Chapter 472 – Victory and Defeat
Xue Mu didn’t respond to Li Yingqing’s joke, it’s not good to return ……
He traveled to the three clans, but also just to give these auxiliary ministers a heads up, to avoid being gathered into a group by Ji Wuyou. Knowing that they are wary, it is enough, and not have to pull their own faction, he knows it is not the time.
Back to the palace, it is already night. Curry night Zhuo Qingqing came flying left and right, both said, “No discovery.”
Xue Mu sighed, “Really able to endure.”
He intentionally reversed it a bit and brought the latent Ye Guying to walk outside openly and honestly, just to create an illusion that Curry Night had something to do and was absent, seducing Ji Wuyou to come and kill him, but the result was still no movement at all.
Waiting for him to leave the capital, lose the suppression of the formation of no violation, late at night Xia Wenxuan that is called a dragon out of the sea, who can still move him?
In other words, Ji Wuyou gave up this low level means of assassination, there must be other layouts.
Zhuo Qingqing said, “I went back to ask Ji Wu Xing for details as ordered by Gongzi.”
“Hmm, what did he say?”
“He said that the matter of the plague can’t be given the pot to him alone, Ji WuXing has at least half the credit.”
Xue Mu nodded, “Xie Changsheng.”
“Yes. He said that at least Xie Changsheng wasn’t the one who reported the news when he escaped from the siege by Department Six and the Divine Opportunity Sect in the first place. It was after Pan Kouzhi and Xie Changsheng colluded that he hooked up with Xie Changsheng, which was an accident. He suspected that it was Xie Changsheng who was Ji Wuyou’s man, and only Ji Wuyou could supply Xie Changsheng’s research.”
“It’s also a horse’s ass, with this spiritual awakening, and still working with Xie Changsheng?”
Zhuo Qingqing laughed, “Ji Wuyou stood on the pedestal, only then would everyone put all sorts of clues towards him, including us as well ah.”
“Also.” Xue Mu shook his head and smiled, “After all, I’m not a person who engages in scheming, ah, and still always think of myself as a military advisor……. I’d better go back and get down to business and develop.”
The crowd walked and talked, and had arrived outside Liu Wanxi’s chambers, Liu Wanxi stood in front of the door, listening to their conversation, biting her lips tightly.
“Are we really going back?” When he approached, Liu Wanxi asked in a trembling voice, her eyes irrepressibly tearful.
Xue Mu walked up and kissed her lightly, “When the road is paved, the 800 mile thing will only take a few hours, I’ll come to see you when I have some free time, it’s not like we’re on different sides of the world.”
Liu Wanxi sniffled and choked, “I can’t let go of you …… it’s heartbreaking ……”
“Usually you can let Xiahou come more to accompany you …… drapery people, to be a little motherly ……”
“I don’t want any motherly honor, I just want you!”
Xue Mu had to repeatedly guarantee, “I will often come back, you can rest assured.”
Liu Wanxi sobbed, “You can’t forget Wanxi when you go back. Next time …… next time you can set Xiahou straight, we mother and daughter can accompany you together, I’ll follow you in everything ……”
Xue Mu touched the short sword in his ring and silently changed the topic, “Your meridians have recovered, your power can’t come back but you can practice again, I hope that the next time I see you, it will be a healthy Wanxi.”
“Nope! Not well thoroughly!” Liu Wanxi exclaimed, “I want more tonight, ten times! Just to drain you!”
Ten times is impossible, it can never be ten times, because one time it takes half an hour, ten times it’s sunrise. Xue Mu exerted himself all night, just four or five times, and Liu Wanxi lay there dying, not even moving.
Looking out the window at the rising sun, feeling the moisture in the air as the ice melted and snow melted, Xue Mu let out a long breath and greeted the girls outside the window who were all geared up and ready to go, “Let’s go, go back to Spirit State.”
The capital was no longer under martial law, and there were no guards at the city gates. The carriage slowly left the capital, and Xue Mu turned his head to watch the silhouette of the capital slowly get smaller and slowly blur.
Xiahou Di did not come to see him off, but Xue Mu knew that she must be standing at some high point and was watching him move away.
“Dad.” Curry Night sat on his lap and surveyed his expression, “Why didn’t you say ‘I’ll be back’ this time?”
“Just say it in your stomach.” Xue Mu smiled, “Besides having the time to come over and accompany Wanxi …… when I next officially set foot here, I hope to completely conquer this place.”
Curry Night clenched his fist, “Dad will definitely be able to.”
Ye Guying hugged her shoulders and leaned against a corner of the carriage, she also felt that Xue Mu could, she just didn’t know if she could still see it at that time.
The curtains were finally lowered, and the carriage went away.
Somewhere on a high wall, Xiahou Di stood on her own, her hand pressing her belt knife, silently watching the carriage getting smaller and smaller in the distance. The wind from the height brought her cloak flying high, her hair somewhat messy in front of her eyes, blocking her slightly squinting eyes, also blocking the blurred watery light in her eyes.
That little bit of good feeling towards him finally turned into love in this intersection.
The windy heart of twenty-six years finally felt what is the love of a man and a woman. It turned out to be such a taste that made it so hard to leave, and even the most rigid heart would be so wrapped up in this hundred knots of flavor that it would be unable to breathe.
Until the carriage was no longer in sight, she took a long breath and muttered, “I will wait for you …… to come to join me in marriage.”
Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she saw Ji Wuyou walking over from a short distance away. Xiahou Di stopped and looked into his eyes.
Ji Wuyou looked as usual: “So you are here.”
“Uh, something’s wrong?”
“Nothing, just went to see Wuxing.” Ji Wuyou sighed, “Speaking of which, since ironclad evidence is hard to come by, can you let second brother out of prison for a while? Detention in the mansion would be fine. Otherwise the brothers are withering away, it’s sad to watch.”
Xiahou Di nodded and said, “Since the Crown Prince has this heart, I agree.”
“The Crown Prince is not the Emperor, but can’t make this kind of decision, at least Mother Consort must agree.”
“You can tell mother consort, she is kind-hearted and will not object.”
Ji Wuyou said if he was referring, “Mother consort is not feeling well today and cannot be present at the court.”
Xiahou Di knew what he was referring to, but did not respond, instead saying, “In that case, I should go see mother consort. Help convey your opinion, right?”
Ji Wuyou quietly looked at her for a while and nodded, “Good.”
Xiahou Di said again seemingly unintentionally, “I have the intention to push Father Emperor to establish a queen, what do you think?”
Ji Wuyou was silent for a long time before she whispered, “I have a mother.”
Xiahou Di sighed, “Then we will discuss it later. I’ll leave first.”
Xiahou Di turned around and left, Ji Wuyou watched her leave, and then cast her gaze outside the city to the horizon where Xue Mu’s carriage disappeared. Even though the carriage had already been long out of sight, he still stood at the same spot and watched for a long, long time.
On the third day of the first month of the twenty-fourth year of Chong’an, the Noble Consort was hanging down her curtains, the Crown Prince had been established, and Xue Mu left the capital for the second time before returning to Lingzhou. His goal of going to the capital was not achieved, Ji Wuyou’s planning was also realized in a crooked way, both sides were not able to win, a draw.
And for the things that are more important in their respective hearts, Ji Wuyou lost big time, losing so much that he pinched his palm until he pinched out blood.