"No matter what you command, the Xue family is duty-bound, the Xue family is not for merit, the Xue family's loyalty to the royal family has never changed since a hundred years ago, Your Royal Highness Princess, it is an honor for our Xue family to think of our Xue family. ”

"I hope that's what you guys really think. Peony nodded: "So, I have only one request, is everyone in the Xue family here?"

"Yes, Your Royal Highness Princess, everyone in the Xue family is here. The middle-aged man named Xue Yuan replied respectfully, "I don't know what Her Royal Highness the princess commands?"

"It's simple, you just get them to look up. ”

"Huh?" Xue Yuan seemed to be dazed by this unusual request, he glanced at Peony a little inexplicably, and quickly lowered his head: "Yes!

After agreeing to the request of the peony, Xue Yuan turned his head to face his clansmen: "You guys, all raise your heads and let Her Royal Highness the princess take a look!"

"Yes!" The members of the Xue family, who had been kneeling there quietly, responded together, and then raised their heads one after another.

Peony glanced at Lu Tao, Lu Tao nodded, looking for these unfamiliar faces, and after a while, Lu Tao found the target he was looking for.

"Found it!"

Lu Tao found the guy he had met before at a glance, he still looked like he was oily, and the clothes on his body were not the same as before, but the temperament of the whole person had not changed, so Lu Tao recognized him at a glance.

Although the man raised his head, his eyes were completely attracted by the peony at first, and it wasn't until Lu Tao opened his mouth that he could look at it, it didn't matter, the man seemed to finally react, he pointed to Lu Tao "You, you, you" for a long time, but he didn't say a word.

Peony snorted and ordered left and right: "Take him down!"

Those soldiers who Lu Tao originally thought were all fancy promises, and then divided two people to drag the people Lu Tao recognized out of the Xue family who knelt on the ground, and the other Xue family members who didn't know what happened gave way one after another, and no one dared to stop these soldiers in the slightest.

Xue Yuan also didn't dare to stop it, and only when the man was taken aside by the soldiers and firmly controlled did he look at Peony: "Your Royal Highness Princess...... What did Yunwen do wrong, or did he offend this father-in-law?......

Lu Tao pouted, he was not a father-in-law. Well, but now is not the time to think about such things.

Peony raised his hand, but did not answer Xue Yuan's question, but slowly paced in front of Xue Yunwen: "Do you know what you did wrong?"

Xue Yunwen, who was firmly pressed there by two burly soldiers, seemed to be frightened, and he answered without saying a word: "Gong...... Princess...... Her Royal Highness the Princess...... I am...... I was wronged!"

"Wronged?" Peony chuckled twice: "I haven't even said what crime you have committed, you say that you are wronged? If you explain the matter clearly now, and then let the person go, I can spare your life." ”

"But...... But the princess ...... I didn't do anything!" Xue Yunwen had a bitter face, and his speech was smoother.

"Yunwen, what the hell have you done!" Xue Yuan walked to Peony's side a few steps, but was blocked by Lin Bo, so he had to stand at a distance of about five meters and shout to Xue Yunwen: "If you do something wrong, don't hurry up! Don't understand the Xue family!"

"But...... But father, I really don't know what I did wrong!" Xue Yunwen seemed to have finally regained some vitality in the face of his father's questioning, although he looked like he was about to cry, he still pleaded with Xue Yuan: "Father, save me, save me!"

Lu Tao: "......"

Why do you look like you're the bad guy? Isn't that right?

Xue Yuan looked at Peony again and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, Yunwen is still young, I don't know where to offend Your Highness, can you let him go for the sake of the Xue family?"

"Still young?" Peony squinted at Xue Yuan, until Xue Yuan looked away a little weakly before continuing: "What he did is not something that has to be passed by age, why don't I remind you, Xue Yunwen, what about the girl and the old and the young who were arrested by you two days ago? Don't tell me you forgot." ”

"Ah......h

Xue Yunwen was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly seemed to remember something and said "ah".

"Remember, where are they?" Peony looked at Xue Yunwen with burning eyes, until he lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly at him.

"Hmm......"

Xue Yunwen froze, looking left and right with his head down, as if he wanted to find a perfect excuse to avoid this question.

"Yunwen, what the hell have you done! Say it quickly!" Xue Yuan seemed to have lost his patience first, he frowned deeply, and he was about to beat his son violently if he disagreed.

"Father...... Merely...... It's just that I met the woman who humiliated me before two days ago, and I locked her in the backyard house......"

"Huh, just?" Peony snorted coldly: "As far as I know, you were the first to flirt with others, and then you took a group of people to arrest people after being stopped, and no one in our royal family dared to be so unscrupulous, your Xue family is planning to surpass the prestige of the royal family?"

"Your Royal Highness Princess! This is definitely not the case!" Xue Yuan heard what Peony said, and he sweated, he didn't have time to wipe the sweat off his head, and knelt down directly with a "poof": "Your Royal Highness Princess! Our Xue family is loyal and will never want to be above the royal family!"

As he spoke, Xue Yuan glared angrily at Xue Yunwen, who was still firmly controlled by the soldiers, and scolded: "Evil obstacles! Look what good you have done! Have you touched her?

"I didn't ...... There is no ......" Xue Yunwen also seemed to be frightened by his father's attitude, and he said hesitantly: "I...... I didn't know she had a weapon with her...... Can't get close to her...... I was going to starve her so that she could be ......"

Xue Yuan seemed to be relieved when he heard Xue Yunwen's answer, and he continued to look at Peony: "Your Royal Highness Princess! Yunwen hasn't done anything irreparable! You just have to look at the face of the Xue family! For the sake of Yunwen is the only son of the Xue family, spare him!"

"It's not up to me to spare him...... Peony seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and her expression softened a little.

"That'...... How do I ......?"

Xue Yuan raised his head and asked, Peony glanced at him: "Of course, let the woman who let your son take back to judge, see if you want to let your son go, or leave it to Youji to deal with......

Hearing Peony's words, Xue Yuan seemed to be relieved, and he hugged his fists: "Thank you for the kindness of Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

......

Xue Yunwen locked Xu Bo Xu Laohan on one side, Hong Bingying and Xiao Yun on the other side, but from Xue Yunwen's words, Lu Tao understood that this was not deliberately arranged by him, but the result that Hong Bingying threatened his own life, so that Xue Yunwen had to do this.

I don't know what Xue Yunwen thinks, but this is a good thing, at least whether it is Xu Bo Xiaoyun or Hong Bingying, they have survived.

Both doors were locked, and after getting the key from Xue Yunwen, Xue Yuan personally stepped forward to open one of the doors, and the windows of both rooms were firmly sealed, leaving only a small gap in the position in front of the door, which was like a prison.

The light shone in through the open door of the cave, and Lu Tao only saw that in the somewhat dim room, Miss Hong Bingying Hong was holding Xiao Yun in one hand and holding a thin and narrow dagger in the other hand and stretched forward, squinting at the same time, as if she was a little dazzled by the sunlight outside: "If you dare to take a step over, I will die with you!"

Miss Hong's voice was a little low, it seemed that she had been hungry for the past two days, and the same was true for Xiao Yun, the already thin girl seemed to be even thinner, and her thin arms hugged Hong Bingying's waist, like two bent hemp rods.

Lu Tao stepped forward along the position that Xue Yuan had left behind: "Don't be afraid, it's me." ”

Hong Bingying's hand holding the dagger hesitated for a moment, and squinted her eyes for a long time: "Lu Tao! Is it you, Lu Tao?!"

"It's me, I'm here to save you, so don't worry. ”

"Great......" Hong Bingying showed an excited expression, stood up and wanted to get closer to Lu Tao's direction, but after only taking two steps, she shook and fell.

Lu Tao, who was quick to catch Hong Bingying, only to find that her body was soft, and then looked, Hong Bingying had closed her eyes, Lu Tao quickly put her down on the bed again, and probed her nose before relieving her heart, fortunately, there was still breathing, and the exhalation was very even, looking at her face, it should be that she hadn't slept for two days and didn't eat anything, and she couldn't bear it as soon as she was relieved.

"Sister, sister, are you okay!" Xiao Yun seemed to be startled by Hong Bingying, who suddenly fainted, and she leaned next to Hong Bingying, with an expression of almost crying.

Lu Tao touched Xiao Yun's head: "Don't be afraid! she's fine, let her sleep well first." ”

Peony, who followed Lu Tao to the room, also breathed a sigh of relief, but then, she said in an unquestionable tone: "Go, prepare to eat!"

"Yes!" Xue Yuan gave his hand and was about to ask the people behind him to prepare some food, Lu Tao said.

"Prepare some porridge and boiled minced meat first, they can't eat anything too hard now!"

Xue Yuan hesitated for a moment, but still responded.

"Grandpa, where is my grandfather?"

Before Xue Yuan left, Xiao Yun grabbed Lu Tao's hand and asked a little uneasily.