Chapter 52: Using oneself as a target, the feeling of a widower
Xiaoman raised her head suddenly, "What did you say?"
Twelve crossed his arms over his chest, leaned his back against the wall, and looked at her face to face.
"If it weren't for you, the princess wouldn't have fallen ill so easily."
Xiaoman held on tightly to the iron bars. "How is the princess now? If anything happens to her, I will not forgive you!"
“…”
"I'm so worried that I can't stand it anymore." Twelve curled his lips, "plus a simple fever."
Xiaoman's eyes gradually turned red, "The princess is..."
"Yes, because I...?"
Twelve nodded, "She's afraid she can't keep you alive."
If Xiaoman insisted on standing against them, no matter how soft-hearted Xiao Qinggu was, he would not be able to keep her.
Xiao Qinggu had been imprisoned by Xiao Qingji for several days since her arrival, and she worried day and night about the people of Luzhou City. Her good second brother, accustomed to wealth and luxury, surely didn't care about the people's livelihoods. After she was released, three forces were eyeing her life. She was chased and fled, even getting caught in the rain. After being rescued, she had to negotiate with Shang Yuwan and Xiao Qingxu for Xiaoman's life.
After the two sides reached a temporary agreement, Zhao Xiang happened to arrive. Seeing that the time was right, Shang Yuwan took Xiao Qinggu on an exciting chase. Even though Xiao Qinggu had been traveling outside the palace for many years, she had never been chased so frequently, and was therefore even more exhausted, but in order not to hold back, she never showed it.
Shang Yuwan and Xiao Qinggu, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, persuaded Song Pingsheng to help the people of Luzhou City and then traveled overnight. If it weren't for Xiao Qingji's swiftness, they would have been even more busy. Disaster relief was already a complex matter, and Xiao Qinggu, concerned about the people, did most of it herself. While she was busy writing a letter, carefully weighing every word and sentence to ensure no mistakes, she was always thinking about Xiaoman.
Xiao Qinggu could see that although the masked man was the owner of the building, Shang Yuwan was the one who held most of the power. Her orders were no different from those of the owner to the people in Baijialou. Shang Yuwan was a person who could not tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes and was ruthless and would kill to achieve her goals. If Xiaoman touched her bottom line, even if Xiao Qinggu moved himself out, he would not be able to stop Shang Yuwan from killing Xiaoman.
Ever since the day Xiao Qinggu was rescued by Shang Yuwan, he had been constantly thinking about how to save Xiaoman's life. The mayor of Luzhou City had just been changed, and there were countless trivial matters to deal with. In addition, he had been living too hard before, so he suddenly fell ill with a fever after only three hours.
Mingshu ate his meal bit by bit through the iron fence in silence.
Xiaoman fell silent for a moment, neither saying a word nor picking up his chopsticks.
Twelve waited for a long time, not caring whether Xiaoman ate or not. Seeing that Mingshu had almost finished eating, he looked at Xiaoman again, and seeing that she had no intention of eating, he put the bowl and dishes back into the food box and took them away.
Everything that needs to be said has been said. It now depends on whether Xiaoman knows how to adapt to the current situation.
As the night deepened, Twelve came out and saw from afar that Shang Yuwan came back and went straight to Xiao Qinggu's room.
Twelve blinked.
By the way, I don’t know how she is doing now.
She is not even seventeen years old this year, and she is so busy every day that she hardly has time to rest. It has been less than three months since she was reborn, and she has been poisoned and injured, but she has never even cried out in pain.
The light in Twelve's eyes dimmed a little.
Even if the owner of the building handed over everything in Baijialou to her, she was unwilling to let everyone take too much risk and bring the biggest crisis upon herself.
This was the first time Twelve showed up in front of Xiao Qingji after the Shang family was wiped out. Xiao Qingji's reaction clearly showed that he didn't know she was in Baijialou.
But he knew that Shang Yuwan was in Baijialou.
Twelve followed Shang Yuwan silently, and when she came back, she didn't even have time to eat before changing her clothes and going to visit Xiao Qinggu.
It’s true.
She was unwilling to change her name, as expected, in order to divert all the attacks to herself.
"Princess, how are you? Are you okay?"
Ji Suxian's medical skills were the best among these people. Xiao Qinggu was almost recovered after taking the medicine, but he was still a little weak.
She nodded to Shang Yuwan, "Much better. You came back so tired, didn't you have dinner yet?"
Shang Yuwan: “?”
"I've changed my clothes, how can you tell, Princess?"
Xiao Qinggu smiled and said, "You came in with the fragrance of mud and grass. Even if you changed into perfumed clothes, I could still smell it."
"The princess has a keen eye, but I have already eaten in the carriage and am not hungry."
Shang Yuwan looked at Xiao Qinggu's pale face and said, "I'm sorry for causing trouble to the princess."
In her previous life, she was used to such a busy life that she was anxious and forgot that even though Xiao Qinggu had been traveling for many years, she was still a princess who was well protected.
Xiao Qinggu shook his head. "I should be the one to apologize. Xiaoman is mine. It was my fault for not disciplining her properly that she nearly killed an innocent person."
"Go back and rest. I'm fine here, and you don't have to worry so much."
No matter how much Shang Yuwan got used to it, there would always be some fatigue revealed between her eyebrows and eyes, and Xiao Qinggu could see it clearly.
"Princess, don't worry. As long as Xiaoman doesn't harm anyone in Baijialou, we won't touch her."
Shang Yuwan once again reassured Xiao Qinggu and left.
Xiao Qinggu smiled bitterly in his heart.
That being said, she can't just keep accepting other people's kindness so shamelessly, right?
When she has almost recovered, go to the cell to see Xiaoman.
"What are you doing here?"
After Shang Yuwan walked out of Xiao Qinggu's room, he went to find Xiao Qingxu, knocked on the door, and pushed the door open after getting a response.
She closed the door and sat down next to Xiao Qingxu. "Why, I can't come?"
The flickering candlelight shone on Xiao Qingxu's body, outlining his thinness that could not be concealed even by his thick clothes.
Due to limited vision, Shang Yuwan suddenly realized that this man had a bit of a widower feel.
She shook her head. She must be dazzled.
Xiao Qingxu thought she was too busy and confused. "You've been busy for so many days, why don't you take a break?"
Xiao Qingxu used most of his own life span and the entire life span of [that person] to exchange for Shang Yuwan's rebirth. After that, his internal organs began to fail continuously. Although he did not feel any pain, he was indeed constantly weakening.
He knew he lacked the necessary military strength. Besides handing over everything in Baijialou to Shang Yuwan, he couldn't fight alongside her, nor could he detoxify her like Ji Suxian did. He could only do his best to help her guard the rear, so that she wouldn't have to worry. Xiao Qingxu would give orders while checking the letters, often not falling asleep until late at night.
"If you're not tired, why should I rest?"
Shang Yuwan yawned, picked up the letter on the table and took a look.
When Xiao Qingji returned to the capital, the prime minister took action as expected. However, the eldest princess was not a pushover and put the blame on the prime minister. Emperor Chengming obviously did not want anything serious to happen to Xiao Qingji, the only prince, so with just a few words, he ordered the prime minister, a parasite, to be beheaded at noon for taking the blame. The entire Zhao family became commoners, and many people came to step on them because of old grudges.
Shang Yuwan felt a little depressed.
So what if Xiao Qingji was protected by the Princess and Emperor Chengming? Would Emperor Chengming really allow a talentless and traitorous prince to inherit the throne?
Xiao Qinggu is the new emperor who should ascend the throne!
Xiao Qingxu said, "Your Majesty is using us to cut off an arm of the Princess and the others."
Shang Yuwan sneered, "The old guy is quite good at playing."
Xiao Qingxu nodded, not feeling that there was anything wrong with what she said. "After all, he is the only winner among the six princes, so it must not be easy."
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