Xie Danling glanced at Xu Shixun, somewhat annoyed, "Mind your own business."
"I don't care, just don't let your sister bully us anymore."
This is the honest truth told by Xu Shixun.
Suddenly, Xie Lingqin stopped in her tracks, turned around, and looked at Xu Shixun in the dim light streaming from the horizon. "Miss Xie, is it really that terrifying?"
"Of course. Let me tell you, your name is Yan She, right? Let me tell you, he's incredibly powerful and fierce. You can marry the Fifth Princess if you want, but whatever you do, don't marry her."
"hehe."
Xie Lingqin suddenly raised her hand and patted Xu Shixun on the shoulder, "Well said."
Upon hearing this, Xu Shixun's chubby face lit up with a smile.
Beside him, Xie Danling looked at Xu Shixun with extreme sympathy.
Why!
That's incredibly stupid.
However, this matter must not be discussed with outsiders, and their conversation just now must not be known to anyone.
"Did you hear anything just now?"
Xie Danling suddenly turned around and spoke to the guards behind her.
The boy's voice was clear and resonant, echoing through the mountains.
Dozens of guards immediately shook their heads, "We haven't heard anything since we were imprisoned here."
"good."
Hearing these responses, Xie Lingqin looked at Xie Danling.
It seems that Xie Danling has indeed matured a lot overnight.
They knew what to say and what not to say, and because of the life-saving grace they had just received, these guards respected the young master of the general's mansion.
Upon entering the city, the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence and several officials, including General Xie, were already waiting there.
Xie Lingqin only said goodbye after everyone had left.
Xie Danling also led his men back to the General's Mansion with General Xie.
Naturally, when they returned to the General's Mansion, Xie Lingqin was already waiting at the gate with Zihe.
With such a major incident occurring—the general's eldest son, who is also her own brother, being kidnapped—she naturally had to go out of the mansion to greet him.
"Running around like this so late at night, aren't you tired?"
As Xie Danling passed by Xie Lingqin, she lowered her head slightly and kept her voice very low.
Xie Lingqin was taken aback. Only after General Xie and Xie Danling had walked far away did she look at Zihe behind her and say, "Tell me, has Xie Danling grown too big for his britches?"
Zihe covered her lips, "This servant thinks, maybe so."
"You little brat, you're teasing me too."
"Miss is talking nonsense, how dare this servant?"
"Don't you dare? I've been watching you and Tridacna around all day long, and you just keep saying you dare."
However, Xie Danling did not go astray because of this matter, and even absorbed it so quickly, which surprised her quite a bit.
But is it really as Yuwen Yao said, that Prince Yong felt guilty for not marrying her mother back then, so he asked Tianxing and the others to protect her, and in turn, to protect Xie Danling?
So, if he loved her so deeply, what was the reason that Prince Yong was willing to risk his life to abandon her mother, leading her to marry such a scoundrel as General Xie, resulting in her untimely death?
Sigh, I'm completely baffled. It seems that now, we can only hope that Minglan can find out about the Heavenly Mystery Hall as soon as possible and learn some unknown secrets.
And that day, the man in black robes also said that he left something for her in the Heavenly Mystery Hall, and that if she got that thing, she could learn internal energy.
Even with Yuwen Yao's exceptional martial arts skills, he wouldn't dare to offer to impart his inner strength to her, yet he says this...
There's been so much going on lately, I'm really exhausted.
Xie Lingqin rubbed her forehead. It was almost dawn. She glanced around, then continued to feign exhaustion and returned to Qingshui Pavilion with Zihe.
"By the way, since I got injured, I haven't heard much news about Li Qingyu these past two days."
Upon hearing this, Zihe hurriedly replied, "This servant was about to report to you, Miss. I heard that the Crown Prince was injured, and Miss Li has been going to the Crown Prince's residence to visit him every day, but she has been turned away at the door."
"She gets rejected every day, but she still won't give up, this is..."
Xie Lingqin sneered and took the hot tea that Zihe handed her. "If it were before, Li Qingyu admired the Crown Prince but kept a low profile and never dared to show it. But now, she probably really wants to make it public and express her feelings."
"Miss, do you think the Emperor will bestow a marriage upon the Crown Prince?" Zihe asked with some worry.
"No, it won't." Xie Lingqin put down her teacup, her thick eyelashes covering the rising steam, her voice somewhat ethereal.
“Li Qingyu is such an outstanding woman, and she is also the emperor’s confidante. She is capable of both civil administration and military affairs, and should be the best candidate for the emperor’s daughter-in-law. However, not to mention that the emperor’s feelings for the crown prince are unclear, even though Li Qingyu likes the crown prince so much, she cannot become the crown prince’s wife.”
Zihe frowned, puzzled. "Miss, I don't quite understand. Since the Emperor favors Miss Li so much, even if he doesn't bestow a marriage upon the Crown Prince, he could still bestow a marriage upon another prince if he likes another son. The more he favors her, the more he can control her, right?"
“What you say is true, and most people would think the same way. However, the Emperor is the supreme ruler, and a suspicious and ruthless one at that. He even poisoned his own brother. Do you think his thinking is the same? If Li Qingyu likes the Crown Prince so much, and he betroths her to him, then if she leads the entire Thunder Guard in rebellion and helps the Crown Prince force the emperor to abdicate, wouldn't she be shooting herself in the foot?”
"If that's what Miss Ru says, then Miss Li isn't too stupid; she must be able to see what the Emperor is thinking."
Xie Lingqin nodded. "So, I think the Emperor must have told Li Qingyu something to make her so open and uninhibited in expressing her feelings."
"Miss, don't think about it anymore. It's almost dawn. I've prepared some hot water for you. Go wash up and get some more sleep." Tridacna brought in the water at this moment.
Xie Lingqin stretched her arms. "I'm really tired. Go to sleep early. Tomorrow, oh no, today, Xie Danling will definitely go back to Huangshan Academy after he's rested enough. I'll see him off then. Tridacna, Zihe, remember to wake me up then."
"yes."
After Zihe and Tridacna left, Xie Lingqin did a little more exercise in the room before falling asleep.
Before she had slept for two hours, it was already dawn. However, Xie Lingqin still didn't wake up and slept until nearly noon before being awakened by the giant clam.
"Miss, the young master has left."
"They've left?"
Tridacna felt somewhat ashamed. "This servant failed to keep an eye on him. I heard that the young master rode his horse back to the academy early this morning. He only greeted the general and didn't disturb anyone else. The old lady rarely wanted to see the young master, but she didn't even see him."
Tridacna naturally heard Zihe say that Xie Danling was not General Xie's biological son, and immediately became worried, "Miss, young master, will you do something rash?"
"It's alright." Xie Lingqin got up easily and stepped off the bed. "He remembered to say goodbye to Father before he left, so he's fine. Don't worry."
"yes."
Tridacna immediately stepped forward to help Xie Lingqin with her makeup and changing clothes.
"Miss, there's been some progress on the matter you asked Zihe and me to investigate," Tinghai suddenly said from the shadows after an incense stick had burned.
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