The man's lips were cold. Only after getting closer did Qin Yanning notice that the man was emitting a faint scent of pine and cypress.
Qin Yanning was not averse to the smell, but she could also imagine that Tuoba Ling must have come to see her from the place where he was researching Zhuge Crossbow.
The production of Zhuge Crossbow has relatively high requirements on the quality of wood. The smell on Tuoba Ling must have been picked up when the craftsmen were kneading the wood.
Tuoba Ling was caught off guard by Qin Yanning's kiss, but he was used to being domineering, and after a brief reaction, Tuoba Ling took the upper hand.
After the kiss, Qin Yanning glanced at Tuoba Ling and said nothing. However, Tuoba Ling felt that his heart was beating even faster than when he first went to the battlefield and killed someone for the first time.
He looked at Qin Yanning and whispered, "After some time, your mother will be able to reach the desert safely."
Qin Yanning didn't expect Tuoba Ling to act so quickly. She thought the man would at most send a few people into the Dazhang Palace to make Concubine Lin's life easier. She didn't expect him to take her out once and for all.
The original owner of the previous life did not know Tuoba Ling very well, so Qin Yanning did not know how many of his own people he had planted in the Dazhang Palace.
Tuoba Ling seemed to sense Qin Yanning's doubts. He took a deep breath and explained, "It would be inconvenient to send someone to Dazhang to protect your mother. My people set a fire and faked Concubine Lin's death."
Qin Yanning knew what Tuoba Ling meant. It was indeed not a good thing for Concubine Lin to stay in that palace, but the man's execution ability was also worthy of praise. She smiled and said, "Then Yanning would like to thank His Highness for his help."
Tuoba Ling was happy to see Qin Yanning, and although he didn't show it on his face, he was actually happy in his heart. Qin Yanning knew that the man was used to having a cold face, so she didn't mind and carefully hung a peace amulet on Tuoba Ling.
"I saw this in a book. I was bored on my way here so I made one. If you like it, keep it. If you don't, take it back and throw it away anywhere."
Qin Yanning's words were not false. This amulet was indeed embroidered by her when she was bored on the road. Tuoba Ling looked at the amulets with different thicknesses on his body and didn't know what to feel.
After he was recognized, he had seen other concubines treat their children so gently. He was actually envious at the time, but he also knew that he was different from them because his mother was no longer around.
Later, the Queen Dowager arranged a marriage for him, and the two women also showed their affection to him, but he knew that their kindness to him was only because of the Queen Dowager's order. Privately, they despised him for being a wooden man who only knew how to march and fight, and they despised his background even more.
Because of his mother's affairs, he never liked to have contact with women. At first, he just wanted to support the two women, but he didn't expect that they would secretly pass military information to the Queen Dowager, just to help the eldest prince gain military merit.
In that battle, he lost many men under his command, which was why he killed the two women and put the label of infertility on his own head.
He knew that this was the only way to protect himself and his brothers to the greatest extent possible.
But he never expected that one day someone would hang a crooked amulet on him.
Tuoba Ling reached out and took off the amulet, whispering, "Childish."
But his actions were decisive as he stuffed the not-so-good-looking amulet into his arms.
Qin Yanning felt helpless when he saw this. This man was really hypocritical.
Tuoba Ling looked out the window. The moon was already high in the sky. He didn't delay any longer. He reminded them, "No matter what, put your own safety first. The people in your bedroom are your own people. If there is a situation that you can't handle, they will help you."
"As soon as the Zhuge Crossbow is completed, you can start anytime."
Although Tuoba Ling didn't know how Qin Yanning was going to kill two birds with one stone and get rid of Tuoba Xiao and the Queen Mother's faction, after seeing the inexplicable things happening to her, he could only choose to believe her. He believed that she could really do it.
All he could do was to ensure that when Qin Yanning took action, he and his men were ready to deal with anything.
Qin Yanning was very satisfied with the man's arrangement. After sending Tuoba Ling away, Qin Yanning spent the night on the couch. When Tuoba Xiao was about to wake up, she returned to bed and pretended to be still asleep.
Tuoba Xiao felt that the night was too short. When he woke up and looked at the beauty lying beside him, he still felt unsatisfied. However, although he was lustful, he was not a king who ignored the affairs of state. Seeing Qin Yanning waking up slowly, he did not stay long and went to the court.
Looking at Tuoba Xiao's broad back, Qin Yanning breathed a sigh of relief. After this old man stayed in her room for a while, she felt that her room had become much dirtier.
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In this life, thanks to Qin Yanning's deliberate guidance in the dream, Tuoba Xiao became much weaker in just ten days.
Tuoba Xiao was very satisfied with this obedient concubine from Zhongyuan. For a while, several other concubines in the palace had complaints about Qin Yanning.
Qin Yanning felt somewhat helpless. If it wasn't for the purpose of first driving Tuoba Xiao crazy and then destroying him, she wouldn't be willing to face an old man all day long.
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