Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1524 Wanton

Fang Zilan said directly: "You never chose Fu Congnan, you chose yourself, the self you wanted to take back from others."

It was as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water over his head. Dugu Linxiu shuddered suddenly, but he was more sober than ever before.

"You said that Fu Congnan is not a good match, but he is honest and obedient." Fang Zilan did not let Dugu Linxiu go, "You are used to being manipulated by others, so you want to find someone to be manipulated by you? Dugu Linxiu, you didn't have to do this..."

"Shut up!" Dugu Linxiu's eyes turned red. He tried to rush over, but was stopped by the yamen runners behind him. "You clearly don't know anything!"

"Yes, I don't know." Fang Zilan took a step forward, "But I know that if I want to take myself back, I can't rely on the help of others, even if I get hurt. Otherwise, I will only fall into another cage."

Hearing this, Dugu Linxiu burst out laughing, "Like your... friend?"

Fang Zilan nodded. "She staked her life on this. What she was betting on was not someone else, but her own life and death."

"That's great." Dugu Linxiu sighed, "I don't dare to think about winning for myself once in this life. If there is an afterlife, I hope your friend wins, and I hope I can live for myself."

"Even if there is no afterlife, she will win." Fang Zilan said this with certainty. Dugu Linxiu looked at her steadily, as if he saw someone else through her.

"It's a pity that I won't be able to see it." Dugu Linxiu smiled bitterly, "Madam, if your friend wins the bet in the future, remember to burn some incense for me and let me know."

"Even if you can't see it..." Fang Zilan paused and lowered her voice a little, "I promise you."

"Okay, okay..." Dugu Linxiu said "Okay" several times, then bowed to Fang Zilan, "Thank you, Madam, for telling me. Linxiu has no regrets and no complaints until today."

She bit her lip and said, "It's just that I still feel a little regretful..."

Fang Zilan understood and asked, "What does Madam Fu want to know?"

"My beloved daughter's death." Dugu Linxiu's expression became more resolute. "The female doctor named Awan who was with the Crown Prince's wife once went to Xiguan City with the Duke of Xianyue. My daughter died at that time."

"Mrs. Fu means..." Fang Zilan didn't say anything else. Dugu Linxiu said in a deep voice, "I don't think that's a coincidence. Miss Awan must know the inside story. No matter what it is, I hope she can tell me."

Fang Zilan remained silent, and Dugu Linxiu bowed again, "I hope that the Crown Prince's wife will consider me, a dying man, and ask Miss Awan to speak."

"I can ask Awan for you." Fang Zilan said, "But whether she wants to speak or not, and how much she wants to say, is up to her. I will never force her."

"With the words from the Crown Prince's wife, I feel relieved." Dugu Linxiu stood up and let the bailiff take her to prison.

It was not until her figure disappeared that Fang Zilan turned back to look at the figure under the pillar, "How long will the prince hide?"

"I'm not hiding." Li Qiyou came out with a gloomy look on his face. "If not hiding, then what?" Fang Zilan raised her eyebrows, "Is it self-blame?"

As if his heart was touched, Li Qiyou's face turned pale and blue. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

"Your Highness, what the Dugu family did can be regarded as for your royal hegemony." Fang Zilan said in a calm voice: "But Dugu Linxiu is different, and the Fu Congnan she chose is even more different."

She said with a colder look, "Not everyone in this world lives for you."

Hong He did not mention Princess Wu Qing, as if as long as she did not say this name, she would not have to face the fact that she had been abandoned.

"General Zhenbei and Queen Nanwang?" Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "Did she ask you for anything?"

Hong He pursed her lips and said after a while: "Never."

She suddenly smiled as she said this, "It's a coincidence that not long after my eldest sister passed away, my brother and I discussed taking the wolf army away from the army and returning to the fields. From then on, we would hide in the countryside incognito, so that we could live a more or less stable life."

She paused, "It just so happened that at that time, my brother and I received a letter. The sender claimed to be an old member of Prince Pingnan's palace, and the letter was Mrs. Qinji's suicide note that she had kept on her behalf."

"What did you say?" Fang Zilan stared at Hong He in disbelief, as if he wanted to see some clues from her expression, but could not see anything.

"Mrs. Qinji said in her letter that the only wish of her and Zhenbei General Pingnan Wang and his wife in this life is for the mountains and rivers to be forever consolidated. If the world is settled, the old troops can disperse on their own and no longer need to be loyal to anyone." Hong He Yue's voice became softer and softer until it was almost inaudible later.

However, Fang Zilan still heard every word clearly. She couldn't help but ask: "In that case, why are you still loyal to Wu Qing and Ji Ningtian?"

"People are so weird. If they are forced to do something, they will most likely be unwilling to do it, but it is easier to do otherwise." Hong He smiled self-deprecatingly, "Shortly after my brother and I received the letter, Then he received another request for help from Ji Ningtian. He said that Princess Wuqing was still young and easily bullied. If there were not a few capable people behind her to support her, the future life would be even more difficult. Will she be able to grow up safely? Even adults don’t know.”

When she said this, the smile on her face faded a little. "At that time, the only old man from the previous dynasty who could hold on in the capital was Prime Minister Fang Chongzheng. But Ji Ningtian couldn't get too close to him to avoid suspicion, so he could only go far away. My brother and I understand his intentions. Moreover, Princess Wuqing is the only blood of General Zhenbei and King Pingnan. If we can't protect her, how can my brother and I face our father in the underworld a hundred years later?"

"Are you just going to become bandits and occupy the mountain as king?" Fang Zilan's hand holding the plum sword trembled slightly. Although it only lasted for a moment, Hong He still felt it. There was doubt in her eyes, but not much. What to ask, he just said: "It is not easy for us, the old people of the former dynasty who cannot see the light, to have the power to protect a person."

Fang Zilan did not speak, only snorted with half disdain and half coolness. Seeing this, Honghe said to herself: "Miss Zixiu, it's okay even if you don't believe it. There are countless old people in the past, but until now, they can still be recognized by the world. You know, apart from the Fang family, is there anyone else who really left their name?"

"If the true identity of Feiling Mountain Bandit is revealed to the public today, your Hong clan will also be known to the world." Fang Zilan's words were obviously sarcastic, but Hong He was not angry after hearing this, "If this is true, He wants the Li family to know that the old people from the previous dynasty are not dead yet..."

"If His Majesty knew about it, would it be of any benefit to you?" Li Shengxuan, who had never said a word, suddenly spoke, with a thin layer of chill in his brows, "What benefit would it be to Princess Wuqing?"