Wanxiang waited for a long time, and she didn't mind waiting for this day.

The people in the east courtyard are busy sealing the outer windows and hanging warm tents, and before the winter arrives, it is already a winter scene.

Be careful with the movements outside, for fear that if the movement is too big, it will make noise to the Wanxiang who is writing in the bedroom. Everyone knows that today's incense is untouchable.

The bedroom removed the pear fragrance and replaced it with the newly entered fruit and put it aside, the taste was sweet and there was no smoke, and it would not cause the fragrance to cough lightly.

Qiu Di knelt beside Wanxiang with a melancholy look and studied ink, looking at Wanxiang Juanxiu's self, but she also made up her mind.

Xiao Huaijin also sat in the study, writing the white-headed chant stroke by stroke I don't know how many times.

The atmosphere in the East Courtyard that day was very dull, and it was even more tense than when Xiao Huaijin went to Qionghuatai before.

A light of tea incense accompanied by dusk, Wanxiang raised her eyes to see a residual red outside the window and breathed a sigh of relief, muttering: "It's going to be night." ”

This sentence seems to have been said by Wanxiang for a long time. Then he put down his pen and picked up half a cup of tea next to him to moisten his dry throat. Qiu Di took the soft pillow next to her and put it next to Wanxiang and leaned against her.

Seeing that Qiu Di was also preoccupied, Wanxiang couldn't help but ask, "Have you ever seen Liang Cuo again?" ”

"The princess's tea is cold, and the slave maid goes to change it for a new one."

Qiu Di just wanted to raise his hand to pick up the teacup of Wanxiang, but Wanxiang dodged and put the teacup directly on the table. Delicate fingers tapped on the table again and again, looking Qiu Di up and down with scrutinizing eyes.

Seeing her appearance, she seemed to be very reluctant to mention Liang Cuo, so Wanxiang also changed the conversation and asked, "Is there still no movement over there in Qi Houfu?" ”

"I haven't heard of the movement over there, and I haven't been here since Aunt Sun left. The slave guessed that Qi Hou is now relying on the prince, and if he doesn't do it for a long time, he is also looking at Mrs. Qi's face. ”

"The two of them, father and daughter, can be regarded as knowing what it means to 'have both prosperity and loss'." As she spoke, she sneered.

"Or, give a message to the prince and ask the prince to knock and knock on Qi Hou?"

Wanxiang shook her head, raised her hand to pin the loose hair behind her ear, and said slowly: "Don't worry, tonight's matter is over, and then I will slowly discuss it with Qionghuatai." ”

As long as tonight's business is over, there is nothing that Juanxiang can't bear.

In the cold dew, when the last residual red in the sky was gone, the sky was completely cool. The big tree outside the backyard shooting range pavilion was cold and had its last dead leaves.

The people under the tree were also so cold that they were secretly rubbing their hands, and Qi'er's hands were tied behind her back, and her face was illuminated by the firelight. She, like everyone else, was waiting for Wanxiang, but there was a little more trepidation in her heart.

Finally, in the depths of the night, I saw a spark, and the faint light was getting closer and closer to the shooting range, and I knew that a familiar red shadow appeared in front of Ji'er.

"You're finally here."

Wanxiang slowly stood in front of Qi'er with her jacket on, this familiar face made Wanxiang look at it for a long time, and all kinds of past things jumped in her mind.

Qi'er raised the corners of her mouth, with a sneering look: "I regret not killing me." ”

A familiar smiling face, but no longer a familiar look, Wanxiang also smiled as usual: "In order to kill you, I can't eat it." ”

Saying that, Wanxiang raised her hand and asked someone to untie the rope on Qi'er's hand, turned around and walked into the pavilion to sit down, and said to Qi'er: "Sit." ”

Waiting for Qi'er to sit down opposite, Wanxiang poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to her: "After so long, I still want to ask you, why did you kill me in Yucheng at the beginning?" Is it really because of admiration for the prince? I don't think so. ”

"After so long, I'm also very curious, the princess is extremely smart, why did she let me go when she was in Yucheng? Isn't it the princess's consistent attitude to eliminate evil? ”

"yes." Wanxiang smiled dryly: "How could I be so stupid and let you go?" ”

"Why would I want to kill the princess?" Qi'er raised her eyes to look at the stars outside: "Because this is my mission." ”

"The mission? By whom? ”

"In the past, the princess thought that the biggest threat to the six princes in this imperial city (Xiao Huaijin ranked sixth, and had never been titled before, and was always called the 'six kings') was none other than the Queen Mother, the first emperor, and Xiao Huaihui, the king of Yi. The princess never doubted that it was too smooth sailing to eradicate these three people? ”

Wanxiang naturally suspected that whenever it was the most critical time, Xiao Huaiyue or Qi Hou would stand up to help the prince and herself.

Whether he was imprisoned in prison when he rescued Gazan, or later entered the imperial city to kill the king, or Xiao Huaijin entered the city to support the new monarch, he will always appear in the most critical and safest place impartially.

"You entered the imperial city to save Gazan, it was the wind that I leaked, but this wind did not blow elsewhere, but into the Xiangwang Mansion. From the very beginning, I was King Xiang's person, and it was also King Xiang's order to kill the princess.

From the day when the Tibetan Incense Pavilion rose in Beixun, he knew that it was the handwriting of the six princes. That's why I'm here for you.

So don't feel that I have betrayed you, and don't feel that I owe you, because you have never been my master. ”

Qiu Di, who was standing on the side and waiting, couldn't help but clench his fingers after hearing such words. Not to mention her, even Wanxiang couldn't help but feel nervous in her heart, and Qi'er's words made people think about it carefully.

The person he used to trust the most was the eyeliner that Xiao Huaiyue had placed beside him, and he hadn't found it for so many years.

What made Wanxiang even more restless was that Qi'er confirmed what Xiao Huaijin had said to herself in the Lion Tower, and Xiao Huaiyue had been in this game for so many years.

Seeing that Wanxiang pursed the corners of her mouth and didn't speak, she sat down and leaned forward: "Scared?" Is there anything in the world today that the princess regent is afraid of?

Did the princess think that I followed King Xiang after returning from Eagle's Beak Peak? Now when you recall the details of the past, do you hate yourself very much?

It was because of your negligence that I would serve King Xiang like this. According to the old relationship between master and servant, why don't I tell the princess one more thing.

When the Ten Thousand Poison Cave was tragically destroyed, the Poison Venerable never sent a letter to the Six Princes at all. The letter that Emperor Zhao got in his hand was written by King Xiang in order to please the Empress Dowager and find someone to imitate the handwriting of Poison Zun.

You have been in charge of the Tibetan Incense Pavilion for many years, and you are known as the Tibetan Incense Pavilion to know the affairs of the world. But I can't even figure out the affairs of my mother's family, and you are as pitiful as my abandoned 'dog', Princess. Hahaha......"

In front of her, Qi'er laughed maniacally, and Wanxiang clenched her fists and wanted to kill her immediately. The more hatred in her heart, the more she wanted her to suffer, but Wanxiang still gritted her teeth and endured: "What do you want to say when you pull out such a bunch?" Trade with me? ”

"No one knows the bureau that King Xiang gave to the Sixth Prince, better than me. The princess is a smart person, and the sixth prince now has a high position, and the only one who can be called an opponent is King Xiang, right?

I can't go back, why not give it a try? ”

That Qi'er, who was as simple as white water, has now learned to negotiate terms with herself in such an old-fashioned tone, and Wanxiang nodded while smiling.

Immediately afterwards, Qi'er said: "What I want, the princess knows. ”

"Naturally, it's clear." Saying that, Wanxiang looked at Qiu Di, and Qiu Di went over and said a few words to the government soldiers.

In a short time, someone carried a coarse sack and threw it to the tree. As soon as he landed, there was a whimpering sound inside, which sounded like someone had gagged and wanted to shout but couldn't shout.

Although it was faint, she could still hear that it was her brother's voice, and she turned her head as if she had been pricked by a needle.

Wanxiang sat in front of the desk, holding a warm teacup in her hand, and asked softly, "Why didn't you hear that your brother was still alive before?" Could it be that he has been kept in Xiangwang's Mansion and has not been discovered? ”

"You let him go! It doesn't matter how you want to torture me, you can do whatever you want me to do! You let him go, he's just a fool who doesn't know anything! ”

Seeing that the corners of Juanxiang's mouth had been hiding an inscrutable smile, Qi'er understood how powerless this prayer was.

The smiling face of the incense gradually condensed, and the beautiful little face like the bright moon gradually condensed into frost, got up and walked to the side, and picked up the curved bow prepared in advance: "Liang Cuo was here to teach you archery."

That's why you have a chance to pick up your bow and shoot your arrows at me. Three arrows at once...... Looks like you're learning well. ”

Someone next to him led a foal and put it into a sack and hung it up on a tree, and Wanxiang handed the bow to Qi'er: "I'm very interested in what you said, and I don't mind finding a shortcut for my lord."

Liang is wrong to wear Yang in a hundred steps, and your kung fu can't find out. It's dark now, so you don't have to take a hundred steps, you only go out twenty steps, and the same three arrows are fired at the same time to kill the things on the tree, and you take them away. ”

"Really?"

Wanxiang chuckled: "Words are true." ”

So Qi'er took the curved bow in Juanxiang's hand, grasped the three white feather arrows he had prepared, and walked out twenty steps.

The man under the tree pushed the sack, and the sack began to wobble. This is not a dilemma for Qi'er. Pull up the full bow and carefully perceive the wind speed.

The arrow departed from the string and landed firmly on the sack. The blood leached out instantly, dripping onto the ground.

When Wanxiang saw it, she laughed even more unabashedly, and patted her hands lightly: "Okay!" That's nice! is worthy of being taught by Liang Cuo. ”

Qi'er hurriedly ran over and asked Wanxiang: "Princess Jinkou Yuyan, can you release people?" ”

Chrysostom didn't dare to say it, but he also had to say it. You take people away. Wanxiang pulled out the saber of the soldiers beside her, waved it out, and the blade cut through the rope that tied the sack and tied it to the trunk of the tree.

The weight in the sack hit the ground, and the man stepped forward to open the sack. A jade-white face appeared in front of Qi'er, it was a boy, and the boy had a white hairband tied on his head.

The three arrows actually pierced his brother's body, and Qi'er covered his head in disbelief: "How can this be...... Why is this happening?! ”

She turned around and wanted to grab Wanxiang, but was pressed outside by the government soldiers, and she yelled at Wanxiang without giving up: "Why? You don't believe what you say! ”

"Yes!" Wanxiang supported her waist with one hand, and was supported by Qiu Di with the other, and walked up to Qi'er and looked at her condescendingly: "I just don't believe in my words." Do people like you need to speak 'faith'?

I only said that if you shoot something hanging from a tree, you will be able to take people away, but I didn't say that what you take away will definitely be alive. In this way, I am not untrustworthy. ”