On this day, it snowed lightly in Wu Kingdom, but it was not very cold, and someone came to report: "Tell the two princesses that they have come back after killing their sons." ”

After hearing that he came back from the killing, Xiaohu was stunned for a while, and thought that he had heard it wrong, so he asked again: "What did you say?" Done to come back? ”

The palace man answered, and after finishing the killing, he waited outside.

Xiaohu was overjoyed, jumped off the soft couch and was about to run outside, there was only a thick layer of socks between his feet and the cold ground, and the cold hit his body from his toes, only then did he suddenly remember that he was not wearing shoes, and quickly sat back to put on his shoes.

Qingdi couldn't help but chuckle, but Xiaohu wouldn't hide his emotions at all.

Xiaohu heard Qingdi's laughter, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, pouted and looked at her and said, "Sister, what are you laughing at, don't you want to see you come back after killing?" ”

"Of course not, I'm just like you, thinking day and night about when I'll be back after killing. I'm not laughing at anything, you can have someone bring the kill in. Qingdi smiled and said.

"No, I'm going out and bringing him in myself." Xiaohu looked at Qingdi, and saw that although Qingdi's mouth only had a faint smile, there was also obvious joy in her eyes, and she must be looking forward to coming back after the killing.

She put on her boots and ran out.

Wu Guo only has a light snow around the end of the year every year, and this snow is not like the goose feather snow of Li Kingdom, one by one small snowflakes floating in the air, like pear blossoms fluttering in the wind in spring.

So Qingdi likes the winter here very much, just like she likes pear blossoms, which connects the pear blossoms that bond between her and Chu Yaocen.

Now, Wanshou was standing straight under the eaves, Xiaohu stopped two steps away from him, she looked into Wansha's eyes, Wanshou also looked at her, Wansha's eyes were full of warm smiles, and she was almost crying.

"You...... You're back. Xiaohu was silent for a long time, and held back such a sentence.

"Yes, Princess, I'm back." Wan Kill tightened his palms and asked embarrassedly, "Princess, can we go in and talk, it's so cold outside." ”

Xiaohu reacted at this time, and hurriedly pulled the arm of the killing and walked in.

After finishing the killing, he sat on the edge of the brazier, and soon his body warmed up, and he didn't wait for Qingdi and Xiaohu to ask, so he said to the two of them: "Madam, princess, I have stayed in the northern frontier of Li for more than half a month, and I have searched for both there and the northern Zhai frontier, but I still haven't found His Majesty's whereabouts." ”

When Xiaohu heard this, he almost cried, and asked anxiously, "How can this be?" Where the hell did my brother go? ”

"I don't know, we haven't even seen any of the people brought by His Majesty." After a pause, he said, "Oh yes, didn't someone say before that after His Majesty won the battle, he was suddenly bitten by strange snakes, insects, rats and ants?" I inquired with the people over there, and they all said that this was true, and one morning, the snakes and rats that were supposed to hibernate suddenly ran around the streets, and the people said that there was a vision in the sky, and the emperor of Li Guo asked someone to do it. ”

"Ask someone to do it?" A sharp dark light flashed under Qingdi's eyes, and an idea suddenly formed in her mind. She wrinkled her brows, and hurriedly said to Xiaohu, who was about to collapse: "Xiaohu, don't be sad, this war happened on the border of the Li country, and the people of the Li country must know more or less." If your second brother has an accident, it is impossible for Li Guo to have no news at all, just now he said that he didn't find any news, and he didn't find your second brother's people, which proves that they may not have had an accident, but they can't come back for some reason for a while, I guess they are hiding. ”

Xiaohu stubbornly held back the tears that had reached his eyes, and asked, "What happened to them and they can't come back?" ”

"Maybe it's because he is afraid of Yin Sheng, maybe it's because he has received coercion, but it's certain that he is definitely not dead, not to mention that there is no benefit for Emperor Li to kill him, that kid won't be stupid enough to provoke other countries when the civil war is still ongoing."

Xiaohu lowered his eyes, thought for a while, and then raised his head to look at Qingdi and said, "Then what should I do?" You can't let my brother stay on Beidi's side, right? ”

Qingdi's eyebrows frowned slightly, and she deduced from the few short words just now, if she guessed correctly, it was not that she didn't find the emperor, but she didn't bring him back, as for why she didn't bring him back, it was probably Chu Yaocen's idea.

Qingdi was entangled and depressed in her heart, tangled because she didn't know the decision Chu Yaocen made, he and Wan Kill seemed to be lying to her together, and she didn't know what Chu Yaocen wanted to do next after making this decision, and she didn't understand why he and Wan Kill wanted to hide it from her.

Now facing Xiaohu's question, Qingdi couldn't answer rashly, so he had to say: "Xiaohu, don't worry, I'll go back and discuss with Yaocen to see if I want to wait for the spring of next year, and also go to the northern frontier of Li to pick up your second brother." ”

"Do you have to wait until next spring?"

Qingdi nodded: "Yes." And Xiaohu, you must know that if I leave here, the internal affairs of the Wu Kingdom will be completely entrusted to you, and I have to take the time to arrange everything for you, and find someone who can indeed assist you loyally before I can leave. ”

"Okay......" Xiaohu swallowed his worries and said silently.

"By the way, your third brother's body is almost recovered, if we really leave, he can also help you, but you have to always remember that your third brother is guilty in the eyes of the people and courtiers, and he is a dead person, he can't help you openly, and you have to protect him from outsiders."

"Hmm......" Xiaohu nodded, was silent for a long time, and asked, "Is the third brother going to live secretly for the rest of his life?" ”

"I haven't figured it out yet." Qingdi said helplessly.

After listening to the two of them for a while, he asked, "Madam, can I go to see the second master first?" When I came back, I went straight here, and I haven't told the second master yet. ”

Qingdi glanced at the killing coldly, and asked, "After you came back, you really haven't seen Yaocen?" ”

Wan Kill sensitively sensed Qingdi's coldness, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, I haven't seen the second master yet." ”

"Then let's go over together and tell him what you've found."

After Qingdi finished speaking, he placed the folds he had just reviewed neatly, and walked outside, saying goodbye to Xiaohu after finishing his killing, and hurriedly followed.

Along the way, Wan Kill didn't dare to speak, and finally when he was about to reach the door, Wan Kill couldn't help but ask, "Madam, are you angry?" ”

Qingdi asked angrily, "What do you think?" ”

"I think I'm angry...... Wan Kill hurriedly ran to Qingdi's side and asked, "But I don't know why Madam is suddenly angry?" Madame doesn't want to see me come back? ”

Don't know yet? Qingdi turned his head to look at him and said, "Why are you lying?" ”

Wan Kill looked inexplicable and asked, "What lie?" ”

"You said that there was a vision in the northern frontier of the Li Kingdom, snakes, insects, rats and ants ran all over the streets in winter, and Yin Sheng found someone to do it?" Qingdi smiled lightly and said: "In the year when I pretended to be the Queen Mother, I had a deep understanding of Yin Sheng, although he was just a child, he was very pragmatic, he knew what was really useful, and he would never waste a little energy to do useless things." If there is a real outbreak of snake and rat disaster, what he will do must be to send his own people to the street to catch and burn all the snakes and rats to death, instead of finding some capable people to do it. ”

After killing his eyes, he wanted to lie to Qingdi, and he couldn't be a simple character. He immediately asked, "Maybe Yin Sheng made it for the people to see?" Although Yin Sheng doesn't believe in any capable people, many people do. ”

"If he deliberately did it for the people to see, I have more reason to believe that he led this matter." Qingdi smiled faintly, and now she can react quickly enough, but if you want to deceive her, this level is still not good. She didn't wait for the killing to think of another lie, and asked directly, "Have you seen it without a trace?" ”

After finishing the killing, he was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "See." ”

"Then you should know that this matter was done by Yin Sheng without a trace, right?" Qingdi hooked the corners of his mouth and said: "This kind of vision, if there is either some wind and earthquake, or people deliberately do it, and Shadow is such a capable person, he can completely manipulate those animals, right?" ”

"I ...... Madame, this is just your guess. "After the killing, he still held his position and didn't let Qingdi take advantage of it.

Qingdi just smiled and said, "Speculation based on what I know about you is inference. I'm sure I can't go wrong. It must have been Yin Sheng and they captured Emperor Wu, and you know all this, but you choose to hide it from me, and you hide it from me because that bastard Chu Yaocen won't let you tell me, right? ”

As soon as the words fell, Qingdi felt a heat in his back, and a chest pressed tightly against him, and the man chuckled in his ear: "Why are you so angry after killing?" ”

Qingdi shook him off and turned around and said, "It's not the killing, it's you." ”

Chu Yaocen spread his hands and said helplessly: "What's the matter, wasn't it okay last night?" It was so good, it was ...... back then."

Qingdi's face turned red, Chu Yaocen always pointed out something! It took a while for Qingdi to calm down, glanced at Chu Yaocen lightly, and said, "As for the reason why I'm angry, I have already told Wan Kill just now, and I don't want to repeat it now, you can ask him to go." ”

It's true that after the killing, I didn't want to continue to lie, so I hurriedly said: "Second master, our lie was exposed by Madame, and Madame knows that we lied to her." ”

Chu Yaocen was stunned for a moment, then immediately raised Qingdi's chin, and said with a smile: "You know everything?" Sure enough, it's the woman I love, but it's more difficult to deal with than ordinary women. ”

Qingdi frowned, clenched his fist and hammered his chest, scolding: "Bastard, I'm angry, you're still laughing!" ”

Chu Yaocen sighed, reached out to hold Qingdi's hand, and said, "Go in and talk, it's cold outside." You'll tell you everything later. ”

Qingdi snorted coldly and went in with him to see what he could say.

As a result, as soon as Qingdi sat down, he heard the words that I don't know how many times I had been said: "I lied to you, all for your good." ”