In the following days, His Highness did not come to see her again.
And Xingheng... seemed to have returned to its previous appearance, as if nothing had happened.
Axi hid in her room, not daring to go anywhere, deliberately avoiding the opportunity to meet Xingheng.
But even behind closed doors, rumors are still spreading outside.
Now everyone in the palace should feel that she and His Highness are confused.
The rumors are getting worse and worse, and by this point the drama is almost coming to an end.
Can......
How can we bring Xingheng into conflict with His Highness and then cause his own death without affecting others?
She didn't want Xingheng to leave any stigma because of her.
I don’t want His Highness to really hurt Xing Heng.
Unexpectedly, before Ah Xi could figure it out, something happened over there.
His Highness was assassinated.
The incident happened suddenly, it is said that it happened last night. A cold arrow shot through the window and just missed His Highness's shoulder. Although only the flesh was injured, it was a blatant assassination in the palace, which always made everyone panic.
"Is Chi'er okay?" Upon hearing this, the most anxious person was the Demon King, "Have you seen anyone walking around in front of you lately? Have you noticed anything unusual? Is there anyone you suspect?"
"Back to my father, I am fine." His Highness replied unhurriedly. He seemed to know nothing, but looked away, without any change in his tone. "I don't know who it is." Want to harm me."
Axi was shocked.
He was looking at Xingheng.
Unexpectedly, he had already thought of a countermeasure so quickly. I'm afraid that this assassination is the curtain call for His Highness to direct and act on his own.
But don’t you really think there’s a problem with such a clumsy trick?
The Demon King did not show any reaction immediately. He just told him to have a good rest a few times, and then there was no follow-up.
But not long after, there were rumors in the palace that His Highness Sixth Prince had assassinated His Highness.
It is said that he was trying to kill the sick and weak Highness in order to seize the throne of Demon King in the future. It is said that His Highness fell in love with the Sixth Prince and Concubine, and His Highness held a grudge and planned to get rid of her.
Most of the news came from the palace servants in the Second and Fifth Highnesses’ palaces.
I forgot that there were these two people.
Then let's add fuel to the fire.
At this point, Axi would go to Xiuzhu Hall every day before dawn on the pretext of visiting a doctor, so the chances of meeting Xingheng became less and less.
But after all, under the same roof, even if they didn't live in the same room, how could Xingheng not know her daily whereabouts.
"Where are you going?"
Axi had just dressed and walked out of the room. Looking from a distance, Xingheng was standing beside the swing under the lilac tree, as if he was waiting for her.
I often walk by the river without getting my shoes wet.
Alas, he was caught in action.
"I...I..." Axi hesitated for a long time, unable to say a complete sentence.
"Are you going to see His Highness?"
Lilac petals slowly fell with the morning breeze and floated on the lake. His deep voice was like ripples on the lake, making waves in Axi's heart in circles.
His voice was soft, as if it could be easily blown away by the wind.
"Are you worried about him?"
Three questions in a row made Ah Xi feel guilty and he did not dare to answer. He struggled in his heart and slowly clenched his fists.
"If I was the one who was injured, would you come to visit me every day?"
Every time he spoke, he took a step closer to A Xi's direction. His voice moved from far to near, hitting A Xi's heart with each word.
The hazy mist outlines his outline, which gradually becomes clearer as the distance gets closer.
He wore a lavender uniform, like a blooming lilac, and slowly approached her with the fragrance of the flower.
"Yi'an." Seeing her delay in answering, Xingheng sped up a few steps, walked in front of her, shrouded her delicate body in his shadow, looked at her with a heavy gaze, her eyes reflected Like, "Did I not do well enough?"
This was the first time they talked face to face during this period, and they didn't expect it to be like this.
Axi didn't dare to look at him. He lowered his head and clenched the corners of his clothes again and again with his fingers, crumpling them into a ball.
"Still." He slowly raised his hand and patted her head gently, "What is he doing better than me?"
A familiar temperature and familiar movements came from the top of his head. Axi's heart was beating fast and his head was buried deeper.
"do you like him?"
A Xi's body stiffened.
She once said that she didn't like Xingheng or His Highness, she just wanted to find someone to rely on. But now it seems that this reason is not enough to make Xingheng give up completely.
Thinking of the coping methods His Highness taught her, Axi felt heartbroken and nodded with her eyes closed.
"You once said that you half like me." Xingheng's voice came from above his head, with a touch of disappointment hidden in his tone, "What about you?"
"By the way, I forgot, you also said you didn't like me."
His self-deprecating laughter fell into Axi's ears and seemed particularly harsh.
"But you also said that you don't like him."
"You said you just wanted someone to rely on."
"Actually, I can protect you from a high-ranking person." Xingheng stroked her head repeatedly with gentle force, "Can you give me some time?"
His hand rested on the top of her hair.
"Can you wait for me?"
Axi couldn't listen any more and kept his head down. He didn't pay attention to Xingheng's reaction and ran away as if he was running away.
Axi didn't stop until she ran to the door of Xiuzhu Hall, gasping for air.
Why, why do I feel like there is a big stone pressing down on my heart? Even though I am breathing hard, I still feel out of breath.
She walked into the palace with her head lowered, skillfully took out the pills prepared in advance to suppress the evil energy from her arms, crushed them and added them to the medicine His Highness originally drank, and sat beside his bed.
"You are very attentive in coming." His Highness took the medicine bowl from her and drank it in one gulp without even frowning.
"If I don't cooperate, Your Highness's stage will be in vain." Hearing his teasing intention, Axi curled her lips, "I added some weight to the medicine today, which should keep you healthy and healthy for a long time." Yu, this should be enough for me to fake death and escape."
"We have been together for so long." His Highness's eyes had some incomprehensible meaning, "Princess Yi'an, are you really not half-hearted about me?"
Hearing this, Axi looked at him strangely. I wanted to shake my head, but when I saw his slightly teasing smile, I changed my mind and asked instead: "Then is His Highness attracted to me?"
Perhaps he did not expect her to ask such a question. His Highness was stunned for a moment, but quickly returned to normal. Instead of answering, he changed the topic: "I have taken care of everything. It will go according to plan. There will be no problems." .”
In the past few days, there have been letters from my father asking about the progress. Axi was so worried that he felt that it was not easy to be a human being. But every time I see Xingheng, I can't bear it.
Now that His Highness has achieved this step, there is no way out.
"Have you thought about it?" Seeing her frown, His Highness asked: "When you come back again, you and your sixth brother will not be able to recognize each other or have any entanglement. Has Princess Yi'an thought about it?"
"How can Your Highness be sure that I can definitely help you, so that you can come to me and cooperate with me?" There are really too many doubts about this person. Whether it was in the Dragon Cave or when he came to find him later, it was always unpredictable.
"Her Royal Highness Princess also has many secrets, doesn't she?" Her Royal Highness sat up from the bed and leaned gently on the bed rail, "I thought it was a tacit agreement between us not to touch each other's trump cards."
He raised his hand as if to lift the stray hair from her eyes.
"There are no outsiders here. Your Highness does not need to be so dedicated." Axi leaned back and avoided his touch.
His hands stayed in the air for a second, and he turned to tuck the quilt for himself, without any change in expression on his face.
"I'm used to it." There was a hint of self-deprecation in his tone, "I'm just being abrupt."
A Xi mobilized her spiritual power to explore his physical condition and confirmed that the medicine had begun to flow out of his body. He was relieved to see that he did not have any rejection reaction.
It seemed that her method was effective against the demonic energy. It did not affect his body and had a suppressive effect.
"Does Her Royal Highness really have no affection for my sixth brother?"
Asking for no reason, A Xi was startled.
do you like him?
You once said that you half like me. What about you to him?
Can you wait for me?
Thinking of Xingheng's series of questions in the morning, the disappointed voice seemed to be ringing in her ears. Axi shook her head violently to get this scene out of her head.
Seeing her reaction like this, His Highness smiled with an unknown meaning.
"Now we have created an image of being in love with each other in the eyes of everyone, and we have also hurt ourselves to draw suspicion to the sixth brother. This is enough to pave the way, and there is only the last step left." His Highness pulled the ribbon at the corner of her clothes with interest and pointed. He kept going back and forth, "Once this is done, you will no longer be the Sixth Princess. From now on, you will be able to live with me openly, and you will never be close to the Sixth Brother again. Your Highness, have you considered this clearly?"
"Think it through." Even if you don't want to, what can you do?
"That's good." His Highness lay on the bed, half leaning, "Then tonight, I will settle this matter."
"How are you going to do that?"
"His Highness the Demon Tribe was assassinated, and it was found out that it was His Highness Six. For the sake of women and for myself, I had to confront His Highness Six with a sword in person. His Highness refused to admit it, and His Highness became angry and stabbed him with a sword. " He said it calmly, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, "Princess Yi'an couldn't bear the two brothers to turn against each other because of her, so she blocked the sword with her body and died under the sword of His Highness."
His Highness raised an eyebrow at her and said, "What do you think, Princess Yi'an?"
There was a brief silence.
Axi lowered her head, and after a while, her muffled voice came out.
"Very good."
