Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

"Why?" Du Jingshan asked in panic.

"I don't want to be a burden to you all the time. I injured my leg before, and now I almost lost my virginity. You know, I've always been very calculating. The most expensive thing in the world is favors. I owe you too much."

"I am your senior brother, so I naturally have to protect you. There is no need for us to say anything about debts."

"Thanks to you this time. If you hadn't discovered it in time, I don't know what would have happened."

"I should have discovered it earlier. I underestimated the power of this drug."

"You should have a good rest, we won't disturb you."

Du Jingshan nodded, and Ling Qiqi took Ling Yi out of the house.

On the way back, Ling Qiqi was in a very bad mood and didn't say a word along the way. Ling Yi accompanied her silently.

Finally returning to the west courtyard, Ling Qiqi suddenly felt exhausted and almost fell down. Seeing this, Ling Yi quickly supported her and carried her back to the house.

Ling Qiqi's eyelids were heavy and she fell asleep quickly. She ended up sleeping for two days.

Maybe it was because she slept too much, but after waking up, Ling Qiqi still looked groggy and listless, without her former spirit. But she couldn't let go of Du Jingshan and insisted on going to see him.

Ling Yi couldn't persuade her, so he had her carried over in a sedan chair.

After two days of rest and conditioning, Du Jingshan looked better than before. Ling Qiqi was finally relieved to see this.

After a few days of hard work, the New Year holiday is coming to an end and everything is returning to normal. This New Year was really annoying, but it is finally over and life seems to be back to the way it was before.

In order to divert attention, Ling Qiqi focused on the research of restraining crossbows.

Ling Yi has been accompanying her these days and simply had all the memorials moved to the wing room in the west courtyard. Although Ling Qiqi was unwilling, it was of no avail to scold him several times. Ling Yi was really thick-skinned and kept staying, saying that he was afraid that some villain would harm her again.

Bah, there is no such thing as a traitor. If there is any, it can only be him.

What’s even more infuriating is that Ling Yi no longer sleeps on the floor at night, but sleeps directly on the same bed with her.

Ling Qiqi went to sleep on the floor by herself, but he always carried her back to bed in the middle of the night.

After a few days, Ling Qiqi was too lazy to bother with him anymore. She just let him hug her if he wanted, mainly because Ling Yi didn't have any more intentions of crossing the line.

On this day, news suddenly came that Ling Zhen had hanged himself in a nunnery, and was already dead when he was found.

Ling Qiqi sighed. Although she did not kill "Boren", "Boren" died because of her, and Ling Zhen finally died. However, Ling Qiqi knew that the grudge between her and Ling Zhen had a long history. In Ling Zhen's heart, only one of them could survive. Even if she converted to Buddhism, she still could not let go of her knot. Ling Zhen was actually quite pathetic. She could not live out her own life, nor could she let herself go.

She asked people to bury Ling Zhen properly, which was her final act of sisterly love.

Du Jingshan's health has improved a lot. Ling Qiqi called him over today and asked him to return to Beiwei in the near future.

"I won't go back." Du Jingshan said in resistance.

"I have to go back."

"I have nothing to do if I go back to Beiwei. I can help you recuperate and draw the design for you if I stay here."

"It's not like there aren't any good doctors here, and I'm not seriously ill. Besides, the design is almost done, so I can draw the rest myself."

"...I'm so useless."

"Who said that? I have a more important task for you."

"Stop coaxing me."

Ling Qiqi looked around, then moved closer to Du Jingshan and lowered her voice and said:

"Although Ling Yi has allowed me to exchange letters with Ya He and Nan Shen, all letters will be intercepted and inspected by him, so you have to help me bring a message back to my father."

"What message?"

"Let my father recognize the Tianyuan Kingdom, and then the two countries will establish diplomatic relations."

"It's okay for a message like this to be checked, right?"

"It does matter. A man needs to save face. If he knew that my father accepted him because he listened to me, he would definitely feel ashamed and would be unhappy with me. And the most important thing is not Ling Yi, but my father, so I need you to convince my father."

"Your father can't be easily convinced by me."

"Just tell him that Ling Yi and I are married and that I want to live a stable life with him. With me here, there will be no more fighting between the two places. When I give birth to a child, I will find a way to send him to Beiwei as a hostage. Please help me persuade my father not to lose the big picture for the small. To admit that Tianyuan is not to lose it, but to rely on it in another way. It's like the Crow Kingdom. My father gave Crow to me to manage, but I didn't actually lose Crow, right? Now the threat from Beiwei is not enough. It's not Tianyuan, but Ximo. I'm afraid Ximo will make some moves after the spring. We must not let Ximo take advantage of the rift between Beiwei and Tianyuan. In the end, Tianyuan was given to Ximo. You have to tell my father that I have asked Pei Chufeng to help the Yahe Kingdom. There is no problem in the south. Father can deploy troops on the border of Ximo. If there is spare power, it can help Tianyuan resist the west. Also, let father investigate the secret line that Lu Chengyou has planted in Beiwei as soon as possible. Do you remember it?"

"remember."

Ling Qiqi was secretly delighted. It seemed that Du Jingshan had agreed to return to Beiwei. However, she was still not satisfied and continued:

"There is one more thing... Ask your father to grant you and Qi Qing a marriage."

"Why?"

"It's a turbulent time right now. Qi Qing has to deal with all kinds of news networks, so she's bound to be too busy. You have to help her."

"Then there's no need to get married. I don't want to delay Qi Qing."

"Qi Qing has already been delayed. She can't marry a good man at her age. I am doing this to make it convenient for you to go in and out of Qi's Pawn Shop. You don't have to think too much. I can't control whether you and Qi Qing can be lovers in the end, but it's okay to be a family, right? It's not a good thing for you two to be single at an advanced age. If you can live together as husband and wife, it will save a lot of trouble. Just like when we were in the Sanqi Pharmacy in Nan Shen, we lived together as a family. Isn't it good?"

"Let me think about it."

"What are you thinking about? This is an order. I'm asking you to start a family, not to become a monk."

"I would rather become a monk."

"Come on, you have too many distracting thoughts. Otherwise, I just want you to work with Qi Qing on a mission. Where do you get so many ideas? When you return to Beiwei, work with Qi Qing to take over Yuehua Building. This task is very difficult, so be careful. Li Chuan is Ximo's secret agent, and he is not an easy man to deal with. If necessary, kill him."

"Is it really impossible to repair your relationship with the Sixth Prince?"