The substitute princess of the general who crossed over

With Qin Xi's company, Xia Lin's mood improved a lot. After dinner, the two of them went out of the courtyard for a walk. Walking, they came to the lake where they were fishing that day.

Before he got there, Xia Lin saw a large area of ​​pink lotus blooming in the lake.

She ran over with surprise and exclaimed, "My God, when did you plant it?"

Qin Xi came over and said with a smile, "Last time you mentioned it, I asked someone to plant some. It's summer around here, and it's time for flowers to bloom."

Xia Lin's heart was about to melt immediately, she pursed her lips and looked at Qin Xi with a smile on her face.

"Are you so happy?" Qin Xi stretched out his hand and pinched Xia Lin's nose, "This entire Taohuayuan is yours, you can do whatever you want."

Xia Rin laughed loudly, and jumped onto Qin Xi's body. Qin Xi was caught off guard, and hurriedly reached out to support Xia Rin, and staggered himself.

After finally stabilizing his figure, he started rambling again, "By the lake, where are you like this? What if you fall?"

Xia Lin raised her head and said nonchalantly, "If you fall, then you are there."

Having said that, Qin Xi couldn't help laughing, and hugged her in circles. After a few laps, Xia Lin couldn't breathe from laughing, and shouted, "Dizzy, dizzy, dizzy... .”

Seeing enough trouble, Qin Xi just put her down, panting lightly, looking at Xia Lin with rippling eyes.

Embarrassed by her look, Xia Lin stretched out her hand to push her face, "See what I'm doing?"

"Look at you." Qin Xi turned his head back again.

"You...go to see the lotus, the lotus is more beautiful." Xia Lin twisted her shoulder coquettishly, and looked at the lotus.

Qin Xi pinched Xia Lin's chin, turned her head back, looked straight into her eyes, and whispered, "You are more beautiful than a lotus."

Hearing this, Xia Lin blushed even more, turned her face away and stopped looking at her.

Qin Xi didn't care, rubbed the tip of his nose against Xia Lin's face, and said softly, "I've asked someone to prepare for anything else I want."

Xia Lin shook her head, "Just stay with me."

With just one sentence, Qin Xi's heart became hotter, and Xia Lin's arms became tighter.

The two snuggled up by the lake, didn't speak, just leaned quietly, Xia Lin also felt unexpectedly satisfied, only Qin Xi was by her side, her heart seemed to be filled.

At this moment, Qin Xi's mind was like a lake surface wrinkled by the breeze, calm but rippling.

This is clearly what she imagined.

That's how the eldest princess described it to herself back then, Xanadu, the world of two people, it was agreed at the beginning, no matter what happens, Taohuayuan is the last retreat.

But then, you can never have both, she is always scrupulous, she does not want to betray her country, and she does not want to betray her environment.So, the jade scorpion that originally endowed her with all the love sounded the death knell for her on Huangquan Road.

The sun is gradually setting, and the lotus in the lake can't see the color clearly.Xia Lin was almost falling asleep, Qin Xi whispered in her ear, "We should go back."

Xia Lin nodded ignorantly, took Qin Xi's hand and walked back slowly.

But when he was about to reach the courtyard, he suddenly heard a sharp cry piercing the sky, "Let me go!!! Help me!!! Let me go out, I don't want to die...I don't want to be here. "

Xia Rin was startled, and before Qin Xi could stop her, Xia Rin had already looked back.

It was a half-naked woman with a half-length iron chain dragging her ankles, howling at the top of her lungs, even though there were two maids pulling behind her, the woman was still struggling in Xia Lin's direction.

Qin Xi's face was gloomy and terrifying. She took Xia Lin's hand and said in a low voice, "Don't look at it, let's go."

Xia Lin opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Qin Xi, she said, "It's just a slave who wants to escape."

Xia Lin lowered her head and followed behind Qin Xi without saying anything more.

The woman seemed to see that the two were about to leave, so she desperately broke free from the shackles. She didn't know where the strength came from, but it actually made her shake off the two servant girls, and ran to Xia Lin and Qin Xi to kneel in front of Xia Lin. Next, the hand that was already dirty and could not see the complexion was tightly pulling Xia Lin's skirt.

"Help me...help me, I don't want to die, I still have children...I still have children..." The woman rushed to the ground, her tears washed the dirt all over her face into gullies.

Xia Rin had never seen such a battle before, her face turned pale with fright, and she staggered back a few steps, but the woman still held her and refused to let go at all, just kowtowed and begged for mercy.

The two servant girls were also terrified, standing where they were and not knowing what to do.

"Still tearing it apart?"

Qin Xi yelled furiously, and they realized it now, and quickly stepped forward and dragged the woman away with hands and feet.

Xia Lin didn't come back to her senses for a long time, but Qin Xi pulled Xia Lin and turned around. Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Xia Lin's dirty and wrinkled skirt that was held by the woman.

Qin Xi sent Xia Lin back to the house, ordered Zhiwen to come and serve her, and then went out by herself.

Before leaving, Xia Lin stopped her.

"Don't kill her."

Qin Xi was taken aback, then turned around and smiled at Xia Lin, "Okay".

Xia Rin didn't know why she came up with this sentence, maybe Qin Xi just now made her feel dangerous for no reason, obviously she didn't say or do anything, but it made her feel scared.

Qin Xi walked out of the room, the smile on his face was instantly erased by the bottomless haze in his eyes.

In the dark room, the woman who wanted to escape just now has been tied up again, and she is hung on the iron frame in the corner.She lowered her head, seemed a little delirious, mumbling something while shaking her head.

Qin Xi's eyes fell on the two people kneeling in front of her. These two people were the two maids who had arrested the woman just now.

Qin Xi exhaled lightly, pulled the corners of his mouth into a sneer, but in the next second, he kicked one of the servant girls out. This kick was so strong that the servant girl flew out and hit the wall heavily. Going up, just heard a muffled groan, and the maid fainted to death.

And the other maid who was kneeling beside her bent even lower, she wanted to be buried in the ground, she didn't even have the courage to glance at her partner from the corner of her eye.

"Two people, can't stand one person? Huh?" Qin Xi leaned down, his gloomy voice lingering over the girl's head.

"Servant... I didn't expect her to be so strong, she broke free..." The servant girl replied tremblingly with tears in her voice.

Qin Xi stretched out his hand, grabbed her hair and lifted it up vigorously.

"Ah... General, please forgive me..." The servant girl was forced to raise her head, her scalp was hanging, numb from the pain, and her face twisted.

"I didn't come to listen to your explanation." Qin Xi said coldly.

"Yes... the servant is wrong, and the servant will never dare again."

"Go to the water prison and stay."

As soon as the words were finished, a person stood up behind Qin Xi, and quickly picked up the two maidservants out of the dark room, without even leaving a last chance to howl.

Only then did Qin Xi turn his gaze to the woman who was being hoisted. She slowly walked up to her, and at some point there was a dagger in her hand, which was faintly glowing white.

She patted the woman's face with the back of the knife, and said softly, "But you are going to die, so I won't do anything in advance, but I'm afraid you can't keep your hands."

I don't know if the woman heard it, but only heard the gurgling sound in her throat.

Qin Xi took a step back, raised the knife and dropped it, and the woman fell heavily to the ground, leaving only her bloody hands swinging back and forth on the iron frame.

Xia Lin was dreaming again, it was no longer the eldest princess and Qin Xi, but she was lying half dead on the hospital bed instead.

Father sat on the edge of the bed with his forehead propped up in his hands, knowing that he should be extremely tired right now without looking at his face.And mother... Xia Lin could hardly bear to watch it any longer.

Even though he is less than 50 years old, he is already as old as a dying old man.The white hair on the head is like silver needles covered by heavy snow in the cold winter.

Xia Lin's heart seemed to be pierced through by those densely packed silver needles, and they stabbed directly at her atrium vigorously.

How could this be?

She was awakened in the middle of the night, her head was sweating and her eyes were wide open, staring blankly at the smoky bed curtain above.

How long has she been here, how long has she been here?

It's been so long that she almost can't remember clearly, but what about Qin Xi, won't she be homesick?No, no, never will.Xia Lin has never heard words like home, parents, and relatives from her mouth. For such a long time, she even doubted whether she has family members.

As for what I said before, looking for a way to go home, there was no news a long time ago, she didn't think about it as if she was paralyzed, and Qin Xi didn't mention it anymore.

However, this does not mean that it does not exist without mentioning it.

This dream, her father's thin body and mother's pale hair, undoubtedly gave her a heavy blow in the heart.

So, the thoughts that had been silent for a year, quickly started to start a prairie fire like a spark tonight.

Xia Lin sat leaning against the back of the bed for a whole night, until the white light gradually glowed outside the window, and the first ray of morning light shone in through the window, she still didn't move, staring blankly.

When Qin Xi woke up, he opened his eyes, but he didn't see the familiar face, only the hem of the white clothes in front of him.She was stunned for a moment, then raised her head, and saw Xia Lin's dark eyes and pale face.

Qin Xi put his arms around her waist and asked hoarsely, "When did you wake up? Why are you sitting like this?"

Xia Lin turned her head stiffly, and instead of answering her question, she asked, "Have you found a way to go home?"

Zhiwen ordered the servants to bring breakfast into the bedroom, and waited for the two to dress and wash before Shi Shi left.

As usual, Qin Xi casually piled Xia Lin's favorite dishes into her bowl as high as a hill, but Xia Lin was far less casual than Qin Xi.

When she asked that sentence, she clearly felt that Qin Xi's hand on her waist froze for a moment.

The answer to the question is self-evident, but it is not known whether the way to get home can't be found, or whether Qin Xi didn't look for it at all.

The meal was tasteless, and Qin Xi seemed to know that Xia Lin was in a bad mood, so he didn't say much.

After eating, he excused something and went out again.

Sitting at the table, Xia Lin watched the servants take away the plates one by one, but her heart was even more empty than at night.