"What are you stopping me from?" His Royal Highness was dissatisfied.

Xiao Qiao didn't bother to explain, but this little girl was very stubborn, so she sank down and said, "Where does Yungui come from?" ”

"Yun Guiren? Li Yunlai? It seems to be the daughter of Li Qi, the prefect of Jiangnan Mansion. ”

"Jiangnan Mansion, so far away, and just the daughter of a small prefect, if it weren't for the huge backing behind her, how could she dare to tear her face with Zhaoyi, who was above her and out of the Prime Minister's Mansion? One person kills, one person kills, who frames whom, it's not necessarily. Xiao Qiao sighed.

"You mean, Concubine Ling is not necessarily Qin Xilan's hand? It is also possible that Li Yunlai ...... However, why did Li Yunlai want to harm Concubine Ling, although she was a ...... I don't like it, but ......," the little highness muttered to himself.

"Oh, Your Highness, you're only a teenager, it's better not to get involved in these things."

But after saying that, Xiao Qiao felt that he was talking too much, how could the noble-born eldest princess worry about these things? It's not like them, the daughters of ordinary people......

"Sister, what's your name?" His Royal Highness looked at her, "I see that you are smart and I like you very much, tomorrow, I will ask my brother to transfer you to my Changning Palace!" ”

"No need, thank you Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, I'm fine in this cold palace, really, really don't have to!" Xiao Qiao hurriedly refused.

"It's good to be in this cold palace? You're crazy! It's the first time I've heard someone say that, are you thrown here because of some strange illness......" His Royal Highness looked incredulous, "This Fuqiang Palace is very desolate, and no one goes in and out all year round, how can anyone think it's good?" ”

His Highness spoke louder and louder, completely forgetting that he was hiding this.

Fu Qiang Palace?

Why was it named Fu Qiang?

The secret courtyard that has been trapped in Jiangfu for fifteen years is not called Fu Qiang Garden!

By the time Xiao Qiao reacted, it was too late, and the people outside the wall had already heard the movement in the palace.

"What people!" A father-in-law screamed.

Oops.

Xiao Qiao frowned.

"Discovered!" His Royal Highness also screamed.

"Little madman, come with me!" His Royal Highness grabbed Xiao Qiao and ran to the hall.

As soon as he pushed the door open, Xiao Qiao was stunned.

The cold palace was also depicted in the script, but here...... It was too scary, only the moonlight leaked in through the window, sprinkled on the white silk web, and it was hollow black all around, and there was a smell of corruption all around......

Can there be people living in it......

There won't be any ghosts in there!

His Royal Highness was lying on the ground at this time, Xiao Qiao only looked around, and she had already heard that the door of the palace wall outside the hall was being opened. It may be too old for too long, and the "creaking" sound of the wood is really panicking.

"That's it!"

His Royal Highness dragged Xiao Qiao over, Xiao Qiao didn't expect that this kid had a lot of strength, and he actually fell to the ground when she dragged him like this.

But this ......

It's clearly a dog hole!

Xiao Qiao just wanted to complain, but remembered that this scene seemed very familiar......

"Your Highness, where did you learn from...... Xiao Qiao asked as he crawled.

Climbing out of the cold palace, the two sat under the lamp, very embarrassed.

Only then did His Royal Highness see Xiao Qiao's dress.

"You're not from the palace! You lied to me! You lied to me! ”

"Your Highness, Your Highness, I am a good person." Xiao Qiao explained.

"How do I know if you are a good person, you have an intention to sneak into the Fu Qiang Palace! How do I know if you're an assassin or not! His Royal Highness looked defensive, and his eyes were very powerful.

"How many assassins are in this palace?" Xiao Qiao just asked sideways. I hadn't known this little girl for a while, but she showed all her anxiety, worry, anger, alertness, and defensiveness.

Sure enough, only children can become the most authentic version of themselves with any change in their hearts.

His Royal Highness loosened his fist clenched in front of his chest: "From time to time...... It never stops. ”

"Then you're not afraid?"

"I ...... I can't be afraid. His Royal Highness held his head high, "My brother said, because I am a person who lives in the palace, and I was born to bear the weight of the world. My brother said that every assassination was a return gift...... Only if we do a better job can we calm the world and avoid assassinations. ”

Xiao Qiao lowered his eyes, not knowing what to say.

I remember when she was a child, she asked her brother.

"Where in the world is the most sorrowful?"

Young Master Xiao pointed to the palace wall in the distance: "That's it!"

At that time, she thought that her brother was lying to her, and she fought to reply a few words, but she still remembers her brother's expression that day.

"Sister-in-law, my brother hopes that you will not know what sorrow is for the rest of your life."

……

Half paid, Xiao Qiao asked, "Is your brother okay?"

"I haven't seen him in a long time." His Royal Highness sat with his little hands on his face, "He always has endless political affairs and endless excerpts, and he hasn't been with Le'er for a long time, but Le'er doesn't blame him." ”

His Royal Highness turned his head to look at Xiao Qiao again: "Because I also want to grow up well, and I want the world to be peaceful, so that my brother will not be so tired."

Xiao Qiao smiled faintly and touched her head with his hand, yes, let the world be peaceful, and my brother will be at ease.

But the little girl was not happy, saying that she would not grow tall.

At this time, there were still many palace people on patrol, and His Royal Highness suddenly pulled up Xiao Qiao, his eyes were full of joy.

"Let's go, I'll take you somewhere!"

The place where His Royal Highness brought Xiao Qiao here is the back garden that Lin Shuangyi said, that is, the place where the sacred tree grows.

It's not so much a garden as a wonderland.

In the center of the garden is a large lake, the lake is printed with palace lanterns like stars in the water, and there are some lotus lanterns floating on the surface of the lake, accompanied by ripples. No wonder Fang just looked at it, like a piece of the Milky Way.

In the middle of this lake, there is a small island, a tree is planted on it, more than 20 meters high, the tree itself is the color of the sun, the leaves are like the feathers of the flying phoenix, the flower is like the crown of the phoenix, plus the palace lamp hanging on it, the beauty makes people can't take their eyes off.

Is this the Phoenix Sacred Tree?

Xiao Qiao recognized.

The tree had reminded her of other thoughts.

This kind of tree is indeed called phoenix wood, and it originally grew in the land of Nanyi.

Five years ago, I saw it when Xiao Qiao led the army.

In fact, Biansai does not have the great sorrow and grandeur written in the poems, but more of a desolation and a bleakness. Nanyi does not have the magnificence of "Luoxia and lonely birds flying together", but it is mountainous and watery.

Once, the Qi army fought with a mountain bandit from Nanyi, and the group of mountain bandits made good use of poisonous feather arrows, coupled with their familiarity with the terrain, so that Xiao Qiao's advance team fell into the trap of the Yi people, and after the advance team broke up, Xiao Qiao was seriously injured and was almost captured.

When he woke up, Xiao Qiao found that he had been rescued by an old woman from Nanyi.

As everyone in the world knows, the Nanyi people are Diao people in the poor mountains and bad waters, with a vicious temperament and ruthlessness, and they are good at using poison. A large part of the reason for the fall of Nanqi was Nanyi's restlessness. After the Northern Qi stabilized power, the Southern Yi forces collapsed, and a country had no owner, so bandits were born, and they were overbearing, leading to the people's misery.

This time, the Qi army is here to suppress these bandits and collect Nanyi back to Qi.

The old woman's sideburns are gray, she has passed the age of flowers, and her face is tattooed with the unique lines of the Nanyi Wu clan.

The old woman was blind, and she didn't seem to know that Xiao Qiao was Daqi's person. However, Xiao Qiao was seriously injured at the time, and he still had to beware of the old woman's thief.

Xiao Qiao didn't say anything to the old woman, for fear that the old woman would hear her accent. But the old woman was quite talkative, and although she was blind, she was very diligent with a blind cane, and most of the time, the old woman was babbling in her difficult Nanyi dialect.

said that this year's flood, the seedlings planted just sprouted and drowned, and I don't know if her old woman can survive the winter......

said that she still wanted to live for another ten years, waiting for her son, who was captured by the grass cowards, to come home, and the son went to the mountains occupied by the grass cowards to pick some wild vegetables because the family had no food, but he was arrested as a strong man, I don't know what to do now......

said that the day before yesterday, there were bandits in the mountains again, and the neighboring villages a few miles away were robbed, and the female dolls were taken captive a lot, but they were in a hurry......

"Little mute, don't go out at night, don't be caught by that thief and be a strong man. There, I don't know if there is anything to eat, whether I have warm clothes or not, and it is cold at night, and it is easy to get sick...... Hey, when the children are away, the parents are most worried. ”

The old woman had already guessed that Xiao Qiao was a soldier from Beiqi, and they hated it when Beiqi came to attack at first, but slowly they found out that the soldiers of Beiqi had a general with strict orders, so the Qi army fought bravely, but after attacking the city, they never ate meat people. Over time, the people's hearts will be desired.

But the old woman always thought that Xiao Qiao was a little mute, so she always said to Xiao Qiao: "Little mute, when you go out, how do you get here, how do you go back."

Xiao Qiao knew that in fact, the old woman was most concerned about her son who was captured by Cao Kou.

"I don't have a father anymore, but I will defeat the grass and find your son." Xiao Qiao thought silently in his heart.

Every day, the old woman had to carry a blind cane to fetch water and clothes. Her family seems to live in the middle of nowhere, no one has ever been here, and she has never heard of a neighbor.

Xiao Qiao remembered that there was also such a towering tree at the door of the old woman's house, which was more than 20 meters high, with leaves like the feathers of a flying phoenix and a crown of flowers like a phoenix.

In those days, the old woman used to rip off the book cover of the tree, and then fry the water for Xiao Qiao to drink.

At first, Xiao Qiao was afraid that she had ulterior motives, so she secretly poured out the medicine, and it happened that the old woman had a puppy named Nannan, and she would lick the medicine residue that Xiao Qiao poured out every day.

But the old woman still found out, so she didn't force Xiao Qiao to drink, but just put it within Xiao Qiao's reach after cooking it every day, and then went to do other things.

"The phoenix wood is sweet, light in taste, and cold in nature. It can calm the liver and latent yang. ”

This was the only thing the old woman had ever said to persuade her to take medicine.

After a few times, Xiao Qiao finally drank the decoction of the old woman.

After taking the medicine for three or four days, Xiao Qiao's injuries began to improve, and from then on, the old woman would leave a night light for Xiao Qiao every night.

Although the old woman didn't say anything, Xiao Qiao knew that she was afraid that she would run back to the barracks at night, and she would not be able to see the road clearly without lights, and then fall into some hunter's trap.

That night, when Xiao Qiao walked with a cane, the old woman just lay on her side, Xiao Qiao looked at her back for a long time, and left all the silver and a short knife on her body for food and self-defense.

When she saw Xiao Qiao leaving, she didn't call, she just walked in front with her tail wagging her tail, leading her out of this deep forest where many traps were set, and then shaking her tail until Xiao Qiao's back was out of sight, and then went back.

Half a month later, Xiao Qiao led the army to capture this grass in one fell swoop, and when he rushed to the phoenix tree at night, Nan Nan was barking at the three wolves......