Han Yunxi couldn't believe her ears!
The man she missed and worried about every day had lied to her like this!
Every day, she worried about Long Fei Ye's injuries and hoped that she could finish dealing with Medical City as soon as possible. Every day, she tried to figure out how to balance the power of the south central regions' aristocratic families so she could return to Celestial Mountain in one piece and take care of him.
But he'd long recovered and left Celestial Mountain. He'd long taken control of the south central regions' commander-in-chief's estate and was about to go to war, but she was still in the dark!
Long Fei Ye, what kind of person do you think I, Han Yunxi, am? An idiot?
Even Chu Xifeng, the head of the Shadow Guard, knew the truth. What did she count for?
She finally understood why Long Feiye kept sending her empty letters. Faced with her "missing him," what else could he do besides sending her empty letters?
Seeing esteemed wangfei's strange expression, Chu Xifeng's heart pounded so hard that it was about to leap out of his chest. He looked towards Gu and Mu Ling 'er, only to see one stunned and the other expressionless. They couldn't help him.
What else could Chu Xifeng do besides brace himself and explain?
"Esteemed wangfei, Doctor Gu knows about this too …"
"Don't use Gu Beiyue as the bad guy!" Han Yunxi was furious. "We don't even know if he's dead or alive, but you still won't let him go?"
Gu Beiyue had absolute power over the Shadow Clan.
But Celestial Mountain, the south central regions' commander-in-chief's estate, and the war were all Long Fei Ye's own affairs!
He lied to her! It had nothing to do with Gu Beiyue!
Chu Xifeng fell to his knees. "Esteemed wangfei, please calm your anger. His Highness has his own difficulties! Esteemed wangfei, you know that Nine Xuan Palace has spies who never knew His Highness had left the mountain. His Highness only lied to you because he wanted to hide it from the spies! Esteemed wangfei, think about it carefully. In the letter His Highness sent you, did he only mention his injuries, Tianshan Mountain, and the Commander-In-Chief's Manor in the south, and not mention Medical City at all? Also, in the letter Your Highness sent to Doctor Gu, did you only mention Medical City and not Tianshan Mountain and the Commander-In-Chief's Manor? "
Chu Xifeng couldn't help but kowtow, hoping to calm his mistress's anger. He continued, "Esteemed wangfei, His Highness has always suspected that the spies in Celestial Mountain and the Duke of Qin's estate are related to Northern Li. He set up this trap for the sake of today's battle. Northern Li's cavalry has not yet recovered, and His Highness intends to take this opportunity to attack Ning Cheng and directly attack Northern Li! Catch them off guard. Esteemed wangfei, His Highness has already told Doctor Gu to send you out of Medical City last night. His Highness … His Highness has been thinking about you and has been waiting for you at Sand River! Who knew … who knew that last night … "
Chu Xifeng spoke from the bottom of his heart and lungs, revealing everything he knew about the situation.
"So his injuries on Celestial Mountain were all an act to trick me too?" Han Yunxi asked in disbelief. She'd cried herself hoarse then. How could Long Fei Ye be so ruthless?
"Esteemed wangfei, if it wasn't for that act, how could the spies have believed His Highness was seriously injured?" Chu Xifeng retorted.
"Then why did Baili Mingxiang go to Celestial Mountain?" Han Yunxi asked next.
"This … esteemed wangfei, although His Highness wasn't seriously injured, he was still injured. Doctor Gu didn't lie when he told Miss Baili to go up the mountain for acupuncture treatment!" Actually, Chu Xifeng didn't know about the "dual cultivation" incident either.
"So he's fully recovered now?" Han Yunxi asked Coldly. No matter how angry she was, she still missed that man.
"He only left the mountain after he recovered. Esteemed wangfei, this subordinate has already reported last night's events to His Highness. Those people last night weren't simple, so Medical City isn't safe anymore. This subordinate will send you to Sand River to see His Highness first. He'll definitely explain everything to you, "Chu Xifeng coaxed.
"I won't leave Medical City until I find Gu Beiyue," Han Yunxi was resolute.
Chu Xifeng panicked. "But … but …"
Although he didn't want to say it, he had no choice. "Esteemed wangfei, Doctor Gu's odds are against him. You …"
Han Yunxi could tell what Chu Xifeng meant. Steeling her heart, she said Coldly, "If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his corpse."
"Esteemed wangfei, you …"
Chu Xifeng kowtowed again. "Esteemed wangfei, this subordinate swears with my life and all of the Shadow Guard's lives that the assassins last night weren't His Highness Duke of Qin!"
"Chu Xifeng, listen to me. I don't suspect him," Han Yunxi made her stance clear.
That's right.
Even now, Han Yunxi had never suspected Long Fei Ye.
She would personally demand an explanation from him for his deceit. But that had nothing to do with last night's assassination attempt.
Her heart was aching to death, but her mind was clear.
Everything about the assassin last night was extremely similar to Long Fei Ye's.
The assassin's swordsmanship skills, his silent style, his lack of reaction to Gu Beiyue's shadow arts, his purposeful avoidance of her gaze, and his lack of enmity all pointed to Long Fei Ye.
But they lacked a reason to kill Gu Beiyue no matter what.
Ever since they'd arrived at Celestial Mountain, Gu Beiyue had been Long Fei Ye's most capable assistant. His cooperation with Long Fei Ye was extremely important, so what reason did Long Fei Ye have to kill Gu Beiyue?
Chu Xifeng felt as if he'd been granted amnesty. He didn't know what to say, but kept kowtowing. "Esteemed wangfei is wise and brilliant! Esteemed wangfei is wise and brilliant! "
Han Yunxi took a deep breath and told herself to calm down.
Actually, she didn't want to calm down at all. Gu Beiyue's death made her so miserable that she wanted to cry. Long Fei Ye's lies made her so angry that she wanted to rush to his face and demand answers.
But she had no time to feel sad or angry.
She told herself to calm down. Last night's assassin clearly had ill intentions. If she didn't calm down, she'd definitely fall into a trap.
Even if she had to pay the price for Gu's sake, for the sake of Gu Beiyue's hard-earned position as academy head, she had to force herself to calm down.
She glanced at Luo Zuishan and said Cold, "Elder Luo, go tell Vice Academy Head Shen to hurry to the study and wait for me. Doctor Gu's fall off the cliff must be kept a secret! "
Luo Zuishan knew the severity of the situation and quickly left to carry out her orders.
"Poison lass, leave the search to me," Gu's face was taut as he hid all his thoughts. It was rare for him to be so serious.
"Seventh Young Master, please protect esteemed wangfei. Last night's assassin's martial arts were on par with His Highness Duke of Qin. Only you can protect esteemed wangfei now," Chu Xifeng said urgently.
Gu laughed coldly. Han Yunxi felt helpless and said, "If that person wanted to take my life last night, would I still be standing here?"
Chu Xifeng felt resentful, but had no words to retort.
Mu Ling 'er suddenly exclaimed, "Han Yunxi, where's Lil Thing? Lil Thing likes Doctor Gu the most. It'll definitely be able to find Doctor Gu! "
"I hope it can find him too." Han Yunxi sighed heavily, then told Gu, "Old Fiend, I can't summon Lil Thing. It's very far away from me."
After realizing that Lil Thing was missing, Han Yunxi had been trying to summon it from her poison storage space. Unfortunately, she hadn't been able to summon it. This meant that Lil Thing was very far away from her and out of range.
She wasn't sure if Lil Thing had gone to chase after the assassins or Gu Beiyue. She'd rather Lil Thing had foolishly chased after the assassins. If that was the case, then there was still hope to find Gu Beiyue.
But if Lil Thing had gone to chase after Gu Beiyue … Han Yunxi didn't dare to think any further.
Gu understood her meaning and muttered, "Find him no matter how far away he is."
Then he flew back into the abyss. Mu Ling 'er hesitated before grabbing Han Yunxi's hand and squeezing it. "Han Yunxi, Doctor Gu is the best person. He'll definitely be fine!"
So speaking, she flew down to chase after Gu Qishao.
Han Yunxi sniffed and said to Chu Xifeng, "Let's go back to Medical City!"
Back to Medical City, they'd hide last night's events and stabilize the situation. Then they'd continue Gu Beiyue's unfinished business and cooperate with the Long Fei Ye's campaign at Sandy River.
On the way back, Han Yunxi even asked Chu Xifeng what she should do for Gu Beiyue so she could continue cooperating with the Long Fei Ye's plans.
She was frightened by her own calm. She'd always been a rational person, but never knew she could be this rational.
This wasn't rationality at all, but stupidity. She was easy to bully.
She knew that the reason she was so rational was because the person she was dealing with was him, the Long Fei Ye.
Her greatest rationality was, in fact, irrationality.
Long Fei Ye, do you know? Even though my heart hurts, I still miss you. I want to see you and be by your side.
By the time Han Yunxi reached Gu Beiyue's study and was about to discuss with Shen Jueming how to hide Gu Beiyue's ambush, a piece of news shattered all of her rationality and irrationality.
News of the battle at Sandy River had arrived. Last night, the Baili Army had launched a surprise attack on Tianning. In one night, three armies had successfully crossed the fierce waters of Sandy River and killed their way into Tianning territory.
Ning Cheng's troops were caught off guard and were defeated one by one. By this morning, they'd lost two cities and retreated to the largest city in Tianning's southern regions, South Xiao Prefecture. The Ning Clan troops took advantage of the terrain and deployed all of their red coat cannons to defend the city. Only then did they manage to maintain a stalemate with the Baili Army.
The Baili Army had been able to cross the river in one night only because they'd mobilized a mermaid army to control the Sandy River's waters.
News of last night's battle had spread throughout Cloud Realm Continent by this morning. No one expected the Baili Navy to be the legendary mermaid army.
But that wasn't the most shocking part!
The most shocking part was the Baili Army's flag, a large coiling dragon with white characters on a black background!
Long Fei Ye was Tianning's Duke of Qin, so he'd once personally used a black flag with a strong white "Qin" character on it.
After all, the Great Qin Empire's East and West imperial clans both had the same "Qin" character on their flags. Western Qin's flag had black characters on a white background, while East Qin's had white characters on a black background.
The only difference between Long Fei Ye's flag and the East Qin's was the coiling dragon totem on the back.
This time, the Baili Navy's flag wasn't Tianning's Duke of Qin's flag, but the East Qin imperial clan's. The same coiling dragon was engraved on the back.
Baili Yuanlong publicly announced that the Baili Clan was not only a mermaid clan, but also a member of the Seven Noble Families, the Bai Clan, who had been loyal to the East Qin imperial clan for generations. He also exposed the Ning Clan's relationship with Cloud Realm Trade Consortium and revealed that the Ning Clan was the Di Clan, one of the Seven Noble Families who'd been missing for many years!
Long Fei Ye's battle was the start of a war against the Di Clan in the name of the East Qin imperial clan!
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