Compared to Ji Xingjue, who was still recuperating in a nursing home, Qi Qing had a home but couldn’t return to.
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The Marshal also didn’t feel aggrieved. He found it comfortable resting in Ji Xingjue’s ward, squeezed into a bed and rested for the night. Early the next morning, he went out even before Ji Xingjue woke up.
When Qi Qing came back at noon, he happened to run into the lively and energetic Cecilie. Seeing Ji Xingjue, a big living person, Cecilie put down the flowers she pretended to buy and clicked her tongue. “You’re back, where is your husband?”
Qi Qing, who sat on the side, peeling the fruit neatly with a camouflage ring on his hand, raised his eyelids when he heard the sound.
Ji Xingjue smiled and said, “Ah, he didn’t come.”
Cecilie’s eyes widened. “Letting you deal with the affairs of the Imperial Capital alone? Is your husband still the Marshal of the Empire?”
Ji Xingjue patted Qi Qing’s shoulder with a sullen smile. “Didn’t he give me a right-hand man?”
The right-hand man gave him a neutral look, took off the ring on his finger, and nodded slightly to Cecilie. “Thank you.”
“You’re still using this thing,” Cecilie glared at Ji Xingjue, who didn’t tell the truth, and noticed that the ring had changed beyond recognition, “The Old Man Yelis still criticized me for not concentrating on research. Isn’t this very useful?”
Ji Xingjue said honestly, “It helped a lot.”
“By the way, I came here to say,” Cecilie said with a straight face, “You can talk here, right? Yesterday my mother and I entered the palace again, and this time we saw His Majesty the Emperor up close. His pupils were very laxed, and there was something wrong with the medicine Harlem gave him. But after I came out, I found someone watching me secretly, so I didn’t dare to contact you.”
While Ji Xingjue “woke up”, she had a reason to come and visit him openly.
“I’ve had people protecting you and your family,” Qi Qing said, “Don’t worry. “
When Qi Qing said it like this, Cecilie was naturally relieved. “Then I have nothing else to say. I’ll leave first since there is still something to do in the laboratory. As soon as you and Song Mei ran away, I was responsible for the whole project. Finish your work quickly and come back, I’m dying.”
Ji Xingjue was lying on the bed, leaning on Qi Qing’s shoulder with a pale face, pretending to be deaf and dumb. “Ah? I just woke up and I’m still very weak. What did you say?”
If it weren’t for Qi Qing’s presence, Cecilie would have given him a beating on the spot.
Cecilie left angrily, and after a while, the second prince Deen came again with a restrained temper.
Ji Xingjue bit into the fruit that Qi Qing cut and handed over, and said lazily, “Not meeting.”
The person who sent the message wasn’t distracted and left the ward.
After Qi Qing fed Ji Xingjue, he looked at the message on the terminal. “I’ll leave for a while.”
Ji Xingjue nodded and said, “It should be about time tonight.”
As expected, Deen came again in the evening.
Ji Xingjue put down the document in his hand and asked with interest, “What was his expression?”
The person who sent the message, “……his face was a bit dark.”
With Deen’s bad temper, it was almost his limit to force himself to come here three times.
Ji Xingjue smiled happily, “Then let him wait.”
Ji Xingjue leisurely browsed pathology literature in the ward for a while. When it got dark, Qi Qing returned to the nursing home. Ji Xingjue also changed his clothes. “Let’s go, Marshal.”
He opened the window, glanced at the five-meter-high building, and gestured how to climb down. Before he could move, Qi Qing picked up his collar and said, “There is a door.”
Ji Xingjue: “Oh.”
Deen lived near the Ministry of Security, which was quite close to the palace and was tightly guarded.
However, be it intentionally or unintentionally, the defense was a lot looser tonight, which made it easier for the two of them.
When sneaking into the back garden of Deen’s house, Ji Xingjue was a little suspicious. “Marshal, how come I keep doing such sneaky things after meeting you again?”
Qi Qing looked at him attentively.
Ji Xingjue couldn’t help but poke his cheek and said happily, “Okay, it’s me who makes you do this kind of thing.”
He was also the only one who single-handedly brought down the Imperial Marshal.
It was already dark, but the lights were still on in Deen’s study.
Qi Qing knocked on the window a few times, and the balcony door opened automatically. Deen, who hadn’t seen him for a long time, looked unhappy. When he saw the two of them sneaking in, he slammed the door with a cold face and was about to speak. Ji Xingjue silently made a “shhh” gesture and touched around the study room and found several monitors.
Deen’s originally dissatisfied face suddenly changed.
Ji Xingjue settled these monitors and searched them again before he smiled and said, “Your Highness, I hope you didn’t discuss any secrets in the study.”
Deen’s face looked ugly. “This low-blooded bastard, he actually dares to be in my house…”
“Your Highness,” Ji Xingjue raised his eyebrows and interrupted him quietly, “I suggest that it is better to get into the topic as soon as possible. We’re not here to listen to your complaints.”
Deen stopped talking. Although the two sides didn’t get along in the past, Qi Qing held the power of the military. Even if he was dissatisfied, he had to endure it in order to save His Majesty the Emperor.
“I haven’t been able to see my father for seventeen days,” Deen said with a heavy face. “Harlem didn’t even let me enter the palace from the start.”
However, Deen was still the Second Prince of the Empire and the head of the Ministry of Security. If he insisted on breaking in, Harlem couldn’t stop him.
But it wasn’t up to Deen to decide whether he could see His Majesty the Emperor.
Deen looked at Qi Qing. “Since you returned to the Imperial Capital, you must have realized something was wrong and wanted to save His Majesty.”
That’s not the case, we’re just trying to solve the troubles in the Imperial Capital and facilitate the frontline battle—
Ji Xingjue shut up in his heart and smiled without saying a word.
When he left the Qi’s house, he told Yu Tong all about the attack, including the distress signal that had no response.
It was clear that the royal reinforcements were nearby, but the Emperor turned a blind eye. It was probably because the Qi family’s military merit was too high and too dazzling, which was like a thorn in his eyes.
Qi Qing also knew about this.
So neither of them had a good impression of the royal family.
There was no reaction from the two people on the other side. Deen vaguely noticed something. He was silent for a moment and said with a serious face, “Qi Qing, if you can help me rescue my father, I owe you a favor.”
Ji Xingjue tilted his head. “Your Highness, do you want to save ‘His Majesty’, or your ‘father’?”
Deen frowned. “What’s the difference? His Majesty is both the Majesty of the Empire and my father. He is just stricter… Of course, I want to save His Majesty more because he is my father.”
Unexpectedly, Deen was actually the filial son.
Ji Xingjue was slightly surprised. “His Majesty is also Harlem’s father, so why are you so worried?”
Deen said irritably, “He is different, he hates His Majesty.”
Ji Xingjue took a step back and left it to Qi Qing to make the decision.
Ji Xingjue’s health couldn’t be delayed for too long.
Qi Qing didn’t hesitate much and made the final decision. “Arrange the manpower to prepare for the response. We will enter the palace and bring His Majesty out.”
Deen glanced at Ji Xingjue in surprise. “You…both?”
Ji Xingjue asked gently, “Your Highness, do you have any objections to me?”
The memory of being beaten by Ji Xingjue in middle school came to Deen’s mind, and the corner of his eye twitched. “No.”
He had personal experience and knew that Ji Xingjue was actually very capable of fighting, so he decided to arrest him after receiving the report.
This man wasn’t as simple as he seemed.
Qi Qing couldn’t wait any longer, and Deen was also worried about His Majesty’s situation in the palace. The two hit it off immediately, discussed the details for a while, and immediately mobilized personnel under the cover of the nightshade.
After Deen arranged the people, he went to the palace first and requested to see His Majesty the Emperor.
Harlem had no choice but to deal with this second brother who had no means but was a bit troublesome.
Taking advantage of Deen’s attracting his attention, Ji Xingjue and Qi Qing sneaked into the palace from the weaker side.
The moment he landed from the high wall, an indescribable feeling of familiarity came into his heart again.
Ji Xingjue ignored the lingering feeling, pursed his lips and whispered to Qi Qing, “Let’s go to His Majesty’s chamber first.”
Qi Qing was keenly aware of something wrong with him. He paused for a moment then nodded without saying anything.
Ji Xingjue didn’t want him to worry, and he didn’t want Ji Xingjue to worry either.
Since he couldn’t prevent the internal problems in Ji Xingjue’s body, he could only solve the external factors as soon as possible, break into the Holy Order’s lair, and find a way to crack the chip.
Fighting for the Empire and his own selfishness was the only thing he could do.
Before setting off, the two of them had memorized the map of the palace. They walked smoothly through this gorgeous palace, avoiding surveillance and patrols, and slowly approached the hall.
When they were about to arrive, Qi Qing received news from Deen.
His time was over and Harlem was back.
Ji Xingjue heaved a sigh helplessly. “Forget it, he tried his best.”
He sat under the wall, hacked the airtight surveillance cameras, and moved the camera angles by one inch. He pulled out a blind spot, and gestured to solve the problem.
Qi Qing kicked up the wall neatly, took Ji Xingjue’s hand, and with a little force, they fell into the palace together under the cover of the night.
The patrols inside the hall were weaker than those outside, and seemed to be doing something to cover up people’s eyes.
The two looked at each other, quietly approached the window, and looked inside.
Harlem had returned.
The Emperor’s profile was covered by him, and he seemed to be stuffing something into the Emperor’s mouth. His voice was as gentle as ever. “Father, take medicine well. Isn’t that what you taught me when you poured poison into my mother’s mouth?”
The Emperor’s chest rose and fell violently, unable to say a word.
Ji Xingjue coldly looked at him, shook his head secretly, and leaned over to whisper to Qi Qing, “What a pity, I have to save this old bastard.”
If the Emperor was killed, the morale on the front line would be greatly reduced.
He still had some use.
Qi Qing touched his soft hair and said with a serious expression, “If you don’t want to save him, we will…”
What are you, the Imperial Marshal, thinking?
Ji Xingjue covered his mouth, not sure whether to laugh or cry. “Forget it, we’re already here.”
Harlem whispered something to the Emperor for a while, then left the palace with the medicine bowl in hand.
Some of the Emperor’s people in the palace who Deen had contacted realized that something was wrong. They only needed to take the Emperor out of the palace, and someone would come to help him.
Ji Xingjue observed for a while and only when he saw that Harlem was gone, did he and Qi Qing get into the room.
There was a strange smell of medicine filling the room. The Emperor was lying on the bed in a state of confusion. When he heard the sound of someone approaching, his eyes only moved slightly.
Ji Xingjue didn’t show any pity and even laughed. “Your Majesty, this is called backlash.”
He stretched out his hand and was about to lift His Majesty the Emperor up when the tip of Qi Qing’s ear twitched. “Harlem is back.”
There was no place to hide in this room.
Footsteps had already appeared at the door. At the critical moment, Ji Xingjue clicked a blue gem inlaid beside the bed without thinking, and dragged Qi Qing to hide in the secret passage opened in the wall.
Qi Qing allowed him to pull him in. He paused, held his breath for a moment, and looked down at him. “…………Ah Xing?”
Ji Xingjue was also stunned when he realized what he had done.
At that moment, he was almost instinctively familiar with the palace.
Could the soul in the chip affect him to this extent before it woke up?
Ji Xingjue stared at his fingertips in astonishment, and a ridiculous idea suddenly came to his mind.
English word translation: 2245
Drifting Wanderer 