After leaving her home, Ning’er went straight to a rundown courtyard in the city.
She stood at the door, took a few deep breaths, and then finally jumped up and barged in.
When Ninger reached the doorway, Fu’er had already known. Feeling Ninger’s presence, she had been standing motionless in the courtyard.
She was still gambling, betting that Ning’er wouldn’t come in. But she had underestimated Ning’er’s stubbornness after all.
Ning’er landed steadily on the ground, and she and Fu’er stared at each other in silence for a moment. Both of them had complicated feelings in their hearts.
When Ning’er confirmed with her own eyes that the person before her was indeed her familiar Fu’er, a tightness gripped her heart. Her inquisitive gaze fell upon Fu’er without any restraint.
Finally, Fu’er spoke first, “After all, you still came.”
“How long has it been?”
She wondered how long she had been in Beijing.
Fu’er sighed, “Ning’er, I know what I’m doing. Can you pretend you don’t?”
Ning’er pursed her lips and listened to her talking about everything else, but she still said the same thing, “How long has it been?”
At this moment, the seriousness in Ning’er’s eyes made Fu’er unable to meet her gaze.
However, Fu’er still said, “Not for several days.”
Listening to her answer, Ning’er’s eyes instantly turned cold. “Less than ten days after you left, I saw your figure in the capital.”
So what she said, ‘in a few days’, was a lie.
Fu’er was taken aback. She hadn’t expected her whereabouts to be discovered by Ning’er so early.
She stared at Ning’er’s icy eyes and suddenly let out a light laugh. Once a lie was exposed, there was no need to pretend anymore. At this point, she admitted directly, “That’s right, I’ve been in the capital these days.”
Why?
Why lie? Why return to the capital? The valley master’s order was clear: she was to stay in the valley.
One by one, questions swirled in Ning’er’s mind, and she desperately hoped that Fu’er could give a reasonable answer.
Facing Ning’er’s questioning, disappointed and helpless gaze, Ning’er suddenly shook her head and laughed, “Ning’er, are you now treating me as a betrayer to interrogate?”
She didn’t want to hear anything else, she just wanted to know why, she just wanted to know what she was doing now.
Fu’er’s face turned cold as well. Meeting Ning’er’s insistent gaze that sought to probe the truth, she clenched her fists slightly.
Actually, she wished that Ning’er would have a big fight with her, rather than Ning’er being so calm.
At this moment, Ning’er is too calm. Her eyes seem to see through the essence of things. It’s this kind of her that makes people feel inexplicably flustered.
Fu’er fell silent for a moment, then walked step by step to Ning’er’s side, “Ning’er, do you know what our four lives’ mission is?”
“Protect the Princess.”
“Yes! It is to protect the princess at all costs.”
Fu’er finished speaking and suddenly laughed at herself, her eyes filled with self-blame. “But have we done it? Have we protected the princess well?”
Ning’er frowned slightly, “What do you mean?”
“The Queen has been planted with a love poison. As long as there is a problem with the mother poison in Bai Feng’s body, the Queen will be implicated. The love poison remains for one day, and the Queen’s life will be threatened for one day. You should be very clear about this.”
Ning’er remained silent, her deep eyes fixed on Fu’er. She was curious to hear what Fu’er would say.
Fu’er didn’t care about her somewhat suspicious gaze. She continued explaining:
“The antidote for the poison is difficult to find, but we cannot just sit and wait. I know you are planning to use surgery to remove the parasite from the princess, but in this world, besides the princess herself, who would dare to treat someone this way? And can anyone guarantee that this method won’t harm the princess? The parasite is dormant in her head. I ask you, who among us dares to cut into the princess’s head?”
I have to say, Fo’er makes a lot of sense. It’s true, the Valley Master couldn’t carve a hole in the Princess’s head, and she certainly couldn’t.
Ninger fell silent for a moment, “So you want to tell me that you secretly returned to the capital because of the poison on the princess?”
Fu’er said frankly, “That’s right, the poison in the Crown Princess’s body is related to Bai Feng. Before Bai Feng left a few days ago, I was secretly following him. However, after he was injured, he was taken back to Baiguang Palace. These days, I haven’t been idle either. I have roughly figured out the lair of Baiguang. In a few days, when I am ready, I will break in and investigate. As long as I can get close to Bai Feng and use our Crown Princess’s **, I will steal him out of Baiguang Palace. Then the poison in the Crown Princess’s body will be cured soon.”
Ning’er was startled. Fu’er’s words didn’t sound like a lie. She frowned and said, “You want to go in alone? That’s Bai Guang Gong’s lair.”
“I find it more convenient to act alone.”
“No way.” Ning’er immediately vetoed her idea. “The Bai Guang Palace people are very alert. If you go in alone, wouldn’t that be suicide?”
Fo’er shook her head slightly. “You don’t know my light work yet? It’s fine to go alone. Besides, I’m not sure if that place is actually their lair. What if it’s not? If I told others and they followed me only to find out it was a waste of time, wouldn’t that be rather inconvenient?”
Ninger furrowed her brow, “But you can’t go in alone. Since this is for the princess, you should come back to the manor with me and inform the valley master and King of the North Border. Let them decide on the details.”
Unbeknownst to anyone, as Ning’er was just about to mention returning to the palace, Fu’er suddenly knelt down. Ning’er was immediately taken aback.
Before she could react, Fu’er looked at her with teary eyes and pleaded, “Ning’er, please, you can’t let the Valley Master know about this. You absolutely mustn’t let him know.”
Ning’er was puzzled and looked at her coldly, “Why are you doing this? Don’t you know that the Valley Master hates those who act without permission? Are you really going to do this?”
Fu’er still had two lines of tears on her face. She hesitated, glanced at Ning’er, and choked out:
“Of course I know, Ninger, it was the Valley Master who ordered me to return to the valley. If he knew I was so restless, do you think he would let me off? So we absolutely can’t let him know. At least…at least until I find the lair of Bai Guang Gong myself and then I’ll report back and make amends.”
Over all these years of knowing each other, Ning’er had never seen such a pitiful sight as this. She couldn’t bear to leave her like that, but she also couldn’t possibly let Fu’er go on this dangerous journey alone.
Gazing at Fu’er for a moment in silence, “I’ll go with you,” he said.
“!”
Fu’er hesitated for a moment, shaking her head. “No, you can’t leave the princess’ side.”
“But I don’t trust you. You don’t have to tell the master, just tell King Beijiang and ask him to send Cloud Family Army’s spies to join us.”
“No, no.”
Fu’er still had tears in her eyes, she clutched Ning’er’s clothes with both hands:
“If King of the Northern Border knew, Valley Master would know too, Ning’er… could you please just help me once, just this once? Pretend you never saw me, alright? I need to make a contribution to be able to return to my princess’s side. Otherwise, Valley Master will probably never let me go back.”
Ning’er looked at the tears in her eyes, hesitated for a moment, and finally softened, “I can keep it to myself, but I have to act with you.”
Fu’er pursed her lips. “Okay, I’ll call you before I leave in a few days.”
Right now, the only way to keep her calm is to agree to her first.
Ninger helped Fu’er up, but Fu’er pushed her away. “If you stay out here any longer, the Valley Master will surely find you. You should leave quickly. Let’s not meet for the next few days. I heard that someone delivers supplies to that place every six days. We should wait for that day and sneak in together to find out what’s going on.”
“Good.”
Ninger actually believed him and didn’t hesitate any longer. She immediately turned around and left.
Until she was sure that Ning’er had truly left, Fu’er’s face darkened, her eyes turning cold and sinister. She raised her hand and slowly wiped away the tears from the corner of her eye.
I didn’t expect her to have such good acting skills!
Ninger, you came looking for me yourself. If you could just pretend you didn’t see me, that would be best. But now you insist on following me, which puts me in a truly difficult position.
If you insist on following, then… I’ll have to deal with you first.