[Qingyi: Really?]
She didn't even realize he had observed her so carefully.
[Yuchuan: Can you tell what happened?]
Feng Qingyi briefly explained the recent incident to him.
[Yuchuan: Were you hurt?]
[Qingyi: Of course not, I'm quite capable myself.]
[Yuchuan: In the future, when you encounter similar situations, try to think calmly. The wisest solution is to subdue the enemy without fighting.]
[Yuchuan: Sotis you need to know how to utilize the resources around you, don't let emotions control you.]
[Qingyi: But sotis taking action is more effective than reasoning.]
[Yuchuan: If you had encountered soone stronger than you today, you could have been hurt. It's unwise to act rashly before confirming your opponent's strength.]
He always seed to be so rational.
[Qingyi: ...Alright, I understand.]
[Yuchuan: I don't want you to get hurt.]
[Qingyi: It won't happen again. How co you're free today?]
[Yuchuan: It's my rest ti.]
[Qingyi: Oh.]
[Yuchuan: I miss you. Do you miss at all?]
He's beco so straightforward now!
[Qingyi: ...Maybe a little bit!]
[Yuchuan: Mm, I need to continue moving forward. I'll contact you when I'm free.]
[Qingyi: Okay.]
In ancient tis, even a simple journey could take ten days to half a month, let alone a military march.
Not everyone had war horses or chariots, most people had to walk. It would probably be after the Lantern Festival before they arrived.
"Yiyi, what are you staring at on your phone? Chatting with your boyfriend?" Jiang Xiaoxiao sat down in the hairdresser's chair after washing her hair.
"We just finished talking."
Jiang Xiaoxiao continued to ask, "You told last ti that you t online, is that true?"
"Yes!" Feng Qingyi replied.
Jiang Xiaoxiao: "I always thought soone with your personality wouldn't date online. Is he really good to you?"
Is he good to her? It seems he is indeed quite nice.
Most importantly, she felt that she was developing in a better direction since being with him.
Despite being from ancient tis, he didn't have the male chauvinism of that era.
He respects her, points out when she does sothing inappropriate, and gives reasonable advice.
She's not particularly diligent, but being with him made her aware of the gap between them.
That gap might be related to their different upbringings and experiences, sothing not easily overco in a short ti.
She didn't aim to reach his level, just wanted to beco a better version of herself.
"He is indeed quite good to , otherwise I wouldn't have agreed."
Jiang Xiaoxiao was curious. She didn't think Qingyi could be won over just by soone being nice to her; that was just the basics.
"Tell , what kind of person is he?"
Feng Qingyi: "He may seem cold, but he's actually a very gentle and thoughtful person. He's just really great!"
"I never thought I'd hear such words from you. It seems you're very satisfied with him. In that case, I wish you both a long and happy relationship."
"Thank you." A long and happy relationship, that should be possible, right?
Snow began to fall again in Shengjing.
Seven days had passed since Qin Yuchuan led his troops to war, and little seed to have changed here.
For the common people living in Shengjing, the war wasn't their concern, as it didn't affect this area.
Grand banquets were still being held in the palace, with specially invited songstresses earning thunderous applause with their lodious voices.
Court officials raised their cups in toast, their true thoughts known only to themselves.
The once-glorious Changchun Palace now lay desolate, with only two rockeries remaining.
Several winter plum trees blood brilliantly beside the rockeries, their fragrance elegant and otherworldly.
Xuanyuan Yan leaned against a rockery, listening to the distant sounds while drinking heavily from a wine jug.
Ming Jiu: "Master, it's getting late. We should return to the mansion!"
"It's quite lively today."
Ming Jiu glanced at the wine jug in Xuanyuan Yan's hand.
"Master, you shouldn't drink anymore! The Princess wouldn't be happy if she knew you were tornting yourself like this."
"Ming Jiu, I want to be alone for a while. You go back first."
Despite his concerns, Ming Jiu withdrew.
Shortly after Ming Jiu left, a brightly dressed palace consort arrived behind the rockery, accompanied by a young palace maid.
"Your Highness, what did you lose? We can send soone to look for it tomorrow. The wind is too strong today, be careful not to catch a cold."
The young maid's voice reached Xuanyuan Yan's ears, and he gripped the jade pendant in his hand tightly.
"Your Highness, there's soone here!" the young maid exclaid.
Gao Jiayue recognized the figure leaning against the rockery in the snowy light, "Greetings, Prince Xian!"
The young maid also hurriedly bowed, "This servant pays respects to Prince Xian!"
Xuanyuan Yan opened his hand, "Is this the jade pendant you're looking for, Your Highness?"
Gao Jiayue stared at the man before her, stunned, "Yes, may I request Prince Xian to return the jade pendant to ."
"Return it to you? Your Highness surely jests. This has always been my possession, how can I return sothing that was never yours?"
Xuanyuan Yan's tone was icy, his expression extrely gloomy.
Gao Jiayue had never seen him like this before; he had never spoken a harsh word to her in the past.
"Xiao Cui, you may withdraw. I have sothing to discuss with Prince Xian."
The young maid hurriedly left.
Only Xuanyuan Yan and Gao Jiayue remained by the rockery.
"You said you have sothing to say to . I'm listening!"
Gao Jiayue seed at a loss, "A'Yan, why have you beco like this?"
"How I've beco is none of your concern. Don't speak to in that tone, you're not worthy."
Rembering the past, he felt incredibly foolish.
This woman never wanted the love she claid to seek, but power and status.
Now that her plans had fallen through, she thought of him again. Unfortunately, he was no longer the sa person.
He could see through her little tricks at a glance.
Gao Jiayue tried to explain, "A'Yan, it was my father's idea back then. I had no choice. You were always the only one I loved."
"I may be blind, but I'm not stupid. Was today part of your plan?"
"A'Yan, I don't understand what you're saying."
Xuanyuan Yan laughed, a laugh full of sarcasm.
"This jade pendant, lost neither earlier nor later, but precisely today, on the anniversary of my mother's death, and lost outside the forr Changchun Palace."
"What sches are you plotting in your heart? Do you think this prince knows nothing?"
"Xuanyuan Sheng no longer cares for you. Are you trying to take advantage of the night to have sothing happen between us?"
Gao Jiayue was furious. "You... how could you think of like that?"
"How am I thinking of you? Even if you desired this prince, I'd find it too dirty! Gao Jiayue, please understand your own position, and 'Yan' is not sothing you're allowed to call ."
As Xuanyuan Yan finished speaking and prepared to leave, Gao Jiayue embraced him from behind.
"Yan, I know I was wrong. Please forgive , won't you?"
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