Du Pingfei stood in front of the window, looking at the dark night outside, and a touch of melancholy was rarely hung between his eyebrows.

She was thinking about the feast.

Xiao Yao appeared behind her, and when he saw that she seemed to be thinking about something, he didn't interrupt her thoughts.

"Did you find anything?" Du Pingfei soon discovered his existence as well, turned around, and looked at him with burning eyes.

He nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he said slowly, "That maid is indeed the Du family." It's just that he made a mistake in the early years and was expelled from the Du family, and by chance, he entered the Beiheng Palace. ”

Today's events were instructed by the king of Beiheng.

After receiving Xiao Yao's affirmative reply, Du Pingfei also had a bottom in his heart. But seeing that her head drooped slightly, she carefully sorted out the ins and outs of the matter, and her delicate makeup face was covered with a layer of frost.

All along, she has lived in the deep palace, so much so that many people have forgotten that this young queen has also trampled on corpses with blood on her hands and feet, and assisted a generation of emperors to the position above ten thousand people under one person.

Xiao Yao watched from the side, thinking of the road she had traveled over the years, and couldn't help but sigh a little, "The meaning of King Beiheng, you can see it clearly when you think about it." What are your plans now? ”

Judging from today, since the other party can arrange the scene of the Du family's daughter assassinating the emperor, he has the intention of putting her to death. If one move fails, there will definitely be a follow-up move. With their temperament, they must be the first to strike.

He quickly came up with a countermeasure, saying, "I'll go investigate first, and by the way, I'll get rid of some people......"

"No," Du Pingfei called out to him, his cold eyebrows and eyes, as if they had carried thousands of years of wind, frost, rain and snow, and the straight man shuddered, but he listened to her continue, "This time, we don't need to take the initiative." Let's see how they do it. ”

Xiao Yao was extremely puzzled.

Who would have expected that Du Pingfei chuckled, and there was a hint of calculating pride in his laughter, "This time, this palace wants to borrow a knife to kill people." Xiao Yao, you remember, when the snipe and the clam compete, you have to find an opportunity to be the profitable fisherman. ”

Xiao Yao was still in a fog at first, but a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Do you want to hit the idea on Young Lady Yuan?" ”

"Isn't that possible?" When Du Pingfei thought of what was going on, even his tone was a little excited, "Don't forget, this time King Beiheng has to deal with not only the palace, but also the two people in the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion." If Xie Yinghua can be introduced into the game, wouldn't we be able to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight? ”

Xiao Yao hesitated: "Although I said so, those two people are clear-minded, I'm afraid they won't be easy to do." ”

"If they don't fall for it, then force them to have to get in!" Du Pingfei didn't think this was a problem, and his expression was as relaxed and confident as ever.

In fact, judging from Xie Er's reaction at the reception banquet earlier, the other party had obviously already gained insight into her thoughts. It's one thing to be insightful, it's another to be able to avoid it. She can even calculate Xie Fenghua, and she is still afraid of Xie Fenghua's sister?

"That's it." Du Pingfei made a final decision, and said, "You go and keep an eye on King Beiheng first, if there is any abnormal movement, remember to report it at any time." This palace has to think carefully about how to push those two people into the bureau. ”

Knowing that she had made up her mind, Xiao Yao opened her mouth several times to say something, but she still gave up the idea of admonishment.

To persuade this woman, it is better to kill a few people.

And after he left, Du Pingfei still stood in front of the window, without any sleep. Yuehe walked behind her and persuaded, "Niangniang, it's not too early, why don't you rest first?" ”

Although she didn't know the situation, she also knew that her mother was being targeted. While you're still safe and sound, it's better to take a break. Otherwise, if you really have to do something after that, I'm afraid you won't even be able to take a breath.

Du Pingfei rubbed his eyebrows, held her hand, and slowly walked to the side of the bed, "What about the emperor?" ”

After asking, she smiled bitterly.

In the Qianju Pavilion, two rooms were arranged for the emperor and queen, one of which was a living place, and the other was a special place for the emperor to deal with political affairs. Now, she didn't even see Zhao Pei's people, and she didn't have to think about it to know where the other party was.

Yuehe was really embarrassed, but when she saw the bitterness on her mother's face, she felt uncomfortable, so she had to comfort her, "Niangniang, maybe it's the emperor's busy government affairs......"

Du Pingfei raised his hand to interrupt her, looking worried.

Since Zhao Pei ascended the throne, she has become an ornament, and she comes to see it when she thinks of it, but more often she just leaves her in the deep palace, looking at the sky above her day after day.

She didn't know how long it had been, so long that she thought she was used to it.

Also, I have already accepted my fate!

She knew Zhao Pei's thoughts about that person.

If she hadn't intervened in the first place, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been like this. But she also paid a heavy price for this - the Du family was overturned, two of the four maidservants around her died, and she herself suffered from the cold silence of the deep palace for many years.

Regret it?

Maybe there is.

But all the way to this position, she can't afford to regret retreating. She was burdened with too many people's expectations, and once she took half a step back, she didn't know where to stay.

And what happened at the reception banquet was a big shock to her. In the past, when the Du family was prosperous, she might not have taken it to heart, but now the situation is different from the past, and she has to take over this calculation.

In the end, I am still unwilling.

Seeing that she was silent for a long time, Yuehe panicked for a while, and quickly changed the topic, "Niangniang, why did the county lord of Yunluo accuse Young Lady Yuan of poisoning tonight?" The slave is stupid and can't understand the doorway. ”

"That's going to ask the county lord." Du Pingfei thought of the dazzling appearance of the Yunluo County Lord, his face suddenly turned cold, and he sneered, "This County Lord is not a simple character, but he has used his intelligence in the wrong place. However, this time, the idea was hit on the head of the Marquis of Dingyuan, which did the palace a great favor. ”

"Niangniang, what do we need to do?" Yuehe is a little unclear.

Under the candlelight, Du Pingfei smiled coldly, his lips opened lightly, and he spit out eight words.

"Misfortune leads to the east, borrow a knife to kill!"

……

Soon after, Xiao Yao brought back the news.

At that time, Du Pingfei had not stopped, and as soon as he heard that there was news from King Beiheng, he hurriedly discussed countermeasures. A moment later, Xiao Yao quietly left the Thousand Chrysanthemum Pavilion.

As everyone knows, his actions have always fallen under the surveillance of Changying.

When the news came, Xie Fenghua was pulling Yuan Minzhou to play chess. After sleeping during the day, she is now very energetic, and even the strength of the chess pieces is a little stronger.

Yuan Minzhou lazily raised his eyes, glanced at her, and snatched the chess pieces in her hand, "No." Madam, the Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold! ”

"Get out!" Xie Fenghua grabbed the black and white pieces on the chessboard and threw them over, glared at him and said, "Master Hou, you want to sleep, go sleep by yourself, I still have to wait for news from Changying!" ”

As soon as the words fell, she heard someone knocking on the window, Xie Fenghua raised her eyes and saw Changying coming in through the window, her face was overjoyed, and she hurriedly asked, "Changying, what do you gain?" ”

Changying looked at her suspiciously, obviously it was Queen Du who calculated her, why was she so happy?

However, doubts are doubts, he has not forgotten his duty, and said with a clear eye: "Master Hou, young lady, my subordinates just found out that a large number of people and horses from the Beiheng Wangfu have left the mansion and gone to the mountains in the northwest. ”

Xie Fenghua was puzzled: "In the northwest mountains, what is there?" ”

Changying shook his head suddenly.

They had just arrived in Yunzhou, and they hadn't had time to find out the situation here, and the time was urgent, so he couldn't find out more information.

Fortunately, this is not the point, Xie Fenghua twisted his eyebrows and thought about it, then temporarily put aside this doubt, and asked instead: "Is there any movement on Queen Du's side?" ”

"Father-in-law Xiao Yao has left Qianju Pavilion." Long Shadow Road.

Xie Fenghua's eyes flashed slightly, and he fell into deep thought for a while.

"After waiting for so long, you finally got the news, you can finally rest, right?" Yuan Minzhou lazily cleaned up the chess pieces on the chessboard, and from time to time he raised his eyes to look at her, and quipped, "I always feel that you are particularly attentive to Queen Du, isn't there something I don't know?" ”

"Du Pingfei does things unusually, I don't feel at ease when I don't stare at it." Xie Fenghua was thinking about things, and he was unexpectedly asked by him, so he replied to him casually.

It's just that when he heard her call Queen Du's name, Yuan Minzhou's face was full of incredulity.

This person always brings him a lot of surprises.

Look at this tone and demeanor, just like knowing Queen Du very well.

And Xie Fenghua was immersed in his own thoughts, and he didn't notice his abnormality, and it took a while before he came back to his senses and asked him, "Master Hou, do you think that the slanderous words spoken by the Lord of Yunluo County today were instructed by King Beiheng?" ”

"What do you think?" Yuan Minzhou twisted a chess piece, and his fingers were round and slightly cool, dispelling his sleepiness a little bit.

The scene at the reception banquet was really unexpected, and he didn't expect that the people of Beiheng Wangfu would be so bold and stab out those monarchs and ministers regardless of it.

In fact, he has always known that since the girl from the Xie family entered the court, many people have looked at the Hou Mansion with something wrong. But his relationship with the emperor is not understandable to ordinary people, and he doesn't care about it.

But it doesn't mean it's okay.

King Beiheng is a good way to play, and he used the mouth of the county lord of Yunluo to find out this hidden relationship, which really caught him off guard.

At this moment, the depths of his eyes seemed to be full of autumn frost, and the touch was cold to the bones. He was silent for a while before he said slowly: "King Beiheng lives in Yunzhou all the year round, and it has been a long time since he has entered the field of vision of the magnates of Tianjing. This time, he suddenly held a banquet of thousands of chrysanthemums, and invited everyone to come, which cannot be said to be without purpose. But this purpose is difficult to say. ”

Xie Fenghua thought about it for a while, and then he understood what he meant.

But the king of the fiefdom is rarely satisfied with the status quo. If King Beiheng also had this thought, it would not be surprising in her opinion. But anyone who does great things will have some reliance.

And what is the reliance of the king of the North Heng?

At least, they hadn't found the support of the king of Beiheng.

Just because you haven't found it doesn't mean you don't.

"Master Hou, why don't we go and explore the truth?" The more Xie Fenghua thought about it, the more he felt that he couldn't sit still.

She is used to preemptive strikes.

As everyone knows, Yuan Minzhou shook his head and stopped her, "The water in Yunzhou seems to be quite deep at present. Don't act rashly just yet. Don't forget, no matter what happens, there are still the emperor and queen on top of their heads! ”

Xie Fenghua thought about it, and could only hold back the urge in his heart to mix.

It's just that they want to be alone, but someone tries their best to pull them into the quagmire.

An hour later, Changying reappeared in front of Xie Fenghua, compared to the first calmness, he was a little flustered now, and hurriedly said: "Young lady, there was news from my subordinates just now that the second young master is in danger. ”

"In detail." Xie Fenghua had a calm face and a cold tone.

Changying hurriedly said: "Just now, our people found the second young master's distress signal in the northwest of Yunzhou......"

Xie Fenghua was keenly aware of something and asked, "What's there in the northwest?" ”

"It's the direction of the mountains of Yunzhou." Changying replied.

Xie Fenghua's face changed greatly, and he couldn't think about why Yuan Mindong appeared in Yunzhou at this moment, all kinds of thoughts spun through his mind, and he soon came to a conclusion.

It seems that they are all wrong. Even if they don't act rashly, others will not let them stay out of it.

And Yuan Mindong's distress is the best proof.

The other party knew that there was a chance that they would not take the initiative to enter the game, so they hit Yuan Mindong with the idea. What they want is that the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion will not be peaceful, so naturally they have to start with Yuan Mindong, who is the best to start.

This intention is really vicious.

After thinking for a short time, Xie Fenghua asked Changying, "How is the situation of the second young master now?" ”

"It's not very clear." Changying bowed his head and said, "As soon as I received the news, I sent a few people to support, and my subordinates came to report the matter." Young lady, where is the Hou Ye? ”

"I don't know where he went." Xie Fenghua also had a headache when he thought of this, and hurriedly said to Changying, "You go to find the Hou Ye, and then pick a few people to pick up the second young master with me." ”

Tonight's events, Heng Zhi can't escape the handwriting of King Beiheng and Queen Du.

What she needs to make sure is that Yuan Mindong must be safe and sound.

Changying also knew that the stakes were high, and she didn't dare to delay, so she found three people to take her to the northwest mountains.

It was late at night.

The lights of thousands of homes in Yunzhou City are still flickering, Xie Fenghua is riding a horse and galloping on the bluestone road, and the condensation between his eyebrows is reflected in the dim candlelight, giving birth to an awe-inspiring and majestic aura out of thin air.

There were people patrolling the city gates, and when they saw them, they hurriedly stopped.

Xie Fenghua had already prepared, and took out the token of the deputy commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division from his arms, and he was able to pass smoothly. After leaving the city, a group of four people rushed in the northwest direction.

On the night of autumn, the slightest coldness penetrated into his neck, Xie Fenghua only felt a chill in his heart, and his hand holding the reins of the horse followed tightly, and he couldn't help asking, "How long is it until it arrives?" ”

"Young lady, it's almost there." One hand down.

Xie Fenghua nodded hurriedly, his eyes bright and sharp. She looked ahead, and the stars in the sky all fell in those eyes, shining brightly and captivating.

After touching a cup of tea, the group of four stopped in front of a forest, the wind was blowing from the front, and the sound of swords could be faintly heard.

Xie Fenghua immediately abandoned his horse and walked among the dark woods with his hands and feet, and after a while, the sound of the fight got closer and closer, and when he saw the two people surrounded by the man in black, his heart suddenly fell back into his stomach.

Good to be in time!

She soon joined the fray with men.

When Dou Changke saw her, he was overjoyed, "Young lady, why did you rush over?" ”

"If I don't come, can you handle it?" Xie Fenghua jumped in front of the two of them, took a cursory look at it by the moonlight in the forest, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and dropped the knife in his hand, and solved another person.

With her joining, the men in black were gradually defeated and soon died by the sword.

A thick smell of blood wafted into his nose, Xie Fenghua frowned, and looked at the two of them: "Are you all okay?" ”

"Little things." Dou Changke said with a big grin, "Young lady, in fact, if you don't come, we can handle it." Little winter melon, you said yes? ”

As he spoke, he stabbed Yuan Mindong with his elbow.

Yuan Mindong's face immediately darkened, and he said unhappily: "I told you, I'm not called Little Winter Melon!" ”

"Oh, that's called a winter melon." Seeing that his expression was tense, Dou Changke suddenly had a teasing heart, and as soon as his eyes flickered, he laughed and teased him.

Yuan Mindong was so angry that his breath was unsteady, and he immediately turned his head, ignored him anymore, and said to Xie Fenghua: "Sister-in-law, let's go back." I always felt that something was wrong tonight. ”

"What's wrong?" Xie Fenghua looked at it, but said, "Didn't Changying send someone to support you?" What's wrong with just the two of you? ”

"From beginning to end, it's just the two of us!" Yuan Mindong was shocked.

Xie Fenghua's heart tightened, he glanced at the two of them, and originally wanted to ask something, but when he heard him talk about this, he hurriedly said, "It's not safe here." Let's go first. ”

The group went out into the woods.

Xie Fenghua asked as he walked, "Aren't you staying in Tianjing?" Why did you suddenly come to Yunzhou? ”

Yuan Mindong subconsciously looked at Dou Changke.

When Xie Fenghua saw this action, what else did he not understand?

Dare to love is Dou Changke's ghost!

Before she reprimanded, Dou Changke spoke before her with great eyes, "Young lady, we are actually here to track down big things. If you don't believe it, ask this little winter melon! ”

As he spoke, he poked Yuan Mindong's arm, squeezing his eyebrows and hinting at something.

Yuan Mindong was stunned, only to feel that his eyes were unusually bright, and an inexplicable feeling suddenly surged in his heart. He suddenly looked away, clenched the hand in his sleeve, and said stiffly: "Sister-in-law, we ...... We're really here to track down big things...... You don't have to worry too much......"

The more Xie Fenghua looked at it, the more he felt that these two people must have something to hide from him, so he immediately stopped, clasped his hands to his chest, and leaned lazily against a tree behind him, with great interest: "Let's talk about it!" What big things are you tracking? ”

And Dou Changke had already thought of what to say, and immediately laughed: "Young lady, don't hide it, just now the two of us went to the mountains and accidentally ran into a secret, which attracted the pursuit of these black-clothed people." ”

"What's the secret?"

"There is a cave in the deep mountains, and there are many people locked up in the cave." Dou Changke said mysteriously.

When Xie Fenghua heard this, he immediately stood up straight, put away the indifference on his face, and said in disbelief: "Where are you talking about the cave?" Do you know the identity of the person who is locked up? ”

Dou Changke then shook his head.

This evening, they had just arrived in Yunzhou and were strolling around the streets and alleys of the city, when they heard that there were interesting things in the deep mountains in the northwest outside the city.

As soon as the two discussed, they also forgot to inform Xie Fenghua and the others first, and went out of the city to look for it.

Later, the cave was found, but it was also chased by the man in black, and the two had to escape from the cave before they could find out. Fortunately, Yuan Mindong carried a signal flare for help with him, so he was able to get out easily.

But when asked about the cave, they didn't know anything about it.

Xie Fenghua looked at Yuan Mindong, and after confirming that this matter was true, he hesitated for a while.

Earlier, Yuan Minzhou told her not to act rashly, and then the news came that these two people were in distress, if there was no trap, it would be impossible. But she didn't know which trap the other party was going to design them into, so she couldn't interfere in too many things.

As curious as she was about the cave, who knew if it was one of the traps?

After a while, she made up her mind and immediately said, "Don't worry about those things for now." It's not a good place to stay for long, so let's go back with me first! ”

With that, she turned and walked forward.

Dou Changke opened his mouth, but Yuan Mindong poked him with his elbow and warned: "Since sister-in-law said so, don't make any extraneous branches." Otherwise, I won't be able to save you. ”

"Hey, little winter melon, I should save you, right?" Dou Changke hurriedly followed, and said unhappily, "Anyway, my skills are better than yours, you actually said that you came to save me, is it a mistake?" ”

The two fought all the way, and it wasn't until they walked outside that they stopped under Xie Fenghua's scorching gaze.

The three subordinates had already taken the initiative to vacate two horses, Dou Changke turned on the horse's back, and was about to ride the horse forward, but found Yuan Mindong standing in place with a solemn face, and couldn't help but be curious: "Hey, what are you doing?" Hurry up and get on the horse, don't keep your sister-in-law waiting! ”

Yuan Mindong quickly put away the solemnity on his face, glanced at him, and then walked up to Xie Fenghua and said, "Sister-in-law, you go back first." I left something behind and need to go back and pick it up. ”

"What's that? Important? Can't you come back tomorrow? Xie Fenghua twisted his eyebrows and asked.

If she could, she would love to leave this place now.

But Yuan Mindong nodded solemnly and replied to her, "For me, it's a very important thing." I have to get it back! ”

Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, Xie Fenghua sighed secretly, thinking that this catastrophe must be over?

With her clothes flying, she dismounted and looked at the dark woods in front of her, and said to Yuan Mindong: "It's getting late now, and it's not safe for you to stay here." Let's go together! ”

She ordered her men to go back and deliver the news, and then went back into the woods with the rest of the people.

The forest was very large, and a group of four people held spare torches, led by Yuan Mindong, and walked deep into the woods.

"Hey, what the hell are you looking for?" Dou Changke shook the leaves in his hand, and his eyes became brighter and more intimidating in the dark night.

Yuan Mindong glanced at him and said in a low voice, "I won't tell you." ”

"You winter melon ......"

Dou Changke was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but when he saw Yuan Mindong's eyes lit up, he suddenly rushed forward.

By the dim light of the fire, he saw that it was a jade pendant carved with winter melon, and his eyes suddenly widened, and he cried out in a lost voice: "This ...... It's not ......"

"Sister-in-law, I found it." Yuan Mindong glared at him and interrupted him.

Xie Fenghua hurriedly walked over when he heard the sound, but he didn't see what he was holding, but nodded and said, "In this case, then go back!" ”

It's just that when I just took a few steps, I saw a cave in front of me, and there was a bright light at the entrance of the cave.