"...Where are you going?"
"Looking for something."
"..."
Bai Yu followed behind Xie Faqin with a cold face, looking rather unwilling.
The crown prince had clearly left with his men. The once chaotic mansion was now cleaned up, and there wasn't even a trace of blood left.
Xie Lingqin raised her eyelids slightly. This Yuwen Yao was probably using the Prince Xian as a laborer. He was really cunning.
"I say, the real Lord of the Underworld is dead, what clues can you still find?"
"Who said we were looking for this?" Xie Lingqin went to the room where she had first woken up, told Bai Yu to stand guard, and went inside herself.
However, Xie Lingqin, who was walking ahead, did not notice the fleeting darkness in Bai Yu's eyes when she spoke of the Yama King's Palace. She was now focused on searching for her dagger.
That dagger that was once obtained from the Crown Prince.
When she was changing her clothes earlier, she saw the maid who helped her change take it down and put it on the couch, so she came back to get it.
However, the dagger was nowhere to be found on the bed. The room was exactly the same as when she left, so why was it missing? She didn't think that the Crown Prince of Xixia would care about such a small amount of money, and the maids wouldn't have the guts to take things that didn't belong to them.
Hmm, that's strange.
Xie Lingqin simply took all the blankets off the bed, almost dismantling the entire bed.
"Hey, I said, Yan... Xie Lingqin, what are you doing in there? You're making the bed creak." Bai Yu said impatiently from outside.
"I'm looking for something." Xie Lingqin was even more frustrated. She searched the room inside and out again before sitting down in utter defeat. "It's really gone..."
"Are you looking for this?" Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind.
Xie Lingqin immediately turned around and saw that the Crown Prince had appeared behind her at some point, holding an extremely exquisite dagger in his hand, with a small jade ring on it shining brightly.
“This…” Xie Lingqin was taken aback. She was about to take it, but then she lowered her gaze. “Thank you, Your Highness.”
"This thing is so important to you, why did you come back to find it?" Yuwen Yao suddenly stepped forward, his breath crisp and clear, his tone gentler than usual, and his eyes, illuminated by the sunlight streaming through the window, seemed tender.
this……
It must be an illusion.
“Of course I don’t want to throw away something so valuable and useful. It would be best if I could find it, but it’s also a matter of luck. Since the Crown Prince has found it, then thank you very much,” Xie Lingqin said, her voice lowering.
"Just because it's valuable and convenient?"
The Crown Prince's dark eyes suddenly darkened, his aura deepened, as if the tenderness he had just felt was an illusion, and his gaze fixed on Xie Lingqin.
Xie Lingqin's eyelashes trembled, and after a moment, she lowered her brows. "If Your Highness wishes to take it back, then I don't mind."
"Extend your hand," Yuwen Yao suddenly commanded, his eyes narrowing.
Xie Lingqin's eyes flashed. "Your Highness, I only managed to save my hand with your help just now. You wouldn't just leave me like this..."
"Give."
Before Xie Lingqin could finish speaking, the Crown Prince forcibly grabbed her hand, which was hanging by her side, and gently placed the dagger in her hand.
Xie Lingqin looked up.
Their eyes met, the sunlight soft and gentle, as if casting a frosty edge on their faces. Yuwen Yao's eyes seemed to carry the colors of autumn and the sky, and in the center of them was Xie Lingqin.
Xie Lingqin looked at herself through Yuwen Yao's eyes. At this moment, she was stunned, her thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and her face showed a blankness she had never seen before.
Time slips away inch by inch.
The sunlight gradually slanted.
Until, where the two stood, only an unbroken shadow remained.
“Xie Lingqin…” Yuwen Yao spoke softly, his voice seemingly hoarse.
Xie Lingqin blinked and listened attentively to what followed.
Yuwen Yao looked at Xie Lingqin, his eyes like the deep sea, and the hint of tenderness that was about to rise seemed to slowly dissipate in the depths of his gaze.
"Go home as soon as possible."
Then, the crown prince turned around, leaving only these four words.
Xie Lingqin...
It took him a long time to finally let out a long sigh of relief.
She thought it was a modern romantic movie, but it turned out to be a story about a psychotic episode.
However, the dagger is still there.
Xie Lingqin tightened her grip on the dagger and tucked it into her sleeve.
She genuinely believed the dagger was valuable and useful, which is why she came back to retrieve it.
However, the coolness in his palm, the coolness of Yuwen Yao, was so clear.
When the door was opened, Bai Yu was no longer there.
That's right. They talked for a long time inside the room. The Crown Prince clearly didn't use his internal energy to block the sound, but Bai Yu didn't react at all. He must have been dismissed by the Crown Prince.
...
The sun had already set halfway down the mountain, and nearly a day had passed in a single night. Xie Lingqin was just thinking about what she needed to do when she returned to the General's Mansion when a hand secretly pulled her into a secluded alley.
Xie Lingqin's sudden killing move was only halfway through before she stopped, and then she looked at the sharply defined face of Xuan Yuandu in front of her.
"Xie Lingqin, I've come to say goodbye."
Xuanyuan Du's expression was focused, his brows furrowed and stern.
Xie Lingqin wasn't surprised; instead, she nodded as if expecting something. "Yes, have a safe journey."
"you……"
"Everyone says you blindly follow the Crown Prince of Western Xia. Last night, I overheard your conversation with Yuwen Xian and assumed you were plotting with him to punish the Crown Prince. But..." Xie Lingqin smiled knowingly, "You've been lingering in the capital for so many days. If you wanted to cooperate with Prince Xian, you would have gone to him long ago. In fact, I think you're more like Yuwen Yao's man, luring him into a trap. Given the current situation, I believe the Crown Prince of Western Xia will inevitably develop a grudge against Yuwen Xian. And you, by rescuing the Crown Prince and bringing him back to Western Xia, will gain his favor even more—a win-win situation. I wonder if I'm right?"
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