Chapter 866: Hes indomitable (2/2)
“Aye, the princess is a sentimental woman. She’s deeply attached to Long Feiye, but never thought he’d use her like this. From what I’ve heard from the servant girls, she has trouble sleeping at night. It seems she’s been emotionally hurt.” The way Bai Yanqing put it, it almost sounded real.
Gu Beiyue had no idea how much of his statements were truth, but this was what he worried about the most. So much had happened in such a short time. Han Yunxi would definitely misunderstand Long Feiye’s intentions. Add that to the Wind Clan’s interference, and that foolish girl would be saddened for sure. As an outsider, he might know even better than herself, just how much she liked Long Feiye. Thus, he took a risk and wrote a secret flying hawk message to Chu Tianyin so he could deliver the letters that Long Feiye had entrusted to him back to the man, and then onwards to Han Yunxi. He had once considered sending them to Han Yunxi directly, but was afraid that it would land in Bai Yanqing or Ning Cheng’s hands. That would not only ruin his goal, but expose his alliances as well. Thus, the safest choice was to have Chu Tianyin hand it over to Long Feiye himself.
Han Yunxi was in the West Qin barracks, but it was likely she was simply a puppet there without real power. In fact, people might be even keeping watch on her. Long Feiye was different--even if everyone in the East Qin barracks hated Han Yunxi, he could still control everyone and everything.
Half a month had passed since he sent out the letters, so Long Feiye must have received them by now. All of his hopes laid in the man. He only wished that Long Feiye could find a solution quickly to let Han Yunxi know the truth. After a period of silence, Gu Beiyue finally spoke.
“The princess is a sentimental person, but she’s the bravest woman in Cloud Realm. Uncle Bai doesn’t need to worry, the princess won’t be trapped by her own emotions to forget her status.”
“Naturally!” Bai Yanqing answered quickly. “Nephew Beiyue, when did you find out about the princess’s identity? Back then, you and Jun Yixie were at the Skypit…”
Gu Beiyue only exhaled softly. “I was only interested in the poison beast back then, but I didn’t know she was the princess. She did me a kindness in Tianning, so I naturally risked my life to save her when she was being bullied.”
Back then, he’d almost died at Jun Yixie’s hands to save Han Yunxi if it wasn’t for Lil Thing showing up. For this incident, Bai Yanqing had explained that Jun Yixie was his disciple, a man who controlled the Wind Clan’s soldiers while long showing signs of infidelity to the Wind Clan itself.
“Aye…” Bai Yanqing slammed a fist on the table. “Aye, this Jun Yixie! If he had said something to me back then, I would have found you long ago!”
“Uncle Bai, since Jun Yixie had disloyal thoughts, why didn’t you hurry and…”
“It’s not time yet,” Bai Yanqing interrupted seriously. “Right now, the Northern Li emperor is on his guard against Jun Yixie. It won’t be too late for this old man to make a move after the emperor’s made his.”
Although Bai Yanqing didn’t tell him everything, Gu Beiyue understood it well enough. He had long understood Northern Li’s political situation fromLong Feiye himself. From what he knew, Jun Yixie had already used the trip to the Wintercrow Clan to kill the emperor’s two imperial princes. Now he was bringing so many battle horses back. The Northern Li emperor wasn’t fool enough to leave the matter at that.
No matter what the relationship between Bai Yanqing and Jun Yixie could be beyond master and disciple, no matter how much of Bai Yanqing’s words were truths or lies, it was clear the old man wanted Jun Yixie to be his scapegoat by taking the Northern Li emperor’s ire. This way, Bai Yanqing could take the military power for himself.
This might be the real reason that Bai Yanqing had yet to return to Northern Li after all this time. Although Gu Beiyue wasn’t clear on all the pieces now, he knew enough of the chessboard beforehand to be certain that Long Feiye was making his move in Northern Li too. But how would Long Feiye expect Bai Yanqing to cheat Jun Yixie as well? He was worried that by facing off against Jun Yixie, Long Feiye would be doing Bai Yanqing a favor instead!
“Uncle Bai is intelligent,” Gu Beiyue flattered.
“Then Nephew Beiyue, when did you discover the princess’s identity? And how did you do it?” Bai Yanqing asked again. It was clear that he was probing, but Gu Beiyue had been waiting for this question for a very long time.
“It was a coincidence, probably about half a year ago. I heard the princess’s servant girl Baili Mingxiang mention that she had a phoenix wing birthmark on her back,” Gu Beiyue lied, before adding, “I’m the last surviving member of the Shadow Clan, while the Nether Clan’s troops had been defeated. Long Feiye’s power is no small force, and he’s an ambitious man as well. If Long Feiye knew about the princess’s identity, the consequences….this junior couldn’t begin to imagine it. Thus, this junior had no choice but to hide the truth and protect her from the shadows…”
As he spoke, he brought into a bitter laugh. “This junior really had no idea that Long Feiye was the heir to East Qin. Otherwise, I would have taken the princess out of there even if it cost me my life!”
As for the phoenix birthmark, Gu Beiyue had long heard about it from the Nether Clan. He didn’t need to take such pains to lure Han Yunxi to the Poison Sect’s Skypit and test her identity when all he needed was a chance to see her bare back. But he knew that Han Yunxi didn’t use servant girls, while he himself would never be a peeping Tom. When Su Xiaoyu had scalded Han Yunxi with boiling water, he knew it had to be on Chu Tianyin’s orders. He was searching for the phoenix birthmark himself.
Bai Yanqing nodded thoughtfully. Gu Beiyue remained silent for a while longer before he put on an uncertain act. “Speaking of that servant girl Baili Mingxiang, this junior finds it a bit strange…”
“How so?” Bai Yanqing seemed very interested in his answer.