June, Beijing.

Stepping into the foot of the imperial city again after three years, looking at the strange and familiar street crowd in front of him, Xi Yutang's mood was quite complicated. The last time she came to the capital, Song Jitong was not dead, Si Li was still by her side, the old monster was under the East Palace, and Jiang Qiantong was just an innocent disciple of the Snow Palace.

Three years is enough time to change many people and things.

Qiantong is now a qualified leader. Although the relationship with Lin Yuan has not been formed under the influence of various factors, the Snow Palace has not withered in her hands in the past few years. The Wulin League fell apart, the leader of the alliance was nowhere to be found, most of the family sects were involved in the whirlpool of turmoil, as the in-laws of the Broken Yue Gate, they bore the brunt of the Snow Palace, I don't know how many people wanted to push the wall down, but Jiang Qiantong survived, and the bitter pressure can be imagined.

Of course, there is no lack of help from the Yue family, both openly and secretly. Thinking of the battle of Lingnan in which Qiantong and Mo Jin were both defeated, Xi Yutang can imagine the mentality of Yue Qingfeng.

However, Xi Yutang still thinks that Yue Qingfeng thinks more. The bad relationship between Jiang Qiantong and Mo Jin was concluded as early as Hangzhou back then, no matter what the outcome was, the two of them would have to do this eventually. It is no secret that the young master of Autumn Rain Villa Mo likes the first beauty of martial arts, and at the banquet of Qushui back then, Mo Jin's undisguised attitude can already explain a qiē, if you want to let go lightly, how can it be?

No matter who led the robbery, Xi Yutang would not blame Yue Qingfeng.

It's just a pity that Mo Jin's sister Mo Yin, and Qiantong's friends, are mixed between friends and brothers, and they don't know how to deal with themselves.

The reason why I thought of Qiantong was probably because after entering Beijing, Xi Yutang had seen her from afar.

The peacock blue robe worn by Liu Manyun back then has now changed, and the people who followed Liu Manyun back then are now following the new master. Everyone is growing, and Qiantong is no exception.

After practicing the Flying Frost Mingxin Sword in the courtyard all morning, Xi Yutang was full of thoughts about the familiar or strange people she had seen in the past two days.

has been off the rails for more than two years, and she has not fully adjusted, and the things of revenge, the court, and the rivers and lakes are like a paste circling in her head.

The prince's wedding, many people from the rivers and lakes came to the capital, which was the grace of Emperor Yanping to the prince. There were many voices in the court attacking the prince's origin, but Emperor Yanping's generous and unconcealed attitude made those voices pale and powerless.

This is a world where temples and rivers and lakes are very closely connected, Si was born in the rivers and lakes, and the existence of the Jinyi Division is also to implicate the two, even the fifth prince Si Yu, who has always been regarded as the most powerful person in the fight for the crown prince, doesn't he occasionally get involved in the affairs of the rivers and lakes?

Emperor Yanping likes Si Li and wants to compensate his son, Si Li is sure of this, so he didn't distance himself from the rivers and lakes after becoming the prince at all, otherwise what would be the explanation for the matter of Yaowang Valley?

June 15 wedding, now only the seventh day of the first month, Xi Yutang has already met Jiang Qiantong, Lie Aotian, Zheng Tai, Mo Jin, Xiao Yunhan and monks Rujian, and even a few juniors who have only begun to become famous in the past one or two years have appeared in the capital.

And a few days after the prince's wedding, there was a martial arts tournament led by the royal family, and the last sword cast by the swordsmith Ning You before his death was rewarded by the winner, so the following days may be much more lively.

The martial arts league exists in name only, and the three-year martial arts conference is just this year, and without the leader of the martial arts league, I think about it, this martial arts competition is another form of martial arts conference.

Youyan Xi Yutang is not rare, after all, she has nine shadows, but the significance of this martial arts competition is far greater than the winner's reward, Xi Yutang rarely hesitates about this.

"Master, a guest is coming."

As soon as he came out of the bath, Xi Yutang heard the report.

Changing into a strong suit, tying his hair with a crown, and fixing it with a white hosta, Xi Yutang spoke, "Who?" ”

The man outside whispered, "The leader of the Jinyi Division." ”

Wei Han?

Xi Yutang lowered his eyes and played with the silver mask in his hand, turned around twice, threw it aside, and got up to go out.

The last time Quning City fought in the ring, Xi Yutang saw Wei Qianhu for the first time. I haven't seen him for two years, and the profit in this man's eyes is even worse, and he can feel from afar that he exudes a sense of not being allowed to enter all over his body, and the purple official uniform is worn on him, which not only does not soften his momentum, but adds a sense of slaughter.

Guiding people to the pavilion, Xi Yutang sat down lazily opposite him, raising his eyebrows and looking at the person in front of him, "What advice do you have for Wei Qianhu's visit?" ”

I haven't seen him for a few years, Wei Han thought that the other party would be a little more excited to see him, but who knew that this lazy appearance was exactly the same as in the past, and he was bored for no reason. looked at Xi Yutang for a long time, almost depicting her face countless times with her eyes, before Wei Han got straight to the point, "Xi Yutang, where have you been in the past few years." ”

Xi Yutang didn't answer positively, but looked at him with a smile, "This seat is not like Wei Qianhu's daily chances. ”

Hearing the deep meaning of her words, Wei Han's face was slightly gloomy, "You speak well." ”

The corners of his lips suddenly smiled, and Xi Yutang said lightly, "Don't talk nonsense, report your intentions." ”

“……”

Wei Han moved his lips and did not answer immediately.

After receiving the information that Xi Yutang appeared in the capital, he didn't even change his official uniform and ran to meet people with a hot brain, but when he really saw people, he found that the two actually had nothing to say. I can't say that in fact, he doesn't have anything to do, he just wants to see this person who has been damned for more than two years when he disappeared, right?

"Could it be a chat?" Xi Yutang pretended to be surprised.

“…… Well. The person on the other side replied awkwardly.

was almost choked by the tea, Xi Yutang was really surprised this time, really came to reminisce?

Stunned for a moment, she said coolly, "I still think that Wei Qianhu is planning to give an explanation for the last time someone besieged the snow mountain. ”

During her retreat, several sects of the Martial Arts League besieged the Snow Mountain, although I don't know if there was Ouyang Xuan's instruction in the middle, but the reason why Zou Qing broke an arm was because of Huo Fifteen, who was mixed in it. And Huo Fifteen, but he is Wei Han's subordinates. If there is nothing greasy in the middle, she will write the three words Xi Yutang upside down!

Facing the sharp gaze of the person opposite who almost penetrated his heart, Wei Han felt the momentum of the other party's dignified martial arts top force for a long time.

His thoughts about Xi Yutang are obvious, but they are also very complicated, in addition to Xinyue, he is more unwilling to get it. And this kind of unwillingness continues to be pressed in the bottom of my heart over time, and after fermentation over time, it becomes more and more irrepressible, and it almost becomes an obsession.

In the Jinyi Division, all the information about Xi Yutang is stored separately, and the news level is also the highest, obviously this will make his obsession even more important, but for Wei Han, even if it is to drink to quench his thirst, it doesn't hurt.

He searched for a long time, thought about it a lot, and finally guessed her identity. Although there are still many mysteries about her, at least one thing is certain, and that is that she is a woman!

God knows about this, Wei Han only learned about it a year ago! Before that, he had always thought that he had a crush on a man!

If it weren't for someone reporting that she was walking the rivers and lakes alone, following a line for a long time, and checking everyone she had come into contact with one by one, I am afraid that she would not have been able to catch that little clue. Although it was only a short sentence or two, Wei Han keenly noticed that her mentality seemed to be different from before. Such a change is reflected in the fact that she did not deliberately pretend to be herself, if Xi Yutang in the past gave people the feeling of a mysterious and cold man inside and out, then during her travels to the rivers and lakes, this coldness disappeared.

Jinyi Division is all over the world, and it is easy to find out what to do along the vine.

The thing that tortured him for two or three years finally made him breathe a long sigh of relief at the moment when he learned that she was a woman.

But after a long sigh of relief, more trouble followed.

Between the two, in addition to their respective positions, there are also misunderstandings, and contradictions that accumulate when they can't tell when.

The two of them get along, either politely distanced or-for-tat, and there has never been a moment when they are calm. The difference in stance brought about not only the difficulties in getting along, but also the many things he did during the period of self-torture and then going to extremes.

In the past, he thought that Xi Yutang's unruliness was well understood, and the way to keep her by his side was to find a faster and more effective way than to break all her wings.

That's why there was a battle between Huo Fifteen and Zou Qing Snow Mountain.

He has no regrets about this way until now.

But since the other party is a woman, shouldn't it be more gentle?

Under the pressure of the irritability in his heart, in the face of Xi Yutang, who showed his true face at this moment, Wei Qianhu, who had a headache, was even less patient than he imagined, "Xi Yutang, can't you put aside those disputes once, you and I can sit down and get along for a while?" ”

“…… I don't think you and I need to get along. Xi Yutang said lightly.

"You ......!" Wei Han gritted his teeth, and as soon as his brain was hot, he didn't choose to speak, "Is it only in the face of the breeze that you can be pleasant?" Why can't it be me? ”

“…… What the? Xi Yutang was stunned.

When he said this, Wei Han himself was stunned, and then he regretted it a little.

Yes, there is a breeze between them.

It shouldn't be like this.

Their start is obviously good.

At the martial arts conference that year, he lent her a sword, and the two of them admired each other unabashedly; Later, she was wounded, and he himself helped her fight off the assassination; Regarding the Song Mansion, she also went to Wangxiang Tower to discuss with herself how to marry Ouyang Xuan; met in the hot springs on the outskirts of Beijing, and also opened the net to lend a hand......

After a moment's pause, he stood up.

“…… I just want to say one thing this time. Wei Han looked deeply at the person in front of him, "The martial arts competition after the prince's wedding, you are as smart as you, you should be able to guess the true meaning behind it." The position of the leader of the martial arts alliance is a trouble that cannot be escaped when he sits on. The water is too deep...... Don't get involved. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Xi Yutang to respond, he turned around and left.

"I'll come back to see you in a few days."

……

Seeing Wei Han's back disappear from sight, Xi Yutang sat in the pavilion for a while, and then sighed with a headache.

In fact, she didn't want to be an enemy of the other party, but then she finally came to the current situation step by step.

Wei Han is a person with superb ability, ruthless, and in a high position at a young age, and his martial arts are not much better than his own. Such a person is naturally suitable for breaking through in officialdom, and will eventually break into the fame.

The Jinyi Division is directly under the emperor, and the Jinyi Division is the emperor's direct confidant, but Wei Han has this ability, and he can bring the entire Jinyi Division closer to the whirlpool of competing for the heir, and he is still alone. Xi Yutang had no doubt that even if the fifth prince Si Yu failed in the end, he would be able to leave a way back for himself and continue to stand as an important minister of his court after the new emperor ascended the throne.

Xi Yutang couldn't see through him.

She didn't even know whether to remind Si Li to be careful of him.

This person's city is too deep, her heart is as black as her, like a breeze, and when she occasionally mentions this person, she can't help but sigh with emotion A good opponent.

Although Wei Han still didn't explain Huo Fifteen's matter in the end, Xi Yutang could guess it somewhat. He is not such an emotional person, Huo Fifteen went to the Snow Mountain to assassinate the high-level Xuantian high-level, in addition to trying to force her out, there should be many overall considerations.

Wei Han has great ambitions, and he doesn't want anyone to break the deadlock when the Wulin League is divided and the rivers and lakes are in chaos. The Xuantian Sect is strong and has not been involved, and it is very likely that a single family will be dominant, so he wants to weaken Xuantian and give a warning by the way.

During that time, Si Yu and Si Li fought to the death, and there was also a dispute in the Yu Pavilion, Wei Han couldn't spare his hand to integrate the forces on the rivers and lakes for his own use, so to put it bluntly, what he wanted was chaos in the martial arts, and what he wanted was that the dragons had no leader, only in this way would the balance not be broken.

They have been fighting for so long, and now that everyone has eased their strength, the next step is to start planning.

That's why there was a royal martial arts conference.

The person elected by this martial arts competition is undoubtedly the leader of the martial arts alliance, and the leader of the martial arts alliance divided by the royal family...... Isn't this a piece of live fat?

……

"Annoying! Sick of it! ”

Xi Yutang swept away all the chess pieces on the chessboard with a bang.

"I just said that chivalry is forbidden by martial arts! The rivers and lakes should not be mixed with the court at all! What kind of thing is this? The leader of the martial arts alliance is still an official position?! Integrate the martial arts, and then use them for the official family? Is that the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, and he has to give me the position of the leader of the Jinyi Division of Wei Han?! ”

She was so angry that she was so depressed that she trembled at the thought of it.

Opposite her, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had not seen Xi Yutang lose his temper like this for many years, had the strength to stop Shaoguang's action of wanting to step forward to dissuade him, and sat obediently in place, patiently waiting for her to calm down.

Hearing that Xi Yutang came to the capital, Si Li almost immediately went out of the palace to look for someone, but he was still one step later than Wei Han. However, after coming, he realized that Xi Yutang was not in a good mood, and after asking a few words, he knew the reason for her troubles.

After all, it was about me, so I had to keep my mouth shut.

…… Actually, he was a little happy.

After becoming the crown prince, this is the first time that someone has shown his true temperament in front of him. His sect leader really didn't separate from him.

After a while, Xi Yutang finally calmed down and sighed, "Don't care, I'm not angry with you." ”

"It's fine." Si Li laughed. The fifteen-year-old boy has shed his former childishness, his appearance has become more and more beautiful, and his every move has the demeanor of being in a high position.

Beckoning people to come up and clean up the mess, Si Li looked at the person in front of him with crooked eyes, attachment and longing floated in his eyes, looking at Xi Yutang, as if he couldn't see enough. It was the first time he had been separated from the person in front of him for so long, and he had not heard from him for three years, almost wearing out all his patience.

The little eunuch who followed him was so shocked that he almost forgot to breathe. Who dares to be so presumptuous in front of His Royal Highness! Even if it is the second lady of the Xie family, the future crown princess, isn't it respectful to see His Royal Highness? And only this one......

"Don't worry, the sect leader is really troubled, out of sight is pure." Si Li said with a smile, "I don't have to fight for this, such a martial arts alliance leader, I don't want to come to the sect leader." Don't push yourself to do things you're not happy about. ”

…… Isn't it okay to be unhappy in the first place?

Xi Yutang glanced at him helplessly, "You said it easily, what should I do if the other party deals with you in turn?" You can only rest assured if you have something in your own hands. ”

"But this position of the leader of the martial arts alliance, even if the sect leader sits down, he will not be happy, but will only add a lot of troubles."

"How many good things are there in this world?"

Sighing, Xi Yutang suppressed the resentment in his heart and looked at the person in front of him again. I haven't seen him for three years, Si Li has changed a lot, originally a child of his age is the same one day at a time, and if he is not careful, he will change from a childish child to a responsible adult. How precocious the world is, he is even more so.

"You've grown up." She was filled with emotion.

"The sect leader has not changed." Si Li smiled and stretched out his hand.

Xi Yutang hesitated, but still put his hand in his palm. When I first came into contact, I clenched my palms tightly, as if I wanted to vent my thoughts in this way.

Moved the chessboard, and the distance between the two instantly narrowed a lot. As many times before, Si Li threw himself into Xi Yutang's arms, hugged her waist tightly, buried his head in her neck socket, and the familiar aura wrapped his whole body, almost instantly making his whole person relax.

"Sect Master, Si Li misses you so much." There was a little chokering in the boy's voice.

Sighing and stroking the black hair on the back of his head, a shallow smile finally hung on the corner of Xi Yutang's lips, "I miss you too, I worry about whether you are doing well every day, and I am afraid that no one will tell you if you are wronged...... Great work. ”

Si Li shook his head silently.

Is it hard? Hard of course. It's not that if you become a prince, you will definitely be able to ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Plan if you become a prince. Being in the thorny jungle, surrounded by tigers and wolves, you have to be careful and careful every step, you can't sleep peacefully every night, and it's false to say that you're not tired.

How many times, he would rather not come to the capital. But all the 'rather's are not worth the present', and now that they have embarked on this road, they will eventually go to the end.

Only Xi Yutang can let him rest all his armaments safely and seek temporary peace.

"I don't want to go back to the palace." He lay in Xi Yutang's arms, his voice was as soft as a wisp of smoke, "Will you stay with me for a while?" ”

"Okay." Xi Yutang responded without saying a word, "In my place, you should be worry-free." 一qiē has me. ”

As soon as the words fell, the arms holding her tightened again.

"I let Shen Ying enter the palace, and I didn't mean anything else." Si Li said in a low voice, "I saw that he was ambitious, and I also saw that you wanted Shen Huan to take the position, so I gave him a chance." I'm not trying to block you and Xiaomei. ”

"I know." Xi Yutang patted him on the back soothingly.

"The assassination...... I didn't mean to do it against the lesser the Lord. ”

"I understand."

"When the sword stabbed me, I was scared. I didn't hide from it, I thought I was dying and I'd never see you again......"

"No, don't worry, I'm back, with me, no one can hurt you."

"Master, will you always be with me?"

"Yes, I'll be with you until you don't need me."

"I want to sleep for a while, just sleep here, like when I was in the snowy mountains, okay?"

"Okay."

Patting the young man's back, the soft color in Xi Yutang's eyes instantly turned into a cold killing intent when he looked at the little eunuch opposite, and the latter broke out in a cold sweat in an instant, his legs were weak, and he almost fell to the ground, "Slave, slave maid go to the palace!" ”

Xi Yutang nodded compassionately, raised his chin, and motioned for Shaoguang to 'personally' take the person out, and at the same time brought a thin blanket.

Si Li's breathing eased after saying that, Xi Yutang helped him cover the thin blanket, patted his back, and spoke slowly and calmly, "...... But it was said that Erlang Zhenjun and the Great Sage Dou Sutra were more than 300 together, and they didn't know the victory. That True Monarch shook his might, transformed himself, and became extremely tall......"

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This night, Si Li did not return to the palace. Liang Wende, who was beside Emperor Yanping, was ordered to come, and when he saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sleeping so soundly, he sighed lightly and dispelled the idea of waking him up, and asked Xi Yutang to take care of him, but he didn't stay long.

Xi Yutang personally carried Si Li into the inner room, and returned to the front hall after guarding for a while, Shaoguang accompanied him, the summer was scorching, and the two talked about wine and night, and they didn't sleep all night.

……

In the early morning of the next day, Xi Yulan and Yue Qingfeng came belatedly, and Xi Yutang had finished bathing at that time and was sitting in the front hall drinking sobering soup.

stepped forward and gave each of them a hug, and Sect Leader Xi, who had not been in a good mood for a few days, showed a bright smile for the first time.

"You." The silver-haired young man in a red suit tapped his finger on his sister's forehead, "Have you had enough?" ”

"Enough is enough." Xi Yutang pitifully covered his brows that were poked, "Didn't I wait in the capital obediently, if you don't come again, I won't be able to eat, what about raising me?" ”

Yue Qingfeng sat beside her affectionately, but glanced at people coldly, "I see that you have been doing well these days." Take a Wei Han to a prince, when will it be Jiang Qiantong's turn? ”

Xi Yutang: "......"

Looking up and down at the person in front of him funny, Sect Leader Xi narrowed his eyes, "The more solemn, are you sour?" Why don't you keep your own identity? People don't come to see me, who writes one letter after another, and someone can stuff a small note to me wherever I go, even ...... Hey? This jade pendant seems to be a little familiar. ”

Seeing that she was going to get it, Yue Shao's eyes quickly tore off the jade pendant and stuffed it into his arms, and said with a red ear and a tense face, "I'm hungry, let's have breakfast." ”

Xi Yulan, who had already been told the whole process by Qiu Yuan, on the other side, immediately laughed out loud.

Xi Yutang looked at him suspiciously, didn't bother to investigate, and asked instead, "What about Xiaomei?" ”

"Dr. Shen will be two days late." Xi Yulan decided to give her junior brother a step, "His second sister is about to give birth, and Dr. Shen went to the Medicine King Valley two months ago. ”

Xi Yutang nodded knowingly.

"Eat." The less the Lord coughed, reminding again.

Xi Yutang glanced at him, and turned to look at Shaoguang, "Shaoguang and Qiuyuan went to prepare dinner, and I went to call Si Li to get up." ”

As the words fell, the antechamber suddenly fell silent.

The two of them, who had not received the news of the prince's stay, looked at Xi Yutang together.

In the next second, the voice of the less Lord sounded faintly,