Jiaochu

Chapter 338 Crack

On the first day after wearing the bracelet, Ye Lingxi was always worried that she would be struck by lightning. Before leaving Sitian Prison, she stood at the door and observed the weather outside for a while. The sky was clear and it didn't look like thunder.

Despite this, she still walked and jogged all the way back to Weiyang Palace, and then locked herself in the room without coming out.

In the following days, every morning, noon and evening, she would stand by the window and observe the weather outside. The weather was exceptionally good these days, and not even a single dark cloud came over. She felt that she was so lucky that even God was not willing to kill her.

Just when she was about to feel completely relieved, things changed that night.

There was lightning and thunder, and the rumbling thunder made the earth seem to tremble. The dazzling electric light was like the fire of the netherworld, about to ignite the entire night sky.

Ye Lingxi was awakened by the thunder and could no longer fall asleep. She covered her ears hard, but she could still hear the crackling thunder. She simply covered her head in the quilt, wrapped it like a marshmallow, and silently recited the Jingxin Jue in her heart.

The darkness before dawn finally dissipated, and a ray of dawn crossed the horizon and illuminated the first dewdrop on the flowers and grass. The crystal colors shone brightly in the sun, rounder and fuller than pearls. The light gradually became brighter, and gradually dispersed the last remaining traces. The night light shone through the palace walls and into the window lattice. After a while, the room became brighter.

One hand quietly opened the bed curtain, and the person inside stuck his head out and looked outside.

He He and Ling Ding just woke up and haven't put on their shoes yet.

Ye Lingxi quietly retracted his head again, feeling that he had survived the disaster. The next moment his eyes fell on the five-color bracelet on his wrist, and his expression was startled.

The two beads on it have cracked.

Seeing these two cracks, she once again felt a creepy breath crawling up her ankles.

Did you almost die last night?

After a while, Hehe and Lingdang came over to roll up the bed curtains, and Ye Lingxi immediately pulled down his sleeves to cover the bracelet, not wanting the two of them to discover that the beads were cracked.

While sitting in front of the bronze mirror and dressing up, Ye Lingxi felt that the face in the mirror seemed to be quite haggard. She didn't know if it was an illusion or a psychological effect. She felt as if a white hair had grown on her head, so she immediately took a closer look. , and asked Hehe and Lingdang to help her look for white hair. The two looked at each other and smiled in unison.

"How can the princess have white hair at such a young age? The slave is a few years older than the princess. If the princess already has white hair, then the slave will not have all white hair." "I know, princess, this is called unfounded worry. The princess before Taught me." "You are smart, so tell me what jewelry the princess should wear today to match the color of her clothes." "This pair of pearl flowers is beautiful, and so is this hairpin. This pair of butterfly hairpins look best on the princess."

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During breakfast, Zhu'er talked to Concubine Lan about Qi's defeat. Ye Lingxi listened with pricked up ears and asked how the battle was defeated. Concubine Lan asked her to eat first, and Zhu'er stopped talking about this topic. .

After breakfast, Ye Lingxi observed the weather outside for a while. The warm sun was in the sky, and a few leisurely white clouds floated lazily in the blue sky.

She looked down at the bracelet, rubbed her fingers on the two cracks for a while, then looked up at the blue sky and white clouds outside, then made up her mind and went out with the hehe and the bell.

After leaving Weiyang Palace, Ye Lingxi told Lingdang a few words, and then took Hehe to the Imperial Garden.

About a quarter of an hour later, Lingdang took Xiao Anzi to the pavilion.

Ye Lingxi asked about Qi's defeat, and Xiao Anzi told him everything he knew.

Ten days ago, Qi State united Wei State and Chen State to attack Xiyan. Qi State sent 200,000 troops, and the two small kingdoms of Wei and Chen each sent 50,000 troops, and they gathered 300,000 troops to attack Xi Yan. Xi Yan's 50,000 elite troops stationed on the border were like an egg hitting a stone in front of an army of 300,000, with almost no chance of winning.

Xiyan was defeated in the first battle, and the first barrier on the border, Xiling Pass, was lost.

The army marched all the way westward, invincible, and reached Tianmen Pass in just three days.

As the last barrier for the capital of Xiyan, once Tianmen Pass is breached, the capital will be doomed.

The king of Qi issued a decree to conquer Tianmen Pass within three days.

But after three days, the army was still blocked from Tianmen Pass.

The king of Qi State issued another decree to conquer Tianmen Pass within two days.

Under the urging of imperial edicts one after another, the army tried every means to storm Tianmen Pass.

Finally, the last barrier of Tianmen Pass was broken.

However, just after the army entered Tianmen Pass, they suddenly lost contact with the outside world.

Three days later, a soldier ran out from inside, crazy, as if he had been hit by a ghost, shouting that everyone was dead.

After 300,000 troops entered Tianmen Pass, only one came out alive. The weirdness and horror in this was simply creepy and chilling.

When Ye Lingxi heard this, she felt a chill creeping up her ankles. The word Xiyan was a lingering nightmare in her heart. Now that she heard such news, she suspected that the people in Xiyan were all monsters. Incarnation, he knew magic and sorcery, and poisoned an army of 300,000 people to death with just one breath.

"Princess, you are not a slave to flatter me. Your Majesty is so wise this time. If you really follow Qi to fight, your entire army will be wiped out by now." Xiao Anzi said,

Ye Lingxi said nothing, still thinking about what kind of evil ways could wipe out an army of 300,000 in one fell swoop.

"According to my opinion, this Xi Yan Da planned to catch a turtle in a urn from the very beginning. He pretended to be defeated and led the army all the way to Tianmen Pass. The king of Qi State is so happy about his success that he didn't pay much attention to it. This is just playing into the opponent's way." Speaking of this, Xiao Anzi revealed another piece of news, "I also heard that before the war started, Xiyan sent people to Weiguo and Chenguo to buy grain. He probably wanted to lure the king of Qi to take the bait. Now the king of Qi must be frightened. They were so scared that they were afraid that Xi Yan would come back. The Wei Kingdom and the Chen Kingdom even took the initiative to send thousands of taels of gold to sue for peace. Wow, they really lost their wives and lost their troops. By the way, I also heard that the Crown Prince of Wei Kingdom seemed to be the same. He was captured, and the King of Wei sent him some precious treasure to redeem him."

After listening to what Xiao Anzi said, Ye Lingxi felt more and more that Xi Yan was difficult to deal with.

Seeing someone coming, Xiao Anzi left first, bowed in front of Yan Fei, and walked elsewhere.

"Where are you going, Brother Yan?" Ye Lingxi lay on the railing like a lazy kitten.

Yanfei tilted his head to indicate a direction. Ye Lingxi understood and stretched out a hand towards him, as if asking for something. Yanfei was confused and said, "Sesame soft cake." Yanfei said, "I'll give it to you next time." Princess belt." She retracted her hand, her eyes slightly curved like a cunning little fox, "Okay, I'll owe you the debt this time, and I'll have to calculate the interest next time." Yan Fei said with a smile, "Next time even I will return it to the princess with interest."

(End of this chapter)