Chapter 821: AsLi, Ism pregnan (2/2)

But was it true or false?

Tang Li immediately backed away to increase the distance between them so he could calm down. He avoided Ning Jing’s provoking gaze.

“Someone come, find a doctor!” he shouted.

Ning Jing suddenly laughed out loud. “Tang Li, so it turns out you object to this!”

She was mocking him for being too soft-hearted, and for losing to her. At this, Tang Li immediately calmed down. Coldly he said, “You’re over thinking things. I’m only finding a doctor to abort it, that’s all. You don’t have the right to have my Tang Clan’s child.”

“Fortunately, I’ve never gotten pregnant,” Ning Jing said coldly without a care in the world.

The doctor was knocking right by the door. But before he could speak up, Ning Jing said, “Forget it, I was only tricking you.”

Tang Li’s gaze grew sluggish until he heard the doctor. Then he shouted, “Scram!”

Ning Jing silently exhaled, but Tang Li missed it completely. He coldly tossed her a sentence. “I’ll give you one last night to think things over. If you still won’t talk by tomorrow, prepare to die over the city gates!”

As he finished, he stalked out. Ning Jing lowered her eyes and grew very, very quiet. She was like a flower that had withered up, its head drooping without the hope of ever blossoming again.

Meanwhile, Tang Li went to Long Feiye’s side and sat down without a word. Long Feiye only glanced at him without asking any questions.

“If we still can’t find anyone tomorrow, help me stand guard here. I’ll go to the Tianning imperial capital. You’ll have full authority to decide what happens here. Don’t forget Gu Beiyue…” After a long pause, Long Feiye finally continued. “Even if he’s dead, I want to see a body.”

Tang Li didn’t reply for a while. It seemed as if he’d lost his very souls. Long Feiye had to repeat himself before he nodded. “Understood, don’t worry.”

A whole night of searching yielded no results, so Long Feiye firmly set out for Tianning. Meanwhile, Baili Mingxiang’s group arrived just in time to miss him.

“Uncle Gao, I think we should go back first. His Highness will return to the army eventually,” Baili Mingxiang said.

“Miss Mingxiang, why don’t you find another carriage and follow behind this old man? Rushing about all this way is too hard for a lady like you,” Uncle Gao only felt pained for Baili Mingxiang over their past few days of travel.

Whether or not His Highness Duke of Qin was present, Baili Mingxiang only sat outside the carriage. His Highness had strong mysophobia, so the inside of the carriage was only reserved for himself or esteemed wangfei. Uncle Gao didn’t dare to tell Baili Mingixang to go inside, nor did she herself ever dared to break the rules.

“No need, I’m used to it,” Baili Mingxiang lowered her voice before she teased, “Ever since I started practicing martial arts, this body hasn’t been as delicate or fragile as before.”

“But…”

“Alright already, Uncle Gao. Let’s hurry back,” Baili Mingxiang knew her father’s temper all too well. She didn’t know if she could help, but she had to rush back as fast as she could.

The two bid their farewells to Tang Li and went to retrace their steps. By the time they reached a desolate area, Uncle Gao avoided the shadow guards to ask her in a low voice, “Miss Mingxiang, you’ve waited on esteemed wangfei. Tell the truth, does she have a phoenix birthmark on her back?”

“None!” Baili Mingxiang didn’t hesitate as she all but blurted it out. “Uncle Gao, His Highness is already investigating the rumormongers. How could you still be suspicious? Moreover, who can prove that a phoenix birthmark means someone’s the descendant of the West Qin imperial clan?”

Uncle Gao nodded in understanding. Afraid that he wasn’t convinced, Baili Mingxiang added, “The rumormonger must be trying to sow discord. Uncle Gao, you’re more familiar with the Tang Clan. They dislike esteemed wangfei most of all. This time you should be on esteemed wangfei’s side instead!”

Uncle Gao nodded his head. “That’s only natural!”

Baili Mingxiang finally exhaled. She had seen the phoenix birthmark before, so she knew the truth very well. His Highness was trying to protect esteemed wangfei! As a descendant of the Mermaid Clan, she naturally harbored hatred for West Qin and its factions. But Han Yunxi wasn’t just the West Qin heir, but her savior. Hatred could be left to those who wanted to win the world. She only knew that she could live this long because that woman had protected, accompanied, and encouraged her countless times. She would never forget the time she said that she’d be by her side for every day she nurtured Beauty’s Blood.

Perhaps some might say that Han Yunxi wouldn’t have saved her if she knew her own identity. But Baili Mingxiang disliked second-guessing what people might have done differently in the past. After all, Han Yunxi had no obligation to save her in the first place even if she wasn’t the West Qin princess.

Good deeds yielded good results. Unfortunately, Han Yunxi had no idea what Baili Mingxiang was thinking over in distant Tianning. Currently, she was staring at Chu Qingge…