This queen is not too curly

Too much time has passed.

Yan Yuan forced herself to breathe calmly, and uttered unfamiliar words with difficulty: "Subordinate..."

Ji Fei looked at Yan Yuan gently.

Seeing her flustered look, he instinctively stretched out his hand to flick her forehead like he did back then, but the moment his fingertips touched her forehead, the moonlight illuminated her forehead. flower tin.

Ji Fei froze for a moment, his fingertips stiffened in the air.

He finally lowered his hand.

He said softly, "You did a good job."

Yan Yuan said: "...Yes."

There was a wind in the forest.

Moonlight falls with frost.

Yan Yuan straightened her back from the cold.

But it is definitely inappropriate to go back to the tent now, so Ji Fei led her to find a place to hide.

They found a huge broken rock, and Yan Yuan hugged her knees beside the rock, shrinking herself into a ball.

Ji Fei looked at her shivering and asked her, "Are you cold?"

Yan Yuan shook her head: "It's okay."

It is a little cold, but it doesn't matter, as long as there is no wind, she can still bear it.

Ji Fei was silent for a while, then sighed: "Your temperament is much calmer, unlike the Ning Bai I know."

Yan Yuan raised her head in a daze: "Huh?"

Ji Fei said: "If it was Ning Bai, he would have already sent a teacher to question him, or fight him."

Seeing Ning Bai, the young general of Boying, he is not born with a good temper. As soon as he sees him for the first time, he rushes back to ask why he is still alive, and even fights with him to vent his personal anger before he can answer.

How could it be like now, hugging the knees and shrinking the body, obviously trembling with breathing, but not even daring to breathe.

Ji Fei looked at Yan Yuan.

There was a step rock hanging on her cheek, and at this moment the step rock was swaying slightly, strange and abrupt.

Ji Fei sighed softly, after all, he did what he wanted to do but didn't finish.

He raised his hand to touch her forehead, gently rubbed her bangs with his fingertips, and then patted her head lightly.

He told her softly: "Your mission is over, Ning Bai."

Yan Yuan's breathing trembled suddenly, as if a boulder rolled down from her chest.

She suddenly felt noisy.Insects and birds were making noise, the wind was blowing and the trees were moving, and the noise between the world and the earth seemed to have penetrated into her ears all at once.

She raised her head in the chaos and looked at Ji Fei blankly: "...It's over?"

Ji Fei stroked her soft hair and said softly, "Yes, it's over."

Yan Yuan was in a daze.

She buried her head in her knees.

Over the years, she was not particularly sad, but felt very embarrassed and downcast.

She couldn't find the corpse of her comrade-in-arms, and she couldn't return to Ning Bai. At the beginning, she felt so painful that she wanted to die every day. Later, she was afraid of dying every day. In the end, she lived by the sky leaking weeds...

These miserable things always seemed to her separated by a layer of cotton, and the pain and perception were not so obvious. She was not as miserable and hopeless as everyone imagined.

until now.

Until Ji Fei told her that the mission was over.

The stagnant time began to pass again, like a large ship slowly leaving the port.Everything started moving forward again.

Those emotions that had been sealed up suddenly came overwhelming.

She was out of breath, unable to speak, tears welling up in her eyes without warning.

For some reason, she suddenly lost a little courage, sobbing on her knees, and gradually burst into tears.

She vented emotions that had never been vented before, without any cover up at all, and she didn't know if it was for those who did not survive, or for the dead camp that no longer existed, or just for not living well Own.

Ji Fei stood guard on the side.

He leaned on the rock and looked up at the stars all over the sky. What he thought in his mind was, if he really died, what would happen to Ning Bai today.

A deeply affectionate person like her would be imprisoned in the snow field for the rest of her life.

Good thing he's still alive.

She cried out, and he was relieved.

……

Ji Fei waited for her to cry almost, and then explained to her his situation in these years in a gentle voice.

"That year when I led my pursuers to a dead end, I had no choice but to jump off a cliff in the frontier. Although I didn't die, I lost my way on the cliff and strayed into the territory of Yan Kingdom... I was imprisoned by Shu Yuerong."

Yan Yuan cried so weakly that she imitated Ji Fei and leaned on the rock, listening to him narrating.

That year Princess Yuerong was only the daughter of Shangshu of the Jin Kingdom, she saved Ji Fei and got an interesting plaything.She did everything she could to Ji Fei, hoping to get something more interesting from this man.

Ji Fei lived in the private prison of Shangshu Mansion for half a year, and was forced to guard Shu Yuerong's side for half a year. Later, by chance, he met Shu Yuerong's aunt, the then Queen of Jin, Rongzheng, and unexpectedly won her appreciation.

He knew that she had great ambitions, so he became her half-counselor, assisting her to splatter the blood all the way to the imperial court and establish herself as emperor.

Yan Yuan listened in a daze, without blinking her eyes.

Ji Fei smiled at her sluggish appearance.

"At first, I didn't really want to help, but I just felt that if the imperial court of the Jin Kingdom made more disturbances, it would be beneficial and harmless to my Yan Kingdom."

"..."

"Later, I stayed by Rongzheng's side for a long time, and found out that she really had the appearance of a wise monarch, and she wanted to bring about peace between Yan and Jin. I really helped her, and agreed with her that I would help her accomplish things. The real culprit who was chased and killed by Xueyuan back then."

"...Then what happened next?"

Yan Yuan asked him with a hoarse voice.

The Empress became self-reliant two years ago, so he should have returned to China two years ago, why did he get mixed up in the team of envoys?

Ji Fei said softly: "After Rongzheng ascended the throne, there was chaos inside and outside the palace. After all, she treated me with great kindness, so I stayed for a while longer."

Yan Yuan was stunned and said, "That's it?"

Ji Fei looked at Yan Yuan's face and said lightly: "It's roughly like this."

Yan Yuan took a long time to react: "So you would rather stay in Jin and help others rebel than come to us."

Ji Fei said lightly: "I looked for it."

The first thing he did after he regained his freedom was to ask Rongzheng to go deep into the snow field with the help of others, trying to find the body or clues of his comrades, but he found nothing.

Yan Yuan's anger still persisted, she gritted her teeth: "But you have entered the palace with Princess Yuerong for many days, and you never, never..."

He saw her early in the morning, but he let her go back and forth to look for her alone. He never showed up when he encountered a tiger in the forest. If Princess Yuerong didn't force her, would he plan to say goodbye?
Ji Fei stared at Yan Yuan for a long time before he said softly, "But Xiaobai, with your current appearance and identity, what is Ji Fei's position to rashly recognize you?"

Yan Yuan was startled: "I..."

She had almost forgotten that Ning Bai, whom Ji Fei knew, was a wild boy from the border. She had never worn a skirt in front of Ji Fei, nor had she ever told him her identity.After the incident that year, her father sent someone to erase all traces of her in the snow field and the military camp because he was afraid that people would follow her...

Ning Bai never existed.

Where can Ji Fei go to find Ning Bai?
So the rage turned into a guilty conscience, and Yan Yuan lowered her head in panic.

Ji Fei laughed beside her, and said softly, "It's okay."

Yan Yuan looked at her skirt and said nothing.

Ji Fei said: "It's getting late, let's go back."

It was indeed getting late.

Yelu landed, and the cold wind blew Yan Yuan's whole body into piercing pain.

Yan Yuan stopped in place for a while.

Her mind is confused now, she just feels that Ji Fei seems to have missed something, but she can't remember it.But she couldn't carry her body for a long time, so she could only wrap her clothes tightly unwillingly, and walked towards the camp alone, stepping back and forth.

Under the moonlit night, Ji Fei's figure merged with the night.

He stood where he was, watching Yan Yuan's back disappear from sight.

"Sorry, but not yet."

Ji Fei whispered in the direction where she disappeared.

……

Ji Fei did hide one thing.

Two years ago, he bid farewell to the empress as agreed.

Before parting, he looked at the empress's face which was somewhat similar to Ning Bai, and asked rashly what he was thinking: "Your Majesty really has no heirs with the late Emperor?"

He knew that Ning Bai was accidentally recruited at the border, and she should have been on the way north to find her mother.

So he checked Shu Yuerong's mother, the empress' twin sister.

That woman and Master Shangshu are very affectionate, and after marriage, they gave birth to four sons and three daughters, and each child was brought up with care, among them, Shu Yuerong and Ning Bai, the eldest, looked similar in appearance and were similar in age.

Since they are similar in age, they cannot be siblings.

Then only Empress Rongzheng was left.

Queen Rong back then.

He knew very well that asking about the secrets of the royal family was a capital offense, and he also knew that if he returned to the country, he would never have a second chance to track down Ning Bai's background, so he risked his life, staring into the empress' eyes and asking her: " What about Your Majesty and the others, have they conceived children?"

The empress was furious, and beckoned to summon her personal guards.

He saluted her against her fury: "Your Majesty, calm down! Just listen to Ji Fei!"

He shouted: "Ji Fei met a woman who looks exactly like Princess Yuerong!"

The Empress suddenly stopped breathing.

Ji Fei knew that he had won the bet.

He leaned slightly in front of the empress, and told her what he knew in as much detail as possible:
"That woman is about the same age as Princess Yuerong, and looks very similar."

"She should be born in the northwest of the Yan Kingdom. She knows martial arts, riding and archery, and knows the art of war. Her family background should be not bad. The teacher at home may be from the army and her rank is not low, so she can help her forge her military status."

"Her surname is Ning, and her name is Ning Bai, but this should not be her real name."

"Three years ago...she went north to find her mother."

As early as when he accepted Ning Bai, he had checked her biography and military status, but found many strange things.But these strange things were obviously laid down from top to bottom, so he dispelled the suspicion that she was a spy, and guessed that she was probably the rebellious daughter of a court official, so he didn't investigate further.

He told all the news about Ning Bai that he knew, and waited for a while, but after all, he didn't get the expected response.

He had no choice but to bid farewell to the empress.

Just as he was about to step out the door, the Empress' voice sounded from behind him:
"His surname is Yan."

……

When Yan Yuan returned to the camp, the crowd around the campfire had dispersed.

The flames of the huge bonfire have been extinguished, but sparks remain on the firewood.

She squatted beside the remains of the bonfire, stretched out her hand to absorb the remaining temperature, and waited until the agitated emotions in her body calmed down a little, then stood up and took a light breath.

At this moment, she suddenly felt eyes on her back.

"Who?!"

Yan Yuan stood up and looked back.

Only then did she realize that there was a figure quietly dormant behind her, and she didn't know how long she had been watching her in the dark.

Yan Yuan stared at the figure of that person, only feeling a little indescribably familiar.

The man stood up slowly under her gaze, and the moonlight finally illuminated his face.

Yan Yuan was completely stunned.

Chen Lingshen?
He didn't go back to the tent?

He hasn't been waiting for her, has he?

Yan Yuan watched Chen Lingchen walk to her side, and she opened her mouth: "I... I just..."

Chen Lingchen didn't look her in the eyes, he just lowered his head, took her hand, and led her all the way towards the tent.

Yan Yuan's head was still in a daze, and she let Chen Lingchen hold her hand all the way back to the tent, watched him light the lamp himself, then took her hand again, and led her to sit by the bed.

The candlelight illuminated half of Chen Ling's face.

He approached her slowly, and lightly touched Yan Yuan's eyelids with his fingertips, his slightly sideways face carried an indescribable quiet tenderness.

Yan Yuan felt goose bumps on her body, and the indescribable coolness seemed to penetrate her body from the soles of her feet, she quietly stepped back a little, avoiding his fingertips.

Chen Lingchen's movements froze slightly, and his eyelashes drooped.

Yan Yuan tried to stir up the topic: "Has everyone dispersed yet? I thought it would be all night..."

Civil servants may drink to their heart's content, but generals drink until they lie down on the spot. Not fighting is the best ending. She has never seen such a clean bonfire banquet...

Chen Ling said solemnly: "They went hunting in the forest at night."

Yan Yuan was startled: "Night hunting?"

Chen Ling said calmly: "They want to marry Princess Yuerong, so naturally they want to compete to win the headhunter."

Yan Yuan became more and more confused: "But there is no such thing in the forest..."

There are no ferocious beasts and raptors in the royal hunting ground at all, and whoever transported that tiger to the hunting ground in an attempt to do something wrong, so what if they went into the forest to hunt all night?Where to hunt a second tiger?

There is no suspense about the head of winter hunting tomorrow, so what's the point of going into the mountains overnight?
Chen Ling said lightly, "Yes."

Yan Yuan was confused: "What?"

Chen Ling said in a deep voice, "There are prey that are more prized than tigers."

Chen Ling stared at Yan Yuan deeply, took a full look of the doubts on her face, and then told her tenderly: "Gu just issued an order to hunt and kill suspicious assassins in the forest, three people are equal to one tiger."

In the forest... a suspicious assassin?

No, Ji Fei is in the forest!
This kind of ambiguous order is essentially an order to pay the money. When the moon is dark and the wind is high, when the assassins strike, unless they are completely their own people, they will all be killed.

Chen Ling lowered his head, stroked Yan Yuan's eyelids with his fingertips: "You cried before."

Yan Yuan's hands and feet were cold: "Your Majesty! In the forest..."

She wanted to say that there were not only assassins in the forest, but she didn't finish, because Chen Ling bent down, covered her lips with warm kisses, and swallowed all the words she hadn't finished.

Yan Yuan wanted to stand up, but her hands were grabbed by Dai Chenling, and she fell back on the bed in a panic.

"You are crying because Gu did not reject Princess Yuerong's marriage."

"Or because... finally met your chief general?"

Chen Lingchen grabbed her hands and forced her to lie down on the bed.

He leaned over to her ear, his eyelashes almost touched her cheek, his soft voice was filled with indescribable ferocity:

"What is the reason, General Ning?"