Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

The Ninth Prince was filled with emotion when he saw his only son coming back. He had a lot to say, but he felt that there was no need to say it anymore, so he just said four words:

"Just come back."

"Father, are you okay?"

"......It's fate. Yi'er, don't worry. You just came back and you're injured again. Go back and have a good rest first."

"Yes." Seeing that the Ninth Prince was unwilling to say more, Ling Yi obediently retreated.

Ling Qiqi has already moved into the small courtyard on the west side of the palace. The courtyard is not big, but it has everything. Now that winter has arrived, the courtyard looks bleak and cold, but fortunately, after entering the house, warmth instantly spreads throughout the body.

She dismissed the servants and lay down on the bed with her legs spread out.

She has always been open-minded. Although she is living under someone else's roof now, it is better than sleeping in the open air.

She thought the time travel story was boring. They took turns being hostages. Couldn't they be a little more creative? Or was being a hostage a must-do activity in the escape room and it had to be worth the money? That was not necessary.

However, since she could not escape the fate of being taken hostage for the time being, she would just treat it as another time travel. At least this time she was much stronger than the last time and was no longer a baby without any memories.

After thinking all this through, Ling Qiqi looked even more calm and composed. Anyone who saw her would not think of her as a kidnapped hostage, but rather as an "ancestor" invited back from somewhere.

Ling Qiqi was so busy being angry with Ling Yi the past few days that she forgot to think about an important matter.

What the hell is wrong with Lu Cheng? Why did he shoot her with an arrow?

Or did he predict Ling Yi's reaction?

If you shoot Ling Yi directly, he can dodge it, but if you shoot her, Ling Yi won’t dodge it?

So, Lu Cheng knew Ling Yi's attitude towards her? When did he know that? If he knew, why didn't he tell her?

Or was she overthinking it? Was it her that Lu Cheng was going to shoot at?

There is also something terrifying when you think about it carefully. That crossbow must be Lu Cheng's masterpiece. Its lethality is too great.

If it were mass-produced, and every Ximo soldier had one, they could easily kill everyone and conquer the world.

She remembered that during her time in Ximo, she once complained to Ling Yi that bows were too big and too conspicuous, and it was too troublesome to draw the bow and aim. She planned to study crossbows with Liu Nian'an when she had time in the future.

But later she was busy suppressing the civil unrest and had long forgotten about this matter.

Could it be that Lu Cheng was already interested in it at that time and started developing the crossbow himself?

Lu Cheng not only knew that he had arms and gold mines in the Yahe Kingdom, but also knew that he had been secretly storing food and fodder. If the Yahe Kingdom gave them to Lu Cheng, Ximo would have no shortage of people or horses, and with the support of crossbows and other weapons, I'm afraid no one would be able to compete with Lu Cheng.

So this is the real reason why Lu Cheng wants to marry me?

Isn't that right? When he got engaged to her, she hadn't saved up all this wealth.

That's not right, is it? He already had ambitions at that time.

So why did he shoot himself with an arrow?

Ling Qiqi racked her brains, but still had no solution.

But she has a good habit, if you can't find something for a while, don't rush to look for it, just treat it as lost. Then one day you will find that the lost thing suddenly appears again, and you will feel like you have found a bargain.

Or maybe you never remember it at all because it is not as important as you think.

The same goes for things she finds hard to understand.

Within two days, someone from Beiwei arrived.

One was Du Jingshan, who came to find her and fell into her trap, and the other was the fifth princess, who came to Ling Yi to seek protection.

After seeing Du Jingshan, Ling Qiqi scolded him:

"Are you stupid? I'm here as a hostage, why are you rushing over to join in the numbers?"

"I don't trust you."

"Now I feel relieved. You can see with your own eyes how I was held hostage by others."

"Are you...are you okay?"

"As you can see."

"...I'm glad you're okay."

"Why are you hesitating? What do you want to say?"

"...Are you injured anywhere?"

"Injured?... My ear was scratched by an arrow. You came too late and it was almost healed. But I get angry when I think about it. The arrow was shot by Lu Cheng. Tell me, am I just unlucky to have been stabbed in the back by Ling Yi and Lu Cheng? I always thought of them as my brothers."

"Only the ears?"

"What do you mean? You think my injuries are too minor, right?"

"That was not what I meant."

"My heart is broken, I am deeply hurt, do you have any medicine?"

"..."

"What exactly do you want to ask?"

"I saw it in the study of Beiyihou Mansion..."

"What did you see? Huh~" Ling Qiqi then remembered Ling Yi's misbehavior at that time, and understood what Du Jingshan meant, and explained:

"That was Ling Yi and Gu Yi's disgusting act to show off to others. He wanted to completely break up the engagement between Bei Wei and Xi Mo."

"So you...you are still innocent?" Du Jingshan asked anxiously.

"Well, does that matter? I'm no longer innocent in the eyes of others."

"It doesn't matter what others think of you, as long as you don't despise yourself because of it."

"You can rest assured. I have always been open-minded and never care about what others think of me. I will never treat myself badly because of others."

"What are your plans next?"

"Plan? What plan can I have? There are only two options: either give up or run away. But in my opinion, the latter has little chance of survival."

"Whatever you choose, I will be with you."

Ling Qiqi glanced at Du Jingshan and felt a little warm in her heart. It seemed that she still had someone she could trust.

"Let's not talk about me. I heard that the fifth princess came to seek refuge with Ling Yi?"

"Well, she is no longer a princess. After the emperor found out that she had colluded with the Marquis of Beiyi, he stripped her of her princess title and placed her under house arrest. No one knows how she managed to sneak out of the palace."

"I heard from the servants that she stuck to Ling Yi as soon as she arrived. I felt ashamed for her. People who didn't know would think that we two sisters really loved Ling Yi and that we kept coming to him on our own initiative."

The two chatted a lot more. After Ling Qiqi learned from Du Jingshan that she was kidnapped by Ling Yi, the Northern Emperor sent people to search the capital and its surroundings first, and then went all the way north to track down the traces. Qi Qing also exhausted all her manpower. Later, Liu Nian'an received Qi Qing's news and investigated along the border of Ximo, but it was still a step too late. After Du Jingshan knew about it, he ignored Qi Qing's objection and came to the north to find her. As a result, he happened to meet the people sent by Ling Yi to pick him up halfway, and he just happened to follow them back.