The other end.

Haruka finally found the familiar path and let out a long sigh.

She never thought that she would be so useless after leaving the Hou Mansion. She searched for wild vegetables all the way, but found nothing, and ended up lost! At this moment, she was full of worries, wondering if Gu Xunfang and Su Ling'er were still waiting for her there, and if they would encounter any danger.

What makes Chunxiang even more uneasy is that she often hears that there will be wild beasts in the forest, and night is the best time for wild beasts to hunt, Gu Xunfang has no martial arts, and Su Linger is so young, what should she do if she encounters a wild beast.

And the first thought that flashed through Chunxiang's mind was that she was afraid that Gu Xunfang would run for her life and leave the young Su Ling'er behind.

Yes, it was really difficult for her to change her opinion of Gu Xunfang. Maybe he really shouldn't have left Su Ling'er for him to take care of.

There were a little sparks flickering in front of her, and Haruka was shocked, oh no! They couldn't have been discovered by bandits!

Ran all the way towards the firelight, pushing aside the bushes blocking the way in front of him, "Ling'er! ”

She suddenly jumped out of the bushes, and Su Ling'er, who was peeling the sweet potato, was scared out of the food in her hand.

The corners of Gu Xunfang's mouth were a little stiff, "What's the matter, you are willing to come back?" ”

Chunxiang was embarrassed on her face, and what a harmonious picture she saw in front of her. There were two people sitting next to each other beside the warm fire, and there were a few roasted sweet potatoes on the ground, and a little wild vegetables.

"Master Gu...... The slave is lost......"

"Hmph, Lord Ben has expected it a long time ago, I can't count on you!" Gu Xunfang sneered unceremoniously, and Chunxiang immediately felt that the man in front of her was extremely annoying.

"Big sister, come and eat sweet potatoes! Big brother's roasted sweet potatoes are delicious! Su Ling'er obviously didn't notice the strangeness of the atmosphere, and greeted her with a smile.

Master Gu roasted sweet potato?! Haruka looked at the bonfire in disbelief, and then at the man with a disdainful face. In her impression, Gu Xunfang should be a lazy person, and she is a person who does not touch the spring water with her fingers like Miss Qianjin, but she didn't expect him to have this ability.

Just as he was about to look at Gu Xunfang with admiration, Ling'er beside him added another sentence.

"These sweet potatoes are all dug by Ling'er! Isn't Ling'er very powerful?! Su Ling'er raised her little face proudly, as if she was waiting for Chunxiang's praise.

"...... "Sure enough!" This Lord Gu actually asked Ling'er to dig sweet potatoes!

Gu Xunfang obviously noticed Chunxiang's disdainful gaze, and immediately opened her eyes as if nothing happened, why, Lord Ben is willing to roast sweet potatoes, she should be thankful!

At this time, Su Ling'er saw the slightly moving burden on Chunxiang's back, "Big sister, what is this?" ”

Gu Xunfang raised her eyes, and Chunxiang immediately remembered something, "The slave didn't find a wild vegetable, but she caught a hare." ”

She opened the baggage, and inside was a white fat rabbit, Su Linger's eyes lit up, "Wow! What a cute bunny! The scarred little hand picked up the rabbit, Chunxiang's eyes flashed, and she glanced at Gu Xunfang meaningfully.

With such a young child, isn't Lord Gu distressed?

"Big brother, look, isn't it cute!" Su Linger happily hugged the rabbit and came to Gu Xunfang's side, and the man's eyes were also shining, "Hmm! Exactly, Haruka, you'll roast a hare, right? ”

"Yikes!" Su Ling'er suddenly widened her eyes in horror and took a few steps back, she timidly looked at the beautiful man in front of her, but kept saying that she wanted to roast a hare, and she no longer had the enthusiasm of Fang Cai.

"......" Gu Xunfang only felt that Su Linger's eyes made him very uncomfortable, this little girl obviously liked her very much, didn't she?

Haruka's purpose in beating this hare is also to eat. But looking at Su Linger's appearance at this moment, she couldn't bear it.

"Ling'er doesn't want to eat it, does she?" Haruka squatted down and looked softly at the little girl in front of her.

Su Ling'er pursed her lips tightly, shook her head deeply, and glanced at Gu Xunfang with vigilant eyes.

"Okay, should Ling'er give the rabbit a name?"

“…… That's called Fangfang. ”

"No way!" Gu Xunfang suddenly snorted coldly, and Su Ling'er was so frightened that she hid behind Chunxiang.

"Master Gu, what do you mean by this?"

When Gu Xunfang saw Su Linger's appearance, her heart was only a little too heavy, "It's just a rabbit, how can you use the words of this adult?" ”

"But the slave maid thinks it's a good name." Chunxiang seemed to be deliberately on a par with Gu Xunfang, and glanced at Su Ling'er encouragingly, "Ling'er, this rabbit is called Fangfang!" ”

“…… Well! ”

Why, this is crowding yourself out?! Gu Xunfang took a deep breath, turned his head and snorted coldly, "Childish!" ”

Seeing him like this, Chunxiang smiled slightly, and then looked at Su Ling'er, who was already smiling beside her, and said softly, "Ling'er is amazing." ”

"What?" The little girl looked up in confusion.

"It's nothing, Ling'er, what does Fangfang want to eat?"

Only Chunxiang knew that Su Ling'er let her see a different Gu Xunfang. This little girl can actually make Master Gu change his mind, although it is only a very small thing, but Chunxiang understands that Gu Xunfang may just have a nasty mouth.

……

Tatsukoku, in the Queen's Palace.

The woman on the couch woke up from her dream again, Empress Chen's pale face was covered with light sweat, and she opened her eyes to look at the curtain above her head, and in the dream, the bloody appearance of Emperor Chen's face lingered in her mind.

......The pain in her lower body quickly eroded her nerves, and Queen Chen couldn't even remember when she fell asleep in the torment of illness.

It turned out that Concubine Mei just wanted to feel for herself, what she had encountered. Every day, we have to endure this cone pain, and with the passage of time, this pain will not be abated in the slightest.

Do you want her to cut off these legs? A deep sneer appeared on the queen's face.

She is not afraid of losing these legs, she just wants to prove to Concubine Mei that she can bear such pain, and she can too! Moreover, the queen also understands that only this painful existence can constantly remind herself of what those people have taken from her hands!

"Ah, sitch!"

As soon as the palace maid who was on patrol came in, she saw Queen Chen, who was struggling to get up, and immediately trotted forward.

"Lie down, but do you want to drink?"

Empress Chen gasped lightly, now such a simple action can take all her strength.

"Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here today?"

"When His Highness came down, Niangniang fell asleep, so His Highness didn't let the slave wake up Niangniang." Now that Queen Chen can still sleep soundly, it is already an extremely difficult thing.

Not to mention the pain, there was a violent turmoil in the court. Since this period of time, people in the Nalan family have been assassinated, and there have even been several reports in the court exposing the corruption and abuse of private power by the Nalan family, and they want to force the queen mother to remove these people's official positions.

As for the crown prince, he is still on the cusp. Everyone said that his name was not right, and he was not allowed to interfere in the government affairs, and now it is still the queen mother who listens to the government, and the prince's party and the second prince and the party have a fierce struggle, and unexpected things will happen every day.

These pressures plagued the queen and left her exhausted. But now she can't do anything, she can't go anywhere, she can only become a burden to the prince unwillingly.

But the queen knew that she could not die. Once he dies, the crown prince may completely collapse from then on, and then he will only cheapen Concubine Mei and those people.

Now the palace is full of Concubine Mei's eyeliner, her shadows who are good at poisoning. If it weren't for the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince ordering people to guard this place closely, perhaps, Concubine Mei would not have let herself survive. The queen knows how difficult it is for her life to be preserved until now.

I don't know what happened to the county lord of Yongji? What happened to Princess Yongning in the harem of the Yi Kingdom? Now, it's too late to regret it, they always have to pay for the decisions they made at the time, but the queen knows that if she had to do it all over again, she might choose the same way.

Thinking of this, accompanied by severe pain, she couldn't help but smile bitterly.

……

In the study room of "Your Highness......", the shadow brought a person.

Xiyue, who was wearing a black cloak, took off her hat and revealed her unpowdered face. "See Your Highness."

Dongfang Xu gave a look, and the shadow immediately retreated.

The Queen Mother finally chose to believe Dongfang Xu and secretly released Xiyue, but no one knew. Xiyue can't appear in front of people without authorization, in order to make others think, the crown princess is still imprisoned.

And she appeared in this form, in order to hide people's eyes.

"Look, what kind of medicine is this."

Dongfang Xu pointed to a pack of medicinal powder on the table, and Xiyue stepped forward and stretched out his hand to dip it.

"Your Majesty, this is wearing intestine powder, and the poisoned person will die of rotting intestines." Xiyue immediately knew that the people in His Highness's hands had been poisoned again. Now Xiyue has naturally stood on Dongfang Xu's side, she saved his life, and she has completely betrayed Emperor Xiao, so at this moment she has to help him wholeheartedly.

Dongfang Xu's face was extremely ugly, his eyes were filled with coldness, and Xiyue only felt that the man in front of him was very unfamiliar.

Something like this happened, and Dongfang Xu completely changed as a person. In his eyes, he could no longer see the light of the spring breeze as before, but was replaced by endless tenacity and coldness.

"This is already the tenth!"

The people he picked up with one hand died so miserably! Dongfang Xu knew that the assassination was still continuing, and if the other party did not kill all the people who supported the crown prince in the court, he was afraid that he would not give up.

"Your Highness, Xiyue has a sentence, I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Say!" Dongfang Xu raised his eyes coldly, this look actually made Xiyue's body stiffen.

Now that she was standing in front of Dongfang Xu, she would be shocked by the invisible pressure emanating from him, and she didn't even dare to look at him.

"Why doesn't Your Highness retaliate with a tooth for a tooth? Obviously in the palace, there is a person who is very good to start. Xiyue lowered her head, with a bit of deep meaning in her tone.

Dongfang Xu frowned slightly, "You mean the second prince?" ”