When Li Rong heard Li Chuan's shout, she hurriedly turned around and vaguely saw Li Chuan chasing after her like an arrow.
At the same time, Pei Wenxuan, who was startled by Li Chuan's shout, and Su Yongqing, who was in the crowd, were also chasing after Li Chuan.
She only saw a shadow before she was reminded by the guard behind her, "Your Highness, lie down!"
After saying that, the horse suddenly raised its hooves and leaped. She heard another rain of arrows, but she didn't know where they went.
"Sister!" Li Chuan watched as Li Rong entered the forest. He whipped his horse like a madman and his eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. His followers followed him and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, we will enter the forest to save the princess. Your Highness, don't put yourself in danger!"
Li Chuan didn't care about the others' words and directly rushed into the forest.
Pei Wenxuan saw the siblings rushing into the forest from afar. He couldn't help but secretly scold Li Chuan for being rash. His riding skills were much better than Li Chuan's. Although Li Chuan was the first to rush into the forest, Pei Wenxuan soon caught up with him.
Pei Wenxuan rode side by side with Li Chuan and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, the forest is dangerous. You …"
"Do I need you to tell me how dangerous it is?!" Li Chuan turned around and scolded, "Why are you following me? Go and save the princess! "
Hearing this, Pei Wenxuan suddenly realized that Li Chuan deliberately entered the forest!
Those people forced Li Rong to enter the forest because their goal was Li Chuan. Therefore, as long as Li Chuan entered the forest, most of the troops would be used to encircle and suppress Li Chuan. This would give Li Rong more opportunities.
"Pei Wenxuan, I'll leave my sister to you." Li Chuan gripped the reins tightly and turned to look at Pei Wenxuan. He gritted his teeth and said, "If you dare to let her down, I won't let you off even if I become a ghost!"
After saying this, Li Chuan suddenly changed direction and rushed to the other side of the forest. Pei Wenxuan saw Li Chuan cursing as he ran into the forest. he didn't hesitate and led his men to rush in the direction of Li Rong.
Li Rong couldn't figure out where she was going or where she was going.
She only felt that there were pursuers behind her, and the bodyguard who was protecting her was finally shot down by an arrow. Blood splattered all over her body. Li Rong took out a dagger and stabbed it into the horse. The horse was frightened and frantically rushed forward. She clung tightly to the horse and closed her eyes, not daring to look back.
Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong who was running in front of him. There were countless assassins between them. Li Rong couldn't stop. If he stopped, he wouldn't be able to save her in time.
But if Li Rong didn't stop, with Li Rong's speed, he wouldn't be able to save her.
Therefore, he could only chase after Li Rong. When danger approached Li Rong, he would let the guards protect him and deal with the assassins who tried to stop them. When danger approached Li Rong, he would draw his bow and kill the person who tried to get close to Li Rong.
After a stalemate, the guard at the side finally reminded, "Daren, you must make His Highness stop immediately. The cliff is in front!"
Pei Wenxuan pursed his lips and didn't say anything. He leaned forward slightly and stared at Li Rong in front of him.
He calculated the distance between them. Li Rong's horse couldn't stop. If he stopped, with the number of assassins around Li Rong, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to save her in time.
Someone had to get to Li Rong's side in advance to protect Li Rong and give them a chance to get to Li Rong!
It was at this moment that he heard a shout from afar, "Pei Wenxuan!"
Pei Wenxuan looked up and saw Su Yongqing galloping towards Li Rong from the side.
Pei Wenxuan immediately understood that Su Yongqing was the person who would protect Li Rong for a moment and give Li Rong a chance to live!
He could see it, and so could the assassins hiding in the dark. Before Su Yongqing could reach Li Rong, the last wave of arrows came raining down!
Li Rong grabbed the horse's mane and rushed forward. She heard the horse cry out in fear, and then Li Rong felt the world spin. The horse shook wildly in pain, and she finally couldn't hold on any longer and was thrown out by the horse.
There was a cliff in front of her. When she realized that she was falling, her will to live made her desperately grab onto anything she could grab onto.
Just as she was in despair, a cold hand suddenly reached out and grabbed her tightly.
Half of that person's body was already out of the cliff. In this position, there was almost no place for him to bear the force.
Li Rong only had time to look up and see that person's face before that person fell with her.
Pei Wenxuan finally arrived the moment that person fell with her. However, he only had time to touch Su Yongqing's sleeve before he watched the two of them fall together.
Before he could react, Zhao Chongjiu grabbed him and anxiously shouted, "It's useless even if you jump with her!"
Pei Wenxuan was a bit dazed. Zhao Chongjiu cut down the assassins that rushed over and grabbed Pei Wenxuan's arm tightly. "Daren, the most important thing right now is to protect the Crown Prince."
Pei Wenxuan listened and turned to look at him. His arm that was grabbed by Zhao Chongjiu was very tight, and he seemed to be doing his best to control his emotions. Zhao Chongjiu couldn't help but soften his voice. "Daren, you are His Highness' biggest hope right now. The sooner we find His Highness, the more chance he has of surviving. "
"I know."
Pei Wenxuan lowered his head and controlled his tone. "Immediately send people to search the bottom of the cliff and find the Princess."
"The rest of you, go find the Crown Prince."
When he said the first sentence, his voice was still trembling. When he said the second sentence, he had completely calmed down.
He supported himself to stand up and brushed away Zhao Chongjiu's hand that was supporting him. As if nothing had happened, he comforted the others. "I'm fine. I'm fine."
As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at the battle behind him.
Li Chuan attracted most of the assassins in the forest. When Li Rong fell off the cliff, Pei Wenxuan didn't have to worry about anything. He looked at the assassins surrounded by his men in the forest and whispered, "Leave two alive for interrogation. Kill the rest."
After giving the order, he walked out of the forest under the protection of the other imperial bodyguards. As he walked, he arranged everything as if the incident just now didn't affect him in the slightest. However, when Zhao Chongjiu looked away, he saw that the hand holding the sword couldn't stop trembling.
When Pei Wenxuan led people out of the forest, Shangguan Ya and Su Ronghua had already brought the Yulin Guards to control the situation.
Li Ming returned to the palace early, and Li Chuan was rescued from the forest.
Pei Wenxuan rushed over. Li Chuan struggled to open his eyes and gasped for breath as he looked at Pei Wenxuan. "Where's my sister?"
"The Princess is fine. Your Highness should rest first. Take care of yourself."
Pei Wenxuan calmly responded. Li Chuan breathed a sigh of relief. His shoulder was still pierced by an arrow. He gasped for breath and told Pei Wenxuan, "I … I have to sleep. Wait for me. When I wake up, I want to see my sister. "
As he spoke, Li Chuan looked up at Pei Wenxuan with a pleading look in his eyes. "I'm afraid that you … I'm afraid that you'll lie to me. I … I'm worried."
"Your Highness, don't worry." Pei Wenxuan stood up and ordered people to carry Li Chuan into the tent. Then he turned to look at Li Chuan with a calm expression. "If anything happens to the Princess, I'll bring my head to see you."
With these words, Li Chuan was finally relieved. He closed his eyes while gasping for breath and let people carry him into the tent to recuperate.
After Li Chuan entered the tent, Pei Wenxuan looked back at Shangguan Ya and told him all the things that should be done tonight. "If Li Cheng doesn't die, the palace must keep an eye on him. I'm afraid that there will be some variables in the northwest. Let Lin Feibai's men prepare to enter the country in advance at any time. His Highness the Crown Prince's injuries must be monitored. Whether he's dead or alive, it must not be spread. There shouldn't be anything major tonight. Wait for me to come back tomorrow. "
"Wait for you to come back?"
Shangguan Ya frowned. "Where are you going at this time?"
"His Highness fell off the cliff. I'm going to look for His Highness."
Shangguan Ya was stunned. Pei Wenxuan was too calm. She didn't expect that something would happen to Li Rong.
"I'll leave the rest to Eldest Miss."
Pei Wenxuan bowed and turned to leave without waiting for Shangguan Ya's response.
Shangguan Ya finally reacted and hurriedly said, "Pei Wenxuan, you …"
"I'm fine, I'm fine." Pei Wenxuan's back was facing Shangguan Ya as he nodded gently. "Eldest Miss, don't worry."
With that, Pei Wenxuan stepped forward.
It was already late at night, and he was walking alone in the dark. Every step he took was very steady, but for some reason, Shangguan Ya could see that he had already lost control of himself from the way he tried to control his pace.
It was as if he had used up all his strength and couldn't turn back.
At that moment, Shangguan Ya clearly realized that the one who fell off the cliff was Li Rong, but the one who fell into hell was Pei Wenxuan.
"Ah Ya." Su Ronghua walked up behind her. Shangguan Ya didn't turn back to look at him.
She stared at Pei Wenxuan's back as he walked away. Her voice was very soft. "Did you see that, Su Ronghua?" Shangguan Ya turned around and looked at the young man standing behind her. She smiled. "Su Yongqing lost control a long time ago. He allied with Consort Rou a long time ago, supported Prince Su, and used Hong De to frame Pei Wenxuan. Your brother was involved in the military pay case, the imperial examination case, and even the tax reform and the winter hunt assassination. "
"He can't tolerate the Crown Prince's ascension, and the Crown Prince can't tolerate him."
"I used to think." Shangguan Ya turned her head and looked into the distance. Even in the suburbs, the winter stars couldn't be seen clearly. Shangguan Ya had a smile on her face. "Besides His Majesty, there aren't many obstacles between us. As long as the Crown Prince ascends the throne, we can be together. In fact, your calculations were correct. I also calculated the same. "
"But later, I slowly realized that Su Yongqing can't tolerate the Crown Prince, and you can't give up on Su Yongqing. I asked you before if you were willing to be the head of the Su Family. Now, I'll ask you again. "
Shangguan Ya looked up at him. "If the price of the Crown Prince's ascension is Su Yongqing's death, are you willing?"
Su Ronghua didn't reply.
Shangguan Ya's eyes were clear. She smiled. "You're not willing. But the Crown Prince is the foundation of my Shangguan Clan. I can't give up on the Crown Prince, and I can't betray the clan. So you see. "Shangguan Ya's eyes were a bit misty." You and I are in a deadlock. "
"I'm very grateful to you."
Shangguan Ya walked in front of Su Ronghua. She stretched out her hand and took out a set of leaf cards that Su Ronghua had given her.
"I'm grateful to you for letting me see that as a child of an aristocratic family, I can also live with sincerity. But I'm sorry. "Shangguan Ya had a smile on her face, but her voice was hoarse." I won't touch the leaf cards again in my life. "
Shangguan Ya handed the leaf cards to Su Ronghua. She looked up and stared at the people in front of her. They were so close that she could feel their breath and temperature. All of this was like smoke rising from two incense sticks, entangling and rising up.
"Su Ronghua." Shangguan Ya finally spoke. "Leave Huajing and go sightseeing. Don't come back."
While the drill ground was in chaos, Li Rong was tightly hugged by Su Yongqing and directly fell into the pool below the cliff.
The waves fiercely slapped against her, and Li Rong instantly lost consciousness. When she woke up again, she felt that she was lying on a pile of withered grass with a fire beside her.
Li Rong suddenly straightened her body and immediately felt a sharp pain in her foot. She gasped and quickly looked down to see a long wound on her calf. It had already been bandaged, but it still hurt when she moved.
Li Rong looked around and found that she was in a cave. The interior wasn't very big, and the fire was in the middle. Next to it was a small bed made of hay. Li Rong was sleeping soundly on it.
In a corner not far away, Su Yongqing was hiding in the dark. Next to his hand was the dagger that Li Rong had taken with her when she fell off the cliff. He was only wearing a white unlined garment. He seemed to be covered in wounds, and his white garment was dyed red with blood. It was a horrifying sight.
He seemed to have fainted. His hair was scattered, and his face was sickly pale. He leaned against a protruding boulder with his eyes closed and brows furrowed. Li Rong got up, but such a big movement didn't wake him up.
Li Rong dragged her injured leg to Su Yongqing's side and bent down to take the dagger. As soon as she touched the dagger, Su Yongqing suddenly raised his hand and pressed it down. Li Rong looked up coldly and saw Su Yongqing looking at her with a trace of pleading.
"Don't worry." Li Rong understood his intention. She pulled away his weak hand and took the dagger. She calmly said, "I still have something to ask you. I won't kill you for now."
Saying this, she turned around with the dagger and sat down by the fire again.
The weapon gave her some sense of security. She hugged herself and held the dagger. She sat there in a daze for a while.
After an unknown amount of time, it started to drizzle outside. Su Yongqing finally spoke. He seemed to have caught a cold, and his voice was hoarse. "Your Highness, what do you want to ask me?"
Li Rong didn't speak. She looked at the dancing flames. After a long time, she said, "I don't know where to start."
"Your Highness, you don't have to ask."
Su Yongqing's voice was very soft.
But in fact, they both knew that when Li Rong planned to ask him, everything was already in Li Rong's heart.
Everything she had done was merely to confirm the authenticity of the information.
"In my previous life, before I died, Pei Wenxuan came to see me. I smelled a fragrance on his body. He was good at making fragrances, and the fragrances he liked were restrained and heavy. That fragrance didn't belong to him, so I paid more attention to it. After that, I argued with him. He said that he wanted to kill me. After he left, you gave me a bowl of medicine. I drank it and the poison took effect. You told me that it was a fragrant beauty. I thought that Pei Wenxuan poisoned me to support the Second Prince. That sachet was the fragrance of the fragrant beauty, and that bowl of medicine was the catalyst for the fragrant beauty. "
"Later, Pei Wenxuan and I were reborn together. We checked the situation at that time. Only then did I know that the fragrance on Pei Wenxuan's body came from the sachet you gave him. You said that I wasn't feeling well, and that outsiders needed to bring a sachet of herbal medicine to avoid making me cough. I thought that you killed me. "
"At the beginning, you weren't reborn. This matter wasn't important, so I didn't look into it. Later, when I found out that you were reborn, I asked you about it. You told me that you killed me, so I thought that this matter was settled. "
"Then," Su Yongqing's voice was weak, "Your Highness, what else do you want to ask today?"
"But today, I feel that this matter isn't so simple."
When Su Yongqing heard this, he slowly raised his eyes to meet Li Rong's gaze.
"Today, Pei Wenxuan used a fragrant beauty to poison Xie Chunhe. But after Xie Chunhe was poisoned, the poison didn't take effect immediately. It was obvious that something was delaying the poison. When I arrived, I found that there was a strange fragrance on Xie Chunhe's body. This fragrance was exactly the same as the one I smelled from Pei Wenxuan's body in my previous life. "
"At first, I thought it was a fragrant beauty," Li Rong recalled today's details, "but later, the servant took the sachet away. As soon as the sachet left Xie Chunhe's body, he immediately vomited blood. The servant put the sachet in water and said that it was the antidote. Then, he had Xie Chunhe drink the ingredients in the sachet. So, I have reason to suspect, "Li Rong paused and raised her head to look at the young man in the dark," that year, what you gave Pei Wenxuan wasn't poison, but the antidote to delay the poison from the fragrant beauty. "
"Your Highness isn't good at mixing fragrances. I'm afraid that you smelled wrong."
Su Yongqing answered calmly.
"You don't even know what I smelled." Li Rong couldn't help but laugh, "You're so sure that I smelled wrong?"
Su Yongqing didn't answer. Li Rong looked at him, "Tell me, who killed me that year?"
"It's me." Su Yongqing decisively admitted.
Li Rong looked at him and smiled, "Su Yongqing, I saved you."
Su Yongqing's eyelashes trembled slightly. Li Rong stood up and limped in front of Su Yongqing. She bent down and looked down at him, "I'm your master. I've raised you for twenty years. I've never asked you for anything in my life. Today, I'm begging you, tell me."
Tears welled up in her eyes. "Who killed me?"
"Your Highness …" Su Yongqing looked up at her, "That's not important."
"If it's not important," Li Rong smiled, "you can go back and assist the Chuan'er with me."
Su Yongqing's eyes suddenly shrank. Li Rong observed all the details of his expression. She squatted down and looked up at Su Yongqing, "Didn't you say that if you entered my Princess Residence, you would repay me with your life? Su Yongqing, do you want to break your promise? "
"No …"
"Then what if you help Chuan 'er ascend the throne with me?"
"Your Highness, Li Chuan killed my entire family."
"But now he hasn't done anything." Li Rong didn't give up, "Why don't you let him go?"
"You and I are both reborn. There are many things that we can avoid. We can assist the Chuan'er with his ascension. You can be the head of the Su Family. In this life, you can live well. I can be the matchmaker for you and let you marry a girl you like. As long as I'm here, the Chuan'er won't do anything to the Su Family. You don't have to worry too much. "Li Rong's voice was gentle," Together, we can help the Chuan'er become the Emperor. Then we can … "
"We won't be fine!"
Su Yongqing finally couldn't bear it anymore. He raised his hand and placed it on Li Rong's shoulder, "Your Highness, you don't have to worry about it. You can go back and leave Huajing with Pei Wenxuan. After a year, I'll bring you back."
"Come back to watch the Chuan'er ascend the throne?" Li Rong asked expectantly.
Su Yongqing couldn't control himself anymore and shouted, "He can't ascend the throne!"
After that, the two didn't speak again.
Su Yongqing realized what he had said. He didn't dare to raise his head. He put his hands on Li Rong's shoulders and lowered his head, panting slightly.
Li Rong looked at Su Yongqing with pity.
"So what if I said it?" Li Rong's voice was very calm, "Do you think I care about what happened in my previous life? In the palace, I don't care who betrays me. I won't be sad. "
"Even if you don't say it, I know. I must have been poisoned by Xiang Meiren. Otherwise, you wouldn't have used Xiang Meiren's antidote. After Su Ronghua's death, there were only three people who knew the formula of Xiang Meiren. You, Pei Wenxuan, and … "Li Rong felt that the two words were very difficult to say. It seemed that she had used up all her strength to say those two words," Li Chuan. "
"If it wasn't you, if it wasn't Pei Wenxuan, who else could it be?"
"Rong Qing, I'm not a canary in a house. I can withstand the wind and rain, and I've seen the sky and the sea. If you still think of me as your Highness, look at me and tell me, "Li Rong looked at him and said gently," Who killed me? "
Su Yongqing didn't say anything.
Outside, the rain was pitter-patter. Li Rong waited patiently for him.
After a long time, Su Yongqing finally opened his mouth.
"Everyone."
Li Rong was stunned. Su Yongqing's hand on her shoulder trembled slightly. He looked up and looked at Li Rong, "It was me, Li Chuan, all of us. We killed you together."
Outside the cave, Su Yongqing's face was full of tears, but he seemed to have let go of something. He laughed very happily.
"So, Your Highness, do you know why I can't let Li Chuan ascend the throne even if I were to be reborn?"
"Do you know why? I've been reborn, I'm back, I'm fine, I'm a man, but I have to watch you marry someone else?!"
"Don't I want to fight? Don't I dare? Can't I beat him?! No! "
"It's because," Su Yongqing lowered his voice and looked at Li Rong with a smile, "I'm not qualified."
"People like Li Chuan and I only deserve to live in hell."
"I deserve to die, Li Chuan." Su Yongqing's eyes were like a graveyard full of weeds, "I don't deserve to live."
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