Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 122

Chapter 122 Ignite A Fire
Jiang Qing pushed open the door of the small courtyard and walked in. She saw Rong Jin, who had already changed his clothes, standing in the small courtyard. His gaze was far-reaching and he didn’t know what he was thinking.

He walked over and sat on the small stone table in the courtyard. After pouring a cup of tea, he said, “Where’s Yunxiao?”

Rong Jin graciously said, “Inside the room.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Qing put down the teacup in her hand and walked into the room. “I’ll go and see her.”

Rong Jin only stared at Jiang Qing’s figure for a while, but he didn’t stop him. He sighed and followed behind.

At this moment, Yun Xiao looked at the top of the bed with a dull expression, His gaze was blank. It was as if nothing could enter her eyes. The blood on her face had been wiped off, and her mask had been removed, revealing her extremely pale face that was like white paper. Her plump lips were also bloodless. If it wasn’t for Jue Yunxiao’s breathing, anyone who saw her would have thought that this woman had passed away.

When Jiang Qing saw this, she was slightly stunned. She turned her gaze to Rong Jin and said in a low voice, “What happened to her? Was she frightened?” Previously, he thought that Yun Xiao was so bold, but when he saw that she was surrounded, his expression did not change.

However, he also saw blood spraying on Yun Xiao’s face. Was it because of this that he was frightened? No matter how you look at it, you feel that it shouldn’t be.

Rong Jin only touched the corner of his lips, “She doesn’t want to wake up.” After returning, he had someone clean up the bloodstains on Yun Xiao’s body. However, after fiddling with her like this, Yun Xiao still did not have any signs of waking up. He also took Yun Xiao’s pulse. The diagnosis result showed that Yun Xiao did not refuse to deal with her in the slightest. Her body was fine, but she just did not want to wake up.

Rong Jin also couldn’t understand clearly. When he knew that the reason was actually because of this, why was the strangeness in his heart? However, looking at Yun Xiao like this, he was helpless.

Hearing this, Jiang Qing was slightly stunned. Then, he sneered disdainfully, “I thought it was so bold. I didn’t expect it to be someone who was afraid of death.” That little bit of heartbeat from before had already disappeared when he saw the lifeless Yun Xiao.

However, the person who was still bickering with him suddenly couldn’t get up. This made Jiang Qing a little unaccustomed. He looked at Rong Jin in surprise and coughed dryly, “Do you want to give her a few needles? If you feel the pain, you might be able to get up.”

Rong Jin shook his head and laughed, “You’re thinking too simply. How are things going outside?”

Jiang Qing snorted coldly. He shook his head and looked up into the sky. The corners of his mouth curled into a sneer, “What else can I do? Can I leave a living person behind when I do my job? However, I left behind the Ten Directions Palace’s token. That way, those people will only be able to track down the Ten Directions Palace and won’t suspect you.”

When Rong Jin heard this, his gaze darkened. “You’ve caused trouble.”

“Ah?” Jiang Qing never thought that the good things he thought would turn into trouble. “What are you talking about?”

However, Rong Jin was unwilling to say anything else. He only glanced at Yun Xiao and then said, “It’s almost dawn. Let’s send her back first.”

Jiang Qing did not expect that Rong Jin would still be so cold-hearted and emotionless. “She looks like this, can you send her back?” Speaking of which, Jiang Qing was even more disdainful. Wasn’t it just a little blood? As for being frightened to such an extent?

Rong Jin looked at the sky again. “If you don’t send it back, it’ll be troublesome. Hurry up and prepare the carriage.” After he finished speaking, he leaned forward and picked up Yun Xiao. When he moved this time, Yun Xiao’s eyes suddenly trembled a few times, but her gaze was still dim and listless.

When Jiang Qing saw this, he did not ask anything. He walked out. A horse carriage with extremely simple decoration drove out from the courtyard entrance. Soon, it disappeared from the courtyard entrance. This horse carriage turned around and chose a place with few people. Clearly, the driver was very familiar with the road of the capital.

Yun Xiao was lying in the carriage. The carriage was unsteadily bumping back and forth, but Yun Xiao was not sober. Rong Jin was holding a book in his hand and reading it under the illumination of the night pearl. His expression was complacent, as if everything was difficult for him to see. However, the way he looked at Yun Xiao from time to time revealed his heart.

After half an hour, the carriage slowly stopped at the back door of the Cloud Mansion.

In an instant, the sky was still gray, and the fog in the air was even bigger. It was impossible to see who was who from fifty feet away.

Just as the carriage stopped, a small figure got in and said happily, “Mother, you’re finally back.” However, when Rong Ruo saw Yun Xiao’s current expression, she was stunned. He looked at Rong Jin who was about to put down the book and asked in confusion, “Daddy, what happened to Mother? Are you injured?” He went out well, how did he end up like this after coming back?

When Rong Ruo called out the word mother, Yun Xiao’s eyes suddenly blinked slightly. At this time, Rong Jin and Rong Ruo did not notice.

Rong Jin leaned over and picked up Yun Xiao with a calm expression. “Your mother is tired. She just wants to rest for a moment.”

Although he said it lightly, Rong Ruo still noticed something strange. If she was just sleeping, why would her eyes be open? Why was his gaze so empty?

He only felt a slight twitch in his heart. Rong Ruo immediately held Yun Xiao’s hand. He had never seen such a disillusioned mother before, as if she had lost her soul. What appeared in front of him was just an empty shell.

Rong Ruo’s tears fell from the corner of her eyes. These days, he really treated Yun Xiao as his mother. “Mother, it’s all Ruo Ruo. Ruo Ruo should have followed you to protect you tonight. It’s all Ruo Ruo. Hurry up and wake up, okay?”

Tears fell from Rong Ruo’s cheeks and landed on Yun Xiao’s cheeks. Yun Xiao’s eyes blinked slightly.

Rong Jin originally wanted Rong Ruo to step aside and carry Yun Xiao out of the carriage. Otherwise, when the people from the Yun Clan saw her, Yun Xiao’s reputation would be gone. However, when he was about to speak, he noticed Yun Xiao’s movements. He was slightly stunned. He did not expect that Yun Xiao would actually have such a deep relationship with Rong Ruo.

He called Yun Xiao for a while, but did not see any movement from Yun Xiao. Rong Ruo had just cried when Yun Xiao woke up. She was really surprised. “Ruo Ruo, continue crying.”

Rong Ruo did not expect her father to say such words. She was stunned for a moment and looked at Rong Jin nervously. Her little hand embarrassedly wiped away all the tears on her face. She thought that he was mocked by her father, “What’s wrong?”

Rong Jin frowned slightly, and a faint glint appeared in the depths of his eyes. “Cry again.”

Rong Ruo opened her mouth and was about to speak when she saw that Yun Xiao’s gaze was becoming divine. Yun Xiao raised her hand and touched the tear on her cheek. She was slightly surprised, “Who cried?”

When Rong Ruo saw that Yun Xiao had finally recovered her normal expression, she immediately rushed over and said, “Mother, you’re finally awake.”

Yun Xiao stared blankly at everything in front of her, as if she was no longer in her current state. Suddenly, she felt a faint warm aura coming from behind her. She turned around and saw that she was actually in Rong Jin’s embrace. She was about to struggle up. Her face was slightly red. When she left Rong Jin’s embrace, Yun Xiao immediately said, “Thank you for sending me back.”

Since Rong Ruo was also here, it meant that the crisis had been resolved and they had returned.

Without waiting for Rong Jin to react, she immediately opened the carriage curtain and got off the carriage. Just as she arrived at the carriage door, she saw Jiang Qing’s black face. She pretended that she was about to leave without seeing it.

Jiang Qing said indifferently, “Let’s send the fourth young miss back. Don’t tell me the fourth young miss didn’t even say thank you?” Seeing that Yun Xiao did not react, nor did he respond to him, he immediately said, “I didn’t expect that the Fourth Young Lady would be such a cowardly person. However, she was so frightened when she saw some blood.”

Yun Xiao’s face was pale. She turned sideways and bowed, “Thank you, Young Master.” After she finished speaking, she walked forward again. Although her eyes were somewhat brilliant, the pain in her eyes could not be concealed.

The moment Yun Xiao turned around and returned, Jiang Qing also saw Yun Xiao’s expression clearly. He frowned in surprise, as if things weren’t as he had imagined? He was about to apologize, but who knew that Yun Xiao had already turned around and left?

Rong Ruo immediately chased after the carriage and suddenly turned her head to look at Jiang Qing. Her small brows furrowed into earthworms. She sized up Jiang Qing’s face and immediately went to chase after Yun Xiao.

After the two of them disappeared from the back door, Jiang Qing opened the curtain and looked at Rong Jin, who was in the carriage. “What happened to Yunxiao?”

Rong Jin looked sideways and found a comfortable place to sit down. He said indifferently, “I don’t know.”

…

After returning to the mansion, Fang Zhou Jing Yan went to investigate the secret room of the mansion. However, he did not expect that after walking around the secret room, he did not find any traces. He walked out of the secret passage again and frowned slightly. He looked at Steward Li, who was waiting outside. “Have you found any clues?”

Housekeeper Li’s forehead was covered with sweat, and he didn’t dare to wipe it off. He only said respectfully, “Your Highness, did you find any other clues, nor did you see those three?”

Zhou Jingyan looked at the butler for a while before he finally revealed his own miscalculation. “Do you think the three of them went out of the secret tunnel?” One of the hidden tunnels led to the refugee area south of the city, and tonight’s fear of the refugee area should have something to do with what happened today.

Housekeeper Li was slightly stunned. The cold sweat on his forehead increased. He already knew that the refugee area in the south of the city had been completely destroyed. He did not know how the Third Prince could connect these two things. “How could it be? Only a few people in the secret passageway of the mansion knew that they were loyal to the Third Prince.”

This was also where Zhou Jingyan was suspicious. He didn’t believe that those people had betrayed him. However, if the three people in the mansion wanted to leave the mansion, they wouldn’t be unable to find any traces.

A cold glint flashed across Zhou Jingyan’s eyes. If the three of them really came out of the secret tunnel, then it meant that the refugee area in the south of the city was destroyed by the three of them. In addition, there was the Ten Directions Palace Token at the scene of the refugee area at that time.

Zhou Jingyan’s heart trembled slightly. Then, he shook his head. No, the three of them couldn’t be from the Ten Directions Palace. However, he said, “Block the hidden passageway to the south of the city tonight. It’s already unsafe there.”

If the governor of the capital led his men to search the south side of the city again and found out that the hidden path was from his own mansion, he would instead set his body on fire at that time.