Hearing this, Qingling could no longer hold back her tears and buried her face in the blanket, crying. She couldn't cry in front of him.
Yingyue appeared beside her without her noticing, and gently patted her back. Her lithe body stiffened slightly.
"Shadowmoon, you should leave!"
She didn't want him to see her cry, nor did she want to watch him leave, so she told him to leave.
Yingyue's hand froze in mid-air. He knew she was crying, and he felt just as bad.
He paused for a moment, then pulled her close. Qingling was caught off guard and bumped into his hard chest. He held her tightly, as if trying to merge her into his body. After she came to her senses, Qingling hugged him back.
"Yingyue, I can't bear to part with you."
"I know..." He felt the same way.
After embracing for an unknown amount of time, Yingyue slowly released her. Looking at the tears on her face, he gently wiped them away with his fingertips. "I'll come down to see you when I've finished dealing with things."
Qingling nodded, her voice choked with emotion, and said, "I'll wait for you."
Yingyue embraced her again, his large hand roaming over her back. A hint of reluctance and choice flashed in his eyes. With two light taps, the person in his arms slowly softened. Yingyue laid the unconscious Qingling down and covered her with a blanket.
Sitting by the bed, looking at her, tears still clinging to her eyelashes, her brows furrowed with worry, Yingyue smoothed the wrinkles on her forehead with her hand, bent down, and gently kissed her forehead.
When Qingling woke up, several hours had already passed.
Looking at the empty room, she knew he had left, and Qingling buried her face in the blanket and cried bitterly.
——
"Princess, you're awake. Second Master Feng said that if you wake up, you should go to the front hall." Shuanghua rushed forward as soon as the door opened.
Did my second uncle say anything about it?
"Shuanghua doesn't know, but the servants said that a lot of people came to the front hall, and it seems they all came to see the princess," Shuanghua said.
Ji Jiuying frowned. Were they all here to see her?
"Okay, I'll be there after I've finished washing up."
"Yes," Shuanghua said respectfully, looking at Ji Jiuying's back with eyes full of admiration. The fact that Princess Anping was the contractor of the divine beast Vermilion Bird and the person who broke through to the Spirit Venerable realm had already spread throughout the Cangming Continent.
This princess is not only powerful, but also beautiful and kind. She must have burned incense for many lifetimes to be chosen by the princess to serve in the princess's mansion.
The Princess's mansion is now surrounded by a large crowd of onlookers. Some are curious, while others are trying to find ways to enter, but they are all blocked by the soldiers sent by the Emperor.
Front hall.
"Now, to find Xiao Jiu, one has to go through eighty-eight or ninety-one tribulations to even enter this Princess's mansion," Wen Longting said. Clearly, she had also been turned away at the gate when she came to the Princess's mansion. Fortunately, the steward, Uncle Sun, recognized her, and the soldiers then let her through.
“Now Xiao Jiu is the focus of attention throughout the entire Cangyue Kingdom. The Emperor will definitely protect her well, otherwise everyone will come to the Princess’s residence to disturb Xiao Jiu,” said Prince Zhen.
“What the young master says is correct,” Wen Longxiu said.
"Qingling, what's wrong? Why are your eyes swollen?" Wen Longxiu noticed Qingling's unusual condition and asked.
Hearing this, the others' gazes fell on Qingling: "Yes, what happened? Did someone bully you?"
Feng Che glanced at her and quickly guessed what it was about.
Qingling lowered her eyes: "N-nothing, I just accidentally got some sand in my eye."
Sand got in? Is it that serious? Seeing that Qingling was unwilling to say more, the others didn't press her further.
Wen Longting: "Qingling, if anyone bullies you, you must tell me, and I will help you get revenge."
“I can too,” Prince Zhen replied.
Qingling felt a warmth in her heart and smiled, "Okay."
Not far away, Hei Xiangling ate fruit, looking resentfully towards the doorway: "That brat, why is she sleeping so soundly today?"
Just as Shirakawa was about to say something, a voice came from outside the door: "I'm here."
Everyone looked towards the entrance, where a fiery red figure appeared in their sight.
"Xiao Jiu".
"I'm sorry to have kept everyone waiting," Ji Jiuying said with a smile.
"Has Jiu'er had breakfast?" Feng Che asked.
"Second Uncle, I've already eaten." As she spoke, Ji Jiuying's gaze fell on Ye Qingchen.
"Qingchen, how are you feeling now?"
"I'm basically fine now. I have to thank Xiao Jiu for this. If it weren't for Xiao Jiu, I wouldn't have recovered so quickly."
As Ye Qingchen recalled the events of yesterday, the pain that came from his soul and body sent a shiver down his spine. It was the first time in his life that he had ever felt fear from such a powerful force.
At this moment, Feng Che also looked at Ye Qingchen beside him: "Qingchen, do you know what happened yesterday?"
Ye Qingchen shook his head. "I don't know."
"Has Qingchen ever experienced this before?" Ji Jiuying asked.
"No, it's just that recently some fragmented images keep appearing in my mind. Those images don't seem to be my own memories. Yesterday was the same, but yesterday's image came along with Xiao Jiu's breakthrough to the Spirit Venerable realm."
"Why did you come to the vicinity of Xiao Jiu's breakthrough?" Feng Che asked. After Xiao Jiu's breakthrough yesterday, he was about to leave when he found Ye Qingchen lying on the ground. At first, he thought it was an innocent victim, but he didn't expect it to be Ye Qingchen.
"I don't know, it seems like that would make me feel a little better."
Ye Qingchen recalled that Ji Jiuying frowned upon hearing this. She had broken through, but he had encountered these things. From his words, Ye Yiye Er, he learned that purple lightning had already appeared on his body before he even arrived at the mountain range, so the possibility of him being struck by lightning by accident could be ruled out.
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