Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

The witch doctor turned to Pei Chufeng and said:

"I heard that you were going to Beiwei, and I was worried about your safety, and I didn't want you to have anything to do with the royal family of Beiwei, so I thought of this poison. I have nothing, only the jade pendant is more valuable, which is worthy of your status, and I have no children, you are my only disciple, and I will pass it on to you sooner or later. So I soaked the poison on the tassel of the jade pendant. As long as I coax you to carry the jade pendant with you all the time, anyone who comes into contact with you for a long time will feel awe or fear of you. As for the antidote, I sprinkled it directly into the well in the backyard of the kitchen of the Nan Shen Palace. Now no one in the entire palace will be poisoned by this poison."

"Aunt, it's too risky for you to do this. Although the poison is not fatal, if it hurts the emperor of Beiwei and affects the diplomatic relations between the two countries, wouldn't it be troublesome?"

"It's better to be injured. Beiwei turned his face and was ruthless. He caused our Yahe Kingdom to be destroyed and also caused Ziwei to die of depression. I just want to vent my anger. It's lucky that I didn't poison Ling Zhang to death. It's also better for Nan Shen not to have too much involvement with Beiwei. Yahe Kingdom is a lesson for us."

"But my aunt's jade pendant is very similar to my mother's. If you don't look closely, you can hardly tell the difference. What if my father sees it and thinks that the third prince is involved with the Crow Kingdom? Wouldn't that harm him?"

"I was worried too, so I told him to keep the jade pendant close to his body and not to take it out unless necessary. Who would have thought that this kid would not only take it out but also give it to you, and I didn't expect what happened to Liu. The two poisons met and had an unexpected reaction. Dansha stimulated the different paths, but the different paths weakened Dansha."

The witch doctor became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and cursed at Pei Chufeng:

"You are such an unfilial disciple. You have turned a deaf ear to my words, right? If you hadn't given the jade pendant to Qi'er, she wouldn't have been injured so badly."

"Aunt, don't scold him. If he hadn't given me the baby, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to see you again. Many things are arranged by God and are fate. Right, aunt?" Ling Qiqi advised coquettishly.

Pei Chufeng felt sweet in his heart. It felt so good to be protected by the Seventh Princess.

"Hmph! For the sake of my niece, I'll spare you this time." The witch doctor gave Ling Qiqi enough face.

"Aunt, who did you learn such great skills from? Why didn't you poison my father to death and avenge the people of the Crow Kingdom and my mother?"

The witch doctor's expression suddenly became serious, and he slowly said:

"It was Ziwei's idea. After the Yahe Kingdom was in trouble, I managed to escape with great difficulty. I went to the capital of Beiwei, hoping to find an opportunity to join hands with Ziwei to assassinate the Northern Emperor. But when I arrived in the capital, I heard that Ziwei had gone to the cold palace and was pregnant. So I thought about settling down in the capital first and taking revenge after she gave birth to a child. Unexpectedly, not long after, my identity and whereabouts were discovered, and soldiers came to hunt me down, so I had to escape. Later, I was seriously injured and was rescued by a masked man, who sent me to my later master for treatment. Now that I think about it, this masked man should be Liu Yan, Ahui's husband. Before we parted, he gave me a letter, and he said that the letter was written before Ziwei went to the cold palace. The letter said that the fate of the Yahe Kingdom had been determined several years ago and it was beyond human power. Now that Yahe has been destroyed, the people of the tribe have died, and it is impossible to restore the country. It was hopeless. Even if she killed the Northern Emperor, it would not change anything. It would only cause chaos in Beiwei. If Beiwei was in chaos, the whole world would be in chaos, and there would be countless casualties. She did not want to destroy the country to wash away the grievances of her clan. Moreover, she was pregnant. For the sake of her child, she had to try her best to survive in the shame of the destruction of the country and the pain of the country's demise. And she had to bear all these shame and pain alone. She asked me to let go of hatred for the sake of more living people, stay away from danger, and live an ordinary life for her. I listened to Ziwei's words and gave up the idea of ​​revenge. After my injury healed, I stayed with my master to learn the art of witch medicine. Later, I learned from my master that it was Ziwei who wrote a letter begging the master to take me in. A long time ago, they had met a few times. The master liked her very much and wanted to take her in as a disciple. Unexpectedly, by mistake, I became his disciple."

Ling Qiqi remained silent after hearing this. She admired her mother's vision, but what moved her even more was that her mother had lived in pain for her. It turned out that she had been loved by her mother, and this love was too tragic.

She and her mother only met twice, once when she was born and once when her mother died. No four words can better summarize their fate than "separation in life and death."

She finally understood the complex expression in her mother's eyes when she first saw her: joy, sadness, reluctance, determination, love, hatred...

She finally understood that the unfurrowed brows and slightly upturned lips when her mother died were the regret and relief that only death could bring her.

"Mother's decision is right." Ling Qiqi seemed to be talking to her aunt, or to her mother in heaven.

"Of course I know she is right. She has always been smart, but it's a pity that she is a woman." The chief witch doctor said regretfully.

Ling Qiqi was somewhat irritated by her aunt's words.

"What's wrong with being a woman? Auntie, don't belittle yourself. Women can do great things. Mother was just born at the wrong time, but being born at the wrong time does not distinguish between men and women." Ling Qiqi said with great courage. Pei Chufeng, who was watching from the side, felt a little more admiration in his heart.

"I suddenly remembered something. How did your mother's jade pendant come into your hands?"

"My mother left it to me when she died. What's wrong?"

"The Yahe royal family has a clan rule that anyone with royal blood will receive a jade pendant after birth, but the jade pendant for the heir to the throne is different. The jade pendant is engraved with the divine bird Bifang that the Yahe believe in. But no matter which of the two jade pendants it is, when the owner of the jade pendant gets married, he or she needs to give the jade pendant to the partner in person, which means that their lives are connected and their minds are connected. It is said that your jade pendant should be with the Northern Emperor, but I didn't expect that Ziwei didn't give it to the Northern Emperor after getting married for so long, but gave it directly to you. Alas~"

"Auntie, are you saying that my mother doesn't love my father at all?"

"What kind of lewd words are you talking about? You are so young, what do you mean by love or not?" The witch doctor criticized Ling Qiqi.

"I'm not a child anymore and I'm engaged, okay?" Ling Qiqi said unconvinced.

The witch doctor and Pei Chufeng were both stunned. The witch doctor asked anxiously:

"Who are you engaged to?"

"The Sixth Prince of Ximo, we should be considered...childhood sweethearts." Ling Qiqi summarized it simply.

"When do you plan to get married?" asked the chief witch doctor.

"I don't know. I've apparently died of poisoning, so I don't need to get a divorce if I'm widowed."

After hearing these words, Pei Chufeng's mood, which had just sunk, suddenly became a little turbulent.

He only thought that the Seventh Princess was engaged, but forgot that she had now escaped. As long as the Seventh Princess never revealed her true identity, her previous engagement would be meaningless.

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard the witch doctor say:

"How many questions did you two ask me in total? I remember it was seven or eight? I answered them all truthfully, so you still owe me eight rounds. Hurry up and continue, deal the cards."

Under the influence of the witch doctor's card addiction, several people no longer indulged in the past, but were immersed in the leaf game.