Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

"Based on your own conditions, you should know best whether what I said makes sense or not."

The imperial concubine continued to speak, and Li Huoyue glared at her with annoyance, but she didn't care.

"Including your brothers, all of them."

The imperial concubine chuckled twice again, just as clear and weak as the first time she was heard yesterday.

"Your eldest brother is in the court, your second brother is in business, your third brother..." The imperial concubine paused here and went on to talk about the next person, "Your fourth brother specializes in intelligence gathering, and your fifth brother happens to have a great talent and interest in medicine."

The imperial concubine helped Li Huoyue count the items one by one.

"Oh, and you, you know almost everything, including your martial arts that allow you to walk alone at night. But you are not bound by modern thinking. You kill anyone who stands in your way. You are born with..."

"That's enough." Li Huoyue interrupted the Imperial Concubine. "I don't need you to explain my situation to me. Please pay more attention to yourself, Imperial Concubine. When the Emperor suddenly comes to his senses one day, you may only be able to stay with the big cauldron over there."

The imperial concubine was not afraid of this threat at all. She giggled freely and lively.

More like a mother.

Li Huoyue thought back to the conversation she had just had with the prince, which once again verified her thoughts. She was also more certain of why the emperor said that she would forget that she was a distant child most of the time.

Originally, he wanted to ask the imperial concubine if he could choose the body himself, but given the current situation, Li Huoyue no longer wanted to say anything more.

She had a feeling that this woman wouldn't care what she asked.

No matter how you ask, you will definitely get back to the current topic in the end.

Due to the prince’s delay, it’s getting late now, and the imperial concubine is barely alive.

It's time to go, the palace gates are almost locked.

"I know your mother is very capable." Even if there was no other topic, the imperial concubine was still able to speak, "But don't rely too much on your mother. Your mother is not some..."

Li Huoyue laughed out loud.

What the imperial concubine wanted to say was interrupted by the sudden laughter.

"What are you laughing at? You...don't believe it?"

"So?" Li Huoyue asked with a smile, "I have lived with my family for so many years, but because of you, a cheap aunt who showed up halfway, I have fallen into doubt about family affection, right?"

Li Huoyue's words were very different from what the imperial concubine expected. The imperial concubine couldn't believe that Li Huoyue would react like this. She couldn't help but wonder what kind of magic potion her cousin had given to this child.

The two were silent for a moment, and Li Huoyue walked out the door without any reluctance.

Behind me, the imperial concubine seemed to be talking to herself:

"I didn't tell a lie..."

Li Huoyue did not stop, as if he did not hear anything.

The palace is strange.

Li Huoyue was walking on the way out of the palace. There were still no palace servants around. She felt like she was walking in another dimension, lonely and without any response.

A normal palace shouldn't be like this, and normal conversations with royal family members shouldn't be like this. Everything is not as it should be.

But what should it have been like?

Li Huoyue was stunned for a moment. He... seemed to have never been to a real palace.

It wasn't raining, but the air was so stuffy it made one feel breathless.

Li Huoyue quickened his pace and walked alone in the dark.

Once again I came to Jingxuan Bridge. Just like last time, there was still a familiar carriage waiting there, and in the carriage was still a young man who was extremely curious about the bustling street market.

The boy turned around and saw Li Huoyue approaching. He waved his arms happily, and the smile on his face looked even more energetic against the backdrop of the bustling lights behind him.

It was also here that she revealed that she was capable of killing people.

She thought that what the imperial concubine said was not a big problem.

But what the imperial concubine said was not entirely true. At least she was not as capable of everything as the imperial concubine said.

In fact, she always has the illusion that she doesn't know anything.

Her mother was missing and she couldn't find her.

Her father was arrested and she failed to rescue him.

Her fiancé fell in love with someone else, but she hasn't even divorced him yet.

I wanted to do things secretly, but ended up showing my skills under other people's noses.

He wanted to loosen up his identity as a time traveler and didn't want this identity to become a time bomb that bound him to death. However, not only did he not make any progress, but he also pushed himself into a situation from which he could not escape.

All these things, a series of actions and choices in the past few days, made Li Huoyue sigh.

But what could she do? She couldn't stop and had nowhere to hide.

If you don't move forward, you will die.

"Why are you sighing?" Jiang Yunshu handed over a string of candied haws, "Eat something sweet, and you'll be much happier."

Li Huoyue didn't answer. Jiang Yunshu didn't know why she sighed, and she didn't understand why Jiang Yunshu was so happy all day.

"Why are you here again? Where do you want to take me today?"

"Where can I take you? You didn't even give me the antidote." Jiang Yunshu curled his lips.

Li Huoyue was too lazy to pay attention to him. He took out a bottle of medicine at random, gave him two pills, and got on the carriage.

"Second brother? What are you doing here?" Li Huoyue lifted the curtain and found his second brother sitting in the carriage, silently.

The second brother opened his eyes, his beautiful eyes were a little dejected. He smiled slightly and said, "I came to pick you up. Are you hungry? I brought you an apple."

Li Huoyue had never seen Lao Er like this. Usually, Lao Er always had a gentle aura and the confidence to be in control of everything.

Not today.

Same expression, but with a hint of confusion in the eyes.

"What's wrong?" Li Huoyue took the apple. "What happened today?"

Li Huoyue sorted out what happened before he left and asked, "Is it because of that picture?"

The second brother lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then replied, "Not exactly."

not completely.

That is to say, this is partly the reason.

The second brother was able to avoid other people and come to pick up Li Huoyue. I think only Li Huoyue can answer this question.

"...What do you want to ask me?" Li Huoyue asked directly.

The two siblings have been together for so many years, there is no need to be too pretentious.

It was estimated that Jiang Yunshu had swallowed the medicine and regained some of his condition, and the carriage started to move at this time.

"Nothing." The second brother sighed, "I also want to meet the leader of their organization."

Li Huoyue hadn't seen Jiang Yunshu and other leaders the whole day, and he was not sure if he would be able to see them.

"We... we have been together for more than ten years. Do we have to be so secretive when talking to each other now?" Li Huoyue was not fooled by the second brother's words, nor did she lose patience like she would with an outsider. Instead, she took the initiative to ask, "If you have something to say, just say it directly. We are a family."