C69 Why Should I Care

That person kept apologizing to her. She quickly waved her hands at him. "No worries, you can leave."

She got up from the ground and patted off the dust on her clothes. Just as she was about to continue walking forward, she turned her head and saw Xiao Heng and Qin Prefecture walking out of the study. As they walked, they were discussing something, but she only heard the words "exposing letter" and so on.

These three words made her think of the letter that Xiao Heng had given to Yang Siyuan. She walked up to Xiao Ling and pulled him aside. "Have you finished the first thing that brother Yang has done for you?"

Xiao Heng nodded: "What? You want to stop the second thing from happening? "

"How could I possibly stop Your Highness's decision? I had spoken up for General Ao before, but the result was still the same. I thought it through, just like what Your Highness said, since General Ao cannot avoid death, then it would be better for me to die."

"It's good that you've thought it through. This King even thought that you wanted to continue being angry with This King because of that matter. This King will then be troubled."

Yun Shu noncommittally pursed her lips: "Then when do you plan to let Brother Yang do that? I want to prepare some paper money for General Ao to burn, so that he won't be left without a single bit of coiling on his way to the Yellow Springs. "

"Five days from now, he'll be nearing Enoch."

Yun Shu nodded her head, "Then I'll go out that day to prepare something, but those two madams … What is the Prince planning to do? "

"After Orchid dies, This King will send someone to protect the two madams' safety and send them back to Orchid's hometown."

Yun Shu: "You wouldn't have ordered people to kill them on the way, would you?" With Xiao Heng's degree of cold-bloodedness, he really could do something like this …

Xiao Heng immediately laughed, "So this duke is such a person in your heart."

Yun Shu: "Why would Your Highness care about how I view you? I'm just an insignificant person anyways." And if she could, she really didn't want to be under the same roof with such a cold-blooded person.

Xiao Huan Huan: "Insignificant? Lady Yun doesn't think much of herself, does she? " After saying that, he shook his head and left with a smile.

Five days later, Yun Shu left Duke Heng Palace early in the morning and headed in the direction of the southern gate. She observed her escape routes while shopping. Although she wasn't sure that she would be able to slip away from under Xiao Heng's nose, if she had to let Yang Siyuan kill Orchid to get her to leave, she would rather fight for this one time.

By the time he had planned his route and returned to Duke Heng Palace, it was already almost noon. As soon as they arrived at the dining room, Qin Ke ran over to her enthusiastically and pulled her to sit with him. In the past few days, whenever Qin Keren had the time, he would come and stick close to her. Regardless of whether it was good or bad, he had learnt all of her common actions. There were several times when Yun Shu thought she was looking at someone else. She was so scared that when she saw Qin Ke Ren, she wanted to run away, but Qin Ke moved even faster.

At the same time, Xiao Heng's attitude towards Qin Ke had also changed. Occasionally, when she came across those two people together, she could also see them laughing and talking about something. "If His Highness hadn't been carried away by the ghost, then Miss Qin had been sent away by the ghost." Hearing Xiang Qiao's words, the Qin Province fell into silence, only looking at their little sister with furrowed brows and deep thought.

Zi Yun, on the other hand, was even more ignored. However, these few days were frighteningly quiet, as if he was accepting this reality. He spent the entire day in the dining hall after eating dinner before returning to his own room. He didn't look for any trouble with Qin Ke nor did he pay attention to Xiao Heng.

It was only later that Yunshu found out that Zi Yun was the muse that Prime Minister Jiang Tong had sent to the Duke's Mansion, and that Jiang Tong had lost the absolute trust of Emperor Dazhou because of the letter that Yang Siyuan had exchanged with him and the strange prophecy that had been written on the Heavenly Stone the previous day.

If his position as an official was shaken, those who had connections with him would suffer as well. If he wanted to protect himself, he could only be cautious like Zi Yun, and do less.

Around the time of the announcement, Xiao Heng received a message from Yang Siyuan. As Yunshu put down the teacup and began to pour tea, he glanced at the unfolding letter, but he didn't expect to see the message that Oki had committed suicide. The teacup in his hand trembled slightly, and the boiling water in the cup spilled out, directly burning her into a deep red.

She sucked in a breath of cold air and hurriedly put down her cup. She wanted to go out and find some cold water to rinse her mouth, but her wrist was held by Xiao Hengfeng: "I still have to run a distance to find cold water." He then led her to the study room where they were taking a nap. He took out a vase and poured cold water from a fully bloomed Plum Blossom into a copper pot. "The water has just been changed today. Use this for now."

Before Yun Shu could react, Xiao Heng had already grabbed her scalded left hand and placed it into the basin.

Yun Shu lowered her gaze to the rippling surface of the water. "Are you that kind to everyone you want to use? So, after knowing that you want to kill him, Och is still willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good? "

Xiao Heng said, "Not everyone who works for this duke can enjoy this duke's care."

"Xiao Heng, what exactly do you need me to do for you?" She looked up at him, her eyes searching.

"I still haven't thought about it. How about you just stay by my side?" He said the rest in an extremely soft voice, with a hint of humble pleading. This caused Yun Shu, who had always been wary of him, to be slightly moved, and she could not help but nod her head. Xiao Heng's eyes immediately overflowed with a bright smile, like a child receiving a reward.

The Yun Shu who had reacted immediately wanted to slap herself. She might have had her head pinched by the door this morning and had only just nodded her head, but the current Xiao Heng seemed to feel joy from the bottom of her heart. It would not be good for her to say no out loud, moreover, saying it would only expose her intentions of leaving.

Forget it, let's just leave it at that.

However, for some reason, there were suddenly two maidservants standing guard outside of her room day and night these few days. The difficulty of sneaking out during the day had greatly increased, so she had to wait until midnight. She took out the flying claws she had prepared for them before changing into night clothes and leaned against the door.

Then, she took out a piece of silver and threw it to one of the vases beside the bed. The sound of the vase breaking could be heard, and when the maidservants outside heard the commotion and entered the room to take a look, she came out from behind the door. A hand knife quickly landed on the necks of the two people, and they fell to the ground.

She used a piece of cloth that she had prepared beforehand to cover their mouths, tied up their hands and feet, and carried them to the bed. She put down the bed cover and closed the door behind her.

There were several fake mountains in the backyard, so even if there wasn't enough time to dig out of the mansion, when the night watchmen came over, it would be convenient for her to temporarily hide in it.

Fortunately, she did not run into any of the night watchmen on her way. She smoothly flipped over the wall.

She avoided the patrolling soldiers on the street, and after a dozen or so bends, she finally reached the southern gate.

When she had planned her route, she had noticed that the wall at the right corner was shorter than the rest, but there was a river below.

However, the walls of the city of Enoch were originally slightly higher than the walls of those cities where the tigers had angered them. After throwing her flying claws several times, she was still unable to steady herself. In the end, she had no choice but to choose a slightly shorter corner to flip over.

When she landed on the ice, she could only use one of her feet to carefully probe the surface. Fortunately, the ice was fairly solid, and her movements when she landed were light, allowing her to barely stand on it.

However, in order to prevent the ice from cracking, she had to crawl along the surface of the ice to get past the moat.

When she saw her, the anxiety on her face faded a little, "I informed Pei Hongqing and the others that they had already passed through Jinsha City yesterday. Now, they should be waiting for us at the border of Baoguang and Landing City, as long as we continue our journey to the southeast, we will be able to meet up with them. I've already prepared the men's attire for you, you can go and change it now."

"You can change your clothes when you're far away from us. "Other than that, let's just meet up with them and head south. We'll pass through the other two cities, Liangzhou, Qu Zhou, and then head to Wu County. I want to stay in the medicine house for a while." If she followed Pei Hongqing back, it would only put him in a dilemma. If it wasn't for the fact that she was afraid of Xiao Heng revealing her identity to the world, she would have thought of a way to leave a long time ago.

"But what about Pei Hongqing?"

Yun Shu's eyes dimmed, "If he can't wait, he will naturally leave. Where is the horse? "

"I'm tied up in a hayloft outside."

Perhaps it was because the weather was too cold, Xiao Hengfeng was unable to fall asleep for a long time. The movement of the woman beside him caused him to feel somewhat irritated, so he simply got up, took his fur coat and cloak and left the room.

A cold wind blew at him, waking him up. He walked towards the courtyard that Yun Shu was staying in, and upon entering the courtyard, he did not see the two maidservants that should have been guarding outside Yun Shu's room. At first, he was a little puzzled, but after he turned his head and thought about it, under such a cold weather, those two maidservants might have slipped away by themselves. The matter of him coming to find Yun Shu in the middle of the night fell into Qin Ke's ears. It was unknown what sort of storm he was about to set off, even though Qin Ke had changed quite a bit in this period of time.

He walked up the steps and knocked on the door a few times, cold and red from the cold of the winter night. There was no response, so he guessed that he had fallen asleep.