Vol 2 Chapter 40 (1/2)

Gu Fang Bu Zi Shang Vol02 Ch40

Pingting wanted Zuiju to use the seven needless on her yesterday She had felt uncoh she had only played a few songs on the qin to test the Princess of Yun Chang, she had used up all of her available energy to do so She laid on the bed, the fa in her nose She knew that she was having yet another drea-An Ducal Residence

Everything was so calm and serene

She comfortably played and joked around with He Xia, utterly carefree

Time skipped to winter The tere scared of the cold but wanted to stargaze at night They had wrapped the until late into the night When they got tired, they hugged each other to sleep without a single worry

The two had been brought up together, did everything together Despite their different opinions and personalities, they never thought such a thing was dirty and never realised that men and women were different

The seniors in the Residence knew that Pingting’s identity wasn’t even enough for the lowest rank for a concubine, so they turned a blind eye to their relationshi+p

The fragrance of Gui Le was the scent of the Jing-An Ducal Residence

Pingting loved this scent, saying it was corance was often present in her Master’s room too

She had her own room, but her Master’s roos in the room and entered all the time

“It’s a little warmer if I hold you” A seven year old boy said, full of desire to protect like always

“Open the ”

“But Mother will yell at h He Xia said this, he didn’t hesitate to juilely wriggled back in, hugging the pale-faced Pingting “It’s so cold!”

“Winter ought to be cold”

“Go on! Who was the one sick in bed two days ago?”

The two young children chattered on, the echoes ringing in the ear

She groggily woke up and saw He Xia’s fa shrinked back, widening her eyes

It wasn’t a dream

“What’s wrong?” He Xia opened his eyes, s as he asked

Pingting sat up and turned away, “Why is Master sleeping here?”

“We used to…”

“The past is the past, the present is the present” Pingting stopped, furown up”

He Xia had rarely seen Pingting angry and couldn’t help feeling a little shocked It was a while before he sneered, “True, we’ve grown up, and our hearts have changed too” He got off the bed, picking up his own clothes to put on

Zuiju had curled up by the wall and slept through the night She heard so up in the corner The useless stone remained in her hand

He Xia saw her and he turned back to Pingting He lowered his voice, “No need to worry, your maid is even ht the light of the sun No in to stop ht, even though he had no ill intentions, his charisma was completely shattered in their eyes until not a trace was left

Pingting had known He Xia for all these years The two had an unbreakable bond, but she had never put the feelings betweentaken as his wife, she had never thought tooHe Xia’s words just then ry Her face paled

“Have I ever forced you at any tiulfed by the fire of annoyance as he gritted his teeth “Chu Beijie is the one that wants your body not your heart Don’t mistake me for him”

Pingting only felt that her heart had been cut with a sharp knife, causing it to no longer support her body She began to sway

Zuiju suddenly yelled, “Miss!”

He Xia was also alarmed by this and hurriedly went forwards to support her Hething, cal in the past, he had said the sa else It also helped calm himself down

Zuiju brought up hot water and Pingting drank a sip Pingting’s eyes flickered towards He Xia and saw geniune concern in his eyes She then reet away from this familiar person Her heart was filled with sorrow Not quite sure whether her tone should be happy or angry, she ended up whispering, “Is Master heading out today?” after a while

“Anything wrong?”

Pingting saw that he was holding onto her wrist and was terrified that the effects fro to He Xia’s discovery of her plan Her expression didn’t change however, “Nothingso that even if one day Pingting is gone, Master still has so to remember”

He Xia snorted, “What rubbish Are you not here for h the heavens and earth to retrieve you”

“What heavens and earth? Do you really take those words seriously?” Pingting faintly retorted back, thinking of the various vows she had made with Chu Beijie

Through the heavens and earth, to the end of the earth and to its highest and lowest points

For this lifetih life and death

“Get on the horse Fro, you will be Chu”

Words not to be taken seriously, yet she had really believed in them

How could she take theood dream and woken from it

The sour taste of grief welled up at the tip of her nose While she was an to fall

He Xia however, did not realise that her thoughts had drifted faraway He comforted her, “Every word I say is the truth Don’t cry, I won’t go anywhere today and draw a very pretty picture of you, so you can display it in your room, okay?”

Pingting’s expression was full of suffering and was even more upset when she heard He Xia’s soft words of coainst Chu Beijie

She then remembered the fetus inside her and didn’t cry out She whi the sound until she stopped

Although He Xia knew that the Princess was still waiting for him at the Royal Residence, the Princess was ent,her much more difficult to persuade He had been the one to set a trap to deeply crack her heart Seeing the current Pingting so weak, He Xia naturally refused to let go of such an easy way to win her trust He asked soe to the Royal Residence, quickly conjuring up a random excuse He then took out a piece of paper and picked up the brush, carefully drawing Pingting

Yaotian slept even worse than Zuiju that night

When returning to the Royal Residence, she had looked around the brilliant halls of gold and the glittering bead curtains as well as the maids that attended her The retted the anger felt whenaway from the Prince Consort Residence

He Xia sword dancing in the snohile Bai Pingting playing an extraordinary accompaniive to He Xia in her lifetiiven nor like a flawless transaction

Although unwilling to admit, she knew, deep dohat each other really wanted

Yaotian could barely supress the sour taste in her heart and mind She lay out on the bed, tossed and turned sleeplessly until it becaet up

A man’s heart was never easy to capture, not to mention, from all of the people possible, she had chosen the fa-An

Thinking of the words He Xia had said the night before sent Yaotian’s heart sank, she got dressed and told Luyi to reject the other officials who tried to see her She concentrated on He Xia’s arrival

Unexpectedly, after a long period of waiting, He Xia did not coer who had said He Xia was carefully thinking about the frontlines and could not teh the ood words for him, Yaotian sent him back with a cold expression She stayed alone in the roo the Senior Official here”

Gui Changqing ih and hurried over as soon as he heard the command

“Have a seat, Senior Official” Yaotian’s expression isted as she said this Her face was filled with anxiety at first, but she didn’t knohere to begin when seeing Gui Changqing caht and looked at hi Lin’s ar that Prince Consort will be hurrying to the border in a few days Are all resource preparations complete? Have people been sent to check the most important resource, food?”

“All preparations are cos and had pro to Yaotian’s questions, his eyesHe replied carefully and saw that Yaotian was just nodding absently Hearing enough, she didn’t ask for any more

No one understood the Princess’ personality , and the people in the Royal Residence had told him about the Princess’ return frouessed what she was thinking and changed the topic, “I will h resources at the border so that the Prince Consort will not have to worry about the to the front lines?”

Yaotian brooded over for a while before sighing “I thought for a long tiht Yes, I must worry about both the present and the future, but it seems that the present worries are much more scary than future considerations”

Gui Changqing asked, “Princess has already ?”

“Correct”

“What kind of person is she?” Even though Gui Changqing ith age, he couldn’t help be a little curious

The chaotic world with low morals should have been the word of men

Soldiers and horses, heads of the executed, all that scattered blood and the fame, achievements that came with it were supposed to be in their hands

Women, if they were born into noble fae to someone suited of their rank If they were peerless beauties, then they would beco troubled times

Bai Pingting was the only exception

She was born a ed the power distribution of the four countries She had created Gui Le’s five year truce, won the battle of Kanbu in Bei Mo and even the i was complicatedly related to her

“What kind of person is she?” It seemed that Yaotian wasn’t sure of the answer herself Her very delicate eyebrow furrowed slightly, trying to recall the Bai Pingting she had seen yesterday and reet ith Bai Pingting is very hard to describe I’ll put it this hen I first saw Bai Pingting, I suddenly felt that all of the varied praises about her were real Indeed, she seeed Chu Beijie in the battle of Bei Mo I felt that she had the soldiers’ approval, not just the co For someone to stand up to Chu Beijie so equallytruly unbelievable, but when you see Bai Pingting, even that see its container You think it’s so she had done, did”

Gui Changqing didn’t let go of any traces of expression on Yaotian’s face He lowered his voice, “Does Princess think that if a wo was severely hurt by a ive him?”

“Hurt?” A little bit of suspicion leaked into Yaotian’s eyes, “Why hurt?”

“For so else, he broke their pro forced to Yun Chang”

“Chu Beijie?”

“Correct”

Yaotian asked incredulously, “Why did Senior Official suddenly mention this?”

“I have already sent someone to ask around the Prince Consort Residence about the context of Bai Pingting’s arrival Fro has lost her faith in Chu Beijie, and as long as Bai Pingting doesn’t forgive Chu Beijie, then Chu Beijie will forever feel hatred towards the Royal House of Dong Lin”

Yaotian’s thoughts were not on Chu Beijie She faintly asked, “Was that not the intention of the alliance with Bei Mo?”

It seemed that after a proble proble by Chu Beijie or He Xia’s side?

Gui Changqing s is now useless”

Yaotian studied Gui Changqing’s expression and was surprised Her voice was nervous, “Senior Official esture

“Absolutely not” Gui Changqing shook his head “If Bai Pingting dies, then Chu Beijie will rabidly lead his soldiers to attackIt will become a ithout rest Not to mention…does Princess knohere the Prince Consort slept last night? And his whereabouts right now?”

Yaoting was secretly alarmed by what she heard Her face calmed down, “Did he not sleep at the Prince Consort Residence?”

“From my reports from the Prince Consort Residence, the Prince Consort stayed and slept in Bai Pingting’s roo Lin”

Yaotian’s expression becaot up and took several deep breaths towards theShe took several , “Continue”

“The Prince Consort is not dealing within his residence to draw a portrait of Pingting”

Yaotian’s heart seeripped the sill With enough force to make her joints completely white, her sharp nails left several deep marks on its carved wood

She drew a long breath, raised her hand and stared at her now-daernails that had been welldied, not only Chu Beijie would go crazy, but the Prince Consort would too” Her voice beca cold, “Can Senior Official think of a plan foris in the Prince Consort’s Residence What can I do to not severe my ties with the Prince Consort?”

“I have a very simple method that can solve all problems”

“Oh?” Yaotian turned towards hi

Gui Changqing gave her a small smile of wisdom and cleared his throat “Please allow me to outline the plan to Princess Chu Beijie was crazed by lust and forcefully stole the Prince Consort’sand refused to let any har to Yun Chang Our Yun Chang has not done anything wrong, correct?”

Yaotian thought for a moment and understood so was a -An saved her from the clutches of the Duke of Zhen-Bei which is perfectly nor Lin has no reason to send out troops”

Gui Changqing secretly praised her wit and adoringly looked at her, continuing, “Princess you are wrong Regardless if there is a reason or not, as long as Bai Pingting is in our hands, Chu Beijie would definitely send out his troops