At this moment, Shen Yuan stepped forward.
Xie Lingqin looked at Shen Yuan, then looked up at the vast sky, where a ray of sunlight slowly pierced through the clouds.
"No need, let's set off immediately."
In less than an hour, the Southern Qi forces on the opposite side had completely retreated, their tents dismantled, as if no one had ever lived there.
"Your Highness, Princess Nan and Young Master Xu have found Miss Lingqin and are now heading straight for Southern Qi."
Meanwhile, in the tent, Tingfeng and Tingyu came forward to report.
“Miss Lingqin must know that Your Highness has set up camp here. Do you think she will come…” Tingyu paused and whispered.
No, it won't.
As Yuwen Yao spoke, his gaze seemed to pierce through the tent, looking towards the place in the world where, at this moment, only Xie Lingqin existed.
Even if he can't see anything, even if he could, he wouldn't know what to say.
He once said he would protect her, shield her from hardship and suffering, and wish her happiness and well-being. But what did he give her in return...?
It is pain, it is injury, it is torment.
All he can do now is shorten the time it takes for all of this to happen.
“Since you know she won’t come to see you, and you dare not go to see her, let alone tell her, then I will give the order to set off for Beirong immediately.”
Beside him, Yu Qingyi paused and then said, "This is a no-man's-land. She has the Heavenly Mystery Hall and the Southern Qi, while we only have the nearly one hundred guards we brought. If a fight breaks out..."
“I know, let’s wait a little longer,” he said.
With just a few soft words, Yu Qingyi suddenly stopped talking, sighed, and said, "Silent one, you and her, from the moment you personally sent her away from Bei Rong, were destined never to be husband and wife in this life."
"Or, what if a miracle happens?"
"Unless you murdered your father, unless you can change history, unless you didn't poison Xie Lingqin, unless you didn't scheme against her, unless you didn't personally stab Yun Yishang back then."
Yuwen Yao's pupils contracted slightly.
"unless……"
"Stop talking."
Yu Qingyi looked at Yuwen Yao, but suddenly smiled with a hint of melancholy. "Silent one, tell me, aren't you torturing yourself? You're the one who personally handled all of this, and I'm extremely unwilling and disagree. Now, you need me to be the one to dissuade you. Even if I agreed, even if I supported and encouraged you to chase after Nanqi now, would you go?"
Yuwen Yao looked at Yu Qingyi, and suddenly, he smiled.
In this world, as desolate as the abyss, so too is this laughter.
“You know, that’s impossible. I can’t. Only if she doesn’t love me, and hates me even more, can she shoulder her mission and attack Bei Rong without any distractions. Since I can’t give her peace, I’ll let her go and let her have the ability to obtain peace on her own.”
"Silent type...you love me even more than I imagined."
"I will love you even if I die."
Why do you love her so much?
"I don't know. You seem to have asked me this before, but I couldn't explain it. I just felt that as long as I could think of her when I closed my eyes, it would be a happy thing."
Yu Qingyi sighed.
The team set off quickly.
...
Extremely cold regions.
"Your Highnesses, Lord Shen, the troops from Bei Rong have already withdrawn. They say the Crown Prince left long ago, and now only Prince Yi remains. So, should we set up an ambush?"
"Has the Crown Prince of Beirong already left?"
Xie Lingqin looked at Xu Yiran standing to the side.
"Yes, I left a few days ago. Only Yu Qingyi is still here looking for you."
"oh."
Xie Lingqin nodded, her expression indifferent and emotionless.
Nan Fenghuang waved her hand at the newcomer, "No need for an ambush, you may leave."
Xie Lingqin didn't say anything, but suddenly looked at Nan Fenghuang and asked, "In the days since I fell off the cliff, has Xixia made any moves?"
“There’s been no movement at all. Logically speaking, the Crown Prince of Western Xia should have made a move on such a good opportunity, but he hasn’t. And there’s also no news from that Prince Xuanyuan you know.” Nan Fenghuang’s expression was complicated, and her eyebrows were furrowed. “It’s quite strange. The former seems too kind-hearted, while the latter seems too unethical in terms of your friendship.”
Xie Lingqin lowered her eyelashes and looked at Xu Yiran again, "Does the Heavenly Mystery Hall have any news about Xuanyuan Du?"
“I knew you would pay attention to him, but actually I didn’t.”
Xu Yiran shook her head, her face gentle, her eyes like water, "Xiao Qin, don't worry about these things for now. Right now, the most important thing is for you to return to Nanqi to recuperate."
"It's alright. I have Elder Dong's prescriptions along the way, so I can make it to Nanqi."
“What about that barbarian, An Shangning? Do you want to go see her?”
Standing nearby, Nan Fenghuang immediately asked, "I think of this."
"No."
Xie Lingqin looked at the sky and sighed. She had already heard about what happened that day, and from the fact that Zhuidamu later sent people to look for her, she guessed that it must have been An Shangning's doing.
Now, she doesn't know if she will go with her.
"However, I'll send her a message, in my name, saying that everything is fine."
"good."
...
In a cool and damp cave, a man was chained up, and even though his hair was disheveled, it did not hide his deep and sculpted features.
After a long while, a man dressed as a guard entered the cave.
“My master told me to tell you that Xie Lingqin is not dead and is on her way back to Southern Qi.”
The man's tone was unkind, and he turned and left as soon as he finished speaking.
Upon hearing this, the man in the cave had a glint of light in his previously empty and lifeless eyes, and his expression finally became lively.
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