On the morning of the third day of March, the sky was gloomy and a drizzle fell.
A small boat slowly made its way across the Yousi River in northern Laifeng State. After a night of sailing, Hua Qingcheng, Bai Yuheng, and the others finally arrived at a small border town on the border between Youzhou and Lengyue State.
Sitting in the cabin, Hua Qingcheng gently reached out to lift a corner of the curtain and quietly gazed at the vast river outside the window, her thoughts gradually drifting away. Bai Yuheng, who was standing beside her, would occasionally cast his gaze towards the woman opposite him, but he always remained silent.
Suddenly, Hua Qingcheng seemed to come to her senses, put down the curtain in her hand, and turned to look at Bai Yuheng. At the same time, Bai Yuheng, who had been paying attention to Hua Qingcheng's every move, quickly withdrew his gaze, but his slightly panicked expression did not escape Hua Qingcheng's sharp eyes.
"Is Master Bai thinking about what kind of painting would be suitable for this scene?" Hua Qingcheng asked with a slight smile on her lips.
Bai Yuheng tilted his head slightly, his gaze gently sweeping over Hua Qingcheng. A faint smile played on the corner of his mouth as he spoke softly, "Yesterday the sky was clear and the sun was shining, but today it's overcast and drizzling. However, while the weather outside can certainly influence our feelings, whether our hearts are filled with sunshine or shrouded in gloom is ultimately determined by our own state of mind. I wonder what Her Royal Highness thinks of this?"
Hua Qingcheng's beautiful eyes were shining as she stared at Bai Yuheng deeply, with deep meaning in her eyes. After a moment, she opened her red lips and slowly uttered a sentence: "I don't have any special opinion. I only know that once there is a betrayal, you can never trust again..." Her voice was crisp and pleasant, like a yellow oriole singing in a valley, but with a hint of coldness.
Before she finished her words, Hua Qingcheng's watery eyes focused on Bai Yuheng again, as if she wanted to see through the man's appearance to his true inner thoughts.
Hua Qingcheng paused for a moment before continuing, "If you can easily believe the words of a spy, then even a sow, no, even a boar, can climb a tree!"
At this time, Xiahou Yu, who was sitting on the couch beside him, kept looking between Hua Qingcheng and Bai Yuheng, with a hint of teasing in his eyes.
After a moment, Xiahou Yu suddenly sneered and said, "Haha, it seems that our Master Bai is really dedicated! He has already asked for leave to rest, but he is still thinking about teaching his students..." Her words were full of sarcasm.
Xia Hou Jing, who had been silent all night, also spoke indifferently: "Haha, abstain from sex. You are a monk now. It is a taboo to have impure six senses, let alone coveting your own teacher!"
"What...what? You mean he...they..." Gongyang Jiezhen, who was originally daydreaming, suddenly came back to her senses after hearing what Xiahou Yu and Xiahou Jing said. She looked at Hua Qingcheng and Bai Yuheng, her eyes full of scrutiny.
Looking at Hua Qingcheng and Bai Yuheng, Gongyang Jiezhen's mind kept echoing with what Xiahou Jing had just said, and she thought to herself: Could it be that... there really is some unspeakable secret between these two people?
As Gongyang Jiezhen finished speaking, Xiahou Yu and Xiahou Jing exchanged glances, then gave her a look that said, "You're really slow to realize this." It was as if they were saying, "It's so obvious, and you only realized it now. You're really stupid..."
A subtle blush crept across Gongyang Jiezhen's cheeks, but it quickly gave way to anger. She stared wide-eyed at Bai Yuheng and Hua Qingcheng, as if she could see through them. She knew full well that they were hostile to Nalan Qingcheng, the crown princess of Laifeng State. How could they... how could they harbor such sentimental feelings?
However, at this moment, a figure suddenly flashed through Gongyang Jiezhen's mind—the elegant and ethereal Second Master Feng. His peerless beauty made Gongyang Jiezhen's heart tighten, and an inexplicable melancholy welled up in her.
Regardless of whether her brother truly loved the woman before her, Gongyang Jiezhen quickly let go of her feelings. After all, it was just a fruitless love affair, and they would soon return to Lengyue Country, where everything would soon be over. With this in mind, Gongyang Jiezhen decided not to intervene.
As noon approached, the boat slowly approached the shore. Hua Qingcheng and the others walked into a restaurant.
Four Taoist nuns and a Taoist priest walked into the first-floor lobby. The waiter, quick-witted and quick-handed, hurried forward to greet them warmly: "Master Taoists, our signature vegetarian dishes are excellent, and our chef is an expert in making vegetarian dishes..."
Before the waiter could finish his words, Xia Houyu interrupted him rudely: "Okay, find us a private room and serve all your signature vegetarian dishes! Oh, and a pot of wine."
"Okay, Taoist priests, please wait a moment."
After the waiter led Hua Qingcheng and the others to a private room on the second floor, he quickly withdrew and served all the dishes in a short while. The waiter was not surprised by the Taoist nuns and Taoist priests drinking, so he did not say anything.
After eating and drinking, Hua Qingcheng and her group followed Xiahou Jing to an inn to rest. Gongyang Jiezhen and Hua Qingcheng shared a room, while Xiahou Jing and her daughter Xiahou Yu shared a room, but now there was an additional person, Bai Yuheng.
However, after everything was arranged and the accommodation problem was solved, Xiahou Jing and her daughter did not choose to stop. After a short rest, they walked out of the inn.
Xiahou Jing was seen pacing back and forth in the town, asking for information from everyone she met; and Xiahou Yu did not stop for a moment, and rushed straight to the place where Hua Rongsheng's wife and husband were imprisoned - that was an isolated island located in the northern region of Laifeng Country. The purpose of this trip was to deploy in advance to ensure that the subsequent evacuation plan was foolproof.
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