Words failed to connect!
Why isn't this over yet?
"Tulu, are you stupid? Does this general need to personally go pick someone up?"
"That wasn't on the way, it was after returning to the palace? I know she lived in Fengque Tower before. You said it yourself, 'close to the water, the pavilion gets the moon first' and all that!"
"Can you think of someone else? I am innocent!"
This Turkic barbarian's brain is even straighter than mine, not bending at all?
"It really wasn't you?" Tulu, to some extent, understood his old rival. He was relatively upright and wouldn't stoop to lying. After he said it a few times, he started to believe.
"No!" Xiao Shan said hatefully, then realized it was wrong. Qing He was no longer related to him. Even if she followed someone else, what business was it of his? He felt like a cuckold.
This guy has ulterior motives regarding Qing He?
Tulu lost his earlier arrogance. If it wasn't Xiao Shan, who could it be?
The Emperor of Da Jing?
Qing He knew poison. If it were anyone else, and she wasn't willing, it would be hard to get close to her.
She wouldn't be willing. It definitely wasn't voluntary.
Then, the person she couldn't resist would only be the Emperor of Da Jing.
Thinking again about how intimately that dog emperor spoke of Qing He, it had to be him!
A curse escaped his lips: "Bastard!"
"Who are you cursing?"
"I'm not cursing you!" Tulu stared at Xiao Shan sinisterly, scanning him up and down: "How are you any better than me? You're dark and ugly, can't even wash clean. Are the women of Jing country all blind?"
Go to hell!
If this scoundrel isn't beaten to death today, heaven itself would not forgive.
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"Qing He, what are you laughing at?"
Ling Yao looked at Qing He with confusion. Qing He had started laughing after Ling Yao bravely said that sentence, looking completely at ease, without any embarrassment.
Instead, Ling Yao, who had spoken, felt flustered.
"Qing He, Xiao Shan is mine alone. No one else can touch him."
Was this sentence so funny? Why wasn't she sad, but instead looked so pleased?
Qing He sat by the bed and gently massaged Ling Yao's calf. Her belly was large, and her blood circulation was somewhat impaired, causing a slight swelling in her calf.
"Qing He, stop doing these things. You're not my maid anymore."
"Not your maid, but I'm still your sister. Isn't it natural to take care of your sister?" Qing He smiled. "Princess, we used to talk about everything, didn't we?"
Yes! They had no secrets between them.
And they still didn't!
Ling Yao nodded, her clear eyes still showing confusion.
Her demeanor was as obedient and pitiable as before.
"Since we reunited, we've recounted what happened over the past year. However, Princess, you concealed the suffering you endured, and I didn't mention the torment I went through, all because I was afraid of upsetting the other.
"Now, let's talk about it. Let's speak as we did before, without reservation."
Seeing Ling Yao's eyes flicker, but not objecting, Qing He knew it wasn't a pleasant memory, but she truly wanted to know.
She also knew that the Princess now had become very strong, strong enough to bear it.
"Then I'll speak first." Qing He thought for a moment and began to narrate.
From the difficulties she faced upon arriving in Turkestan to gradually establishing herself, she spoke at an unhurried pace, and Ling Yao listened with bated breath.
If she had been the one to marry into Turkestan, she would likely have died long ago in that silent battlefield.
It could truly be called a step-by-step peril; a slight misstep would have resulted in her bones being scattered.
Yet, even so, Qing He had protected Hong Mian and Lan Wu.
Later, the First Prince of Turkestan began to protect her, and life became a little easier, but she still had to guard against the hidden arrows from the women in his harem.
The most serious incident involved her being tricked by one of the seemingly most harmless women into the Third Prince's chambers. That time, even the King of Turkestan intervened.
Had the First Prince not forcefully taken her away, she would likely have slept forever in a foreign land.
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Perhaps, she had even felt a spark of affection.
However, that small spark was completely extinguished on that absurd night.
She couldn't accept that she was just one of his many women, no different from the rest.
He even called out another woman's name!
Her nascent love, before it could grow, had died, becoming her shame.
"Consider it repaying a debt. I owe no one anything. He got what he always wanted."
Qing He's voice was a little low. The moment she returned to Da Jing, she told herself that she had severed all ties with Turkestan. This past year would be erased from her life without a trace.
This was Qing He, resolute and decisive, like a blade cutting through.
"Qing He, he's not good. You'll meet someone better." Ling Yao hugged her with red eyes.
"Yes, just a promiscuous barbarian. No different from an animal." Qing He's words carried a hint of gritted teeth.
"If he dares to bother you again, I'll have Xiao Shan castrate him."
Qing He couldn't help but laugh and cry. "Do you understand now? How could I have any feelings for the General? He always has a stern face, fierce and formidable. If it weren't for your liking him, I wouldn't even want to be within ten feet of him."
"He's not fierce at all."
That was because others hadn't seen his gentle side. When he was gentle, no one could resist.
Only she had seen it.
"Alright, alright. Your General is the best, the best in the world. Now, quickly tell me about your experiences. When you speak them, you'll find that half the pain will disappear."
Yes, that pain no longer posed any harm to her.
Because there was a man who had, bit by bit, smoothed it over for her.
Ling Yao spoke relatively calmly.
However, to those who cared, it was still as painful as if they had experienced it themselves.
"See, I shouldn't have said anything. Compared to your hardships, I only suffered some beatings. It's all in the past. You'll only feel sadder hearing it."
"Princess, I should have realized. You didn't understand anything. I should have made arrangements more carefully."
Qing He blamed herself every time she thought about it.
In the early days of her arrival in Turkestan, she would have nightmares, dreaming that the Princess had met with an accident. At that time, she had already regretted her impulsiveness.
"The situation was urgent then, wasn't it? If we didn't leave, we would have been killed by the Lu thieves, or taken by the Turks. It would have been impossible to escape. You did enough. Those hardships are nothing; they were simply my destined trials."
"Moreover, I often think that perhaps it was a gift from heaven, to allow me to meet Xiao Shan."
"As long as I can meet Xiao Shan, this hardship is not a hardship. I would endure it even if it happened several more times."
Qing He looked at Ling Yao's calm face and finally realized that she had truly become resilient and strong, all because of the General.
He was her confidence and her support.
She gained a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between the two and truly began to thank and respect that man from the bottom of her heart.
Ling Yao and Qing He each finished recounting their experiences, sighing and lamenting once more.
At this moment, a palace servant came to report: "Your Highness Princess, Your Highness County Princess, the Divine Martial General and the First Prince of Turkestan are fighting at Xuanhe Gate."