With this shout, the voice immediately spread to the front hall, and even Xu Qingqing in the happy room heard the movement.

"What's wrong?" She frowned slightly.

Zilu pushed the door out and took a look, then turned around and said, "Niangniang, the guests are all going to the side hall, it seems that someone is shouting out the ...... of human life."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xu Qingqing get up and lift the hippa on his head.

"Mother, what are you doing here?" Zilu hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to put Xipa back on, "Remove your head by yourself, this is a big bad luck!" ”

Xu Qingqing didn't care about so many rules, she got up and walked out of the room, she had a vague intuition that she had to take a look at the things on the other side of the hall......

Zilu couldn't stop her, so she hurriedly followed her and left the happy room.

When I came to the side hall, there were already many people gathered here to point out.

The "corpse" on the ground was covered with a white cloth, saying that it was afraid of frightening the guests.

Even so, the specks of blood on the ground were terrifying.

Mu Zhao explained on the side: "This woman is a rebel party in the former dynasty, and she has been killed by her subordinates, so you don't need to panic......

He removed the arrow and hid it in his sleeve, and the jade seal was put back in the box and sent to the study. Everyone talked about it, but they didn't see any clues for a while.

"On this wedding day, why did someone die?"

"It's not because of the princess of the previous dynasty, it's really a broom star who has brought disaster to the country and the people, not to mention the death of the first emperor, and now he has finally married someone, and he has brought this kind of disaster to Prince Hong's mansion!"

The people who came were all royal relatives and nobles, but there were also many people who loved to chew the root of their tongues.

Xu Qingqing turned a deaf ear to the cold words, and his eyes fell on the left hand of the "corpse" that was not covered by a white cloth, and he couldn't move it anymore.

The hand had the scar of a clamping stick, and although it was an old wound, it looked so good.

At a glance, she recognized it.

Yulu, this person is Yulu......

But how could Yulu be a chaotic party in the former dynasty?

She took a startled step, thinking she was still in a nightmare.

Before she could lift the white cloth to take a look, her wrist was pinched tightly.

The princess was frightened and helped her to the study to rest. Lin Hongyi commanded without refusal.

"No!" Xu Qingqing shook her head, her eyes were terrified, "I'm not going, I'm not going......"

When he was struggling, his body warmed up, and he was imprisoned in his arms.

"If you will believe in this king, hold your peace." Lin Hongyi's voice rang in his ears, his voice was very soft, but his tone was deep.

Believe him?

Believe the nonsense that his guards said, believe that Yulu is a former dynasty rebel party who is innocent?

Xu Qingqing's heart was in great pain, she struggled desperately but couldn't break free, she couldn't tell whether she was sad or angry for a while, and opened her mouth to bite his arm.

This bite almost exhausted all his strength, but Lin Hongyi did not move.

Those deep eyes were as deep as an ancient well, her pale thin lips moved slightly, and a short whisper fell into Xu Qingqing's ears: "Don't mess around, she was injured by the assassin with a dark arrow, and she hasn't ......lost her breath yet."

Everyone else didn't know what was going on, but the crazy princess and princess Hong suddenly quieted down, her eyes were empty, and she was as quiet as before.

"Come with the king." He strode ahead.

Xu Qingqing didn't know how she followed Lin Hongyi to the study, she was a little blank, pinched herself over and over again, and finally understood that this was not a nightmare......

The "corpse" was quickly carried into the study by two guards from the back door, and Xu Qingqing stepped forward and lifted the white cloth with trembling hands.

It's Yulu, it's Yulu......

The dark arrow passed through Yulu's neck, and the blood was constantly oozing out of the embarrassing wound, red with purple and treacherous color.

Yulu opened her mouth with difficulty, and what came out of her mouth was a string of purple and black blood foam: "Miss......"

Xu Qingqing was so at a loss for the first time in her life, so she just wiped the foam for her with her sleeve: "Call...... Call Doctor, call Doctor Zhang! Yulu is not afraid, not afraid, Dr. Zhang's medical skills are excellent, he will definitely be able to save you......"

"Miss, listen to me," Yulu grabbed Xu Qingqing's finger like a gossamer, "Concubine Xu's tomb is on the southern slope of the suburbs of the city, it is a new grave, and there are three burned-out incense ...... on the grave."

Xu Qingqing's heart seemed to have a hammer falling, and the inexplicable pain made her tremble: "Don't say this, don't say this, when you get better, I'll take you to worship ......"

Yulu nodded slightly, as light as an ant moving slightly.

She had a thousand words in her throat, but she couldn't say them anymore.

The body was very cold, so cold that it seemed to be unconscious, and soon, the only trace of light left in his eyes disappeared, and the oil lamp the size of a bean was silently extinguished in the middle of the night......

The pupils became dead silent, so that Xu Qingqing felt so unfamiliar.

She always felt that something was wrong.

It shouldn't be like this, the corpse in front of me shouldn't be Yulu......

Xu Qingqing even wished that she would never find her whereabouts and never see each other again in this life, rather than lying quietly on the ground and not being able to close her eyes until she died.

Those eyes looked at nothingness fixedly, and the light in her eyes had long since dissipated, as if there were still people in this world that she was missing, so that she was not at ease and left, but there was nothing she could do......

After a long time, Xu Qingqing stood up from the corpse.

"What about the Assassins?" Her voice was hoarse.

"The Assassin has absconded from the mansion and is being chased by men." Lin Hongyi said.

"How do I know it's not your guards who are deliberately killing people?" Xu Qingqing looked him in the eye and asked coldly.

"The guards in the house all use swords, and the maid in this maid is an arrow. Besides, if the king wanted to kill her, why didn't he choose a secluded place outside the city and shoot her to death in his own mansion? Lin Hongyi explained.

As he spoke, there was a sudden knock on the door.

It was Wen Yao who came, holding a hot tea in her hand.

Just now, the guards led her to apply the medicine, and she specially only applied a thin layer, wanting Lin Hongyi to see the countless slap prints on her face.

"Your Highness, the slave's face hurts so much......" she put down the teacup and said pitifully.

Seeing that Xu Qingqing was also there, her eyes immediately became very unkind - this woman ran to the study to join in the fun, a corpse, is it so good-looking?

"The guard said, have you ever seen this maid?" Lin Hongyi ignored Wen Yao's complaints.

Wen Yao only said that he was busy dealing with the matter of the "former dynasty chaotic party", so he ignored his injury, and nodded with a worried face: "This person came to the mansion a few days ago, and the slave maid blew her away." The slave maid had long seen that she was not a good thing, and sure enough, she dared to sneak in on the day of your wedding, Your Highness, and she didn't know what evil intentions she harbored, but fortunately she was killed by the shepherd guards in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable......"

She had only seen this person lying in a pool of blood before, but she had not witnessed the whole thing, so she was convinced of what Mu Zhao said in public.

As he spoke, he said to Mu Zhao on the side: "Mu guard, quickly cover this corpse, the death is so ugly, the slave and maid really have nightmares when they look at it more!" ”

Xu Qingqing's heart seemed to be pierced by a needle: "You said, Yulu came to Prince Hong's Mansion a few days ago?" ”

Looking at her cold side face, Wen Yao snorted from her nose: "Yes, that's right." Your former maid became a rebel party in the former dynasty, and you are embarrassed to pretend that there is nothing wrong here? You dare to say that this has nothing to do with you? ”

She didn't understand, this woman clearly had something to do with the chaotic party, why didn't His Highness allow her to tell the truth in public and hand over this woman to the Criminal Justice Division for disposal?

Isn't it...... Moved to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, and deliberately concealed the facts?

As soon as she thought of this, Wen Yao couldn't help but get vinegar from it.

"When did you blow her away?" Xu Qingqing asked.

The tone was too calm, calm like the wind blowing in an empty valley.

Wen Yao didn't notice the coldness in her words, and continued: "Just three days ago, she came to the door with a shy face, saying that she had served you in the palace and wanted to come to the mansion to find an errand. When I saw that she had a face with a thief's eyebrows, I threw her out. What's the matter, is it in your way? ”

"You go down first." Lin Hongyi said to her.

Wen Yao let out an "oh" and reluctantly bowed and retreated.

"Keep an eye on her, don't let her talk nonsense." Lin Hongyi then ordered.

Mu Zhao received the order and followed Wen Yao closely.

The door creaked shut, and only Lin Hongyi and Xu Qingqing were left in the study.

"I rewarded Wen Yao with fifty slaps today, doesn't His Highness plan to punish me?" Xu Qingqing's tone was sarcastic.

Half laughing at Lin Hongyi, half laughing at himself.

If she knew this, she should not be rewarded with a slap, but with a wooden stick and a long whip!

Yulu is not without a chance to live, she has clearly found the house, maybe just a little bit, she can see herself...... But after all, he was stopped by the nosy Wen Yao, so that he was separated from his life and death.

Xu Qingqing has never hated a person so much, he hates it to the extreme, he really wants to sleep on his skin, eat his flesh, peel his skin and cramp!

"In your eyes, I don't distinguish between right and wrong?" Lin Hongyi asked.

"So, doesn't Your Highness plan to 'seek justice' for that Wen Yao?" Xu Qingqing nodded thoughtfully, "It's okay, then I'll seek justice for the dead Yulu, starting with finding the assassin......"

Of course, his beloved Wen Yao, she will not let go.

"What do you want to do?" Lin Hongyi's sword frowned, "This maid came to the mansion with the jade seal of the previous dynasty, and was killed by the assassin immediately, this matter is clearly aimed at you, your so-called justice is the trick of the mastermind behind the scenes, and she has something to do with her, and personally sent herself to death?" ”

The reason why he asked Mu Zhao to lie that this maid was a rebellious party in the previous dynasty and hastily sealed the coffin of this matter was so that Xu Qingqing could clear up his involvement.

She is good, she keeps saying that she wants justice for others, but she is not worried about her own life at all, it is just nonsense!

"Why do you care about my life or death?" Xu Qingqing asked.

Lin Hongyi suddenly stammered.

Looking at each other, he saw that countless bloodshots oozed out of her clear eyes, as red as the wedding dress on her body.

When I first met, the woman in the golden wire cage was so weak that she was defenseless, but now there is only a light shadow in his memory, and even the shadow is so faint that she can't see it clearly......

He was stunned for a while, and he couldn't tell what it was like.

"Although I am Prince Hong's princess, I am not the person His Highness should have married, so why should His Highness take such 'extra care' of me?" She scoffed.

Lin Hongyi was silent for a long time before asking, "You hate me very much?" ”

If you don't hate, why are you so indifferent to him, just like ...... He had treated her like she had done before.

Some people say that good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the way of heaven is good for reincarnation, but Lin Hongyi didn't expect that this reincarnation would come so quickly.

"How dare I hate Your Highness?" Xu Qingqing shook her head lightly, "Your Highness is willing to take me in, marry me, cover up this matter for me, and don't let me be framed as a former dynasty remnant...... I don't hate Your Highness, and it's too late for me to thank Your Highness. ”

Lin Hongyi was inexplicably annoyed in his heart - there was really no truth!

He would rather her be angry, he would rather her cry and make trouble, but he would not have her say these lies calmly.

Xu Qingqing looked at him lightly, and said, "I just don't know who I should hate...... Do you hate my father who put me under house arrest in the cold palace and ignore me, hate the rebels who killed my mother, hate the Yuan family who "sent" me into the palace, hate Wen Yao who took it upon himself to drive Yulu away, or hate the assassin who killed Yulu? Your Highness, who do you think I should hate? ”

Her resentment was as heavy as hers, and everything made him feel extremely uncomfortable: "It is true that I misunderstood you many times before, and I will send someone to investigate today's matter......"

Xu Qingqing interrupted him, undisguised the indifference and alienation in his eyes: "Yulu's matter, you don't need Your Highness to bother. In this world, I only wish two people to live a long life, one is my mother, and the other is Yulu. They were either killed by your rebels, or they were murdered in your mansion in front of you and your guards, and you advised me to pretend that nothing had happened and let your guards investigate? Your Royal Highness Prince Hong, am I such a fool in your eyes? ”

He is indeed a fool, with eyes but not sight, ears but not hearing, just in response to her previous angry sentence - "You, Prince Hong, are simply stupid"......

But it was at this time that he finally understood the grievances in her heart.

has suffered for no reason, and no one is willing to listen to his justification, and his every move is in the hands of others, like a puppet......

After all, she is just a woman whose parents are dead and has no relatives, why does she carry so much and so much weight?

Xu Qingqing only felt that the iceberg in front of her suddenly became extremely deep, like a bottomless lake, and her reflection was clearly reflected.

Although he was silent, he seemed to see her thoroughly, and even had a little belated pity in his eyes.

Xu Qingqing didn't want to face this strange look for no reason, and continued to say coldly: "If you are worried that I will get into trouble and let Prince Hong's Mansion be implicated, you can take a letter of resignation and leave me, no matter what I do in the future, it has nothing to do with you!" ”

After that, he struggled to pick up Yulu's corpse and was about to leave the study.

"This maid I will ask someone to bury her, if you believe me, I will help you find the real culprit." Lin Hongyi stepped forward to stop him and said word by word.

"It shouldn't be me begging His Highness to believe me, when will it be His Highness's turn to beg me?" Xu Qingqing scoffed.

Lin Hongyi was rarely not annoyed, and ordered with a sideways look: "Mu Zhao, you will do the matter of burying this maid, go to the prison to find a corpse to replace this maid and hand it over to the Shen Criminal Division." ”

The door was pushed open, and Mu Zhao's shadow flashed in, giving up.

The best coffins and stone-carved tombstones were quickly prepared, and Mu Zhao even invited a senior monk to chant the Buddha for Yulu, all of which were carried out in the other garden, surrounded by guards, and no one could break in wantonly.

Xu Qingqing thought that she would mourn and cry, but after sitting in the mourning hall for two days, she found that her tears had already dried up.

She said that she hated Lin Hongyi, but in fact she hated herself even more.

If there is three points of insidiousness and seven points of viciousness of Xu Yuanyu, why can't you gain a foothold in this Prince Hong's mansion? How could he be allowed to be bullied by others, so that he accidentally caused Yulu to lose his life?

Her mother often told her that people should be kind, but she was never taught, and people should know how to protect themselves.

If you can't even protect yourself, how can you protect others?

"Mother, don't be sad, you see, this tanuki cat has been guarding you all night." Zilu brought a bowl of hot porridge, put it on the table outside the mourning hall, and softly persuaded Xu Qingqing to drink a few more sips, so as not to burn her body.

Although she didn't know what was going on, she could guess a few points.

The dead former dynasty rebel party, nine times out of ten, is the old man of Niangniang, otherwise why would Niangniang be so sad?

The tanuki cat rubbed at Xu Qingqing's feet, raised its little head and looked at Xu Qingqing, as if responding to what Zilu had just said.

Xu Qingqing picked up the spoon and scooped a mouthful of porridge.

The hot porridge was eaten in the mouth and swallowed into the stomach, and the coldness in the heart seemed to dissipate a little bit for a while.

She vaguely remembered that when she was young, whenever the autumn breeze rose, Yulu would set up an iron pot in the cold palace, go to the imperial dining room to ask for some leftovers, and slowly cook those rice into soft rice porridge.

Although the days in the cold palace are hard, they are calm and waveless, and the small world has never seen blood, only birth, old age, sickness and death, and there is no intrigue, shouting and killing......

Xu Qingqing misses her mother and Yulu, but she only misses her incompetent father.

Sometimes she even thinks that if her mother hadn't been exiled to the country of Li and hadn't given birth to her early, maybe she would have been able to live a stable life without having to go through so many hardships......

The more she thought about it, the more desolate she felt, the more desolate she was, the more she couldn't let go, Zilu saw that she felt uncomfortable, so she simply took out a red cloth sealed jar from under the bed in the other garden - it was actually a jar of daughter red.

"Why do I have wine under my bed?" Xu Qingqing was puzzled.

"This is a slave maid moved from the treasury a few days ago, there is a custom in the slave maid's hometown, a woman should bury wine under the bed before marriage, the older the wine, the more loving the husband and wife. This wine should have been drunk during the church worship yesterday, but when that happened yesterday, the slave and maid forgot all about it at once, and I hope it will not be too late to make up for it today. Zilu said.

Xu Qingqing looked at her eager look, and couldn't bear to pour her excitement.

Where is she and Lin Hongyi a husband and wife?

It's not even a husband and wife, so what kind of love can we talk about?

Xu is carrying too much hope for Zilu, and the taste of this wine is very rich.

Xu Qingqing drank alcohol for the first time, she never knew that wine was such a taste, all the way from her throat to her heart, choking her so much that she couldn't help coughing again and again.

"Niangniang, your face is so red......" Zilu pursed her lips.

Xu Qingqing clearly only drank one cup, but her head was groggy, and she stretched out her hand to cover her face, and her face was surprisingly hot.

"Girl, the wine in winter must be hot to taste. Isn't there a small stove in your room, so the slave will go and light the stove and help you back to your room to eat food and hot wine. Zilu said.

She was vigorous and resolute, and the room was soon filled with the smell of wine.

Several plates of pastries are placed on the small table, including hibiscus cake, jade lotus cake, and a few small and delicate crystal dumplings.

Xu Qingqing never knew what "drunk" was, but felt that the wine smelled surprisingly good, so he drank two more glasses.

"Niangniang, your face looks like rouge, it's so beautiful." Zilu said again.

Xu Qingqing glanced at herself in the bronze mirror, and suddenly realized that her face was not very real: "If I am really good-looking, why is the statue in the palace book so ugly......"

"The palace book? What palace book? ”

"There is a booklet with a small portrait of a princess, and I have thick eyebrows and small eyes, a wide nose and a big mouth, just like a man."

"The artist must have drawn it wrong, but you are a first-class beauty in Liguo." Zilu retorted.

"You're wrong," Xu Qingqing shook her head, "A first-class beauty, that's Xu Yuanyu." ”

Zilu laughed, and reached out to snatch the cup from her hand: "Niangniang, you are really drunk, and you can't even figure out your identity." ”

Xu Qingqing quickly snatched the cup back and shook her head stubbornly: "I'm not drunk, I'm not Xu Yuanyu." ”

"And who are you?" Azusa's eyes widened.

"My name is Xu Qingqing......"

"Xu Qingqing?"

"Well, I was born for less than a month, and everyone suspected that I was not of my father's blood. My father, Emperor Longyan, was furious and had no intention of choosing a name, so my mother gave me the word 'Qingqing'. Some people say that this name has the meaning of 'living up to the truth', which shows that the mother still has the old feelings in her heart, which is a great disrespect to the father......"

"Old love? Where did Concubine Xu come from? Zilu was puzzled.

Xu Qingqing's hand holding the cup was stunned, and she looked at her fixedly: "How do you know that my mother is Concubine Xu?" ”

Zilu stammered for a moment: "Slave maid...... The slave had secretly flipped through the palace book before, and it was recorded on the last page of the palace book that Princess Changyu did not suffer from a dumb disease, and it was Xu Qingqing, the daughter of Concubine Xu, who suffered from a dumb disease......"

"So, you already knew?" Xu Qingqing's alcohol suddenly sobered up more than a point.

Zilu hesitated and nodded: "The slave maid is suspicious, when I was in the palace, I wanted to put away your calligraphy, bring it back to the mansion and hand it over to the shepherd guard, so that he could compare your handwriting with that handwriting of Xu Yuanyu." It is rumored that Xu Yuanyu is proficient in all kinds of poetry and songs, and I think he must have left a lot of ink treasures......"

"Why didn't you say it before?" Xu Qingqing interrupted her.

"Slave maid...... Worried that he guessed wrong, and His Royal Highness was very disgusted with Niangniang at that time, the slave didn't dare to say much, for fear of annoying His Highness. Zilu explained.

Her eyes were timid, not like she was lying.

Xu Qingqing put down the wine glass in his hand: "You go down." ”

Zi Lu raised her head in disdain: "Niangniang......"

"Go down."

"Yes."

Zilu bowed and retreated, Xu Qingqing sat alone at the table, looking at the wisps of white smoke coming out of the wine jug on the stove, and couldn't tell what it was like for a while.

She never touched the snacks on the table again, came to the mourning hall, and accompanied Yulu alone for the last night.

There are many people in the house, although there are guards guarding the garden and not allowing people to enter and exit, but after all, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and it is inevitable that the news will leak over time, so the first seven days of Yulu have been shrunk into just three days, and then they will be buried.

The body was carried out in a waterwheel and buried next to Concubine Xu's tomb on the southern slope of the city.

On the day of the burial, Yuan suddenly brought someone to carry a few boxes of things to find him.

The box was a little rough, and it didn't seem to be a silk satin.

The housekeeper couldn't help but be curious: "Mrs. Yuan, these are ......"

"I heard that His Highness gave my niece a few swords a few days ago, and I thought that I wanted her to practice martial arts, so I asked someone to collect some good blades and sent them over. After all, His Royal Highness has been fighting all year round, how can he like those women who are soft and weak, and can't carry their shoulders and can't lift them? If I can let my niece learn a good martial arts, His Highness will definitely look at her differently. Yuan explained.

The housekeeper was stunned when he heard it - His Royal Highness sent those were just a misunderstanding, where did he want his mother to practice martial arts? I don't know who Yuan got the news from, so he was obviously wrong.

"Please send these to the other garden, and tell my niece to practice riding and archery more, and in the future, she will often accompany His Highness to ride horses and hunt, so as not to let His Highness snub her." Yuan said, took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and handed it to the butler.

The housekeeper immediately had a smile on his face: "Mrs. Yuan, you can rest assured, this slave will definitely be brought." ”

If you have money, why should you let him have so much? Whether the princess is learning swords or riding and archery, what does it have to do with him?

Yuan asked someone to unload the things, and went straight back to the house without seeing Xu Qingqing.

Last time, she was locked up in Prince Hong's mansion for interrogation for several days, and this time she naturally didn't plan to see the face that made her angry belly break again.

In her opinion, Xu Qingqing was unwilling to admit this identity before, because she was worried about being given death by the new emperor or Prince Hong, but now that she is firmly seated as Prince and Princess Hong, she will naturally stop talking nonsense.

The little girl who came out of the cold palace, where would she be willing to change back to her original identity and give up this low-hanging glory and wealth?

Glory and wealth will always change a person's ......

Thinking about it like this, Yuan Shi relaxed slightly.

Even she didn't expect that Xu Qingqing would be able to escape, not only saving her life, but also marrying Prince Hong.

This world is really impermanent......

The butler quickly carried the items sent by the Yuan family to the other garden, a total of five boxes, all of which were well-made blades.

Of course, the most is not a sword or a sword, but a bow and arrow.

Swords are used for fighting, but bows and arrows are different, and they are mostly used for hunting, so there is less blood in fighting and killing.

The housekeeper personally relayed Yuan's "good intentions": "Niangniang, Mrs. Yuan said that His Royal Highness likes to ride and shoot the most, if you have nothing to do, you can practice archery in the mansion." ”

Xu Qingqing's fingers caressed those arrows as sharp as blades: "Uncle is really kind......

"No, Mrs. Yuan is concerned about you." The housekeeper said with a smile.

"If she is really concerned, she should come to see the princess in person, put down her things and leave, what kind of care is this?" Zilu is fast-talking and outspoken.

The housekeeper was a little embarrassed to hear it, and said in his heart that Mrs. Yuan just contradicted the princess and Niangniang last time, and was detained by His Royal Highness for several days.

No one knew that Yuan was detained and interrogated because he was suspected by Lin Hongyi, and even Yuan himself felt that Lin Hongyi must not have been suspicious again afterwards.

The reason is the same, if you know that Xu Qingqing is just the daughter of an abandoned concubine in the cold palace, she will definitely not marry her.

Otherwise, once the matter is revealed, it will be a big joke......

Yuan thought about it and thought about all the details, but he didn't expect that Xu Qingqing would suddenly kill her because of these boxes of blades.

Only Yuan knew about Yulu.

In addition, Yulu was killed by an arrow, and as soon as he was carried out of the mansion for burial, the Yuan family couldn't wait to send a few boxes full of bows and arrows......

Xu Qingqing really didn't know whether to say that the Yuan family dared to act, or whether to say that the Yuan family was extremely arrogant and committed suicide.

The housekeeper noticed that her face was wrong, and found an excuse to retreat.

"Niangniang, these things ......," Zilu asked.

"Carry it into the storeroom." Xu Qingqing said.

Zilu breathed a sigh of relief, and said in her heart Fortunately, Niangniang didn't listen to the Yuan family's bad idea, which of the famous ladies in the capital doesn't only learn poetry and songs, and never dances with knives and guns? If Niangniang really practiced martial arts in the house, then she would be smiling and generous......

"Go and get a martial artist." Xu Qingqing commanded.

"What?" Zilu didn't come back to her senses for a moment.

"Go and invite a martial artist outside the mansion to teach me martial arts." Xu Qingqing repeated.

If you are powerless, how can you slash your enemies?

Now what she lacks is not only martial arts, but also the power to confront the Yuan clan.

The Yuan family is a relative of the former dynasty, because his father and brother defected to the new emperor to avoid being cut off, and now the Yuan family's official fortune is prosperous and rising step by step, which is really not something that Xu Qingqing, a princess in name only, can deal with.

All this needs to be considered in the long run......

The martial artist was soon invited, and it was recommended by the eighth prince, Lin Huai'an.

The fact that the man went to the deep courtyard to teach the princess martial arts is not in accordance with the rules, and it is rare that Lin Hongyi actually turned a blind eye and did not stop it.

However, Xu Qingqing was guarded by Mu Zhao every day when he practiced martial arts, and he had never been in the same room with the martial artist.

On this day, she was silently memorizing the sword score in the room, and Zilu suddenly sent a message: "Niangniang, I heard that the old general Hong who guards the border pass is going to enter Beijing in a few days......"

Old General Hong?

Xu Qingqing didn't think of who this was for a while, Zilu saw that she didn't know why, and hurriedly explained: "General Hong is a military general of the former dynasty, and he has always refused to submit to the current emperor, and I heard that the emperor gave you to His Royal Highness Prince Hong as a concubine, so he agreed to lead the troops to surrender." He also swore with his life, saying that as long as the emperor did not hurt your life, he would never rebel in this life. ”

The princes and grandsons of the previous dynasty were killed as early as the day the rebels attacked the city.

Everyone thinks that Xu Yuanyu is the last trace of blood left by Emperor Li in the world, and only those who are loyal to Emperor Li will not hesitate to swear with their lives to protect this bloodline.

From this point of view, the old general was an out-and-out loyal minister.

"Has this person ever crossed paths with Xu Yuanyu?" Xu Qingqing asked.

Zilu quickly understood her concerns: "Niangniang, don't worry, the old general went to the northwest town to guard the border pass more than ten years ago, and he has never returned to the capital during this period, even if he has seen that Xu Yu, he must have forgotten it almost." ”

The implication is that this person will not doubt Xu Qingqing's identity.

As it turns out, it is.

After General Hong entered Beijing, the emperor set up a banquet in a hundred gardens, and Xu Qingqing was also invited.

When she saw this white-haired old man, before she had time to react, the latter first reddened his eyes, and his face that had been through the vicissitudes of life flashed with unspeakable sorrow, and he bowed his head in accordance with the etiquette of the previous dynasty and bowed: "Old minister Hong Yao, meet the princess Niangniang......