Xiao Qianye swept over Xingluo Lake, rolled up the five princesses who fell into the water, and then lightly stepped and fell back onto the boat, the five princesses choked a few mouthfuls of water, their faces were pale and they were coughing, the guards on the side saw that it was him who made a move, and they didn't dare to continue to approach, at this time the wind on the boat board was very strong, and Princess Mingshu, who was soaking wet, hugged her shoulders tightly, cold and couldn't control herself, coughing and panting were intertwined, she raised her eyelids in horror, and carefully recognized the somewhat familiar figure in front of her.

Is it back? Sure enough, it's him...... Coming back?

"Qianye, bring the princess in first, it's cold outside, it's easy to catch a cold. Xiao Yibai opened the door, and he was already holding a thick blanket in his hand.

Xiao Qianye nodded, leaned over and wanted to help the fifth princess up, but she frantically opened the other party's hand, rushed to the side of the boat with an arrow step, and saw that she was about to turn over and jump into the water!

Xiao Qianye frowned, and without thinking about it, he dragged the fifth princess back again, and forcibly pulled her back to the house.

The fifth princess's eyes were blank, her eyes turned into an ugly color like dead ash, she swallowed nervously, and after sweeping a room of people, she hugged her head with both hands, and slowly squatted down along the wall a little bit, Xiao Yibai hurriedly walked over, shook off the clean blanket in her hand and draped it on the fifth princess, gently wiped the lake water on her hair, and asked gently: "Your Royal Highness the princess, are you okay?"

The fifth princess looked at Xiao Yibai in a daze, this face was exactly the same as the face she had loved and hated in the deepest part of her memory, even if she was smiling gently at the moment, it also reminded the past humiliation and unwillingness to be aroused at once, but although she was resentful in her heart, she didn't dare to show it at all on her face, she just shrank back with a stupid grin almost like a flatter, and said softly: "You...... You're back, I'm fine, I'm not going to pester you anymore, I'm okay, I'm okay. ”

Xiao Yibai's afterglow silently swept over his younger brother before he walked in from outside the door, staring at the fifth princess with complicated eyes, not knowing what to think.

Blatantly resisting the decree and refusing to marry is actually the responsibility of the younger brother, but the fifth princess was not favored by the first emperor, and the younger brother happened to be the best among the new generation of young people, long before Mingxi wanted to win him over, the first emperor admired him as a high-spirited young soldier, so after he refused the first emperor's marriage regardless of the princess's face, although the government and the opposition were stunned, only the first emperor smiled and did not give him any reproach, and even took back the holy decree according to his will for the first time.

Since then, the five princesses have become the laughing stock of the whole territory after tea and dinner, so that when they reach the marriageable age, they still don't even have anyone who wants to propose.

The three county lords on the six princes' mansions have also been rejected by their younger brothers again and again, but the three county lords have a cheerful and lively personality, although they are not royal princesses, but they are held in the palm of the hands by the six princes, and they are a veritable pearl in the palm of their hands.

And the most fundamental reason for this disparity is simply because the five princesses have no power and are not favored, nothing more.

In a place like Feiyuan, even if it is a noble royal princess, she can't get favor and power, she can only tolerate it everywhere, after being openly rejected from marriage, even the fifth princess's biological mother, Concubine Jing, remained silent, she didn't stand up for her daughter's unfairness and said a word, she still just guarded her own one-third of an acre every day, looking at the sky with a dull look.

In the eyes of the first emperor, there was only Empress Wenyi, and all the concubines were just victims of politics, and their children were only repeating the mistakes of the past.

Xiao Yibai rubbed his forehead, such a gloomy past was almost a devastating blow to a high-ranking princess, at least at that time, the innocent and romantic Princess Mingshu did not do anything wrong.

She may have really been moved by her brother, and even secretly ran to the beacon tower several times to pick up her brother back to the city despite her identity as a princess, just like the young man who should be in love at that age, silently watching the young man she admires from afar.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yibai sighed silently, he knew about Yun Xiao's existence early on, and he also knew that that was the real reason for his brother's refusal to marry, but at that time, he couldn't figure out what his brother was thinking, obviously he didn't have the slightest idea of returning to Kunlun, and he had no room for refusal from all walks of life, so he kept dragging it aimlessly.

If the younger brother had confessed his heart to the fifth princess earlier, maybe she wouldn't have been like this.

Xiao Yibai's movements stopped slightly, opened his mouth, but his throat was dry and he couldn't speak, in this matter, it is indeed Tianzheng Mansion who is worthy of the fifth princess, and now I think that the purpose of my younger brother who has been dragging on not getting married is to wait for Yun Xiao, if Yun Qiushui or the head of Kunshan will not let her come over for a few more years, maybe the final choice of the younger brother should still be Mingshu.

The slightest mistake is a thousand miles, and this is exactly what today, as an elder brother, he still can't make any condemnation of what the fifth princess has done.

The fifth princess was slightly stunned, a little embarrassed by such a gentle action, and she hadn't found out that she had recognized the wrong person, she felt that the other party's hand had been gently wiping the water on her head for herself, and she couldn't help but feel a little happy in her heart, and she lowered her head and remained motionless, for fear that her slightest movement would make this rare care disappear.

Mingxi looked at his imperial sister coldly, and finally broke the silence with a cold snort: "Mingshu, why did you come to Xingluo Lake?"

The fifth princess's lips trembled uncontrollably the moment she heard this voice, she trembled and raised her eyes to look in the direction of the sound, her pupils suddenly shrank to reveal a panicked look, she even forgot the etiquette she should have as a princess, and she didn't know what to do in place by mistake, Xiao Yibai also stood up, obviously didn't expect Mingxi's words to make her have such a serious reaction, he wanted to comfort the fifth princess, but this time she avoided it, and squatted in the corner with her head buried deep in the corner.

Xiao Yibai looked at the frightened speechless woman in front of him silently, his tone was finally a little serious, and he asked in a low voice: "What did you do to her, she is so afraid of you?"

Mingxi did not avoid his friend's doubts with a more stern gaze, and defended seriously word by word: "I didn't do anything, she was weak and afraid to see me." "Qiqi Chinese Network

"I didn't mean to! I didn't mean to hurt Ah Yue!" Hearing the words of the imperial brother, the fifth princess sobbed in a low voice, Mingxi looked at her with a faint smile on the corner of her lips, and continued to ask quietly, "It is rare for Pavilion Master Xiao to come back once, you might as well explain all the things last time clearly, Mingshu, you have not fought or robbed since you were a child, and you are the best one among my younger siblings, what kind of bewitchment is it that you can not even care about Haoyue's life?"

The fifth princess bit her lip with difficulty, it was difficult to hide the shame in her heart, in fact, since the coup d'état in the imperial capital, when Brother Mingxi suddenly replaced and deleted the subordinates in her house, she already secretly felt that although Brother Mingxi didn't say anything, nor did he punish himself, he must have known everything.

Then she went from a princess who was not favored by the first emperor to a royal sister who offended the new emperor, and her situation became more and more difficult.

For a long time, in such a dreary atmosphere, Mingshu just hugged her knees helplessly, crying almost in despair: "I...... I don't dare to say, she can hear it, she can hear everything. ”

"She?" Mingxi's eyes sank, and he immediately realized who the "she" in the imperial sister's mouth was referring to, he quietly exchanged glances with Xiao Qianye, calmly took a sip of the tea that was already cold in his hand, and continued, "This room is surrounded by the power of the god of war, don't worry, the eldest aunt can't hear anything, can't see anything, tell everything you know." ”

"The power of the god of war?" Ming Shu swept the letter suspiciously, but she didn't dare to question the words of the imperial brother, so she had to clench her hands nervously, trying her best to maintain her emotions, and said, "After the autumn election that day, the Star Saintess came to me and said that she could help me, she said that the girl who belonged to the Lord of Xiao Pavilion actually happened to have some relationship with her, and then she gave me a small bottle with worms and asked me to quietly put it on Haoyue......

"At first, I didn't agree, Haoyue is my best friend, I was worried that this kind of bug would hurt her, but the eldest aunt said that she just wanted Haoyue to bring these bugs to Tianzheng Mansion, and it wouldn't hurt Haoyue, because ...... Because although Pavilion Master Xiao has rejected Ah Yue many times, he is actually very good to her, and she should be able to enter the Tianzheng Mansion. ”

Xiao Qianye seriously recalled the situation at that time, it was true that after the end of the autumn election, strange moths appeared in his house, and the only outsiders who had entered before that were only the three county lords except for Dusk Cloud.

"But those bugs didn't have any effect, the eldest aunt was very disappointed, she originally wanted to secretly spy on the Xiao Pavilion Master, but she didn't expect those bugs to be killed quickly. Ming Shu glanced at Xiao Yibai worriedly, but still didn't find that the real Xiao Qianye was listening to the other side without saying a word at this time, and said, "At that time, Haoyue ran to the Moon Saintess to ask for a trick, she was worried that the style she chose Xiao Pavilion Master didn't like, and she specially brought it to me and asked me if I looked good, and then ...... Then I put a few Gu ants in it. ”

"It's actually you......" Xiao Qianye held back her anger, those Gu ants killed two innocent children, it turned out to be the poor princess in front of her!

Mingshu was startled by this low scolding, and looked over sluggishly, her eyes contracted awe-inspiringly, and her brain went blank.

"And then?" Mingxi was silent for a moment, his brows furrowed slightly, such a move was obviously beyond his expectations, so that he couldn't help but know what happened afterward, the fifth princess was regained by the voice of the imperial brother, cold sweat and lake water were mixed together, she couldn't help but wrap the blanket tightly, and continued: "Then ...... Then Pavilion Master Xiao left, and the eldest aunt didn't come to me again, but just taught me how to raise those ants, saying that they would be used soon. ”

"Later, one day, my aunt suddenly came to me and asked me to invite Haoyue to come to the house for a few days, and then on the day of the coup, on the pretext of taking medicine, she was sent to Danzhen Palace. ”

And so it was. Mingxi snorted coldly and took the initiative to take the next step, "I also heard Gongsun Yan mention these things later, you just took advantage of Haoyue's big grinning temperament, knowing that most of the troops stationed in the capital outside would not dare to provoke her, so she was chosen, after all, going from the princess's mansion to Danzhen Palace will definitely pass by Xingluo Lake, and she will definitely be swept under the lake." ”

The fifth princess stumbled towards Mingxi, fell to her knees all of a sudden, and said in a panic: "I didn't want to harm her, I was worried that something would happen to her, and I specially gave her my princess order, which asked someone to cast a spell early in the morning, and it will definitely be able to protect her from coming out safely!"

"What is the purpose?" Mingxi was a little angry, but he still kept calm and asked the most important thing, Mingshu sat weakly on the ground like a fallen puppet, covered her face and cried: "The eldest aunt said that she had calculated a hexagram, and said that the sweetheart of the Xiao Pavilion Lord, that girl named Yunxiao would also come to the imperial capital city together, as long as she could be tricked into the water prison of the king of binding, the eldest aunt would be able to kill her to avenge herself, and at that time, I ...... I can get ...... too."

At this point, Mingshu came back to her senses in an instant, and looked directly at the person by the door.

That person is the young man she has loved for a long time in her heart, he did not gently put a blanket on himself, let alone carefully wipe the lake for himself, he has been standing there, there is indifference in his eyes to see through everything, and he looks at himself without any emotion.

"She miscalculated. Mingxi sighed with palpitations, sighing that if such a hidden plan really succeeded, what kind of unpredictable consequences would it cause, Mingshu stared at his brother for a while, and took a deep breath, "The eldest aunt didn't give up, after the first disappearance of the Xiao Pavilion Master, I heard that Miss Yunxiao lived in the Tianzheng Mansion, so I wanted to find a reason to meet her, I saw her...... I am very unwilling, she is not only a Central Plains person, but also a foreigner. ”

But she didn't hurt anyone. Mingxi reminded lightly, seeing that the imperial sister's shoulders twitched, and then slowly calmed down, the fear in her eyes slowly faded, and she said seriously: "The eldest aunt found out about my dissatisfaction, and she asked me to go to the Star Picking Tower to see her." ”

Mingxi's hand holding the cold tea tightened hard, and his pale golden eyes lit up in disbelief - the Star Picking Tower has been personally guarded by the Sun and Moon Saints since the coup d'état in the imperial capital, and a person like Ming Shu, who is defenseless and doesn't know martial arts, can really enter the Star Picking Tower to see the eldest princess?

Suddenly, Mingshu's body began to tremble, not out of fear, but some kind of uncontrollable pain, forcing her to fall to the ground with her abdomen clutched.

"Mingshu?" Mingxi shouted vigilantly, the fifth princess panted hard, raised her head again, her eyes were blood-red, and she roared in despair, "I was wrong! Brother Huang, I was really wrong, you save me, I am going to be eaten by insects, please, save me......"

Before the words fell, Emperor Zhong, who had been silently watching, transformed again, and at the same time, the power from the god of war surged like water throughout the room.

He put his hand on the top of Mingshu's head, and the black-gold divine power turned into countless thin threads, penetrating the skin and burrowing into the body of the fifth princess.