Watching him walk toward her.
Still seeing that familiar appearance, that familiar person.
Ultimately, her heart was unsettled.
Xiao Jinxing stopped in front of An Ning, looking down at her from high above.
Seeing her in the soldier’s uniform, sowhat disheveled; seeing the redness on her fair face, seeing the blood on her arm...
His Adam’s apple moved.
His eyes were fixed on her wound, as he reached out his hand...
Before his hand could touch An Ning’s arm.
An Ning avoided him.
Xiao Jinxing’s fingers twitched slightly, slowly, he clenched them into a fist, and lowered it.
An Ning watched his finger movent, pressed her lips tightly.
She didn’t know if this hand had ever touched Feng Xiyun!
She realized she was more petty than she thought.
She looked up at Xiao Jinxing, looking at the coldness in his eyes.
"How did you end up like this?" Xiao Jinxing asked, his voice indifferent, revealing no emotion.
"It wasn’t easy wanting to see you." An Ning replied.
Her tone carried a sense of self-mockery.
"Why co to see ? Didn’t you want freedom? I gave you freedom, so why have you returned? An Ning, do you enjoy toying with ?!" Xiao Jinxing asked her word by word.
A questioning.
An Ning lightly bit her lips.
Yet to explain.
Xiao Jinxing continued, "Did you hear Daxuan Kingdom is going to war, and you, with your superb dical skills, ca to support the battlefield?! Just like last ti in Changn County, when the Empress disguised as Ali, the Jianghu Doctor, to treat the plague victims."
The words fell.
An Ning did not respond much.
Kneeling on the ground, Feng Xiyun was utterly dumbfounded.
Did she hear that wrong?!
What did His Majesty just say?!
He said Changn County’s Ali is An Ning?!
How is that possible?!
Wasn’t Ali a man?!
Feng Xiyun’s face suddenly paled, then blushed with sha.
She suddenly understood why His Majesty treated Ali so well back then, it was because Ali was An Ning.
And she never even thought of it in that way.
She should have suspected it long ago.
Looking across Daxuan Kingdom, perhaps only An Ning had better dical skills than her.
Of course, none of that matters now.
What’s important is, back then she stole all of An Ning’s credit.
She even deliberately ntioned more than once to His Majesty that she cured the plague?!
She wonders if His Majesty believed it back then?!
If His Majesty knew long ago that Ali was An Ning, knowing An Ning had treated the plague in Yuzhou...
Thinking that His Majesty had already noticed she took An Ning’s credit, how can she still face His Majesty in the future.
In front of His Majesty, she is flawless!
She cannot let His Majesty develop any resentnt toward her because of An Ning.
Feng Xiyun bit her lip, inwardly ashad to the extre.
"Why didn’t you disguise yourself this ti? Or perhaps, perform a complete makeover so I would never recognize you again." Xiao Jinxing’s voice was deep, his eyes closely watching every feature on An Ning’s face.
An Ning silently listened to Xiao Jinxing’s words.
Feeling Xiao Jinxing’s gaze, like a knife, slowly cutting across her face.
"So the Empress, in order to heal more people, didn’t hesitate to co to my side, braving the risk of being forcibly kept by , ca to the military camp. The Empress truly is compassionate and rciful!" Xiao Jinxing concluded, his voice seemingly carrying relief. The next mont, he suddenly rembered sothing, and said, "Wrong, I was wrong, the so-called Empress...you never cared about that title."
So has Xiao Jinxing lost hope for her?!
What emperor could withstand such a trampling of self-esteem!
An Ning took a deep breath.
She said, "Are you done speaking?"
Xiao Jinxing’s eyes moved slightly.
"If you’re done, may I speak?" An Ning asked.
"What do you want to say." Xiao Jinxing looked at her, his expression indifferent.
Only Feng Xiyun, kneeling behind Xiao Jinxing, noticed that His Majesty’s fists, held tightly against his back, were clenched.
"Indeed, I ca here wanting to be a military doctor." An Ning spoke straightforwardly.
Xiao Jinxing seed to smile.
Yet it seed, there was no change in his expression at all.
Like an illusion, gone in a flash.
"But more importantly, I wanted to fight by your side."
Xiao Jinxing’s clenched fist visibly trembled.
Even so, his face remained unchanged.
"But before saying this, let answer your earlier question of how I ended up like this." An Ning’s eyes tightened.
At that mont, she clearly glanced at Feng Xiyun, kneeling over there.
Feng Xiyun naturally felt An Ning’s gaze.
Her heart twitched.
An Ning’s strong aura made her sowhat unable to resist.
She bit her lip tightly, trying to keep herself calm.
"Yesterday, I entered the military camp and was stopped outside." An Ning said to Xiao Jinxing, "Was it your order that no one, not even those with a military token, could enter?"
Xiao Jinxing frowned.
After a while, he spoke, "I did not issue such an order."
"And yesterday, holding the token Xie Ruotong gave , I was blocked from entering the camp and even had my token confiscated."
"When did this happen?" Xiao Jinxing asked.
"Around ten in the morning."
Xiao Jinxing pressed his lips.
His eyes clearly deepened.
At that mont, his gaze seed to have checked on Feng Xiyun.
Feng Xiyun, kneeling with her eyes lowered, dared not speak.
As An Ning began to pursue matters related to the camp entrance, she couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous.
But she didn’t believe that An Ning could pinpoint her.
She kept herself calm.
"Summon!" Xiao Jinxing suddenly commanded.
The trusted aides quickly entered, "Your Majesty."
"Bring all the guards on duty yesterday here!"
"Yes!"
The trusted aide left.
Feng Xiyun’s body visibly trembled.
An Ning then said, "With my token confiscated and unable to enter, I had no choice but to take a detour, ultimately had to hijack a soldier on watch last night, swap into their uniform, and stood guard outside the camp all night."
Xiao Jinxing’s Adam’s apple visibly moved.
He listened to An Ning’s calm tone, observing the redness on her face.
Whether due to excitent, or... fever.
The weather in Mobei, so unbearably cold.
Frozen outside for a night...
Xiao Jinxing’s fingers seed to tighten again.
"Luckily, with the uniform and the passage order, it went smoothly to enter the camp." An Ning said directly, "Perhaps too excited, forgot about the layers of checkpoints needed to see you, and just rashly ended up outside your tent, then was stopped by soone."
Xiao Jinxing’s lips pressed tightly.
Earlier, he heard so commotion outside but didn’t pay much attention.
Never expected that within a strictly regulated military camp, soone would dare cause trouble, nor did anyone report it, so he completely dismissed it.
Unexpectedly, it was An Ning who ca...
Unexpectedly, she would voluntarily co to the camp, voluntarily seek him, and use her original appearance to find him.
"Since I was stopped, I thought it might be easier to find Yuan Wenkang, but as a result, the patrol army directly deed suspicious and wanted to take to the interrogation room, followed imdiately by countless soldiers after , luckily, your trusted aide recognized and rescued . Otherwise..."
An Ning looked at Xiao Jinxing.
Xiao Jinxing’s gaze also continuously watched her.
"You would now be collecting my corpse." An Ning’s voice was cold, speaking clearly with each word.
Xiao Jinxing’s heart trembled.
His tightly clenched fist constantly endured.
"So, who exactly issued the order to eliminate completely!" An Ning asked Xiao Jinxing.
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