Xiao Jingcheng looked at the two trails of blood flowing from his nose. He felt awful... Well, to be more accurate, the whole dog was in a bad mood.
He really underestimated Jiang Mian's influence on him. He had only glanced at her twice, and then—then—
Inside the yellow dog's body, the yellow light ball had no idea what was going on. Seeing that Xiao Jingcheng's body was bleeding, it anxiously made a sound.
[Little purple guy, you're injured again. Hurry up and call mother. Save your life!]
Xiao Jingcheng said angrily, [Shut up, stupid dog! This matter must not let Jiang Mian know!]
She had finally shown her concern for him because of his injury. He must not let all his efforts go to waste because of this!
Big Yellow was puzzled. [Why can't we let mother know?]
Xiao Jingcheng said annoyed, [It's an adult's business. Don't ask too many questions, kid.]
Looking around and finding no one around, he returned the control of the body to Big Yellow and directed it to lick the blood on its nose clean.
After confirming that no one noticed anything strange, he took back the control of the body and trotted back to Jiang Mian on his short legs.
After the yellow dog was chased away by Jiang Mian, it disappeared. Jiang Mian lay down on the simple bed and felt a bit empty.
Was she being too sensitive just now?
Why did she feel that Big Yellow was a bit like Xiao Jingcheng?
A soul was intangible and presumably had no consciousness. When Xiao Jingcheng regained consciousness, his memory had stopped at the moment when he was being chased and killed and fell off the cliff after being injured.
He didn't even remember that his soul had been imprisoned. Naturally, he didn't remember what he had seen as a soul either.
Just as she was thinking like this, there came a faint tapping sound in her ear. The next moment, something furry and warm got into her arms, and Jiang Mian smiled.
She was already used to being intimate with the yellow dog, so she didn't have any doubts. She gently patted its head and complained,
"I just told you to stand at the door with your back to me. I didn't mean to drive you away. Why did you run away just now?"
The yellow dog, of course, couldn't answer her, but it nudged her chin with its wet nose and licked her cheek and neck with its moist tongue. Jiang Mian couldn't help laughing.
She pushed the yellow dog's head away with her hand in a bit of disgust and played with it. "Big Yellow, when was the last time you took a bath? You stink... Okay, okay, Big Yellow, stop licking. I'm wrong. I won't say you stink anymore. You're the sweetest and cutest puppy in the world."
The girl and the dog were playing around, and the long - lost laughter rang out in the cave.
After the play, Jiang Mian gently hugged the yellow dog and whispered in its ear,
"Big Yellow, in a while, I'll take you to a very prosperous place. I grew up there, but I rarely went out. Then, we'll walk through all the streets and alleys together and take you to try all the snacks in the capital. How about it?"
The girl's faint fragrance filled his nostrils, and because of these words, a continuous stream of warm current was surging in Xiao Jingcheng's chest.
Before today, he never thought, nor dared to think that she would resolutely make the decision to return to the capital for him.
The past in the capital had brought her no happiness but only harm and anger. And now that the situation was unclear, returning to the capital with him meant facing threats at any time, but she still decided to do so.
Could he think that she did this because there was finally a trace of him in her heart?
When the Xiao family seized the world, he was only three or four years old. After that, he followed his mother from Lingyang to the capital.
If really counted, he could also be said to have grown up in the capital.
But he was the crown prince after all. His schoolwork was heavy, and he rarely went out. Even when he occasionally left the palace, he was accompanied by a carriage and guards the whole way. He had never walked through all the places on foot like an ordinary person as she said.
Just like... when he and she were in Dongli Town.
However, he wanted to accompany her around as "Xiao Jingcheng" rather than in this yellow - dog body...
The steady breathing sound of the girl came from his ear. After she said those words, she fell asleep.
Xiao Jingcheng leaned against her and closed his eyes.
He was very much looking forward to the day when he could return to his own body again.
By then, he must tell her his feelings in person.
...
The Qingli Palace was the residence where the king of the Great Sheng Dynasty went to escape the summer heat in Yunzhou. Usually, there were only palace servants guarding it. Now, there were heavy troops guarding it all around, and the flags on the city wall with the character "Xiao" fluttered in the wind.
In the main hall of the palace, the Wen Cang Hall, dragon - spittle incense was burning. There were two figures lying on the couch.
"No... No... You can't kill me. I'm your father. You can't... Ah!"
Xiao Tianye suddenly woke up from a nightmare. He threw off the quilt and sat up from the bed.
This nightmare left him covered in cold sweat. His heart was pounding like a drum, and his chest was heaving violently.
A snow - white arm stretched out from behind. The arm wrapped around his waist, and the woman with her hair loose leaned towards him. She looked worried and asked,
"Your Majesty, why did you wake up? Did you have another nightmare?"
The woman was Concubine Feng, who had followed Xiao Tianye to flee from the capital.
Noticing that Xiao Tianye's complexion was strange, she got out of bed, found a handkerchief, knelt beside Xiao Tianye, and very considerately wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Your Majesty has been having more and more frequent nightmares recently. I'm very worried in my heart. I don't know what I can do for Your Majesty?"
Xiao Tianye came back to his senses, tightly hugged Concubine Feng into his arms, and said hoarsely, "No need. Just stay by my side and accompany me like this."
Concubine Feng's gentleness made Xiao Tianye very comfortable. He especially liked the fragrance on the woman's body and her gentle voice. His restless emotions gradually calmed down.
"Your Majesty, what did you dream about tonight? Can you tell me?" Concubine Feng twirled Xiao Tianye's hair with her fingers and asked softly.
Xiao Tianye's eyes turned cold, and he couldn't help recalling the dream just now—
The palace was covered with dark clouds, and the ground was full of blood and severed limbs. A man who was nine feet tall was wearing silver - gray armor and walking towards him over one corpse after another.
The man was holding a long sword in his hand. He didn't know whose blood was on the sword, and it was dripping down.
He was intimidated by the man's momentum and killing intent and took step after step backward until he fell onto the dragon throne.
He roared angrily at the man opposite,
"Xiao Jingcheng, I'm your father. Without me, how could you exist? Do you want to kill your father?"
The man sneered. He stopped in front of the dragon throne, stepped on his thighs, bent down, and got closer.
There was a cold smile on that handsome face.
"Without you, where would I be? Back then, you took advantage of Xiao Tianchi's absence and framed my mother's innocence with the help of the King of Chu, which forced her to marry you."