After being reborn as a double, she is soft and charming

Chapter 18
Bai Qi froze.

Xi Yan slowly raised her head, looking up at the man with a gloomy expression.

"My lord, why don't you answer me!"

The momentum of the voice continued unabated, and the complaints and dissatisfaction in it were already very obvious.

Bai Qi took a deep breath, lifted Xi Yan with one hand, and led her out of the carriage without hesitation.

The surrounding soldiers disappeared at some point, only a hale and hearty old man standing in front of them with his hands behind his back.

Xiyan recognized him, he was the old general stationed in Qingzhou, Duan Yichuan, governor of Qingzhou.

In the entire Northern Qi Dynasty, the only one who can really make Bai Qi bow his head is the person in front of him.

He is Bai Qi's grand tutor and the only respected teacher Bai Qi admires.

Bai Qi has always been rebellious, and only when facing the old man in front of him will he lower his mighty head.

Duan Yichuan glanced at the clasped hands of the two, and flicked his sleeves coldly, "My lord, the jurisdiction of Nanyang River is changed to a woman of unknown origin, can there be an explanation?"

"Teacher, my original intention was to give Xiyan a try to see if she could take Mu Yuncheng's life..."

"It's nonsense!" Duan Yichuan sneered, "A girl who has no strength to restrain a chicken can kill Mu Yuncheng? The son wants to save her, so he just admitted it generously, so why make so many excuses!"

Bai Qi's fingertips clenched tightly, making Xiyan frown.

"Xiyan?" Duan Yichuan finally caught the name, "Xiyan..."

He chewed these two words repeatedly, then raised his eyes to look at the little girl behind Bai Qi.

This Duan Yichuan has venomous eyes and acts resolutely. Only by showing fear can he relax his vigilance.

Thinking of this, Xiyan pretended to be uneasy, and quietly hid behind Bai Qi, her submissive appearance made Bai Qi's face immediately suffused with displeasure.

"It's just a name, why should the teacher be suspicious!"

"But?" Duan Yichuan glanced indifferently at the girl hiding behind Bai Qi, and said seriously, "Follow me first."

Duan Yichuan turned around and disappeared at the courtyard gate.

Bai Qi raised his steps to keep up, but his sleeves were pulled by Xiyan. He looked back and saw a broken light in Xiyan's eyes, and his brows softened a bit.

"Wait for me to come back." He patted the back of the girl's cold hand.

Xiyan bit her lower lip and nodded slightly.

The black clothes disappeared at the threshold in a blink of an eye, and Xi Yan slowly restrained her expression.

But just when she was about to turn around, she heard a mocking sarcasm from the dormitory, "Stop pretending? Xiyan, you're not hot enough..."

The familiar sweet voice came from behind the screen, Xiyan fixed her gaze, this person, isn't it just Shaoyao?
She caressed the hollow frame tremblingly, her small face was pale, but the hatred in her eyes was unmistakable, "How can you be so powerless? I think you are very strong! But the prince doesn't believe me..."

Having said that, she raised her lips triumphantly, "But it's okay, as long as Governor Duan trusts me."

Xiyan glanced at the person in front of her. The spikes on the mace's fangs would be unbearable for an ordinary boy, let alone the delicate and weak girl in front of her?

"You are so lucky. You have been whipped so many times, but you are still alive." Xiyan pursed her lips, passed Shaoyao without a trace, and turned into the ear room.

The girl walked to the door of the side room without giving up, and glared at her, "Xi Yan, what are you proud of? Governor Duan hates the woman who makes the son lose his mind the most. It is not known whether the blessing you thought was in the end or not!"

Xiyan smiled instead of anger, "Shaoyao, are you pleasing to the crown prince?"

No matter how arrogant and domineering she is, she is just a girl with a spring in her heart...

Shao Yao's back stiffened when Xiyan questioned her, and her pretty face was already blushing all over at some point.

Xiyan looked at the twinkle in her eyes unconsciously, and said with a sneer, "Shaoyao, do you think the son brought me back to Yecheng to enjoy the blessings?"

As she spoke, she stepped closer to Shaoyao, caressed her tender little face with five fingers, and clicked her tongue pitifully, "Thank you, Shaoyao, even if you enter the Prince's Mansion, you will be dismantled by a group of sisters for your reckless nature." If you eat it in your belly, there will be no bones left."

Xi Yan's words were like a basin of cold water pouring down from the top of the girl's head.

Seeing her in a daze, Xi Yan added, "They are all slaves of unknown origin, do you still want to fly on a branch and become a phoenix? Shaoyao, is there no bronze mirror in the dormitory? Don't you ever take a picture?"

This insult cut off Shao Yao's thoughts, and soon she returned to her usual meanness.

Shaoyao raised her chin, tried her best to stare at the girl in the same status as her, and said viciously, "We'll see how long you can be so arrogant!"

Xiyan was a little bit downcast, she ignored Shaoyao's provocation, turned around and walked to the chaise longue and sat down, propped up her forehead with one hand, and slightly closed her eyes.

When she came back from Queqiao, she had been wearing a veiled hat, so her appearance was not exposed.

And Bai Qi directly drove the carriage into Shao Yao's courtyard, this move was nothing more than letting Shao Yao take his place to resist the silent anger and abuse.

Does this mean that Bai Qi has not yet regarded her as an abandoned child?
I don't know if Duan Yichuan will make Bai Qi change his mind...

When Xi Yan was half asleep and half awake, Shao Yao had already left, until someone invited her back to a separate courtyard, Shao Yao never showed up.

The maidservant called for hot soup, and after Xi Yan had washed away all her beauty, it was already night.

She didn't wait for Bai Qi to come until she went to bed.

Slowly, she just felt weak all over her body, as if she was stepping on a cloud.

Is it because of the cold?
Thinking of this, Xiyan got up from the couch again, opened her mouth to call a few times, but no one answered.

"Strange, where have everyone gone?" She murmured, trying to open the door, but even if she tried her best, she couldn't move it a bit.

Alertness swept over her body, and she hurried to open the window.

Tried several times, as expected, it has been stuck perfectly.

Feeling dizzy, Xi Yan's frail figure swayed, one hand propped on the table, and after a while, thick smoke drifted into her nostrils.

Slowly, the surrounding fire was everywhere.

Is this... water?

Xi Yan was a little flustered, she hurriedly stepped forward and slapped on the door and window, she cleared her voice softly, "Come here, help me..."

But what responded to her was nothing but the crackling sound of flames.

The fire was so violent that it soon engulfed the entire room.

Xiyan covered her nose with one hand, and kept backing away until the beams of the house collapsed, and sparks rose everywhere, staining the curtains.

She instinctively retreated to the calligraphy and painting behind her, trembling her fingertips, groping to find the mechanism behind the calligraphy and painting.

This is the only life gate!
But when she opened the calligraphy and painting, she realized something was wrong...

If it is a simple matter of running through the water, how can there be no firefighters in such a huge mansion?
She quickly recalled Shao Yao's words, and Duan Yichuan believed her words!
What did you believe in Shaoyao?Xiyan thought, the only thing she showed in front of Shaoyao was her skills, and there was nothing else.

When she was reborn, she used the secret passage to save Mu Yuncheng, which caused Bai Qi to return without success, and finally lost the jurisdiction of Nanyang River.

Now in the same dormitory, she was once again trapped by the fire...

The fire was close at hand, Xiyan coughed violently, but slowly withdrew her fingertips.

If she guessed right, this fire was set up by Duan Yichuan, and Bai Qi must have known that he obeyed Duan Yichuan's words, which is why he didn't appear for a long time.

They are testing, testing whether she knows the secret here!
If she really used the secret passage to escape, she would end up with a dead end. Since she couldn't escape death anyway, then she would take a gamble!
She bet that Bai Qi would help her at the last moment...

(End of this chapter)