Chapter 867: Bai Yanqing, just you wai (1/2)

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Gu Beiyue was convinced that Bai Yanqing had taken Long Feiye’s hook after seeing him so interested in Baili Mingxiang! For the sake of hiding the truth about the Lustbite energy, he helped Long Feiye lie to Han Yunxi and send the girl up Celestial Mountain under the pretext of an acupuncture treatment plan.

“This Baili Mingxiang is the young Miss of General Baili’s estate and his own daughter. I don’t know how, but she ended up entering the Duke of Qin’s estate as a servant girl,” Gu Beiyue said.

“This old man heard of that as well. Back then, it was the talk of Tianning’s capital city,” Bai Yanqing said. “A general’s daughter wouldn’t really go to be a servant girl, right?”

“Naturally not! To outsiders she’s a servant girl, but she was learning needle and poison arts from the princess. The princess wasn’t willing, but it wasn’t like she could chase her off. As this junior sees it, she was probably taking Long Feiye’s face into consideration. I’ve heard that the Duke of Qin never leaves guests overnight, but Miss Baili started living in the Duke of Qin right and properly after becoming a servant girl in name,” Gu Beiyue said.

Bai Yanqing fell silent as his gaze grew dark. It wasn’t clear what he was thinking about. Gu Beiyue continued to speak.

“That’s not the strangest part. This junior doesn’t understand--when Long Feiye was injured in Celestial Mountain, he personally called for Baili Mingxiang to accompany him. Supposedly, she was to treat him with acupuncture, but I and the princess are far better in the skill than Baili Mingxiang.”

Bai Yanqing finally opened his mouth. “The princess and you were probably too busy to rush to Celestial Mountain while dealing with Medical City, right?”

“Uncle Bai might not know, but this junior actually recommended Imperial Physician Huang to Long Feiye. Yet he insisted on none other that Miss Baili!” Gu Beiyue said in all seriousness. “As this junior sees it, there’s something fishy about all this!”

Bai Yanqing’s eyes flickered with a complicated expression before he nodded. However, he didn’t tell Gu Beiyue anything regarding the Lustbite energy or dual cultivation. Over the past few days, he’d sent men to keep their eyes on Baili Mingxiang and investigate everything about her. One of his agents had recently infiltrated into the East Qin barracks to probe around. He had received news just before meeting with Gu Beiyue that the three dancer assassins had failed their mission and were all caught. Actually, the assassination was his secondary goal. Sending out those dancers was just to feel out the situation. Although he highly suspected Baili Mingxiang, he couldn’t be certain that she was Long Feiye’s dual cultivation candidate. He could only make his move to kill the girl after he was absolutely sure.

When it came to sword skills, he was still inferior to Long Feiye in a serious match, but his poison skills were enough to suppress the man. Thus, he had to stop Long Feiye from cultivating to the third level of the Lustbite energy, or else he’d be unstoppable. The man could easily evade his poison attacks then! Gu Beiyue’s words and the dancer spies’ failed assassination attempts dismissed the last thread of doubt in Bai Yanqing’s head. He decided that he could start to make his own move now!

Gu Beiyue didn’t continue talking. This was as much as he could do for Long Feiye now. Although he wished he could do more, he couldn’t be rash in front of Bai Yanqing. Bai Yanqing may underestimate him, but he couldn’t underestimate him in turn.

“Uncle Bai, how did the Wind Clan discover the princess and Long Feiye’s identities?” Gu Beiyue asked seriously.

Bai Yanqing explained how Jun Yixie had brought back the mermaid blood from Fishery Island. As for Han Yunxi’s identity, he hesitated for a long time before stating, “Lady Tianxin and the heir of the Poison Sect had an affair together. You must have heard about this during your longer days in Medical City, right?”

Gu Beiyue’s heart was alarmed. Although he’d guessed as much, he wished it wasn’t true.

“I’ve heard grandfather bring it up,” he answered.

Bai Yanqing sighed. “That heir of the Poison Sect...was none other than your Uncle Bai, me!”

Gu Beiyue’s hands clenched as he was rendered speechless. Bai Yanqing, the heir to the Poison Sect, was really Lady Tianxin’s lover and Han Yunxi’s father!

“So Uncle Bai long knew that Lady Tianxin was the descendent of West Qin?” Gu Beiyue asked.

Bai Yanqing nodded and didn’t deny it.

“Then why did Lady Tianxin married Han Congan? Why didn’t you ever ask after the princess? Why?” Gu Beiyue asked.

“I didn’t know Tianxin was Mu Xin. I’ve been looking for Mu Xin all these years. Once I discovered she was Tianning’s Tianxin, she...she had already died from dystocia! Yunxi had already grown up!” Bai Yanqing grew agitated as tears fell from his old eyes. “My father was the son of the first wife in the Poison Sect. My mother was a descendant of the Wind Clan. Back then, I had no idea that Mu Xin was the descendent of the West Qin Dynasty until I saw her phoenix wing birthmark. Before I had time to tell her I was from the Wind Clan, she misunderstood me as having an affair with a different woman and left while still pregnant with my child…”

Bai Yanqing grew too choked with sobs to continue. Gu Beiyue’s eyes flickered with doubt. He could tell that Bai Yanqing’s tears were genuine. When would a man shed tears without truly feeling something? But he didn’t trust Bai Yanqing’s excuses at all. The bit about Bai Yanqing being Han Yunxi’s father might very well be true, but the rest were all lies!

The fact that a spy like Helian Zuixiang[1] existed already proved that Bai Yanqing knew about Han Yunxi a long time ago and planted agents in her vicinity. If he was really concerned about Han Yunxi’s wellbeing and wished to revive the West Qin Dynasty, he should have acknowledged her ages ago and made his move. He shouldn’t be circling around Long Feiye and Ning Cheng--much less Northern Li!

Gu Beiyue started out assuming that Bai Yanqing had aspirations to conquer th world, but now he was feeling a bit lost and even afraid. If Han Yunxi knew her own father was like this, what would she feel? How was she supposed to go against him?

“Uncle Bai...why didn’t you acknowledge the princess? If the princess knew her real father was still alive, she’d definitely be thrilled,” Gu Beiyue probed.

Bai Yanqing gave a long sigh. “Uncle Bai owes her too, too much. Moreover, if I tell her everything at a time like this, then I’m afraid the Di Clan will...show suspicion.”

Gu Beiyue expressed his understanding. Although both the Wind and Di Clans were loyal to West Qin, they were rivals for power in their own right. Bai Yanqing wiped away his tears with a smile. “Nephew Beiyue, only you know this. You…”