The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 241 You taught me

When the Meng and Liang Dynasty exchanged hostages, the other Meng soldiers were not idle either.

They simultaneously dispatched three teams to continue hunting and searching for the whereabouts of Xue Qingyin and his party.

The sound of horse hooves and the voices of people sounded intensively, and there were obviously many new faces near the villages along the way.

The farmer was just honest and not stupid, so he hid Xue Qingyin and others in a nearby cave overnight.

"The mountain road is difficult to walk. Once you enter the forest, you can't even tell the direction without local people to guide you." In order to reassure them, the farmer said.

Xue Qingyin was startled and thought to herself, if this farmer stopped coming to deliver food to them one day, wouldn't they easily starve to death here?

She glanced out of the corner of her eye.

He Songning didn't say anything, but he obviously thought so in his heart.

The farmer left some food and a quilt and prepared to leave.

"Thank you for your hard work these past two days." He Songning stopped him, took out some broken silver from his purse and handed it to the farmer.

Farmers refuse to harvest.

Xue Qingyin said: "The cave is simple. You can buy some soft clothes and quilts tomorrow."

She had a commanding air about her.

The farmer didn't dare to refuse immediately and nodded quickly to accept the money.

When the farmer gradually walked away, He Songning turned his head, and the darkness in his eyes disappeared.

Even Qiao Xinyu could tell...Xue Qingyin's eldest brother was extremely suspicious.

If someone refused to ask for gold and silver, he might not let them go.

"I know you are squeamish, so please bear with me." He Songning said.

But when the words came out, He Songning felt a little regretful.

He had always been used to saying this before and couldn't change it for a while.

Fortunately, Xue Qingyin doesn't care... No, it's not that she doesn't care.

He Songning looked at her and found that after she said those words to the farmer, she lowered her head again and fell into her own thoughts, completely ignoring what he meant.

Still scared.

He Songning wanted to comfort her, but for the moment he didn't know how to start...

"Aren't you happy that King Wei is dead?" After a while, he only asked this sentence.

Xue Qingyin did not answer.

He Songning frowned, glanced in Qiao Xinyu's direction, and said, "The concubine of King Wei hasn't felt sorry for him yet, why are you..."

She hated King Wei so much. Could it be that when King Wei died, she felt sorry for him?

He Songning felt unhappy.

Xue Qingyin stood up and walked out of the cave without saying a word.

He Songning's tone was slightly serious: "Where are you going?"

Xue Qingyin: "Wash your hands."

He Songning looked at the hem of her skirt.

It was covered in blood.

When you come to a place like this, you can't even take a shower. How can the squeamish Xue Qingyin endure it?

He Songning held on to the cave wall, stood up slowly and said, "I'll accompany you."

He paused and added: "Lest you accidentally fall into the river."

Xue Qingyin was startled.

Fell into the river...

After He Songning finished speaking, he himself was startled for a moment.

Apparently he had also thought about it...if he followed, he didn't know whether Xue Qingyin would fall into the river. But he had to beware of Xue Qingyin taking the opportunity to push him into the river.

For a moment, both of them stopped, and the atmosphere was a bit strange.

Qiao Xinyu suddenly said softly: "Someone must be following... Qingyin seemed... very frightened. She had never seen someone die so miserably. Mr. Xue should have covered her eyes at that time. ”

Yes...he should have covered her eyes then.

But his original intention was to scare her.

But I didn't expect it to be so powerful...

He Songning felt a little softer and walked behind Xue Qingyin again.

And Qiao Xinyu continued: "However, Mr. Xue is seriously injured, so he should sit down and rest. I think the two Meng slaves can just follow him."

This is naturally a foolproof strategy.

But He Songning just said that he would accompany her... Now that Qiao Xinyu said this, He Songning felt that he couldn't save his face.

"No need, I will take care of my sister." He Songning said in a deep voice, and urged Xue Qingyin: "Let's go."

So the two of them walked out of the cave one after another.

The atmosphere is still devoid of any "brother and sister" warmth.

There is a small stream not far from the cave. It's not really a river at all.

He Songning breathed a sigh of relief.

There were a few deer hanging their heads down to drink water by the stream. When they saw them coming, they immediately ran away.

He Songning saw this and said, "I don't have to worry about eating meat."

Xue Qingyin didn't say anything. She squatted down and washed her hands silently. Then she took a corner of her skirt and scrubbed it slowly.

He Songning couldn't stand her silence, so he squatted down with her and continued to try to comfort her: "It'll be fine in two days."

Xue Qingyin still didn't speak, but she was thinking.

Why can it be fine in two days?

What exactly was He Songning's plan?

Is he sure someone will find them in two days? Is he the one he arranged early in the morning?

Xue Qingyin suddenly felt an inexplicable anxiety.

She wrinkled her nose.

"When we go back, without King Wei, Liu Yuerong will no longer be able to argue with you..."

Xue Qingyin said with a cold tone: "Without King Wei, shouldn't the child in her belly be more important? She can live a better life with this child."

He Songning laughed: "You don't know... that child is gone."

"No more?" Xue Qingyin turned her head in shock.

In Qiao Xinyu's belly...

Xue Qingyin breathed a sigh of relief and thought that this was good. If Qiao Xinyu can return to the capital well, she will naturally become the most noble woman in the Wei Palace.

Seeing that she was finally willing to talk to him, He Songning was in a much better mood for no apparent reason, so he smiled and asked, "How are you? Are you happy?"

Xue Qingyin turned her head back and said in a low voice: "Why are you always so suspicious?"

He Songning's expression suddenly froze.

He got it.

She wasn't necessarily frightened...it was just that she noticed his suspicion and was sad.

"I..." He Songning started, but didn't know how to start.

No one had ever asked him that.

He could brush it off.

He can also make up excuses.

But He Songning pressed his chest and sat on the floor like this.

He said: "...because no one taught me."

"It's better for me to be afraid, isn't it?" Xue Qingyin asked him softly.

He Songning opened his mouth.

Before he could speak, Xue Qingyin continued: "You could have killed King Wei in many ways, but you deliberately let me see that scene... Because you don't believe me, you need to scare me. I will not do what you did. Tell the truth."

"I, you don't believe it. You don't believe that farmer either..."

He Songning was speechless: "You really meant to save him when you spoke out."

Xue Qingyin did not answer his words and only asked: "Do you have anyone you believe in?"

He Songning became even more mute.

He...has no one he trusts.

It can be said that even Xue Chengdong didn't believe it.

Xue Qingyin murmured: "Everyone probably has ulterior motives in your heart. You can trample on everyone's love."

He Songning immediately retorted: "When will I trample on..."

Halfway through his words, he remembered his previous disdain and hatred for Xue Qingyin.

That's trampling.

Xue Qingyin asked him again: "I wonder if Xue Qinghe is not trustworthy in your heart?"

He Songning...don't know.

He has to take a road full of hardships and dangers.

From the moment you step on it, you are destined not to trust anyone.

He didn't want Xue Qinghe to be contaminated with all kinds of filth, so how could it be that he was suspicious?

As long as she is not contaminated, it will be difficult for her to stand on his opposite side...

He Songning was shocked, and his whole face suddenly sank.

Xue Qingyin turned around, but her face was full of tears.

He cried silently.

She said hoarsely: "I really don't dare to stay with you anymore, you are so scary."

The arrogant face in the past is now like a flower after being damaged by wind and rain.

"Qingyin..." He Songning's tone softened.

When she was pitiful, she evoked boundless pity in him.

"I don't know what you want to do...I don't know if you have ever thought about what you want." Xue Qingyin shrank back and avoided his outstretched hand.

What does this mean?

He Songning thought to himself.

Xue Qingyin said: "What you want is for everyone to be afraid of you? Do you want boundless power but not a trace of true love?"

He Songning's eyes suddenly changed.

What he wants...is naturally the position of emperor.

Don’t want a trace of true feelings?

Xue Qinghe would naturally rely on him wholeheartedly...how could he not have any true feelings?

But thinking of this, he suddenly got stuck.

He found that even if this was the case, it was not something to be happy about.

How many days has it been since he saw Xue Qinghe?

He Songning couldn't remember clearly.

It must be natural that Xue Qinghe's feelings for him will fade away by then.

Besides Xue Qinghe...

He Songning realized that he had never had a trace of true love.

No……

Neither.

He remembered that day when the king of the Meng clan broke in and questioned the two of them, he talked about how much Xue Qingyin cared about him.

Seriously?

He Songning instinctively wanted to be suspicious...but he immediately thought of Xue Qingyin asking him, why are you always so suspicious?

What she didn't say was - "Why can't you believe me?"

Why? Why?

In an instant.

Many things passed through He Songning's mind.

I even remembered the scene of the wife, children and mother cuddling together in the farmer's home.

They lived in poverty and it was not easy, but they always had more smiles on their faces than he did.

He Songning suddenly realized.

...He can naturally have true feelings.

If not, then build it yourself.

"Stop crying." He Songning raised his hand to wipe her tears, "Go back after washing. These two days will pass quickly."

Xu Zhi has a natural mother's love for him.

Xue Qingyin has been attached to him since childhood.

It's just that we've been a little distant this year...but it's not difficult to get back.

Now he suddenly felt that the false identity was not completely meaningless.

He has never met his biological mother.

But as long as he wants, he can still have a home of his own.

Xue Qingyin seemed to have finished her words. She wiped her cheeks, stood up and walked ahead.

He Songning felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, so he followed up and said, "It's my fault for scaring you. I will definitely trust you from now on, and I won't scare you anymore, nor will I make you cry."

He thought she was going to ask again, which one is more important between me and Xue Qinghe?

She always liked to ask.

But today he was so relaxed that she didn't ask anything.

He Songning walked side by side with her, and then remembered to care about her: "You should be a month old now, why is your belly still missing..."

Xue Qingyin said coldly: "It's fake."

"What?" This short sentence, however, is more powerful than the previous one.

It's fake?

Does King Xuan know? Does the emperor know?

... They must know!

It turns out that Xue Qingyin has become a pawn for them to deal with King Wei and the Xu family!

Is she really happy in King Xuan's mansion?

The position of the princess is just compensation.

In an instant, He Songning thought a lot again.

He knew that there were rumors that King Xuan didn't like women.

He even doubted... whether Xue Qingyin and King Xuan were really husband and wife. After all, even pregnancy can be fake.

Even... even he felt an indescribable sense of relief and joy.

Even when he learned that Xue Qingyin was poisoned, he passed by the door of King Xuan's mansion in his carriage in order to deal with King Wei's affairs... That little bit of guilt can finally be put down.

What replaced it was a more turbulent pity.

She has always been lonely and helpless.

In comparison, perhaps the King of the Meng Tribe loves her more...

He Songning held Xue Qingyin's wrist: "Qingyin, everything will be fine..."

When they returned to the cave.

Qiao Xinyu found that the atmosphere between the two had changed.

Although Xue Qingyin was still a little distracted, He Songning was much gentler to her.

It was a genuine gentleness.

Qiao Xinyu was shocked.

How could she change after being out for such a short time?

Seeing that it was getting late, they ate two pieces of cake roughly and prepared to rest.

He Songning also patted the dry straw spread beside him and said to Xue Qingyin: "If you are afraid of nightmares, sleep with me."

Qiao Xinyu's face was strange for a moment.

Doesn't Master Xue know that this is a bit beyond the rules?

No matter how close the siblings are, they shouldn't be like this after they grow up... Besides, it seems that the relationship between the two is not that good.

But Xue Qingyin didn't go over.

He Songning was not angry. He closed his eyes and rested with his knife in one hand.

He had a very short dream.

His impression of his biological mother came from the portrait.

The person who walked out of the portrait walked into his dream.

But the person depicted by the stiff brushstrokes was naturally rigid...

So the mother in his dream never had any expression.

She always looked at him like this, with a kind of silent coldness.

He always said to her in his dream: "It's almost time."

He didn't know how many times he said it.

It seemed that this would make her close her eyes in the underworld.

But on this day, his dream changed.

The same scroll appeared in his dream.

But the person in the painting was no longer his biological mother.

"Qingyin..." He called out that name.

That was the painting he drew with his own hands from the King of the Meng Clan...

Xue Qingyin walked out of the scroll, but her face was very vivid.

She smiled sweetly, and the tassels on her cheeks swayed back and forth, as if gently scratching people's hearts.

But then

She started crying.

Her face was covered with tears, and she looked pitiful.

"Why are you always so suspicious?" she asked him.

"Qingyin." "Qingyin..."

Xue Qingyin was awakened by the sound of He Songning talking in his sleep.

No matter who has ears full of people calling them, they can't ignore it.

Xue Qingyin held her breath, sat up unhappily, and went to He Songning's side.

She pressed on the blade of He Songning's knife, trying to wake him up.

He Songning instinctively groaned in pain, but didn't wake up.

Xue Qingyin's eyes flashed.

She pinched his wound hard again.

He Songning suddenly opened his eyes, but his eyes were no longer as clear as before.

He murmured: "Qingyin."

Then he hugged her.

Xue Qingyin pushed him away but didn't push him away, but she felt the heat coming from him.

He was very powerful, and he could hold the King of the Meng tribe hostage even when he was injured.

But the wound that was not completely treated made him have a high fever.

Xue Qingyin tilted her head and thought for a moment.

Will he die of fever?

"Qingyin..." He Songning called again, but this time his eyes were a little clearer.

As if he knew he had woken up from a dream.

He hissed, "There is medicine... on my waist, take it out."

Xue Qingyin reached out and touched it.

She touched the handle of the knife.

For a moment, her heart beat wildly... as if it was going to jump out of her throat.

Finally.

She pulled out the knife.

"Puff".

He Songning hadn't reacted yet.

The blade sank into his chest.

Xue Qingyin exhaled: "Don't trust anyone, you taught me."

He Songning's eyes widened with a ferocious look, but he didn't push Xue Qingyin away, but held her tightly.

His voice squeezed out from his throat with difficulty: "... Why?"

Full of disbelief and anger.

Xue Qingyin could finally say that sentence.

She said coldly: "You are not my biological elder brother, you know, and I know it too."