The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 344 Do you think you can escape?

Xiao Lianxi turned around and saw Jing Li sitting by the window. She didn't know when she came in, but she didn't notice it at all.

"Jing Jingli?" Xiao Lianxi's face turned pale, and she immediately wanted to call someone.

"You can try and see if the Imperial Guard comes faster or the knife in my hand is faster!" Jing Li played with the dagger in her hand, the cold tip sliding against Xiao Lianxi's delicate collarbone.

Xiao Lianxi was so frightened that she swallowed back the scream in her throat: "Jing Li, I know you are very capable, but there are guards outside here, and His Majesty will be here later."

"If you alarm His Majesty, you will be the enemy of the whole world. Do you dare to risk the lives of the entire village to kill me?"

Jing Li sneered: "What you said is true. You rolled into the same bed with His Majesty, how come you don't know anything about him?"

"Guess if I kill you now, how long will His Majesty, who treats you like his heart, be able to grieve?"

"A year? A month? A day or an hour?"

Jing Li's words ruthlessly shattered Xiao Lianxi's fantasy. How could she not know what kind of person the old emperor was, so she took advantage of his lack of freshness and wanted to hold on to him firmly to get some chips for herself!
"Jingli, you can't kill me. Brother, he likes you, and Ayun is so kind to you! How could you do something to make them sad?" Xiao Lianxi couldn't help but tremble all over and her teeth chattered.

Jing Li touched her arm lightly: "Are you scared? Look, the goosebumps are rising!"

"It doesn't matter whether your elder brother likes me or not?"

"Ayun regards me as a good friend, but when you plotted against me, how did you ever waver in the slightest?"

Jing Li said close to her ear: "You know everything, but you still want to push me into the fire pit. If I don't have the ability to protect myself, what will be waiting for me?"

If she didn't have the weapons in the space that were enough to save her life, and if Tantai Lin didn't find her in time, no matter how capable she was, she would have turned into a pile of loess by now.

"Then what do you want?" Xiao Lianxi asked through gritted teeth.

Jing Li said coldly: "It's not that good. I just want to challenge His Majesty's preference. I cut off your hands and feet. I wonder if he still likes the stick-like beauty as always!"

Xiao Lianxi's face suddenly turned pale. She knew that she would not be able to escape today. She was just thinking about whether to make a desperate move and shout at the top of her voice to see if she could win a chance of survival when she heard a movement outside.

Xiao Lianxi was immediately overjoyed, knowing that this was the old emperor coming.

During the day, the old emperor didn't have enough fun. According to the old guy's lust, he must come over tonight.

The joy in her eyes did not escape Jingli's, and Jingli sneered: "You think you're saved?"

The people outside entered the inner room, their footsteps were light and did not sound like the footsteps of an old emperor. Xiao Lianxi's heart suddenly lifted again.

"Girl, please rest here for a while. The beauty is taking a bath and will come out soon!" the palace man's voice came over.

"Mommy, I'm waiting for my sister here. What if His Majesty comes over?" A slightly uneasy voice made the two people in the bathroom change their faces.

This is Xiao Lianyun's voice.

The nanny comforted her: "Second girls, don't worry, there is only Beauty Xiao here tonight, and His Majesty will not come over!"

Immediately, I heard the sound of the palace man closing the door and leaving, and the sound of Xiao Lianyun pacing.

Jing Li approached Xiao Lianxi and said, "Your Majesty is really considerate. Do you think he really called Ayun here just to reminisce about the past for you two sisters?"

Xiao Lianxi's face trembled. If she didn't understand what was going on at this time, she would not be the famous talented woman in Kyoto back then. "Ah Li, Ah Yun truly treats you as a friend. It's my fault that I plotted against you, but this has nothing to do with her. Please take her away!"

Xiao Lianxi's face was filled with desolation. How did she end up in such a situation, and even hurt Ayun.

The footsteps outside were getting closer and closer. Xiao Lianyun stood at the bathroom door and whispered: "Sister, are you in there?"

There was no sound inside. Xiao Lianxi covered her mouth tightly. Her biological sister was so close, but she didn't dare to let her see her.

How can I see my family now? Why would Ayun, a silly girl, listen to others and come to find her? Wouldn't it be better to treat her as dead?

"Sister!" Xiao Lianyun whispered softly outside the bathroom: "Do you know how our family has been living these past few months?"

"More than half of my mother's hair has turned white. She cries every day when she wakes up. Her eyes are not big enough to see clearly!"

"My father stayed in the study all day writing and never stepped out of the courtyard. His originally straight back became a little rickety!"

"The marriage that eldest brother agreed upon was canceled again, and Lianxin's marriage was also canceled!"

In the bathroom, Xiao Lianxi burst into tears. She was a shame to the family, yet she couldn't die yet, and she had to live in such humiliation. All of this was thanks to the woman in front of her.

After a long time, a choked voice came from the bathroom: "What about you?"

Outside the bathroom, Xiao Lianyun covered her mouth with tears streaming down her face. She calmed down and replied, "I'm fine. My cousin invited me to play at her house last month, but it got colder, so I didn't go." !”

There was a moment of silence between the two sisters. They both understood that now that all the noble girls in Chang'an were avoiding the Xiao family, how could anyone invite them?
"Ayun, do you and eldest brother hate me?" Xiao Lianxi couldn't help but ask.

There was silence outside.

After a while, Xiao Lianyun said quietly: "Sister, how come our family is in this situation today?"

I think about the past, when the Xiao family was a famous family in Kyoto, even if the princess saw a girl from the Xiao family, she would bow her head. If she wanted to marry into the Xiao family, her mother would not even look at her.

Xiao Lianxi blocked her mouth with her hands to prevent herself from crying. Her hands were bleeding from the bites, but she seemed to be unconscious.

Jing Li watched indifferently from the side, with mixed feelings in her heart. Just because of Xiao Lianxi's calculation, the entire Xiao family had fallen into this state.

But was Xiao Lianxi wrong?
I'm afraid that until now, this Miss Xiao still doesn't feel that she did anything wrong. If Mrs. Xiao knew what happened in Qingzhou, she would probably do more than Xiao Lianxi.

After all, reputation is more important than anything else to them.

Jing Li didn't want to listen anymore. Just when she wanted to know about Xiao Lianxi's departure, she heard the sound of the door opening from outside.

Xiao Lianyun also heard the footsteps outside, and subconsciously hid in the bathroom. When he came in and saw the two of them, his mouth opened wide in shock.

Jing Li covered her mouth: "Don't make a sound, otherwise I won't even be able to protect you later!"

The old emperor's horrified voice came from outside: "You can't do this to me, you have to know, I."

"Haha! How could I not know!" The voice outside sounded like a demon from hell, causing the three people in the bathroom to have different expressions.

(End of this chapter)