This evening, a gust of cold wind got into the carriage, Qin Jue's eyelashes trembled, and he suddenly opened his eyes!
"woke up?"
The soft voice came from her side, Qin Jue looked subconsciously, and saw Xie Linlang sitting beside him, looking at him, seeing him get up, she raised her wrist, poured a cup of tea and handed it over.
"Just wake up, come, drink some hot water and moisten your throat."
Seeing her, Qin Jue's memories before she fell into a coma came into her mind.
Did Xie Linlang save him? How could she be here? Didn't she go to the Northland for disaster relief? Even if she returned to the capital, the emperor could not let her come to him, unless the emperor asked her to come
All kinds of suspicions flashed through his mind, he avoided the tea Xie Linlang handed over, his eyes were like sharp blades, looking directly into her eyes.
"... Xie Linlang, why are you here?"
Seeing that he was very resistant and full of hostility, Xie Linlang was stunned for a moment. To be honest, although a lot of things happened in the past six months, she did not expect that Qin Jue would be so hostile when facing her.
Holding the tea, she turned her hands and took a sip before speaking.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, the reason why I am here is to escort you to Xiangcheng by His Majesty's order."
Qin Jue heard the words and laughed softly.
"... You have a master who loves you so much, and you still receive such a task?"
He is an abolished prince, who has betrayed his relatives and separated from his family, and is guilty of guilt, while Xie Linlang is the upstart of the royal family, the champion of Jinke, and no one should send her to the emperor.
Xie Linlang shook her head, "It's really not me that Your Majesty started to send, it's me who wants to come."
"why?"
"Because, thank you."
Her words made Qin Jue pause, repaying her kindness? He didn't remember that he had been kind to Xie Linlang.
And Xie Linlang didn't plan to hide it any more, she said directly.
"Didn't you ask me before, why did I treat you well the first time we met? In fact, the reason is very simple, because your mother once saved me."
"Seven years ago, the Queen Mother saved my life, and it was she who helped me change my name and surname so that I could start over."
"In order not to expose my past affairs, the Queen Mother also agreed with me that even if we meet again, it will only be regarded as ignorant before, so there are very few people who know that she has rescued me.
But this life-saving grace, the love of rebuilding, I have always kept in my heart, just…”
It's just that for various reasons, it was not reported to the queen.
She paused, looked at Qin Jue and said, "Anyway, you just need to know that I am your friend and owe you the kindness of your mother.
Now that she's gone, I'll come to you. No matter what kind of situation you are in, or how difficult it is in the future, I don't care, because I want to repay my kindness. "
She said it seriously and her expression was serious, but Qin Jue listened, and after being stunned, she laughed hoarsely.
"Thank you..."
He murmured, in a tone of indescribable sarcasm.
Regardless of whether what she said is true... Of course, in his situation, she didn't need to lie to him, but is it too late to report her kindness
Thinking that when his mother took him to flee and left the capital, along the way, in order not to be taken back by the emperor, how many people she had helped the mother, who was always willing to help others, begged
But most of those people avoided seeing them, and some even sent a whistleblower letter to the capital, making their situation even more difficult!
In the end, if Anbu hadn't found them first and fought desperately to protect each other, they wouldn't have escaped the borders of Qin State at all...
At that time, how desperate was his mother
When she was alive, she did not meet a person who would repay her kindness, but when she died, someone suddenly appeared to repay her kindness.
How ironic, how ridiculous
He laughed until he coughed, Xie Linlang hurriedly handed him the teacup in his hand, this time he did not refuse and drank it directly.
After the burning sensation in his throat subsided, he looked at her and asked in a hoarse voice.
"... Xie Linlang, I wonder if you have heard a story?"
"what story?"
Qin Jue coughed and whispered.
"It's a story of gratitude."
"... It is said that there was a pair of brothers who had to ask for help because they were starved and had no food.
The elder brother said that he was going to seek help from the family he had helped, and the younger brother said that he was going to seek help from the family that had helped him, and then the two separated.
Guess what... In the end, two brothers, who survived? "
Xie Linlang frowned and said nothing.
"It's brother."
Qin Jue didn't sell the trick, and solved the mystery directly.
"Because the person who is willing to help others, he is more soft-hearted, and may have been helping others all the time, and the person being helped... Who knows if he is human in his bones? Will he retaliate for his revenge
Maybe he has a knife hidden in his heart and is only ready to take it out to kill when necessary, even if that person is a benefactor. "
He said, suddenly approached, and asked with his right hand wrapped in gauze, holding Xie Linlang's face.
"Would you be the one with the knife in your heart?"
"Everyone in the world is evil, don't you think it's ridiculous that you came here with good intentions?"
As he said that, he really laughed, his eyes full of mockery.
Xie Linlang heard the words and looked up at him deeply.
"Everyone in the world is evil, and there are many who repay the kindness and hatred, but how can you be sure that I'm not the one who repays the kindness?"
She asked as a matter of course, and her voice was serious and firm, "I thought that growing up together, you already knew me well enough, so that's what you think of me?"
Looking at her eyes that were too bright without dodging, Qin Jue gradually stopped smiling and narrowed her eyes.
Speaking of which, the person in front of her has always looked like this since she was a child... As long as it is what she believes in, she will not repent, and what she has to do will not be able to pull back nine cows, but so what? He does not need!
Thinking of this, he smiled coldly at the corner of his mouth, retracted his hand, and leaned back.
"You're right, what if you are a special case?"
He coughed a few more times and said hoarsely, "... Then take it as your repayment, but you saved my life before, and the grievances and grievances balance out. You no longer owe my mother to my queen."
Seeing him rejecting people thousands of miles away, Xie Linlang was a little worried.
They had a pretty good relationship before, so why should they reject her like this
"It's my duty to save you before! I will send you to Xiangcheng. As for how to repay my kindness, I have my own plans, so I won't bother you."
Seeing her foolishly insisting on jumping into the pit, Qin Jue stared at her with cold eyes and asked.
"Then how on earth do you give up the ridiculous idea of repaying your kindness?"
Xie Linlang swept over his wounds, and her voice became very low.
"Unless you prove to me, you can protect yourself."
She said it rightly, seriously.
But the attitude of the protector, as well as the care he showed inadvertently, made Qin Jue feel as uncomfortable as if he had been pricked by a needle!
It's ridiculous, obviously he has been dragged into the abyss and will never be recovered! Why are there still fools out of nowhere to bump into
He sneered, "So, are you going to bet with me?"
"What bet?"
Qin Jue coughed a few times and squinted out the window.
"My injuries are all done by those people outside. If I can make them stop hurting me, will it prove that I don't need you to repay me at all?"
Xie Linlang shook her head, "They are all poisoned, so it's easy to deal with. If you encounter an assassin again, can you get out of your body?"
"Then if I retreat, will you be able to disappear from me?"
His aggressive attitude made Xie Linlang pause for a moment, and before she could answer, there was a loud noise outside.