He came to her yard, to her house, and instead of touching anything else, he went under the bed?
Nan Lingqin's eyes narrowed, and in the next instant, she followed the mark and slid under the bed.
This was the room she used to live in, but she had never come to look under the bed.
Under the bed was complete darkness, and nothing could be seen clearly. Nan Lingqin took out a tinderbox from her sleeve, carefully lit it, and looked around. There were no traps or anything unusual, except...
Nan Lingqin's hand holding the tinderbox suddenly stopped; there were two characters carved under her bed board.
I hate it.
The two characters, some years old, are not neatly written; they seem to have been carved with a knife in a moment of haste, and in the crack between the sheets. If she hadn't lit a tinderbox and examined them closely, she would never have noticed them.
This is neither her handwriting nor the original owner's handwriting. However, the handwriting looks familiar, but I can't quite place it right now.
Nan Lingqin quickly extinguished the tinderbox, came out from under the bed, and stared at the ground for a long time.
In other words, someone has been here and saw those two words under the bed. What would they be doing coming to her house, which has been uninhabited for a long time?
What are you looking for? That's why you're willing to stoop down and crawl under the bed? Are you looking for those two words, or something else entirely?
This behavior could not have been done by Yuwen Yao.
After a short while, Nan Lingqin composed herself, dusted herself off, and meticulously cleaned up any traces of her earlier visit before leaving.
When she returned to Tianxia Yiwei, everyone was waiting for her. Only when they saw her return did they truly feel relieved.
"We shouldn't stay here any longer. There are some things I need to expedite. You should stay here and not wander around."
Nan Lingqin glanced at Xu Yiran, "I'm going to the bottom of the cliff, do you want to come?"
Xu Yi, who had been thinking about something, had no objection and said, "Okay."
The mountain wind howled, and the bottom could not be seen at a glance.
Just as Nan Lingqin was about to jump down with Xu Yiran, she suddenly turned around and looked at a tree not far away.
"Come out."
The tree swayed slightly, and then a figure emerged.
It's Li Qingru.
"Sister Lingqin, I was just worried about you, so I came along to check on you."
Nan Lingqin looked at her, her dark eyelashes slightly lowered, and after a moment, she seemed to sigh softly and beckoned, "Come here."
Li Qingru immediately walked over in small steps.
"Qingru, you know I helped you before." Nan Lingqin got straight to the point, her expression suddenly turning serious.
“Yes, I will always remember Sister Lingqin’s kindness.” As soon as Li Qingru finished speaking, she sensed the serious atmosphere and panicked. “Sister Lingqin, you’re not going to not want to take me in again, are you?”
"No." Nan Lingqin shook her head, her expression growing colder with each passing moment. "I was just feeling a little heartbroken, but now I'm being used by you."
"What do you mean by that, Sister Lingqin?"
“Your trick is too simple. It’s easy to see through with a little thought. Xu Yiran saw through it long ago but didn’t say anything.”
Li Qingru looked surprised and utterly innocent.
"The Minister of War is now being suppressed because of your collusion with the Lord of the Heavenly Mystery Hall. Yuwen Yao will order the confiscation of Minister Li's property, both openly and covertly," Nan Lingqin continued, her voice slow and deliberate.
Li Qingru bit her lip, "Sister, I don't understand."
"Don't you understand?"
Nan Lingqin looked at her and said, "I know that the Minister's wife has been pressuring you to marry so that she can win over the Minister's family and make it glorious again. You seem to want to rely on the Minister's family as a big tree, but it is you who really wants to destroy it."
Li Qingru's eyes narrowed.
“Li Qingru, I don’t mind what you’re doing. After all, I’ve told you before that constant forbearance will only cause you pain. However, I cannot tolerate you using Xu Yiran to achieve your goals. If you’re trying to use him to hurt me, make him feel guilty, and cause the entire Tianji Palace to collapse, then it won’t be that simple.”
Upon hearing this, Li Qingru shook her head anxiously, "Sister Lingqin, what are you saying? You must have misunderstood."
“I have no misunderstanding.” Nan Lingqin shook her head, her gaze cold and sharp. “Then put your hand out. Can you guarantee that there is no dagger hidden in your sleeve, and that the dagger is not pointed at me?”
"That's just in case, Sister Lingqin, how could I possibly hurt you?"
“There are only the three of us here, so we don’t need to hide it from anyone anymore. Besides, I don’t want you to keep following me. I agreed to let you stay earlier because I wanted to give you a chance to see if you had any difficulties. But it’s obvious that you don’t.”
"No, Sister Lingqin, you..."
"You should leave now, while I'm feeling unusually kind."
"hehe……"
Li Qingru suddenly laughed sarcastically, no longer pretending.
With a clatter, the dagger from his sleeve fell to the ground, the sound crisp and clear.
"The princess of Southern Qi is indeed the princess of Southern Qi. Even her act of giving alms makes people appear humble. You are right. I was using Xu Yiran. The Minister's Mansion has always treated me badly. I have wanted to destroy it for a long time. I just happened to meet Xu Yiran. It was just a coincidence. However, you are wrong about one thing. I do not want to kill you, nor can I kill you. I only want to kill Xu Yiran."
"Kill him?"
Nan Lingqin was quite surprised.
Xu Yiran, standing to the side, also looked puzzled.
"It's nothing. Although it may sound a bit presumptuous, I just want to say that I just want to make you sad and upset. I don't know why, but I just want to see you sad. Why do you get to be loved and cared for by so many people? We were all once people who lived in humility. Why do you rise to the top while I have to sink into the dust?"
"Then you should have been happy long ago. When I was driven out of Beirong and called a witch, that was enough hell for me."
"But the Crown Prince still loves you."
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