What Bad Intentions can the Yandere Crown Prince have?-Chapter 260 - 256: Someone Is Watching

Qin Rong also remembered the reason Li Mu went to the Northwest, and smiled, "You grew up together, your bond must be quite different, right?"

Tang Xiaobai noticed a slight chill in her tone, which made him even more alert, and he sincerely said, "Of course, our feelings are a bit better than average, but how can it compare to the bond of family and kin?"

Qin Rong smiled noncommittally, "Childhood companions are indeed enviable."

Tang Xiaobai couldn’t quite grasp what she was envying, so he ambiguously responded, "You also have friends who grew up with you in Jiangnan, right, Miss Qin?"

Qin Rong looked at her with a grin, "I grew up with quite a few, but none I could take home as a spouse."

The young girl’s face, which had just regained its fairness, flushed red again, and she stammered, "Others also, also haven’t... it’s not that... Miss Qin, you can’t marry either..."

Qin Rong couldn’t help but pinch her face and said, "What I just asked was, Ah Xiao’s ambitions in the Mosen and Northern Desert, who did he learn them from? Was it you?"

When the young girl had just suggested taking the opportunity to conquer the Mosen, Qin Rong thought it was naive, but when the maps were laid out and discussed item by item, it was truly astonishing.

Not only was there ambition, but also a sense of confident poise.

As if the desert plains where the Turkic people roamed were something that ought to be taken.

When Qin Rong asked her this, she responded as if it were a matter of course, "No, Ah Xiao naturally has lofty aspirations!" Reading and practicing martial arts so rigorously, he must have great ambitions!

"And where did his lofty aspirations come from?" Qin Rong asked.

A person’s thoughts don’t come from nowhere, just like she had always known since childhood that she wanted to vindicate the Qin Family and restore their honor.

According to her experiences, the Crown Prince should have been instilled with thoughts of revitalizing Emperor Hui Zhao’s lineage and becoming a benevolent ruler upon succession.

Coming to Hedong initially to root out bandits could have been for military power and prestige, but now that Hedong has been recovered, pursuing the Turkic people to expand territories is quite ambitious.

When Tang Xiaobai heard her question, he pondered carefully and then answered with certainty, "He studied under the Zhang Family in Qizhou, taking the welfare of the people as his responsibility!"

Qin Rong almost laughed, "Taking the Mosen has little to do with the welfare of the world, right? Such territorial ambition is extraordinary among rulers of any dynasty!"

Is that so?

Tang Xiaobai blinked, feeling a bit uncertain, "But... north and south of the Yellow River... should be our land..." Having looked at maps for over a decade in her past life, missing any piece made her uncomfortable.

Qin Rong, however, gasped, "You want the land north of the Yellow River too?"

Tang Xiaobai didn’t know how to answer for a moment.

What does it mean for her to want it too?

Qin Rong clutched her startled heart, "Aren’t you afraid he won’t be able to achieve it?" Truly one dares to dream and one dares to fight.

"Isn’t there still you?" Tang Xiaobai blurted out.

Even if the storyline has deviated, the heroine should still be favored by destiny, right?

Qin Rong was somewhat moved, "Do you believe in me this much?" She herself did not have such strong confidence.

"Of course!" Tang Xiaobai was much more confident than she was, "In the months Ah Xiao was away, you not only held off Prince Jin but also preserved strength under the Turkic siege, how impressive!"

The young girl’s eyes were round and bright, like two soaked black grapes, lively and vivid.

Qin Rong’s fingers itched to touch her eyes, but she managed to restrain herself, absentmindedly smiling, "Holding off Prince Jin... wasn’t exactly difficult..."

Tang Xiaobai smiled and nodded, "For Miss Qin, of course it’s not difficult!"

But in her heart, there was still some apprehension towards Li Shu.

After all, he’s the main villain in the book!

Speaking of which, the little master in the book met his end at Li Shu’s hands...

Thinking of this, Tang Xiaobai couldn’t help but shiver and grabbed Qin Rong, saying, "You all still need to—"

"Who’s there!" Qin Rong suddenly sharpened her gaze, looking to the side.

About twenty paces away, there was an unnamed small temple without a plaque.

Qin Rong’s gaze swept towards the outside wall of the temple.

Before she finished speaking, Yingying had already charged over, while Gu Hui, who had been reciting at a distance, also rushed over, bravely standing in front of the two young ladies.

Yingying quickly pulled someone out from behind the wall.

The person was dressed in a thick, drab gray coat, carrying a small basket on his back, his shoes covered in mud, resembling a farmer, but he wore a scholar’s cap, looking quite out of place.

As Yingying dragged him along, he struggled, saying, "Miss, miss, let go, let go..."

The voice was somewhat cultured and also familiar.

Gu Hui was the first to recognize him, "Mr. Lv?"

Mr. Lv?

Which Lv is this?

Just thinking, Yingying had already let go.

The man adjusted his clothes and looked up at Gu Hui, "Are you Second Miss Tang?"

He didn’t recognize Gu Hui but did recognize Tang Xiaobai.

Tang Xiaobai, seeing his face, also recognized him and was somewhat surprised, "What is Mr. Lv doing here—uh, has Mr. Lv been here all along?"

The one caught behind the small temple was Lv Xia, the fellow disciple of Assistant Minister Zheng Shidao, who once almost became a teacher at the Gu Family’s clan school.

Back then, Lv Xia willingly helped the young master use disaster phenomena to reveal the cover-up of the drought in Hedong, then followed along to provide disaster relief in Hedong.

Once he left, he never returned.

Unexpectedly, he was now found on the border of Yunzhou.

"After following for disaster relief in Hedong, I stayed at the Inspector Mansion in Shuozhou as a junior civil servant. Later, when the Turkic people invaded Shuozhou, I fled from Shuozhou and lived in a nearby village here," Lv Xia explained.

"Then what were you doing sneaking around?" Qin Rong defensively scrutinized him.

Lv Xia said, "There’s wild yam behind the temple; I was digging some as grain substitute."

Last time Tang Xiaobai saw Lv Xia, he was a well-dressed young scholar. Seeing him now, reduced to digging yams for food, she felt a bit of pity, and said, "Now that Shuozhou has been recovered, you can go back."

Lv Xia hesitated a moment but shook his head, "I still have some matters here; I won’t go back for now."

"Is there anything I can help with?" Tang Xiaobai offered.

Lv Xia hesitated again, but still shook his head, "Not for the time being."

Tang Xiaobai wasn’t so enthusiastic as to create work just to help, so after exchanging a few polite words, she bid farewell.

Before leaving, Lv Xia pointed in a direction and said, "I live at Po Wei Village ahead. If Second Miss needs anything, you can find me there."

And then he left.

After he left, Qin Rong continued to frown at the retreating figure.

Once he was far away, she asked, "Second Miss, do you think everyone you meet is good?"

Tang Xiaobai curiously asked in return, "You think Mr. Lv has issues?"

Qin Rong nodded, "I did feel there was someone watching us with ill intentions!"