In my past life, I was buried alive! Reborn, I'll overturn the capital.

Chapter 48 The Truth Behind the Move

Faced with Jiang Qingyue's question, Qin Xuanyu still tried to use the same excuse, "That's true, but thinking about my residence..."

"But you have a friend who's writing a storybook and is looking for a good one, right? Or did you promise *** after all?"

Jiang Qingyue immediately knew what Qin Xuanyu wanted to say.

She no longer wanted to guess Qin Xuanyu's intentions. Qin Xuanyu had been acting really strange lately, and she didn't want to deal with him anymore. So she decided to take this opportunity to just be frank with him.

Jiang Qingyue interrupted Qin Xuanyu, which surprised him slightly.

"Your Highness's reminder today was like a wake-up call, and I am very grateful. However, Your Highness's repeated unconditional help makes me think twice, after all, I have nothing to do with what Your Highness wants."

If I didn't know the prince's character, I would have mistakenly thought that he was acting this way because he had taken a fancy to me.

Jiang Qingyue was straightforward and dared to speak her mind. The two of them had always kept in suspense and never questioned each other, but now, Jiang Qingyue couldn't continue to muddle through things.

Qin Xuanyu didn't say anything. He originally wanted to brush it off, but seeing Jiang Qingyue's serious expression, he knew she was serious.

Finally, he spoke up, "Do you remember, three years ago, at the foot of Qingfeng Cliff, a man who asked for directions?"

Qin Xuanyu's words opened the floodgates of Jiang Qingyue's memories, and memories that had been forgotten were revived.

Years ago, Jiang Qingyue was bathing in the Qingfeng Cliff Cave when a man suddenly barged in. The reflection of the moonlight allowed her to see the sword in the man's hand through the water. Startled, she hid in the water and didn't dare to turn around, fearing that she had encountered robbers.

Moreover, she had no way to escape at this point.

Later, the man told her that he was being chased and asked if there was a hidden path to leave the cave. Jiang Qingyue pointed in the direction with her back to her. After the man left, she dared to climb out of the water for a while and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"So, the prince is the one from three years ago..." Jiang Qingyue had already guessed.

Qin Xuanyu nodded. "That's right. Back then, my subordinate betrayed me and was ambushed. My subordinate covered my escape to the cave, but we met you there. I didn't see your face, but I remembered the plum blossom-shaped birthmark on your shoulder."

"So, this is the reason why the prince helped me?"

No wonder, when I fell into the hot spring, I must have accidentally let Qin Xuanyu see the birthmark on my shoulder, which is why he chose to help me.

Everything that followed was because of...

Thinking of this, Jiang Qingyue felt a sense of relief. She had many guesses in her mind, but she never thought that she really did have a "life-saving grace" for him, so his decision to help her made sense.

"Yes, I am not used to owing favors to others."

“But Your Highness already helped me last time, so we’re even.” Jiang Qingyue felt that Qin Xuanyu had already helped her a lot, and the so-called favor had already been repaid.

"It hasn't been repaid yet, and that's up to me. After all, it was a life-saving favor. So, are you at ease now?" Qin Xuanyu naturally knew what Jiang Qingyue was worried about.

Jiang Qingyue nodded, "Regardless, I still thank Your Highness for your guidance today."

Qin Xuanyu didn't answer, but instead said, "Hand."

"Huh?" Jiang Qingyue didn't understand.

Qin Xuanyu ignored her and directly pulled Jiang Qingyue's hand. Jiang Qingyue tried to pull away, but couldn't, and even aggravated her wound, causing her to gasp in pain.

"Now you know it hurts?" Qin Xuanyu said rudely, taking out a bottle of medicine powder and pouring it onto Jiang Qingyue's swollen hand.

"Make it yourself." After pouring it out, Qin Xuanyu left the medicine for Jiang Qingyue. "Don't hurt yourself to deal with people like that next time. It's not worth it."

At the same time, Qin Xuanyu felt even more strongly that the entanglement between her and Jiang Chuchu was far less than what he had investigated, and there was much more that he did not know. Otherwise, Jiang Qingyue would not have been so determined to fight to the death.

"The reason you stumbled in this matter is that you didn't have your own intelligence." Qin Xuanyu naturally understood Jiang Qingyue's situation and what she lacked in dealing with Lu Shi Jiang Chuchu. After all, he had been in the deep palace for many years and knew all too well about these treacherous things.

“Yes.” Jiang Qingyue understood, but it wasn’t something she could just have whenever she wanted.

"I'll send you another message." With that, Qin Xuanyu tossed a folded piece of paper to Jiang Qingyue, who caught it, puzzled.

"If you can win over this person, you won't have to worry about this problem anymore."

After saying that, Qin Xuanyu disappeared, truly coming and going as he pleased.

Jiang Qingyue watched his departing figure in silence for a long time. Mu Lan's appearance broke Jiang Qingyue's thoughts.

"Miss, are you okay?"

Jiang Qingyue shook her head. "It's nothing."

She opened the piece of paper Qin Xuanyu had given her, and inside she saw a name and a location written on it.

It's him?

Jiang Qingyue knew that when she was dying in her previous life, she saw this person appear beside Qin Jinghao, but she didn't know who he was. She only knew that he was given to Qin Jinghao by Jiang Chuchu. He was a good assassin, stalker, and tracker, but if it was for intelligence gathering, he was not enough on his own.

However, if it was useless, Qin Xuanyu wouldn't have told him, so there must be other hidden forces behind him.

With this in mind, Jiang Qingyue decided that this time, she must get this person before Jiang Chuchu.

With this in mind, Jiang Qingyue already had a plan in mind.

The next day, when the Lu family summoned Jiang Qingyue to continue her studies with the teacher, Jiang Qingyue showed her hands, which looked like pig's trotters. "Madam, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that I really can't hold a pen anymore, and besides, I'm not cut out for this."

As she spoke, Jiang Qingyue looked at Song Wuyan, but Song Wuyan was not at all ashamed and continued to speak arrogantly, "She can't even endure this little bit of hardship, yet she wants to learn to paint? Madam, you should give up this idea. She is definitely not cut out for this."

Song Wuyan hated students who lacked perseverance and were as stupid as pigs. If it weren't for the Prime Minister's wife inviting him, he wouldn't have bothered to visit.

Little did they know that it was precisely because of this personality trait that Lady Lu approached him.

"Mr. Song, I'm so sorry!" Madam Lu quickly apologized. "Qingyue, apologize to the master and hold on a little longer."

Jiang Qingyue sneered, "If I continue like this, I'm afraid I'll have to go to the banquet with these pig's trotters on my head to paint."

"You... I can't teach you anymore, Madam, you should find someone more capable!" With that, Song Wuyan turned and left.

"Hey, Mr. Song!" Mrs. Lu quickly apologized and called out to him, but Song Wuyan responded without even turning his head.