northernbook Chapter 209
Chapter 209
As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Qingheng's eyes suddenly turned deep and dark. He clenched his hands on his knees, pressed his thin lips together, and stared at Nalan Jingwen.
Seeing his expression, Nalan Jingwen didn't pursue the topic further, but instead asked, "How did you determine that I am the person you are looking for?"
She was genuinely curious as to when this person had started targeting her.
Xue Qingheng withdrew her gaze, composed herself, and a trace of sorrow appeared between her cool brows, but she still patiently explained: "A hundred years ago, I was summoned by the elders in the Nine Heavens, and only then did I learn about the main god's sacrifice of himself to the Yingtian Stone. The elders asked me to go down to the mortal realm to find the reincarnation of the main god and help him return to his rightful place."
"I have been searching for nearly a hundred years, but I have never been able to find a trace of the main god's aura. However, I did find someone who looks similar to the main god, but unfortunately, the person has neither profound power nor divine power. So I have been observing in secret and leaving a mark. A year ago, the mark I left was activated."
Nalan Jingwen frowned in thought. A year ago, wasn't it when she transmigrated?
"What mark?"
Xue Qingheng glanced at her and said, "Jade pendant."
Nalan Jingwen was slightly stunned, then suddenly remembered that she had been picked up by Liu Qishan when she was seriously injured. Liu Qishan had taken everything from her and returned it to her when she was almost healed: a handkerchief and a jade pendant. Rong Hengyu's handkerchief, on the other hand, had been carelessly thrown into the fire and burned to ashes.
Because of this, she was embarrassed when Rong Hengyu asked her about the handkerchief last time.
She wore the jade pendant on her body, and after returning to the palace, she placed it there.
Now that you mention it, it seems that her body did indeed change after she got the jade pendant that time. She still remembers the pain she felt then, the pain of having her skin and flesh torn apart and her bones and blood shattered.
Nalan Jingwen suddenly raised his head to meet his gaze, and said sharply, "It's you!"
"Is that jade pendant yours?"
Xue Qingheng nodded.
"But……"
In Nalan Jingwen's memory, the jade pendant was something she had worn since childhood, but Xue Qingheng said that it was given to her by him. When they first met, he still said that if things were to be counted, she should call him Master.
"Why did you say then that I should call you Master?"
Xue Qingheng remained calm and said, "The previous Empress of Fengtian once sought me out."
Nalan Jingwen frowned slightly, not understanding his meaning. Wasn't the previous Empress Feng her father?
Xue Qingheng picked up a teacup from the small table and poured tea for himself and Nalan Jingwen. He took a sip along the white jade cup, while Nalan Jingwen held his tea without moving, waiting for him to continue.
Xue Qingheng's pale lips were glistening with the tea, and perhaps from the steam rising from the tea, the corners of his eyes also turned a little red. He looked like a snow lotus melting in the snow of Tianshan Mountain, making one want to pluck it.
When he's sitting still, he doesn't seem so unpleasant to look at.
He slightly raised his eyes, his long, dark eyelashes trembling, revealing his eyes that were moist, which looked more alluring and seductive. It was hard to tell whether it was really true or just Nalan Jingwen's imagination.
Nalan Jingwen remained expressionless, admiring the man before her as if he were appreciating a painting of a beautiful woman.
Beautiful things always attract attention. Even though Xue Qingheng did not have a good impression of her, or even disgusted her, it was undeniable that he was born with a handsome appearance.
Xue Qingheng drank the hot tea, and his body, which had been cold from the excessive consumption of Xuan energy, warmed up slightly before he continued, "Does Your Highness know that you are not the son of the previous Empress?"
The carriage suddenly jolted, and the various items inside made a clattering sound, which perfectly masked the sound of the teacup cracking. Xue Qingheng lost his balance due to the jolting and fell to the side. Fortunately, he quickly grabbed the edge of the table and managed to steady himself, thus avoiding a disgraceful situation.
His profound energy was too depleted, and the remaining profound energy was still useful, so he could not use it. Without the ability to use his profound energy, he was just like an ordinary man, powerless to even kill a chicken.
His martial arts skills can only be used in conjunction with Xuan power. Without Xuan power, they are nothing more than fancy moves that do no harm.
He glanced back at the woman who sat motionless, then lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Nalan Jingwen, however, was so engrossed in hearing his words that he failed to notice the commotion outside.
Your Highness, do you know that you were not born to the previous Empress?
Not the child of the previous Empress...
Suddenly, the teacup in her hand turned into dust, and the tea spilled down, wetting her hands and clothes.
Xue Qingheng glanced at it indifferently, took out a handkerchief and handed it to her. Nalan Jingwen looked down at it, took the handkerchief, wiped herself a few times casually, and then tossed it back to him.
Xue Qingheng showed no displeasure and put the handkerchief back into his sleeve.
Nalan Jingwen's face remained calm, but a layer of ice had formed in her eyes. Something flashed through her mind, causing her to have a splitting headache, as if it were about to split her brain in two, or as if something was about to burst out of the ground.
She said in a deep voice, "Continue."
Xue Qingheng looked at her cold, expressionless face, as if she didn't care at all. If one ignored the bulging veins on her forehead and the dampness of her clothes...
"Among the children born to Empress Feng in those days, only Nalan Fengxing was born."
"But Nalan Fengxing is unlucky and has signs of dying young. The Empress has difficulty conceiving and has only had one daughter after many years. Naturally, she would not let her die young. I don't know who she listened to, but she wanted to find a baby girl to replace Nalan Fengxing's fate and die in his place."
"Replacing one's fate is not so easy, and it goes against the laws of nature. It is very easy to be backfired and takes a long time. So before one's fate is completely replaced, the person will be backfired and die."
"So in order to avoid being discovered and to make it easier to carry out this method later, the baby girl was kept by her side. It was said that the Empress gave birth to two princesses, one named Nalan Fengxing and the other named Nalan Jingwen."
Upon hearing this, Nalan Jing felt her head throbbing more and more, causing her face to turn pale and bloodless, and her fingertips to tremble slightly from the persistent pain.
A pair of cool, large hands covered the back of her hands, and a faint fragrance wafted into her nose, easing her headache. When she looked up, she met a pair of cold, indifferent eyes.
Those eyes were looking at her now, and the warmth of her palm reached her. "Are you alright?"
Nalan Jingwen waved his hand away, leaned back in the car, and breathed softly, "It's alright, let's continue."
Xue Qingheng lowered her eyes, her slender fingertips curled slightly, paused in the air for a moment, and then withdrew.
"Everyone thought that the Empress had given birth to two princesses, and the whole world was celebrating. No one doubted it. The two princesses grew up safely to the age of five. Because half of their fates had been replaced, Nalan Fengxing did not die young. However, since the method was not completely completed, the Empress secretly searched for talented people and extraordinary individuals in the world, and coincidentally, she found me."
"That was the first time I met the prince."