Li Bai hurried back to Beijing, and when he entered the Lingyun Palace, the wound on his back was still oozing blood.

"The subordinates led people to fight with the assassins, and the two sides were deadlocked, and when they didn't want to suffer heavy damage, they suddenly rushed out of a third-party force and kidnapped Princess Qi......"

"Wait," Xiao Chai interrupted, "You mean, there are two groups of assassins this time?" ”

Li Bai nodded, "Exactly." ”

His eyes were deep: "The leader of the first group of people, his subordinates fought with him during the Shangsi Festival the year before last, and he will not admit his mistake." ”

Hearing this, Xiao raised his eyebrows one by one, "What about Nandu?" ”

"Not bad."

In the sixth year of Yan Ping, the Son of Heaven visited the southern capital of Changzhi, and was assassinated on the dragon boat on the way, and almost returned to the west. At that time, Li Bai was a meritorious escort, and he had a lot of injuries on his body, and the fierce battle with the leader of the assassins almost cost him half his life.

Afterwards, after a whole year of verification, the Secret Guard determined that the person who carried out the assassination was sent by the Pan family. However, the witnesses were suddenly extinguished, and there has been no way to deal with them since then.

After this, Xiao made up his mind and vowed to uproot the Pan family.

He came back to his senses from his memories, only to hear Li Bai continue: "As for the second group of people who finally took advantage of the fisherman's profits and robbed Princess Qi...... Forgive his subordinates for their incompetence, and their origin has not been found out for a while. I only know that after she kidnapped Princess Qi, she should have gone to the southern capital. ”

Xiao Chai narrowed his eyes, "Changzhi ......"

Who will be the second group of people?

Xiao Di? Zhou people? Which prince?

Or is it a family like the Xiang family, the Qin family, and the Gu family?

Or, is it simply the Pan family's old suspicion and deliberately sent two groups of people there?

Wen Lian has been famous since she was a child, and she is the most talented one among the peers of the Wen family of Ciyun, and she returned to Beijing this time with the Changming Sword by her side......

Changming Sword, how many people in this world have no covetousness for this thing?

Xiao Chai sighed heavily. When you think about it this way, there are too many objects to be suspected.

"Your Majesty, Imperial Physician He has arrived."

Sun Zhifang entered and whispered, Xiao chased back to his senses, and asked Li Bai to go to the West Hall for a while, and then leave the palace after Doctor He Taiyi diagnosed the pulse and prescribed the prescription.

Li Bai knelt down in gratitude.

Xiao ordered two secret decrees in a row, and sent additional people to find the traces of Princess Qi. He remembered the Changming Sword in his heart, and for most of the hour, he didn't see a single fold.

At this time, Sun Zhifang came back and said, "Your Majesty, Jiang Servant asks to see you." ”

Jiang Yi is here.

Xiao Zhu hurriedly announced that people came in, and he wanted to ask this first-class henchman about this matter, but when he saw Jiang Yi enter the hall, the whole person's expression was not quite right.

——A person who has always been steady, at this moment is a rare excitement.

So, Xiao Zhu put the words on his lips and said with a smile: "It's rare to see you so happy, what is the good news, let's talk to me!" ”

Jiang Yi was originally a military general from a humble background, relying on military merits all the way, and in the early years, when Xiao Chai and Xiao Di were competing for the throne, he made great contributions to the king of Qin.

It's just that God is jealous of talents, in a patrol at the beginning of last year, Jiang Yi, who was the governor of Dadu at the time, was attacked in the middle of the night, injured the meridians of his left leg, and it was difficult to heal all over the famous doctor.

Since then, people who don't talk much have become more and more reticent.

Xiao Zhu rarely saw his emotions exposed, and he was curious in his heart, so he clenched his fists and asked: "Your Majesty, please go to Nandu and make a trip, and I hope Your Majesty will approve it!" ”

Xiao Zhu's teasing smile paused on his face.

"Nandu?" After a while, he pretended to be strange, and ordered a seat to be given to him, and then asked, "What are you doing in Nandu?" ”

Jiang Yi excitedly told him that he had received the news that Chao Rong, a famous doctor with the same reputation as the one-man divine doctor, was very likely to be in Changzhi right now.

"Your Majesty knows that Chao Rong is a Zhou person, and since the disappearance of the Marquis of Lingqiu, he has not walked in my Daliang territory for many years. The minister has been looking for this person for a long time, and it has really taken a lot of effort, and now there are rumors, and he wants to try it anyway...... There is also a day when you will expand your territory again! ”

Jiang Yi said vigorously, but Xiao Zhu gradually frowned.

Wind?

What kind of rumor came by such a coincidence? Wen Lian was robbed of Changzhi first, and Jiang Yi came to ask for a decree to go south?

"Your Majesty......?" Jiang Yi saw that he was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but lift his heart, "But what's wrong with what the minister said?" ”

Xiao smiled one by one and shook his head.

"Okay," in an instant, he had made up his mind, "Aiqing's leg, I am also very concerned, if I can really see Chao Rong on this trip and cure it, then I still need any Xiang clan to contain the Pan clan!" For the country and for private purposes, Aiqing should leave this time. ”

Jiang Yi was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

As soon as Jiang Yi knelt down, Xiao Zhu calmly instructed Sun Zhifang: "Spread the deputy commander of the Dark Guard." ”

In the Xiangfu, Pei Yao was in Nanyuan, playing with Xiang Fang, who was gradually getting better-since Mrs. Zuo's death, the whole house did not dare to slack off on her, the future princess of Chu, as for Xiang Tao, I don't know if it was for the guilt of almost swinging a sword to kill the woman, or because she was afraid of Xiao Di, she was not as strict with Xiang Yu as before, and now she came to Nanyuan, she was quite comfortable.

Xiangfang was in the middle of the period Ai Aidi bargained with her about the endorsement, at this time, Juan Niang came in with the medicine, and the little girl was like seeing a savior, and shouted coquettishly for help to Juan Niang.

Juan Niang smiled: "Fang Shi didn't listen to my sister again, right?" Beware of making my sister angry! ”

As soon as she heard this, the little girl who was still 'fighting' with her sister immediately said: "No!" My sister likes me the most! Don't be willing to be angry with me! As she spoke, she blinked her round eyes and looked at Yao Wei: "Sister, isn't it?" ”

Pei Yao thought about it, but said: "That's not necessarily, this anger and like, and it's not day and night, why can't you come together?" ”

Xiangfang choked, was aggrieved for a while, and picked up the "Three Character Classic" resignedly.

Pei Yaowei and Juan Niang looked at each other and smiled. When she looked at Xiangfang and drank the medicine, she remembered something, and asked Juan Niang: "By the way, Juan Niang, my mother has not come over often in the past two days, is there nothing wrong?" ”

At the mention of this, Juan Niang was obviously quite happy, and whispered to her that Mrs. didn't come over often in the past two days, but because she put most of her thoughts on the county prince!

Hearing this, Pei Yaowei was somewhat surprised.

With her lukewarm attitude towards the position of his wife, she always thought that Mrs. Huan did not have much affection for Xiang Tao, but Xiang Tao's favor for her was quiet and rock-solid.

She sent Juan Niang to the outer room and asked softly, "Husband...... I mean, my mother and father have been getting more and more harmonious lately? ”

Juan Niang sighed, quite guarded: "This lady, after entering the door for so many years, she has always been in awe of the county prince, and now it's okay!" As soon as the Xiyuan man left, the house was quiet, and the lady was corrected, and now he got along with the county prince, and he was finally in love! The slave and maid watched from the sidelines, and rejoiced in the master! ”

No matter how much, Juan Niang didn't say much, Pei Yao politely sent her away, and stood under the porch by herself, but she was suspicious.

Something was wrong, she thought.

also feels that something is wrong, and Xiang Tao.

It was night home, and he returned to Nanyuan as usual. Mrs. Huan prepared his favorite food early in the morning, and waited for him to return while making needles in the warm pavilion.

When Xiang Tao entered the door, she did not alarm others, and quietly lifted the curtain to take a look, and saw that under the faint candlelight, she was holding her forehead and sleepy.

The incense burner on the low desk was lit with incense, and in the smoke, she was wearing a light-colored dress, and her bun was scattered, like a fairy concubine, quiet and beautiful......

but it is too far from this world.

As soon as this thought came to him, Xiang Tao suddenly had a stirring spirit and coughed.

Mrs. Huan woke up in shock and dropped the needle and thread in her hand.

"The county prince is back......"

Xiang Tao nodded, took a seat, frowned and instructed: "If it's too late in the future, don't wait for me." ”

"How can that work?" Mrs. Huan packed up the things at hand and personally served him to clean his hands, obviously smiling, but there was sadness between her eyebrows, "You have waited for me for so many years, what is the concubine waiting for this moment......

Her voice was very low and low, and Xiang Tao always thought that he had misheard.

He quietly hid the agitation in his heart, and said without a moment: "You seem to have changed a lot recently. ”

"In the past two months, so many things have happened, and the concubine is ...... There will always be some changes. She asked, "Don't you like it?" ”

Xiang Tao looked at her deeply for a moment.

"I'm afraid that this change won't last long." He said.

Mrs. Huan seemed to be stunned for a moment, came back to her senses, and smiled gently.

She sat down on the bearing feet under Xiang Tao's seat, tilted her head, and rested on his lap.

"You know, all these years, the concubine has been grateful to you in her heart."

Xiang Tao couldn't help but stroke the top of her hair, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and said slowly: "You also know that what I want is never your Thanksgiving." ”

"The concubine knows." After a pause, she continued: "But your life-saving grace and rebirth feelings, the concubine will not dare to forget it no matter what." ”

Xiang Tao did not speak.

"You are magnanimous, even if the concubine committed such a mistake back then, you never blamed the concubine. When the concubine was most helpless, he helped out. In the concubine's heart, you are like a living Bodhisattva, as early as when you brought the concubine back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, the concubine was determined to worship you all her life and never betray you. ”

"It's just that there are some things, and the concubine only understood it after this incident."

He asked, "What?" ”

She was silent for a while, and then said softly: "Grace and love are both love, neither opposites, but what's the matter...... Pay all with one person? ”

Xiang Tao's eyes widened.

"You...... Willing? ”

Once an important minister, the three words in this boudoir were asked so carefully.

Mrs. Huan looked up at him, "Am I still in time, husband?" ”

After a long time, he stroked her face.

"Just in time." He said.