Bai Qige was easily tired when she was pregnant, and a night of constant turmoil only made her tired. Listening to Yi Chenjing's words, she fell asleep unconsciously. She felt like she was being put down and lying somewhere, her body
The warmth in front suddenly disappeared.
There won't be much discomfort when going from cold to warm, but it will be different if the only warmth taken away from you in the middle of winter is very uncomfortable.
Reluctantly, he opened his sleepy eyes. The dim candlelight was blocked by a figure, and he could only see the vague outline and his hand holding the hem of light-colored clothes.
"How did you get here?" Bai Qige let go and rubbed her dry eyes, slightly confused. The simple and elegant room was obviously not her bedroom in Huixiju. Although she had only entered it twice, the style was incompatible with the appearance of the owner of the room.
But it left a deep impression - this is Yi Chenjing's bedroom.
"The walls of Huixi Residence haven't been painted with pepper yet. You and Yu Che have been gone all night and no one has taken care of them. The stove in the house has been turned off. It's as cold as an ice cellar when you go back. Don't you have to catch the wind and cold?" Yi Chen
Jing held down Bai Qige who was about to get up, pulled up the quilt and covered him tightly, "I'll sleep here before dawn. In the past two days, I asked people to paint the pepper walls of Huixi Residence as soon as possible. Anyway, Yu Che is here
We won’t be able to come back from the Imperial Physician’s Mansion for a while, so you can stay here until then.”
Bai Qige glanced at him: "What about you? Stand outside the door all night?"
"Am I looking for death?" Yi Chenjing laughed dumbly, "I haven't finished writing the expedition memorial that my father asked for, so I naturally spent tonight in the study. From tomorrow on, I will go to the palace of the Queen and several second-grade concubines to pay my respects.
To wish you a happy New Year, you must stay overnight and drink with the other princes. You may not see me for a few days."
“Out of sight, out of mind, it’s rare to have a few days of peace and quiet.”
Yi Chenjing shook his head lightly and did not answer any more. He picked up a pair of scissors and removed some of the oil from the candle lamp. The room suddenly became much brighter. He took out the medicine bottle and walked to the bedside. The dried blood wound fell into his eyes, and he felt a slight chill in his heart.
: "Don't sleep yet. The wound needs to be treated quickly. If you delay it for a long time, you may be infected with inflammation."
Usually, he either has a cold face and looks bitter and resentful, or he is like a piece of wood with no expression. On rare occasions, he is gentle and can't tell whether it is sincere or not. Bai Qige stared at Yi Chenjing for a long time before sitting up, with the quilt
Wrapped tightly around her body: "I can't tell that you actually have a gentle side."
"Who is born to complain about everything? If not forced by circumstances, I would not want to calculate and scheming all day long. It would be so easy to enjoy flowers, watch birds, and tease beauties every day like the prince does."
Everyone will say that they have unavoidable reasons, or they are harming others or doing evil. If they believe this excuse, there will be no bad people in the world. Bai Qige took the medicine and put it on the quilt, and gently unbuttoned the upper part of her clothes with cold fingers.
He smeared it lightly, lowered his eyebrows and could not see clearly: "You suffered a lot in Zhaoguo, and I can understand why you want to take revenge on Zhaoguo, but the people in this palace have not offended you. After returning to Dayao, the emperor
Why do you insist on usurping the throne and seizing power when you are favored and appreciated in every possible way?"
"For your own self-interest and to see the world in ruins, are you satisfied with this?" Yi Chenjing seemed to be very disgusted with Bai Qige's question, and her attitude instantly turned cold. Perhaps she felt that her answer was a bit excessive. After a brief silence, Yi Chenjing
The voice returned to calmness: "You grew up in a family of generals. All you saw were bloody battles and upright heroes. You would never imagine how terrible the darkness of strife in the court and harem is. It is precisely because of this that Hong Hao, the princess of a country, can
More mature than you. The fact that I was sent to Zhao Kingdom to serve as a hostage should not have happened. In fact, the person who should be sent away was the Fifth Emperor Brother, not me who was imprisoned in the cold palace with my mother."
"Is that why you hate Yi Chenxuan so much?"
Yi Chenjing shook his head: "It's not just that simple. It is well known that protons will be despised and suffered. At that time, my mother and I were implicated in our uncle's rebellion and were in an embarrassing situation. Brother Five Emperors, who was loved by my father, took me as a substitute bailiff.
My own safety is also reasonable, so I didn’t hate him when I left Yaoguo. I just didn’t expect that when he was only twelve years old, he was already so vicious and bribed the ministers of Zhaoguo to bully me in every possible way.
A few years later, my mother was allowed to ambush a killer on my way to Zhaoguo to see me. If my mother and I hadn't been so lucky, I'd be afraid that there would be only a pile of loess and two lonely tombs, and no one would remember us anymore.
Mother and son are two."
Assassination... Bai Qige took a deep breath.
Yi Chenxuan is five years older than Yi Chenjing. Because of his elegant appearance and intelligent talent, he has been favored by Emperor Yao since he was a child. It can be said that the wind will win and the rain will win. Although he does not have the emperor's order, he can rely on the emperor's favor to stand alone.
Under the crown prince, why would such a young prince who stood at the pinnacle of brilliance and favor be cruel enough to kill his brothers and sisters? At that time, the concubine Jing fell out of favor, and Yi Chenjing was reduced to a hostage. It was already miserable enough for the mother and son to be in such a state of desolation, but what on earth was there?
Why did Yi Chenxuan cruelly add insult to injury and insist on killing them?
After thinking about it, there were many doubts involved. Bai Qige frowned and looked at Yi Chenjing: "It still doesn't make sense. I heard Concubine Jing mentioned the assassination, but she didn't point out who was behind it. Given the current situation,
It seems very possible that it was Yi Chenxuan, but he should have been in the palace of Yaoguo at that time and did not have any military power. How could he send people to the distant Zhaoguo to attack you? It has been six or seven years.
, are you sure what you know is the truth about the assassination?"
"You still have to speak for him." Yi Chenjing said with a displeased look on his face, "There is nothing to doubt about this matter. Soon after I returned to Yaoguo, I found the leader who was responsible for the assassination at that time. That person was Wu
The emperor's brother was a retainer of his mother's family, and he also admitted all the crimes. The fifth emperor didn't expect me to come back alive from Zhao Kingdom, and he didn't care about hiding the murderer. This gave me the opportunity to understand everything."
"Including the reason why Yi Chenxuan was murderous towards you and Concubine Jing?" Bai Qige's bright eyes flashed.
Yi Chenjing lost consciousness for a moment, then nodded with a long sigh: "In the ten years since I left Yaoguo, other princes' powerful confidants have been stripped of their power for various reasons. Since the prince established the right prime minister's daughter
After becoming the Crown Princess, Prime Minister You also experienced constant turmoil and various situations, but only the Concubine De's faction was safe and sound."
Bai Qige knew very well what the topic meant. What Yi Chenjing meant was that the purpose of Yi Chenxuan's actions, overtly and covertly, was to eliminate dissident forces, and when the time was right, he would overthrow the prince and establish himself in the East Palace, or simply proclaim himself the emperor.
"I'm not excusing him, but I really don't understand why Yi Chenxuan chose you and Concubine Jing, the weakest ones, to attack first, and why he still pursues her so closely after more than ten years?"
The long figure was projected on the ground, and the end folded over the head of the bed, meeting Bai Qige's shadow. Yi Chenjing looked at Bai Qige, with an incomprehensible color in her eyes, and the raised corners of her lips did not know whether she was smiling or mocking something: "Father
The emperor likes my mother, just because of this."
"What kind of reason is this?" Bai Qige blurted out and sneered, "There are dozens, not to mention hundreds, of concubines in the emperor's harem. Who doesn't say he likes affection when he is favored? Even if he is favored by the concubine Jing, it is just a passing love.
, how could it be involved in the overt and covert struggle between various forces? There is no constant companion for the emperor, how can the emperor love one person for his whole life? "
Bai Qige was used to hearing about the ruthless kings in stories and said this completely subconsciously. When she thought of the identity of the man in front of her, she suddenly realized that Yi Chenjing's long eyes were a little less shiny and a little more sad. She forgot
Yes, he is one of the infatuated kings who sticks to one person for the rest of his life, even though he is not yet flying to the sky and looking down upon the world.
"Sleep for a while while it's still dark, and I'll take care of other things." After standing for a moment, Yi Chenjing turned around and blew out the candle, and her tall figure disappeared into the darkness. Bai Qige could only hear the footsteps and the sound of the door opening, and it was too late.
Thinking too much, he got up in a hurry and overturned the medicine bottle to the ground.
"The assassination of you and Concubine Jing may have something to do with me."
It was pitch dark and they couldn't see each other's figures, but Bai Qige could feel the suddenly stagnant breath, as if for a moment there was mixed murderous intent in it.
Silence spread endlessly, and the eyes gradually adapted to the darkness and were slowly able to see the surroundings clearly. The thin moonlight that came in through the window fell on the ground, blending with the light-colored gown. For a long time, no one said a word, letting the cold wind outside the window
Screaming in mourning, I don’t know whose fault I am paying homage to.
When the newly warmed body temperature drained away again, Bai Qige, who finally started talking, continued the conversation: "Yi Chenxuan said that I helped him lure you and Concubine Jing. When he was in the Yaohe Palace, he had an absolute
Take control of me, there is no need to lie, I think... maybe you are right, I have been on the wrong track since a long time ago."
Bai Qige felt that the relationship between the two was like a circle that could never open an exit. When Yi Chenjing doubted her and hated her, she tried her best to win his trust; after experiencing countless twists and turns, when he was finally willing to accept it regardless of past grudges.
Her transformation and the unexpected truth ruined that new relationship; and then he broke into the distant palace at night and had another frank conversation between them, which was enough to reveal new clues that had been destroyed by all the previous efforts.
Bai Qige herself had to face the cruel facts with hatred for the owner of this body.
"Did Yi Chenxuan say it himself?" he asked in a hoarse voice.
Bai Qige sighed: "Yes."
"No wonder I always feel that I have overlooked something. That day we were ambushed because you kept begging Hongxiao to go to the lake to play. I just thought it was an unexplainable coincidence. I didn't expect that you had harbored alien intentions many years ago.
"Yeah." Yi Chenjing hid the emotion contained in his tone, so Bai Qige couldn't tell whether he was angry or blaming, or if he wanted to kill her.
In addition to Princess Hongxiao's life, how much does she owe Yi Chenjing? Can she repay it all in this life?
"If it was really me -" Bai Qige wanted to ask him, if she was the one who killed Princess Hongxiao, and if she was the one who was full of vicious thoughts at a young age and almost harmed Concubine Jing and him, would he still be like just now?
Is he so gentle? For the sake of Princess Hongxiao, will he be as cruel and cold as when he first met her, kicking her into the abyss?
Calmly interrupted the question and stepped out of the door, leaving Bai Qige with a monotonous back and an ambiguous answer.
"There are not so many ifs. You promised me that you would find out the truth. When the truth comes out, the answer you want will naturally appear."