The sky began to turn pale and gradually became clear.
Zi'an shrank back and said softly, "Qin Zhou, put on some clothes. It's cold."
Qin Zhou shook his head. "I'm not cold. Are you cold?"
As she spoke, she added more firewood and moved the fire closer to Zi'an. She was afraid that the sparks would touch Zi'an, so she put out her hand to block them.
Zi'an smiled again, "I didn't expect you to be considerate."
Qin Zhouman glanced at her and asked, "What kind of person am I in your mind?"
Zi'an thought for a moment, trying hard to think, trying her best to control the pain from the wound, and then she said, "I remember that we had a donkey in the backyard of our mansion."
As she spoke, she began to laugh and looked sideways at Qin Zhou, her eyes blurred by fatigue and pain. "Every time I told the donkey to go east, it would go west. People say donkeys are stubborn."
Qin Zhou didn't understand metaphors, and asked in confusion: "I'm going to ask you, what kind of person am I in your heart? Why are you talking nonsense?"
Zi'an didn't expect her to be so funny, and he laughed even more happily, but too much joy turned into sorrow, and the pain of the wound caused by laughing magnified, and she inhaled with gritted teeth.
"What's wrong? Does the wound hurt?" Qin Zhou frowned, thought for a moment, sat cross-legged, and placed his palm near her wound.
Zi'an has watched many martial arts dramas, and he always thought that the scene of blood flowing through the palace was very funny. But now he felt a warm current slowly spreading from the wound and flowing through his limbs and bones, and he realized that what Jin Yong said was true.
The pain gradually subsided. Zi'an looked at Qin Zhou and saw beads of sweat on her forehead. He knew that pushing blood through her palace like this would hurt her vitality, so he said, "I feel much better. Stop now."
Qin Zhou withdrew her hand. She just wanted Zi'an to feel better and to conserve her strength because their situation was still quite dangerous. Since Cao Ji was able to kill them, it proved that the Emperor and Empress Cao also had murderous intentions towards her.
Empress Cao's character has always been to root out the evil completely, especially after Cao Ji died, she would not let herself go.
Thinking of Cao Ji's death, Qin Zhou couldn't help but shudder all over. There were many deserts in the north of Beimo, and there were poisonous snakes in the desert, so the people of Beimo were familiar with poisonous snakes. Poisonous snakes would bite people, but she had never seen a poisonous snake eat people.
I have seen a giant python in the south that would wrap itself around people and then swallow them whole.
Snakes cannot chew, but they actually bit human flesh. The situation was critical at the time and she did not look closely, but the scene she saw at a glance lingered in her mind for a long time.
Of course, she was even more puzzled as to why so many poisonous snakes appeared for no reason? Moreover, they only attacked Cao Ji's people, not Zi'an or her.
Qin Zhou couldn't help but look at the scar rope wrapped around Zi'an's arm, and his expression became very strange, "Xia Zi'an, this rope of yours is so ugly, but it seems to have life, is it some kind of monster?"
Qin Zhou felt like an idiot when she asked this question. She didn't believe it, but now she couldn't find any other reasonable explanation except this one.
Zi'an said: "To be honest, I don't know either."
Qin Zhou just thought that she was unwilling to answer. Anyway, Xia Zian was full of mysteries and she couldn't get to the bottom of it even if she wanted to.
When Zi'an saw her expression, he knew that she didn't believe it, and he didn't want to explain. However, the two of them had experienced a life and death situation together, so they could be considered friends for life and death.
So, she said: "I really don't know. This rope is called Scar Rope. Why is it called Scar Rope? Because it has scars all over it. It was given to me by the Grand Empress Dowager of the Great Zhou Dynasty. I only knew it was a whip at first. As for why it can fight independently, the Grand Empress Dowager did not explain it."
Qin Zhou was not surprised when he heard that it was given by the Grand Empress Dowager of the Great Zhou, because everything about the Grand Empress Dowager was strange.
She remembered that when she was ten years old, she went to Da Zhou with her grandfather to meet the Empress Dowager.
At that time, the Grand Empress Dowager received them in Ci'an Palace. When they entered the palace, the Grand Empress Dowager leaned sideways on a chair with a lazy look. Next to her stood an aunt, I remember her name was Aunt Ashe, she was beautiful but very vicious. I don't know what my grandfather said wrong at that time, but the Grand Empress Dowager didn't mind. Instead, Aunt Ashe changed her face and started cursing. My grandfather didn't dare to refute her and just let her curse.
At the time, she felt very strange. How could she be so presumptuous as a servant of the Empress Dowager? And why was her grandfather so afraid of her
During the dinner, her grandfather was toasting, and even though she was so young, she actually raised her glass to toast the Empress Dowager.
I still remember the surprise in the eyes of the Grand Empress Dowager. She looked at her carefully, pulled her to her front, tapped her forehead, and said, "You have a masculine appearance. You will achieve great things in the future. But you have too much resentment. I will help you get rid of it. I hope you can stick to your original intention."
She remembered the Empress Dowager because she had tapped her forehead and it hurt so much that she almost cried.
Moreover, when the Empress Dowager said this, although her tone was gentle, her eyes were very sharp. Whenever she remembered that look in her eyes, she always felt scared.
"The Empress Dowager is very powerful." Qin Zhou said.
Zi'an was surprised, "Have you met the Grand Empress Dowager?"
"Yes, I have. I met her once when I was young." Qin Zhou did not hide anything and told her about his meeting with the Empress Dowager.
Then, she told Zi'an, "After returning to the Northern Desert, I told my great grandmother about this. She was very angry and ignored me for several days. Later, she suddenly summoned me and told me to read military books and practice martial arts. She also warned me..."
Qin Zhou's words suddenly stopped, and she herself was stunned.
Zi'an was listening intently, and when he saw her suddenly stop and look strange, he asked, "What's wrong? What did she tell you?"
Some memories traveled through time and space and penetrated Qin Zhou's mind. Qin Zhou was so shocked that he could not speak. Back then, his great grandmother said that no matter whether you are a general, a marquis, or an emperor in the future, you must remember to stick to your original intention. Your original intention must be based on the people, and you must live and work in peace and contentment with the people in mind. "
Qin Zhou shook his head. "That's impossible. How could the Empress Dowager see so far back then? How could she know what I was going to do today?"
"What's wrong?" Zi'an found it even weirder when he saw her mumbling absentmindedly.
Qin Zhou suddenly looked at Zi'an, "Xia Zi'an, there has probably never been a female emperor in history. If I want to be the emperor, do you think it is ridiculous?"
Zi'an was stunned. Why did she suddenly ask this
She knew Qin Zhou's thoughts before. Although she wanted to overthrow the emperor, she had never thought of becoming the emperor herself. She also heard that she had instructed Ajing to send people to Da Zhou to bring back Prince Chu Yue. Regarding this matter, the seventh brother had already written to the emperor of Da Zhou and asked the emperor to let it go.
Why did she suddenly want to be the emperor? Was it because she remembered what the Empress Dowager had said about her having great potential
(End of this chapter)