Chapter Eighty-Fifth: A Taste of One's Own Betrayal

  Luosiqi had just arrived in Chengfu when she received some very bad news. The situation was urgent, and she wanted to discuss with Tang Xiaoxia what to do next to rescue the defeated army of Quili. Tang Xiaoxia said he already had a plan to rescue Quili, but it could only be told to her alone. So Luosiqi asked Tianyu and Sima Yue to leave with the others.

  After Tian Yu and the others left, Luo Xi couldn't wait to know what good method Tang Xiao Xia had to rescue Qu Li and so many soldiers when he didn't fully understand the situation of the Dark Domain City. This seemed almost impossible, but she felt that as long as Tang Xiao Xia said there was a way, it would definitely be a good one.

  Unexpectedly, Tang Xiaoxia asked her to sit down by the bed first, but then advised her not to get involved in Chu Guo's affairs anymore.

  Tang Xiaoya said that after she and Chen Xing, the Grand Priest of Morning Star, went to Nanjiang, Chen Xing did something in the month left by Batu God in the Yin Domain City that made the Night God Sect hate him to the bone. As a result, Chen Xing was frequently pursued and killed on his way back to Lin Yue Peak from Nanjiang. Even after Chen Xing returned to Lin Yue Peak with many guards around him, the people of the Night God Sect still conspired against him during the visit of the Chu State envoy to invite Luo Siqi, almost killing him in the process. Moreover, she had just recently protected the King of Chu and secretly returned to the palace, giving him a fatal blow when he was about to succeed, ruining Mo Ye's nearly perfect plan once again. Before leaving, Mo Ye also said that he would not give up this time, and if Tang Xiaoya went to rescue Wei Li and his soldiers in the Yin Domain City, she would be at a disadvantage on the Night God Sect's turf, and it was likely that both of them would suffer losses.

  Luosiqi knew that Tang Xiaoxia was right, they were two carefree students living in modern times, after being forced to come to the Spring and Autumn period, when they fell into Wu Xi's trap, what they thought most about was how to survive.

  Later, although the eighty-fifth chapter turned out to be a taste of their own betrayal, they all got some abilities from Qingyuanzi's body, especially Luosiqi. Several times in special situations where luck coincided, her enormous abilities even made her feel a little dizzy. In Chu State, being called a goddess by many people also sounds very enjoyable.

  As the high school political textbook says, rights and obligations are unified, the greater the right, the greater the obligation that comes with it.

  If she and Tang Xiaoxia came here just to make a living, find a good place to spend some quiet days, rather than becoming the goddess of the Moon God Cult first, and then becoming the national goddess of Chu State personally sealed by King Chu, then she would not have to be driven crazy every day by the sudden situation that appears at any time now.

  Because there were only the two of them in the house at this time, Tang Xiaoxia was no longer as restrained in his closeness to her as he had been in front of others. Luosiqi was grabbed by Tang Xiaoxia with both hands on her shoulders and gazed seriously into her eyes, saying: "Siqi, what we need most now is to activate all the stones on your wrist with our thoughts, fulfill that old man's wish, and then return safely to modern times to live the life we want! Let's not take risks for others' sake anymore. The Night God Sect will definitely be more terrifying than we imagined, let alone that we are good friends with Wu Zixu, and the current king of Chu is his greatest enemy! What reason do we have to help Wu Zixu's enemy?" Luosiqi saw the sincerity in Tang Xiaoxia's eyes, and she had to admit that what he said made sense. Moreover, this was the first time Tang Xiaoxia called her "Siqi", although he had never confessed his love for her before, but this affectionate nickname clearly indicated that she already had a position similar to that of a girlfriend in his heart!

  She thought to herself, "Lovers should consider each other's feelings!" So she could only sigh in her heart, not knowing whether it was for Chu Wang, Tian Yu, or even Qu Li who was trapped in the Shadow Castle at that moment. She said, "Sorry!" and nodded slightly towards Tang Xiaoxiao.

  Tang Xiaoxia saw that she had agreed, looking like a sigh of relief, and then he began to plan how the two people would tell Tian Yu that they would only bring subordinates belonging to Luosi Qi after pretending to agree to go to Nanjiang to rescue people, and not take anyone else from him.

  Everything went smoothly, and the two of them, in order to make their escape more successful, Lusiqi endured the pain of leaving her remaining eleven constellations with Tianyu. Ostensibly, it was to assist him in resisting the Qi and Jin coalition forces in case of an emergency, but in reality, it was because these subordinates, although now very loyal to Lusiqi, were originally recruited by Lusiqi in the capital of Chu State with the help of the King of Chu's prestige. Tang Xiaoxia was afraid that bringing them along would cause trouble if they found out that the two were going to take them away, and Lusiqi, although reluctant to give up on them, ultimately listened to her advice.

  However, Luosi Qi and Tang Xiaoxia still didn't want anyone to follow them, but they had to bring one more person along. This person was called Liang Hu, and he wasn't brought because Chu Wang or Tian Yu were worried and wanted to send someone to monitor them. With Luosi Qi's current abilities, if she didn't want to be monitored, even sending ten or a hundred people would probably be useless. He also didn't have any other special talents that made him indispensable. The reason he was brought along was because he was the guide soldier sent by Chu Wang to lead them on the most recent route to Nanjiang.

  There was such a person, Tang Xiaoxia didn't care about it at all, but he never thought that this guy named Liang Hu would bring him so much trouble. If he had known earlier that this guy would change Luosiqi's mind and not go to Nanjiang after setting off, he should have knocked him unconscious in a place not far from the city gate and shut his mouth.

  Luosi originally listened to Tang Xiaoxia's words and decided to throw off Liang Hu and the others in a place far away from the city, and then sneakily leave. This time they went to Nanjiang because there were few people, so they only used one horse carriage. In this era, women should not be alone with a man in a horse carriage, but Luosi's identity was special, even the King of Chu had to give her face, plus outsiders thought that Tang Xiaoxia as her senior brother might have been together with her since childhood and were deeply affectionate, so who would dare to offend her by saying anything about her sitting in the same carriage as Tang Xiaoxia.

  It was Tang Xiaoxia who looked a bit embarrassed when getting on the car, looking at Luosi Qi inside. Luosi Qi laughed and scolded him: "What's with the shyness, young man!" Tang Xiaoxia smiled, and once the car left the city, he began to relax more naturally. On the other hand, Luosi Qi spent more time alone with Tang Xiaoxia in the car, and as they sat close together, she couldn't help but steal glances at his handsome profile, her heart gradually fluttering with excitement.

  It was unexpected that Liang Hu, who was driving in front of the car, might be bored with driving alone or was naturally outgoing and talkative. Although he was still separated from the people in the car by a curtain, his first sentence made Luosiqi feel heavy-hearted, and Tang Xiaoxia's face suddenly turned ugly.

  Two men listened to Liang Hu driving and said to Luosi Qi, "Thanks to you, Goddess, if it weren't for your protection, the Chu State would probably face the danger of extinction. What would we poor people do then?" Liang Hu only said this sentence because Tang Xiaoxia saw that Luosi Qi's expression was not good and abruptly interrupted his urge to continue speaking. He slightly reprimanded Liang Hu, saying, "Don't say anything else, just drive carefully!"

  Li Hu didn't understand why the Shennü's senior brother suddenly became strict with people. He had thought that since both of them were very gentle and didn't have any noble airs, he could chat with them for a bit. However, after all, his status was far inferior to Tang Xiaoxiao's, so he didn't dare argue with him either. He just pursed his lips and stopped arguing, focusing on driving the carriage instead.

  Luosi thought of Mo Ye pretending to be recruited by herself and becoming a Capricorn protector for Chu Wang, but actually betraying her trust and trying to kill Chu Wang when she was not around.

  Although Mo Ye had been determined to betray her from the start, Luosi still thought it was a deep betrayal of herself. He deceived his own kindness and disappointed her trust in others, making her no longer dare to easily believe in others again. She once stroked the green crystal on her wrist, wondering if she needed to forgive in order to overcome the betrayal that had caused her so much suffering.

  When others betray you, causing you harm, and yet you silently endure it, easily forgiving the wrongs they've done to you, is this kind of forgiveness really that precious, really that praiseworthy?

  Anyway, that night when Luosi led the team to chase out of the city, almost surrounding Mo Ye and leaving him nowhere to escape, what she thought was not about forgiving him immediately. She felt that forgiving those who had hurt her too early was not forgiveness, and this attitude was not worthy of praise.

  That is indulgence, it is indulging him once again or others emulating his bad habit of betraying himself.

  But now, after hearing that unintentional compliment from Zi Liang Hu, Luo Siqi suddenly felt that many things were indeed easy to say but difficult to do herself. Mo Ye's disguise as Capricorn had betrayed her at the time, but it was also for his own purposes. From his perspective, why would he give up on having an opportunity to get close to Chu Wang and understand Luo Siqi?

  Luosi can use Tang Xiaoxia's previous words to him as the reason for her and his sudden departure, but under the current situation of Chu State, almost all the elite troops are trapped in Yinyu City, and the remaining army has arrived at Chengfu, but it is unable to advance further due to its great disparity with the Qi-Jin allied forces. Although Mo Ye can no longer easily sneak into the palace to assassinate the King of Chu after revealing his appearance, if she really disappears suddenly on her way to Nanzhong as previously planned with Tang Xiaoxia, wouldn't that also be a betrayal of the King of Chu, a betrayal of Quili who is eagerly waiting for her rescue, and a betrayal of the only hope that all the people of Chu State can now place their trust in?

  She looked at Tang Xiaoxia with some trepidation, feeling unbearable in her heart. Tang Xiaoxia saw her expression and his eyes dimmed. He said to her: "Please, don't be soft-hearted."