Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

"I have reasons why I have to go." Jiang Xue looked at her with a firm tone.

Her royal brother and uncle are both there, so she must go.

Seeing her insistence, Yunyan did not persuade her any further and only said, "Be careful."

After that, she picked up her luggage and left the inn. Before leaving, she pointed out a road to Jiang Xue. It was a hidden path that could not be found on the map, so she drew a map for Jiang Xue based on her memory.

This road is a shortcut to the battlefield, saving three days of travel.

Jiang Xue and his group followed the route on the map, and before long, they climbed over a hill.

"I didn't expect there was such a shortcut in this ravine." The two were tired and came to a pond to rest.

Si Ruochen took some water to quench his thirst, but before he sat down, he heard rustling sounds coming from all around him.

The two men immediately became alert and looked around.

Suddenly! An arrow whizzed out from the bushes nearby. Jiang Xue bent down to dodge, and the arrow brushed the edge of her hat and pierced into the tree trunk nearby.

Immediately afterwards, more hidden weapons came whizzing over. Si Ruochen drew the long sword from his waist and accurately turned the hidden weapons around, making them fly back towards the direction of the shooter.

"do not move."

Just as the two were about to work together to find the ambushers, a group of soldiers emerged from behind the bushes.

Dozens of arrows were already on bowstrings, all aimed at Jiang Xue and Si Ruochen. There were also dozens of crossbowmen on the tree branches, ready to fire.

At this moment, a figure jumped down from the tree and landed steadily in front of the two of them.

When Jiang Xue saw his face, she was slightly stunned.

Tieyi's eyes swept back and forth between the two of them. Because Jiang Xue was wearing a hat, he wanted to lift her veil, but was blocked by Si Ruochen.

"My face is a little inconvenient, and I don't want others to see it. Please don't force it, sir."

Seeing that Si Ruochen had an extraordinary bearing and well-spoken manner, Tieyi looked at Jiang Xue who lowered her head and withdrew his hand.

"Thank you, hero." Fortunately, this Stepping Cloud Guard was not someone who liked to make things difficult for others. When Si Ruochen saw him withdraw his hand, he thanked him politely.

He knew what happened between Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan.

Since Beiling has already announced to the public that Jiang Xue died of illness, if he shows up now, it will definitely bring fatal disaster to Jiang Xue.

So now, Jiang Xue cannot show her true face to others.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" At this time when Beiling and Beixi are at war, anyone who appears here may be regarded as an enemy of Beixi and be eliminated. Don't they know?

Tieyi looked at Jiang Xue and Si Ruochen seriously and asked sternly.

"We are brother and sister. We heard that the war is urgent and wanted to help."

Si Ruochen looked at Jiang Xue and continued, "To be honest, the Marquis of Zhenbei has done us brothers and sisters a favor. Now we heard that the Marquis was captured, we are very worried and want to do our best to save him. The hero just saw our skills. If we join in, it will increase the chances of rescuing the Marquis, right?"

After hearing this, Tieyi looked at Si Ruochen carefully.

What the man said was true. The main commander of the Beiling Army was captured and their morale was hit. Although Your Highness was ordered to come to support them in an emergency, the Emperor did not give them the regular army. Instead, they brought palace soldiers dispatched by Young General Nan.

The martial arts of these two people are not weak, especially this man. His movements just now were as smooth as flowing water, and his martial arts are top-notch. If such a person joins, it will undoubtedly be a shot in the arm for the soldiers and a great help to His Highness.

"follow me."

After thinking for a moment, Tieyi waved his hand for everyone to put down their weapons, turned around and led the way, motioning for the two to follow.

Jiang Xue felt a little conflicted. Tieyi being here meant Xiao Zhan was also nearby.

She did miss him a lot during this period, but when she thought about what happened during her amnesia and the arguments they had had before, her mood became complicated and she didn't know how to face him.

"It's okay, I'm here."

Si Ruochen saw her hesitation, patted her head gently and said with a smile.

Jiang Xue smiled back at him and followed Tieyi to the military camp where Xiao Zhan was.

In the military camp, Xiao Zhan was standing in front of the sand table studying the battle situation.

Now he has eliminated part of the Beixi ambush troops on the mountain, and he can go down the mountain tomorrow to continue to advance the strategic deployment.

"Your Highness, the Cloud-Stepping Guards are back."

While he was thinking about it, the deputy general reported from outside the tent.

"Let him in." Xiao Zhan didn't even raise his head and continued to deal with the documents in his hands.

"Your Highness, I have brought back two people. They are quite skilled and hope to receive an audience with Your Highness." Tieyi told Xiao Zhan what happened by the pond and knelt on one knee waiting for his instructions.

"Come on, let's go take a look."

Now is the time when people are needed, and if there is an expert willing to help, he naturally will not refuse.

Putting down the documents in his hand, Xiao Zhan strode out of the tent.

When he saw two people in white clothes not far away, he was slightly stunned and his eyes fell on the woman's slender back.

For a moment, he seemed to see Jiang Xue's figure being pushed into the lake by Xiao Min on the day of the winter banquet.

He walked quickly forward, grabbed the woman's wrist and turned her around.

His chest heaved violently, showing his emotional fluctuations, and before the woman could react, he took off the hat on her head.

"His Royal Highness Prince Gong saw it." Si Ruochen snatched the hat and put it on Jiang Xue.

Xiao Zhan saw the unfamiliar face with injuries.

"Sorry, girl."

He stepped back and apologized sincerely.

Her figure was so similar to Jiang Xue's that he mistook her for her.

Over the past six months, he has missed her all the time, and his feelings for her are complex and deep.

From the intimacy and sweetness of the past, to the later uneasiness about her feelings around Jun Li, to the unforgettable pain when she said in person on the West Gate Tower half a year ago that Jun Li was her husband, and to the stab in the back.

Tieyi said that she was the one who stabbed him. This made him, who was already grief-stricken, even more desperate.

When he first woke up, he resented her, hated her, and wanted to find her madly, wanting to know why she was so cruel to him.

But as deep as his resentment was, so deep was his longing for her. The complex emotions bound his heart like an iron chain, causing him to suffer day and night.

That day, on the west gate tower, Su Ming heard Nan Jingxing say that the Tieyun Army was approaching the city. In order to contain the Tieyun Army, he ordered to capture Xiaoxue alive.

As a result, Xiaoxue was forced to jump down from the high city wall, and Jun Li followed suit.

But the people who were sent to look for them reported that the bodies of the two men were not found, only a pool of blood in front of the city gate.

Over the past few months, he had been asking people from Linglong Pavilion to look for her whereabouts, but to no avail.

Some said that she was dead, having jumped to her death from the West Gate Tower; some said that she escaped with Jun Li and went to Xichen to become the imperial concubine.