The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 83

Seeing the tree completely empty, Qingyan seemed to have taken a load off her mind. If her intuition just now was correct, then the one that appeared on the tree earlier must be Yaochi.

And if you were to ask why Qingyan was so sure, it was mostly because Yaochi carried an innate scent on him. This scent, others were unable to sense it, but she could still sense it.

Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. Among the four guardians of the Thousand Beast Pavilion, the only one she regarded highly was the Azure Dragon alone. The name Yaochi was also bestowed onto him by Qilian Qingyan. And with his status as her protector, he also became Qilian Qingyan's personal imperial bodyguard.

But unlike Fengqing, who was considered a shadow guard, Yaochi followed by her side closely.

Her martial art skills were not as good as theirs, so Yaochi would patiently teach her mind techniques to refine her skills.

To Qilian Qingyan, Yaochi wasn't just a simple bodyguard, but rather his existence was like that of an older brother to her.

Yet in the end, when she was faced with a predicament, she was unwilling to drag him down with her. Because in her eyes, only Yaochi was able to bring the entire Thousand Beast Pavilion under control.

But she'd never thought that it would become a regret that Yaochi was unwilling to put down.

And, to an assassin, resolve was a very good thing.

But she knew that in the end, Qilian Qingyan was no more. Whether or not Yaochi would become her close bodyguard now, she didn't know.

She was Su Qingyan. The former Qilian Qingyan was no longer here.

Furthermore, she didn't how to explain all this to Yaochi. The only thing she could do was to quietly wait for an opportunity to arrive. Perhaps, when she becomes the second Thousand Beast Pavilion Master, will everything finally have change.

And the thing she needed to do now was to wait.

When Zizhu pushed opened the door, she saw Qingyan absentmindedly sitting there alone, in front of her desk. Sometimes she really felt she was unable to make sense of her more and more.

Ever since the young miss woke from almost drowning, it was like she'd become another person. But after having interacted with her during this time, she also felt that this miss was still the same miss as before. It was like as if she was that gentle and kind miss as before, who was never raised by Ning Siyao.

That miss, who would smile at them and treat them really well.

"Zizhu, you've come." When Qingyan saw Zizhu, she slowly spoke, "You know, lately, I've been dreaming of my mother a lot."

Zizhu let out a sigh of relief, so miss had that look because she was thinking of the old lord and madam.

She walked up next to Qingyan and massaged her shoulders, "Miss, you need not worry, Lord Su and madam will be back very soon."

Qingyan grasped Zizhu's hand, "Zizhu, I'm really worried that something bad will happen to mother and father on the way."

Zizhu held onto Qingyan's ice cold hands, "Miss, both the lord and madam have martial art skills, plus there's also the young master. Moreover, they're also bring back a couple of troops, so naturally nothing will happen."

Qingyan could only smile as she looked to Zizhu. She still remembers that her premonitions have always been accurate, especially recently, when she's dreaming, she would always dream of a pair of silhouettes. Even if the figures were dark and blurry, she couldn't hide the faint uneasiness in her heart.

If it really was like she'd said, then something definitely was going to happen to Su Yun and Luo Bing on their way back to the capital. And this something could even take their life.