Xiao Fei Is Gone

The atmosphere was silent.

Su Liang stared at the dancing flame of the dragon and phoenix wedding candle, which was as thick as a child's arm, waiting for Ji Yueyan to speak again.

Gu Ling picked up the bloodstained gold hairpin on the ground and was carefully looking at the pattern on it.

Ji Yueyan looked at Su Liang, then at Gu Ling, supported her arm, slowly stood up, and sat in a seat opposite them.

As for the servants, they were all driven out by Duanmu Chen at the beginning of the incident.

"What are you looking at?" Ji Yueyan asked Su Liang.

Su Liang retracted his gaze, his expression indifferent, "Moths to the flame."

Ji Yueyan subconsciously looked at the wedding candle, there was only flame, no moth. In this deep palace, even a mosquito would find it difficult to fly in. A moth flying into a flame is tantamount to self-destruction... Her face suddenly changed, and she stared at Su Liang, "Moth... Are you talking about me?"

Su Liang shook her head, "If Concubine Yan knew what she was doing, there would be no need to ask."

"What should you do if there are people who prevent you from being together? What should you do if you are forced to marry a man you don't love? I was born in the royal family, so I should be helpless and at the mercy of others? You guessed it right, I would rather be banished to the cold palace than be touched by the emperor! You think I am seeking my own death, but for me, being a canary in the harem, being possessed by a man I don't love, and giving birth to children for him, is simply worse than death!" Ji Yueyan said, her body trembling slightly, and her eyes became determined.

Su Liang looked at Ji Yueyan. Gu Ling's impression of her cowardice may not be a disguise, but she obviously regards love as more important than anything else, and is willing to give everything for it, even her life.

"Why didn't you make plans earlier?" Su Liang asked.

Ji Yueyan did not see any sympathy for her in Su Liang's eyes, only a calm scrutiny. Gu Ling next to her was still studying the golden hairpin, looking indifferent.

Ji Yueyan's face was bitter. "I am imprisoned in the deep wall. What can I do? I don't have the opportunity to learn skills like Su Shenyi and win a good future for myself. I have accepted my fate of marriage. Now I just want to live a clean life. Is that not okay?"

"As a princess married to a foreign country, you will not be sent here if you have any flaws on your body." Su Liang looked indifferent. "If you want to escape the fate of marriage, it is actually very simple. You don't need advanced medical skills or powerful martial arts. You just need to 'accidentally' burn your hand, break your leg, disfigure your face, and leave a scar of varying sizes. You are not afraid of death, so what about those? If you do those, you can stay in the Yan Kingdom Palace you are familiar with, be a princess, and live the clean life you want, instead of traveling thousands of miles to the unfamiliar Gan Kingdom Palace and risk assassinating the emperor of Gan Kingdom."

Ji Yueyan suddenly grabbed the wedding dress with both hands and pulled it. Although it was quickly released, Su Liang did not ignore it.

"Dr. Su is indeed a man of extraordinary intelligence. But unfortunately, I am a fool and did not think so much at that time." Ji Yueyan shook her head.

Su Liang looked at Ji Yueyan and fell silent. Because she suddenly thought of another person, a person who had just returned to Gan Country from Yan Country.

Ji Yueyan was not stupid. She did not do it too hard. She calculated that Duanmu Chen would not break up with Yan Country, so she would be fine.

Therefore, Ji Yueyan could not have thought of what Su Liang said. She thought of it but did not do it, which means that she wanted to come to Gan Country.

Su Liang had to suspect at this moment that Ji Yueyan's lover also came to Gan Country. And for a princess in the deep palace, the only normal men she could come into contact with, except for the royal family members, were the guards of the palace.

The term palace guard, Su Liang has really heard a lot in the past few days... Bai Yang used to be a guard in the palace of Yan Country. After returning to Gan Country, he still insisted on entering the palace as a guard.

At that time, Su Liang felt that Bai Yang's reason for entering the palace could not convince her.

If Ji Yueyan and Bai Yang were a couple, everything would make sense.

They have no future in Yan Kingdom. Not to mention the disparity in status, Bai Yang is also a spy of Gan Kingdom, controlled by others, and neither of them has freedom. For the safety of Ren Dong, Bai Yang dared not flee privately.

The time when Ren Dong went to find Bai Yang was almost the same as the time when the Yan Kingdom royal family selected Ji Yueyan for marriage. Duanmu Yi was disabled, and Bai Yang could regain his freedom and get a legitimate and backed identity as long as he followed Ren Dong back to Gan Kingdom. Even if Ji Yueyan married to Gan Kingdom, they could still meet and have contact as long as Bai Yang could enter the palace as a guard.

Even when Ji Yueyan really entered the cold palace, no one cared about her, and Bai Yang could find an opportunity to elope with her. With his martial arts, plus as an insider of the palace, it is not impossible to do it after gaining the trust of Duanmu Chen.

The reason why they couldn't do anything during the marriage was because if they disrupted the marriage, which was related to the overall situation, the two would inevitably be hunted down by the royal families of Gan and Yan. Bai Yang was a martial arts expert, but his personal strength could not be compared with that of the royal family.

But after the marriage, Ji Yueyan was nominally Duanmu Chen's woman, and the imperial concubine Yan of Gan. If anything happened to her, Duanmu Chen would try his best to cover it up for the sake of face and not let outsiders know.

Just like tonight, not many people knew about it. Old Doctor Gao served the royal family all his life and would never spread it. And the person Duanmu Chen asked to interrogate Ji Yueyan was Su Liang, whom he trusted the most.

Bai Yang didn't have to worry about Ren Dong anymore, because she was now under Su Liang's protection. And because of the brother-sister relationship with Ren Dong, if he really did something like kidnapping the emperor's woman, after the matter was done, Ren Dong would beg Su Liang to let him go, and Su Liang could persuade Duanmu Chen...

Su Liang looked at Ji Yueyan, and Ji Yueyan also looked at her quietly.

Su Liang felt that if things were as she guessed, it would not be difficult to explain why Ji Yueyan showed extraordinary calmness. When she saw Duanmu Chen called Su Liang to deal with it immediately, Ji Yueyan should have more confidence in her and Bai Yang's plan.

When their eyes met, Ji Yueyan realized that Su Liang had seen through her. Her forced calmness was replaced by a silent begging... because she knew that as long as Su Liang said Bai Yang's name here, their love and future would come to an end tonight.

Ji Yueyan and Bai Yang did need Su Liang's help, but in their plan, before they eloped, Su Liang would not find out, and no one would find out. Even if Su Liang was unwilling to help them afterwards, they would not regret it even if they were hunted down.

Unfortunately, Ji Yueyan underestimated Su Liang's intelligence and calmness. Su Liang had no feelings for Bai Yang, whom he had just met, and there was no trust in him, nor would he be moved by the tears of a princess who grew up in the palace.

When Su Liang saw Ji Yueyan's begging look, he knew that she guessed right.

But things are really difficult to handle. After all, Ji Yueyan and Bai Yang have not yet done what Su Liang guessed. The fact is that Bai Yang was found by Ren Dong and is loyal to Duanmu Chen, and Ji Yueyan just doesn't want to consummate her marriage with Duanmu Chen.

Su Liang can't force them into a dead end just because he found out that Ji Yueyan has someone in her heart and she and Bai Yang have not yet implemented their elopement plan.

However, helping them and fulfilling their fate is not what Su Liang is considering now. She is not a living Bodhisattva who saves the suffering, and her current position is Duanmu Chen's confidant. She can't ignore Duanmu Chen's mood and the face of the royal family of Gan Kingdom.

Gu Ling threw the golden hairpin in his hand and nailed it to the table next to Ji Yueyan. She was startled.

"Let's go." Gu Ling stood up.

Su Liang didn't look at Ji Yueyan again, and held Gu Ling's hand, and the two walked out together.

When the door opened, Changan was standing outside, "The emperor is waiting for you two."

Su Liang knew that someone was listening outside, so he was not surprised. He nodded and asked Changan to lead the way.

Ji Yueyan saw Changan's eyes passing through her through the open door, and she was instantly shocked and broke out in a cold sweat! If Su Liang had just said Bai Yang's name, the consequences would be disastrous!

After calming down a little, Ji Yueyan thought that Su Liang must have guessed it, but did not mention Bai Yang. Does it mean that she decided to cover it up for them...

...

When Su Liang met Duanmu Chen, he was watching the moon in the imperial garden.

Changan brought the person in and bowed his head and left.

Duanmu Chen looked at Su Liang and Gu Ling and asked them to sit over.

Gu Ling took off his coat, folded it up, made a cushion, and then helped Su Liang sit down.

Duanmu Chen snorted when he saw this, "Are you here to provoke me?"

Calling himself "I" means that he now wants to talk to Su Liang and Gu Ling as a friend.

"I'm pregnant." Su Liang yawned.

Duanmu Chen coughed lightly, "I forgot, you are in a delicate body now. How is it? Did she tell you?"

Chang'an heard the conversation between Su Liang and Ji Yueyan, but had not yet told Duanmu Chen. Duanmu Chen asked Su Liang first.

If Su Liang lied to Duanmu Chen, he would find out after comparing it with Chang'an's words.

"How does the emperor get along with Concubine Liang?" Su Liang asked, but asked about Situ Yao.

Duanmu Chen nodded, "There's nothing wrong with her."

But there was really not much truth in this statement. Su Liang knew Duanmu Chen's attitude towards women, and was not surprised.

Just as Su Liang was considering how to tell Duanmu Chen about Ji Yueyan, Gu Ling spoke first, "Ji Yueyan and Bai Yang are lovers."

It was sharp and simple.

Su Liang frowned slightly, and then relaxed quickly. She had not discussed her guesses with Gu Ling, but it was not surprising that Gu Ling had discovered what she had thought of.

And Gu Ling had his reasons for saying it so bluntly.

Duanmu Chen frowned fiercely, "Bai Yang? No wonder... No wonder he took the initiative to find me and wanted to enter the palace as a guard! What do they want to do? Do something shameful under my nose?"

In anger, it became "I" again.

"Not to the point." Gu Ling shook his head, "But they will probably find a chance to elope."

Duanmu Chen was so angry that his face turned green. He and Situ Yao had met before they got married, and he wanted to get Situ Yao. But for Ji Yueyan, there was no such relationship. Tonight he was just doing what he should have done, consummating the marriage with the princess.

Duanmu Chen felt that his emperor's majesty and man's dignity were seriously challenged by Ji Yueyan and Bai Yang.

"You... are you planning to let me fulfill them?" Duanmu Chen snorted coldly.

Gu Ling shook his head, "Those two people have nothing to do with us."

Duanmu Chen narrowed his eyes, "If I execute them, you will not intervene?"

Gu Ling shook his head again, "First, under the current situation, the Princess of Yan Kingdom cannot be in trouble; second, such things cannot be made public; third, the emperor should not force a woman who loves someone else."

"What do you mean?" Duanmu Chen asked coldly, "I am not interested in that woman. She is also my concubine. She must die in the palace!"

"My suggestion is," Gu Ling said indifferently, "why not fulfill them and wait until the world is unified."

Hearing the words "unified the world", Duanmu Chen's face changed, "Didn't you say it has nothing to do with them? What if it takes another ten or twenty years to achieve the unification of the world?"

"It has nothing to do with whether it has anything to do with them. I am just saying the right thing. The unification of the world will not take that long." Gu Ling said.

Su Liang would consider his relationship with Ren Dong, but Gu Ling had no selfish motives but good intentions. It was difficult for a princess who had no choice and a guard who had been trained to be a spy since childhood to get together. Gu Ling just didn't want to be an accomplice in destroying their hopes of life.

Although he didn't see the black mist appearing between Bai Yang and Ji Yueyan's eyebrows, he felt that he should do something instead of watching them go to the end just because they loved each other.

At this moment, Duanmu Chen's anger had faded, because what he cared more about was what Gu Ling said, "It won't take that long to unify the world."

All along, Duanmu Chen had never told Su Liang and Gu Ling that he wanted to destroy Liang and Yan and become the only emperor. It's not that he didn't want to, but ambition is something that you just need to know. Some things are important to do, not to say.

This was also the first time that Gu Ling told Duanmu Chen that he would assist him with the goal of unifying the world. Although Gu Ling did not express it this way, Duanmu Chen understood it this way, and he thought there should be no misunderstanding.

Compared with this, Ji Yueyan and Bai Yang are not worth mentioning at all. Duanmu Chen is not the kind of person who really cares about the so-called dignity given to men by women, and really wants Ji Yueyan to die in the palace of Gan Kingdom to feel refreshed.

The right thing... Duanmu Chen thought of the three words in Gu Ling's words and agreed with them. He has been reminding himself to do the right thing and not to make decisions impulsively under the influence of emotions.

At this moment, Duanmu Chen was thinking, would it make any sense for him to kill Ji Yueyan and Bai Yang, or break them up and torture them? Would he get any benefits or pleasure? The answer is no, he is not a psychopath.

"Su Liang," Duanmu Chen's eyes were deep, "Do you think so too?"

Su Liang chuckled, "They will definitely think that the emperor is a good man."

Duanmu Chen wanted to roll his eyes, "I don't need it." But he smiled after he finished speaking, "But to be honest, I miss the days when I was a county magistrate in Bei'an County. The gratitude and respect of the victims after justice was served were more real than the admiration from sitting on the high dragon throne."

After a long sigh, Duanmu Chen stood up, "In this case, I will be a good person this time. I probably won't have anyone I truly love in this life, but looking at you guys who are in love with each other, I feel good. However, Bai Yang, don't think about entering the palace. First make merit, let him go to the south to serve under Nian Jincheng!"

"The emperor is kind." Su Liang gave a thumbs up.

Duanmu Chen snorted, "Hurry back, don't tire my godson."

If he didn't say it, Su Liang almost forgot that Duanmu Chen was going to be the adoptive father of her child. But it's not a son, it's a daughter, but I haven't told him yet.

...

Gu Ling and Su Liang returned home, it was already late at night, and they fell asleep quickly.

The next day, when Su Liang saw Ren Dong, he said he wanted to talk to her.

First asked about marrying Qi Jun, Ren Dong looked helpless, "I just agreed to be with him, it's not the time to get married yet, he's too impatient."

"Get married first, then fall in love." Su Liang smiled, "Let's talk about it when his father comes back."

Ren Dong nodded, and when Su Liang asked when Bai Yang would return to Beijing, she said that this mission was not too far, and if everything went well, he would be back in about three to five days.

"When you went to Xiangyue City to find him, did you see him and he went with you?" Su Liang asked.

Ren Dong was stunned for a moment and shook her head. "I wanted to take Bai Yang away immediately when I saw him, but he insisted that I wait for two days, saying that he had some things to deal with and didn't want to leave trouble for his friends in the Yan Kingdom Palace. Is there any problem? I believe Bai Yang will not betray Gan Kingdom."

"But now he is planning to betray the emperor of Gan Kingdom." Su Liang told Ren Dong what happened last night to her astonishment.

After listening to Ren Dong, she froze, "He...how could this happen? This...the emperor already knows about it? The emperor will not kill him, right?"

Su Liang shook his head, "It might have been possible, but Gu Ling gave the emperor a suggestion, and the emperor accepted it."

Hearing this, Ren Dong's expression relaxed, "Thank you, master and son-in-law!"

Learning about Gu Ling's suggestion and Duanmu Chen's decision, Ren Dong nodded immediately, "That's great! If the emperor didn't look at the face of the master and son-in-law, he would not give him a way to live. If he wants to be with the person he likes, he must work hard for it!"

"Wait for him to come back, talk to him." Su Liang said.

"I have to ask him to kowtow to the master and the son-in-law." Ren Dong said.

Su Liang shook his head, "Goodbye. It's good that he knows what to do. This matter must be kept secret, and Qi Jun should not tell it for now."

...

Concubine Yan Ji Yueyan was not banished to the cold palace. Because if she did that, there must be a reason. And the real reason Duanmu Chen did not want people to know.

On the second night after Duanmu Chen married Ji Yueyan, he actually went to Xing Yuyan, which puzzled Situ Yao. But the only news he got was that Ji Yueyan was not in good health.

Xing Yuyan was overjoyed, but Duanmu Chen just came to see her and left again after sitting for a while. He was injured and didn't want Situ Yao to find out, although he was actually most comfortable with Situ Yao.

...

Gu Ling sent someone to keep an eye on it, but did not find the gray-clothed old man that day again.

That day, Lao Mu took Zheng'er to eat in the restaurant. Zheng'er was almost done eating, so he was playing with paper airplanes.

After throwing it out again, the paper airplane spun and floated out of the window.

"Grandpa Mu, Xiao Feifei is out!" Zheng'er hurriedly called Grandpa Mu.

Old Mu threw down the chicken leg in his hand and ran to the window, "Grandpa will help you pick it up!" But just as he was about to jump out, he looked left and right and didn't see where the paper airplane was.

Old Mu picked up Zheng'er, "Look, little darling, Xiaofei is gone. Was it picked up by someone?"

"Okay." Zheng'er nodded, "Then I'll make another one!" The one he played with before was made by Gu Ling, but now he can fold it himself, so if it's lost, it's lost.

"I'll fold one too, let's compete and see whose can fly farther! Haha!" Old Mu turned around with Zheng'er in his arms, and both the old and the child went to fold new paper airplanes.

In an alley not far from the restaurant, on a lush tree, the gray-clothed old man carefully examined the paper airplane in his hand for a while, then took out a sheepskin book from his arms, untied the rope tied on the cover, opened it, put the paper airplane in it, and then took out a charcoal pencil, holding the sheepskin book in one hand and writing on it with the other hand: "I found something that looks like the airplane described by the master. The owner of this thing has a close relationship with Su Liang and Gu Ling."

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