Yang Ying thought for a moment and retorted: "Sister Ruyi is Zhu Yiwei. What Brother Qian distrusts is her identity, not her person."
"Ren Xin is indeed Zhu Yiwei, but now she is Ren Ruyi." Xiao Yuxi paused and continued: "What's more, it's okay not to have this kind of trust that can be overturned just because of your identity."
Yang Ying looked at Xiao Yuxi's profile and didn't respond.
Xiao Yuxi lowered his eyes slightly, and his long eyelashes were like black wings, sweeping a shadow under his eyes.
First, they rode hard day and night, and then they started fighting as soon as they came back.
She was seriously injured, but before she could recover much, she was struck back by spiritual energy.
After such a session, her body was inevitably a little overloaded.
Xiao Yuxi looked slightly tired: "Your Highness, it's getting late. You have to attend Shentu Chi's invitation tomorrow, so take a rest early."
Yang Ying nodded: "Okay."
She closed the door as she went out.
Xiao Yuxi stretched out her hands to roll up her sleeves. She looked at the purple veins on her wrists and murmured, "We don't have much time."
The second day.
Ning Yuanzhou had exhausted his internal strength when he came back.
Yu Shisan and Qian Zhao led a group of guards to escort Yang Ying and Du Changshi to the invitation.
Logically speaking, Xiao Yuxi replaced the Ming female officer. As the female history officer in the mission, she should be by her side.
But she knew that there was no danger in this trip, and Ren Ruyi would take this opportunity to follow everyone back, claiming that she was ill and staying at home.
as expected.
At half past noon, Yang Ying and others came back.
Today, in order to test Yang Ying, Shen Tuchi went horse racing with her in downtown Xucheng and ran rampant without any scruples along the way.
Yu Shisan and Qian Zhao flew over the cliffs and walls to catch up, but they still couldn't keep up with the speed of the two fierce horses.
In the end, Yang Ying couldn't bear the suffering of the people, so she got off her horse and helped an old man up and gave him money.
But the man didn't appreciate it, claiming that it was because of Emperor Wu that they were in such poverty.
The people surrounded Yang Ying and cursed and denounced him endlessly.
Shen Tuchi laughed and laughed at the joke.
At this moment, Ren Ruyi, disguised as a chamberlain, suddenly appeared and protected Yang Ying.
She claimed that she was a secret guard of Liudaotang, and drove away Shen Tuchi in just a few words.
Everyone returned to this dilapidated courtyard.
Qian Zhao, Yu Shisan and others failed to take good care of him.
Ning Yuanzhou punished them with small punishments and large admonitions, but he took the punishment on his behalf, preferring to receive ten whips.
The gloomy sky seemed to be soaked in gray ink.
The jungle not far away is shrouded in clouds and mist, making this place particularly deserted.
Ning Yuanzhou took off his coat and knelt in the center of the courtyard wearing a snow-white coat.
The other people in Liudaotang knelt behind Ning Yuanzhou, and no one was willing to punish him.
Silence fell.
Xiao and Xi stood under the eaves, leaning against the wooden column with their hands folded across their chests.
She looked at this scene with a calm expression.
Ren Ruyi took the whip and stepped forward: "If you can't do it, I will do it."
Sun Lang asked loudly: "Why are you here?"
Ren Ruyi's voice was low: "I am the one who saved His Highness today!"
As soon as this statement came out, no one spoke up.
All the noise seemed to be drowned by this heavy gloom.
There was a sound of whips.
With the last note, Ren Ruyi handed the braid to Yang Ying.
Yang Ying hesitated for a long time, and finally took the whip and whipped it.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for the whip." After Ning Yuanzhou finished speaking, he fell straight down.
Everyone hurriedly helped him into the house.
Xiao Yuxi was like an outsider, watching this punishment from beginning to end, and was also on guard.
After a while, Ren Ruyi made a gesture to leave the place.
Qian Zhao quickly followed her pace and said awkwardly: "I will not apologize for what happened yesterday, but you saved His Highness."
"So, kill or behead him, it's up to you."
Ren Ruyi said coldly: "I'm too lazy to do anything."
Sun Lang and Yu Shisan also walked over and apologized to Ren Ruyi.
Yu Shisan handed over his hand: "Like Lao Qian, I owe you a life."
Ren Ruyi didn't look back: "It's not rare."
After she said that, she continued to leave.
When Ren Ruyi passed by Xiao Yuxi, she paused, turned and walked towards her.
Seeing this, Xiao Yuxi put down his hands and stood up straight. He chuckled and said, "I'm back."
Ren Ruyi's eyes were fixed on Xiao Yuxi's face.
She didn't answer, but walked quickly to the eaves and stood half a meter away from Xiao and Xi.
Xiao and Ximeifeng raised their eyebrows: "What's wrong?"
Without saying anything, Ren Ruyi struck Xiao Yuxi's neck with a knife.
Xiao Yuxi dodged sideways, then raised his right hand and used his forearm to resist Ren Ruyi's attack.
With a smile on her face, she said: "Why don't you take action against the people over there who are willing to kill you, but instead vent your anger on me?"
Ren Ruyi's lips turned pale: "Stop talking nonsense."
The two of them started fighting again and jumped from under the eaves to the center of the courtyard.
The three people not far away were whispering.
Sun Lang glanced at Yu Shisan and said puzzledly: "As you said, Miss Ruyi is indeed not leaving, but why did she fight with the second lady?"
Yu Shisan was speechless for a moment: "This..."
Qian Zhao added the last blow: "Don't you claim to know women best?"
Yu Shisan: "I...are they ordinary women?"
Qian Zhao watched Ren Ruyi fight Xiao Yuxi.
The figures of the two men were almost out of sight, and their moves were crisp and clear, but they had no intention of killing.
Yu Shisan came closer to Qian Zhao and added, "Is there a possibility that in the eyes of Miss Ruyi, only the second lady is worthy of her action, and we are not worthy."
"How do you say that?"
Sun Lang replied: "It is better to argue with the wise than to argue with the clumsy."
"..."
On the other side, Xiao Yuxi did not use their spiritual power.
Ren Ruyi is a top assassin after all.
With both of them injured, Ren Ruyi's martial arts skills were slightly better.
Ren Ruyi clasped Xiao Yuxi's wrist with one hand, and then said: "I discovered it yesterday."
"I thought it was because I was unconscious at the time that I mistakenly detected your pulse, but I didn't expect it to be like this!"
"It was fine when we were in Yongcheng before."
"Xiao Yuxi, what did you do in those days when you left the mission?"
Ren Ruyi's fingertips pressed against the veins on Xiao Yuxi's wrists, feeling that her body was like a dry well.
This is clearly the pulse of a deceased person!
But Xiao Yuxi stood in front of her alive again.
Xiao Yuxi took out her hand and said with a nonchalant smile: "If you want to check my pulse, just say so. Why do you need to take action?"
Ren Ruyi took a step forward and said in a slightly urgent tone: "Don't change the subject."
Xiao Yuxi sighed: "Didn't I tell you already?"
"An old injury from five years ago will happen every once in a while. It will be fine in two days, so don't worry about it."
The three people next to them heard the conversation between the two and then figured out the situation.
Qian Zhao walked over first.
He looked directly at Xiao Yuxi and said, "Second Miss, can you let me have a look?"
