Drunk Bamboo

early december.

Tianbao, the residence of King Wen.

Tianbao County is located in the central and western part of Rao State. Although it is separated from Xilin by only one county, it has pleasant scenery, beautiful mountains and clear waters, which is a world apart from the western frontier.

After seeing Luo Qi coming out of the room, Hua Qinming walked towards the study.

There are no trivial matters in the court, no need to attend court, and no need to bother planning to fight with anyone.

Since leaving Zhongdu, he seemed to have come back to life, looking in good spirits and more energetic than before.

It turns out that letting go of everything can be so easy.

I don’t know what the point of what I did before was.

The study is simply furnished with bookcases on all four sides, a desk in the middle, and walls covered with landscape, flower and bird paintings.

In front of a painting of a white jade hairpin, there is a mink cloak hanging.

Hua Qinming had just picked up the book when Chun'er knocked on the door and came in.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the west."

"How's the battle going?"

"The You Kingdom army attacked from the northwest, which was a weak point in defense. When King Feng led his troops there, General Xiao was already seriously injured, and Xiao Bingyu died on the battlefield."

Hua Qinming's face immediately darkened.

"Clang-"

There was the sound of a teacup breaking at the door.

Xiao Bingxin staggered and grabbed Chun'er's hand, "What did you say? What happened to my second brother?!"

Chun'er looked embarrassed, "Concubine...your second brother died for the country."

"How is it possible...Brother, my second brother is so powerful, how could he die in battle..."

Xiao Bingxin's expression collapsed and tears welled up in her eyes.

Hua Qinming hugged her tenderly and comforted her:

"Bing Xin, the men of the Xiao family sacrificed themselves for the country and the people. As soldiers protecting the country, they were determined to die."

"No, no..." Xiao Bingxin opened her eyes wide, her face was terrified and pale, "I harmed them, it was me, it was all because of me!"

"What does it have to do with you? Why blame yourself?" Hua Qinming comforted him patiently.

"Your Highness, I do all this for Your Highness!" She suddenly raised her face.

"What do you mean?"

"It's all that Prince Jing. It's all him. He said that the plague in Zhongdu was designed by you and my mother. My father knows everything, so he has confined you all. He said that as long as my father's attention can be distracted and there is a war in the west, my father will not have the energy to deal with my mother and the prince..."

Hua Qinming was stunned.

Pushing Xiao Bingxin away, he was angry and surprised, "Prince Jing?! Xiao Bingxin, you actually conspired with Prince Jing?!"

"He lied to me, he lied to me! I, I didn't know it would be like this, I didn't know that my elder brother and second brother would... I don't want Daddy to get hurt, I don't want that!"

He asked, "Xiao Bingxin, what on earth did you do?"

Panic eyes, "Prince Jing said that as long as we have the western border defense map..."

"You actually told Prince Jing about the border defense map? You actually betrayed the country!" Hua Qinming had never been so angry before, almost roaring, "No wonder the Youguo army was able to break through two cities in a row, and now they are attacking the weak points of the border defense, it turns out it's all because of your border defense map!"

"I, I only drew a little bit, and I can't remember it clearly..." Xiao Bingxin was still trying to find excuses and explain.

It wasn’t her who harmed my elder and second brothers. It wasn’t her who harmed them.

"Just a little bit?" Hua Qinming looked at the ignorant Xiao Bingxin with resentful eyes, "You were born into a family of military commanders, don't you know that a little bit on the battlefield can cost tens of millions of lives?"

"How could there be a traitor like you in the Xilin Xiao family!"

Xiao Bingxin was still quibbling, "I did this all for the prince and for the future of the Xiao family army. Prince Jing promised me that he would let the prince sit on the throne and make the Xiao family army the leader of the western frontier. I..."

"Snapped--"

A slap hit her face mercilessly.

But she didn't feel any pain at all and just stared at Hua Qinming blankly.

"Xiao Bingxin, stop saying that this is all for me. Your own selfishness and greed have harmed the people of the Western Frontier, your own brother, and the soldiers of the Xiao Family Army."

"When did I ask you to do anything? Why do you always insist on doing it?"

It was the first time that Hua Qinming got so angry that his body was shaking with anger.

With an ugly look on his face, Chun'er immediately fed him a pill.

Xiao Bingxin stood in front of him and suddenly straightened her back. "From the moment the prince saved me, I swore to become his person. I can do anything for him!"

Hua Qinming raised his eyes with indifference and disdain.

"Xiao Bingxin, wake up, do you really like me? Do you really understand me?"

"To say that love lasts until death after only meeting once, is this love too hasty?"

Xiao Bingxin was completely unaware of it, and even had a creepy smile on her lips.

"Doesn't the prince like me too?"

"Cough cough cough..." Hua Qinming was helped to sit down by Chun'er.

After catching his breath, he slowly raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Bingxin calmly.

"Because of your status, I was the first to provoke you. You schemed in the palace, my father granted you the marriage, and you entered the palace. I wanted to treat you with respect. But you didn't know the limits. If it weren't for Qi'er's kindness and generosity, how could there be such harmony in the palace?"

When Xiao Bingxin heard Luo Qi's name, she started to go crazy.

He said viciously: "If it weren't for Luo Qi, how could the prince dislike me?"

He just said calmly, "I like to read and work quietly in the study room. Have you ever seen Qi'er bothering me?"

"The prince is in the study all day long. I can only see the prince in the study. I just want to see you once a day..."

Xiao Bingxin lay obediently on his knees, feeling aggrieved but attached.

Hua Qinming sighed softly.

I'm afraid I'll never have peace if this person stays around.

"Xiao Bingxin, I am cold-hearted by nature. I never believe in love, nor will I indulge in love too much. We are different people. We are not suitable. If you want to leave, I will never stop you. You are a virgin, you can find another good partner."

Now that we are getting a divorce, the Crown Prince will only agree and no one will object.

The innocent look immediately turned fierce, and Xiao Bingxin asked in disbelief: "A virgin?"

Hua Qinming nodded truthfully, "You drank the medicine, it was just a dream."

Xiao Bingxin's expression changed in an instant.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" He finally yelled like crazy, staring at him with fierce eyes, "Hua Qinming, you are so cruel! You deceived me and made me suffer so much!"

"I am going to kill you!"

He pulled out the dagger from his sleeve and rushed directly towards Hua Qinming.

"Your Highness!" Chun'er exclaimed.

Hua Qinming did not dodge or evade, and did not even blink, and faced the dagger that was stabbing at his chest.

Blood gurgled out.

Xiao Bingxin looked at her hands covered in blood and was so scared that she dropped the dagger and took a few steps back.

"Why... don't you hide?"

Chun'er hurriedly took out the hemostatic medicine and sprinkled it on the wound.

Hua Qinming bit his lip painfully, sweat dripping down his cheeks. "I used you in the beginning because I wanted the power behind the Xiao family. Now, you want to kill me to vent your anger, and I have no complaints."

Xiao Bingxin completely collapsed.

Shouting to the sky.

"what--"

"Hahaha, what on earth have I done?! I'm just a huge joke!"

She looked at the man in front of her. She loved him to death just a moment ago, but now she hated him to death.

"Hua Qinming, Luo Qi, whom you love, doesn't like you at all. She has always had a man in her heart, but she has to marry you because the emperor has granted her a marriage... This..."

Suddenly I saw the cloak hanging in front of Bai Yuzhan's painting, and it looked very familiar.

"This mink cape is what she wore when she fell into the water..."

Xiao Bingxin's eyes were first puzzled, then stunned, then disbelieving, and finally she burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, it turns out that the person you like is her."

"You two are truly a perfect match. Even the people you like look alike."

Laughed till tears came out.

"Hua Qinming, you should just live well in Tianbao and watch them loving each other while you live, but you will never get it in your lifetime."

"I, Xiao Bingxin, will sever all ties with you from now on!"

After saying that, he left resolutely without looking back.

Hua Qinming endured the pain and said, "Chun'er, go to the west to find the Wind King."