The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 83

Seeing the tree completely empty, Qingyan seemed to have taken a load off her mind. If her intuition just now was correct, then the one that appeared on the tree earlier must be Yaochi.

And if you were to ask why Qingyan was so sure, it was mostly because Yaochi carried an innate scent on him. This scent, others were unable to sense it, but she could still sense it.

Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. Among the four guardians of the Thousand Beast Pavilion, the only one she regarded highly was the Azure Dragon alone. The name Yaochi was also bestowed onto him by Qilian Qingyan. And with his status as her protector, he also became Qilian Qingyan's personal imperial bodyguard.

But unlike Fengqing, who was considered a shadow guard, Yaochi followed by her side closely.

Her martial art skills were not as good as theirs, so Yaochi would patiently teach her mind techniques to refine her skills.

To Qilian Qingyan, Yaochi wasn't just a simple bodyguard, but rather his existence was like that of an older brother to her.

Yet in the end, when she was faced with a predicament, she was unwilling to drag him down with her. Because in her eyes, only Yaochi was able to bring the entire Thousand Beast Pavilion under control.

But she'd never thought that it would become a regret that Yaochi was unwilling to put down.

And, to an assassin, resolve was a very good thing.

But she knew that in the end, Qilian Qingyan was no more. Whether or not Yaochi would become her close bodyguard now, she didn't know.

She was Su Qingyan. The former Qilian Qingyan was no longer here.

Furthermore, she didn't how to explain all this to Yaochi. The only thing she could do was to quietly wait for an opportunity to arrive. Perhaps, when she becomes the second Thousand Beast Pavilion Master, will everything finally have change.

And the thing she needed to do now was to wait.

When Zizhu pushed opened the door, she saw Qingyan absentmindedly sitting there alone, in front of her desk. Sometimes she really felt she was unable to make sense of her more and more.

Ever since the young miss woke from almost drowning, it was like she'd become another person. But after having interacted with her during this time, she also felt that this miss was still the same miss as before. It was like as if she was that gentle and kind miss as before, who was never raised by Ning Siyao.

That miss, who would smile at them and treat them really well.

"Zizhu, you've come." When Qingyan saw Zizhu, she slowly spoke, "You know, lately, I've been dreaming of my mother a lot."

Zizhu let out a sigh of relief, so miss had that look because she was thinking of the old lord and madam.

She walked up next to Qingyan and massaged her shoulders, "Miss, you need not worry, Lord Su and madam will be back very soon."

Qingyan grasped Zizhu's hand, "Zizhu, I'm really worried that something bad will happen to mother and father on the way."

Zizhu held onto Qingyan's ice cold hands, "Miss, both the lord and madam have martial art skills, plus there's also the young master. Moreover, they're also bring back a couple of troops, so naturally nothing will happen."

Qingyan could only smile as she looked to Zizhu. She still remembers that her premonitions have always been accurate, especially recently, when she's dreaming, she would always dream of a pair of silhouettes. Even if the figures were dark and blurry, she couldn't hide the faint uneasiness in her heart.

If it really was like she'd said, then something definitely was going to happen to Su Yun and Luo Bing on their way back to the capital. And this something could even take their life.

Qingyan glanced to Yaoyao in her arms, as if she'd thought of something. Right now, she couldn't go out, but that didn't mean that the animals under her command couldn't leave the city to go protect her parents, especially under these circumstances.

No one other than Ning Siyao would have such hatred against Su Yun, and standing behind Ning Siyao was the entire Jingguo Marquis manor.

Qingyan let out a whistle. The white tiger, who was lazily sunbathing in the distance, immediately walked in and lowered itself by Qingyan's foot.

"Xiaobai*, in the vicinity of Diqiu, is there any wolves, tigers, or other animals?"

(*TN: Little white)

The white tiger scratched itself with its claw, as if it was pondering over Qingyan's words. At last, it put down its claw and looked to Qingyan with a roar, "There's a pack of wolves nearby."

Qingyan glanced to it and continued, "Wait until it's nighttime and take me to that wolf pack. Lately, I haven't been able to sleep at night. I'm worried someone will harm my parents."

The white tiger looked to Qingyan and nuzzled against her arm again. That intimate manner looked as if it was comforting her.

Watching its behavior, Qingyan patted it on the head, "Xiaobai, I'm fine. I'm just a bit worried about my parents."

Even though Su Yun and Luo Bing were both skilled in martial arts, they excelled in strategy. They didn't understand the struggles and battles of the back manor. If Ning Siyao were to use this against them, then they definitely wouldn't be able to avoid it.

But she wasn't able to appear before them, else she would have to tell them that she'd predicted something would happen.

This was something absolutely impossible.

Qingyan walked out to the pillar in front of her room and looked to the python coiled around it, stroking its glossy skin, "Yun'er, when the time comes, it'll be up to you to protect my family."

In this Su manor, if you really were to say family, then it should be Su Yun, Luo Bing, and Su Qingyu. As for the others, she simply didn't care whether they lived or died.

But if something really were to happen to Su Yun and Luo Bing, then it could only mean that there was a spy in Su Yun's army. And this spy, should be someone from the Jingguo Marquis manor.

At the same time, Murong Jingxuan received a message that there's a spy in General Su's army, and that spy just happened to be one of the Fifth Prince's subordinates. In other words, Su Yun and the others could encounter an ambush on the way back to the capital.

"Are you certain its someone from the Fifth Prince?" Murong Jingxuan asked the black python before him in a low voice.

This black python flickered its tongue like it was replying, "Yes, I've intercepted his letters many times."

With that said, the python spat out many envelopes.

However, when Murong Jingxuan opened the letters, he found that the one the spy was communicating with was the current eldest son of the Jingguo Marquis manor. And in the letter, they'd actually described in detail to steal away Su Yun's military rights on their way back to the capital, and to kill him without a trace.

After reading the letters, Murong Jingxuan threw a piece of high quality pork meat to the python. "I recall wild animals roam the Forest of Buried Souls, seems they've played quite a good game of chess." He tightly clenched his fist.

"Master, should we let Shizi Consort know of this matter?" Suddenly, Fengshuang and Fengluo appeared before him, "Or should we directly dispatch people to protect General Su and the others?"

"It's not convenient for us to act. The Xuanjia army in my hands are not suited to be dispatched at this time." Murong Jingxuan tapped the table as he contemplated.

"Master, I know there's a nest of pythons residing in the Forest of Buried Souls. They mainly devour humans for food. If we can get them to help protect General Su, do you think it'll work?" Fengshuang glanced to the python coiled to the side as he spoke.