"Xiao Qin..."
"Human nature."
"If you're worried, we'll go and take a look."
"No need, it has nothing to do with me." Xie Lingqin sighed and looked at Xu Yiran. "Let's go. The Crown Prince is going to meet a beautiful woman. Qi Rufeng, who is sexually frustrated, will definitely go to a brothel to vent his frustrations. In that case... Yu Qingyi will be left alone."
Xie Lingqin spoke expressionlessly, then turned around, pulled her headscarf up to cover her face, and jumped off the roof first.
...
In another inn, Yu Qingyi had just finished bathing and was about to turn off the lights when a person suddenly appeared in front of him. The person had half of his face covered with a blue cloth, and his eyes were cold and devoid of warmth, but Yu Qingyi still recognized him at a glance.
"Sister Qin".
"I need the military tally, will you give it to me?"
Xie Lingqin got straight to the point, showing no intention of reminiscing.
Yu Qingyi was taken aback. "What are you doing here?"
"Will you give it to me? If not, I'll just take it," Xie Lingqin continued.
Yu Qingyi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Sister Qin, a military tally isn't something to be taken lightly; it's something that can command an entire country..."
"Now you are for Bei Rong, and I am for Nan Qi. We each serve our own masters. Yu Qingyi, will you give it to me?" Xie Lingqin asked again.
Yu Qingyi was still the same Yu Qingyi, with sword-like eyes and peach-like eyes, light and unrestrained. However, to Xie Lingqin, it seemed that everything in the past had become a thing of the past.
She knew what she had to do.
Yu Qingyi was taken aback, staring intently at Xie Lingqin. After a moment, she felt a pang of sadness and said, "Sister Qin, you've lost weight."
"Hmm, will you give it to me?"
"The Crown Prince is here too—"
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Yiran had already pressed his pressure points from behind.
"I'm sorry, Yu Qingyi."
Xie Lingqin said, then raised her hand and easily took the bronze military token from Yu Qingyi's arms. After confirming it several times, she left with Xu Yiran.
...
Meanwhile, not far from the inn, by the moat.
The winter wind blows away the cold moonlight.
"Your Highness, thank you for saving me."
Li Qingyu was grateful and moved. She never thought that the Crown Prince would save her. Did the Crown Prince still have some feelings for her? Otherwise, given the Crown Prince's behavior, why would he save her? Why would he stay here and watch her cry for so long without leaving?
"You can go back now."
When Yuwen Yao said this, his gaze was fixed on the distance.
"Your Highness, you..."
Li Qingyu covered her face and wept, "Your Highness, all these years, my feelings for you..."
Yuwen Yao missed the direction Li Qingyu was looking towards the inn, where two figures seemed to blend into the moonlight in the blink of an eye, like the wind.
"Let's go back."
Yuwen Yao withdrew his gaze and looked at Li Qingyu. Suddenly, a chilling aura emanated from him, keeping everyone at arm's length.
Li Qingyu stammered for a long time, unable to utter a word. She thought, she thought she could use this to get closer to the Crown Prince...
"Quick, there's an assassin! There's an assassin!"
Just then, not far ahead, inside the inn, a loud shout rang out.
At this very moment, Xie Lingqin and Xu Yiran had already walked away with the military tally.
...
"What do you think about mobilizing 100,000 troops to quickly reach the capital of Beirong?"
Beneath the mountain peaks in the night, Xie Lingqin stroked the military tally, her eyes cold and piercing.
"It will be chaotic for a while."
"And this gap is enough for Father and Nan Fenghuang to arrive safely in Nan Qi."
Xie Lingqin said.
"And what about us?"
"Continue along the original route to Western Xia."
Xu Yiran did not stop her, even though he guessed what Xie Lingqin was planning to do. He could not stop her anyway.
For the rest of his life, his only wish is for her to be happy and joyful.
"Xiao Qin, once things have settled down, shall I hand over the Heavenly Mystery Palace to you?"
During their journey, Xu Yiran discussed the matter.
Xie Lingqin looked at him, somewhat puzzled, "Why?"
"Because the Heavenly Mystery Hall was originally left to you by Aunt Yun, and now that you know, of course I have to return it to you."
"No need, you keep it. I have Minglan and the Hall of Fame, that's a considerable force."
“But…” Xu Yiran’s voice suddenly lowered, and a faint worry appeared on his handsome face in the setting sun. “But I think that if you are busier, you will be more fulfilled, and some things can be forgotten just like that.”
Upon hearing this, Xie Lingqin quietly looked at Xu Yiran.
At this moment, they were riding horses slowly through a mountain forest.
Xie Lingqin's unexplained silences weighed heavily on Xu Yiran's heart. After a moment, a smile appeared on his face. "I'll go fetch some water." With that, he dismounted.
"Brother Yiran".
Xie Lingqin suddenly called out.
Upon hearing this, Xu Yiran stopped in her tracks, her expression stiffening. She slowly turned around, looked at Xie Lingqin, and asked in shock, "What did you just call me?"
Xie Lingqin forced a smile, a smile that contained a mix of melancholy, guilt, and gratitude, a multitude of emotions that were difficult to articulate.
"Brother Yiran," Xie Lingqin said again, her voice suddenly becoming softer.
"You...you remembered..."
Xu Yiran was incredulous; her thick eyelashes trembled for a moment, her expression a mixture of surprise and delight.
“I remember now. At the imperial mausoleum, after I saw my mother in my mind, I also thought of you. I remembered how you had openly appeared beside me long ago, and I remembered the times we played together. I also remembered… ten-year-old Yuwen Yao wanted to kill four-year-old me, and you stopped him. But, in the face of the crisis, the spiritual power within me awakened. It was you who, under Yuwen Yao's threat, used the spiritual power my mother had given you to work with Yuwen Yao to seal me away and erase all memories of you and me. It was Yuwen Yao who threatened you, saying that if you came near me, he would be ruthless and would kill you. That's why you…”
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