Chapter 47 Cooperate with Me
His hand felt cold, and he realized that someone had stuffed a sachet into his hand.
Upon closer inspection, the sachet is made of fine silk, feels smooth to the touch, and is embroidered with a beautiful blooming peach blossom.
Li Daoxuan sneered and said sarcastically, "What? Do you think I want to harm you?"
Shen Qing withdrew his hand angrily and rolled his eyes secretly.
He looked aggressive and malicious. If you didn't know him, you would think he was going to do something bad to you. It's normal for people to misunderstand him.
She touched the sachet in her hand and immediately felt a cool breeze seeping into her palm, dispelling some of the heat.
She just felt it was amazing, holding up the sachet and asked, "What is this?"
Li Daoxuan: "Gu Yun recently invented this little gadget, and it's quite effective in dispelling heat."
After he finished speaking, he took out another sachet from his sleeve. Chen Qing raised her eyebrows when she saw this, and couldn't help but wonder how many sachets he had hidden on his body.
Chen Qing thought: Prince Gu usually likes to tinker with things he has never seen before. She never thought that he would actually develop a summer toy, which is exactly what she wants.
She has always been afraid of heat and really wants this sachet.
When she looked up, she saw him pulling open the rope at the mouth of the bag, and his fingers brought out a piece of cold juice from it, and wiped it on the back of her hand.
The skin touched by the juice instantly felt a chill. After a moment, the cool sensation didn't fade. Chen Qing touched the skin and her eyes widened in surprise. She also opened the sachet and saw a few pieces of unmelted ice and some green, grassy things inside.
Li Daoxuan looked at Chen Qing's expression full of curiosity and surprise, and laughed at her appearance of being as naive as a child who had just entered the world.
His slender fingers moved lightly, closing the mouth of the sachet, and then, without hesitation, he pulled out the sachet that was tightly grasped in Shen Qing's hand.
The sachet seemed to still retain the warmth of Chen Qing, and it swayed slightly in Li Daoxuan's hand as his knuckles moved.
He loosened his grip somewhat uncomfortably and started holding the sachet by the string instead.
Shen Qing was stunned, "What are you doing?"
Li Daoxuan raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't really think I'm going to give it to you like this, do you? Where in the world can such a good thing happen? I only have two of these things."
Seeing his calculating look, she knew it was no good, but Chen Qing really wanted the sachet, so she asked, "What do you think?"
Li Daoxuan: "Don't just sit there. Now that you're here, why not go find what I want?" He pointed to several documents on the desk, and his implication was very clear.
Chen Qing knew that he wanted her to be a tool and find documents for him, but he grasped her weakness just right. Thinking carefully, she came here for this, and now she could do things openly, so why not do it? She nodded and agreed to the matter.
However, she stretched out her hand and said, "Give me the things first. I'm afraid you will regret it."
Li Daoxuan: "Do you think I'm someone who goes back on his word?"
Hearing this, Shen Qing put down her hand, carefully looked at his face, and finally concluded: "Resemble."
"Heh..." Li Daoxuan threw the sachet into her arms with an expressionless face.
After getting what he wanted, Chen Qing's eyes curved with satisfaction and he went to look for it.
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Li Daoxuan read very quickly, but after reading all the documents that Chen Qing had found, he did not find any useful information.
At that time, Chen Qing was leaning against the desk, rubbing the juice in the sachet onto her neck. The refreshing coolness temporarily dispelled the scorching heat, just like when she was extremely thirsty and someone offered her a bowl of ice-cold and refreshing Sushan. It was so comfortable that she couldn't help but sigh.
Shen Qing asked him, "What are the things in here made of?"
Li Daoxuan subconsciously continued, "There are probably some Fanhecai and Douloupoxiang." After thinking for a while, he said, "And..." He suddenly stopped talking, closed his eyes slightly, and looked at her.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Chen Qing felt disappointed. It seemed that she couldn't ask any questions.
Sure enough, the next moment he said, "This is an exclusive secret recipe and cannot be passed on to others."
Chen Qing tried to play along with him: "Am I considered an outsider? You and I have dealt with Xiang Yao together before, and we have also broken into the underground palace. Moreover, we both want to deal with Bai Shuisha. In any case, we are in the same camp. Why is Your Highness so stingy?"
Li Daoxuan: "Mount Li was a complete accident. As for why I found Madam Shen, you know it very well." He nodded to the Pisces jade pendant on his waist. "As for the underground palace... if you hadn't used the Glazed Heart as a lure to threaten me, I wouldn't have gone there. I caught a cold on my way back and haven't recovered yet."
The coldness naturally refers to the unique cold and damp air in the underground palace.
Chen Qing said, "You also understand the principle of not releasing the eagle until you see the rabbit. My grandmother went through so much trouble to leave this for me to nourish my body. If Your Highness wants to take it, how can I bear to do so without taking some action? What's more, you have already poisoned me, are you afraid that I won't give it to you?"
He looked her up and down and nodded, "I am indeed scared."
"Oh, you know fear too. So now I am also..."
Seeing that the two were arguing more and more fiercely, Li Daoxuan was the first to stop the topic: "Enough."
Chen Qing pursed her lips, still feeling a little unsatisfied. After this bickering, the resentment that had been accumulating in her heart for a long time dissipated a little.
She raised her neck and asked, "After all this talk, isn't it just asking me to make a request in exchange? Tell me, what do you want in exchange for telling me what's in this sachet?"
Li Daoxuan: "Cooperate with me."
"What?" Chen Qing was stunned.
"I think that Bai Shuisha came to see you not long ago."
Shen Qing frowned and asked, “How do you know?”
Li Daoxuan raised his hand, and there was another sachet in his hand. The sachet was completely white, and the surface of the fabric had a faint luster and felt smooth. Li Daoxuan lightly picked up the knot at the mouth of the sachet with his fingertips, and immediately a strand of black hair that had been bent for a long time straightened out.
He held up the strand of black hair and spun it in front of her eyes. "The evil aura on it is very similar to the scent of Bai Shuisha that day. I could smell it from a long way off. How do you think I knew that?"
Chen Qing was surprised at his extraordinary perception and subconsciously reached out to snatch his things. Li Daoxuan took a step back and raised his hand high, and Chen Qing could no longer reach the things.
"You're shameless for stealing from others! Give it back to me!"
Li Daoxuan held her head down, preventing her from moving forward or jumping. Shen Qing's face flushed red with anger. Her face was as red as a ripe peach.
"Although I don't know when that thing found you, or how you escaped it and got this strand of hair, I believe your goal is very clear. You want to follow the Baishuisha clue and find the person behind your murder."
Shen Qing widened her eyes in shock, and for a moment she even forgot to take the things back.
He continued his analysis methodically, "Although I wasn't there that day, I have a general understanding of what happened."
"A maid pushed Minister Zhang's beloved daughter into the water, saying, 'You are the daughter of a thief, and your entire family will perish.' When escorting the distraught Madam Liu back to her chambers, you fiddled with the talisman paper for a while, then vomited blood on the spot. I believe the barrier you set was destroyed, and that's why you're vomiting blood."
Generally, when Taoist disciples discover evil spirits in a crowded place, the first thing they do is to set up a barrier to protect innocent people. Once the barrier is broken, the person involved will immediately suffer backlash and suffer varying degrees of internal injuries, some will vomit blood, and some will even fall into a coma.
"So someone deliberately destroyed the barrier you set up and planned to throw you into the underground palace of Baishuisha, hoping that outsiders would think it was a demon causing trouble and capture you. Unfortunately, he miscalculated one step, and Baishuisha happened to be away from home, so you were able to escape with your life."
"I think that knowing that you didn't die, the people behind this will definitely not sit still and wait for death. They will definitely be looking for an opportunity to attack you."
"Chen Qing, oh Chen Qing, there are hidden enemies in front of you and Baishuisha behind you. You are really surrounded by tigers and wolves in front of you and jackals and leopards behind you. You are attacked from all sides. It's really pitiful." He spoke with sympathy, but there was a coldness in his eyes.
Chen Qing: "So what's the reason you've been saying all this for? Are you trying to make fun of me? Are you mocking me?"
Li Daoxuan shook his fingertips. "No." He turned sideways and whispered in her ear, "This king said that he wants to cooperate with you..."
Seeing that he was sincere, Shen Qing raised his eyelids and looked him in the eye: "How do we cooperate?"
Li Daoxuan lowered his eyes, and before him was a patch of pale skin, reddened by the heat, with a few glistening beads of sweat dripping down. Perhaps dazzled by the whiteness, he looked away again and said, "I know you want to investigate this White Water Evil, and perhaps there's more you want to find out."
"I don't care about any of this, and I won't delve into your personal affairs. You just need to cooperate with me and lure out this White Water Evil. As for anything else you want to do, as long as it's within my capabilities and doesn't harm the world, I'll allow it."
"You have to understand that although the world today is much more open-minded than in the past, in most cases, it is still difficult for a woman to protect her own interests or achieve success through her body."
"Now that I've made this promise with you, I will keep it. Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who breaks a promise. Let's work together to deal with this White Water Evil. When we succeed, we'll both get what we deserve. Isn't that wonderful?"
His words touched Shen Qing's heart.
Just this Baishuisha line alone is likely to involve her in the affairs of the court. It is extremely difficult for her, a mere woman, to protect the Shen family.
The barbarians on the border are like weeds in the wilderness, which can never be completely burned. Today, news came that the border is unrest. Aye has accepted the imperial order and will go to guard the border again soon. Aye is already exhausted just because of the barbarians. He is less than fifty years old, but his temples are already gray, which makes him look even more vicissitudes of life.
She couldn't bear to see her father and mother suffer more troubles because of her.
Besides, Aye's every move might be monitored by someone all the time. Once Aye makes any investigation, they might alert the enemy and attack him at the border.
Only when she finds enough convincing evidence, and eliminates the two threats to the Shen family, the Red and White Evils, and then presents the collected evidence to Aye, will she be able to truly feel at ease.
Li Daoxuan looked at the girl who was lost in thought and waited for her response.
After a moment, Shen Qing said, “I can promise you, but I have one last question.”
Li Daoxuan: "You speak."
"Is the cooperation a spur-of-the-moment decision, Your Highness, or is it a well-thought-out plan?"
"Of course, this was proposed after careful consideration."
"Why?" Chen Qing looked up and asked him.
"What?"
"Why did you come after me?" Chen Qing asked. "Aside from some minor successes in formations, my physical skills are a mess. I'm not smart enough, so I can only do my best within my capabilities to live a peaceful life."
"Knowing that I'm not smart, have a bad temper, and am picky, why do you still want to work with me? Aren't you afraid that I'll be a burden to you?"
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