novelraw Chapter 1450 - 1534: Owed Too Much to That Person
Chapter 1450 - 1534: Owed Too Much to That Person
Ah Lian felt deeply pained; her young master had lived a life of relative luxury over the years. Apart from the backlash of the Mind-Bewitching Gu and the exhaustion from play-acting in front of the Eighth Princess, he rarely suffered physical injuries. Yet this time, he was wounded in the chest? Just a little more, and that silver hairpin would have pierced his heart.
Even now, thinking about it made Ah Lian feel a chill of fear. Was it the young master’s luck, or was it that he was rather unlucky?
Ah Lian supported Qinghe as they entered an inn.
She pondered silently in her heart that whenever it involved the former Marshal Baowei, her young master became very emotional. Was it fate, or did he owe that person too much, so that after they left, he compensated in this way?
Ah Lian booked a Tianzi Room. After sending the young master into the room, she intended to persuade him to lie down and rest, but the young master gestured with his hand, "No rush, first call Xiao Yi and the others over."
"But, young master, your body..."
Qinghe slightly frowned, and Ah Lian suddenly fell silent. Once again, she forgot her place and duty; she was meddling again. As a death soldier, one of the Hidden Guards, she was merely a servant. And since she was a servant, she should not meddle too much. The young master had his own plans, how the world should be conducted was not something for her to question.
But, but she was just too worried about him, worried about the young master’s health!
"Then, young master, please rest first; I will now inform Xiao Yi."
Ah Lian withdrew with a heavy heart, while Qinghe gently touched his chest. His expression was dazed. That day, the way that woman attacked him, actually reminded him of the past...
That was when he first met Baobao.
He was unlike his second brother, nor his third brother; he had been raised in the Capital since childhood and knew that beside Ji Jiuhuang was a capable person, ugly in appearance, whose short stature was even mocked as deformed. Yet this person had great capabilities, the most notable being his Innate Divine Strength.
At that time, Baobao was in charge of the Secret Department for Ji Jiuhuang, but though both were in the Capital, one operated in the shadows, dealing with bloody matters, while the other dressed finely, rode spirited horses, and lived a life of elegance and leisure!
If it came to reputation, young Qinghe’s reputation was not good. They had heard of each other’s names, but because their worlds were so different, they knew each other’s names but never met. If it hadn’t been for the day his mother (the former Prime Minister’s wife, Madam Xiao) called him into the study to secretly discuss matters, perhaps for years to come, they would have remained as unrelated parallel lines.
"Qinghe, your mother is not like those coarse and ignorant Dayuan women who favor daughters over sons; to your mother, the three of you are men, and not a misfortune but a great name!"
"Do you know why your mother sent your second and third brothers away? The so-called traveling was at your mother’s instruction, and the rumors of them being unwell and recuperating outside were also spread by your mother."
"My Xiao family’s fortune is about to fall, as it has been since ancient times, for those with high merit who disturb the sovereign, the bird is gone and the bow stored!"
"The Empress intends to pave the way for His Highness Ninth, and your mother is the biggest obstacle on this path. Watch and see, it won’t be long before my Xiao family reaches its end."
Before that, Qinghe had intelligence but concealed it outwardly, pretending to be dashing and carefree, and it was even said that his wantonness surpassed the male prostitutes of the brothels, yet who knew that all that charm was a facade.