Chapter 106: When the enemy comes, we will stop him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth.
"By the way, General, since I won, the medicine..."
Zhao Qinglian hummed, "I'll give it to you personally tomorrow."
She didn't cripple the person as instructed above - she wouldn't be beaten to death anyway, so she would just be punished.
Besides...
Zhao Qinglian glanced at Shang Yuwan calmly.
Although no one knows what method this person used to change his appearance, it seems that he must have suffered a lot behind the scenes.
After all, she is the daughter of Madam Lu Xu. Madam Lu Xu means a lot to His Majesty and the Princess, otherwise Shang Yuwan would not be alive today.
She failed to cripple the man, and His Majesty would definitely punish her. Zhao Qinglian knew this very well, but she still didn't want to hurt Shang Yuwan again.
On the one hand, it was because of my sister, and on the other hand, it was also for the empress.
Madam Lu Xu is very important to the empress, otherwise she would not help Xiao Tong, a Dayu person, to fight for the throne.
For Lang Jiang, helping the Dayu people fight for the throne is tantamount to treason.
Shang Yuwan calmed down and asked the servants to carry him to Twelve's bed and squeeze in with Twelve.
The reason is: if people wake up in the middle of the night and can't see her, they will panic.
Zhao Qinglian asked the servant to do as she asked and turned to leave.
Late at night, Twelve woke up from a nightmare about the death of Lu Xu and Shang Yuwan.
She opened her eyes, the fear and despair in her heart had not yet subsided, when she suddenly heard someone calling her.
"twelve."
She was startled and turned her head to look in the direction of the voice. She saw Shang Yuwan wearing a thin shirt, with almost half of his body wrapped in gauze, and his left leg was hung up.
Twelve was startled and was about to speak, but Shang Yuwan quickly covered her mouth.
She endured the pain of the wound and tried not to let her expression show any strangeness. "Don't talk. Your tongue just broke, it won't grow back that fast."
"......" Twelve nodded with red eyes.
Shang Yuwan had two broken ribs. He lay straight and turned his head to ask, "When did you recognize me?"
Shang Yuwan admits that she cannot calculate everyone's mind just right, but she is very familiar with Twelve's style of behavior.
Apart from her and her mother, there is no one else in this world that Twelve would risk his life to protect.
If Twelve had not recognized Shang Yuwan, she would never have resorted to biting her tongue to force Zhao Qinglian to stop.
Twelve pointed at the soft pillow. Shang Yuwan understood what she meant and said, "No need to help me sit up. It's late, we should chat for a while and then go to bed."
"Your sister... General Zhao said he would escort us away early tomorrow morning. It seems they don't want our lives."
Judging from what Zhao Qinglian said, it seemed that she just wanted to destroy her.
After all, Xiao Qinggu was still on their side, so Xiao Tong didn't dare act rashly. After this incident, Xiao Tong and Emperor Chengming must have known her identity, but Xiao Qingji wasn't sure. However, if he didn't know now, he would know it soon.
I just don't know why. Are those two really so concerned about their own daughter, or do they want a sufficiently outstanding heir to the throne? Or is there another reason - that unknown reason that has led Xiao Tong and Emperor Chengming to tolerate her again and again?
Shang Yuwan pondered in her heart. She always felt that she seemed to have missed something.
Shi Erzhi sat up and placed his soft pillow under Shang Yuwan's waist to make her lie more comfortably.
She took Shang Yuwan's hand and saw that his palm was also wrapped in gauze. Her nose felt sore and tears fell.
Shang Yuwan comforted him softly, "It's okay, it's just a minor injury."
She was indeed anxious at the time, but thinking that Zhao Qinglian was also a blood relative to Twelve, she could only grab the blade and use the handle to fly over to make him stagger. She found Twelve first and fed him the life-saving pill.
Shang Yuwan was so panicked at that time that she didn't even care about the arrow in her calf. No other attacks came after that. It must be that Zhao Qinglian wanted to let her go.
Twelve wiped away her tears and wrote a few words on Shang Yuwan's palm.
[We recognized you the day after you arrived at Baijialou.]
Shang Yuwan was stunned for a moment. "Who? You and Qi'er?"
Twelve nodded.
Shang Yuwan's brows twitched, and he looked surprised, "Is my acting that bad?"
That shouldn't be the case. In her previous life in Kyoto, she spoke like a human to humans and like a ghost to ghosts, and few people recognized her.
Twelve wrote a few more words: [Eyes, attitude, different.]
[The lady's concern for us is the same as before, secretly and secretly, with a sharp tongue but a soft heart.]
"......" Shang Yuwan recalled that when she was in Yanmen City, she fined Shang Mingqi twelve and a half years of salary because he secretly followed her to do a mission.
I originally thought that Twelve and Qi'er treated her as a substitute for their previous lives, but I didn't expect that she had been exposed long ago.
Shang Yuwan took Twelve's hand and wrote a paragraph.
[Xiao Qingxu is the owner of Baijialou. He teamed up with others to help me be reborn, but the price was his own life.]
Twelve's eyes widened in disbelief.
How could it be him?!
Shang Yuwan chuckled twice.
It's incredible, she herself was also shocked at that time.
[Who is that person?!]
Shang Yuwan shook his head. "I don't know. He doesn't want to say."
However, she currently knows of no more than three people who can perform this kind of magical skill.
Thinking of the host's frail and sickly appearance, Twelve was silent for a moment and wrote a line of words: [What to do next?]
"When the enemy comes, we will stop him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth."
Shang Yuwan slowly exhaled.
After she had overturned the Shang family's case and avenged Xiao Qinggu, she would search for the notes of either Dayu Tianshi or Qu Qixianzhi, to see if there was any information about rebirth in their belongings. These two were the most powerful people in the world, and the only two talented people Shang Yuwan knew of.
She will be able to get the half pill from Zhao Qinglian tomorrow and go back to ask Ji Suxian to see how long it can support Xiao Qingxu.
If it is not enough, then add as much as you can to the itinerary, the sooner the better.
The day of returning to Beijing is getting closer, and if she doesn't have much time, she must give Xiao Qinggu a push.
And Yang Qianmo, where is that person? Baijialou has been searching for so long and still has no information. Could it be that she is in the dark? Is she still in Yanmen City?
Twelve lowered his head and wrote three words on Shang Yuwan's palm: [I'm sorry.]
"You don't have to be like this. It's not your intention." Shang Yuwan patted her hand gently. "She cares about you, but she's also blaming herself."
He blamed himself for not being strong enough and being unable to do anything when his sister needed him the most. He could only endure the heartache and let his beloved sister become a slave in someone else's home.
Before the empress ascended the throne, the Langjiang Kingdom was plagued by constant conflict, both large and small. She had to accompany the Langjiang Empress to quell the Langjiang Rebellion and carve out a niche for women, leaving her unable to fully consider Twelve's safety. In Zhao Qinglian's view, leaving her sister in the Shang family was the best option.
Although it would be a bit hard, it was still much better than being constantly threatened with one's life by her side.
After the Shang family was wiped out, Zhao Qinglian might have considered bringing Twelve back, but Baijialou preempted them. Shang Yuwan also protected her after her rebirth, keeping no news of her. It wasn't until Twelve herself confronted Xiao Qingji that she reappeared in Zhao Qinglian's sight.
Zhao Qinglian was jealous that Shang Yuwan did better than her, but was also glad that her sister could get Shang Yuwan's true love for which he was willing to risk his life.
After all, the person Zhao Qinglian resented the most was none other than her incompetent self back then.
Twelve remained silent.
"By the way, why were you and the deputy host arrested?"
Twelve gathered his thoughts and wrote on Shang Yuwan's palm: [You wrote to me asking for medicinal herbs. I thought something had happened to you, so I emptied out all the herbs that Langjiang had secretly sent to Kyoto.]
Shang Yuwan was stunned for a moment, "All?"
Twelve nodded and continued: [After the move, someone sent it to Baijialou first. Some of the precious medicinal materials were sent to you and the owner of the building. Later, when I was trying to continue the investigation, I was arrested.]
Shang Yuwan: “…” She made a mistake and didn’t write it clearly in the letter.
"It's late now. Are you sleepy? Sleep a little longer."
Shang Yuwan pulled the soft pillow out from under his head. Twelve reached out to stop him, got out of bed, took the clothes and put them on the bed, and slept with his head resting on the clothes.
Seeing that she insisted, Shang Yuwan stopped struggling and just let her do as she pleased. He pulled the quilt and covered Twelve with it.
When Twelve fell asleep holding her sleeve, Shang Yuwan silently opened her eyes and stared upwards. Her mind was spinning non-stop, and the string in her heart never relaxed for a moment.
Now things are happening one after another, and the heartstrings are getting tighter and tighter, even Shang Yuwan himself didn't notice it.
The Heavenly Master had disappeared for years, and few knew even his name. If Shang Yuwan hadn't accidentally bumped into him once as a child, she wouldn't even remember what he looked like. Even less information was available about Qu Qixianzhi: his name, where he came from, or even what his nose and eyes looked like.
......It's really difficult.
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