxurious moon-white dress red.
Nanzhi was so frightened that her soul almost left her body.
"Princess...you can't..."
"stop!"
The man was tied up with ropes and couldn't stop it himself, so he could only compromise: "Okay, I promise you, don't do anything rash."
There was already a hint of panic in his voice.
Xu Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief, his face still as resolute as before, but his palms and feet were actually cold as hell.
Of course, she wasn't very sure, but she was just gambling.
She calmly put down the dagger and ordered someone to call the court doctor to carefully check the antidote in the man's body.
A quarter of an hour later, after the court physician had checked everything, Xu Qinghe dissolved the antidote in warm water and fed it to his daughter personally.
Half an hour later, Ping'an's complexion finally returned to its rosy color, and the bruises on his lips and the black marks on his nails gradually faded.
"Now, Princess, can you go with me?"
Xu Qinghe looked at his daughter with gentle eyes, but his voice was cold: "Wait until my daughter wakes up and the court doctor takes her pulse, then I can truly believe that what you handed me was not poison, but an antidote."
The man sneered, but had nothing to say.
Half an hour later, Ping'an finally woke up.
Xu Qinghe ordered the court doctor to examine his daughter carefully, paying special attention to whether there were any toxic residues in her body.
"Don't worry, Princess. The young lady is fine now. She just needs to focus on her self-cultivation."
Xu Qinghe nodded and said "hmm", then looked at his daughter and said softly to her, "Rest well and listen to Nanzhi in everything. Don't run around mischievously. Do you understand?"
Ping An nodded softly: "I understand, but where is mother going?"
Xu Qinghe gently stroked his daughter's soft cheek.
This is her daughter whom she carried for ten months and raised alone for five years.
Her daughter is smart, well-behaved, considerate and sensible, and has never made her angry.
This was the best gift God gave her after she separated from Xie Qi.
"Mom has something to do. You have to stay home and don't go anywhere. Do you understand?"
Ping'an grabbed her mother's hand and rubbed her palm.
"Can't we take Ping An with us? Daddy is not here, Ping An has to protect Mom well."
"It's a very important matter."
Xu Qinghe suppressed the bitterness in her heart and said softly, "So, Ping An can't be taken with him."
Ping An nodded and said okay helplessly.
"Mom, Ping'an likes the eagle that Daddy gave him. When Daddy comes back, Mom will go with us to play with the eagle outside the city, okay?"
Xu Qinghe stroked his daughter's hair gently but did not respond.
She just said, "When Daddy comes back, you have to listen to him, okay?"
Ping An nodded obediently and said that since he was such a good boy, of course he would be obedient.
"But Ping An still listens to his mother the most!"
Xu Qinghe smiled, tucked the quilt for his daughter, kissed her tender cheek, and walked out of the inner room.
The moment the door was completely closed, the motherly tenderness on her face disappeared instantly, replaced by her usual coldness.
"Princess, can you come with me now?"
After waiting for several hours, the man was already very impatient.
"sure."
Xu Qinghe said, but she glanced at the sky and said calmly: "However, the sun is now at its peak, and it's time for lunch. I'm hungry and have no strength to walk. I'm afraid I need a hearty lunch first."
After spending so much time with Xie Qi, he actually learned to act unreasonably.
The man gritted his teeth and said, "Come with me. You will have food and drink along the way, so Your Highness the Princess won't starve."
"That won't do."
Xu Qinghe said, "The food on the road is crude, far inferior to the fine food at my Princess's Mansion. How can I eat it? Even if I don't have lunch at the Princess's Mansion, I have to go to a restaurant on the street. After all, I'm sure your employer wouldn't want to see me starve to death."
There was a smile in the girl's eyes, but her expression clearly indicated that she would go on a hunger strike on the road if she was not allowed to get what she wanted.
The man gritted his teeth, thinking that he hadn't received any news from the army for several days. He guessed that Nan Yi and Da Ling were still in a stalemate.
In that case, it doesn't matter if it's later, as long as we can get out of the city before tonight.
"Okay, then go out and use it."
He finally compromised.
Before leaving, Xu Qinghe exchanged glances with Nanzhi.
The latter's eyes were filled with tears and he was a little hesitant.
Xu Qinghe suddenly frowned, his eyes turned cold, like the frost in September.
Nanzhi had no choice but to bite her lip and nod.
The man knew nothing about this, but what he didn't expect was that after slowly finishing his lunch, Xu Qinghe said that he wanted to have tea.
After tea, the woman wanted some cakes.
After her appetite was finally satisfied, she insisted on going to see a play.
As long as he said "no", she would bring up the words she used to threaten him in the princess's mansion.
By this time, it was almost the You hour.
The sun is about to set and the city gates are about to close.
The man looked at the dagger in her hand, which was now against her neck, which was bandaged with soft cotton cloth.
Why should he obey the orders of a weak woman?
He was just attracted by her pretty face and thought it would be okay to interact with her.
But compared with the throne and the country, what are women?
He narrowed his eyes slightly, and when she was off guard, he kicked the woman's elbow holding the knife.
Xu Qinghe felt his hand suddenly go numb, even a little painful, and the fingers holding the dagger opened uncontrollably.
Before she could pick up the dagger, she felt a pain in her neck, her vision went dark and she fainted.
Although she couldn't open her eyes, she could still sense the things around her for the time being.
The man seemed to have gotten a carriage to take her out of the city.
However, in fact, while she was hesitating and unwilling to leave the city with the man, Nanzhi had already taken her hand and ordered the guards to close the city gate.
At this moment, the Jizhou City is like a huge cage, and no one can enter or exit.
He was alone and trapped in the city.
The man was so angry that he had to return to his recent accommodation.
Xu Qinghe didn't remember anything that happened afterwards.
Her consciousness had completely dissipated.
**
Mengyuan Valley a few hours ago.
The sky had not yet broken into daybreak, and above everyone's heads was still the dark night and the bright stars.
Xie Qi had no idea what would happen in Jizhou City in the next few hours. Facing Yang Ye's questioning, he suddenly raised his lips and smiled.
"What makes you think I'd make the same mistake again? The poison in my body has been completely cured, so naturally I need to tell her first, lest she worry about me even though we're thousands of miles apart."
The further he spoke, the more proud he became, as if he was just showing off.
Yes, he was showing off.
There are too many people who are interested in that girl. It would be fine if it were just the people from Daying, but there are also the thieves from Nanyi Kingdom.
He had to make those people understand that his girl only had him in her heart.
Yang Ye felt so angry that he felt bitter.
However, he lowered his eyes to look at the coldly shining gun tip against his neck, as if thinking about something.
After a moment, he asked again, "The poison I gave you is a secret poison in the martial arts world. Without a specially prepared antidote, there is no way to cure it."
"Why is that so difficult?"
Xie Qi held the spear very steadily in his hand, his eyebrows and eyes were raised, even though the corners of his lips no longer had the curve, but his eyes seemed to have a smile on their own.
But in Yang Ye's eyes, that smile became a naked mockery.
"Have you ever heard of the Yufeng Pavilion in the martial arts world? I'm not very talented, but I have some connections with the young master of the Yufeng Pavilion. Asking for an antidote is just a matter of asking."
However, he had already said enough nonsense today, and there was really no need to reveal too much to a dying person.
"Alright, I've told you everything you wanted to know. Even if I die, I'll let you know the truth. As for the rest, even if you want to ask, I'm too lazy to answer. If Nan Mingzhao were here today, I might still be able to fight him. However, facing someone like you, I really have no interest in him."
The Southern Border Army behind Xie Qitong said, "Brothers, since they don't want to choose how they want to die, why don't we choose for them?"
The Southern Border Army in the valley raised their torches and weapons, responding one after another with the intention of killing the enemy with their own hands.
"It would be too easy for them to be pierced by thousands of arrows. We must kill them with our own hands and avenge our brothers who died in vain!"
"Revenge! Revenge!"
The shouting was almost deafening.
What happened in Mengyuan Valley was twelve years ago.
A long time passed, and with the oppression from Wei Yiqun in the middle, there were not many old people left in the army.
Today, these brothers who are responsible for leading the Nanyi people to the bottom of Mengyuan Valley are all there are.
However, coincidentally, there were exactly 50,000 of these people, neither more nor less.
The number is the same as the brothers who sacrificed that year.
Xie Qi silently retracted his spear, tacitly agreeing to everyone's request.
However, Yang Ye suddenly said, "I want to fight you again."
"you?"
Xie Qi raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm not interested."
He now just wants a quick resolution and doesn't want to get entangled.
"Are you not interested? Or are you afraid?"
If it were Xie Qi from more than ten years ago, who was still young and energetic, he would definitely fall into the trap of his provocation.
But now he is no longer the wanton and reckless boy.
He rode away, leaving the battlefield completely to his brothers behind him who were already filled with anger.
In Mengyuan Valley, shouts shook the sky again.
The shouting and the sound of weapons clashing together made a huge noise.
Even though the Southern Border Army had the upper hand in weapons and morale, almost routing the Nanyi people, the soldiers guarding the cliffs did not relax and continued to guard with bows and arrows focused, occasionally shooting arrows at the Nanyi people who wanted to take the opportunity to escape at the valley entrance to prevent any of them from slipping through the net.
Xie Qi folded his arms and leaned against the cliff beside him.
The mountain-crossing battle a few days ago and the subsequent siege had already satisfied him enough. In this battle, he wanted to leave the opportunity to his brothers who were eager for revenge.
Looking at the figures of his brothers fighting hard against the enemy, he seemed to see what happened twelve years ago.
Because the prince did not want his daughter's sweetheart to be in any danger, he did not really let him participate in that battle, and the ones he was given were just some minor battles that did not hurt him.
But back then, Mengyuan Valley accommodated the innocent souls of more than 50,000 soldiers from the southern border.
The brothers at that time were suddenly attacked because their military intelligence was betrayed, and they must have been extremely helpless.
They fought hard, but ultimately died.
Now, their brothers and old friends have finally avenged them.
When the sky began to brighten, this overwhelming battle finally ended.
The deafening shouts rang out again in the valley.
"Brothers who died innocently here five years ago, we have finally avenged you!"
"Brothers, our great revenge has been achieved. You may rest in peace in your graves!"
"Twelve years have passed. I'm sure you've all been reincarnated. What a shame! We can't be brothers in our next life and fight side by side again..."
…
The soldiers, who were excited just now, became emotional and burst into tears when they thought of their brothers who had fought side by side with them twelve years ago but were now buried.
Although the soldiers on the cliff had never met their brothers who had died in vain, they had been to the battlefield and knew that life and death on the battlefield were a matter of a thought.
Gradually, they were infected by their brothers in the valley and began to cry as well.
Suddenly, bursts of humming sounds were heard in the valley again.
Xie Qi wiped his eyes and went to take a look at Yang Ye's body in person.
After confirming that he was really dead this time, he picked up his gun and mounted his horse.
"Alright, brothers. The battle isn't over yet, why are you crying? Let's attack the Nanyi Imperial City in one fell swoop and force that bastard Nan Mingzhao to write a letter of surrender first."
"When the time comes, we will defeat Nan Yi and win a hundred years of peace for Da Ling. I won't care even if the tears of you grown men flood the bottom of this valley."
Everyone burst into laughter.
They wiped the tears from their faces casually, mounted their horses, took their weapons, and followed the general towards the direction of Nanyi Kingdom.
It was the time when the sun was rising.
The Golden Crow poked out half of its bright red face from the side of the mountain, and its crimson light spread into the valley, covering the pile of corpses at the bottom and illuminating the way forward for everyone.
The soldiers of the Southern Border Army marched in the light, their steps and gazes extremely determined.
Looking at the half-moon of golden crow, such a gorgeous color, Xie Qi somehow suddenly thought of Xu Qinghe.
She seldom wore clothes of this color. When he returned victorious, he would certainly use this victory to ask her to wear the bright red wedding dress for him again.
This time, they were in love with each other.
However, what he didn't expect was that he would see Xu Qinghe again in a fire.
She lay in his arms, covered in blood.
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