Chapter 234: Chapter 234 Ti to Go Back!
This reminded Qi Yue of a certain desolate courtyard.
There was a deep eave in the courtyard, under which sat a man in white on a rocking chair.
His long robe was elegant and flowing, his appearance incomparably stunning.
More vibrant than an orchid in a deserted valley, yet less domineering than a flaming rose.
When the man turned his head with a smile, it was shockingly the likeness of Zhao Xiyan.
A sense of grievance and sourness instantly surged in her heart.
She didn’t know what love was like for others.
But for her, Zhao Xiyan was the art of her life.
Soone once said that art is there to suffer.
She didn’t believe it before, but now she did.
Even though she had let him go, he still popped up unexpectedly.
At all tis, silently and without warning.
Even during such a mont of being confessed to, he still managed to dive into her heart and pull out a shipload of blood.
Streaming endlessly…
“…I should go now…”
She glanced hastily at Song Qiyuan and hurried away.
“Miss Qi, tonight during the 7-9 PM hour, I’ll wait for you.”
Song Qiyuan’s steady voice ca from behind her.
Qi Yue suddenly ca back to her senses.
This seed to be the first ti she hadn’t outright rejected a man other than Zhao Xiyan, hadn’t it?
She found it strange that, while just as bold and upfront, why didn’t this man seem greasy and annoying?
It was just that Song Qiyuan had only t her hurriedly twice and exchanged a few words, so why was he confessing his feelings so fervently?
Her wariness suddenly returned.
Qi Yue turned around and said to Song Qiyuan who hadn’t moved from his spot, “I’m sorry, thank you for your kind intentions, but I prefer to enjoy the moon alone. Goodbye.”
“…” Song Qiyuan opened his lips, but in the end, no sound ca out.
Ultimately, he watched Qi Yue’s quickly departing figure with a sigh, his expression regaining its calmness soon after.
Qi Yue returned to her residence and told Qu Wei about the situation outside.
“What do you think?”
Seeing Qu Wei’s troubled expression, she could understand.
Qu Wei, although he had practiced so skills, was still a half-baked literati and climbing high or stooping low was not suitable for him.
Unlike her, who had liked all kinds of extre sports since she was young, she had no opportunity in her previous life because she was too busy, but this life had been satisfying.
Moreover, with the space artifact in hand, as long as she didn’t seek death recklessly, she basically couldn’t die.
She suddenly thought of a thod that seed feasible.
“How about, when the city gate closure order is lifted, you follow a rchant caravan? But with the commotion this ti, I’m afraid it won’t be easily settled for a while.”
“I’ll leave so silver for you, and you find a place to stay. Just pretend you’re residing in Yanjing for a while, what do you think?”
Upon hearing that he was to be left behind, Qu Wei instantly beca agitated.
“No way, absolutely not. You make it sound nice, saying it’s just residing, but who knows when I might be captured by that Qing surna again!”
Qi Yue was speechless.
“I’ve already said, Qing Nanzun is dead.”
Qu Wei kept shaking his hands.
“I don’t believe it unless I see him crumble into pieces right before my eyes.”
“It seems you’ve been scared witless by that Qing surna.”
“Just consider scared witless, but you can’t abandon , I am your own older brother!”
Qi Yue’s lips twitched.
What an ‘own older brother’!
If she’d known he would be such a burden, she would never have taken him to Dongjiang, and he had even said he would protect her!
Good-for-nothing man!
With that thought, Qi Yue scared him with another warning.
“You’d better think this through. Right now, I’m a wanted fugitive. By letting stay, you might be putting yourself in even greater danger.”
Unexpectedly, Qu Wei firmly stated, “That’s still better than being alone here.”
Qi Yue originally wanted to ntion the rescue of hundreds of Beiyuan people, but when she saw his timid deanor, she refrained from saying more.
And so, the plan she had to leave that very night had to be put on hold.
Back in her space that evening, Qi Yue read Chu Yuntian’s last letter again, and her unease intensified.
Although Chu Yuntian hadn’t specified what the matter was, given his personality, he would never have told her to return early if it weren’t a big problem.
In fact, Qi Yue’s premonition was spot on.
At this mont, Longnan County Governnt was facing a shocking conspiracy.
Ever since Hu Keqing married the Grand Tutor’s daughter, the Hu Family had swiftly beco favored in Beiyuan’s Imperial Court.
Hu Chengxuan seed quiet on the surface, but he was continuously plotting behind closed doors.
First, he colluded with Nanyue, allowing the Nanyue Army to disturb Longnan’s coastal borders via the sea routes incessantly.
Then, using this as a pretext, he kept submitting petitions to the Imperial Court for more silver, provisions, and troops.
The Baohe Faction, which had always advocated for strong defensive strategies, was now clamoring to build warships to strike back at Nanyue and redeem their past humiliations.
Anyone with discernnt knew that Hu Chengxuan’s war efforts were a farce; in reality, he aid to compensate for the losses from the exploded warehouse and, additionally, likely harbored ambitions to expand his influence and establish an independent force.
What was terrifying was that the Imperial Court had actually agreed to this.
Chu Yuntian realized this, but he was powerless to change it.
Though he was the Prefectural Governor of a province, he managed only civil affairs and was helpless against a Great General like Hu Chengxuan, who dominated the region.
He submited one morial after another, but it was like throwing stones into the sea, of no use whatsoever.
Under these circumstances, he thought of Qi Yue.
He even believed that, as the daughter of the late Protector Great General, Qi Yue had the ability and strategy to save Longnan and return peace to its people.
But Qi Yue wasn’t considering as much as he was.
All she worried about was the friends she left at Longnan County Governnt.
Chu Yuntian, Huang Zai’an, Song Gensheng…
She was also primarily concerned about the cause of Qi Yunzhang’s death.
She had originally planned to confront Hu Chengxuan and clear up the whole affair as soon as he was back to normal, but this trip to Dongjiang had unexpectedly taken up more than four months of her ti.
When she left it was spring, and now it was almost autumn.
It was ti to go back!
Just as she was worrying about how to return, the situation suddenly changed.
Soldiers from the Donggao Army started appearing in greater numbers on the streets.
They carried portraits, searching for two people from house to house.
One of the portraits was unmistakably Qi Yue’s likeness, and the other was Qu Wei’s.
These two portraits, unlike those on the posters, were evidently drawn by soone who had seen them closely and ticulously crafted.
Luckily, Qi Yue had superb make-up techniques. That day, as the Donggao soldiers arrived with the portraits, she had already transford herself into the guise of a middle-aged woman, while Qu Wei had been dressed up as a dashing young lad, looking a decade and a half younger, playing the role of her son.
Facing two people who bore no resemblance to those in the portraits, the Donggao soldiers naturally had no further questions.
Initially, she believed one search would be the end of it, but the next day, the soldiers ca knocking again.
The situation seed to be growing more urgent.
Qi Yue wasn’t particularly afraid, but Qu Wei started to get restless.
“Yueyue, maybe you should go. You head back to Longnan County Governnt first. I’ll find my own way back,” he said, regretting not letting Qi Yue leave earlier.
“If I’d known this would happen, I shouldn’t have persuaded you to stay.”
Qi Yue shook her head repeatedly.
“That’s not the right way to put it. Don’t you find this whole thing strange? How could they have such detailed portraits of us?”
“What’s so strange about that?” Qu Wei was still mired in regret. “It’s normal for soone to have seen you saving . They find an artist, and in a day or two, they have a portrait. I can draw too. If you let , I can make one for you that is ten tis prettier than theirs.”
“…” Qi Yue furrowed her brows and glared at Qu Wei. “Spare the weird talk. I’m serious. Don’t forget, on the day I saved you, I was wearing a veil.”
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