At night, in the palace Shoukang Palace.

A black shadow flashed, and the moonlight sprinkled into the hall, reflecting the silver light, reflecting on the increasingly cold face of the Queen Mother Lu Lan.

"How's it going?" She turned the Buddhist beads in her hand and asked in a gloomy voice.

"The Queen Mother forgives the guilt, those two people have extremely deep martial arts, we are not their opponents, the slave escaped by luck and was able to return." The black shadow just now had already knelt in front of Lu Lan at this time, and said with fear.

"Fluke?" Lu Lan's hand turning the Buddha bead suddenly stopped, and raised his voice, which made people shudder.

Then he sneered and said, "Do you know that I have never been lucky to say that since the matter was not done, there is still the face to come back alive?" ”

"Niangniang, although the minions failed to kill the two, the minions have important news to say." The dark shadow shuddered.

"Oh? Then you talk about it, if it's useful, let me spare you from dying. Lu Lan's tone softened slightly.

"That woman looks very similar to the late Queen Mother, oh no, it can be said that it is exactly the same, and that man has the same name as the son of Prime Minister Xiao Cheng, who disappeared eight years ago."

"Seriously!?" Lu Lan confirmed sharply.

"How dare a slave deceive the mother!" The dark shadow kowtowed in affirmation.

"Okay, a few milk dolls who haven't grown all their hair still want to fight with me, so I can't help myself, so I sent more people to keep an eye on them!"

"Yes, the minions are retired."

On the other side, the Chongzheng Hall will not sit still.

"Your Majesty, what you expected was right, as soon as you arrived in the dense forest on the outskirts of the city, the Queen Mother's people made a move." Tan'er reported everything that happened in the dense forest.

"The queen mother is really getting more and more impatient. Tan'er, just leave the rest to Qi Guang, you go to Shaoyang Palace to take care of the concubine, there must be no mistake. ”

"My subordinates understand."

After Tan'er left, Yan Qinghan went to the Star Gazing Pavilion alone.

Looking at the sky as black as dyed ink, with only a lonely crescent moon hanging on it, Yan Qinghan's figure looked extremely lonely.

"Ruosheng, the world often says that God has the virtue of a good life, but I didn't expect that now I can see that familiar face again, even though I know that it can't be you, but I still have fantasies and infatuations."

"Ruosheng, if you have the option to start over, I will not disappoint you, but it's a pity... There's never a chance to do it all over again. Yan Qinghan muttered to himself.

That night, he stood there for a long time, and thought about it for a long time, but he never thought that life is impermanent and the world is unpredictable.

……

Compared with the dignified palace, Qingxiao at this time was elated.

The news of Mu Sheng's victory in the battle conference had already spread back to Qing Xiao, and as soon as the two of them entered the door, they saw Chen Yi waiting in the courtyard with his disciples.

"Congratulations to Master and Senior Sister on their victory!" The voices of the disciples resounded in the courtyard.

"Senior sister, Uncle Shi has already told us the news, Senior Sister is worthy of being a disciple of the master behind closed doors, it is really amazing! I don't know when I'll be as powerful as my sister! ”

The young man who spoke looked like he was thirteen or fourteen years old, his smooth and fair face was full of youthful childishness, lively and smart, and his dark eyes were cast into admiration.

Mu Sheng smiled softly and said softly: "Xu Ling is still young, just work hard when you practice with your uncle." ”

"Your senior sister is right, when Xu Ling is older, can he practice with his master?" Xiaoyi seconded the proposal.

"Master, what you said is true?!" The boy's eyes twinkled with anticipation.

"Okay Xu Ling, it's time to take the brothers and sisters to the restaurant for dinner, I still have important matters to discuss with your master and sister." Chen Yi interrupted their conversation and approached to explain.

"Yes, Uncle Shi."

"Master, senior sister, the disciple has retired first." Xu Ling and everyone saluted and left.

Then the three of them walked towards the study in unison.

In the study, the Longquan celadon three-legged incense burner placed on the wooden case is bursting with agarwood incense.

Xiaoyi took off the fence and tore off the leather mask on his face, and the fatigue of his body was suddenly relieved a lot, while Mu Sheng sat quietly on the Nanmu chair to rest.

"This time, is it going well?" Chen Yi waited for the two of them to ease up a little before asking.

"Except for some unexpected circumstances, everything else went well." Xiaoyi leaned over and sat down, unhurried.

Through the light, Chen Yi noticed Xiaoyi's strange face, "Are you injured?" ”

"A little injury, it's out of the way."

Chen Yi approached quickly, held Xiaoyi's hand strongly, and took the pulse for him, Xiaoyi's original plan to talk about the past fell through.

After finding out the pulse, Chen Yi frowned, and said in a deep voice: "What a small injury, it actually made you lose half of your internal strength?" ”

As soon as the words came out, Mu Sheng on one side was shocked, she always thought that Chen Yi knew that the two of them were connected, but now it seems that Xiaoyi even hid it from him.

Xiao Yi quickly removed his arm, got up, and avoided Chen Yi and said, "Now is not the time to talk about this. ”

Seeing him like this, Chen Yi knew that it was useless to say anything, and he didn't continue to investigate the root cause, so he could only put things aside for the time being.

"How's that going?"

"The chess has been played, and the chess game has been decided."

Seeing Xiaoyi's confident appearance, Chen Yi's gloomy expression was much calmer, and the atmosphere was not as tense as before.

Mu Sheng saw that the two had eased, so he expressed his long-standing worries: "It seems that although the Empress Dowager Lu Lan has been grounded for a long time, her power has not been affected in the slightest. Coupled with her actions in the dense forest in the evening, I am afraid that we have become a thorn in her side at this moment, a thorn in the flesh. ”

"Have you fought with Lu Lan's people?" Chen Yi looked at Mu Sheng.

Mu Sheng nodded, "Well, in the dense forest on the outskirts of the city in the evening." ”

"That's really good, don't lead the snake out of the hole, how to hit seven inches." Chen Yi's reaction made Mu Sheng a little surprised.

"Think about it carefully, we are now used by Yan Qinghan, if the Queen Mother's people attack us at this time, won't the two of them fight more fiercely, only if they fight with each other, we can make a profit." Chen Yi's words woke Mu Sheng up.

"You have a good rest recently, I believe that it won't be long before Yan Qinghan will come to visit in person, and we will just respond to what he says." Chen Yi said as he pulled Mu Sheng up from the chair and sent him out the door.

After Mu Sheng reacted, he was already outside the door.

"Two big men, mysterious, endless whispers, really childish and ridiculous!" Mu Sheng held the flowing water tightly and said angrily. Then, he went back to the room in a puff.

After sending Mu Sheng away, the atmosphere in the room instantly became tense again.

Xiaoyi sat back on the Nanmu chair, and Chen Yi stared at Xiaoyi with a slightly sullen face.

Then, Chen Yi said a little sarcastically: "You were injured because of Mu Sheng!" ”

When Chen Yi pulled Mu Sheng over, he waited for the opportunity to touch Mu Sheng's pulse, and as he expected, the pulse of the two was exactly the same, both were imaginary.

Then he sneered: "No wonder, but in half a year, she will have such great ability, I really thought that she was born with wisdom and cultivation wizards." It turned out that someone had only half of the internal force to help, and he also used the evil technique of qi and vein connection. ”

Chen Yi was in full swing, Xiao Yi knew that he was wrong, but he knew that what he said was wrong for Chen Yi, so he didn't answer.

"Xiaoyi, you can't help her a little too much, don't forget, she is just a pawn on our chessboard after all."

Xiaoyi understood what Chen Yi meant, Du Ruosheng could only be used by him, but now what he did was becoming more and more out of his original intention, but now he can only come up with a suitable reason to explain.

"I did this just for part of the plan, just to have the opportunity to get close to Yan Qinghan and make Lu Lan aware of my appearance."

Xiaoyi's words calmed Chen Yi, according to what he said, it seemed that this was a last resort, but Chen Yi still had some doubts.

"But the technique of connecting qi and veins, have you ever thought about how to explain it?"

Xiaoyi raised her eyebrows at Chen Yi and smiled: "There is no end to thaumaturgy in the world, and there is naturally a solution." Now that we have something more important, why bother with that? Don't you underestimate me? There was a lot of reassurance in his tone.

The last thing Chen Yi wants to see is that Xiao Yi is stubborn and stubborn about everything, when did he underestimate him, but he was just worried, looking at Xiao Yi's tenacity as always, Chen Yi didn't continue to be unrelenting.

Although Chen Yi didn't say it, how could he rest assured, he still couldn't help but say that he gave him half of his internal strength.

Xiaoyi knew that even if he refused Chenyi, it would be useless, so he could only say helplessly in the end: "What's the point of you doing this!" ”

"After all, I can't be by your side all the time, I have lost half of my internal strength, do you really think that you have the ability to deal with it one by one? As long as I can help you get revenge, what is my internal strength? ”

In the face of Chen Yi, Xiaoyi always felt guilty, if it wasn't for the master and him to protect himself with his life, I am afraid that he would have become a ghost under the knife.

"Chen Yi, don't worry, we have a deep blood feud with the Lu family, and I will definitely let them pay for their blood debts." Xiaoyi couldn't help but clench the Xingyun in front of him and resolutely decided.

"Father, uncle, and aunt have knowledge, and they will definitely bless us." Chen Yi's eyes flickered, and he also had mixed feelings.

In the restaurant, the disciples of Qingxiao were still celebrating Mu Sheng's victory, and a group of young people in their prime did not know that they would fall into an abyss in the near future, and this abyss did not know how many people's future would be swallowed.

In the bedroom, Mu Sheng looked at the crimson dark veins that appeared on her wrist after she was connected to Xiaoyi's qi veins, and fell into deep thought.

Xiaoyi, an existence like a mystery in her heart, did not hesitate to spend more than half of her internal strength in order to help herself, and was willing to get involved in this royal battle.

Mu Sheng couldn't figure out whether God had mercy on her, or whether all this had been premeditated for a long time, and she could always feel a little unusual for some reason.

The darkness covers the earth, and the secrets hidden in the darkness are still waiting to be revealed.