Come home with me
The next day at dawn.
A young man in luxurious attire was respectfully escorted into the embassy by a group of people.
In the secret box, Yun Jinglu and the woman were waiting there early. After seeing the elegant young man, Yun Jinglu bowed deeply to him and called him "Your Highness the Crown Prince".
The prince took out a land deed and spread it out flatly, pushing it in front of Yun Jinglu. Before letting go, the prince stared into Yun Jinglu's eyes, then glanced at the woman sitting next to him.
Yun Jinglu immediately understood and signed the letter of acceptance handed to her by the prince's attendant. Although it was about a noble concubine, a concubine in the royal family was still a lowly position below the wife.
The wedding was to be held in three days, but the date on which the engagement certificate was signed was four days before Yun Jinglu adopted her.
It can be seen that the identity of Yun Qique was originally a tie used by Yun Jinglu to cling to and stabilize the royal family's business, and was also a "hostage" presented to the prince.
But, what kind of business is Yun Jinglu doing that can make the prince reach this point?
You know, when the prince ascends the throne, even his concubine can become a concubine in the harem, which is a position of power that many people dream of.
Beside him, Zhuo Chi said with a sincere and aggrieved look on his face, "Master, can you believe now that I really didn't lie to you?"
The magpie in the clouds is silent.
"Look, the Eastern Palace's noble concubine isn't even a concubine. If he really cherishes you as much as he pretends, would he be willing to let you be his concubine? Master, you are too naive. Perhaps you don't understand what a concubine is. A concubine is roughly equivalent to a slave, of low status, and has to serve his wife."
"I don't believe A Lu is such a person. I want to hear it from his own mouth."
Zhuo Chi gently lifted her clenched fist and gently pried open her clenched fingers. "You say one thing and mean another. Your fingers are turning white. Loosen them."
She released her strength, and the nail marks on her palm were very obvious.
"Why are you pinching yourself? You should strangle Yun Jinglu who deceived you."
"Stop talking."
"Okay, I'll listen to you, Master."
Zhuo Chi pretended to be well-behaved and obedient again and stood quietly beside her.
After seeing off the prince, Yun Jinglu and the woman were the only ones left in the box.
He still maintained that smiling expression, and spoke calmly in a threatening tone, "In three days, you will be the Crown Prince's concubine. While you enjoy your wealth and prosperity, don't forget the Yun family's kindness in raising you. From now on, Yun Qique will be your only one. Play this role well. The Yun family has taught you what to say and what not to say for thirteen years, so I won't say more. The only thing I want to remind you is to remember my relationship with Yun Qique before. The Crown Prince is very suspicious and will definitely test your identity."
"I understand, my lord."
Yun Jinglu's eyes changed instantly and her face turned ashen. Even though she didn't look at her, the woman was so scared that she immediately knelt down.
"No, I understand, brother."
"This is the last time."
His expression was still ugly, extremely unhappy and impatient.
Yun Jinglu grabbed her neck hard, and a strong feeling of suffocation and fear of death came over her. She subconsciously raised her hand slightly out of her survival instinct, but quickly put it down, not daring to resist.
Her face flushed and she looked in pain. Yun Jinglu let go of her before she was about to suffocate.
"If your figure wasn't the most similar to hers, with your abilities, you would have been eliminated. Pick up your slack and go back to practice diligently imitating her words and actions."
Yun Jinglu went out and told the others not to go in and disturb her. She was also considerate enough to personally order dinner dishes with the embassy staff.
Through the door, one could hear him expressing his cherishment and care for his sister, who had such a deep understanding of his preferences, and the embassy staff praising him as a "good brother".
The woman in the room still had the remaining fear in her eyes, and she was breathing heavily, holding her chest.
She took out a small bronze mirror and looked at the red marks on her neck from her five fingers that had not yet faded. She then took out some powder from her purse and applied some white powder to cover the marks.
She adjusted her breathing, wiped away the few tears of grievance she had suppressed, and calmed herself down. She soon returned to the state of mind where nothing had happened.
The scene of Yun Jinglu pinching her and his eyes at that time lingered in Yun Qique's mind and she could not forget it for a long time.
She had never seen Yun Jinglu like this before.
So ferocious, it's scary.
"Zhuo Chi, take me to see Yun Jinglu."
"good."
Behind Yunqi Que, Zhuo Chi forced himself to suppress his smile and controlled the hippopotamus demon to go to the room where Yun Jinglu lived.
When it arrived at his door, the hippopotamus demon seemed to be stung by something and quickly retracted its foot that was about to pass through the wall.
"It's the Yellow Talisman of the Demon Control Sect."
He took out dozens of yellow talisman papers and lit them together. After the talisman papers were burned out, the ashes were intact. Zhuo Chi spread the ashes in his palm and blew them on the door. The hippopotamus monster had no resistance and could enter directly.
Yun Jinglu, who was in the house, naturally knew that a monster had entered.
When they entered, Yun Jinglu was already holding a peach wood sword in one hand and a yellow talisman in the other.
Yun Qique walked out of the hippopotamus monster's belly and appeared in front of Yun Jinglu. He looked at her in surprise and astonishment, with a look of joy, but more of a feeling of suspicion.
"Alu, you..."
When the words came to his lips, there were so many questions that Yunqi Que didn't know where to start.
"Qique, is it really you?"
"A-Lu, who is Yun Qi Que, the girl who is about to marry the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace? Why did you adopt me? If she is the only Yun Qi Que in the future, what about me? Does the contract my brother signed still count?"
"Did the sand demon who took you away let you know these secrets?"
"Why don't you answer my question, brother?"
"Knowing everything isn't necessarily a good thing. Many things have already happened, so why bother asking for trouble, Qi Que? Don't you already know the answer? If you insist on having your brother tell you again, what will you gain except sadness and an awkward relationship with him?"
Yun Jinglu regained his usual patience and tenderness towards her and opened his arms towards her.
"Alright, Qique, come here, let me hold you. Didn't you cry and beg me to marry you? If you want to marry me, you can't use your sister Yun Qique's identity. From the moment we signed the contract, I began planning to give you a new and noble identity."
"I really want to marry you, but I want to marry my brother, the one I was with before he was taken away by the sand demon, not you, the one who is so strange and frightening to me now."
Yun Jinglu's face changed suddenly when he retracted his arms. His expression changed faster than turning the pages of a book.
"In that case, you should die."
He quickly stepped forward and grabbed her neck with such force that it seemed as if he had used all his strength when he first grabbed her.
"Who instigated you to disobey me like this? Was it that bitch Zhuochi?"
Fortunately, Zhuo Chi came with her.
Zhuo Chi appeared and scratched his arm with a dagger. Yun Jinglu withdrew her hand due to the pain, thus avoiding suffocation to death.
Yunqi Que was in extreme pain and her body collapsed uncontrollably. Zhuo Chi quickly picked her up.
"Are you hugging and kissing each other so soon? Yunqi Que, your thoughts are really cheap."
Yun Jinglu took out three yellow talismans from the pouch on her waist. The vermilion patterns painted on the yellow talismans were somewhat similar to the demon-summoning talismans in Zhuochi.
The yellow talisman fell to the ground, and three burly black bears stood in a row in front of him. Their sturdy and powerful bodies completely covered Yun Jinglu's entire body.
"You disgusting bitches, die here together to make amends to me."
Yun Qique couldn't see his expression, but just by listening to the cold and ruthless tone, she could imagine the murderous intent on that face.
As soon as he finished speaking, the three black bear demons launched a fierce attack on the two of them. Wherever their bear paws hit, everything was shattered into pieces.
Zhuo Chi held her tightly in his arms, dodged every fatal move nimbly and agilely, and relied on the demon summoning talisman and the hippopotamus demon to hide and protect him. Only then did Zhuo Chi escape with her in a narrow victory.
Far away from Zhisha Pass, Zhuo Chi found a place with piles of rocks to hide and shelter from the sun to rest.
Only then did she discover that Zhuo Chi had many scars on his body.
"I'm sorry, it's me who has caused you trouble."
"Master, you never need to apologize to me. Besides, it was my fault that I failed to protect you."
Yun Qique used a dagger to tear several strips of cloth from her inner petticoat, and with the remaining hemostatic powder in her purse, she gently bandaged his wound. Fearing that he was in too much pain, she blew cool air on the wound from time to time to relieve some of his pain.
"Master, what are your plans next?" Zhuo Chi's face was filled with worry. "Given the ruthlessness with which Yun Jinglu is now determined to kill you, I'm afraid you won't be able to return to the Western Regions."
"I don't know. I...have nowhere to go."
"Then come home with me. I told you I can raise you better than Yun Jinglu did."
"The world is so big, there will always be a place for you to stay. Yun Jinglu is like this, and you, who concealed your identity and deliberately stayed by my side, how long can you keep your interest in me? Humans and demons are different. If I go to your house, I'm afraid I will be scared to death by the fox demons."
"You've never asked me if I have a family. I won't hide anything from you. As long as you ask, I will tell you the truth."
"Who are you, then?"
"Everything I told you before was true. I don't know who I really am or what my background is. However, before I met you, I first met an outlaw named Lan Zhuochi. Before he died, he entrusted me with a jade slip engraved with a secret spell. He promised me his identity and a lifetime of wealth and honor in exchange for returning the jade slip to the head of the Lan family, the leading demon hunter in the Central Plains. So, my current identity is Lan Zhuochi, the only son of the Lan family head and the next head of the Lan family."
"Aren't you afraid that I'll tell the Lan family's head about this?"
"The Lan family's head discovered I wasn't his son, Lan Zhuochi, three days after I returned. But I have an exceptional talent as a demon catcher, so he acquiesced. For an ambitious man like him, having bloodline is unimportant; having it is enough. What matters is how strong his next generation and the next generation after that are in the family tree."
"I read in a storybook that big families value bloodlines and incense the most, don't they? They can't be mixed up, right?"
Facing Yun Qique's skeptical gaze, Zhuo Chi patiently explained, "Oh, he doesn't care. What he cares about is the praise from all the Lan family members in the family tree after they see this page of his. In short, you don't have to worry about anything. Just come home with me and enjoy life. Yun Jinglu is rich, and I am richer than him. The Canghua Mountain where I live has beautiful scenery and a pleasant climate. It's much more comfortable than living in the perennially arid Western Regions."
Thinking about the fox demons all over the mountain, Yun Qique was covered in cold sweat, wondering if she would be eaten alive by one of the fox demons if Zhuo Chi was not around.
"Forget it, forget it. I don't want to cause any more trouble for you, Master Fox Fairy."
"The Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace is very suspicious and will definitely investigate Yun Qique. Master, do you think, given the true face of Yun Jinglu you saw today, would he kill her and destroy her body if necessary?"
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"There aren't many people in the entire Central Plains and Western Regions who dare to snatch someone's life from them. And among them, Master, I'm the only one who can quickly contact them and make them swear to protect you to the death."
Yunqi Que was the most sensible person. "Is it possible that if I go back with you, I won't become a slave?"
"Of course not. Come home with me, you will be my master and I will be your slave."
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