The man in colorful clothes sneered sinisterly. "Yu Chichen, aren't you going to tell him the truth even now? We helped you achieve your goals for your own good. What do you mean by trying to distance yourself now?"
Before I could even start to think things through after his words, he suddenly launched an attack. At the same time, countless arrows flew out. He actually stepped on the arrows and came towards us. He was truly as light as a swallow. Yu Chichen, however, protected me and didn't move. He just whispered a few words to me. At this moment, the arrows that were shot blocked all our escape routes, and the man in colorful clothes was already very close.
The next moment, Yu Chichen drew his sword. With a flash of the sword light, the arrows fell! The man in colorful clothes launched his attack, but Yu Chichen suddenly borrowed my strength. "Run!" He moved so fast that I didn't even see how he made his move.
I immediately stepped back and jumped onto Yu Chichen's original white horse. At this moment, the old arrows had just fallen and the new ones hadn't been shot yet. I had to take this moment to break through. As for Yu Chichen, he asked me to trust him, so I couldn't stay here and cause him trouble.
"Giddy - up!" I pulled the reins and charged out a path from the encirclement of the men in earth - colored clothes. At this time, Yu Chichen was already fighting with the man in colorful clothes whose face was painted with white powder.
"Those who dare to block me will die!" Seeing the critical situation, I let out a fierce shout and whipped the horse all the way. For a while, even those little soldiers couldn't do anything to me.
Afterwards, when I recalled this narrow escape, I really felt nervous. I thought I was really lucky to get out. Although I did use the whip fiercely and caught them off guard...
Running wildly in the forest with a group of little soldiers chasing after me, I thought this world was really too exciting. One moment I was full of pride and ambition, and the next moment I was fleeing in a hurry. But what did that man's words mean? Did Yu Chichen deliberately lead me here to deal with me? But why?
With doubts in my mind, I hunched over on the horseback, dodging the flying arrows from side to side. But since these people said they were here to deal with me, they naturally had a follow - up plan. Just when I was thinking about how to escape, I entered another ambush area. At this time, someone jumped out nimbly with a big knife in hand. When I saw it was Yue Ze, I immediately waved to him happily and spurred the horse towards him. Who would have thought that he looked at me coldly and just waved to the people behind him. "Kill!"
I was extremely shocked and stopped the horse that was running towards him. "Yue Ze, look clearly. It's me, Yong Ziming!"
Yue Ze smiled faintly. "That's right. I've been waiting for you here."
I looked at him in disbelief. "Aren't you good brothers with A Chen? Why do you want to deal with me?"
Yue Ze said, "It's precisely because I'm the good brother of the great prince that I have to deal with you. Leading you here was originally the great prince's mission."
My mind went blank and I was completely stunned. I couldn't help but think that they had just drunk wine together last night.
"What do you mean?" I suddenly had a bad feeling.
Yue Ze sneered. "What do I mean? You're the son of the great prince's enemy. What do you think I mean?"
Yue Ze's words were light, but they set off huge waves in my heart.
The son of the enemy? What did his words mean? Was he trying to say that Yu Chichen had approached me with a purpose from the very beginning? So when he looked at the moon in Dayong, was he so sad because he had something hidden in his heart?
No, no. How could I be the son of his enemy? I'm the child of the emperor and the empress. He's the child of my uncle and aunt. The emperor and my aunt are siblings. There can't be any enmity. Suddenly I thought, could it be that he wasn't my aunt's biological child? Could it be that my uncle had other women before?
I was extremely shocked. When I came to my senses, I saw Yue Ze charging towards me with a knife in his hand. For some reason, when I saw his cold eyes running towards me, the words Yu Chichen had said to me when we watched the fireflies together suddenly popped into my mind. "Beauty can never be retained. The truth beneath beauty is often cruel."
And...
"Xi He, maybe after we part tomorrow, we won't see each other again. Then I hope that when you hear about me in the future, you won't hate me."
!!!
Some kind of belief in my heart seemed to suddenly shatter. An indescribable pain stabbed into my heart.
For a moment, I was physically and mentally exhausted and even forgot to run away.
Just then, someone descended from the sky and threw out a circle of smoke bombs.
The white fog suddenly rose, blurring my eyes. I felt my body lighten and was grabbed by someone and taken away with light - footed skills.
I came to my senses and saw that it was the calm - looking Gongzi An beside me.
Gongzi An smiled. "Little princess, this is the second time I've saved you."
...
For a moment, all my grievances and shock burst out at this moment. I couldn't believe that Yu Chichen had approached me with a purpose from the very beginning. Was his sad look when looking at the moon and his occasional deepness all because of this? And the sad sound of the Qiang flute that could be heard in both the Dayong Palace and the Beihan Palace, was it also played by him...
In my mind, all the strange words he had said to me since I met him emerged. If I had ignored them before because I couldn't figure them out, now I could connect all the incomprehensible things into a line.
Gongzi An took me through the dense forest with his light - footed skills. When we reached a "safe" place, he gently put me down. My thoughts were in a complete mess. I didn't even notice that we were standing on a branch above the trees. When I came to my senses, the instability and fear of being in a high place made me tightly grab the corner of Gongzi An's clothes. I also didn't have time to sort out my thoughts. I whispered, "Why are we standing here?"
Gongzi An made a "shh" sound. Then I heard the sound of horses' hooves and shouts in a language I didn't understand coming from below the branch.
I was so nervous that I didn't dare to speak. It wasn't until the sound below faded away that Gongzi An softly asked, "Little princess, are you afraid of being in a high position?"
Of course I was afraid. I was afraid for my own safety and also afraid for Yu Chichen's safety. But besides the fear, there was more heart - ache in my mood at this moment. Because when I recalled all the little things Yu Chichen and I had together, I didn't believe that he would scheme against me like this.
I looked at Gongzi An and answered honestly. "I'm both scared and sad. My thoughts are too messed up."
Gongzi An said, "Does the little princess still remember the first story I told you? People only know one side of the story and not the other. How do you know you're not an ordinary person?"
I immediately recalled the story of the snow - forest wind monster and said, "Do you mean that the truth may not be what I imagined?"
Gongzi An asked, "Little princess, do you have feelings for Prince Chen?"
I nodded. Gongzi An then said, "What did Prince Chen say when he sent you away?"
"He asked me to trust him."
"That's right." Gongzi An smiled.
I suddenly understood what Gongzi An meant. I couldn't help but blush with shame and said, "I originally trusted him, but Yue Ze's appearance made me waver."
"Just because they're 'brothers'?" Gongzi An asked. I suddenly seemed to catch something in his words.