Chapter 44: Clouds Move

POSTED ON AUGUST 7, 2023 BY TNYKT

Holding the jade pendant, Li Qingjun stood there dumbfounded, feeling very lost.

It was actually wrong for Qin Yi to scold her for being stupid. In essence, Li Qingjun would never be stupider than Qin Yi. Because as the only princess of South Li Kingdom, she was like the stars and the moon. No matter what she did, her father doted on her and her brother gave way to her. She had never had any situation that required her to think carefully since she was a child, which caused her be rash.

The moment she held the jade pendant, an ominous feeling surged into her heart. Li Qingjun suddenly realized that what she was facing this time was not the question of who she would marry, which could not be solved by her own mischief, but the big change that could determine the life and death of South Li Kingdom.

Last night, the matter that her elder brother didn’t want her to listen must have been difficult for her to accept.

However, her brother didn’t tell her about the entire plan, not even Qin Yi, so she didn’t know how to act even if she wanted to.

Right… There is still one person who definitely knows!

Li Qingjun suddenly turned around and ran toward Ye Ling’s courtyard.

Ye Ling was sleeping on her stomach with a small quilt over her body. The elixir that Qin Yi gave her yesterday was for treating internal injuries. It was not suitable for her condition, but it also had some healing effects. The feeling that the injury was recovering made her very drowsy. She slept almost 6 hours now, and she was still unconscious.

With a bang, the door was pushed open. Ye Ling got up in surprise. Li Qingjun clearly saw the wings on her back suddenly spread out, and the ferocious look on her little face that was about to devour someone.

The next moment she saw clearly that it was Li Qingjun, her wings retracted. Her little face became very embarrassed, “Princess… princess…”

“I never thought Ye Ling to be so fierce…” Li Qingjun walked in slowly.

“That haha… It’s just my morning temperament…” Ye Ling backed away slowly.

“So your wings can move… I thought it was a cloak before.”

Ye Ling retreated to the corner. Li Qingjun stood a few feet in front of her, not too forceful. She just watched watching her quietly.

Ye Ling lowered her head and muttered, “I’m a beastkin, princess.”

“No wonder, such a small guard like you actually owns a private courtyard, and you were even assigned to protect Qin Yi — Although you have never performed any protection duties.” Li Qingjun was not surprised. She said lowly, “Yesterday, the beastkin aura that rose to the sky in the mansion yesterday was due to you right? No wonder brother and Qin Yi always discussed matters in your courtyard. Then… You should be very clear about what my brother and Qin Yi are doing, right?”

“I really don’t know what they are planning. Yesterday, Qin Yi disagreed with His Highness’ proposal, and His Highness left by himself…”

“What proposal?”

Ye Ling squatted down and covered her head with his wings, “I didn’t hear clearly…”

Li Qingjun looked at her black feathers, then she looked up at the hole in the roof. The charred edge of the hole was still clearly visible. She looked at it for a long time, and she said slowly, “Black, beastkin. You’re the one who killed my eldest brother.”

Ye Ling jumped up and ran toward the backyard.

“Don’t need to run.” Li Qingjun said calmly, “Since it’s you, then you’re the sword of second brother.”

Ye Ling stopped.

“No wonder Qin Yi wants to hide it from me. He doesn’t want me to know these things.” Li Qingjun smiled self-deprecatingly, “It’s because I don’t use my brain. In fact, I should be able to see many signs.”

Ye Ling watched her expression carefully, but she found that she was really calm.

Li Qingjun spread out her hand. In her palm was Li Qinglin’s jade pendant. Her expression became more and more complicated.

This is brother’s life-saving method, but he gave it to me. From the reaction of the corpse insect beastkin when it came into contact with the jade pendant, this is a real treasure. It could be so priceless that even the entire land of South Li Kingdom cannot be exchanged with it.

“You’re the second brother’s biggest flaw in this matter, why didn’t he kill you?” Li Qingjun asked suddenly.

Ye Ling hesitated for a moment and shook her head.

In fact, Li Qinglin’s reason for protecting her at the beginning, which was her contact with Ming He, now sounded somewhat inexplicable.

The most plausible explanation seemed to be that Li Qinglin was really moved out of compassion and was protecting her. He didn’t even hesitate to leave such a big flaw.

Li Qingjun looked at the jade pendant and pondered, “No matter what they secretly discussed last night, since Qin Yi didn’t agree, then I don’t want to know. I just want to know, what is second brother doing now?”

Ye Ling pursed her lips. At first, I thought I knew more than you, so I didn’t want to answer; but now I realize that I don’t seem to know much more than you, because I don’t know how to answer this question either…

Li Qingjun’s heart suddenly moved, “Shit! Qin Yi entered the palace alone! He is in danger!”

After saying that, she carried the spear and wanted to rush out. She didn’t want to get to the bottom of it.

A black light flashed, and Ye Ling stood in front of her. Her cute little face finally became extremely serious, “If you go out at this time, you will really be alone.”

Ye Ling’s speed made Li Qingjun squint her eyes. She didn’t blame her for stopping her. She just said, “Then you go with me, aren’t you Qin Yi’s guard?”

Ye Ling said seriously, “I can go, but you can’t. Whether it’s His Highness or Qin Yi, your safety is the first priority in their hearts. The place you should go is Qin Yi’s backyard. Just stand beside the mahogany sword array and no other place. At that place, except Ming He, no one can touch you.”

Li Qingjun stared at her, “I have practiced martial arts all my life, not just to be like a lady who embroiders in a boudoir and timidly waits for someone to protect me.”

Ye Ling pursed her lips, “Unfortunately, in this situation, your martial art is no different from embroidery.”

She raised her head and looked at the sky through the hole in the roof. The white clouds there were changing shapes under the violent wind.

“Princess, if I want to kill you, I only need one move.” She said softly, “But in Dong Huazi’s hands, there are countless beastkins like me.”

…

Qin Yi was running around in the crowd, causing chaos all over. He felt like he was filming a Jackie Chan movie.

He couldn’t help it. Although he seemed badass in the previous fight, there were too many of them. If he got caught, he would be done for. There were even ambushes on the way back to the crown prince mansion.

This ambush was actually very meticulous. They even arranged for his escape just in case, striving to finish him off in 1 go.

But the other party would never expect him to recognize one of them, which made the ambush fail.

The mace whizzed with a roar, slamming into the waist of a burly man. He was actually smashed in half. Qin Yi ran past his corpse without stopping and ran toward the princess mansion.

He didn’t know that Li Qingjun hadn’t returned to the mansion. Under the current situation, he felt that if Li Qingjun was in the princess mansion, she would be in danger, so he had to meet up with her.

It was understandable that Dong Huazi and Mang Zhan wanted to kill him. They still hoped to establish the engagement between Qingjun and Mang Zhan before the emperor dies. As long as Qin Yi was dead, even if the emperor was mad, he wouldn’t hesitate anymore.

But there was another way to do this, and that was the well-known “drug her”.

If Mang Zhan really got Li Qingjun first, then it would be over. Although South Li Kingdom was a remote and small country, it had known etiquette for many years. It was obvious from the shy look of Li Qingjun when she was in love. She still cared about chastity. Once situation like that happened, she would only suicide to admit her fate.

So since there were people ambushing Qin Yi, would someone go to the princess mansion to snatch her?

Maybe they would be afraid of Li Qingjun would suicide due to her vigorous character, so they wouldn’t go to this bad move. However, since they failed to kill Qin Yi, they would be left with no choice.

Because the emperor really had a few days to live, they had to get things done during this period. They couldn’t afford to delay.

Thinking about this, Qin Yi became more anxious, but his mind became calmer.

There was a commotion ahead, and another group of people came to intercept him. Someone said in doubt, “Why does this Qin Yi look familiar?”

Another person who killed the original owner of this body.

Qin Yi’s mind was as clear as a mirror. He accelerated and rushed into the side alley.