The barbarians were in chaos for half the night, and it took them half the night to tidy up. After daybreak, Xie Lingqin and An Shangyu appeared together at the barbarian camp.
"What are you going to do next?"
Xie Lingqin got straight to the point.
An Shangning shook his head, looked at Xie Lingqin, and suddenly became confused. "I don't know. My goal is to overthrow the Bei Rong royal family."
"This is our common goal now."
“Barbarians will rebel.”
An Shangning said, "No matter who wins this game with the barbarians in the end, they will not be willing to serve Beirong. There has been no way to stop them since their surrender more than ten years ago."
"Yes, if my mother hadn't withdrawn her troops from Beirong back then, perhaps none of these subsequent events would have happened."
An Shangning looked at Xie Lingqin. She knew that Xie Lingqin was a princess of Southern Qi, but she didn't know much about her true background. However, she was very clear about Yuwen Yao's fear and pain towards her.
After a short while, Xie Lingqin looked at An Shangning and said, "Then I'll leave once you've settled things here."
"Going to Southern Qi?"
"Well, nowadays, in all the world, it seems that only the Southern Qi would take me in."
"You're alone, where's Xu Yiran?"
"He has already messaged me and is waiting for me."
An Shangning didn't know what to say. He paused, his eyelashes trembling slightly, "When you return to Southern Qi, will you send troops to attack Northern Rong?"
"If the Northern Emperor can admit defeat and take the initiative to apologize, I don't mind resolving this peacefully."
Xie Lingqin smiled sarcastically as she looked at Chao Long, "Of course, that's impossible. Shang Ning, you don't know how deep the things Yuwen Shu did to me went. As long as he lives well and sits firmly on that mountain of imperial power, I will feel like I'm sitting on pins and needles. It's cruel to those who love me. And Yuwen Yao, the Shanghai he put me in, I can never forget."
“Sister Lingqin…actually, I always felt that Crown Prince Yuwen might have had some reason for letting him…”
"His predicament is his world."
"But I always feel that the Crown Prince..."
Xie Lingqin suddenly looked at An Shangning with a strange look in her eyes, "You used to have the most complaints about him, so why are you speaking up for him now?"
"I'm not taking his side, I just don't want you to be upset."
An Shangning sighed seriously.
“You’re right, he may have his reasons, but An Shangning, do you know that all harm caused in the name of love is wrong?”
Xie Lingqin lowered her eyes slightly, looking dejected. "He hurt me, harmed me, and helped me, that's undeniable. But when the whole truth is laid bare, he is who he is, Yuwen Yao. He is the kind of person who would disregard everything for what he wants."
An Shangning looked at Xie Lingqin, and at this moment, he didn't know what to say to help the scars in her heart heal faster.
"I heard you were tricked and struck by that Mingemu. Although you've recovered, you still need to rest properly... cough cough..."
As soon as Xie Lingqin finished speaking, she couldn't stop coughing. When An Shangning looked over, she quickly waved her hand nonchalantly, "It's nothing, just a cold."
An Shangning breathed a sigh of relief. "The climate in the barbarian lands is too cold. It was the right thing for you to return to Southern Qi sooner."
"Miss, news has just arrived."
Just then, Tinghai appeared in the palace, standing a few steps away from Xie Lingqin.
Xie Lingqin looked at him and said, "Speak."
"Last night, in the latter half of the night, Crown Prince Duanmu discovered Crown Prince Yuwen at the border. The two sides clashed and fought fiercely, and Crown Prince Yuwen was wounded."
When Tinghai finished speaking, he looked at Xie Lingqin. Not only her, but also An Shangning and An Shangyu, who had been silent all along, looked at Xie Lingqin, as if they wanted to see what her emotions were.
However, her expression remained unchanged; her eyes were still the same, her eyebrows were still the same, as if nothing had changed at all.
"Then what?"
Xie Lingqin parted her red lips slightly and asked without any expression.
"Then, just as Crown Prince Duanmu was about to take Crown Prince Yuwen away, he was rescued by Prince Yi and Lord Qi, who rushed to the border."
Xie Lingqin's eyes narrowed slightly, while An Shangning's expression changed. "You're saying that Yu Qingyi and Qi Rufeng arrived at the border last night?"
"Exactly."
An Shangning pursed her lips, but her expression showed lingering fear. "In other words, it was truly a stroke of luck. If Crown Prince Duanmu hadn't discovered Crown Prince Yuwen's whereabouts, intercepted and injured him, and had been rescued by Prince Yi and Qi Rufeng, the barbarians would have been in even greater chaos last night, and might have become easy prey for others." An Shangning sighed deeply as she said this.
An Shangyu was still young, and at this time he followed An Shangning's lead in everything, so he didn't say much.
Listening to the sea in silence, Xie Lingqin became even more aloof.
"besides."
Tinghai continued, "Miss, according to the news, after the Crown Prince was rescued, that Miss Li Qingyu tried to harm him, but the Crown Prince's men severed her meridians on the spot, not only crippling her martial arts skills but also making it difficult for her to walk in the future."
Hearing Hai speak of this, he felt somewhat relieved. However, Xie Lingqin remained silent, and the atmosphere in the camp became extremely cold and stiff.
"Okay, I understand. You may leave now." After a moment, Xie Lingqin spoke softly.
Just as Tinghai was about to leave, Xie Lingqin suddenly called out to him, "Where is Yuwen Yao injured?"
"Miss Hui, it is said that Crown Prince Duanmu pierced her shoulder blade with a single sword strike." Tinghai's emotions were clearly complicated as she said this.
Upon hearing this, Xie Lingqin instinctively reached out and touched her shoulder blade.
On that day, a sharp sword pierced through her skin; the pain of the cut, the bright red blood…
"Sister Lingqin, what do you say..."
"He didn't die, which means he's lucky, right?"
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