She was the first woman to stay in Xiao Ji’s tent, and no soldiers in the camp dared to disrespect her. Even if there were, they couldn’t defeat Long Yi.
Xiao Ming lived in this camp, and Princess Xinyang would visit him every day.
She had never cared about him or anyone around him before, and she wasn’t familiar with his only brother, Xiao Ming.
It was said that the brothers had a good relationship.
But how they got along in detail, she truly had no impression.
She knew very little, too little, about everything about him.
"You’re here." Inside Xiao Ming’s barracks, Little Princess Dongyi glanced back at Princess Xinyang.
Princess Xinyang walked over, her gaze falling on the face that bore a slight resemblance to Xiao Ji, and said, "How is your father today? Has he woken up?"
Little Princess Dongyi shook her head, "No."
Having spent a few days with her, Princess Xinyang found that she wasn’t bad-hearted, and her arrogance was just her way of surviving here.
Her situation was awkward; she was Xiao Ming’s daughter, yet had not been formally recognized by him.
Xiao Ji couldn’t make that decision for his brother, so her identity wasn’t officially announced.
As a Dongyi negotiator, if she wasn’t a bit overbearing, she could easily be bullied.
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Little Princess Dongyi smiled self-mockingly and said, "My mother passed away early, and I was raised by my aunt. Later, my aunt brought a man home, who noticed I resembled someone and asked who my parents were. I don’t know how he investigated, but he found out I was the child of your General Weiyuan of Zhan Country. My aunt sold me to that man, who took me to see the King of Dongyi. The King of Dongyi used me to lure out your General Weiyuan. He was poisoned because he came to save me, and ironically, the King of Dongyi dared to send me to negotiate peace."
Princess Xinyang said, "The King of Dongyi hopes Xiao Ji would kill you to avenge his brother and also to drive a wedge between him and Xiao Ming. But Xiao Ji is not that kind of person."
Little Princess Dongyi felt there was nothing more to say about her topic and looked at Princess Xinyang, "Rumor has it that you don’t get along with the Marquis, but it doesn’t seem so; you come to inquire about military reports every day."
"I..." Princess Xinyang was slightly embarrassed, "I am the princess of Zhan Country, it’s only right to care about military intelligence."
The flames of gossip in Little Princess Dongyi burned fiercely: "So you’re here by imperial decree? Are you really sent by the emperor to monitor Marquis Xuanping?"
Does this girl know how to speak?
Has her relationship with Xiao Ji deteriorated to the point that the Dongyi people are aware of it?
Princess Xinyang was a bit angry.
Almost daily, news of battles came from Donglin Pass, as the Dongyi captured Zhan Country’s generals and lured troops into the mountains. Skilled in jungle warfare, they took advantage of the terrain to deal some setbacks to Zhan Country’s army.
Xiao Ji took a risk and instead of engaging in combat, directly infiltrated the Dongyi army’s lair with Chang Jing, killing the Dongyi general.
Every day until the tenth day, continuous messages of victory were received from Donglin Pass.
But on the morning of the eleventh day, a piece of bad news engulfed the entire military camp—Xiao Ji was hit by a stray arrow while covering the retreat of wounded soldiers, and his condition was unknown!
A chill rose from her feet, and Princess Xinyang felt as if she had fallen into an icy abyss.
Yujin looked at her worriedly, "Princess, maybe the military report is wrong, don’t worry yet, I’ll have someone find out—Princess, what are you doing!"
Princess Xinyang left the tent.
She went straight to the stables, picked a fine horse, and by the time Yujin caught up, she was already mounted.
Yujin grabbed the reins, looking at her in horror, "Princess... the Marquis instructed you to wait in the military camp... don’t be impulsive..."
Princess Xinyang was not a rash person; even when the old Princess of Liang approached her with selfish and disgusting intents, she never acted recklessly to chase her away.
But at this moment, she couldn’t resist going to find him.
She thought, the answer that Yujin wanted her to find, she had found.
But he still didn’t know her answer.
She wanted to tell him.
Princess Xinyang’s horse disappeared into the white expanse, as Long Yi followed closely.
The two arrived at Donglin Pass.
Upon reaching Donglin Pass, Yujin’s suspicions were confirmed—the person hit by the arrow was indeed not Marquis Xuanping, Xiao Ji, but Chang Jing.