Chapter 29: run away

"yes… Yess… it is a political marries and I am supposed to enter the family and forget about my sweetheart love…" Ni Qing surrenders her willful thinking. Apparently, Lin Yue is standing in front of the tent. He can hear about all the stuff Ni Qing told to the emperor.

Lin Yue is stepping back in shock to hear her statement. It seems all their relationship as a childhood sweetheart has to end. She is going to marry someone else. He is walking away from the barrack to the wilderness with his blank mind.

He cannot think anything else inside his mind. He was going to ask Ni Qing for the caramel candy as his routine before he goes to the war. It is the same blessing from their wife who sends the husband to the war zone. He cannot believe the word comes out of her mouth. However, he still has a duty from his emperor for the common people goal. He has to put aside his own problem.

He goes back to his tent and gets ready to sneak into Bai Lan County. He left Wang Bo behind to protect Ni Qing as usual. The only person he can trust to take care of his lover. He takes a few of the confidant who is the best among the other soldier. They set on the mission with one of the Bai Lan soldiers as their guide.

The old Madame Bai is excusing herself from the emperor as the baby on her arm starts to cry. Meanwhile, Ni Qing is still sulking with the word from Jin Yu earlier. She is giving him the cold shoulder. She sits in her room and read a book. She is ignoring him completely.

"Your highness, do you want me to serve your lunch now?" Eunuch Wang is asking his master who is reading the scroll whilst peeking to her area.

"Yes… serve the lunch for me and Madame Ni."

Eunuch Wang is complying with his order and walks out from the tent, to get Jin Yu's lunch. Eunuch Li already cooks some dishes earlier for King of Bai Lan and King of Dayu. He manages to cook few dishes made from fish and pork meat. They deliver both king lunch.

Eunuch Wang with Eunuch Li is serving the table for lunch. It is got ten different dishes where Eunuch Wang is serving each of the dishes to the emperor bowl.

"I am eating this delicious food in front of me," Jin Yu tries to make Ni Qing come and have lunch with him. However, Ni Qing totally ignores him. She is putting down her book and lay down on her bed. She closes the curtain in front of her bed tightly.

Jin Yu let her keeps sulking on her bed. At least, she is staying in their tent and not running havoc. He told to his eunuch to keep some food for his wife later on. He even did not step out from the tent to guard his sulking wife on the bed.

Ni Qing is escaping from the bed by making a small hole through the tent. She runs through to Lin Yue tent and uses his clothes and disguise as one of the soldiers. She uses her military token to go out from the barrack. She cut the horsehair to use as her beard and moustache. She rides through to catch Lin Yue who sneaks into Bai Lan kingdom.

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It is almost night time when Lin Yue arrives in the Bai Lan barrack hides into the mountain trails. He is using a black outfit with his face cover. He is waiting until the soldier is going to the rest time with the minimum guard on the ground before sneaking into the barrack.

Suddenly, he can feel someone on their back and tries to find their hiding location. He signs to everyone in his group to prepare their weapon when Ni Qing shows up.

"What are you doing in here?" Lin Yue is asking her.

"I am helping you in the mission. We are partner, remember!" Ni Qing is nudging him with her body. she is wearing her disguised black clothes with something to cover his face.

"You supposedly stay inside the barrack and not defying his majesty order," Lin Yue is telling her about her own action.

"I will think about that later on. Do you think that I will miss all of this fun? Even my head will be hung as accessories in Fujian or Capital city, it will make a good accessory on the wall. Do you want to accompany me?" Ni Qing offers him.

"No, thank you… You seek your own death by defying the royal decree. Do you know our emperor famous for being ruthless?" Lin Yue looks at her who did not think about her own life.

"Really… he looks a little bit scary actually, but I still can handle it… what are we waiting for?" Ni Qing feels so excited about all this action.

"Do you not afraid of death? I always get a heart attack with all of your stupid bravery thinking," Lin Yue flicked her forehead.

"Death is a door to another adventure. So, it is not something we have to scare. I will go with the wind," Ni Qing said something that is making Lin Yue angrier.

"Hey… do you think about abandoning me? I overheard your conversation with your highness about letting lose your sweetheart," Lin Yue is asking him while waiting for the right time to attack the barrack.

"We were talking about this lady who is leaving his husband for her sweetheart. How can I leave this handsome and cute face like this?" Ni Qing is clasping her hand to his cheek and making a smooching gesture. She just does not have the nerves to tell Lin Yue about her marriages with the emperor. She still hides it in the pretence of falling overhead to Lin Yue. She cannot imagine his reaction when she told her about her new title as the emperor consort.