Cheng Yun was angry, but when she saw the housekeeper's son's eyes, there was clearly a threat, as if if if she didn't agree, he would make her look good.

Although she is a side concubine, but her status in this Protectorate Mansion is not as good as her subordinates, she is also very afraid that the housekeeper's son will make some moths, which will make her life in the Protectorate Mansion even more difficult, besides, Xiaocui is just a maid, he likes to give him, as long as it can bring benefits to herself, what is a maid?

She nodded, "Concubine Ben's words count, but you have to keep an eye on the prince for the concubine, and if there is anything, report to the concubine immediately." ”

"Then thank you first." The housekeeper's son said, and after speaking, he dragged Xiaocui to his yard.

Xiaocui looked at Cheng Yun and asked for help: "Miss." ”

Cheng Yun looked at Xiao Cui, but she had other plans in her heart, she said to the housekeeper's son: "Slow, you want Xiao Cui, this concubine has promised to you, but she can't follow you like this, if you really want Xiao Cui, then let the housekeeper come to my yard to propose to Xiao Cui." ”

Xiao Cui listened and looked at Cheng Yun gratefully, although she didn't like the housekeeper's son, but the housekeeper's son had a good status in the Protector's Mansion, she was a maid, if she could marry him, it would be good.

The housekeeper's son looked at Cheng Yun and hesitated, he fell in love with Xiao Cui, but he didn't want to marry her, but Cheng Yun said this, which is also right, although Xiao Cui is a maid, but Cheng Yun brought it from the General's Mansion, even if he looks down on Cheng Yun, he can't come nonsense, otherwise he will anger General Cheng, he can't eat and walk around, and the master of the Protector's Mansion can't offend General Cheng for him as a minion.

Thinking so, the housekeeper's son let go of Xiao Cui's hand and agreed.

Cheng Xi's arrival did not affect the speed of the prince's journey, he and Cheng Xi sat in the carriage, and his secret guards came overnight except for the four who were left in the mansion, they disguised themselves as ordinary businessmen, and followed the prince's team all the way.

The prince's party had walked for two days and came to a wood, through which they had to pass to reach the village in front of them, and the prince ordered everyone to speed up and get out of the woods before dark.

They walked all the way, the prince and Cheng Xi were sitting in the carriage, Cheng Xi asked about the situation of the floods in Jiangnan, the two were talking, suddenly, the prince heard a strange voice, he pulled Cheng Xi, let her lie down, and protected her under himself, Cheng Xi was wondering why the prince did this, only to see a cold arrow shot directly from the outside, grazing the prince's back.

If it weren't for the prince's strong martial arts and strong internal strength, when he heard the strange noise, he would have protected Cheng Xi and lay down together, and this arrow would have hit the prince's heart directly.

Cheng Xi was sitting well, but she was protected by the prince and lay down, she was a little confused, what happened? Why is the prince so abnormal?

After the prince saw the cold arrow shooting in, his face changed greatly, but he quickly calmed down, entered a state of preparation, and said to Cheng Xi: "Xi'er, you don't have to be afraid, you follow the husband, don't be alone, as long as the husband is there, you will be fine." ”

Only then did Cheng Xi see an arrow stuck in the wall of the carriage, and she knew afterwards that the abnormal behavior of the prince just now was protecting her. At this time, the fight outside had already begun, and the prince protected Cheng Xi, jumped out of the curtain, and looked at the battle situation outside.

In order to ensure the safety of the prince this time, the emperor selected several masters from the forbidden army in the palace to pretend to be the prince's guards to accompany him, and Qin Dong, Qin Nan and other secret guards also disguised themselves as guards on the prince's mansion to accompany them, so even though the number of black-clothed people who attacked them this time was quite large, and their martial arts were also very powerful, they didn't know that the prince's guards actually had such strong martial arts, and they fell behind after a while.

There was a man in black who saw the prince and Cheng Xi sitting unharmed in the carriage, he knew that the cold arrow just now did not hit the prince, and they must be punished if they did not complete the task and go back, he was anxious to get rid of the attack of the prince's guards, and this guard who fought with him was one of the masters of the forbidden army, the more he was anxious to get rid of it, but the more he couldn't get rid of it.

In a hurry, he continued to dance the sword in his right hand, but secretly sent out flying knives left and right, the prince saw that the man in black was going to sneak attack his guards, and there was no suitable hidden weapon in his hand to block the flying knife, he saw an orange on the table, picked up the orange and threw it out of the car window.

The man in black saw that he was about to stab the prince's guards when he flew in, but he was blocked by an orange in the middle, and his eyes were red with anger.

However, he took advantage of the guard's distraction when he saw the flying knife and oranges, shook off the guard, and jumped next to the prince's carriage, and the long sword was about to swing at the prince, when suddenly a puff of smoke drifted in front of him, and he fell to the ground.

The prince was holding a long sword in his hand and was about to fight the man in black, but he found that the man in black had fallen to the ground, he looked back at Cheng Xi, only to see Cheng Xi sly smiling at him.

Only then did the prince know that Cheng Xi had done something about the man in black who fell, but he knew that Cheng Xi's martial arts were very ordinary, why did she let the man in black fall before she met the man in black?

"Xi'er, what did you do to him?" The prince asked.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the concubine just fed him some medicine." Cheng Xi smiled and said proudly, There is a kind of weak woman who is not the powerless woman you imagined, and I also have the momentum to go into battle to kill the enemy.

"Take medicine?" The prince laughed, he didn't expect Cheng Xi to make such a move, he always thought that she was just a skilled doctor, but he didn't expect her to hurt people with medicine.

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, don't you know that 'it is a medicine that is poisonous'? Medicine can save or kill, depending on how you use it. Since the last time you were injured in order to save Xi'er, Xi'er began to study this poison, and the concubine knows that now I don't know how many people want the position of prince, for the safety of you and me, I have to be prepared, I can't drag you back! Cheng Xi said.

The prince looked at her dotingly, and said with a smile: "It's still Xi'er who thinks thoughtfully, your medicine is really good, and you don't see blood when you kill people." ”

"No, he's not dead, I didn't kill him, he just fell asleep, don't we have to pry out of his mouth who sent him? How could I have let him die so easily? Cheng Xi squinted his eyes and said with a look of hatred.

The crown prince nodded, appreciating Cheng Xi's approach.

The fighting outside gradually stopped, and the dead and wounded of the men in black were all subdued by the guards brought by the prince.

The man in black who was stunned by Cheng Xi's medicine and the other injured men in black were tied up, because they were in a hurry to leave, the prince did not rush to interrogate them, but asked everyone to continue to hurry, to get out of this forest before dark, because if there were still people who wanted to attack them, the night would be even more dangerous.

The ministers and imperial doctors who traveled with the crown prince were all shocked after the fight just now, and when they heard that they were going to hurry, they didn't say a word and left quickly.

They finally walked out of the woods before dark, and settled down at an inn in a village. The crown prince asked Qin Dong and Qin Nan to interrogate those men in black, and took Cheng Xi back to the room to rest.

After a day of hurrying, even ordinary people are a little unbearable, let alone Cheng Xi, who is pregnant, besides, how cruel Qin Dong and Qin Nan's methods of extorting confessions are, the prince is very clear, he doesn't want to leave a shadow in Cheng Xi's heart.

Therefore, he is not involved in this process, just waiting for the result. However, he actually has a spectrum in his heart, these black-clothed people are either sent by the eldest prince or the third prince, he knows very well that his two good brothers are eager for him to die, only if he dies, they will have a chance to compete for the position of the crown prince.

He and Cheng Xi had just taken a shower, and were about to go downstairs for dinner, when Qin Dong and Qin Nan came over, their faces were not very good, and when they saw the prince, they knelt in front of him and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, his subordinates just started to torture them and force them to confess to the mastermind behind the scenes, so they took poison and committed suicide." Please punish His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"Get up. They are prepared, how can it be so easy for you to pry their mouths open! The prince said calmly, as if he was not surprised by this result.

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!" Only then did Qin Dong and Qin Nan stand up.

"I'm tired of the day, let's go downstairs and eat." The prince said.

After dinner, the group returned to their rooms, and Cheng Xi said to the prince: "Your Royal Highness the prince, if you meet such people next time, you will hand them over to the concubine, and the concubine has a way to make them speak automatically." ”

"Xi'er has a way?" The prince didn't quite believe that she had any way for a woman to pry open the mouths of a bunch of outlaws.

"Yes, however, tomorrow morning, the concubine will go to the pharmacy to buy a few medicinal herbs." Cheng Xi said.

Hearing Cheng Xi say this, the prince also guessed what she was going to do, probably to make something that could make people take it and tell the truth. This ghost girl, why is she so clever!

"Xi'er, you write down the medicinal materials she needs first, and go to the pharmacy early tomorrow morning for your husband's men to buy them, we will continue to rush tomorrow morning, and we can't delay." The prince said.

"Well, it's okay, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is thoughtful." Cheng Xi asked Xiao Er to send pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, wrote the names of the medicinal materials she needed on the paper, and handed them to the prince after drying them.

The crown prince called Qin Dong and asked him to arrange for one of his subordinates to buy medicine, and then quickly catch up with them after buying medicine.

This night, Qin Dong and Qin Nan took turns to stay next to the prince's room, but probably because the mastermind behind the scenes didn't know that the people he sent had been wiped out, and the night was very quiet.