Shen Ningning heard a few sounds of the door lock being pried open.

Subsequently, the gate of the Shōri Tower was pulled open from the outside.

A gloomy ray of snow shone in, mixed with a cold north wind.

Shen Ningning blocked his eyes with his little hand, and from the gap between his fingers, he saw that the person who came was thin, and a sword was worn horizontally behind his waist.

Ye Shangyi rubbed her eyes, a little happy: "It's Captain Pei!" ”

"Did my mother ask you to let us out?"

Pei Yin's face was calm, and he looked around the Zhaori Tower, and determined that there were only two people, Shen Ningning and Ye Shangyi.

He held up the letter in his hand: "No, my eagle has sent a letter for help from the county lord. ”

With that, he stretched out his arms, and a sharp eagle cry came from the sky.

The eagle flapped its wings and landed on his arm, as obedient as a house sparrow.

Shen Ningning was surprised: "This eagle was raised by Captain Pei?" ”

Pei Yin nodded: "Mengyi has an arrogant personality, and it took two or three days to tame it at that time, but I didn't expect that the county lord would have a way to let it deliver a letter for you." ”

Shen Ningning smiled.

Not to mention the eagles, even those fierce beasts in the mountains obediently listened to her deployment after eating the things watered by her spiritual spring water.

The little guy took Ye Xiangyi's hand: "Then can we go out now?" ”

Pei Yin's cold eyebrows froze slightly: "After receiving the letter from the county lord, he immediately gave it to Commander Lu, and Commander Lu had already gone to ask Concubine Rong what she meant. ”

"It's a pity that Concubine Rong Niangniang has been very sick since last night, and she has never woken up, and even the Nine Emperor Princes have been waiting by her side all night, so she humbly came to release the county lord and Miss Ye in advance, which is actually against Niangniang's order."

Ye Shangyi was a little worried: "What should I do then?" When the mother wakes up, we won't be punished! ”

Pei Yin said: "I don't care so much, it's cold in the tower, and Commander Lu has already sent someone to inform the emperor quickly, so I ordered the humble post to take you two out first." ”

Speaking of this, Pei Yin's inquiring gaze quietly swept over Ye Xiangyi and Shen Ningning.

Shen Ningning's letter said that they had been locked up all night.

Commander Lu said that the two of them were only afraid that something had happened to them.

But now looking at the two of them, their faces are ruddy and shiny, more like they have slept all night, Pei Yin feels incredible.

There used to be a Praetorian Guard, who was accidentally trapped in the Illumination Tower in winter.

When I went to find it the next day, it had frozen into a cold corpse.

And under the cold disaster, in the snowy night, the two little girls can still take care of themselves.

It has to be said to be a miracle.

Shen Ningning and Ye Shangyi followed Pei Yin out of the Zhaori Tower.

Pei Yin took the two of them directly back to the guard where the Praetorian Guards stayed and reorganized.

The guard was located on the outskirts of the palace, and it was full of forbidden men.

Considering the issue of the woman's reputation, Pei Yin said: "Our people have already gone to the Ye family to inform Master Taifu to send someone to pick it up." ”

"County Lord, Lord Xie will enter the palace to review the file in a while, but do you want to ask him to take you home with you?"

Hearing Xie Ming'an's name, Shen Ningning held the hot tea and hurriedly shook his head.

"Don't bother him."

Ye Shangyi sensed Shen Ningning's resistance.

She took the initiative to say: "Don't worry, wait for us to be warm." ”

"My grandfather will come to the palace to pick me up in a while, and the county lord can go back with me."

Pei Yin nodded silently.

However, the first person to enter the palace before the Ye family was the prime minister Xie Suzhi, who heard the news.

His face was gloomy, his steps quickened, and he went straight to Concubine Rong's palace.

Standing outside, Xie Suzhi raised his voice and said coldly: "Niangniang has always boasted that she is kind-hearted and close to Buddhism, but now, even two children less than eight years old can't accommodate it!" ”

"When you usually serve the Buddha, don't you be afraid in your heart?"

The palace maid's face changed, and she hurriedly turned around and went to the hall to spread the word.

After a while, the Nine Emperor Princes stepped out.

Under the gloomy sky, Xie Su attacked his official robe, and his body bones were as clear as pine bamboo.

The cold eyebrows that pressed the thin eyes were even more twisted with a cold arc.

The Nine Emperor Princes were gentle, standing on the white jade steps, and their tone could not hear joy or anger.

"Prime Minister, the mother concubine is sick, and your noise is no longer appropriate."

"What's more, as a foreign minister, he didn't have a call to trespass into the harem, which is not in accordance with the rules!"

Xie Su sneered: "Your Highness the Nine, please tell Niangniang." ”

"The minister promised his wife that he would never be an enemy of the minister, but if the mother wants to embarrass the minister's family and provoke the minister's family affairs, don't blame the minister for turning his face!"

The Nine Emperors' face turned cold: "Prime Minister, how dare you speak to your mother like this?" ”

Xie Suzhi was not afraid, looking at the little boy on the steps.

"The bottom line of the minister is the family, the mother is harsh on Ning Ning, that is, she can't get along with the minister, don't say such things to the mother, even if it is Your Highness, the minister can say it!"

"When His Royal Highness was about to be born, if there was no protection from the minister's wife, His Highness would not have had the opportunity to stand and talk to the minister now."

After that, Xie Suzhi shook his sleeves, turned around and left.

Concubine Rong's palace people looked at the prime minister's angry back, and didn't dare to intervene at all.

When he was far away, the palace maid hesitated and shouted, "Your Highness......"

The Nine Emperor Princes were puzzled: "What does he mean by this?" ”

Inside the temple.

Concubine Rong, who was lying on the couch, still had her eyes closed, looking like she was asleep.

The pale cheeks in the coma are especially haggard.

However, I don't know if she heard the words outside the hall, and her fingertips gently embedded in her palm, leaving a blush.

Xie Suzhi strode to the Praetorian Guard's guard.

"Ning Ning!"

Shen Ningning was holding hot tea and eating the pastries sent by Pei Yin with Ye Shangyi.

The little guy dangled his feet, a little at ease.

After seeing Xie Suzhi running in in a hurry.

Her eyes lit up, and she immediately put down the teacup: "Godfather~"

The little guy ran over and threw himself into Xie Suzhi's arms, happily waiting for his parents' children.

"Why did my godfather come to pick me up?"

"I'll be here as soon as I get the news, are you okay?" Xie Suzhi hugged the little guy and checked up and down.

"It's okay, godfather, look, I'm not okay?"

God knows, when he learned that Shen Ningning had been locked up in the Zhaori Tower all night, his heart almost jumped to his throat.

It snowed heavily last night, and he couldn't imagine how a child could survive in such a cold pagoda.

But I saw Shen Ningning's little face white and pink, and he didn't look like he had anything to do.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief and hugged the little one tightly in his arms.

Pei Yin and Ye Sheng were a little shocked when they saw it next to them.

all know that Prime Minister Xie Cheng is moody and angry, and he has always been calm and self-controlled.

But now, I saw him full of joy.

Shen Ningning blinked his eyes wide, and his little hand gently patted Xie Suzhi's back.

"Godfather? Shall we go home? ”

"Okay, I'll take Ning Ning home." Only then did Xie Suzhi calm down.

He stood up and looked at Ye Xiangyi: "The snow on the road is deep, it is not easy to walk, when I entered the palace, the old lady's carriage was stuck in the middle of the road, and I was very anxious." ”

"I promised him to take Miss Ye back with me, so Miss Ye should leave with me."

Ye Shangyi nodded suddenly: "It's okay, there is Prime Minister Lao." ”

After thanking Pei Yin, Xie Suzhi hugged Shen Ningning and led Ye Shangyi away.

Shen Ningning wanted to go by herself, but Xie Suzhi was afraid of the snow on the road, so she wet her shoes, so she held the little guy in her arms all the way.

When passing through the palace road, he happened to meet Xie Ming'an, who rushed into the palace to try the file.

Shen Ningning hurriedly buried his head in Xie Suzhi's neck, pretending not to see Xie Ming'an.

Xie Ming'an frowned as he looked at her coquettish appearance like a competition for favor.

"Father." He walked up to Xie Suzhi and gave up his hand coldly.

"Well, your sister was locked up in the palace all night, and I took her back to the house first." Xie Suzhi said it and left directly.

Xie Ming'an frowned suspiciously.

Locked up overnight?

He arranged for the guards to go and spread the word to Concubine Rong, but didn't they release Shen Ningning and them?

Late that night.

The emperor and Mo Ling rushed back in danger.

Mo Lingwei immediately wanted to go to the Xie Mansion to see Shen Ningning, but was persuaded by Chen Shaobei.

"Let's go again during the day, at this hour, the county lord must be asleep."

Mo Lingwei closed his sharp cold eyes: "What's going on, you go and inquire, come back and tell me." ”

At this time, the emperor had already gone to Concubine Rong's palace.

Concubine Rong had just come to her senses and was helped by the palace people to ask for peace.

"See ...... for concubines"

Before she finished speaking, the emperor slapped her cheek with a sharp palm.

There was a crisp sound of "pop".

Concubine Rong's face was bloodless suddenly, covering her cheeks, and she was panicked: "Your Majesty? ”