Xi Niang waved her hand: "A person like me will spoil the courtyard of Jian Mansion." She said forcefully, "If you want to say anything, we both understand each other, so don't bother." If you treat me well, I will naturally take good advantage of it and not let it down, but that is someone else's home in the end, and you can't impose your will on others. ”

The first layer of truth of how to behave in the world here is something that can't be learned in books, but Xi Niang is measured, she can call Qi Hui a brother and brother, and she can bully people to make trouble with Pang Shifeng, but what she can't do, she will never try to try. She understands her identity, and she is like Mu Qing, even if she has deep affection, she has to think about each other's lives in the next few decades.

"You go early and come back early, but don't leave me at home." Xi Niang saw Xiangxiang's face tense and had to coax her. Fortunately, Xiangxiang just thought that Xi Niang was so good at advancing and retreating, and felt that she was far better than those women in the aristocracy, and she was not really angry, and the sisters got together again after a while.

In the study here, Qi Hui finally waited for Pang Shifeng, they were as usual, there didn't seem to be anything strange, Qi Hui was in front of the desk replying to the letter, and he was sitting next to him waiting for him to come down to talk about things. But Shi Feng sat in the dark, with an unwilling expression on his face, and when Qi Hui was writing a letter, he said in a low voice: "You have to send more people to protect Xiangxiang, my father's side, and then maybe he will take action against Xiangxiang, don't let him hurt Xiangxiang." ”

Qi Hui picked up the pen in his hand, and almost fainted a puddle of ink on the paper, not panicked, but suddenly realized that Shi Feng should have completely broken with his old man, he had been thinking about it for a day and a night, which side he wanted to stand on?

Qi Hui never suspected that Shi Feng had betrayed him, but if he went back to the Prime Minister's Mansion one day and stood behind his father with his own brothers, he also believed that Shi Feng would never tell Pang Jun about this matter. And if there is a day, he will definitely understand Shi Feng, but if they meet each other in the future, even if they are brothers in the past, Qi Hui will not be emotional.

"The direction of our investigation is going to be changed, Pang Jun collaborated with the enemy and treason." Pang Shifeng's voice was as hard as iron and heavy as lead, "I'm not a royal family, and I have no position to say such things, what about you?" Are you willing to give up the country created by your ancestors to others? ”

Qi Hui is in the light, Shi Feng is in the dark, he can imagine how sad the look on his brother's face is at this moment, this day has finally come, he has never forced Shi Feng to oppose his father, it is his natural righteousness in his bones, he can't tolerate such a thing. He is not against his father, but against the people who betrayed the country. But Qi Hui knew in his heart that in the past ten years, Shi Feng had always stopped his impulse to kill the king, and in the same way, he would not let Shi Feng face Pang Jun's life and death in the future.

"Like Mu Qing, they are also looking for the key, like the key can play a key role in the invasion, my father and they may have some agreement, they will support my father to ascend to the throne." Shi Feng's tone became colder and colder the more he spoke, and Qi Hui just listened quietly.

"I don't know why this key ended up in a little dance class." Shi Feng had already walked out of the darkness at this moment, standing in front of the bookcase, the lights illuminated his handsome and righteous face, "You go and ask Xiangxiang to see if you can think of anything, at this time, you must protect yourself." ”

Qi Hui nodded solemnly, but Shifeng immediately remembered and said, "By the way, what they are looking for is the baby who was picked up, and the key may have been brought on the baby's body back then." Did Xiangxiang pick it up? ”

It's just the difference between the sentences before and after, Qi Hui's face has changed, Xiangxiang only counted it to him a few days ago, how many girls in the team were picked up, that Nianzhen was bought, and she had been sent to her hometown to find her family, and Song Jingshu in the palace was also bought, and among those people, only Xiangxiang was picked up.

Seeing Qi Hui's expression, Shi Feng guessed * points, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Xiangxiang picked it up?" ”

As the night deepened, Xiangxiang was already in a daze in Xi Niang's arms, the two snuggled and were about to fall asleep, when the maid's shout sounded outside the door, and he woke up and asked what to do, the maid said: "The prince has returned to the room, please go back to rest Madame, are you up now, the slave is going to come in and serve you." ”

Xi Niang sneered, pushed Xiangxiang and said, "Go back quickly, this is serious." ”

Xiangxiang was woken up from her dream, sleepy, and sent back tightly by the maids, and there was still some temper along the way, she didn't have the posture of being the master now, and this temper was naturally directed at her husband. As soon as he entered the door, he wanted to find Qi Hui to be coquettish, but people pulled him and asked seriously: "Where is your baggage?" ”

The husband's tone was a little abnormal, Xiangxiang suddenly sobered up, and he didn't have time to ask why, turning out his baggage, Qi Hui found the wooden sign and asked, "You said this is what you brought in the swaddling clothes?" ”

"What the class master said, in fact, I don't remember much." Xiangxiang thought carefully, "When I was a child, when I saw Jingshu when she was first bought, she was beaten and cried every day, and I wanted to make her happy, so I gave it to her. And when the class master gave it to me, I thought he was just looking for something to send me away, so long......"

But Qi Hui took the wooden sign and looked through it carefully under the lamplight, Xiangxiang came up and asked cautiously, "What's wrong?" Is this thing weird? Don't...... What is my real origin? ”

In addition to the strange pattern, Qi Hui really couldn't imagine that such a brand could be unlocked? He also knows a little bit about tricks, how can this kind of thing that can be made exactly the same at any time be bothered the Mu family for twenty years?

"Am I the child of a bad guy?" Xiangxiang was anxious.

"I'm not sure." Qi Hui responded, "It's also possible that you are the bloodline of the Mu family, or just the child of an ordinary craftsman, you have to know something from Pang Jun's mouth to be sure." ”

Xiangxiang's brain turned slightly, and she was proud that she might be a member of the Mu family for a moment, but she was immediately frightened, and asked Xianggong tremblingly: "We are cousins?" Although I know that cousins can be that too, but, ....... ”

Qi Hui said with a smile: "If it is, it is also a vein that was separated a hundred years ago, passed down from generation to generation, I don't know which branch it is passed on, or it may not be the bloodline of the Mu family, so we don't have to worry about this." ”

Xiangxiang was suddenly deflated: "It turns out that I am still the child of a bad person? ”

Qi Hui shook his head: "They are not pure bad people, not to mention that you may not be their child, when we know more about the years from Pang Jun's mouth, we can roughly determine where you came from, you didn't jump out of a stone." ”

But Xiangxiang's expression was tense, thinking about his life carefully, and said: "In case my father and mother are still alive, in case they are really bad people, if you want to fight one day in the future, I will definitely help you." She threw herself into Qi Hui's arms and said firmly, "Don't go and find me any roots, just study the key to unlock the lock, don't ask where I came from, I'm your wife now, nothing else." ”

Qi Hui was a little distressed, and gently breathed on her back, "Don't look for it, listen to you." My Xiangxiang jumped out of the stones. ”

Xiangxiang really responded, she would rather be a stone than be a messy child. The night was deep and sleepy, and she was reluctant to let go when she was wrapped around Qi Hui, and finally the two snuggled and lay down, she was still hiding in Xianggong's arms and refused to move away, and asked stupidly: "Will we be brothers and sisters?" ”

This is absolutely impossible, so funny that Qi Hao couldn't cry or laugh, but the original serious and tense atmosphere was completely broken, kissing and hugging her before coaxing her to sleep, and when he got up again to blow out a few candles, he stood under the candle flame and looked carefully at the ordinary sign. In the end, I decided to give this to my uncle, maybe it was really the key, or it was just a useless brand.

But the next morning, Qi Hui told Xiangxiang: "Since it was something you gave to Song Jingshu in your early years, and she didn't say whether to return it to you, whether she returned it to you intentionally or inadvertently misplaced it, if she asks you in the future, you will pretend not to know." Didn't you remember this thing before, so you continued to pretend that you didn't remember, and if Song Jingshu remembered to ask you, in the current situation, most likely someone had already forced her to ask her. ”

Xiangxiang agreed solemnly, and she knew that someone might find her right now, and even let go of the idea of going to Jian's Mansion, whether it was this matter or something else, she knew that she couldn't help Qi Hui a lot, so she tried not to trouble him, and protecting herself was the greatest help to him, and she would rather be lonely at home than go outside.

This tacit understanding, Qi Hui sees it in his eyes, and he can only look forward to the future of the sea and the sky, so as to meet all the wishes of Xiangxiang.

And Qi Hui is now going out, in addition to the affairs of the imperial court, and seeing the emperor every day and "nodding" with each other, he went straight to the barracks of the city defenders on the outskirts of Beijing and practiced with the soldiers. Although he didn't really start with a fire and raising horses, he even knew in detail what the groom had to do and how to do it. And he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his skills have long been enough to fight one against ten, but he also has one move and one style, carrying a heavy wooden knife and starting from scratch with other soldiers.

In today's army, the practice is hand-to-hand combat, Qi Hui's skills are far above ordinary soldiers, and he is afraid of hurting them, so he asks the general in the barracks about some precautions and tactics, and when they come out, the school yard is fighting heartily.

Suddenly, someone coaxed, whistling to greet Qi Hui, they had already compared a brother with the best skills, I heard that Qi Hui's martial arts were extraordinary, and I wanted to open my eyes. The general said on the side: "The prince doesn't have to be serious, they are over-blooded, just wait for the last general to scold a few times." ”

Qi Hui smiled faintly: "It's okay to learn from each other." He knew in his heart that he had always been looked down upon by these soldiers who were crawling in the sand with their true skills, and felt that he, a royal son, was not worthy of their blood.