Chapter 125 The Truth
His lips were cold, but his affectionate heart was heated.
Somehow, her hand froze and she was reluctant to retract it even a little bit.
Li Daoxuan suddenly raised his eyes, his gaze filled with intense pressure. "Just now, when we were playing in the snow, who do you think was the best?"
"What?" Chen Qing asked, "Are you eavesdropping?"
He pulled her wrist and put his arm around her waist. "It's not eavesdropping, I just happened to hear it."
"That's also eavesdropping." Chen Qing pursed his lips, "Humph, of course my senior brother is the best at making snowmen."
Li Daoxuan's expression darkened, and jealousy welled up in his heart. Chen Qing could smell his jealousy from a distance. She pretended to be jealous and pinched her nose, "Hmm, so sour."
He simply blocked her mouth.
“Hmm—”
The cool fragrance of plum blossoms, mixed with the crisp, grassy scent of his body, suddenly filled Chen Qing's nose. Her eyelashes trembled, and just as she was about to raise her hand to push him away, his grip on her wrist tightened, and the arm around her waist also tightened, completely enveloping her in his embrace.
As their lips met, the cool red plum blossoms vanished, leaving only his scorching breath, burning the tips of her ears. He seemed angry, his kisses quick and heavy, but just when she was almost breathless, he eased up, his nose brushing against hers. His voice was as low as ice, tinged with a hint of grievance: "Tell me again, who's the best?"
Chen Qing turned her head to avoid his gaze, but he pinched her chin with his fingertips and turned her back. There was no trace of the oppression in his eyes from before. Instead, he looked like a small animal whose food had been stolen. The corners of his eyes were slightly red as he stared at her.
"Don't tell me?" He lowered his head, brushed his lips against the corner of her lips, and leaned behind her ear, his warm breath blowing on her white earlobe, "If you don't tell me, I will keep kissing you."
The tingling sensation behind her ear crawled up her spine. It was so itchy that Chen Qing couldn't help but shrink her neck and put her hand on his chest to push.
"I'm not making a fuss." He bit her earlobe and rubbed it gently, "You have to say I'm the best."
She was so annoyed by him that she lost her temper, and then she caught a glimpse of his tightly pursed lips - it was obvious that he was being serious.
Chen Qing couldn't help but laugh angrily, "You're sick." She raised her hand to his forehead, her voice as light as falling snow: "Okay, okay, you're the best."
As soon as the words fell, the redness at the corners of his eyes faded, and the corners of his lips secretly raised, but his face was still tense. He deliberately asked with a stern face: "Say it again? I didn't hear clearly."
Drama queen, huh.
Shen Qing smirked and said, “You’re the best.”
Only then did he curl his lips, lowered his head and kissed her brow again, his fingertips brushing across her palms that were red from playing in the snow just now, and his tone softened: "Wouldn't it be better if you said so earlier?"
Chen Qing snorted, but caught a glimpse of the plum petals that fell on his shoulder from the corner of her eye. She reached out and picked them up, bringing them to his nose: "Sour vinegar essence, goes perfectly with plum blossoms."
He chuckled softly, without refutation, but tightened his arms and pulled her closer to him.
Seeing him so happy, Chen Qing's eyes rolled around.
"You like me so much. If one day you find out that I have cheated you and deceived you badly, will you want to kill me?"
His fingertips paused, and the hand that was originally on her hair slid down, holding her chin and forcing her to look up at him.
His eyes, which had just been filled with jealousy, were now as dark as if soaked in ink. He asked hoarsely, "What are you lying to me about?"
Chen Qing was choked by his question. She had just been testing him casually, but when he asked her so seriously, she didn't know how to respond. She only said vaguely, "Just... just talking."
"What?" he pressed, stroking her jawline with his fingertips, so gently he didn't want to break her. "Did you secretly hide the candied cakes from me, or do you actually prefer the candied haws from the shop in the west of the city?"
Chen Qing was stunned for a moment. She hadn't expected him to bring up this. Just as she was about to explain, she heard him say, "If it's just these, the most I can do is punish you by giving me half of the candy cake and then accompanying me to buy two strings of candied haws."
"It's not that!" She was anxious, looking up at him, "It's a big deal! For example, for example..." She was at a loss for words, and after a while, she brought up an irrelevant topic: "For example, I like someone else——"
Before she could finish her words, he pressed his fingertips against her lips. He lowered his head, resting his forehead against hers, his breath mixed with the fragrance of plum blossoms falling on her face. His voice was so low it sounded like a sigh: "Then I will kill you."
"Try to fall in love with someone else. If I don't kill him, I'll kill you—
"If I kill you, you won't be able to like anyone else."
He wanted to say, "Just accept it," but he was unwilling to do so.
When he thought that one day she really fell in love with someone else, those eyes that always looked at him with a smile would chase after someone else's figure; her hand that held the plum blossoms close to his nose would hold another person's sleeve - his heart felt like it was pierced by a broken branch of the plum tree, and a surge of madness surged in the dense pain, and the words that came to his lips became the cruel "Then I will kill you."
It would be great to scare her.
Chen Qing was startled by the fire in his eyes and subconsciously tried to retreat, but he grabbed the back of his neck and pressed it tighter. His eyes were bloodshot and his lips were tightly pursed. "Don't make jokes like this again."
"I..." She was frightened by his look, and her tentative thoughts disappeared. "I just said it casually..."
"Just saying it?" He chuckled, but there was no warmth in his laughter. His fingertips rubbed her lips fiercely. "How can you say something like that casually?"
He lowered his head, his nose almost touching hers, the fire in his eyes flickering, but he refused to look away, as if he wanted to carve her appearance into his bones.
“So, Shen Youan, don’t lie to me.”
Chen Qing just smiled at him, the goose down snow falling, blocking his sight and hiding the coldness in Chen Qing's eyes.
A melodious and powerful bell sound suddenly swept across the entire Chang'an.
At first, Chen Qing thought that someone had rung the meeting bell of Xuanji Pavilion. She was about to see what was going on when she suddenly stopped.
This is not the bell of Xuanji Pavilion.
But, Deathstroke.
Since ancient times, the death knell would only ring when an emperor passed away. Chen Qing's eyelids jumped. The current development was very different from her previous life. She didn't understand what was happening and subconsciously looked at Li Daoxuan.
Chen Qing remembered that he and the Saint and his son had always had a bad relationship.
In other words, he was unilaterally cold towards Emperor Jingren.
She really couldn't imagine how Li Daoxuan would react, so she secretly glanced at him.
Li Daoxuan seemed not to hear the death knell and changed the subject: "You will soon be able to safely overcome your twenty great tribulations."
What are the twenty great disasters?
Chen Qing had completely forgotten the lie she had made up in Yuanchun Tower about not living past the age of twenty in order to get closer to him.
In order not to reveal her flaws, she buried her face in his shoulder. She seemed to be extremely moved, but in fact her mind was full of what she had said to him in the past.
Then she was hooked by his words again.
"The Happy Funeral Demon and the Red and White Demon were both raised by Li Zhibai."
The pet was injured and could no longer move, so it returned home in shame with its tail between its legs.
He was originally puzzled by the fact that the Red and White Evil demons were able to evade all the disciples and hide in Dongshan Temple. However, when he found out that the abbot of Dongshan Temple was in collusion with the prince, Li Daoxuan suddenly realized how Li Zhibai had the means to raise such a powerful demon.
At that time, apart from Master Qianji Zhenren of Chen Qing and Master You Daozi of Li Daoxuan, the host also had a place among the other outstanding disciples.
If it's the host, then it makes sense.
He was in charge of raising a big monster, and the prince used his power to cover it up for him. The two of them colluded with each other and not only secretly raised Xiang Yao, who had escaped at the beginning, in Mount Li, but also used the cold and bitter land to create a big monster, intending to make it overthrow the Shen family.
But there is still one missing link. Why is the prince so targeting the Shen family and all members of the Shen family?
The last link was completed yesterday.
While the crown prince was regent, he could not wait to draft a secret edict.
The secret decree stated:
More than ten years ago, barbarians invaded and it was true that the Longyou Jiedushi Gao Dingyuan fled for fear of punishment. The Jiannan Road Jiedushi was silenced by people sent by Gao Dingyuan while chasing the fugitive. The person who silenced him was the current Longyou Jiedushi, now the Duke of Han - Shen Congzhi.
In a nutshell, Chen Qing's father colluded with Li Daoxuan's grandfather and deserted the battlefield. The prince's grandfather discovered this and stepped forward to stop it, but was killed instead.
Now one of the murderers is dead, while the other one holds a high position with a good salary, a happy wife and children, and lives a carefree life.
After listening to Li Daoxuan's explanation, Chen Qing felt it was ridiculous.
People were following the rumors about General Gao's defection, but the sage never made any statement.
An imperial decree was issued to execute all nine members of the Gao family, but when all the Gao family members were killed, the decree was withdrawn. This wavering attitude unconsciously intensified the flames of rumors.
To this day, people still have different opinions on this matter.
Only the death of the prince's grandfather, the head of the Shi family and the governor of Jiannan Road, was unanimously accepted by everyone as a death in battle.
Chen Qing was so overwhelmed by these words that she refused to believe that Aye was that kind of person. "Why would that dog prince lie like that? Is there something hidden, or is he feeling guilty about something, so he can't wait to hide the truth?"
"No, my father is definitely not that kind of person. Isn't General Gao your grandfather? You know the Gao family's affairs best. What's going on? What's the truth?"
Li Daoxuan twitched the corner of his lips, and a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes. "Oh, the truth, you will know it soon."
"What?" He was mumbling again.
Shen Qing was confused and desperate to know the truth. Why did the prince want to harm the Shen family? In short, it couldn't be what the secret decree said!
Li Daoxuan shut up. He closed his eyes to calm himself down, and when he opened them again, there was an inexplicable emotion in his eyes.
"You said you wanted to live past 20, so I will personally accompany you on your 20th birthday. I will be with you every year and every year thereafter. I want you to watch fine lines form at the corners of my eyes, watch my temples turn gray, and I want you to watch me die of old age."
"Shen Youan, I curse you to live a hundred years."
Those who hurt you and harm you will all have a short life.
He stroked Chen Qing's thick, long eyelashes and sighed, "Soon, very soon you will be able to take revenge on those who want to harm you."
Li Daoxuan asked, "Li Zhibai, do you want to take action against the Red and White Demons yourself, or should I do it for you?"
Chen Qing: "From what I heard today, it seems that your Gao family and the Shi family also have a deep hatred, so I won't take action." From the little memory she recovered, she knew that the revenge she wanted to take was already taken once in her previous life. The only difference was that she had to kill the prince again.
Li Daoxuan: "Wait for me, I will spend New Year's Day with you this year."
Shen Qing smiled and said, “Okay.”
Once Li Daoxuan has dealt with the prince, her Shen family will be safe, and she will only have one revenge left to take.
.
What Li Daoxuan didn't know was that Chen Qing took his words used as a threat seriously.
Thinking calmly, looking through the fragmented memories, the two seemed to be a couple. He was truly good to her. He would release 666 river lanterns for her by the Qujiang Lake, and would also smile and wish her a hundred years of carefree life. He was even more willing to endure a lifetime of pain to break into her realm of nothingness and bring her out -
Shen Qing knows it all.
But one day he will kill her with his sword for Liuli Xin, just like what happened in his previous life.
She couldn't hide for long.
Li Daoxuan cannot be kept.
After all, Li Daoxuan said it himself that he wanted her to live a hundred years without worries. As long as he died, he would live a hundred years too, right?
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