amaotonovel Chapter 75 Rebellious Officials of the Former Dynasty 7
Chapter 75 Rebellious Officials of the Former Dynasty 7
The old man shuddered, suddenly snapping out of his terrifying conjecture.
He cannot make such assumptions about the princess until all the facts are clarified!
"Do you have any evidence?" When he said this, the old man's wavering was clearly visible in his eyes.
Indeed, how could such an old fox, who had witnessed the overthrow of dynasties, not understand Qingxi's nature?
He simply refused to believe that the late emperor's bloodline could be so despicable, even though his late emperor was no saint either.
"You can check it yourself."
After saying that, Ling Yi turned and left.
As the old man watched her retreating figure, his heart tightened: "Where are you going?"
"Go do what I have to do." Ling Yi turned around: "The world is vast, and there is more than one path than blind loyalty."
"If you still have even a shred of pity for the survivors, please take them away from here as soon as possible."
Since Qingxi has decided to use these people's heads to advance his career, he will not give up easily.
This place is ultimately a ticking time bomb.
The old man's eyes darkened as he watched Ling Yi step onto the treetop, but he didn't say a word more.
Ling Yi sped all the way and finally returned to their campsite just as dawn was breaking.
Xiao Yao was lying quietly at the moment, seemingly fast asleep, as if she hadn't noticed that she had left at all.
Ling Yi moved the bundle aside, letting him lean against her again, and closed his eyes against the big tree.
As her breathing became even, Xiao Yao quietly opened her eyes.
He looked at Ling Yi again and again, a small smile playing on his lips.
She didn't leave, and that's enough.
He nuzzled his head against the other's shoulder, then closed his eyes and truly drifted off to sleep.
Sunlight streamed through the leaves, and Lingyi frowned and opened her eyes in the bright sunlight.
Another smiling puppy face came into view. Ling Yi had gotten used to his expression these days, but today was different.
The puppy's acting skills weren't good enough, and she eventually saw through his act.
She raised her hand and patted Xiao Yao's head, saying, "I've finished everything I needed to do. Wherever you want to go next, I'll go with you."
Rather than killing that despicable couple, making the puppy happy is the most urgent task.
Xiao Yao's eyes flickered. Instead of asking what she wanted to do, he moved closer to her and said, "I want to go back to the capital and take you to see my parents."
His eyes sparkled as he stared at Ling Yi, waiting for her response.
She'll understand what I mean if I bring her to meet my parents, she definitely will!
of course.
Ling Yi looked at his little scheme with amusement and couldn't help but flick him.
Xiao Yao covered her head, stubbornly refusing to cry out, anxiously awaiting Ling Yi's answer.
"it is good."
How could it not be good if he wanted to?
When that light, airy word hit Xiao Yao on the head, he immediately burst into a joyful laugh.
Seeing that he finally showed a genuine smile, Ling Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
Faced with his excessive naivety, Ling Yi felt guilty about rejecting him.
“Then let’s go back to the capital!” Xiao Yao immediately turned into a chatterbox, rambling on and on about his father and mother to Ling Yi.
In his words, his father was loving, his mother was gentle, and even his friends and servants were all good.
He seems to have received all the kindness in the world, which is why he has been spoiled into the way he is today.
As Xiao Yao spoke, he grew increasingly eager to see his father and mother, and to arrange a marriage with his father.
She had already agreed to go see her father, so why couldn't it be to agree to his marriage proposal?
As if suddenly remembering something, he abruptly pulled the jade pendant from his waist and placed it in Ling Yi's palm: "This was given to me by my father when I was born. Here you go!"
The white jade dragon pendant is made of warm and lustrous jade, and its exquisite carving makes it an item of immense value.
What's more valuable than the dragon itself is its shape.
The emperor's property was given to someone else so openly. Didn't he feel there was anything wrong with that?
Didn't you see that Lu An next to you is blinking so hard he's almost gone blind?
Xiao Yao calmly blocked Lu An from seeing it, saying to Ling Yi, "Take it, okay?"
Accept it, and accept him too.
Ling Yi suddenly closed her hand, clutching the dragon-patterned jade pendant in her palm, and smiled: "Alright, let's go to the capital!"
With the anticipation of marriage in mind, Xiao Yao smiled all the way back.
Even as the weather grew colder further north, he remained as fresh and vibrant as a spring cabbage.
When he arrived in front of the capital, he was as happy as a peach tree about to bloom, with buds all over the tree waving and telling everyone that something good was about to happen here, so come and see!
This is what Xiao Xian saw from inside the carriage. He lifted the curtain and saw Xiao Yao's eyes following a woman intently, and his brows furrowed slightly.
He had little suspicion of his ninth brother.
First of all, he was ten years younger than me. When I was serving in the previous dynasty, this kid hadn't even started his formal education yet.
Secondly, although his mother was favored, she was only a dancer and had no prominent maternal family, nor did she have anyone in the court to rely on.
With such a status, neither senior nor virtuous, no matter how much his father favored him, he could not covet that position.
With the Crown Prince's health deteriorating and the princes harboring resentment, the Ninth Prince became the target of everyone's efforts to win him over.
If they could get their beloved son and concubine to whisper in their ears in both the imperial court and the harem, it might actually increase their chances of winning.
Unfortunately, although the ninth brother was foolish, his mother was very shrewd. After noticing this, she sent him away from the capital.
I heard that the so-called adventures in the martial world were a favor that Lady Yu obtained by crying for several days and begging her father, the Emperor.
What a joke! Who in this world leads nearly a thousand people on their adventures?
Even when he went on inspection tours, there was no such pomp and circumstance, which shows how much the emperor doted on this mother and son.
As his thoughts raced, Xiao Xian noticed something amiss with the gentle aura of his beloved concubine beside him, and couldn't help but turn around.
"What's wrong?" He brushed his fingertips away the tears on Qingxi's face and raised an eyebrow: "You kept saying you were coming to the capital, but now that you're here, you're crying."
The intimacy and teasing in his words would usually make his beloved concubine blush and throw herself into his arms.
But now...
Xiao Xian frowned slightly, gripped his beloved concubine's hand which was hurting him, and said in a deep voice, "Snap out of it!"
Qingxi snapped back to reality, helplessly grasping Xiao Xian's hand: "It's...it's her!"
"I saw Ling Yi. What's she doing in the capital? Is she trying to expose me? Or is she trying to get revenge on me?"
Her beautiful face was filled with panic, and her red lips were bitten white by her teeth.
She had witnessed how Ling Yi killed people for her, so she naturally knew how ruthless she was.
Ever since Ling Yi gave her that deep look and then turned away to abandon her, Qingxi hasn't had a good night's sleep in a long time.
She was afraid that Ling Yi would suddenly appear at her bedside and question her about why she did what she did, and even more afraid that she would end her life without asking any questions.