"No Wedding Unless Enemies and Lovers" 《不是冤家不拜堂》Chapter 124

 Xiao Yi Mo took Ji Ling Xue back to the prince's residence, it was already dark, waving Xiao Yi Mo bye, Ji Ling Xue walked quickly under the street lights holding her skirt, a pair of black boots stopped around the corner, as she walked past she was grabbed by the waist.

Ji Ling Xue stiffened, she was about to cry for help when her nose smelled a familiar faint sandalwood scent along with the scent of alcohol.

Ji Ling Xue raised her head meeting Xiao Yi Chen's black as ink eyes, "Prince..." She was rather surprised, wasn't Xiao Yi Chen busy recently, she had heard from Xiao Yi Mo that Xiao Yi Chen had taken over the investigation of the missing girls in the capital, although there wasn't a deadline to solve the case, the case had to be solved by the end of the year, otherwise no one would dare to walk about at night.

Xiao Yi Chen held Ji Ling Xue's hands on the wall behind her back, he blocked all her ways of escape, then kissed her so passionately that she forgot to breath and lost her rational.

Ji Ling Xue discovered her body no longer rejected Xiao Yi Chen, she had been infected by him, her gaze also gradually blurred.

Xiao Yi Chen suddenly ended this heated kiss, resting his head against the side of Ji Ling Xue's neck, blowing out: "Where did you go?"

Ji Ling Xue very honestly replied, "The emperor came in the afternoon, he made me take him to Qingfengyashe to eat."

Xiao Yi Chen: "You're very happy?"

Ji Ling Xue looked at Xiao Yi Chen, the angle wasn't good, she could only see Xiao Yi Chen's chin, he was trapping her against the wall, was he angry? Jealousy was really rare, there was no need for him to be jealous, he has an imperial concubine on the left and a concubine on the right, she didn't get angry.

Ji Ling Xue finished cursing in her mind, replying: "It's hard to refuse an imperial order." You can offend anyone but you can't offend the emperor.

Xiao Yi Chen was very satisfied with Ji Ling Xue's reply, it was good this woman had no other intentions, otherwise it would be double the punishment.

Xiao Yi Chen said: "Ji Ling Xue, you are this prince's princess, please remember this."

Ji Ling Xue looked up at Xiao Yi Chen, "Xiao Yi Chen, are you jealous today, it smells so sour."

Xiao Yi Chen held Ji Ling Xue's face, leaving a kiss on her lips, "Sour? En?"

Ji Ling Xue moved her red face away as she heard Xiao Yi Chen say: "Ji Ling Xue, I like you."

Ji Ling Xue looked up, "You've also said these words to my younger sister right?"

Xiao Yi Chen shook his head, "No, only to you."

Ji Ling Xue rolled her eyes, clearly not believing Xiao Yi Chen's words.

Xiao Yi Chen raised his hand to push a piece of stray hair behind Ji Ling Xue's ear, saying: "Once things have been dealt with, I will send Ji Yu Qing out of the prince's residence."

Ji Ling Xue: "...."

The two looked at each other, it felt like the winter night wind wasn't as cold.

Ji Ling Xue suddenly felt light, Xiao Yi Chen had picked her up into his arms and walked into the room, this warm scene was taken in by Ji Yu Qing who stood in a dark corner watching, her hand under the wide sleeve slowly tightened.

Ji Yu Qing's eyes seemed to sparkle and flicker, prince, I single-mindedly love you, in order to be with you, I learned the four arts, I learned poetry and song, so much so she even learned chess that she didn't like, how can you get along with my foolish older sister so well behind my back?

The scene of Xiao Yi Chen kissing Ji Ling Xue flashed through Ji Yu Qing's mind, she was smiling then suddenly tears streamed down her cheeks, the cold wind started blowing, a trace of a shadow appeared in front of her.

Ji Yu Qing was stunned, only after a while did she recognise him, "So it's you..."

On the other side, Ji Ling Xue was carried back to her room by Xiao Yi Chen, Mo Xiang had already disappeared somewhere, she was placed on the bed by Xiao Yi Chen, his lips brushed over his forehead.

Xiao Yi Chen picked up Ji Ling Xue's calves taking off her shoes and socks, seeing Ji Ling Xue's three inch lotus feet had turned white, he used his hands to warm them up, "Why are your feet so cold? Did you stand in the snow for a long time?"

Ji Ling Xue was a little awkward, how did he even know this? She really had run around having fun in the snow in front of Qingfengyashe with Xiao Si for some time, if it wasn't for Xiao Yi Mo's coughing, she wouldn't have wanted to stop.

Xiao Yi Chen: "Your constitution is rather poor, you can't play in the snow for so long from now on."

Ji Ling Xue nodded her head like a child who had done something wrong, her feet which had been warmed up was placed under the quilt, Ji Ling Xue thought Xiao Yi Chen would get up and leave as before, she didn't think he would sit on the bed and take off his own boots and socks, he sat next to her under the quilt holding her.

Xiao Yi Chen thought of the past, "Xue Er, you were previously mad and foolish, were you playing the fool?"

Ji Ling Xue shook her head, "No, I was poisoned, so I was always mad and foolish, if it wasn't for Mo Xiang helping me detoxify behind the scenes, I think I would be dead already."

Xiao Yi Chen eyes turned cold asking: "Who poisoned you?"

Ji Ling Xue gave a gentle smile: "Those who are jealous of me."

Xiao Yi Chen fell silent, having grown up in the palace he had a very clear understanding of what kinds of methods those women would use to strive for favour in the residence, fortunately his own residence was considered peaceful.

Xiao Yi Chen held Ji Ling Xue tighter, "Don't worry, I won't let you suffer any more."

Ji Ling Xue smiled, Xiao Yi Chen's face got closer and close, so close there was only an inch between the two of them, if he moved his lips they would touch hers, "It's already no longer early, we...." Let's sleep together.

Xiao Yi Chen only spoke half the sentence when he suddenly heard the urgent voice of a secret guard from outside, "Prince not good, the study has caught on fire!"

The hard to come by comforting moment was destroyed, Xiao Yi Chen kissed Ji Ling Xue's red lips having his appetite unsatisfied, he turned over and got up, putting on his boots and socks he ran out.

Ji Ling Xue lied on the bed staring at the top of the canopy lost in thought, just now, was she expecting something...

A cold wind blew open the tightly closed window, Ji Ling Xue heard the sound of fighting from outside, it seems someone wanted to break in and was held back by the hidden An Ge.

Ji Ling Xue came off the bed, this night was bound to be tumultuous.

Ji Ling Xue walked to the window, An Ge respectfully greeted her, "Mistress has been startled."

Ji Ling Xue gave an en asking, "Has the assassin been caught?"

An Ge shook his head, "This subordinate is responsible for your safety, so long as the assassin isn't within my line of sight, this subordinate won't deliberately go chasing after the assassin, to prevent someone from taking advantage and breaking in."

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Ji Ling Xue nodded, the people Xiao Yi Chen trained were pretty good.

She looked in the direction of the study and saw the thick smoke rolling up in the dark.

Ji Ling Xue said: "Let's go take a look at the study."

The fire at the study had already been controlled, only one window had caught on fire, the problem was the wind, there was a lot of smoke.

When Ji Ling Xue hurried there, Xiao Yi Chen was just getting people to clean up, Ji Ling Xue asked: "Did you lose anything?"

Xiao Yi Chen shook his head "We're just beginning to clean up, it's still not known if anything has been lost, if there's nothing go back to rest first, I fear this will take a night to clean up."

He wasn't afraid someone had stolen classified documents, ever since the last time he found out someone had entered the room, he had moved all the important documents.

Ji Ling Xue nodded, turning to the kitchen, she told Mo Xiang to make some snacks.

On another side, inside Ji Yu Qing house, she was holding several papers in her hand, a coldness flashed through her eyes.

The spy within the prince's residence had just left, giving these papers to her as a gift, supposedly these papers were enough to cause problems for Ji Ling Xue and send her to hell.

Ji Yu Qing slowly folded the paper, a sinister look in her eyes,  Ji Ling Xue, be happy for a few days then I'll personally send you to hell.

Before the spy left they had said: "That person said, imperial concubine you better act quickly, don't make him wait too long."

Ji Ling Xue opened the door and walked out, she headed towards the kitchen.

In the kitchen Ji Ling Xue had kneaded the flour when she saw Ji Yu Qing coming in all smiles, "Older sister, it's so late, what are you doing, do you need help?"

Ji Ling Xue glanced at Ji Yu Qing, "Younger sister are you alright, prince's study was set on fire, why do you look so happy?"

Ji Yu Qing's smile stiffened, her expression was somewhat warped, "What do you mean?"

Her words sounded like, maybe she had started the fire?

Ji Ling Xue shrugged, "No meaning, I only reminded younger sister, you should smile when it's appropriate."

Ji Yu Qing's lips twitched, her mood was good tonight, she won't argue with Ji Ling Xue. 

"What snacks is older sister planning to make, make me some too." As she spoke she stuck her face towards the pot.

Ji Ling Xue nodded, "OK, if younger sister isn't afraid of getting fat then eat more."

Ji Yu Qing snorted, turned and left.

Mo Xiang said: "Princess, imperial concubine is treating us like servants?" Her manner made her feel out of sorts.

Ji Ling Xue shook her head not paying attention, she was thinking more about Ji Yu Qing's smile tonight.

Ji Ling Xue made pumpkin pastries, she brought the steaming pumpkin pastries to Xiao Yi Chen, Xiao Yi Chen gloomy mood finally seem to improve a little, there's been a thief inside the prince's residence all along, using all methods to prevent thieves but a thief in the household was hard to guard against making Xiao Yi Chen feel frustrated, he had already disposed of a group of people, it seems he needed to dispose of some more.

Ji Ling Xue said: "The assassin who set the fire hasn't been caught?"

There were so many secret guards in the residence, how could no one have seen.

Xiao Yi Chen said: "They appeared again when the secret guards were changing shifts, the arsonist is very good at picking a time to hide themselves."

Ji Ling Xue gave an oh, "It sounds like, the thief is maybe a part of the secret guards."

Xiao Yi Chen nodded, saying to Ji Ling Xue, "Go rest first, I still have some stuff to deal with here."

Ji Ling Xue nodded, going to the kitchen to bring some pumpkin pastries to Ji Yu Qing, Ji Yu Qing looked at the pumpkin pastries in the food container Ji Ling Xue had brought along, she said: "Older sister, such greasy pumpkin pastries, my digestion isn't good, I'm afraid I will have diarrhoea if I ate them, you should take them back and it them yourself."

Ji Ling Xue nodded, sitting in front of Ji Yu Qing she ate the pumpkin pastries one mouthful at a time.

Ji Yu Qing curled her lips in distain: "Older sister, how did the fire at the prince's study start, just now there was a lot of smoke, it blew into my room, I had fallen asleep already but woke up choking on smoke."

Ji Ling Xue said: "The prince is still investigating how the fire started, you want to know, you can go ask the prince now."

Ji Yu Qing changed subjects, "I heard older sister has a very impressive secret guard by her side?"

Ji Ling Xue nodded, "Yes, why?"

Ji Yu Qing smiled, "The prince is so good to older sister, you have a secret guard protecting you yet I have nothing."