The palace is quiet, and the empress of the cold palace is acting as a demon

Chapter 497
Early the next morning, Xun Che woke up suddenly from his sleep. In his dream, he was still on the battlefield. He heard the sound of arrows piercing through the air and piercing his muscles and bones. His body was covered with siege stones crashing into the city wall and falling bricks. , and fire and blood and ashes.

He sat on the bed, panting heavily, his forehead was covered with fine cold sweat, the nightmare made his heart beat wildly, and even when he woke up, he couldn't shake off the fear of the nightmare.

But at this moment, he saw a petite figure beside the bed, sleeping in a daze.

Xun Che was stunned. He tried his best to think back, and then realized that the arrival of the reinforcements in Qucheng yesterday was not a dream, nor was it his hallucination.

He gently stretched out his hand and slowly touched Qin Wan's forehead.Maybe it was a bit itchy, Qin Wan frowned slightly, but did not open his eyes.

Xun Che's fingertips stayed in the air, and the real touch made his fingers tremble slightly.

she is here.

He was finally sure.

Just yesterday, with the mottled and broken city, the desperate resistance, before dawn, the entire Xuwen Battalion soldiers including him thought they had been abandoned by the imperial court.

The night is so dark.

There is no light and no hope.

Under the broken city wall, a veteran leaned against the corner with Xun Che and asked him why he joined the army.

Xun Che said he didn't know, maybe because he forgot someone.

The veteran smiled and asked him if he forgot.

Xun Che smiled wryly and said that not only could he not forget, but under the city wall that was breached at some time, his heart was full of her.

In fact, he lied to the veteran.

He wanted to join the army because he hoped that maybe one day, he could go to Hancheng with his military achievements and enter the Beirong Palace.

To be able to look at her from a distance like his grandfather did, he felt that this life was enough.

But who would have thought that when he joined the army, he encountered Hou Lu's rebellion.

Xun Che thought that if he was doomed to be defeated and he would never be able to see her again, that would be his greatest regret before he died.

However, who would have expected that when all hope disappeared, she would suddenly come here with reinforcements.

She was like a ray of light at dawn when the gates opened.

Standing in front of him, throwing himself into his arms, calling his name.

And now, she was asleep beside his bed.

If he hadn't touched her, Xun Che could hardly believe it was true.

Why did she come?
Didn't she already go back to Hancheng?

Didn't she already know that he is not the reincarnation of Emperor Ning.

Then why did she come to save him?
Xun Che didn't dare to think about it any further.

He knows he shouldn't have unreasonable expectations.

That's good, she's here, in front of him, what extravagance does he have.

Qin Wan didn't sleep very comfortably, she moved her position and frowned.

Xun Che got off the bed carefully, approached her, and said softly, "Ner, go to bed and sleep."

Qin Wan rubbed her eyes in a daze: "No, you are covered with injuries, what should I do if I bump into you?"

Xun Che's heart thumped, and he said softly, "I won't sleep anymore, I will give you the bed."

Qin Wan slowly opened his eyes, and after seeing Xun Che's face clearly, he frowned and said, "Why are you getting out of bed, lie back quickly."

Then Qin Wan stood up on the side of the bed, supported Xun Che to let him back on the bed, raised his hand and touched his forehead: "Fortunately, I don't have a fever."

After saying that, she turned around and poured water at the table, brought it to Xun Che, and put it in his hand: "Drink some water quickly. If you want to eat something, I'll make it for you."

Xun Che looked at Qin Wan and said softly, "Don't go anywhere, stay and stay with me."

Qin Wan was stunned, and put a soft pillow behind Xun Che: "I won't leave, but you have to eat."

"I just want to look at you."

Qin Wan nodded: "Then I'll go out and ask someone outside to bring some porridge."

"it is good."

Qin Wan went out to ask for some porridge, and soon sat back beside Xun Che's bed: "Does the wound hurt?"

Xun Che wanted to shake his head, but he said honestly, "It hurts."

Qin Wan's eyes turned red again after hearing this: "I have already asked Lie Xie to go to Ji Yan to ask for his best wound medicine. His medicine is very, very powerful, and it is very effective in reducing inflammation and pain. If you bear with it, Lie Xie will be very painful." Will be back soon."

"Ji Yan?" Xun Che was puzzled.

Qin Wan explained: "It's the king of Western Shu. I wrote to him and asked him to send troops to help deal with Hou Lu. Now he personally leads the army and the leader of the Nanling Baibu, Shi Zhongxing's army, a total of 20 people, is fighting Hou Lu. , plus Tian Chen's 3 people, it is estimated that Hou Lu will soon be beaten to the point where she can't even find her house."

Xun Che looked at Qin Wan in surprise: "Xishu, Nanling, Wan'er, are they the reinforcements you recruited?"

"It's necessary," Qin Wan said proudly with her head held high, "I also borrowed fifty Dragon Palace warships from Mu Yang, the dragon girl of Dragon Palace City, to carry Tian Chen's [-] troops from Maocheng Port to Qucheng Port. , and this is the time to save you."

Hearing what Qin Wan said, Xun Che was so surprised that he could barely close his mouth from ear to ear.

Yuheng Army, Xishu Army, Nanling Baibu, Dragon Palace Battleship... Who would have thought that the person who could gather these forces would be the woman in front of him.And all she did was just to save him.

What kind of emotion lingered in Xun Che's heart, he couldn't help asking Qin Wan: "Wan'er, why did you come to save me?"

Qin Wan knew the deep meaning in his words.

"that is because……"

The answer that came out of his mouth suddenly stuck in his throat.

Qin Wan was startled, then avoided Xun Che's gaze, lowered her head, and avoided the answer to this question.

Seeing her silence, Xun Che's heart clenched slightly.

At this time, someone knocked on the door.

Qin Wan hurried to open the door, it turned out to be the soldier who came to deliver the porridge.She took the porridge jar from the soldier and put it on the table, then poured the porridge into a bowl, sat back beside Xun Che with the bowl in hand, filled it with a small spoon, put it near her mouth to cool it down, and fed it to Xun Che.

But she didn't say a word, just kept silent.

Xun Che smiled wryly: "Wan'er, if you don't want to answer, then don't just answer, don't keep silent and don't talk to me."

"Ah?" Qin Wan recovered, "No, no, I don't want to answer, I just don't know how to say it."

"It's okay." Xun Che said.

"Xun Che..." Qin Wan lowered her head and said cautiously, "It was my fault before. I mistook you for Ning Yi's reincarnation, so I did everything possible to provoke you, and it prevented you from completing your studies in the academy. I was forced to move to Danzhou with my family, and almost lost my life on the battlefield. I... I feel very guilty and sorry, so I feel that if I don’t come to save you, I will feel uncomfortable..."

After Xun Che heard her explanation, his heart sank suddenly.

Sure enough, he couldn't hear the answer he wanted.

Xun Che smiled wryly: "So you came to save me because you felt guilty."

Hearing what he said, Qin Wan felt like a huge rock was pressing on her heart for some reason, and all kinds of sadness surged up like a tide, and then tears flowed down unconsciously.

Seeing her crying, Xun Che wanted to raise his hand softly to wipe the tears on her cheeks, but hesitantly did not do so.

He no longer has the right to touch her intimately.

"Wan'er, I don't blame you for these things." Xun Che comforted softly, "I was very happy when I was with you. It's a pity that I am not the reincarnation of Emperor Ning, and I have let you down..."

Qin Wan wiped away tears and shook her head: "This kind of thing is not something you can decide... It's too strange to say disappointment. Alright, let's eat quickly."

As she spoke, she slowly fed the small bowl of porridge in her hand to Xun Che.

Both people in the room were silent.

After the porridge was finished, Qin Wan put down the small bowl and spoon: "Xun Che, you can sleep a little longer, I'll be with you."

Xun Che: "You're tired too, go back to your room and sleep, you don't have to stay here to guard me, I'm fine."

Qin Wan: "Well, I'm next door, if you call me if you need something, I can hear you."

Xun Che smiled lightly at her: "Okay."

Qin Wan stood up, picked up the porridge bowl and walked out of Xun Che's room.

She stood outside the door, handed the tableware to the guard, and then walked into her own room next door.

Lying on the bed, Qin Wan closed his eyes.

Thinking of the disappointed look in Xun Che's eyes just now, her tears fell unconsciously again.

Obviously now that she has rescued Xun Che, the rebel army's suppression work is going well, and there is no bad news from Beirong Palace, everything is proceeding according to her plan.She had decided a long time ago that when Xun Che's injury healed, she would leave here, first go to Yingcheng to get the bottle back, then buy a horse, and start the journey westward.

But since everything is going well, why is she still so sad.

When she was in the academy, she casually said "like" to him, but now she doesn't even dare to think about it.

Qin Wan asked herself, how could she admit that she liked Xun Che, the murderer who assassinated Ning Yi has not been found yet, and Ning Yi's soul has not recovered yet.

She clearly knew that she should not indulge her feelings to like Xun Che.

But... at this moment, thinking that she was going to leave Xun Che eventually, even breathing became painful.

(End of this chapter)