"We’ve been waiting for a good opportunity all this while. However, that opportunity we’ve been waiting for is too far away. Qinghan, we need to change our mindset."
Long Tianhao looked serious and he was not joking.
Looking at the expression on his Third Elder Brother’s face, Long Qinghan suddenly felt that his limbs were totally paralyzed, as if he had a huge blow.
He could not bring himself to even utter any words of comfort.
He smiled, ridiculing himself. He was not as wise as his Third Elder Brother after all.
"I get it, Third Elder Brother. You’re right."
On one hand, the Crown Prince was a licentious and corrupt person, on the other hand, the Queen had all the power over the court and its politics.
If they let the two continue in this state, both his Third Elder and he was as good as going down the path leading to death.
"It’s getting late, rest soon."
Long Qinghan glanced at his Third Elder Brother once again, then he gave a helpless smile.
"Why don’t you co over to my tent to spend the night? I’m afraid you can’t go back to yours for now."
Long Qinghan’s statent pointed out the fact that Long Tianhao was left with no other choice.
Indeed now was not the best ti for him to go back.
"Let’s go. Do you have so wine over at your tent?"
The two of them rode on their horses and left, leaving behind the imperial guards who were guarding the tent at the middle.
When Lin ngya entered her tent through the curtain, holding the baby white tiger in her arms, she saw the group of maidservants surrounding the woman lying on the bed.
"Oh god, finally you’re back, Miss."
Baishao rushed up to Lin ngya the mont she appeared, with anxiety written all over her face.
"Why? What happened to Elder Sister Yueting?"
Lin ngya passed the baby tiger to Baishao and dashed towards the bed.
What ca into sight was Elder Sister Yueting in a daze, staring at so void space. She looked like a wooden puppet which was devoid of life.
Her arms and legs were tied up using cloth made of cotton, but there were red marks of bruises around her snow-white wrists.
"Who did this? Who?"
"I did it."
It was Qinghu’s voice that sounded. For so reason, his voice lacked the usual confidence and strength today.
However, Lin ngya did not notice this. The mont she saw the pale looking Qinghu, she lifted her hand and it ca down on Qinghu’s cheek hard.
"Clap!" A crisp sound echoed through the air, which shocked everyone in the tent.
Qinghu did not attempt to dodge from her hand but quietly took the slap.
"Didn’t I instruct you to watch Hu Lunan closely? Look at what happened. Don’t tell you just did reach out to save her as you looked on?"
Lin ngya was filled with rage.
She totally missed the faint bloodstain on Qinghu’s chest.
"Stop! Miss, when it happened, Qinghu and I were desperately fending off the secret guards. If Qinghu had not defended us with his life, I’m afraid all of us in the tent would have t with the sa fate!"
Baisu dashed up to Lin ngya and stood between her and Qinghu.
When all the people heard this, they turned to look at Qinghu with shock.
"Lass, if there’s still anger in your heart, it’s alright to give another slap if it makes you feel better. It’s not good for your health to keep it inside."
It was obvious that he was injured, otherwise, his lips would not look so pale.
If not for the fact that he was hurt, Qinghu would have appeared behind her to give her ideas when Lin ngya entered Hu Lunan’s tent.
Why did she always neglect the people around her?
She walked around Baisu and threw herself into Qinghu arms.
True enough, Qinghu sucked in a deep breath, as if in pain when she touched him.
"I’m sorry, everyone, I’m so sorry."
Lin ngya’s tears flowing down as she was in Qinghu arms.
She truly did not expect things to turn out this way.
"Aye, aye, stop crying already. You’d better go take a look at the girl on the bed. From the mont she entered the tent, she had tried slashing her wrists and biting her tongue. She made so many attempts at taking her own life."
No matter how Lin ngya treated him, Qinghu always responded to her with kindness and tenderness.
He stroked Lin ngya’s jet black long hair and patted her shoulder, indicating that she could go ahead and have a look at Yueting.
Yueqi had also been brought to the tent. At this mont, she was holding on to her elder sister’s hand and sobbing quietly.
"I’m here, Elder Sister Yueting."
She spoke ever so softly and gently, fearing that she would alarm Yueting.
Lin ngya wiped away her tears and tried to put on a relaxed and smiley face as she looked at the woman before her.
"I know you’re weeping in your heart. I feel exactly the sa way. However, do you want to harm yourself, thereby saddening your loved ones, but delighting your enemies?"
Before Lin ngya returned to the tent, everyone in the tent had been continuously persuading Yueting.
Yueting would keep very quiet or start sobbing.
She had not spoken a sentence since. At this mont, when she saw Lin ngya, her tears started rolling down her cheeks like a cluster of pearls.
"Let’s go out and leave Miss to speak with Miss Yue."
This matter had created such a commotion that everyone already found out what happened.
As a fellow woman, Baiji, who was the leader among the four maidservants, was clearly aware of what chastity ant to her.
With a sigh, Baiji drew the curtain at the tent entrance and stood outside with the rest, including Yueqi.
The only ones left in the tent were Lin ngya and Yueting, who had been tied to the bed.
"I thought I was going to be with Elder Brother Nansheng for the rest of my life. I was not even asking to be at the sa level as him or to travel with him wherever he goes, I was only expecting for us to keep each other company for the rest of our years together. Now, this hope had beco bubbles."
Yueting’s tears almost dried up from all the weeping.
However, the nightmare she went through kept coming back to haunt her.
The only hope of a woman waiting for her husband-to-be to return was to be reunited with him, but now this hope had been smashed.
"No, my brother would not abandon you. You’re so pure and kind. You’re his perfect match."
Lin Nansheng was indeed very much in love with Yueting. Although he had always been reserved about showing his feelings, Lin ngya could sense his love for her.
Otherwise, her elder brother would not have asked Yueting to watch over and take care of her.
"I know, I know all these. I know Elder Brother Nansheng would never abandon . He is so charming, elegant and sweet. But don’t you understand that I won’t allow him to be disgraced because of ?"
Yueting’s face was ashen as she spoke.
Their relationship was one that lasted ten years, from the ti they were very young, through their youths, until this day. It was such a sweet and tender relationship.
The sweeter the mory, the more bitter it felt now.
"Rest assured. I’ll get Prince Yu to help keep this sealed off."
The Lins were now connected to Prince Yu through her marriage after all. No matter what things were like within the household, it was still possible to keep it from leaking outside.
As long as no one talked about it, they could keep it on the low down.
"Xiaoya, you’re still as adorable and innocent as before."
Yueting shook her head while she forced a smile. This was no going to be as simple as Lin ngya wished.
"Even if other people stop talking about it, do you think I can put it behind ? Xiaoya, many of those guards had been to war with Elder Brother Nansheng. When they were saying things to humiliate , they were actually humiliating Elder Brother Nansheng at the sa ti. I won’t allow that."
In Yueting’s heart, Nansheng was her idol, her everything.
This was why she was so adamant.
"Alright, even if you won’t marry my brother, Elder Sister Yueting, you shouldn’t seek death! I want you to witness the day I take revenge for you. I want you to witness how the perpetrators pay for their actions. Don’t you know that?"
If her love for Nansheng beca the reason for seeking death, then her hatred for the perpetrators should be the motivation for her to live on.
Yueting held on tightly to Lin ngya’s hand as she spoke with a trembling voice.
Why? Why did this tragedy happen to the innocent and pitiful Elder Sister Yueting?
"Revenge? Xiaoya, promise that you won’t take revenge for , please?"
Lin ngya had already shouldered many burdens. How could she allow ngya to carry this on her back too?
"Elder Sister Yueting, I..."
"I know that you’re not the Xiaoya in the past, am I right?"
Lin ngya was imdiately taken aback by Yueting’s words.
Should she own up? If she did, she would not be able to explain herself. However, if she denied, she would be a hypocrite.
"Actually you didn’t really change. You were very intelligent when you were a little girl. Although I didn’t know what happened exactly later on that made you go imbecile, I believe you’re back to the Xiaoya in my mory."
Lin ngya did not know how to react. She was at her wit’s end.
"Don’t ever leave , Elder Sister Yueting, please?"
Until now, Lin ngya finally realized how scared she was to lose the thing she possessed at this mont.
She was afraid of losing everything wonderful, everyone who mattered to her.
As she held on tightly to Yueting’s cold hands, she realized in her heart that there had not been a mont in her life that she felt so anxious and unsettled.
Yueting stopped talking. She closed her eyes and lay down on the bed quietly as if she was a lifeless wooden doll.
Lin ngya sat by her bedside and guarded Yueting through the night.
Lin ngya was aching all over her body, that she had to get up from her light sleep before daylight.
As she awoke, she felt a weight upon her thigh. She looked down only to realize that Snow was sleeping soundly on her lap with its head resting on her thigh.
She realized that she had been covered by a warm fleece blanket. While she saw that Yueting was still sleeping, she wondered who was so considerate as to cover her with the warm blanket?
She got up and exited the tent, with Snow in her arms. It was still early and the entire camping ground was rather empty, with only so imperial guards patrolling.
With Snow in her arms, she walked towards the sleeping quarters for the four maidservants.
Everyone in the tent was still asleep, so Lin ngya quietly walked towards the patch of grass by the boundary of the camp ground with Snow.
The autumn morning was chilly.
Although Snow was small, its body was very warm.
Lin ngya sat on the grass with the little guy in her arms, she watched the sun rose from the horizon afar off.
"Aren’t you afraid of catching a cold with only a thin layer of clothes on?"
The voice sounded, as she was simultaneously covered with a white coat.
"Is your wound serious?"
The white coat on her slt of Qinghu’s scent. At that instant, Lin ngya felt a little awkward and embarrassed.
"Rest assured. Who am I? It’s just a minor injury. I’m sure it will recover soon."
The color of blood had returned to his cheeks and he sounded much livelier and more confident once again. Qinghu did look much better as if his injury was no longer affecting him much.
With Snow in her arms, for the first ti, Lin ngya did not know what to say to Qinghu.
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