After Song Qingshu left the table, although he met a few pairs of patrols, he saw the official uniform on his body, nodded and let him walk.

However, Song Qingshu is not a fool, he would not think that the guards in the inner courtyard of the palace would still ignore him, and he hid his tracks along the way, and finally found Xia Qingqing's trace by the lake.

A woman stood alone, staring at the water.

"You're pretty fast. Hearing the voice behind him, Xia Qingqing seemed to have expected it early in the morning, and there was no surprise.

"Why are you waiting here alone. Song Qingshu looked left and right, with her current identity, she shouldn't be alone.

"To wait for you. Xia Qingqing turned around with a faint smile on her face.

The beauty is still the same, but her identity has long been vicissitudes, and a trace of sadness flashed on Song Qingshu's face: "Why didn't you ask me before you made this decision? I will tell you all the plans in my heart, and you will definitely not choose to leave me after listening to it." ”

"I've asked you many times," the breeze disturbed the hair, Xia Qingqing stretched out his fingers to smooth the scattered hair behind his ears, and smiled slightly, "But every time you only say, 'Trust me, believe me'." ”

Song Qingshu was stunned when he heard this, it seemed to be true at that time.

Xia Qingqing saw his reaction, and his expression was complicated: "Okay, I'll give you another chance, you can tell me your plan now." ”

Song Qingshu hesitated suddenly, that matter was too relevant to be leaked, and now she was the princess of Bao......

"Forget it, I already know the answer. Xia Qingqing sighed faintly and stopped talking.

"Now that times have changed, and your identity is different, I naturally can't tell you again. Although Song Qingshu had a desperate impulse, his reason was still overwhelming after all.

"I understand, but I'm afraid this is the last time we'll ever meet, you have your plans, I have my plans, I don't want to make waves. Looking at the lake in the distance, Xia Qingqing said calmly.

"Isn't your plan to seduce Hongli and provoke the relationship between him and Kangxi, but do you really think Hongli can defeat Kangxi?" Song Qingshu sneered.

Xia Qingqing was obviously stunned, and her face was as cold as ice: "You can understand it this way, but this is my own business, and I don't need others to worry about it." I silently added in my heart: Of course I know that Dao Hongli is not Kangxi's opponent......

"Alright then, there will be no time in the future. Song Qingshu resolutely turned around and left.

"There will be an indefinite ......" Xia Qingqing lost her mind for a moment, muttering to herself, and a trace of bitterness flashed on her face.

Back at the banquet, Song Qingshu laughed as before, frequently got up and staggered with Shengjing's hundred officials, stayed with Wei Xiaobao Duolong for so long, called him a brother, and made friends with wine and meat. When he noticed that after Hongli got up and left the table, he drank more happily, and when he came out of the palace, he was already drunk into a puddle of mud.

"Old Zhao, what do you say is wrong with Lord Song, you suddenly become so ......" Zhang Kangnian helped the drunk Song Qingshu and looked at Zhao Qixian in dismay.

"How do I know Lu Dao, I was fine before. Zhao Qixian was vomited, and his expression was even more depressed.

"Hehe, I'm sorry, I'm sorry today, and after returning to Beijing, I will be promoted to your official. Hearing their discussion, Song Qingshu barely opened his eyes and smirked.

"In that case, I think you might as well vomit me. Zhang Kangnian on the side smiled bitterly.

"Vomit ......"

"Uh, I'm kidding, Lord Song, don't take it seriously. Zhang Kangnian's wail came from the night sky.

In the palace, in the Yilan Pavilion where the side Fujin lives.

"Lord Wang, it's not early, please go back. Xia Qingqing said coldly.

"Qingqing, you are my blessing. Hongli smiled, wanting to get closer.

In a flash of cold light, Xia Qingqing's golden snake sword was already against his chest, and he said in a cold voice: "Lord Wang, if you forget me, remind me again, this Fujin's name is just a cover identity, don't take it seriously." Also, don't call me that. ”

"Yes, yes, this king is just joking with Mrs. Yuan," Hongli took a few steps back, "Today's lady's dancing posture at the banquet amazed the civil and military officials, and this king was also stained with their light, so he was fortunate to feast his eyes." When I proposed it to Mrs. that day, I never expected that Mrs. would agree. ”

"Our alliance doesn't include dancing for you, not for you. Xia Qingqing added in her heart: This dance is not for you......

"This is the only time, and this king is already very content. Hongli laughed and said, "By the way, I heard that Madame's Golden Snake Camp has been a little messy recently, do you want this king to send someone to help Madame?"

"No need, that's just a means for me to deliberately paralyze Kangxi, otherwise Kangxi won't be able to tolerate a united Golden Snake Battalion. Xia Qingqing shook her head and categorically refused.

It turned out that Xia Qingqing was moved by Luo Bing's words that day, and she also felt that Song Qingshu didn't seem to be really helping her take revenge, and the longer she was with Song Qingshu, the more blurred Yuan Chengzhi's shadow became in her mind, she was afraid that one day, she would even forget to take revenge, so she had to choose to leave. However, she has followed Yuan Chengzhi to command the Golden Snake Camp for so long, and she is no longer the unruly little girl who didn't understand anything and only loved to lose her temper. Before, because her husband was killed, hatred blinded her eyes, and this time has long since calmed down. In her opinion, Luo Bing is limited to her vision, and her plan is simply full of loopholes, Xia Qingqing is not as stupid as the people in the Red Flower Society, and she easily gives up her innocence for the sake of a vague possibility.

Xia Qingqing went south to Shandong first, and saw that the mountains of the Golden Snake Camp were fighting happily, and in anger, he took a group of cronies north to Shengjing.

Hongli is having a headache because of the princess Jianning, Wu Sangui, the king of Hexi, fell out, lost Wu Sangui, an ally, he has hundreds of thousands of troops, the road to the south is blocked by Wu Sangui, and the north is the fierce Mongolia, which is the desperate situation of having no way out and chasing soldiers. Of course, if he is willing to be a prince of one side, he can naturally guard his own one-third of an acre and live happily for decades, but it is a pity that he has been coveting the dragon chair in the capital, how can he be a prince who is willing to be a prince?

Xia Qingqing's arrival made him overjoyed, because she gave another way out: unite with the Golden Snake Battalion, the Golden Snake Battalion helped him transport the army from Lushun to Tianjin Wei by sea, and the Golden Snake Battalion then raised troops from Shandong and fought together in the capital, so that Wu Sangui's Shanhaiguan was completely bypassed, and Wu Sangui and Xiao Feng of Liao were fighting hard, and when he pulled out, the Qing Dynasty had already been included in his bag.

The reason why Hongli didn't think about sending troops from the sea before, because his soldiers were not good at water warfare, and the Bohai Sea was under the control of Shenlong Island, and Shenlong Island had already taken refuge in Mongolia, if he set off from the sea, hundreds of thousands of elite troops would only die in the belly of the fish, and an alliance with the Golden Snake Battalion could perfectly solve all this.

The Golden Snake Battalion was thriving overseas in the early years, and now it is still the overlord of the Yellow Sea, proficient in water warfare, and can just deal with the Divine Dragon Sect.

Therefore, Hongli and Xia Qingqing hit it off and soon formed an alliance, and during this time, in order to discuss the method of dealing with the Divine Dragon Sect and the specific details of future cooperation, Xia Qingqing had to meet with him frequently. Hongli was worried that a strange woman would often go in and out of the palace, which would arouse the suspicion of people and reveal the big plan, so he placed Xia Qingqing in the mansion as a side Fujin to hide people's eyes.

"That's good," although Hongli still had doubts in his heart, he knew that the other party's husband was killed by Kangxi, whether it was for the interests of the Golden Snake Camp or her personal vendetta, there was no need to lie to himself, and the conversation changed, "By the way, Mrs. Yuan, you can see the minister sent by the imperial court during today's banquet?"

"Minister Qincha?" Xia Qingqing's heart jumped, and he said lightly, "I've seen it, he looks like a little white face, he doesn't look like a big deal, he must have no real skills." ”

"Mrs. Yuan is very wrong to think like this," Hongli said in a deep voice, "After Wei Xiaobao's death, Song Qingshu has become Kangxi's number one confidant, and he has a vague momentum to win the throne of the first master of the Qing Dynasty. ”

"No matter how high the martial arts are, it's just a sword, and it can afford to turn over any big waves. Xia Qingqing deliberately pretended to have a disdainful expression.

"When martial arts are high to a certain extent, they are no longer a sword. Does Mrs. Yuan still remember how her husband died? The Golden Snake King is strong in martial arts, with an army of more than 100,000 under his command, and he is the overlord of one side, but he still dies under the blow of the undefeated Bo Lang in the East, and the hegemony of the emperor is empty in a blink of an eye. Hongli deliberately looked at Xia Qingqing's face.

Xia Qingqing's face really changed greatly: "One day, I will definitely kill Dongfang Undefeated and avenge Brother Yuan...... Although Song Qingshu's martial arts are good, if he wants to assassinate the prince, I am afraid that he still has no strength. ”

"There are many masters in this king's mansion, so naturally there is no need to be afraid of him. Hongli patted his chest proudly, "It's just that at such an age, he already has the temperament of a grandmaster, and it is hard to guarantee that he will not grow into the kind of terrifying existence that kills one person in ten steps and does not stay for thousands of miles in the future, so he has no choice." ”

"Does the prince mean to take advantage of his incomplete growth to strike first?" Xia Qingqing asked expressionlessly, "It's just that I'm afraid this will startle the snake and make Kangxi vigilant, and the gains will outweigh the losses." ”

"I think it's the opposite," Hongli sneered, "According to the spies' report, Kangxi has asked him to prepare for the establishment of a secret intelligence agency, the Sticky Pole Office, if it is really established, we may be restricted everywhere in the future, and we will always be passive in marching and fighting." Hehe, as the saying goes, there is a way in heaven that you don't go, but you come to hell without a door, he threw himself into the net this time, how could this king let go of such a great opportunity?"

"But after all, he is a minister, if the prince makes a move, I'm afraid the situation will not be able to be cleaned up. Xia Qingqing frowned, anxious.

"It doesn't matter, this king has his own tricks. Hongli smiled incomprehensibly.

Song Qingshu was escorted back to the Sifang Pavilion by his subordinates, and as soon as he got off the carriage, a royal guard greeted him and whispered, "Lord Song, a beautiful woman came to look for you just now." ”

"Beautiful woman?" Song Qingshu's eyes widened slightly, and he said in a daze, "Does she have a name?"

The guard replied respectfully: "No, but when the other party came, he was disguised, and it seems that he deliberately concealed his whereabouts." Our brother thought that she must have something important to look for, so he took her upon himself to take her to the museum, and is now waiting inside. ”

"Could it be Xia Qingqing?" Song Qingshu was overjoyed, pushed away the guards and staggered inside.