The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 710 Xiao Yue Returns to the Team

Jiang Suining looked calm, "In this matter, the Fifth Princess is an innocent person. Although some sacrifices are inevitable for the sake of the overall situation, if it does not come to the last step, we still do not want the Fifth Princess to die because of this matter."

The test began when he proposed to find a corpse to impersonate, and the result of the test would determine whether Shen Yanxi would let Xiao Yue go.

Of course, this test was not discussed at the beginning, but on the way here, she had already told Shen Yanxi that if Xiao Yue was found, she hoped to give her another chance.

So she believed that after she proposed this method, Shen Yanxi would definitely understand that she was trying to test Xiao Yue.

Xiao Yue didn't know what to feel, so she asked cautiously, "What would have happened if I hadn't stopped Qing He and told him I was willing to go back?"

"Then I will choose to kill the fifth princess." Shen Yanxi said without hesitation.

Although she didn't know whether this was completely true, Xiao Yue felt a pang of fear when she heard it, and was extremely glad that she did not choose Qinghe to die instead of her.

but……

"Even if this princess passes the test, what should I do with Xilin?"

"That depends on the princess. It's too difficult to find a corpse to impersonate in a short period of time. Even if you do it, there will inevitably be omissions. But since it was just a test, you can let the princess choose again. Do you want to go back?" Jiang Suining asked.

Xiao Yue asked back, "Do I really have a choice? If I choose not to go back, will you kill me immediately?"

"No." Shen Yanxi shook his head, "I promised Ningning that I would give the princess a chance, and the princess has passed the test, so your life is saved."

Xiao Yue did not show any joy at these words. Instead, she frowned and looked more and more conflicted. Finally, her eyes fell on Qinghe's worn palms.

"If, I mean if, if it wasn't a test just now, but I really wanted you to die in place of this princess, would you be willing?"

"Yes." Qinghe said without hesitation.

"Why, don't you care about your own life?"

Qing He looked at Xiao Yue seriously, "Because in this world, there are always things more important than life. Although I am just a small secret guard, I also understand that if the nest is overturned, the eggs will also be broken."

When the nest is overturned, the eggs will not remain intact...

Xiao Yue repeated these words silently in her heart, and felt that at this moment, she seemed to begin to truly understand the meaning behind them.

Xiao Yue took a deep breath and clenched her fists. The wound on her palm was obviously painful, but she didn't seem so scared at the moment.

"You don't need to look for any more bodies, and you don't need to find someone to replace me. I will go back by myself."

"Princess, have you made up your mind?"

"I've thought it through!" Xiao Yue nodded. "Since other methods may have flaws, the best candidate is of course myself. But I can't guarantee that my acting skills can fool Murong Yu, so..."

Xiao Yue gritted her teeth and said, "So let's keep the plan as usual and fake the scene of me falling off the cliff. But I don't want to fall to my death. It's better to break my head and then fall into a coma. This way I don't have to be tempted and questioned by Murong Yu. Oh, you also have to make sure that the people from Xilin won't kill me immediately after they find me!"

She was willing to take risks, but not to risk her life.

"Okay, Princess, you can rest assured about this. I will find a way to have Beiyang's people find the Princess in advance or together. This way, Xilin will naturally have a hard time taking action."

"Also, you must ensure that this princess can live safely after arriving in Xilin. When the two countries go to war, or preferably before the two countries go to war, you must quickly find a way to take this princess away." Xiao Yue spoke again.

"We can agree to that, too."

Xiao Yue looked at Shen Yanxi worriedly, and shifted her gaze to Jiang Suining who was standing aside without saying anything.

"I hope to hear your assurance."

Jiang Suining nodded seriously, "Okay, I promise to the princess."

Xiao Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief, walked a few steps toward the edge of the cliff, looked at the rocks below, trembled violently, and quickly retreated.

"You should be able to fake the injuries of falling off a cliff. It doesn't mean that I need to really jump off."

"Of course." Shen Yanxi nodded.

"That's good. Also, after you return to the Imperial City, you must report to Father what happened tonight, especially the sacrifices I made. I cannot bear these injuries in vain!"

Xiao Yue put forward the last condition, and Shen Yanxi and others agreed to it.

After cleaning up the traces left behind, including the bloodstains left when Qinghe scratched his palm, they left the cliff.

After half an hour, Xiao Yue was brought to the bottom of the cliff.

Qinghe's attack was very measured. Xiao Yue's head was bleeding, and it looked like it was broken when he fell off a cliff, but his life was not in danger.

After arranging everything, Shen Yanxi and the others cleaned up other traces and left the bottom of the cliff.

Meanwhile, Xilin and Beiyang had already discovered that Xiao Yue was missing, and they followed the traces all the way to the mountain.

As promised to Xiao Yue before, Shen Yanxi sent people to find a way to lure Beiyang and Xilin to discover Xiao Yue who fell off the cliff at the same time.

Soon, Xiao Yue was rescued.

Because of Xiao Yue's injury, the team did not continue on their journey.

In the tent, Murong Yu looked at the guard who came in, "How is it?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, I have already led people to investigate. It seems that the Fifth Princess ran up the mountain in a panic, and then accidentally fell off the cliff. After holding on to the rocks at the edge of the cliff for a while, she fell down due to exhaustion. However, she was blocked by a tree at the edge of the cliff during the fall, so she saved her life."

"Do all the traces match?" Murong Yu asked.

"Your Highness, they are basically correct."

Murong Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, "Have you found any traces of other people?"

"No, my subordinates have confirmed this. Whether in the forest, on the edge of the cliff, or at the bottom of the cliff, there are only traces of the Fifth Princess. There should be no one else present."

The expression on Murong Yu's face relaxed. It seemed that Xiao Yue really had fallen off the cliff in a panic, but was lucky enough not to die.

"Your Highness, since the Fifth Princess is already injured, how about I find a chance to get rid of her?"

"If we had found Xiao Yue alone at the bottom of the cliff, we might have been able to do this, but now that she has been rescued and is being guarded by Beiyang, if we act now, we will arouse Beiyang's suspicion if we are not careful."

What we need to do now is to bring the defense map back to Xilin smoothly. Anything else will be unnecessary.

"Your Highness, what if the Fifth Princess wakes up and tells everything?"

Murong Yu said faintly: "She broke her head, so let's find a way to keep her in a coma for a while."