Chapter 850: I didnst dote on you lot for nothing (2/2)

There was no helping it now. She’d brought none of her clothes to the barracks, so she had to make do. See now? She was still wearing her wine-red covering underneath her sleeping robes. Baili Mingxiang realized that Han Yunxi had noticed her embarrassment and grew even more awkward. She lowered her eyes, afraid to meet her gaze. Naturally, Han Yunxi wouldn’t talk about such intimate matters here. She easily dissipated the atmosphere by asking, “Where did you father and Long Feiye go?”

“I don’t know either. In the afternoon, His Highness was the first to leave the training grounds. My father went back to the barracks to pack some things first before chasing after him. It seems like they went to a nearby town. But I don’t know when they’ll come back?” Baili Mingxiang wondered, before adding, “Esteemed wangfei, I made a special trip to remind you that my father might still be on guard against you and His Highness.”

“What, does he suspect something?” Han Yunxi asked.

“When my father returned to the barracks, I asked a few things, but his meaning was…”

“Say it straight, there’s no harm.”

“His meaning...he says we have to guard against...against esteemed wangfei seducing His Highness and luring him in with a beauty trap. He said...His Highness has only had one woman all these years, and it was you. His Highness doesn’t treat you like the rest.”

Baili Mingxiang’s words almost made Han Yunxi laugh out loud. She couldn’t help but harbor a naughty thought: if Baili Yuanlong knew everything, he could enrage himself to death!

But admittedly, the general understood Long Feiye well.

“Mm, I’ll be careful,” Han Yunxi replied earnestly.

“Esteemed wangfei, there’s a lot of inconveniences in the army. How about I tell my father to let me serve you when he returns? I’ll just lie and say I’m acting as a lookout,” Baili Mingxiang asked excitedly.

“It’s not that easy to trick your father. You definitely can’t come,” Han Yunxi rejected instantly. Baili Mingxiang had followed her for so long despite Baili Yuanlong’s protests in the past. If she stuck to her now, then that’d only make trouble. “Later on, just have His Highness find a servant girl over instead!” Han Yunxi said, before changing the topic. “Mingxiang, what’s dual cultivation? What kind of method is it? Do you know?”

She really wanted to talk with her about this!

Now Baili Mingxiang was put in a tough spot. “I don’t know either. When I went to Celestial Mountain, the sword sect master only taught me to cultivate the Nirvana Heart Arts and a few rudimentary routines in swordplay. There wasn’t anything else.”

“You don’t understand a bit about it?” Han Yunxi asked doubtfully.

Baili Mingxiang thought it over before she said hastily, “That’s right, the sword sect master said the dual cultivator has to be someone like His Highness, with a high innate gift for martial arts. In any case, it’s got to be someone better than him, not worse.”

“Two martial arts experts who shut themselves up to cultivate together?” Han Yunxi murmured to herself.

“That should be it,” that’s what Baili Mingxiang thought, too.

Han Yunxi recalled Gu Beiyue, whose shadow arts were exemplary. With his skills, he must have massive inner energy reserves. Moreover, he was still young, but had managed to cultivate such high level martial arts despite his sickly body. His innate talent must be extremely high.

If Gu Beiyue can recover his martial arts, he’s not a bad candidate.

“Mingxiang, don’t come here often. It’ll be better if you don’t come at all,” Han Yunxi said seriously. “His Highness is using you to lure the snake out of its hole, so Bai Yanqing will probably send people to spy on you.”

Only then did Baili Mingxiang realize this fact and immediately understood. Besides, A’Dong, there were many high-level Celestial Mountain experts who had been sent to guard her and wait for Bai Yanqing to make his move.

“Esteemed wangfei, then Mingxiang shall take her leave,” Baili Mingxiang was now anxious to get out.

“Don’t keep calling me esteemed wangfei, in the future you have to use ‘princess,’” Han Yunxi reminded her.

Baili Mingxiang nodded before hurrying out.

That night, Long Feiye didn’t return. Early next morning, Han Yunxi finally fell asleep from exhaustion as the sun came up, but she was soon awoken by a familiar smell.

1. ...my fortune accumulated from previous reincarnations - Chinese people have a saying that people can accumulate or beget karma/fortune between lifetimes. Good deeds will lead to fortunate things/encounters in the soul’s next life, while bad deeds would lead to retribution. Meetings considered fortunate are not seen as coincidence, but fate guided by the amount of “good” a singular soul holds.