"Qingwan see the emperor's brother."

Mu Churan nodded with a smile and touched Mu Qingwan's head lovingly. He loves this biological sister from the bottom of his heart.

"I haven't seen you for two days, and Qingwan seems to have grown taller again."

"It's the emperor's brother who takes good care of Mu Qingwan." Mu Qingwan shook her head mischievously, and the girl's posture was fully revealed.

"Brother, I heard that you left Lord Xiao to discuss matters today. Qingwan remembered that the palace had recently made a new snack pear blossom cake, and I thought that my brother and Lord Xiao were worried about state affairs all day long, so I specially brought a food box with Ah Bi to give you a taste. Huh? What about Lord Xiao? ”

Mu Qingwan looked around and didn't find Xiao He's figure.

"That's really unfortunate, Lord Xiao has returned home." Mu Churan shook his head, as if sighing. He has always understood his sister's admiration for Xiao He, but seeing that Xiao He has no such intentions, even if he makes a decree to marry, Qingwan will not be happy.

It's better to wait and see.

"Back home? That's really unfortunate. Mu Qingwan's expression withered for a while, like a flower at dusk.

"Look at it, look at it, Xiao why don't you pout so high in your mouth. Xiao He is not here, isn't there still me? Mu Churan smiled and pinched Mu Qingwan's face, and said with a doting expression.

"Then brother, you have to finish eating. The queen mother also called me to enjoy the flowers, and Qingwan retreated first. Mu Qingwan motioned for Ah Bi to put down the food box.

Mu Churan nodded and watched Mu Qingwan disappear from sight. Sister, one day you will understand that the hardest thing in life is to love.

Mu Churan called Gonggong Liu to come in and wait. turned around and walked a few steps on the steps, and then inadvertently gave an order to Gonggong Liu beside him.

"Go check the aroma on Lord Xiao's body."

Gonggong Liu knew that he didn't dare to ask more, so he took the order and went.

This night's imperial study is like a hollow valley full of orchids, cool and cool, sweeping away the luxurious atmosphere.

Mu Churan recalled the skinny bones under the dark robe in his arms, which was quite like the hooked moon that was missing in the sky every night. I thought I would be extremely disgusted with being close to men, but I didn't expect it to be so disgusting.

Mu Churan was shocked by his thoughts again, he shook his head to dispel the thoughts in his head, and continued to sit next to the desk and read the chapter with the glass lamp.

In another place, Xiao He returned to the mansion and thought about today's events, and in addition to being ashamed, he felt that he had to hold on to Mu Churan's weakness. Your life was destroyed overnight many years ago, and the sea of blood is deep, and you will be better off than dead. Thinking of this, the white jade wrench on Xiao He's hand was a little cold in the candlelight.

Xiao He picked up the lantern and read quietly.

Two lights, each sleeping.

Time always moves fast inadvertently, and in the blink of an eye, it is already the middle of the moon.

Xiao Heshu read to the end, and a thousand questions surfaced in his heart.

Mu Churan, Mu Churan, what kind of emperor are you. These days, you have handled the affairs of the DPRK and China in a proper manner, and you have treated the people as if they were your people...... But if you are judged to be a wise and good emperor based on these alone, then how can I explain the destruction of my regent's palace overnight? For many years, I've heard that the Emperor's House has always been good at disguise, or should I praise you for being so masterful? Use my Xiao family to pave the way for your throne, won't you be afraid in your dreams?

Xiao He clenched the scroll, closed his eyes, and the tragic scene of the destruction appeared in front of him, and the green tendons on his hands appeared.

The most affectionate emperor's family, pity my father Xiao Li, dedicated to the country, my Xiao family is full of loyalty, wholeheartedly only want to assist this great Yin country has never had a second thought, but it has suffered such a catastrophe. Mu Churan, is your heart really made of iron and stone? When you give the order to kill, is it as stable as a rock when you cover your heirloom jade seal?

One day, I, Xiao He, will personally expose your hypocrisy in front of everyone's eyes, and I will definitely let you give up this blood-stained country.

The lights in the room were extremely faint, flickering like a person's sleepy eyelashes, which directly aroused the sleepiness of the people in the room.

Xiao He had spent a lot of energy fighting with Mu Churan in the imperial study before, and he was already very tired when he came back. It's just that for a while, anger and shame are mixed, and I remember the memories of the Regent's Mansion many years ago. 's inability to see through Mu Churan has become a knot in her heart that she can't untie. There was so much upset that she didn't feel the slightest sleepiness.

She has always demanded that her mind be as harsh and calm as ice, and she must not disturb her mind in case of trouble. I just picked up the lamp to read, and I was already meditating for a few hours. Now the tiredness came like a tidal wave, ready to sweep her into a dream.

The night is quiet, and people sleep well. Throwing the book in his hand casually, Xiao He lightly opened his lips and blew towards the lamp.

"Whoosh-"

A short arrow pierced through the window and shot straight at her door.

Oh - the most common thing in this night is quiet, and the most difficult thing is that people sleep well.

Xiao He sneered, and was about to turn over and dodge, when a second short arrow followed. Xiao He has never paid attention to pomp, the bedroom space is limited, and the sword is not beside him. The two arrows fired in succession directly sealed all the dodge space within her reaction range. In other words, if she can dodge one, she will have a hard time parrying the other.

Fortunately, Xiao He has worked hard for many years, and even if the current situation is critical, his reaction is still astute.

I saw Xiao He turn over on her side, and the first arrow flew past her side and went straight into the carved wardrobe. But there was no longer enough time to react to defend the second one, Xiao He had no choice but to bend her waist, and the short arrow brushed against the delicate right cheek, and it seemed to be stabbed.

Then there was a faint smell of blood in the always elegant bedroom, Xiao He slowly turned his head, holding the short arrow that hurt her in his mouth, and there was a blood mark on the right side of his face, the length from behind the ear to the corner of the lip, and blood was oozing out.

Xiao He was not flustered, obviously knowing that the assassination was going to come sooner or later, but he was shocked at this time, and he obviously did not move at this time.

You want to kill me first and then quickly, so ruthless.

Exactly...... Who, is she? Or is he? and they will put me to death. Xiao He had many doubts in his heart.

Whoever you are, stay first.

Lowering her head and ears, the woman in the dark did not hesitate any longer, pulled out the short arrow on the wall and shot it backhand. The poison quenched on the edge of the arrow shone with a strange color in the bleak moonlight, and then only a "pounce" sound was heard, and the arrow entered the flesh and blood.

Xiao He's heart is like a mirror: the people who can know that her work and rest and the layout of her bedroom have reached such a point, except for the housekeepers and servants around her, I am afraid that there is no one. If the assassin is too late for a moment to escape, no matter whether that person escapes or does not move, it will be difficult for him to find out the people around him, and if he is left with occasional killings, it will be a big trouble at that time.

Thinking of this, Xiao He didn't care about cleaning and medicating her wounds, she untied the saber at the head of the bed, and turned over the windowsill with a slight stretch of her hand.

Outside the window is a bluestone brick-paved courtyard. In the dark of the moon, a dark shadow was struggling.

Xiao He stood in the miserable white moonlight at this time, his hair was casually draped, and the blood marks on his face flowed down the graceful curved neck, staining a small piece of moon-white shirt with a neckline. She abandoned the scabbard, lifted the long sword upside down, and approached the black shadow step by step with the moonlight on her back, like a Shura in hell. A gust of wind passed by, and it was chilling.

Approaching the man, Xiao He realized that the arrow he shot with his backhand happened to hit the man's left knee, and the joint was useless, and he was afraid that he would not be able to run anymore.

"Who are you?" The long sword pointed at the assassin's heart, Xiao He asked sharply, pulling the wound as he spoke, and red blood beads oozed out again, but the person who spoke didn't care at all.

Forced by the sword, the assassin had beads of sweat on his forehead, and his head trembled slightly, as if he was enduring great torture.

Seeing his situation, Xiao He also lost patience, and picked up the black cloth veil of the assassin with a sword.

"Steward Xu?" Although Xiao He's voice was steady, it still revealed a little surprise.

She remembered that Steward Xu was an extremely kind old man, respectful to his master, and he was also sophisticated in handling affairs, and his subordinates were well organized. She still has some trust in him, of course, in the identity of Xiao He.

Xiao He knows that everything she can see at present is just duckweed on the pond, and the real roots are all under the invisible water, but she doesn't know how deep this pond is. This first one who can't tolerate me is Mu Churan? Is it the Queen Mother? Or the Duan family? Steward Xu is the key breakthrough here,

Xiao He thought for a while and spoke lightly.

"Steward Xu, I respect you as an elder on weekdays, and I treat you well, and your actions today are really incomprehensible."

She bent slightly, her figure as weak as a leaf in the moonlight.

"I think about it, I have no grudge against you in the past, and I have no enmity in the near future. You will put me to death, but you will be entrusted to do things for others. ”

She looked the same as usual when she spoke, and she looked like she knew everything.

"Why don't you confide in me the truth, maybe I can still look at the past and let you have a good time."

The long sword held a beautiful sword flower in the air, and the voice of the sword-wielder turned to some warm temptation, like a highly poisonous flower, tempting people into the net.

Steward Xu's lips were heavily bruised, and he trembled, obviously from the poison on the arrow.

In the middle of the ring, he said five words intermittently. These five words surprised Xiao He.

He said, "You've been shot by an arrow." ”

Listening to Steward Xu's words, Xiao He was shocked, and the large coldness on her neck and the bloody breath from the tip of her nose reminded her of the fact that she had been hit by an arrow. But it was completely different from Steward Xu's painful reaction, she didn't feel anything unusual, not even at all.

Xiao He was full of doubts and had no way to know the answer.

Steward Xu, who was curled up on the bluestone bricks, trembled his bruised lips and began to speak. There was blood in his throat, and every swallow was extremely difficult, but he still tried to make his words clear.

"This is probably the last time I will call you Lord Xiao. My lord, although I have been with you for a short time, I also vaguely feel that you are definitely not a simple person, although the look in your eyes is hidden deeply, but my little old man's many years of experience in reading people is not sloppy. ”