Chapter 458 Maintenance
"careful."
"Xing'er."
Abu and the fifth prince said in unison,
Unexpectedly, Xing'er would stand in front of Abu, and both of them quickly stopped.
Xing'er spread her arms, her expression furious, "Stop it, he saved me out of kindness, it's true, but I wanted to go back to the Imperial City and was worried about running into bad guys, so I pestered him.
He knows nothing, he just has a narrow-minded heart. Please stop bullying him."
The Fifth Prince was feeling depressed. "Xing'er, come here."
He ruined his father's plan and took away his sister. Who is bullying whom?
Xing'er didn't want to pay attention to him and turned to look at Abu, "I'm sorry for getting you into trouble. You and your sister should leave here quickly."
In the past, she would be very confident that her father would not harm her siblings for her sake, but now she is not sure.
"No need to say sorry."
Abu's jawline tightened. He had guessed her identity and agreed to bring her back.
But he didn't know whether his sister had revealed her identity, so he couldn't tell Xing'er the truth in public.
And suddenly a thought popped into my mind at an inopportune time.
Putting aside Xing'er's identity, if she wanted to follow me back to the imperial city out of fear, would I agree to take her?
It seems so.
But at that time he was only thinking about getting on with his journey, and indeed he did not pay attention to the distinction between men and women. It was not unfair for the Fifth Prince to attack him for this.
Xing'er didn't know what Abu was thinking, so she pushed his arm and urged him to leave.
"We appreciate the little princess's kindness, but we can't leave right now."
Wei Qingyan walked up to Abu and bowed to Xing'er, "Just now the little princess asked me who I was, but I didn't tell her the whole story.
I am his sister and also the Crown Princess of the Great Wei. He is the eldest son of the Emperor of the Great Wei. My sister and I have come here to pay homage to His Majesty the King of Pu.
I didn't reveal my identity in time because I had no choice, and it was also because of my protective heart as an older sister. I hope the little princess will forgive me."
Abu was willing to take the little princess with him out of selfish motives, but he also showed up sincerely to save the little princess. Otherwise, he could have just pretended not to see it and continued to move forward in stealth.
But the little princess knew very well that if Pu Di and his men caught her and Abu together at the critical moment of escaping the marriage, Abu would probably not have a good ending. However, she still clung to Abu with a lucky mentality.
Things turned out just as she expected. The Pu people lured Abu to the bamboo forest. To put it mildly, they wanted to teach Abu a lesson. To put it more seriously, they wanted to kill Abu.
If Abu did not have the ability and status, he might have died in Pu State today for saving people with kindness.
As an elder sister, how could she not be angry? Fortunately, the little princess was grateful.
Otherwise, when the fifth prince stabbed Abu with murderous intent in his eyes, the dagger in her hand would surely have pierced his body.
Xing'er was shocked. "You...you are from the Wei royal family?"
Although she could see that the sister had an extraordinary bearing and guessed that they were not ordinary people, she never thought that they were actually the princes and princesses of the Great Wei.
The one who was more surprised than her was the fifth prince of Pu State. He looked at Wei Qingyan. He was clearly dressed as a man, but had a woman's voice.
She exclaimed, "Are you really the Crown Princess of Wei? The former Protector of the Nation?"
Wei Qingyan nodded.
"But didn't your brother die in battle as your replacement?"
The fifth prince's eyes wandered between Wei Qingyan and Abu.
Pu State was a small country. In order to protect itself, their father taught them when they were very young to learn as much as possible about the countries on this continent, to know themselves and their enemies, and to avoid disaster.
But he has loved martial arts since he was a child, and he pays special attention to people who are good at martial arts, so he is very sure of the information he received.
But the person in front of him looked similar to Wei Qingyan, and was standing in front of him alive. It couldn't be that there was another eldest prince of the Wei Dynasty who looked similar to the princess, right?
Wei Qingyan said, "My brother is blessed with good fortune. He received help from a master and survived the disaster."
After a pause, she continued, "I heard from my brother that your princess almost got into trouble because she was trying to escape her marriage. Prince Chilie is dead. Didn't you get the news?"
Xing'er felt a buzzing in her ears. She suddenly looked up at the Fifth Prince, "Fifth brother, is what my sister said true? That person is dead?"
The fifth prince was not good at lying and avoided looking at Xing'er.
He caught a glimpse of Wei Qingyan out of the corner of his eye, and his body suddenly shook.
Yes, according to the information they received, Emperor Chilie and Prince Chilie were both killed by Wei Qingyan.
And he had just wanted to deal with someone else's brother. Wei Qingyan deliberately revealed that Prince Chilie was dead. Wasn't that revenge?
The fifth prince felt uneasy and lowered his head subconsciously.
Pu State already had difficulty dealing with Chi Lie alone, so if they offended Wei State again because of him... The Fifth Prince didn't dare to think too much about how his father would beat him.
When Xing'er saw him like this, she felt guilty.
She smiled bitterly, "You all knew, but didn't tell me, because no matter whether Prince Chilie was dead or alive, I would marry him, right?"
"Little sister, you have to understand the difficulties that father faces. He has no other choice."
Before escaping from marriage, Xing'er had heard too many of her brothers' persuasion, "Has Fifth Brother been following me since I escaped from the Imperial City?
If you still consider me your sister, don't lie to me."
The fifth prince: "..."
I could only remain silent again.
It’s actually true!
Xing'er's already broken leg hurt even more, so much so that she felt she could hardly stand and staggered backward.
She thought of the brocade robe she had thrown off the cliff. She felt so proud in the past because of her father and brother's favor, and now she felt so embarrassed.
Someone supported her arm, and she looked up and saw that it was Wei Qingyan.
Suppressing the turbulent emotions in her heart, she asked Wei Qingyan, "Sister, you came to Pu Country for our Pu Country's grain. Do you want to cooperate with our Pu Country?"
"yes."
"Then follow me, I will take you into the palace."
"Xing'er..."
The fifth prince wanted to stop her, but Xing'er was determined, so he had to grit his teeth and follow.
It was two days later that the group arrived at the imperial city of Pu State.
"The princess is back, the princess is back..."
At the palace gate, someone shouted, and then several palace maids and eunuchs hurried to the inner court to announce the good news.
The fifth prince glanced at his usually lively but unusually silent sister and said distressedly, "Xing'er..."
"Don't worry, Fifth Brother. I won't run away again."
I used to run away because I relied on the love of my father and brothers. I thought that if I hid myself and let them know my determination to refuse the marriage, they would feel sorry for me and then change their minds.
But if there is no preference, being spoiled will be a joke.
The fifth prince felt as if a knife had been stabbed in his heart and sighed softly.
Because they were brought by the little princess and the fifth prince, Wei Qingyan and Abu soon met the Emperor of Pu.
When Abu saw that the old man Xing'er was talking about was actually a middle-aged man with very handsome features, he immediately understood the pain in Xing'er's heart.
The emperor who allowed his daughter to call him "old man" showed that the relationship between father and daughter must be very good.
The better the relationship, the more painful it is to know the truth behind the escape.
Sure enough, after seeing Xing'er saluted Emperor Pu with an expressionless face, and then told him the purpose of Wei Qingyan and Abu's visit, he stepped aside politely, with a look of alienation on his face.
Emperor Pu glanced at Xing'er, then set his sights on Wei Qingyan, who was dressed as a woman. "My Lady, your brother disregarded the strict rules between men and women and had contact with my princess, damaging her reputation.
They say an elder sister is like a mother. Please, Princess, give me an explanation on behalf of your brother."
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