Forced love, an inescapable fate

"Brother."

Seeing her coming, Jiang Ci smiled back and called her "Sister" softly.

Standing next to Jiang Ci were two palace maids in pink dresses. When they saw Mu Qingli coming, they bowed slightly.

When Mu Qingli walked over and saw the table full of food, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva. During the time she came here, she had never seen so many delicious meals. Every day she ate the previous meal and worried about the next one, for fear that the person who secretly delivered food to her would suddenly stop.

But now, facing this huge table of food, she felt even more unsure.

Why did the Qi royal family suddenly change their attitude towards them, changing their residence, treating them with good food and drink, and also the attitude of these palace servants?

Could this be the Last Supper?

But if he just wanted to kill her and Jiang Ci, why would he go to so much trouble?

Although the food in front of her looked delicious, she was very nervous in her heart, but she did not show anything on the surface and sat down next to Jiang Ci calmly.

Although her stomach was protesting, she remained calm and did not pick up her chopsticks. She just looked at Lan Fang with a smile on her face.

Lan Fang looked down on Mu Qingli and Jiang Ci from the bottom of her heart. They were just two abandoned hostages whose life and death could be decided by others at will, but they suddenly became her masters and acted like princes and princesses in front of her, without even realizing how lowly they were in the palace before. If His Majesty had not sent her to look after them, how could she, a first-class palace maid, serve them?

But the times are different now. Who could have imagined that a god of war would appear in the Kingdom of Jing? This man was invincible on the battlefields of the two countries, taking the upper hand, and even openly demanded that the Kingdom of Qi return the Sixth Prince and Princess Qingli, who had been sent to Qi as hostages.

If this person hadn't appeared, how would these two people have had the chance to appear here.

Although she felt extremely disgusted and disdainful in her heart, she still asked Mu Qingli politely.

"Princess, what's wrong? Is the food not to your liking?"

Hearing her words, Mu Qingli couldn't help but applaud her.

She was really good at lying. She knew what kind of life Jiang Ci and she led before coming here. Looking at the food in front of her, it was probably the first time Jiang Ci and she had seen it in recent years. For two people who had no food to eat, facing this table full of delicious food, she could still ask if the food was not to her liking. She was worthy of being sent by the emperor.

But isn't it just pretending? Who doesn't know how to do that?

Mu Qingli sweetly called out "Sister Lan Fang" and continued.

"There's such a huge table of food, my brother and I can't finish it all. Sister, please join us. Otherwise, it will be a shame to waste it."

After Lan Fang heard her say this, her expression was stunned for a moment, but at the same time she sneered in her heart.

It's really not presentable. It's not right for a servant to eat at the same table with the master.

But how can they be considered as masters? Although they are not presentable, they are at least sensible and know how to please me.

As she thought of this, she deliberately looked embarrassed.

He evaded the question, "Princess, this isn't good."

When Mu Qingli saw the disdain in her eyes, the smile on his face deepened a little and his voice became more friendly.

"Sister, why should you be so polite to us? I will have to thank you for taking care of me from now on. It's just a meal, it's okay, sister, please eat with us, what do you think, brother?"

Jiang Ci nodded and agreed in a low voice.

"Sister is right, let's go with Sister Lan Fang."

Hearing the two of them say this, Lan Fang didn't refuse anymore.

"Well, in that case, I'll be disrespectful in declining it."

After saying this, she sat down opposite Mu Qingli and Jiang Ci.

When Mu Qingli saw someone sit down, she enthusiastically kept picking up food for her.

"Sister Lan Fang, try this. This is delicious too. This is the first time I've seen so many delicious foods in all these years."

Lan Fang looked at the bowls piled up like a small mountain in front of her and stopped refusing.

Although she was a first-class palace maid, this was her first time to sit at the same table with her master and eat his food.

Seeing her eat, Mu Qingli just sneered in his heart.

"What a joke! Who knows if this food has any added ingredients? He brought me and Jiang Ci here for no apparent reason. He's being so attentive without any reason. He's either a traitor or a thief. I know this."

She picked up all the food on the table that had not been picked up for Lan Fang and gave it to Lan Fang again. Only after seeing Lan Fang had eaten it all did she whisper to Jiang Ci.

"Eat, brother."

Jiang Ci also understood the purpose of Mu Qingli's actions, and became more curious about her. Ever since Mu Qingli woke up, she always gave him the feeling of a different person.

This meal was the most delicious and filling one Mu Qingli had ever had since coming here.

After dinner, it was completely dark outside. Mu Qingli used the excuse of digesting the food to send Lan Fang and other palace servants away, and took Jiang Ci for a walk in the garden in the palace courtyard where they were.

Seeing that there was no one around, she immediately took Jiang Ci's hand and walked into the pavilion.

Jiang Ci, whose hand was tightly held by her, had a momentary expression of stiffness. Feeling the warmth coming from her hand, Jiang Ci resisted the urge to shake her off and silently followed her to the waterside pavilion.

After confirming that no one was around, Mu Qingli whispered to Jiang Ci, "Brother, I always feel that something is fishy about what happened today. I was afraid that they poisoned the food, so I asked Lan Fang to eat first. Why are they acting so abnormal? Not only did they change our accommodation, they also sent people to take care of us. But if they are too attentive without any reason, they are either traitors or thieves. And look at Lan Fang, she clearly looks down on us, but she has to lower her posture. I always feel that this matter is not simple, and staying in this Qi Palace is not a solution. I think we should try to see if we can get out of here tomorrow, so that we can go out and find out if there is any chance of escape."

After listening to Mu Qingli's words, Jiang Ci was basically certain that Mu Qingli really didn't know that Jing State had reached an agreement with Qi State and would take them back to the country in the near future.

Then her amnesia should not be fake. If that is the case, then what happens next will become much more interesting.

At this point, he looked up and asked Mu Qingli with a hint of uneasiness in his tone.

"Sister, but now we have a luxurious palace, and so many palace servants to take care of us, and today's meals are all things we have never seen before. Now our lives are so much better than before, sister, why are you still so persistent in running away?"

Hearing him say this and seeing the uneasiness in his eyes, Mu Qingli sighed deeply.

She said earnestly, "Brother, we can't just see the good in front of us. When things are out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy. Who knows what they are planning? We have to think long-term. Besides, this palace is like a cage. If we stay here for the rest of our lives, we will really go crazy. The world outside is vast. We should go out and see it. Maybe we can return to our hometown again."