Concubine's true colors

Chapter 613
It's no wonder that Xiao Jinxuan associates the thorns and misfortunes of the past year with the punishment of heaven.

After all, at the beginning, she exchanged her lifelong feelings for the chance of being reborn.

In the past, she was afraid of hurting Zhou Xianyu, and when she refused several times, the other party's fate changed because of his infatuation, and he almost died many times.

But now that she and Zhou Xianyu are husband and wife, Xiao Jinxuan felt that God would not let her off so easily for someone who broke her oath.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help laughing wryly, then pressed the worry-free hairpin tightly to her chest, and said with a longing and lonely face:
"Xianyu, I was lucky enough to think that you led the army to the battle and survived the catastrophe, and the two of us also made a private decision for life. Everything will be guarded until the clouds open and the moon will shine. But now I realize that the shackles of abandoning love and love have never been Disappeared. I am afraid that it will be difficult for you and me to stay together in this life. One of them must die, and the other will be spared. If this is the case, I am really glad that God chose me, Xiao Jinxuan. As long as you live a safe life , I ended up dying from poison, and there is no medicine to save me, and I can die in peace."

Xiao Jinxuan's personality is unassuming and extremely restrained, so her love is also very deep, and she will not show it as hotly as Zhou Xianyu.

But this doesn't mean that she doesn't love deeply. In fact, for Xiao Jinxuan, who was hurt by love in her previous life, she is actually more persistent in dealing with feelings. In her heart, Zhou Xianyu is far more important than herself.

So even if she vaguely guessed now that her misfortune was caused by the vow she made when she was reborn, she could only feel rejoicing and relieved in her heart.

Because if God chooses to take her life away, at least Zhou Xianyu will be safe.

Although Xiao Jinxuan will not give up on herself because of this, she will still try her best to survive and take revenge.

But at least she felt at ease, and she didn't have to worry about Zhou Xianyu's fate being changed, because if the other party died, that was the most unacceptable thing for her.

Throughout the night, Xiao Jinxuan had many nightmares. She dreamed that she was dead, and her soul was separated from her body again, but was split into flying ash by countless lightning.

And Zhou Xianyu stood in front of her grave in desperation, with blood and tears in his eyes, bitterly calling her name over and over again.

But what Xiao Jinxuan didn't know was that she was troubled by everything in the dream, tossing and turning, and it was difficult to sleep peacefully.

In fact, the nightmare, which was far more terrifying than the dream, had quietly approached her.

In the middle of the night, the gates of New Moon City were closed tightly, and the soldiers guarding the city couldn't bear the drowsiness, and became a little lazy.

But when these soldiers were dozing off, suddenly a man's order came from under the city gate:
"Listen, commander of the city's garrison, we are people from the imperial court who came from the capital. This is the imperial decree with the imperial seal on it, which can prove our identity. After careful investigation, quickly open the city gate. Don't delay me waiting for something important."

This sudden sound was extremely abrupt in the silent night, and the soldiers guarding the city also woke up.

Especially when he heard that the twenty or so riders below were from the capital.

The guard commander of New Moon City did not dare to delay, and immediately opened the city gate after confirming that the imperial decree was correct.

And as these twenty or so people slowly entered the city, Lu Yun, who had just shouted to the soldiers on the city, looked at Ji Lingfeng who was driving his horse at the forefront with great respect.

"Duke, we have already arrived at New Moon City. Now that we are sure that the disused concubine Xiao is here, we can search as soon as we want, in case something happens later. After all, although Prince Yu was blocked by our tricks, my subordinates are worried. It is difficult for those bandits to cause too much disturbance to Prince Yu."

Hearing this, Ji Lingfeng couldn't help smiling, and a stern look flashed across his eyes.

"Don't worry, we have been traveling day and night for more than a month. Although we have arrived in New Moon City, we are short of people and horses. We will temporarily repair it tonight. Tomorrow, the Governor's Council will go to the government office in person and ask the local government to assist us in arresting Xiao Jinxuan. It will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. It works."

Having said that, Ji Lingfeng paused for a while, and then laughed softly, he couldn't help continuing:

"As for Zhou Xianyu, the governor admits that he is indeed brave and good at fighting, and has invincible abilities. But I, Ji Lingfeng, bribed the bandits in a village and told them to go to a small village that Prince Yu must pass through to bloodbath. Although the king of war is bloodthirsty, he has always taken good care of the people. So he will not sit idly by, and I expected to rescue the villagers. Although the prince Yu is good at fighting, those ordinary people are defenseless and protect each other. Under them, whether Zhou Xianyu can escape unscathed, I am also looking forward to the result."

For more than a month, Ji Lingfeng has been following Zhou Xianyu not far or near.

But the reason why he can overtake the opponent now is not because Ji Lingfeng is stronger than Zhou Xianyu, but mainly because his heart is too dark and cruel.

He bribed the bandits and used fifty or sixty lives of the entire village as bait, forcing Zhou Xianyu to sit idly by and these innocent people died tragically.

Zhou Xianyu's footsteps were held back like this, and this was why Ji Lingfeng rushed to New Moon City first.

Seeing Ji Lingfeng's winning expression, and Lu Yun, the opponent's most powerful subordinate, who also accompanied him out of Beijing this time, he couldn't help asking respectfully again:

"Duke, the woman we accidentally rescued on the road half a month ago, I really didn't expect that she knew Xiao Jinxuan and told us that she was going to New Moon City. Now that we are all here, that woman named Xiao Mudan is worthless So I want to ask the governor if we need to clean up the people."

This time they rushed into New Moon City ahead of Zhou Xianyu, in order not to conflict with the prince, but to kill Xiao Jinxuan first.

After all, Ji Lingfeng is not stupid. Although Empress Chen wants to get rid of Zhou Xianyu quickly, he knows that this battle king, Qiansui, is not so easy to overthrow.

That's why Ji Lingfeng was even more vicious. He was going to kill Xiao Jinxuan first, and then make Zhou Xianyu hurt so badly that he messed up his own sense of propriety, and then seized the opportunity to put the other party to death.

But before Xiao Jinxuan died, Ji Lingfeng was unwilling to have a confrontation with Zhou Xianyu.

So Lu Yun naturally felt that he should kill Little Peony who was accidentally rescued and led them to New Moon City.

But unexpectedly, Ji Lingfeng, who has always been ruthless, glanced at the petite figure on a horse behind him, and then said with a chuckle:
"No need, let's keep this little peony for now, the Duke may need her one day. Although this girl became jealous and fell into Xiao Jinxuan's hands because of some trivial things. But there is still some cleverness, Moreover, she has a beautiful appearance, delicate and exquisite, and can be used with a little training."

Throughout the dynasties, there were special trainings for beautiful women, and these people were brought into the back houses of court officials as concubines and maidservants.

The purpose is to eavesdrop on secrets, or to confuse people's hearts. It is a very insidious, but also quite effective trick to win over party members.

But now Ji Lingfeng is obedient to Xiangping despite his superficial allegiance to Queen Mother Chen, but he has great ambitions and never stops.

So when he had the real power in his hands, he not only brought back the former Prince Tai's mansion, but also the old ministries who were lucky enough to survive.

He even secretly fostered forces, and trained a group of beautiful women, just waiting to use them to win over courtiers and form his party feathers in the not-too-distant future.

And little peony, because she learned juggling since she was a child, has an extremely soft body, which is exactly the type that men like.

So Ji Lingfeng is naturally reluctant to kill the other party, but wants to keep it for great use in the future.

In order not to cause commotion and carry out the arrest more secretly, Ji Lingfeng did not disturb the government office, but chose to stay in an inn.

After dawn on the second day, he brought Lu Yun alone, and the two of them came to the New Moon City government office alone.

With the imperial decree given to him by Empress Chen, and Ji Lingfeng's identification, local officials dare not object.

Naturally, they want soldiers for soldiers, and money for money. In their eyes, Ji Lingfeng, a Beijing official, is no different from an imperial envoy.

Therefore, Ji Lingfeng quickly gathered a 300-man defense army, distributed the portraits of Xiao Jinxuan prepared in advance, and started a city-wide search.

As for Xiao Jinxuan, who was still ignorant of all this, because of the nightmares all night, tormenting her, who was already physically weak, was not light.

Therefore, she, who has never been snoozy, turned on the light outside, but she still didn't get up.

Although Xiao Jinxuan really needs to take a good rest now, but immediately outside the private room of the inn, the loud shouting and scolding still woke Xiao Jinxuan up.

Xiao Jinxuan, who has been in a precarious environment all year round, has almost turned vigilance into a habit.

Even as soon as she opened her eyes, she was already planning quickly in her mind, guessing what happened outside, and how she should face it next.

And when she got dressed, got up and walked to the wooden door of the private room, and tore a bit of windshield paper on it, Xiao Jinxuan hurriedly looked out.

It didn't matter after looking at it, Xiao Jinxuan saw a lot of soldiers standing in the lobby of the inn, and the shopkeeper was also stopped for questioning.

And the private rooms on the first floor have been forcibly pushed away. The noise just now was made by the people who were forcibly dragged out in panic.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Jinxuan's heart sank.

Especially from her angle, one could just see the leader of the team holding a portrait for the shopkeeper.

And the waiter in the inn, who was standing aside and looking at the portrait, stretched out his hand from time to time, pointing at the private room where she lived.

At this moment, Xiao Jinxuan still couldn't tell that these government soldiers probably came after her in all likelihood.

So Xiao Jinxuan, who was completely awake from sleep, was already alert. Even if she was far away from the capital, she packed her luggage every day, so that she could escape immediately if there was an accident.

Now she can't get out through the door of the private room, otherwise she will be arrested directly.

Fortunately, Xiao Jinxuan was in Meizhuang when she was a child. In order to save a few meals with Xiao Wenyao, she not only went into the water to catch fish, but also climbed trees to dig out bird eggs.

Therefore, although the second floor of the inn is not low, Xiao Jinxuan was forced to open the window and stepped on the eaves under the window, preparing to go down.

It is because Xiao Jinxuan's vigilance has never been relaxed, so when she chose to stay in an inn, she didn't want the window to face the street view, the kind of private room with good lighting.

Instead, I chose a room with the window open and the back of the inn, a deserted alley, with no sunlight on the dark side.

And it was her cautious character, not letting go of any details, that saved her life again at this critical moment.

Therefore, although the officers and soldiers surrounded all the exits of the inn, Xiao Jinxuan followed the window, descended to a certain height, jumped out, and landed directly in the alley.

Although Xiao Jinxuan didn't know martial arts, and her body was weak, so when she fell to the ground, she only felt pain as if her internal organs were about to be knocked out, and she couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of black blood on the ground.

But Xiao Jinxuan, who didn't dare to delay at all, still stood up staggeringly after a little delay, and didn't even have time to take out a handkerchief to wipe away the blood from her mouth.

She wiped it with her cuff indiscriminately twice, and then hurriedly fled to the depths of the secluded alley.

(End of this chapter)