Si Tingyan's gaze dodged, and Lu Yunxi instinctively realized something.

She shook her head, stared at Si Tingyan, and said loudly, "Si Tingyan, no!"

Si Tingyan didn't answer, just stood up, pursed the corners of his lips, and smiled slightly, "Presumably, the people who entered the palace to report have already made it clear." I'm going to the palace. ”

After speaking, Si Tingyan turned around and walked out.

Lu Yunxi panicked.

She tried to stand up, but her legs went limp, and she fell to the edge of the plank, and she couldn't get up.

"Si Tingyan, no!"

Lu Yunxi called out with almost all the strength of his body.

But Si Tingyan didn't even look back, and strode away.

It wasn't until Si Tingyan disappeared from Lu Yunxi's sight that she lost her last bit of strength and sat on the ground in a daze, shaking her head in a panic, tears sliding down her cheeks.

She couldn't believe that Si Tingyan disappeared from her sight like this.

Just his last sentence, now that he thinks about it, Lu Yunxi is still full of goosebumps.

He said that someone from Shangguan Fang would come to take her to the Five Princes' Mansion in a while, why was it the Five Princes' Mansion?

Si Tingyan left the death row and walked less than half a meter away, and there was one more person in the dark corner.

"Have you really figured it out? Threatening your father is a big crime. ”

Si Tingyan didn't look back, didn't even stop, and still walked forward, saying as he walked, "Since it's a big crime, why did the five princes call me back?"

Shangguan Fang walked out of the darkness, chased in front of Si Tingyan in two steps, blocked his way, and stared at his eyes, "I asked you to come back because she is your wife." She has your child in her arms. ”

"Could it be that the fifth prince asked me to come back to watch my wife and children being hanged?"

Si Tingyan had completely lost his former warm appearance, and there was a terrifying coldness exuding from Zhou's body.

Shangguan Fang didn't even dare to face his gaze, he lowered his head weakly, his right hand tightly grasped the sharp blade at his waist, and shook his head slightly, "That's not what I meant. ”

"I thank the Fifth Prince for your concern for my family, and thank you very much for your willingness to lend a helping hand to our family at this time. I must do today's things. Whether I succeed or not, Your Majesty will order the release of Xi'er. When the time comes, please also ask the five princes to settle their mother and son. ”

Speaking of this, Si Tingyan's gaze finally eased a little.

He turned his head to look at the little light source in the darkness.

It was a white lantern before death row.

The lantern swayed back and forth twice with the night breeze at night, making it even more ghostly.

Si Tingyan immediately forced himself to withdraw his gaze, raised his hand and gently patted Shangguan Fang's shoulder twice, and strode forward.

Shangguan Fang witnessed Si Tingyan leaving, his hand holding the blade increased a little harder, and secretly said in his heart: Si Tingyan, don't worry, if you really die in the palace, I will definitely take care of their mother and son for you.

Si Tingyan left death row, turned on his horse, and galloped away in the direction of Miyagi.

Along the way, he carefully guarded the bottle around his waist, which was made from the slime he had collected from the merman's mucus, which could deal with the merman's medicine.

Only this thing can become his negotiation capital, so that he can fight with His Majesty in exchange for his wife and children.

The palace gate on the east side was open, and the eunuchs around the emperor were outside the palace gate.

Seeing that Si Tingyan got off the horse, the eunuch hurriedly greeted him, "Si Gongzi, you can be regarded as coming, Your Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Si Tingyan nodded slightly, didn't say much, and only walked through the imperial garden all the way to the upper study under the leadership of the eunuch.

The emperor sat behind a table with a freshly opened candle.

When he saw Si Tingyan, the emperor raised his eyes and glanced at it, and immediately lowered his head, "You returned to Beijing at night, but you want to intercede for your wife and children?"

Si Tingyan lifted the robe in front of him, knelt in front of the emperor, clasped his hands into fists, saluted the emperor, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the minister came today for the lives of his wife and children. ”

The emperor raised his head slightly dissatisfied and stared at Si Tingyan's eyes, "Do you know that your wife is the predecessor of the merman?"

"I know. ”

"Do you know that your son has a different pupil, which is a bad omen? ”

"The minister also knows. ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows and put down the brush in his hand, "Si Tingyan, I see that you have just inherited your father's business, inherited your father's mantle, and become a doctor, and in this operation to strangle the merman, you have been busy on the front line, so I left you with your life." You know that your wife is a demon, but you still have to plead with me. Are you going to let me ignore the law?"

"I don't dare. ”

Si Tingyan kowtowed heavily.

"If you don't dare, don't speak again. ”

The emperor scolded sharply.

"Your Majesty, the minister came here today, not to excuse Xi'er and Zhizi, but to make a deal with Your Majesty. ”

"Buying and selling?"

The emperor was a little interested at this time, raised the corners of his eyebrows, stared at Si Tingyan, and sneered, "I see that you have been with the daughter of a merchant for a long time, and you are full of business." ”

"Why don't your majesty take a look at what kind of deal the minister wants to do with your majesty?"

The emperor glanced at Si Tingyan unhappily and snorted heavily.

Although he didn't reply again, Si Tingyan continued, "The minister has been busy strangling the mermaids and treating those soldiers for medical treatment these days. The minister found that although the merman was fierce, he had a fatal weakness. The mucus on their bodies is poisonous. Not only that, but the merman is also very sensitive to this poison. The minister secretly observed many times, and the merman also avoided this venom. Don't dare to approach. ”

The emperor's eyes stared at Si Tingyan more keenly, trying to judge the truth of Si Tingyan's words from his eyes.

After a long time, the emperor asked tentatively, "Really?"

Si Tingyan nodded, "The minister has collected the slime on the merman's body and made it into a bottle of potion. As long as you can sprinkle this potion on the proud body, the merman can get rid of it. ”

The emperor was overjoyed and immediately stood up, "Where is the potion? ”

Instead of presenting the potion to the emperor, Si Tingyan raised his head, stared at the emperor, mustered up his courage, and said word by word, "If Your Majesty wants the minister to hand over the potion to you, the minister has a request, and please agree to it!"

Only then did the emperor remember the deal that Si Tingyan had just mentioned.

He stared at Si Tingyan vigilantly, looked up and down, and said in a deep voice, "What?"