Song Song was considerably anxious. Frowning, he repeatedly pondered over what could be the main purpose of all of this.
To reach Dongwei camp from the king’s estate, one would have to travel through the very busy Yongchun street. The street was as active during the night as during the day. It was a place where many people with extra money went to buy entertainment. Not only were there brothels, but also 24hr restaurants and hotels. Insomniacs would often come here.
That also meant that this street had not only commoners but high officials and nobles as well.
If he were Li Xiao… and he suddenly saw the king’s estate on fire while helping out at Dongwei camp, while knowing that he left the pregnant and completely helpless Li Xiao in the estate, what would he do?
He would definitely rush back on horseback to make sure Li Xiao wasn’t injured.
Then… What if he had to get through an incredibly crowded street? What if some high official’s son just happened to be killed on Li Xiao’s way back? To kill Song Song was easy, however, to kill Li Xiao was not. If he wanted to kill Li Xiao, he would definitely send a group of kamikaze agents to dress up as civilians and trick the anxious, rushing to get home, Li Xiao into killing everyone on the street.
Song Song promptly turned and said: “I’m going out. Someone get me a fast horse.”
“You want to go out now? The city defense camp is on fire. Do you know how chaotic it is out there right now?
Steward Qi also looked over in astonishment.
Song Song didn’t reply. Bai Yan wordlessly followed him. On the way, several assassins almost stabbed him with their swords, but Bai Yan pulled him through the danger. He looked at Song Song. The other didn’t stop his footsteps as he walked forward, gaze determined and not even a tiny hint of panic.
Bai Yan remained by his side to protect him, killing the assassins one by one every time they came closer. His sword was very fast. Clearly he was one of Li Xiao’s top fighters. His focus was also very clear, protecting Song Song without leaving him even one step.
When they left the king’s estate, no patrol guards were in sight on the street. Song Song continued to walk forward. Ji Ying stuck to him like a piece of paper and shamelessly freeloaded Bai Yan’s protection as well.
Behind them came the sound of horse hoofs. It was steward Qi. He jumped off the horse and said: “Can you ride?”
“I can try.”
He never even rode a horse in his previous life. When he grabbed the horse to climb on, he almost accidentally slid off. Upon seeing this, Ji Ying reached out to support him, saying: “You’re going by yourself?”
“Bai Yan will come with me.”
Of course Song Song wasn’t going to run over by himself and get killed. Although at the estate, the assassins were busy fighting Li Xiao’s soldiers and agents, who knew if there were more outside. Not to mention, his horse riding skills were terrible. If he fell off accidentally, that would be tragic.
Upon receiving the order, Bai Yan hopped on to the back of the horse smoothly and said: “Excuse me.”
He reached past Song Song’s body with a hand and grabbed the reins. Then squeezing the horse’s flank, they set off.
The horse didn’t get very far when a masked man suddenly jumped off a roof on the side and came swinging with his sword. Bai Yan blocked with his free hand, his fingers instantly becoming numb from the clash between the two swords. His expression turned to surprise: “He’s an expert.”
He smacked the horse’s backside and jumped off using the momentum. He was forced to get entangled in a fight with the other.
Song Song hastily grabbed the reins tightly, clumsily lifting his feet several times before he managed to step onto the stirrups. Without a bodyguard by his side, he couldn’t help but grow nervous. Just at this moment, he noticed a figure landing behind him. He turned back and discovered it was Ji Ying who said: “Bai Yan and that person are fighting passionately. Looks like it’s up to me to protect you on this trip.”
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Song Song thanked him.
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Ji Ying probably felt that he attracted too much attention standing on the horse’s back, so sat down sideways behind Song Song and said: “Looks like you don’t need to worry.”
In response, Song Song reached out and pushed him off the horse. Ji Ying was just about to say something when he saw Song Song get off as well. Song Song put on the hood of his cloak and said: “We’ll walk over. Let’s first find his highness then decide what to do next.”
Ji Ying considered for a moment. Right now, they still don’t know who won between Bai Yan and the person he was exchanging blows with. It was also unclear if the assassins at the king’s estate had been taken care of. To Song Song, the priority was indeed to find his husband first.
Ji Ying could only say: “Alright.”
Song Song gave up the extremely eye-catching steed, and blended into the lively crowd, secretly examining the people in the surrounding while traveling through as quickly as possible.
Ji Ying followed beside him and also paid close attention to the people to the side. He said quietly: “You think there’s something abnormal here?”
Song Song replied: “It’s a possibility.”
Strangely, the king’s estate was still ablaze, yet Li Xiao was nowhere in sight. Song Song can only guess that he was tangled up by someone.
As they left the loud crowd behind, Song Song immediately ran towards Dongwei camp. Frowning, Ji Ying continued to shiver as he ran beside him: “Run slower. Be careful of the child.”
After he said this, Song Song’s footsteps involuntarily slowed down briefly. However, immediately afterwards, his worry for Li Xiao made him speed up once more. After leaving the bustling Yongchun street, they traveled forward a few blocks. If they turned at the next corner, they’d be able to reach the barracks. However, just at this moment, several people dressed in black appeared. Ji Ying shouted in surprise and pulled Song Song out of harm’s way. His steps were nimble, however, his skills clearly were mediocre compared to their attackers.
The two were very quickly forced to retreat. Just as it seemed like they were about to be cornered, the sound of horse steps came closer.
A figure carrying a long bloodstained sword rode by with a storm like killing aura, his deadly gaze fixed in the direction where the king’s estate was on fire.
“Your highness!!”
Even though the night was dark and he couldn’t clearly see the other’s face, Song Song was able to recognize him from the way he rode his horse.
He stopped by the entrance of Yongchun street and Song Song saw the person on the horse leap off and rush towards him like a pack of wolves and tigers.
Song Song stood where he was, his heart calming down along with Li Xiao’s gradually approaching distance. He just let out a breath when his elbow was tugged by Ji Ying again. He felt a long sword brush past his ear and coldness to his neck. He turned sideways. From the corner of his eyes, he could see Li Xiao’s figure speed up, his long sword held high in the air, and fresh red blood splattering on his own snow white cloak like ink.
His heart was beating like a drum and his head throbbed in waves. Subconsciously, he raised his hand and covered his neck. It felt somewhat wet. He was a little dumbfounded and thought: don’t tell me I’m about to die?
“Song-er!” A hand covered his neck. Li Xiao said wide eyed: “Song-er, how do you feel?”
“I… …” Song Song was just about to speak when Ji Ying interrupted: “Just grazed the skin a little. Nothing serious. Stop putting pressure on it. If you press down any harder, you’re going to damage the artery.”
Li Xiao immediately let go. Song Song also felt a bit awkward. Li Xiao took out a handkerchief for him to press against his neck. Repeatedly he asked to verify: “How is it? Does it hurt?”
Song Song shook his head. Ji Ying rolled his eyes on the side and said: “It’s bleeding. How could it not hurt?”
Li Xiao ignored him. He rubbed Song Song’s head and said lowly: “Why did you come out here?”
“I was worried about you.”
Just now, if Li Xiao didn’t catch sight of Song Song by luck and entered Yongchun street in the state that he was, he probably would have left a path of blood behind him.
“How about you?” Song Song examined him from head to toe and said: “Did you get injured?”
“Never.”
Song Song finally let go of all his worries and let out a relaxed laugh. Then, body falling limp, he lost consciousness.
When he woke up again, he was already back home. The wound on his neck was meticulously taken care of. Only his abdomen felt slightly uncomfortable.
There was no one in the room. Not even Li Xiao was present. He closed his eyes again and rested some more, his palm pressing against his abdomen and stroking it lightly over and over.
The heavy curtains were suddenly lifted, and Li Xiao walked in. Song Song opened his eyes and the man asked: “Awake? How does your body feel?”
Song Song wanted to say he was very well, but the cold sharp pain in his abdomen turned his smile unnatural. Everything he experienced the previous night rushed forth again. The corner of his eyes slightly reddened as he said: “My….. stomach hurts.”
Li Xiao immediately went to call Ji Ying. After a while, the person who came was an imperial physician. He checked Song Song’s pulse and then said: “The fetus might have been affected. This official will give you a few prescriptions. You will need to carefully recover from now on.”
Song Song felt a little at a loss: “What will happen… if the fetus was affected?”
“As long as you concentrate on recuperating, it won’t be an issue.” The old imperial physician was extremely kind. After he calmed Song Song down, he wrote the prescriptions. Li Xiao ordered someone to send him off, then gave the medicine list to steward Qi: “Watch over the process yourself.”
Steward Qi quickly left to complete the task. Li Xiao sat down next to Song Song, his hands reaching inside the blankets to cover his abdomen: “Does it feel better like this?”
His abdomen comfortably warm, Song Song nodded his head and asked: “How’s Bai Yan?”
“He had some small injuries. Yesterday night, Ji Ying examined him and it’s nothing serious.”
“What happened to Ji Ying?”
“He has a fever.” Li Xiao said: “He has frost poisoning in his body, so he is extremely afraid of the cold. Yesterday the fire erupted suddenly. He got up too fast and got chilled then.”
Song Song felt relieved. His hands moved to rest over Li Xiao’s hand: “What exactly happened yesterday? Does your highness have an idea?”
“It was very strange.” Li Xiao said: “Yesterday, Dongwei camp had a huge fire. However, Yongchun street continued to be full of people and lively as before. Very odd.”
Normally if anything happened, the common people would hide immediately. But yesterday there were so many government soldiers traversing through Yongchun street, yet the people seemed extremely calm and unconcerned. It was indeed very strange.
Song Song immediately shared his own guess: “Could it be the empress?” Last time at the Tower of Heaven, she plotted to have you kill people. This time seems similar.”
“Father is currently watching her. She doesn’t have any time to plot this. And plus, yesterday I wasn’t able to return immediately to the estate because during the fire at Dongwei camp, someone took advantage of the chaos and killed Fu Zhao. At the time, the camp was a huge mess. Some people were even suspicious that I killed him and kept me from leaving.”
Back then, Fu Zhao exchanged the token that the empress gave to madam Song, resulting in Qin Ning losing his position as commander of the palace guards, and starting the empress on her path of no return. Therefore, this time the person who killed Fu Zhao should be the empress.
However, if it was also the empress who wanted to lead Li Xiao to start a massacre at Yongchun street, then she wouldn’t have taken advantage of the chaos to kill Fu Zhao. Because she had to make sure Li Xiao would walk into Yongchun street unhindered.
“Therefore, the fire at Dongwei camp, the fire at the king’s estate, and the attempt to assassinate me…. were all done by someone else? And it’s likely that the empress ordered someone to kill Fu Zhao only after Dongwei was ablaze?”
“That’s right.”
“Then we can say that, by some freak combination of factors, the empress actually helped your highness this time.” If the empress didn’t order someone to kill Fu Zhao, then there would be no one suspicious of Li Xiao. If this thing didn’t delay him, by the time Song Song rushed over there, Li Xiao would have killed those pre-arranged ‘civilians’ already.
Song Song’s head was a bit chaotic: “Someone tried to use the empress’s old tricks to send you to your death. Not to mention….yesterday night, there were so many ‘civilians’ at Yongchun street. This person really has quite an influence. Who else in the capital could do such a thing?”
“The person that exchanged blows with Bai Yan yesterday used a long sword at that time, but his style seemed heavy, like he’s more used to using a blade. Our country uses long swords more, but the people of Jin often use blades.”
Song Song was stunned: “What your highness means… is that the people of the nation of Jin did it?”
If it was a nation, then the assassination operation that occurred yesterday night would be much clearer to explain. No matter how dumb the empress was, she wouldn’t use the same scheme twice. However, other people could. If they were successful in killing Song Song yesterday, then the strength of Li Xiao, this war god, would be crippled. If they were successful in killing Li Xiao, emperor Hong Ren might die from excessive anguish considering his body’s current health. Even if neither was successful, they could throw the blame on to the empress due to her previous plans at the Tower of Heaven.
This person definitely understood very well the conflict between Li Xiao and the empress. It didn’t matter to them who won and who lost because they could benefit from the result either way.
Song Song puffed up his cheeks, and went over everything in his head again, then slowly exhaled. He looked somewhat at a loss towards the ceiling and said: “Ah.. what to do, husband? I’m so scared.”
Li Xiao: “… … “
The hand he placed on Song Song’s abdomen shook slightly. His face leaned closer: “Say it again.”
Song Song said: “I’m a little scared.”
“Not that.”
Song Song said: “What… what to do?”
“… ….” Li Xiao watched him with narrowed eyes. Song Song looked away. His stomach was pressed lightly by Li Xiao who said: “If you keep pretending, I’ll pester you.”
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Risking himself and the pregnancy to get to his husband…Song Song’s focus has changed. The whole thing makes me feel like he needs some powerful friends and a few scattered hideouts.
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WWaaah suddenly there was an attack from another world, at first I thought it was the empress or the Song family but the song family couldn’t possibly do it because she doesn’t have the courage and that much power. Unknowingly the empress had helped Li Xiao escape from the enemy country’s trap
Finally the plot doesn’t revolve around past grievances only
The Crown Prince could also benefit
Bruh I’m so into this and right now I’m just creating nonsense theories 😭 i feel suspicious abt song ge real identity, he must be the shixiong that doctor ji told before. And song ge, why is he so quiet? I feel like there’s unexpected mastermind behind this all. Not the empress since all the hint pointed at her but it’s obviously not her. And the worst part is, i love doctor ji and bai yan😭 can’t they be like second couple?👉🏻👈🏻 Just kidding, let me be delusional