"marry" to your nemesis

"She is safe." A Yao replied calmly.

But under this calm, what A Yao really wants to ask is——

Do you care about Feng Ling?

But she knew very well that such a question was meaningless.

Yes or no, there is no need to answer, simple actions have already proved everything.

After Tang Xiao heard A Yao's answer, he immediately felt relieved.

But after calming down, all the questions that lingered in her mind popped up all of a sudden.

"Ayao, do you have something to hide from me?" Tang Xiao asked tentatively.

A Yao raised her head, looked at Tang Xiao, and said softly, "You just came back, eat something first, rest well, don't worry about other things right now."

"..."

Tang Xiao could tell that Ayao was not going to face her problem directly now.

As long as he is unwilling, Tang Xiao will never get any answers.

So Tang Xiao didn't ask any more questions, instead he complied with A Yao's words, went to wash up first, and then ate something.

Then when Tang Xiao was about to go back to the room, she saw Ding Yi head-on.

Ding Yi's expression was a little uneasy.

As an acquaintance, Tang Xiao stepped forward and said concernedly, "Look at your face, are you sick?"

Ding Yi was a little dazed, and he came back to his senses after a long time, and looked up at Tang Xiao.

When he saw Tang Xiao, light slowly gathered in his eyes, but his face was still tired.

"Tang...Miss Xiao, you...do you know the whereabouts of the Palace Master?"

"not sure."

"The eldest princess said that she betrayed Lingxi Palace, and she has already issued a hunting order."

"..." Tang Xiao was shocked, "This is impossible! I just explained to her that Feng Ling seems to have left for something, how could she betray Lingxi Palace!"

Not to mention that in Tang Xiao's feeling, Feng Ling was threatened by the old man to leave.

Suffice it to say, Feng Ling's feelings for the Consonance Palace, and her loyalty to the eldest princess, she never believed that Feng Ling would betray so easily.

Li Ruo didn't misunderstand something?

But not right!

Tang Xiao remembered that Li Ruo hadn't let her finish her sentence at all, which meant that Li Ruo had already made up her mind.

Then how did Li Ruo know about Feng Ling?

Could it be that Li Ruo sent someone to follow them?

If this is the case, would Li Ruo already know that A Yao and the old man are going to rebel?

Thinking of this, Tang Xiao suddenly felt a chill down his back.

She has to go to A Yao to find a solution!

Thinking of this, A Yao was about to turn around and leave, but Dante grabbed her one by one. .

"What are you doing?" Tang Xiao was a little surprised.

Ding Yi saw that Tang Xiao suddenly became flustered, thinking that Tang Xiao remembered something, "Are you planning to go to the eldest princess to help the palace lord clarify this matter?"

"No..." Tang Xiao felt that he couldn't explain this matter clearly for a while, so he pushed Ding Yi's hand away and said, "I'm going to find A Yao to find a solution."

Hearing A Yao's name, Ding Yi couldn't help but frowned, and his expression became a little weird.

"What's wrong?" Tang Xiao felt a little strange.

Ding Yi shook his head, "I...I just don't trust..."

Before he finished speaking, Ding Yi raised his head and looked at Tang Xiao, but this time, his eyes became a little more complicated.

Tang Xiao felt even more confused.

And at this moment, Ding Yi suddenly grabbed Tang Xiao's wrist and dragged her to the side courtyard.

Ding Yi is a relatively well-behaved person, and has never been so presumptuous.

Tang Xiao patted Ding Yi's hand while asking him what happened, but Ding Yi didn't speak.

It wasn't until he entered the room that he closed the door to make sure that no one else would appear around him that he looked at Tang Xiao solemnly.

"Some things are inconvenient to say outside." Ding Yi explained his behavior.

Tang Xiao turned his wrist, "Then what are you talking about? Lonely men and widows, it's not convenient to stay too long."

Ding Yi smiled awkwardly, and after thinking about the words for a long time, he opened his mouth and said, "In fact, there are some things that I don't know whether to say or not."

"You dragged me into the room, do you think you should talk about it?" Ding Yi's procrastinating temperament is really only suitable for being a guard, and he can't do much.

When Ding Yi said that, Tang Xiao couldn't hold back his face.

He rubbed his nose before he said, "I don't know if you and Miss Ayao are sisters. I don't know what kind of relationship you have with Miss Tang Xiao back then. I—"

"There are so many things you don't know, so there's no need to list them one by one, right?" Tang Xiao was impatient, and now she was in a hurry to go back to find A Yao, but Ding Yiqiang stopped her and continued to circle around with him .

According to Tang Xiao's previous temper, she would have beaten Ding Yi long ago!

But being urged by Tang Xiao, Ding Yi put on a desperate look and said, "I just want to tell you, girl Ayao... she is not that simple."

Ding Yi was a little conservative in nature, afraid of saying too much, so he added, "At least I think her thoughts on the palace master are not simple."

"..." Tang Xiao raised his eyebrows, "Be more specific."

Ever since she knew that A Yao and the old man were planning to rebel, Tang Xiao felt that the image of A Yao, who was usually gentle, suddenly became blurred in her heart.

I don't know if I was thinking too much, or A Yao's acting skills are really good.

In fact, Tang Xiao couldn't believe it until now, that A Yao would cooperate with the old man to do such a thing as rebellion...

After hearing Tang Xiao's question, Ding Yi thought that Tang Xiao didn't believe him, so he recalled anxiously, "Do you still remember that we were arrested and taken to Huya Mountain?"

"Ah."

"Haven't you thought that some things are too strange?"

"Don't ask me all the time!" Tang Xiao really felt that his patience had been completely exhausted, "Can you finish the sentence in one breath?"

What's the matter with Ding Yi?Words and deeds are getting more and more smudged...

Ding Yi could speed up, "The one who proposed to go to the dense forest at that time seemed to be Miss Ayao. It just happened to be such a coincidence that when we went, we happened to meet bandits, and then we were taken captive to Huya Mountain."

"Then it happened that Miss Ayao brought luminous powder and marked the way along the way, so that the Palace Master led people to attack Huya Mountain at night."

"..." Tang Xiao had never heard of this.

But Tang Xiao was still curious at the time, how did Feng Ling get up the mountain, and how did Feng Ling directly capture the mountain stronghold so heroically.

It turned out that A Yao was secretly helping her.

Tang Xiao just had an idea of ​​admiring A-Yao's intelligence, but immediately she felt a chill in her body and mind.

No matter how smart A Yao is, it's impossible for her to be idle?Put so much luminous powder in your pocket, unless she... She knew it would be useful!

This thought made Tang Xiao stand on the spot in a daze.

But Ding Yi continued on his own, "Also, Miss Ayao was not in the cottage when the Palace Master led people into the cottage."

"When we found her, she and the brother of the bandit leader were in the woods outside the cottage. But at that time, there was something that the palace lord ordered not to spread..." Ding glanced at Tang Xiao with earnest eyes, "Actually, we When we found Miss Ayao, the younger brother of the bandit leader was already dead, and... moreover, he died tragically."

All the while following Feng Ling's side, doing murderous deeds.But when he talked about this matter, his face became a little ugly.

"How tragic?" Tang Xiao asked.

"A dozen holes were stabbed in his body, and he bled all over the place."

Ding Yi's description was not very specific, but Tang Xiao could still clearly imagine that scene in his mind.

A Yao was sitting in a wheelchair, and the night was long, a man covered in blood fell at her feet, but her eyes were not panicked, she still looked calm and gentle.

In fact, Tang Xiao couldn't even imagine A Yao showing any expression other than gentle and calm.

Thinking about it carefully, A Yao seems to be no different from Feng Ling.

The emotional expression of the two of them seemed to lack something.

"Did Ayao kill him?" Tang Xiao asked after thinking for a long time.

Ding nodded, then shook his head again.

He said, "Miss A Yao was holding a dagger in her hand, but she said she didn't kill him."

"..." Tang Xiao pursed his lips, "Is there anything else?"

"Well... I'm not sure about one thing, but I feel that it has something to do with Miss Ayao."

"Can you just say it directly?"

"...It was after the Huya Mountain bandits were wiped out that there were many rumors about you and Miss Ayao in Yuyang City, and it was precisely because of this that the eldest princess recruited you to Yuyang City Ding took a look at Tang Xiao, and saw that Tang Xiao was listening carefully, so he continued, "Actually, when I received the news that I was going to take you back to Yuyang City, the Palace Master was going to find an excuse to refuse for you. But for some reason, she promised to bring you back after she found Miss A Yao."

"And..." Ding paused, "And when she gave me instructions, she looked a little unhappy. She looked like she was going to kill someone."

"..."

After listening to Ding Yi's words, Tang Xiao felt his dusty memory awakened.

She vaguely remembered that when Feng Ling and A Yao met alone, Feng Ling's face was indeed a little uncomfortable.

At that time, she thought Feng Ling was trying to scare A Yao again, but now that she thinks about it...

It always feels like something is not quite right.

After saying goodbye to Ding Yi, Tang Xiao immediately rushed to A Yao's house.

A Yao is sitting in the yard, basking in the sun.

After hearing the sound of Tang Xiao approaching, she opened her eyes and looked at Tang Xiao with a little laxity.Then, because the sun was too harsh, she squinted her eyes again.

"I thought you were going to rest." A Yao smiled and pointed to the table next to her, "I just sent someone to buy some pastries and came back. Look, is there anything you like?"

Tang Xiao didn't move, just stood there, staring at A Yao intently.

A Yao noticed Tang Xiao's strangeness, so she smiled with crooked eyebrows, "What's wrong?"

Tang Xiao pursed his lips, not knowing where to start.

The smile on A Yao's face deepened, "Do you want to ask about Feng Ling, or about me?"

"..."

Tang Xiao looked a little embarrassed, "I don't have anything to ask, I just... just want to see if you want to talk to me."

A Yao looked up at the sky, then nodded, "There are some things that I can't talk about right now. But..."

She looked at Tang Xiao and smiled very sweetly, "If you ask, I will definitely tell you."

"..."

Tang Xiao bit his lip, feeling cold in his heart.

A Yao knew that she couldn't ask, that's why she said such a thing.

Thinking of this, Tang Xiao lowered his head in disappointment.

Seeing her like this, A Yao thought for a while, feeling a little helpless.

"Didn't you keep asking me how did the gold and silver get into the cave?" A Yao raised her hand and held Tang Xiao's fingertips, "That's because Lao Hu used those puppets to pretend to be ghosts." , scared them into the cave."

Seeing that Tang Xiao was still silent, A Yao continued, "But after entering the cave, they were hit by the misty smoke that had been buried there for a long time, and fainted to death."

A Yaozai explained what happened back then carefully.

After listening, Tang Xiao nodded and let out a muffled "hmm".

Like an unhappy child.

A Yao was a little helpless, just about to say something, but Tang Xiao raised his head and looked at her.

"The eldest princess ordered Feng Ling to be hunted down, did you know about this?"

"Don't worry, she'll be fine."

"That's good." Tang Xiao lowered his brows and nodded, "I'm a little tired, so I'll go back first."

"..."

A Yao didn't say anything, just watched Tang Xiao leave.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Ayao sighed slightly.

In fact, some things were preordained long ago, but they just came sooner or later.

It's just that she never thought that everything would come so early.

Looking into the distance again, Tang Xiao was nowhere to be seen.

For Tang Xiao, although she didn't spend much time with A Yao, the time she lived in the bamboo house made her unforgettable.

She had regarded A Yao as her younger sister a long time ago, but now Tang Xiao realized that she didn't know A Yao at all.

However, before Tang Xiao's grief was over, she was appointed by the eldest princess as the acting lord of the Lingxi Palace, and she received the task of the eldest princess.

He said he was going to hunt down a corrupt official who had absconded.

Tang Xiao just took this opportunity to leave Lingxi Palace and avoid A Yao.

This trip lasted for more than half a month.

The task was completed very well, and the eldest princess praised Tang Xiao.

"The emperor is very interested in you. It just so happens that there will be a dinner party in the palace next month. At that time, you will enter the palace with me to meet the emperor."