Chapter 110 : I Will Kill Him

Xue Qingyin was stunned for a moment.

Ah.

After all this time, it turns out that King Xuan left halfway through!

Well… no, it probably wasn’t because of her.

Xue Qingyin grabbed King Xuan’s arm, almost pressing against him.

She whispered in his ear, “Was today the day they talked about the Anxi Army?”

King Xuan moved his lips slightly: “Yinyin is smart, indeed it was about the Anxi Army.”

Xue Qingyin asked again, “Do they want you to clean up the mess?”

King Xuan: “Mm.”

Xue Qingyin thought to herself, just as expected!

King Xuan leaving midway was clearly for the benefit of those watching.

King Xuan said, “There’s also something new, Yinyin, do you want to hear it?”

Xue Qingyin wondered if it was gossip.

Gossip? I love hearing it.

She immediately perked up her ears and asked, “What is it, what is it? Tell me.”

King Xuan leaned closer to her ear and said, “King Wei voluntarily requested to lead the army to suppress the rebellion.”

Xue Qingyin was shocked: “Has he gone crazy?”

Such a plot had never appeared in the original story.

With King Wei’s lack of military skills… shouldn’t he be forced to take a beating? Unless they bring along He Songning, that old schemer, who would be better as a strategist.

King Xuan said, “Perhaps his mind isn’t very clear.”

Xue Qingyin secretly curled her lips: “Has he taken in water?”

King Xuan responded, “Mm.”

King Xuan didn’t know why he felt this childish mood.

Hearing Xue Qingyin curse King Wei behind his back, it felt like a fun little thing that brightened his mood.

Others watched them whispering without a care, feeling deeply shocked.

Especially the court eunuch, who was so anxious it seemed he was about to burst into flames.

“Your Highness…” the eunuch couldn’t help but speak.

King Xuan turned around: “Go tell my father, say that I have taken the concubine back to the manor.”

The eunuch looked pale: “T-t-this…”

“Are we leaving now?” the Fourth Princess couldn’t help but ask from behind.

Xue Qingyin turned around and walked up to her, whispering, “How do you feel today?”

The Fourth Princess thought for a moment.

Besides crying, she didn’t seem to have done much else.

Xue Qingyin asked, “Are you still afraid of the Crown Prince?”

The Fourth Princess opened her eyes wide, surprised: “I don’t seem to be that afraid anymore.” She had wiped her tears and snot all over the Crown Prince’s clothes, and he didn’t even notice.

Xue Qingyin patted her shoulder: “Keep it up.”

The Fourth Princess: “Oh, oh.”

She watched Xue Qingyin and King Xuan walk away.

They’re really in love…

Back at King Xuan’s residence, Xue Qingyin finally mentioned the Crown Princess’s strange behavior to King Xuan.

“It looks quite miserable.” Xue Qingyin sighed, “That Jiang Hua seems to be the Crown Prince’s confidant, and she’s really annoying.”

King Xuan said, “Jiang Hua is ten years older than the Crown Prince. She was already a personal maid to the Crown Prince when the late Empress was still alive.”

Xue Qingyin frowned: “…No wonder. If the two of them were close, why would they bother bringing a Crown Princess into the picture? Isn’t that just tormenting someone?”

King Xuan was silent for a moment and said, “For power.”

Xue Qingyin could guess that.

Her expression drooped, and she was about to walk in another direction when King Xuan grabbed her waist and pulled her back.

“We’re not going to Changqiu Pavilion. I’ve already ordered for your things to be moved to the Cunxin Hall,” King Xuan said lightly.

After a moment of surprise, Xue Qingyin accepted the situation well.

She said, “Oh, it’s just a pity about the nice view outside Changqiu Pavilion.”

King Xuan’s gaze shifted, “If you like it, we can stay at Changqiu Pavilion for a night whenever we have time.”

Xue Qingyin pondered for a moment, wondering if “one night” really counts.

King Xuan half-hugged, half-supported her as they went back to Cunxin Hall.

After sitting for a while, Xue Qingyin realized something was off: “Your Highness, aren’t you going to the military camp today?”

“No, I’ll wait for you to rest, and then I’ll take you for a walk in the East and West markets.”

“Let’s go some other day. I’m a bit tired.”

“Yinyin, have you forgotten?”

“What?”

“Tomorrow is the return ceremony, today you should be picking some gifts.”

Xue Qingyin had really forgotten.

She jerked upright, but quickly slumped back down: “Then Your Highness should go buy them.”

King Xuan: “…Yinyin isn’t going with me?”

Xue Qingyin weakly nodded her head.

King Xuan helplessly said, “How would I know what kind of things my mother-in-law likes?”

Xue Qingyin lay on the desk, lazily saying, “As long as I tell her that it’s something you picked out personally, she’ll like it a lot. She’ll know I haven’t suffered a bit at the Xuan King’s residence, and that you treat me very well, Your Highness.”

Seeing her so lazy, unwilling to even spend one more moment with him, King Xuan felt a bit restless.

He reached out, pulled Xue Qingyin into his embrace, kissed her gently on the ear, and whispered, “Then why not make my mother-in-law even happier?”

Xue Qingyin looked puzzled. “Huh?”

And then she was kissed deeply.

The kiss made her weak in the waist and legs.

“The sun… is setting. Your Highness, you should go quickly, quickly, quickly, go,” Xue Qingyin urged, pushing him away.

King Xuan pinched the back of her neck and only let go after that.

When King Xuan said he would go to pick a gift, he really took people with him.

Leaving Xue Qingyin there, feeling lazy.

Nong Xia couldn’t bear to watch anymore.

She thought to herself, the young lady is really using too much pillow wind! It’s rare for His Highness to personally go and pick a gift, and the young lady actually sends him alone!

Xue Qingyin said, “Light the lamp.”

The palace maid quickly lit the lamp for her.

“Everyone leave.”

The servants left, confused, and even Nong Xia followed them out.

Xue Qingyin slowly took out the pouch the crown princess had given her.

Clink.

A colorful glazed bead rolled out, gleaming under the candlelight.

Just as Xue Qingyin was about to put the pouch away, she noticed her fingers touched something hard.

She quickly shook the pouch.

A soft “pop” sound.

Something rolled out.

It was smaller than a palm, bloodstained, shaped like jade, in the form of a qilin, with a character engraved on the back, “Ling”, and two characters on the front, written in an elegant and vigorous style…

Xue Qingyin looked at it in confusion.

Damn, what word is this?

Have I really become so ignorant?

When King Xuan returned, the moon was already high.

Xue Qingyin didn’t wait for him and had already had a bowl of porridge. When King Xuan entered, she was nibbling on some radish cake.

“Your Highness, do you recognize what these two characters say?” Xue Qingyin casually pushed the object in front of him.

King Xuan lowered his gaze, his expression serious, and said in a deep voice, “Does Yinyin know what this is?”

Xue Qingyin replied, “What?”

Only the two of them remained in the hall.

King Xuan sat beside her in a domineering manner and uttered two words in a low voice: “Tiger Tally.”

Xue Qingyin widened her eyes.

How could the Crown Princess have this thing?

“It has the words ‘Qinggui’ written on it. This is the tiger talisman of the Qinggui Army.” Xue Qingyin was stunned for a moment and muttered, “How coincidental…”

She had just talked to the Fourth Princess about that Qinggui  army.

She came to her senses and quickly asked, “The Fourth Princess told me the Qinggui  army is very powerful, why does she say that?”

“People in the Qinggui  army aren’t from military families; they’re all descendants of nobles and distinguished families, with extraordinary backgrounds. If Zhao Xu Feng of the Duke of Zhao’s family wasn’t born a fool, he would have joined the Qinggui  army as well,” King Xuan briefly explained.

But the impact was considerable.

In short, this was an elite force composed of military second-generation and powerful second-generation officials.

If the Qinggui  army revolted on the borders, it would mean that most of the nobles and officials of the Great Liang dynasty had rebelled. This would be like a resounding slap to the Emperor, stripping him of all face!

No wonder the Fourth Princess said this would cause a huge uproar. It was far bigger than the famine in various regions.

“This was given to me by the Crown Princess. Does the Crown Prince want to put the Crown Princess in such a miserable position just to get this thing from her?” Xue Qingyin frowned.

King Xuan replied, “That makes sense. This item is precious, and even Father wants to keep it in his own hands.”

Xue Qingyin stared at the Tiger Tally. “So, this thing seems to be a hot potato?”

King Xuan pursed his lips, a faint smile playing at the corners of his mouth. “Everyone else sees the authority it represents and the elite force behind it, but only Yinyin thinks it’s a hot potato…”

Xue Qingyin quickly threw it to King Xuan. “Here, take it.”

King Xuan: “…”

Xue Qingyin spoke confidently, “Your Highness looks like you can handle this better.”

King Xuan pinched her chin, kissed her lips, then put the Tiger Tally back into the pouch and pressed it into Xue Qingyin’s palm.

He said in a deep voice, “If anyone dares to covet you, I’ll kill them.”