It seemed to be shaking all the time, and it felt like when I was kidnapped to Jiankang, I was not conscious and was swaying in a daze.
The back of her neck was still sore, Zhao Pei moved her body to rub her head, and opened her eyes with all her strength. The sunlight instantly pierced her eyes and almost made her cry. Only then did she see clearly that she was lying in a carriage. It was almost exactly the same as the last time... .
But she was the only one in the carriage. "Zi Ye..." Zhao Pei called out, slowly sat up, and said to herself: "What happened..." She tried hard to recall what happened before she lost consciousness, and suddenly remembered Xiao Gang's slightly sad face.
"Third brother!" Zhao Pei exclaimed and quickly looked at the scenery outside the window. It was no longer the high walls and buildings, but a barren wilderness.
She hurriedly lifted the car curtain, only to see that the person driving the car was Ji Jiang. "Ji Jiang! Where is this!"
Ji Jijiang was sweating profusely. He turned around and saw her eyes wide open with surprise. He said, "We are on the way to the military camp. We have already left the palace."
When Zhao Pei heard this, she didn't care about other weird things and asked, "How could it be so smooth?"
Ji Jijiang's face turned even paler. He was silent for a while before answering, "Prince Jin'an has passed away... All attention was focused there, so the defense became a little lax."
Zhao Pei's legs went limp and she fell to the ground. She blinked woodenly and said slowly, "Say it again."
Ji Jijiang tightened the reins in his hands, not daring to meet her empty eyes: "Prince Jin'an passed away..."
Zhao Pei, who was sitting against the wall of the car, was crying silently. Not long ago, the man who was still talking to her, he still called her Pei Pei, he also told her not to be willful... Did he just leave like this...
Zhao Pei wanted to find someone to cry with, but there was no one around...
"Ji Jiang... where is Ziye?" Zhao Pei hadn't seen Ziye since she woke up. There were only her and Ji Jiang.
Ji Jijiang hesitated for a while, lowered his eyes, and said slowly after a long while: "In order to attract attention and relax the guard... Qiu Mingyuan was caught in a fire, and Ziye was inside... ...to announce to the outside world that..."
Zhao Pei's head exploded with a bang, and she felt dizzy and dark for a moment. She didn't know what action to use to express the extreme sadness in her heart. That calm woman had been with her for more than 20 years. Zhao Pei was still thinking that when she returned this time, she must marry her to He Hui to fulfill her wish... But now...
How much did she lose in this catastrophe
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The road was strangely quiet. Ji Jijiang looked back at Zhao Pei while paying attention to his surroundings, but he only saw her crying silently, with a blank expression on her face. He simply drove without distraction, and the dark color gradually emerged on the horizon. Ji Jijiang knew that it was the army of the King of Xiangdong.
He seemed to have seen the mighty soldiers and the fluttering battle flags, and a feeling of joy and excitement began to arise in his heart.
Half an hour later, the carriage stopped at the west side of the military camp. The horse was already out of breath from the rapid run and was unwilling to move after stopping. Two soldiers quickly stepped forward and shouted, "Who are you? Don't you know that this is a restricted area of the military camp?"
Ji Jijiang jumped out of the car quickly to avoid the spears in the soldiers' hands, bowed and said, "I escaped from the palace. Please inform the prince that I have brought the princess here!"
The soldier was stunned for a moment, and leaned his head to look inside the car. He saw the profile of a woman with loose black hair. Although it was only a profile, it was still easy to see her noble aura. The soldier immediately said, "You, wait, I will go and inform the prince."
Ji Jijiang took this opportunity to help Zhao Pei down. She hung her head and felt weak. Ji Jijiang held her hand, but found a layer of cold sweat on her palm. Zhao Pei leaned on Ji Jijiang with 70% of her weight, trembling slightly. It seemed that she still hadn't come back to her senses. Ji Jijiang frowned, not knowing how to comfort her.
There was a noisy and chaotic sound in the distance, Zhao Pei looked up and saw a group of people walking towards them. Her eyes fell on the face of the person in the front, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
That cold and familiar face, those sword-like eyebrows, that high nose bridge, those dark eyes like the night, that light-colored lips... The moment she saw him, Zhao Pei's mind went blank. There was only him, only him... She met his concerned eyes and forgot everything for a moment.
Zhao Pei broke free from Ji Jijiang's hand, lifted her skirt and ran towards him. She ran as fast as she could, fearing that she would find out it was just an illusion when she was late. Xiao Yi stood there, watching the pale and thin woman running towards him crookedly. Her steps were so weak that she could fall down at any time. Only her eyes, filled with tears, showed the eagerness he had never seen before.
Zhao Pei threw herself into his arms and clung to Xiao Yi tightly, burying her head in his warm embrace and breathing deeply. The familiar light smell lingered around her, and there was nothing more real and comfortable than this. She finally felt safe, and her heart, which had been hanging for a long time, was truly completely relieved.
It was then that she suddenly realized that her feelings for this man had grown so deep and strong without her even realizing it.
Xiao Yi tightened his arms and wrapped Zhao Pei in his black battle robe. She seemed to be crying, and he could clearly feel the woman in his arms trembling.
Zhao Pei pressed tightly against Xiao Yi's chest and listened to his strong heartbeat. At that moment, she really wished that time could stop at that moment, and that wars, chaos and intrigues, could all go to hell.
"Qi Fu... I love you..." Zhao Pei, with tears in her eyes, murmured without thinking. After surviving the disaster, she finally recognized her own heart and faced it calmly. The words were clearly and vividly transmitted to Xiao Yi's ears, causing him to stiffen all over, and his eyes were heavy and deep. He didn't say anything, but hugged Zhao Pei's gradually weakening body tightly, as if he wanted to rub her into his body.
That was the first and only time he heard Zhao Pei say such words. After a long time, he could still clearly remember her tone of voice, his heartbeat and the rush of blood...
The air was filled with deep affection, and the people around him subconsciously dispersed. Ji Jiang stood upright beside the carriage, reaching out to soothe the anxious horse. Because they were too far away, or because Ji Jiang could conceal it, his expression was blurred. (To be continued)