Lian Jian, the personal eunuch of Dongfang Xu, heard Emperor Qianwen's question, hurriedly walked out of a group of palace maids and eunuchs, knelt down on his knees and said: "Back to the emperor, the slave is on duty tonight, and the slave has been following His Highness after dinner." His head was slightly lowered, and his eyes fell on the ground, but he didn't know where he was looking.

In the face of the king of a country, Lian Jian replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, which made Emperor Qianwen can't help but look at it a few more times, and Dongfangdu, who was standing beside Emperor Qianwen, looked at Lian Jian carefully.

Lian Jian did not grow up in the palace since he was a child, but only entered the palace as a eunuch at the age of thirteen, because of some martial arts foundation, he was directly arranged to serve Dongfang Xuan in Yousi Palace, and later became the personal eunuch of Dongfang Xu.

Dongfang Du didn't spend much time in the palace, and Lian Jian was only one of the many eunuchs, even if he still had the name of Dongfang Xu's personal eunuch, he was only one of the many personal eunuchs, and it didn't make people pay much attention, so she naturally wouldn't pay much attention to such a small eunuch.

But his appearance today has to make people doubtful. Even the eunuch who often accompanies Emperor Qianwen will not be so indifferent when answering Emperor Qianwen's questions, how can he, a little prince's personal eunuch, be so calm and calm?

Emperor Qianwen frowned slightly, and asked, "Since you have been following Xu'er's side, why is Xu'er injured and you are unharmed?" After finishing speaking, he withdrew his gaze and turned his head to look at Dongfang Xu.

I'm afraid that only Lian Jian and Dongfang Xu can answer this question.

Dongfang Xu raised his hand and clenched his fist and said, "Father, when the assassin came, Erchen happened to let Lian Jian go to the imperial dining room. As he spoke, he glanced sideways at Lianjian who was kneeling on the ground. And when Lian Jian saw Dongfang Xu speak, he kept silent, just waiting for Dongfang Xu to confess to him.

Dongfang Du glanced sideways at Dongfang Xu, and his eyes fell on Lian Jian's body again, this time he went to the imperial dining room, and the assassins came to assassinate Dongfang Xu, should it be said that it was a coincidence or should it be said that those assassins grasped the good timing? Is the calmness and calmness at this moment a disguise, or is it nature?

She had a lot of questions in her heart, but she couldn't say a word at the moment, so she could only stand silently by Emperor Qianwen's side.

After Dongfang Xu finished speaking, seeing that Emperor Qianwen was silent, he continued: "Fortunately, there have been palace maids and eunuchs and guards around, and as soon as Erchen met the assassins, he let out a shout, and those assassins slashed with their swords, and Erchen used his arm to resist, although his arm was injured, his life was saved. Pulling the corners of his mouth, he smiled lightly at Emperor Qianwen, "Father doesn't have to worry about his son, his son is only slightly injured, and he is not in the way." ”

If it is full of doubts, Dongfang Du doesn't believe it, Banlan doesn't believe it, but Emperor Qianwen believes it.

"In that case, Xu'er will stay in Yousi Palace, and I will send more guards to guard around Yousi Palace to protect you, and I will never let this happen again." After speaking, he turned his head to look at Lin Shunan and instructed him: "Imperial Doctor Lin, you are here to heal the order, let him recover as much as possible, and don't let his wounds open." After speaking, he patted the corner of his robe, got up and said to everyone: "I will go back to Weiyang Palace first, and I will drive." ”

Hearing that Emperor Qianwen was going back to Weiyang Palace, Dongfang Xu and others all bowed their hands and said, "Congratulations to the emperor." ”

And Emperor Qianwen took two steps, but suddenly turned his head to look at Dongfangdu, and said to her in a cold tone: "You come with me." "There is no trace of the kind eyes that he cared about Dongfang Xuan just now.

It seems that the matter in front of Yousi Palace is not over yet, this is to bring Dongfang Du back to Weiyang Palace for careful questioning!

When Dongfang Du heard this, he bowed his head and said, "Yes, father." "Follow closely behind Emperor Qianwen and walk towards the gate of Yousi Palace together. Dongfang Xu and Lin Shunan, who were behind them, kept staring at Dongfang Du's back, but the love and concern in their eyes were obviously not the same. The two watched as Dongfang Du followed Emperor Qianwen step by step, and did not withdraw their gaze until she disappeared from view.

Banlan has been following Dongfang Du and going to Weiyang Palace with her. Halfway through, he saw Dongfang Du quietly making a few gestures towards him, and understood what Dongfang Du meant, Banlan deliberately slowed down and slowly became the last person to follow Luan.

The palace maids and eunuchs all walked with their heads down, not noticing Dongfang Du and Banlan's actions in the slightest. When no one was paying attention, Banlan turned around and turned to Fengqing Palace.

When the royal chariot arrived at the gate of Weiyang Palace, he stopped steadily. Dongfang Du stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help Emperor Qianwen under the imperial palace, but was coldly ignored by Emperor Qianwen.

Dongfang Du asked himself if he didn't do anything that made Emperor Qianwen dislike, but Emperor Qianwen's expression and actions at this moment were telling Dongfang Du that Emperor Qianwen was displeased.

Thinking about it, there is only a matter of dark clouds. But the relationship between himself and the dark cloud is only known by a few people such as the emperor's sister and sister, how did his father know about it? The prince has always only married the daughter of the prince and minister, and Dark Cloud is nothing, is he really angry that he is with Dark Cloud? But when I think about it again, it doesn't seem like I'm annoyed that she's with Dark Cloud.

If not, what would it be?

Dongfang Du recalled the conversation at the gate of Yousi Palace, and thought of what Emperor Qianwen said to her, "You only go out with this palace maid?" What about dark clouds? Only then did he suddenly realize that he was angry that he left the dark clouds and left the palace with a palace maid!

Feeling sorry for the dark clouds? The lord of a country in the Eastern Qianguo, her father in the Eastern Realm, is unhappy for an outsider?

Dongfang Du shook his god and followed behind Emperor Qianwen, and it was not until he entered the cultivation hall that he came back to his senses. At this moment, Emperor Qianwen was already sitting on the gilded throne directly above the main hall, looking at her coldly.

"Father~" Dongfang Du knelt in the center of the hall, shouted and lowered his head, looking like he had done something wrong.

Emperor Qianwen sighed lightly, looked at Dongfang Du who was hanging his head below, softened his tone, and then said slowly: "Du'er, do you know why my father is like this?" He wanted to see how much his boy knew.

"I don't know." It's just a pity that this answer made Emperor Qianwen extremely dissatisfied.

Emperor Qianwen wanted to speak again, but closed his mouth again. There were some things that he might not have said, after all, it was Dark Cloud's own business. But when it comes to his children, he can't help but want to sue Dongfangdu, so that he must not let down an affectionate woman like Dark Cloud.

At this moment, there are only two people in the cultivation hall, Dongfang Du and Emperor Qianwen. The entire hall was silent for a long time, until Dongfang Du's legs knelt slightly numb, and then he heard Emperor Qianwen speak again: "Du'er, my father asked you, are you with Dark Cloud?" "When Dark Cloud broke away from the Secret Guard Organization, he knew exactly who it was.

A very simple question, but very difficult to answer.

In the end, Dongfang Du replied: "Back to my father, no." ”

Word by word, it was clear and clear, but Emperor Qianwen said: "Raise your head and look at your father, and answer again, yes or no?" The voice grew colder, with a hint of desolation at his misfortune.

Dongfang Du gritted his teeth, slowly raised his head, and replied with difficulty to Emperor Shangqianwen's cold gaze: "No." After analyzing the consequences of the two answers, choosing the lesser of two evils, Dongfang Du did not hesitate to choose the least harmful answer.

If there is an accident, Dark Cloud can be put out of it, if there is no accident, whether she and Dark Cloud are together or not, how can it change because of this answer?!

After a heavy sigh, Emperor Qianwen's voice slowly entered his ears, and he told the story of Dark Cloud's separation from the Secret Guard Organization that day: "Du'er, that child of Dark Cloud, could have become the leader of the Dark Guard, and even became the leader of the nine leaders, but for the sake of one person, she was willing to leave the Secret Guard Organization and lost the opportunity to become one person under ten thousand people. ”

Seeing that Dongfang Du listened carefully, he kept saying: "There is a price to pay for leaving the organization. Before she became a secret guard, she was an abandoned baby, and without her master, without her organization, without me, she would have either starved to death or become a wandering beggar. Now she not only has martial arts, but also the knowledge of literacy and hyphenation, all because of her identity as a secret guard. Since she wants to break away from the Secret Guard and get rid of the name of the Secret Guard, she must return all this thing that she should not have. ”

Things that shouldn't be had, martial arts, knowledge. If you want to return these two things, you have to ......

Dongfang lowered his eyes, and the tears in the corners of his eyes slipped silently. Ask yourself, how much does she know about Yun'er? How much have you done for Yun'er? How much did Yun'er do for her?

Have you always done things for me at a time I don't know, in a place I don't know, in a place I don't know?

Emperor Qianwen saw Dongfangdu's red eyes, sighed and shook his head, "Her martial arts were supposed to be abolished......" Just as he was about to continue, a eunuch's urgent report suddenly came from outside the door, interrupting his words vividly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good, the prince is dead!" The eunuch shouted to the emperor in a panic outside the door, then broke into the main hall, staggered two steps, and then fell to his knees, and kept saying: "Your Majesty, the prince is dead......" His head hit the ground heavily.

As soon as he heard that Dongfang Xi had died, Dongfang Du's heart chuckled, only to feel that the matter was too sudden, and it was difficult to accept it for a while, and he couldn't even wipe the tears off his face, so he turned his head and asked, "You said that the crown prince and brother died?" The tone was full of disbelief.

Wasn't it Dongfang Xi who was about to move a while ago?! Why did Dongfang Xi die suddenly! If the assassin encountered by Dongfang Xu was not committed by Dongfang Xi, who would it be? It can't be her!

Emperor Qianwen only felt that his ears were roaring, and he couldn't hear the sounds around him clearly, so he came to his senses for a long time and asked in a daze: "Who did you say died?" ”