When the emperor and the crown prince returned from the palace two days later, there were already faint rumors in Beijing that there were people in the Nanyuan palace who wanted to disadvantage the emperor, but fortunately, the king of Qin found out in time, and the assassin fled in a hurry.

When the prince returned to the East Palace, he didn't have time to change his clothes and went to Baopu Courtyard.

This time it was so strange. First of all, Xue Ke went to the Nanyuan Palace and inexplicably took away a groom, and then heard the news that King Qin sent someone to hunt down this groom and Xue Ke, and he subconsciously sent a shadow guard to take action.

Just as he was speculating about the identity of this groom, the King of Qin had already said in front of the holy car that this groom was a fugitive from the Western Army, and also found some evidence that this person intended to assassinate. Although he did not know what to do, he tried his best to defend himself, saying only that he had just arrived at the palace and heard a groom running away. The subordinates of the East Palace also made a big fuss about the King of Qin, and used the topic to play.

The two sides disputed, although the emperor did not reprimand him, but in front of him reprimanded the right commander of the Tiger Ben Army, and removed more than 20 Hu Ben Army lieutenant generals, and asked the King of Qin to continue to investigate Hu Ben Lang thoroughly, and if anyone involved, he would be dismissed. This action seems to be a little distrustful of his security work.

He had been looking heavy for the past two days, and as soon as he returned to the East Palace from the palace, he rushed to the Baopu Courtyard. At this time, when he heard that Xue Ke was lying on the bed, his heart was even more solemn, and it was clear that Ying Wei reported that Xue Ke was fine.

The prince was waiting for Xue Ke downstairs, but he kept pacing in the hall and did not sit down. Turning his head, he saw a tall figure standing in the dark in the hall, the prince didn't react for a while, he suddenly became happy, and slapped it: "Lu Laoba!" It's you! ”

Lu Xin cut his hair and shaved his beard, and he looked like he was only about forty years old, he slapped the prince, his heart warmed, and he just wanted to go back with a palm, but his hand was halfway back and he retracted it and "hummed".

The prince also felt a little embarrassed, and smiled mockingly: "What's the matter, eighth?" ”

Lu Xin turned his face and ignored him. Ah Liu happened to walk downstairs with Xue Ke in his arms.

The prince frowned and said, "Didn't you say that you weren't injured?" What's going on? ”

Lu Xin shouted: "Do you think the big girl is the same as us rough old men? The big girl has never ridden such a fast horse, and her legs are worn out! ”

The prince was already on fire in his heart, and when he heard Lu Xin say it so roughly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but say angrily: "It's not all because of your pig brain!" ”

"What the hell are you talking about!" Lu Xin's hands have always been faster than his mouth, and one hand has already grabbed the prince's collar.

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Xue Ke slowly sat down on the table and said, "General Lu, slow down!" ”

When Lu Xin heard this, he immediately put down his hand and cautiously said to Xue Ke: "The eldest girl is better today, right?" ”

Xue Ke nodded and said, "It's much better today." He said softly to the crown prince: "Your Highness has been wronged this time, please forgive me for taking the initiative to bring General Lu back." ”

The prince glanced at Lu Xin, and said angrily: "If you don't bring it back, will you let him do stupid things?" King Qin is waiting for him to do it! ”

Lu Xin also heard Xue Ke say something in the Baopu Courtyard in the past two days, and vaguely knew that someone was going to use him to make a fuss and frame the prince, and he also knew that the prince still had the heart to wash away the grievances of General Xue, although he didn't understand what opportunity and what momentum they were waiting for the opportunity to move and act in phase, but at least he knew that whether General Xue was killed or rehabilitated by General Xue was a major event that shook the court, and they were slowly planning all this.

At present, it is the first time that Lu Xin has clearly heard that King Qin wants to use himself, he is a soldier, and he can be regarded as experienced and resourceful, but he can't get around the open and secret battles in the court, and he doesn't think clearly how he can climb the crown prince even if he assassinates the emperor, and he was stunned for a while.

Xue Ke asked, "I'm afraid that the rumors in the city are also intentional by King Qin?" Does Your Highness have a good plan? ”

The prince said: "It's okay to do this. I'll talk to them later. A piece of the Tiger Ben Army was taken away by King Qin. Seeing Xue Ke's somewhat worried look, he couldn't help but say, "It's okay." ”

The prince sighed and said, "Don't talk about those messy things, eighth, I haven't seen you for a few years, let's have a drink at night!" ”

Lu Xin was afraid that he hadn't drunk for more than half a year, and he was really a little moved when he heard this proposal, and his face softened a lot, and then he flatly refused: "No!" I'm afraid I'll get drunk and disturb the big girl! ”

Disturb? The prince reacted suddenly, and raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Old eight, where have you lived for the past two days?" ”

Lu Xin said proudly: "Naturally, I live in this courtyard!" I'll sleep downstairs here! The eldest girl said that with me guarding, she slept a lot more at ease! ”

The prince's face instantly darkened. Then Xue Ke heard the prince say a dirty word for the first time, Lu Xin finally became happy, hugged the prince, and punched him in the stomach: "! Little old man, Lao Tzu knows that you are a hypocrisy. ”

Lu Xin was still dragged out to drink by the prince in the end.

Seeing that the people hadn't come back when the lights were lit, Xue Ke instructed: "Ah Liu, you don't need to prepare General Lu to cover it tonight, let's pick up Mama Cong tomorrow, you tell everyone about the things of the past few days, be strict, otherwise Mama will have to nag us." ”

Ah Liu looked at her girl helplessly, thinking about Mama Zhang's reaction to knowing that she was sleeping with a man in Puyuan, she couldn't help but shudder and answered "yes".

Sure enough, after a while, a little maid came over to spread the word, saying that Lu Ye had drunk too much, and the prince had arranged to sleep over there.

Xue Ke smiled, asked Ah Liu to bring a pot of wine upstairs, leaned against the window, and poured himself a drink.

Xue Ke was a little drunk, this may be the first thing he was really happy about after being reborn!

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After Ah Que was frustrated everywhere in the court, she vaguely guessed that Yang Siniang was going back to the palace.

And Ah Que took Yang Siniang back from Yang's mansion, and the Yang family rewarded her with a bowl of decoction, she lost it without knowing that she had a child in her womb, and then she knew that she would never have a child in her life.

Ah Que was afraid that she was distressed and guilty, so she set up a separate courtyard for her, and gave her a separate cook, embroiderer, handyman and a few maidservants with martial arts, so as to avoid her daily greetings to the princess, and not allow others to enter her courtyard.

It's just that she can't tell if she is disappointed in herself or Ah Que, she doesn't want to see Ah Que, she doesn't want to talk, she lives like a walking corpse, day after day, year after year.

She knew she was withering day by day. She didn't want to talk, she didn't want to see people, and when it was serious, she locked herself in the house and thought about how she would die. She imagined the death of everyone in the Xue Mansion over and over again, and then replaced everyone with herself, and in the dark night, she stared at the night pearl on the tent, thinking that she would be cut in half and separated from her head for a while.

At one point she clearly heard the new maid ask if the man was crazy. She laughed until she burst into tears alone in the dark room.

She struggled to survive in the confusion until she heard that day that Ah Que was injured.

There was a horseman who assassinated the emperor during the spring hunt in Nanyuan, and the incident happened suddenly, and the king of Qin blocked him with his body and was stabbed. Even if she was partial to the inner courtyard of King Qin, she heard rumors that it was instructed by the crown prince, and she was in a trance and couldn't tell it.

That day, Ah Que stood in front of her courtyard, she didn't open the door as usual, and turned to leave.

Ah Que said: "I only want to say one word, and it is not too late for you to leave after listening." ”

She paused.

Ah Que stared into her eyes and asked, "Ah Ke, don't you care if I'm injured or dead?" ”

After listening to Ah Que's words, she turned around and left with an expressionless face.

Ah Que smiled bitterly, and then said: "The assassin is the general of the Western Army, he broke into the palace to avenge General Xue's grievances, and assassinated his father after being attacked by the Tiger Ben Army. ”

He looked at her eyes calmly: "Ake, do you want to save him?" As long as you open your mouth, I'll let him live. ”

For the first time in two years, she looked him in the eye.

She hadn't spoken a word in two years, and she had almost forgotten how to speak. But it was the person who conquered the Western Army, she survived secretly, but that person fought to avenge her father. King Qin knew too well the only life in her heart.

She also knew that Ah Que was trying to pull her out of the abyss with all her strength, but she instinctively wanted to retreat. He looked at her and burst into tears: "Ake, I beg you, you can speak, you can say a word." ”

She moved her lips to make a sound, but found that her voice was silent, and finally said with all her might: "Let him go." ”

She didn't know what method Ah Que used, and seven or eight days later, Ah Que took her out of the Qin Palace.

After walking for a long time, the carriage stopped on the side of the road, she lifted the curtain, and saw a person coming down from a carriage on the side of the road, one of whom staggered on his legs, and struggled to clasp his fists to the other and said: "Thank you for the righteousness, I don't know what the righteous man is called?" ”

The man said, "The general doesn't have to ask. My master also said before parting, the mountains and rivers will be long in the future, and I ask the general to forget the past. ”

The man known as the general smiled bitterly: "I have all my hands and feet, and what else do I mention about the past, I wonder if the master has an old relationship with my family?" ”

Seeing that the person opposite didn't talk, he smiled as if he was laughing, struggled to kneel down and kowtowed, and said, "Lu Mou kowtowed to Engong!" The man lifted him up and put him into the carriage.

Ah Que lowered the curtain and said softly, "Are you relieved?" ”

She suddenly reflexed, grabbed the collar of his robe with both hands, and tried to unbutton him, but his chest was hit by her elbow, and he subconsciously snorted in pain.

She opened his robe, only to see that her chest was wrapped in thick gauze, and she went crazy to remove the gauze, but he was so painful that he only broke out in a cold sweat, and let her remove it motionlessly.

The gauze was all removed, and a wound on his chest that had just healed was slightly cracked. She flipped him over, a three-inch-long knife wound on his back, shockingly across his ribs.

Her fingers finally trembled uncontrollably, and he sighed and pulled her into his arms. His wounds were bleeding again, and his body was mixed with the smell of blood and medicine.

She knew she was back in the world.

Xue Ke was a little dizzy from drinking, and his past life and present life were mixed together. Fortunately, this time, General Lu survived intact.

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The prince and Lu Xingang finished drinking. They have been separated for many years, but between men, maybe they don't need to say much, and soon Lu Xin got himself drunk.

It's just that it's not like the maid said, Lu Xin was properly placed.

Lu Xinren was lying on the ground, his arms and upper body lying on the stool, and his snoring sound shook the sky.

Before getting drunk, Lu Xin also shouted: "Boss, if you dare to wronged the eldest girl, I will fight with you, desperately!" ”

The prince was also drunk, and looked at his hands. This hand had hit her in the face in a fit of rage, and in an instant her delicate and small face was swollen. Thinking of her eyes that day, he felt a throbbing pain.

Too lazy to pay attention to Lu Laoba lying on the ground, he staggered out.

waved away Xing'er, who was about to follow, and he didn't know where he was going. After walking for a while, I arrived at the door of Baopu Temple.

The lights of the temple are still on.

The moonlight is clear.

When he looked up, he saw Xue Ke sitting by the window, pouring himself a drink.

His mind was in a state of chaos, and he forgot the cruel words that he didn't want to see her again. Step up.

His eyes were shining, staring at Xue Ke's equally bright eyes: "You went to Nanyuan just for Lu Laoba, didn't you?" You knew he was there in the morning, you knew what he wanted to do, didn't you? ”

"Yes!" Xue Ke looked calm.

"Why didn't you tell me? You don't believe me? Are you afraid that I will kill him to prevent future troubles? The prince's questions became more and more urgent, and the air pressure became lower and lower.

Xue Ke put down the wine glass and said calmly: "I didn't think so, it's just about General Lu, and I don't worry if I don't go over in person." ”

The prince didn't know why, she was always easy to provoke his anger, and he tried to suppress himself: "Then how do you know? Nangong didn't get any news. ”

Xue Ke looked up at the moonlight outside the window, still calm, nodded and said, "The East Palace's wire report really needs to be strengthened, and this matter was told to me by Lord Situ, the factory guard." ”

The prince reminded him of the past again, and asked a little frantically: "What did you say to Situ Liang?" Why did he tell you about the old eight? ”

Xue Ke smiled: "I have already reported to His Highness what I said to Lord Changwei, and I told him a secret he wanted to know, that is, Tang Heyun was reincarnated into a cat." After the factory guard knew this, he naturally wanted to repay the favor, so he also said something I wanted to know. ”

"Don't prevaricate me with this nonsense!" The prince shouted, what a child, what a white cat, he didn't believe a word of these nonsense, what he wanted to know was why Situ would believe such ridiculous words.

Xue Ke fingered the pattern on the handle of the chair, hung his head and didn't speak for a long time, and said in a low voice for a long time: "I dreamed of His Highness last night." ”

The prince was on the fire, but she was so lightly dissipated by her anger, and asked in a rough voice, "What did you dream about?" ”

Xue Ke still didn't look up, and continued to whisper: "I dreamed that His Highness hugged me as before, kissed me, and asked me if I was comfortable and if I liked it. ”

The prince suddenly remembered that when he went to Shanxi to inspect the water situation the year before last, the embankment was built high and firmly, but as soon as the flood came, it collapsed violently, and after the turbulence, only a mess remained. The words he wanted to say were blocked in his throat, and he couldn't make a sound.

Xue Ke got up and wanted to go downstairs, but the prince grabbed her: "Ke'er, I'm ......"

Xue Ke smiled lightly and took a step back: "Didn't Your Highness also believe my nonsense?" It can be seen that I am quite talented in terms of nonsense. Your Highness now knows why Lord Situ believes my nonsense, right?

The prince looked at her in disbelief, let go of his hand, took two steps back, sat down on the chair in a dejected manner, looked at Xue Ke's departing figure, and was speechless.

Yes. He suddenly understood why Situ believed her words, not that he was stupid, not how realistic she said, but what she said happened to be what he longed for in his heart. What he believes, only what he wants to believe.