Chapter 122: The King Is Going Out for A Battle

Miss, your face is so red! Are you missing Xiao Qi’s master already?”

“Don’t bullshit. I’m just feeling a bit hot, what about Feng Lingran?”

Xiao Xi finished speaking and saw the strange smile on Xiao Qi’s face. Her face blushed even deeper.

“Okay, Xiao Qi won’t talk nonsense. Since the little miss is not missing my master, then Xiao Qi won’t say where is he?”

This bad kid!

“Okay! When I meet Feng Lingran, I will tell Feng Lingran what you said word for word.”

Xiao Qi’s smile froze and disappeared.

“The master is in the next room.”

As soon as Xiao Qi’s finished speaking, the door of the next room opened and Feng Lingran walked out of the room in a robe. He was neatly dressed, and did not look like he had just woken up.

When Xiao Xi saw Feng Lingran’s handsome and beautiful face, her face flushed red and her heart trembled. Her eyes flickered slightly, “When did you arrive here?”

“Go back to your room and rest! We’re returning to the Eastern Jin Dynasty tomorrow early in the morning.”

Feng Lingran finished his sentence, turned back to his room and closed the door.

Xiao Xi froze. Feng Lingran just fed me medicine through his mouth this morning, why did it feel like he changed into a completely different person at night?

Xiao Xi didn’t think much and went back to her room. She laid down on her bed and looked up. Being unable to sleep, she started playing around with her fingers…

A moment later, Nan Gongyin’s pale face appeared in her mind and her heart throbbed. She frowned and placed her hand over her heart. Why did this happen?

Xiao Xi shook her head and waved the thought of Nan Gongyin out of her mind. Only then, the pain in her heart slowly subsided.

The next morning, Xiao Xi got into the carriage. After she woke up last time, she hardly slept and the tiredness was clearly reflected in her eyes.

Feng Lingran closed his eyes and looked like a monk doing meditation.

Xiao Xi looked at Feng Lingran and felt that something was wrong with him but she could not tell what was wrong with him exactly.

After a few days.

Xiao Xi and Feng Lingran returned to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Immediately after entering the Regent’s Mansion, a decree arrived and summoned Feng Lingran to the palace.

Xiao Xi went to see Xiao Gu. When she saw he could defeat a burly man, Xiao Xi looked very surprised.

Xiao Qi stood next to Xiao Xi and smiled, “Miss, Xiao Gu is not bad! He has such unbelievable power within a month, he is definitely going to be someone successful in the future.”

Xiao Xi smiled and looked on warmly, as long as Xiao Gu is safe, it doesn’t matter if he is someone successful or not.

“One month? Xiao Qi, are you saying Xiao Gu has already been here for a month?”

“Yes! Miss, is there any problem?”

“No, it’s nothing. I still have something to do, I’ll go back to my room first.”

Xiao Qi looked strangely at Xiao Xi leaving and frowned. His gaze then shifted back to Xiao Gu.

Xiao Xi did not return to her room, but ran to Feng Lingran’s room instead. She found Ling Er in his room and held it in her arms, panting.

She just remembered, it had been a month since she took the second Jin pill. This meant that she might turn back to a little fox again during these few days.

Xiao Xi said to the Ling Er, “Master, master, I have something to ask you.”

She waited for a while but she did not hear the voice of Zi Yi..

Xiao Xi called for her master a few more times through Ling Er’s ear, but she still could not hear the voice of Zi Yi.

Xiao Xi frowned. Zi Yi is not there?

Master would always reply to me every time I call for him. Did he face any trouble on the way while finding the spiritual grass?

Thinking of this possibility, Xiao Xi became very anxious.

She looked at Ling Er in her arms, and touched it’s fluffy body with her fingers, “Ling Er, do you know where master is looking for the spiritual grass?”

Ling Er nodded her head.

Xiao Xi was surprised and she was unable to hide her excitement, “Ling Er, can you lead me to find master?”

Ling Er nodded again.

Xiao Xi felt her blood pumping. Great! Ling Er can lead me to find master. But if I really head out to find Zi Yi, what should I tell Feng Lingran?

“Ling Er, tell me, is master located very far away?”

Ling Er nodded its head strongly, indicating that it was far away.

If it is close it’s still ok, but if it’s far away…

Suddenly, Ling Er rested its front paw on Xiao Xi’s arm and blinked his dark eyes.

Xiao Xi was surprised to see an image appearing in Ling Er’s dark eyes. She saw someone wearing a purple robe while holding a spiritual grass, frozen, on the Snow Mountain..

“Master…”

Xiao Xi gasped. Her heart trembled. Why did this happen? He got the spiritual grass for her but was frozen in return. No wonder he did not answer her although she called for him so many times.

On the Snow Mountain, the cold wind blew and snowflakes fluttered. He had a glaze look on his face, expressionless, and his eyes looked like it had lost vitality.

Xiao Xi’s eyes watered and her tears nearly dropped. All this while, she thought Zi Yi was someone omnipotent. He was so powerful, but he never thought that no matter how powerful he is, he is just a wandering soul, and he would also encounter unknown danger.

Xiao Xi squeezed her fingers tightly, “Master, wait for me, I will save you.”

It was very late when Feng Lingran returned to the mansion. He walked into the study room straight without even having any dinner.

Xiao Xi stood outside of the study room and saw Feng Lingran flipping the map in his hands. She frowned. Looking at Feng Lingran’s expression, something huge must have happened in the palace. Is a war about to begin? If not, why did he walk straight into the study room to look at the map without even looking at her once he got back?

Xiao Xi did not disturb Feng Lingran, but just stood quietly outside the study room. Her mind thought of Feng Lingran for a while, and it shifted back and forth between the person who has a face similar to Feng Lingran.

Qin Wen held a bowl of ginseng soup in his hands. When he walked over, he saw Xiao Xi standing outside the study room. He then saw Feng Lingran looking at the map in the study who doesn’t seem to notice Xiao Xi standing outside.

“When Wang Ye is busy, it’s always till midnight. Miss Xiao, why don’t you go back to your room and rest instead?” Qin Wen walked to Xiao Xi and said in a low tone.

“I’m not sleepy. I’ll wait for him outside.”

When Qin Wen saw the firm look in Xiao Xi’s eyes, he did not try to persuade her anymore and entered the study room with the soup in his hands.

“Wang Ye, drink some ginseng soup to warm your stomach before you look at the map again!”

Feng Lingran tapped his fingers twice on the table.

Qin Wen placed the ginseng soup down, turned around, and walked out. When he walked past Xiao Xi, he stopped in his footsteps for a while. He already reminded Wang Ye to drink the ginseng soup with hopes that he would notice Miss Xiao. However, Wang Ye did not even lift his face up, and he was unable to help.

“Steward Qin, thank you.”

Xiao Xi was not someone stupid. She understood clearly that Qin Wen was just trying to help her.

“Ah,”

Qin Wen said nothing and left.

Xiao Xi waited until midnight. The weather was cold. She hugged herself with her arms and her body started to shiver slightly. She glanced at Feng Lingran who was in the study room. A wolf hair brush in his hand, he was drawing something on the paper. His cold eyes started to relax and he started to smile with his thin lips.

Xiao Xi looked blankly at him and forgot how cold she was. When this man is serious, he is very good looking.

Feng Lingran placed the wolf hair brush down and suddenly saw Xiao Xi standing by the door. He was stunned for a while and he frowned fiercely.

When Feng Lingran saw Xiao Xi’s hugging herself with her arms and shivering due to the cold outside, he strode towards her.

Xiao Xi was very cold and tired. When she saw Feng Lingran approaching, her heart trembled and her eyes couldn’t look away from him.

Feng Lingran walked in front of Xiao Xi, and hugged her. His long fingers touched her cold hands, with his brows frowning deep.

“You just recovered from your fever. Do you want to get it again due to the cold?”

Feng Lingran’s voice was so cold anyone could hear that he was mad.

Xiao Xi was brought into study by Feng Lingran. Her body in his arms started becoming warm again; her cold hands were wrapped in his huge warm palm. Xiao Xi started to smile giddily.

“Feng Lingran, are you afraid that I would get sick again?”

“I am afraid of trouble.”

Feng Lingran said without hesitation.

Xiao Xi laughed. Why say something like being afraid of trouble when he was just worried about her?

“ Why are you not asleep, but standing outside my study room instead?”

“I…”

Xiao Xi was hesitant. Should she tell Feng Lingran what happened to Zi Yi?

Feng Lingran saw Xiao Xi being restless and tapped his finger gently on her forehead, “Silly girl.”

Xiao Xi blinked and kept silent. Her gaze drifted to the map on the table.

“I am about to go to battle”

“What?”

Xiao Xi’s eyes widened in surprise. Although she had guessed that there was a war, but hearing it from Feng Lingran, the horse’s mouth was different.

“Kyushu city is having a plague. The Northern Ling Dynasty has already dispatched their troops. There is no reason why the Eastern Jin Dynasty should yield.”

Any piece of land can help a country expand. This is the evidence of a country’s strength. Kyushu city, if it does not become Northern Ling Dynasty’s land, it would be the Eastern Jin Dynasty’s land instead.

Xiao Xi’s heart startled slightly, “Are you going to lead the army yourself? Kyushu city now has the plague. What if you contracted the plague?”

At that moment, Xiao Xi’s started to regret what she did. She regretted handing the Huo Yi grass to Nan Gongyin. If she had not passed it to him, it would be an extra protection for Feng Lingran.

Feng Lingran looked at Xiao Xi’s worried eyes. He smiled slightly, “Xi’er, do you wish for me to achieve victory and come back safely?”

Miss, your face is so red! Are you missing Xiao Qi’s master already?”

“Don’t bullshit. I’m just feeling a bit hot, what about Feng Lingran?”

Xiao Xi finished speaking and saw the strange smile on Xiao Qi’s face. Her face blushed even deeper.

“Okay, Xiao Qi won’t talk nonsense. Since the little miss is not missing my master, then Xiao Qi won’t say where is he?”

This bad kid!

“Okay! When I meet Feng Lingran, I will tell Feng Lingran what you said word for word.”

Xiao Qi’s smile froze and disappeared.

“The master is in the next room.”

As soon as Xiao Qi’s finished speaking, the door of the next room opened and Feng Lingran walked out of the room in a robe. He was neatly dressed, and did not look like he had just woken up.

When Xiao Xi saw Feng Lingran’s handsome and beautiful face, her face flushed red and her heart trembled. Her eyes flickered slightly, “When did you arrive here?”

“Go back to your room and rest! We’re returning to the Eastern Jin Dynasty tomorrow early in the morning.”

Feng Lingran finished his sentence, turned back to his room and closed the door.

Xiao Xi froze. Feng Lingran just fed me medicine through his mouth this morning, why did it feel like he changed into a completely different person at night?

Xiao Xi didn’t think much and went back to her room. She laid down on her bed and looked up. Being unable to sleep, she started playing around with her fingers…

A moment later, Nan Gongyin’s pale face appeared in her mind and her heart throbbed. She frowned and placed her hand over her heart. Why did this happen?

Xiao Xi shook her head and waved the thought of Nan Gongyin out of her mind. Only then, the pain in her heart slowly subsided.

The next morning, Xiao Xi got into the carriage. After she woke up last time, she hardly slept and the tiredness was clearly reflected in her eyes.

Feng Lingran closed his eyes and looked like a monk doing meditation.

Xiao Xi looked at Feng Lingran and felt that something was wrong with him but she could not tell what was wrong with him exactly.

After a few days.

Xiao Xi and Feng Lingran returned to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Immediately after entering the Regent’s Mansion, a decree arrived and summoned Feng Lingran to the palace.

Xiao Xi went to see Xiao Gu. When she saw he could defeat a burly man, Xiao Xi looked very surprised.

Xiao Qi stood next to Xiao Xi and smiled, “Miss, Xiao Gu is not bad! He has such unbelievable power within a month, he is definitely going to be someone successful in the future.”

Xiao Xi smiled and looked on warmly, as long as Xiao Gu is safe, it doesn’t matter if he is someone successful or not.

“One month? Xiao Qi, are you saying Xiao Gu has already been here for a month?”

“Yes! Miss, is there any problem?”

“No, it’s nothing. I still have something to do, I’ll go back to my room first.”

Xiao Qi looked strangely at Xiao Xi leaving and frowned. His gaze then shifted back to Xiao Gu.

Xiao Xi did not return to her room, but ran to Feng Lingran’s room instead. She found Ling Er in his room and held it in her arms, panting.

She just remembered, it had been a month since she took the second Jin pill. This meant that she might turn back to a little fox again during these few days.

Xiao Xi said to the Ling Er, “Master, master, I have something to ask you.”

She waited for a while but she did not hear the voice of Zi Yi..

Xiao Xi called for her master a few more times through Ling Er’s ear, but she still could not hear the voice of Zi Yi.

Xiao Xi frowned. Zi Yi is not there?

Master would always reply me every time I call for him. Did he face any trouble on the way while finding the spiritual grass?

Thinking of this possibility, Xiao Xi became very anxious.

She looked at Ling Er in her arms, and touched it’s fluffy body with her fingers, “Ling Er, do you know where master is looking for the spiritual grass?”

Ling Er nodded her head.

Xiao Xi was surprised and she was unable to hide her excitement, “Ling Er, can you lead me to find master?”

Ling Er nodded again.

Xiao Xi felt her blood pumping. Great! Ling Er can lead me to find master. But if I really head out to find Zi Yi, what should I tell Feng Lingran?

“Ling Er, tell me, is master located very far away?”

Ling Er nodded its head strongly, indicating that it was far away.

If it is close it’s still ok, but if it’s far away…

Suddenly, Ling Er rested its front paw on Xiao Xi’s arm and blinked his dark eyes.

Xiao Xi was surprised to see an image appeared in Ling Er’s dark eyes. She saw someone wearing a purple robe while holding a spiritual grass, frozen, on the Snow Mountain..

“Master…”

Xiao Xi gasped. Her heart trembled. Why did this happen? He got the spiritual grass for her but was frozen in return. No wonder he did not answer her although she called for him so many times.

On the Snow Mountain, the cold wind blew and snowflakes fluttered. He had a glaze look on his face, expressionless, and his eyes looked like it had lost vitality.

Xiao Xi’s eyes watered and her tears nearly dropped. All this while, she thought Zi Yi was someone omnipotent. He was so powerful, but he never thought that no matter how powerful he is, he is just a wandering soul, and he would also encounter unknown danger.

Xiao Xi squeezed her fingers tightly, “Master, wait for me, I will save you.”

It was very late when Feng Lingran returned to the mansion. He walked into the study room straight without even having any dinner.

Xiao Xi stood outside of the study room and saw Feng Lingran flipping the map in his hands. She frowned. Looking at Feng Lingran’s expression, something huge must have happened in the palace. Is a war about to begin? If not, why did he walk straight into the study room to look at the map without even looking at her once he got back?

Xiao Xi did not disturb Feng Lingran, but just stood quietly outside the study room. Her mind thought of Feng Lingran for a while, and it shifted back and forth between the person who has a face similar to Feng Lingran.

Qin Wen held a bowl of ginseng soup in his hands. When he walked over, he saw Xiao Xi standing outside the study room. He then saw Feng Lingran looking at the map in the study who doesn’t seem to notice Xiao Xi standing outside.

“When Wang Ye is busy, it’s always till midnight. Miss Xiao, why don’t you go back to your room and rest instead?” Qin Wen walked to Xiao Xi and said in a low tone.

“I’m not sleepy. I’ll wait for him outside.”

When Qin Wen saw the firm look in Xiao Xi’s eyes, he did not try to persuade her anymore and entered the study room with the soup in his hands.

“Wang Ye, drink some ginseng soup to warm your stomach before you look at the map again!”

Feng Lingran tapped his fingers twice on the table.

Qin Wen placed the ginseng soup down, turned around, and walked out. When he walked passed Xiao Xi, he stopped in his footsteps for a while. He already reminded Wang Ye to drink the ginseng soup with hopes that he would notice Miss Xiao. However, Wang Ye did not even lift his face up, and he was unable to help.

“Steward Qin, thank you.”

Xiao Xi was not someone stupid. She understood clearly that Qin Wen was just trying to help her.

“Ah,”

Qin Wen said nothing and left.

Xiao Xi waited until midnight. The weather was cold. She hugged herself with her arms and her body started to shiver slightly. She glanced at Feng Lingran who was in the study room. A wolf hair brush in his hand, he was drawing something on the paper. His cold eyes started to relax and he started to smile with his thin lips.

Xiao Xi looked blankly at him and forgot how cold she was. When this man is serious, is is very good looking.

Feng Lingran placed the wolf hair brush down and suddenly saw Xiao Xi standing by the door. He was stunned for a while and he frowned fiercely.

When Feng Lingran saw Xiao Xi’s hugging herself with her arms and shivering due to the cold outside, he strode towards her.

Xiao Xi was very cold and tired. When she saw Feng Lingran approaching, her heart trembled and her eyes couldn’t look away from him.

Feng Lingran walked in front of Xiao Xi, and hugged her. His long fingers touched her cold hands, with his brows frowning deep.

“You just recovered from your fever. Do you want to get it again due to the cold?”

Feng Lingran’s voice was so cold anyone could hear that he was mad.

Xiao Xi was brought into study by Feng Lingran. Her body in his arms started becoming warm again; her cold hands were wrapped in his huge warm palm. Xiao Xi started to smile giddily.

“Feng Lingran, are you afraid that I would get sick again?”

“I am afraid of trouble.”

Feng Lingran said without hesitation.

Xiao Xi laughed. Why say something like being afraid of trouble when he was just worried about her?

“ Why are you not asleep, but standing outside my study room instead?”

Xiao Xi was hesitant. Should she tell Feng Lingran what happened to Zi Yi?

Feng Lingran saw Xiao Xi being restless and tapped his finger gently on her forehead, “Silly girl.”

Xiao Xi blinked and kept silent. Her gaze drifted to the map on the table.

“I am about to go to battle”

“What?”

Xiao Xi’s eyes widened in surprise. Although she had guessed that there was a war, but hearing it from Feng Lingran, the horse’s mouth was different.

“Kyushu city is having a plague. Nanling has already sent out their troops. There is no reason why the Eastern Jin Dynasty should yield.”

Any piece of land can help a country expand. This is the evidence of a country’s strength. Kyushu city, if not becoming Nanling’s land, it would be the Eastern Jin Dynasty’s land instead.

Xiao Xi’s heart startled slightly, “Are you going to lead the army yourself? Kyushu city now has the plague. What if you contracted the plague?”

At that moment, Xiao Xi’s started to regret what she did. She regretted handing the Huo Yi grass to Nan Gongyin. If she had not passed it to him, it would be an extra protection for Feng Lingran.

Feng Lingran looked at Xiao Xi’s worried eyes. He smiled slighty, “Xi’er, do you wish for me to achieve victory and come back safely?”