After a night of violent snowstorms, the sunrise in the early morning, in the back garden of the Hanxiang Pavilion, thousands of trees are sparse, and the snow is full.

Lu Yuanfeng, who was only wearing a thin shirt, practiced swords alone in the biting cold wind.

Although there is no internal strength, those swordsmanship that have long been memorized in his chest are still there, and the courage and perseverance that he will not bend are still there, and he will never give up on himself and collapse.

I saw the long sword in his hand reflecting the rising sun, whirling and dancing among the branches covered with ice and snow, and conjuring up dazzling lights.

When he finished practicing a set of swordsmanship and put away his sword and stood still, he suddenly found that at some point, Hua Xiangjun also came to the back garden, and was standing not far away looking at him with a smile.

"Sister Xiangjun!"

He hurriedly ran forward, and said with a concerned face, "It's so cold, you can't stay outside for too long!"

Seeing him sweating profusely, Hua Xiangjun couldn't help but smile and raised his sleeves to gently wipe the sweat beads from his cheeks for him, and said softly: "Your body has just recovered, so you can't be too tired." Sword training must also be gradual, and you must not be in a hurry. ”

Lu Yuanfeng's originally cold face unconsciously flushed with a suspicious crimson, he quickly lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Yes, I will listen to my sister in everything." Sister Xiangjun, it's cold outside, let's go inside and talk!"

Hua Xiangjun nodded slightly, and then walked out of the back garden with him and returned to the warm hall.

At this moment, the palace people had already set up breakfast in a side hall, and as soon as Cui'er saw the two of them walk in, she was busy sending the palace people who were waiting.

There were only three of them left in the house, and there was no need to divide the master and servant, and they all sat down at the table and had breakfast.

After drinking two mouthfuls of hot white porridge, Cui'er suddenly whispered, "Miss, I just found out that the Chiyang Sect Master Duxiaoqiong had returned to Xinjing yesterday. Maybe the Empress Dowager Yin will summon him today, and then they will discuss the plot to kill us together. ”

Hua Xiangjun casually sandwiched a piece of fragrant steamed rice cake to her, pursed her lips and smiled: "Then you should pay more attention and see when that solo smile dome enters the palace." When the time comes, I will also listen to the corner of the old ancestor of the Queen Mother, and get more useful news back. ”

"Yes, last time, Miss said, what kind of trick did the Queen Mother Yin want to use to harm us. This time, you should know what the hell the old woman is up to!"

Cui'er was eating steamed rice cakes with relish while shaking her little head happily. Who knew that when he turned his eyes, he saw that Lu Yuanfeng had been eating there with his head bored, and he seemed unusually silent.

She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Brother Xiaofeng, what are you thinking?"

When Lu Yuanfeng heard the sound, he stopped the chopsticks in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and then raised his head, looked at Hua Xiangjun with blazing eyes, and said: "Sister Xiangjun, my son told me before leaving, let me remind my sister more, the soul chasing skill is extremely draining, and it should not be used too often."

Especially my sister's body is already weak, and she does not have the slightest internal force to protect her body, so it is really not appropriate to let her mental mind leave her body for a long time, so as not to cause some irreparable damage to her body. ”

Hua Xiangjun glanced at him a little helplessly, and deliberately made a look of grievance and said: "I remember all these words, Xiaofeng, I will definitely pay attention to it." ”

Cui'er on the side also pursed her lips, glared at Lu Yuanfeng, and said, "Yes, Brother Xiaofeng, you have said these words several times! In the past, only Brother Xiaofei only talked so much, why have you become even more chatty than him now!"

Lu Yuanfeng's face suddenly turned red, and he held it for a long time before he squeezed out a sentence: "I am ...... ...... for Childe"

Cui'er grinned and said, "I think it's because you don't worry about Miss, so you use the banner of Childe to scare Miss!"

"I ...... I didn't have ......"

Lu Yuanfeng's expression at this time can no longer be described only by the word "embarrassed".

He suddenly put down the chopsticks in his hand, hurriedly said, "I'm going to practice," then stood up and fled.

Cui'er's big eyes blinked, turned her head to look at Hua Xiangjun, and said, "Miss, don't you think, Brother Xiaofeng, he has become so strange recently!"

Hua Xiangjun's beautiful eyes couldn't help but droop slightly, and he sighed lightly, but he didn't speak.

The sensible Cui'er seemed to realize something, and she didn't say much, just used chopsticks to pick up some food, and put it all into Hua Xiangjun's bowl.

Hua Xiangjun glanced at her and said softly, "Let's eat, Cui'er." ”

Cui'er pursed her lips and smiled, and the two lowered their heads again and ate silently.

After breakfast, Cui'er went out again to find out the news.

Sure enough, this clever girl found out, and Duxiaoqiong entered the palace early in the morning to meet the Queen Mother.

Since Hua Xiangjun's soul chasing skill has not yet been fully practiced, the time for the spiritual mind to leave the body cannot exceed a quarter of an hour.

Therefore, she waited a little longer, and it was estimated that after Duxiaoqiong had told the Empress Dowager Yin about the situation of Yuguo's trip, she used the soul chasing skill to let her spiritual thoughts sneak into Ning Xinxuan and eavesdrop on what the Empress Dowager Yin and Duxiaoqiong were going to discuss next.

Fortunately, her timing was more accurate, and she really heard the so-called "want to capture and indulge" plan of the Queen Mother Yin.

When her spiritual mind returned to her body, she opened her eyes and saw Lu Yuanfeng and Cui'er, the older and the younger, standing in front of her bed, staring at her with an extremely anxious gaze.

At this moment, seeing Hua Xiangjun wake up in time, the two of them both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Cui'er hurriedly stretched out her hand to help her sit up from the bed, and at the same time asked urgently, "Miss, are you okay? It's been a quarter of an hour!"

Hua Xiangjun shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm fine." You don't have to worry. It should be that my soul chasing skills have improved again, and the time for my mind to leave my body has been relatively prolonged. ”

As she spoke, she lifted the brocade quilt covering her body and wanted to get down to the ground.

Lu Yuanfeng hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him: "Sister Xiangjun, you should rest in bed for a while, and when your spirit is fully recovered, it is not too late to get up again." ”

Hua Xiangjun had already begun to get used to his verbosity, so he just smiled lightly, and sat on the bed honestly without moving.

At this time, Cui'er finally couldn't help her curiosity and asked, "Miss, you have been gone for so long, but what important news have you heard?"

"Indeed, we heard news that our lives were at stake. ”

Hua Xiangjun deliberately winked at Cui'er, and said with an indifferent smile, "Empress Dowager Yin's plan of 'wanting to capture the old and indulge' is to create an opportunity for us to leave the palace, and then arrange the next illusion that we will flee without permission, and finally kill us all on the official road leading to Dayu outside the new capital." ”

"A chance to get out of the palace?"

Cui'er's eyes couldn't help but flash a flash of excitement, "Will we really have a chance to leave the palace?"

Hua Xiangjun nodded, "Hunting in the winter, worshipping ancestors and worshiping gods, the Empress Dowager Yin plans to let us out of the palace on that day and go to the temple to participate in the sacrifice to the sky." ”

"Go to Jongmyo Temple?!"

This time, it was Lu Yuanfeng who couldn't help but ask, "But we have nothing to do with their Beirong royal family at all, what excuse can Empress Dowager Yin use to make us qualified to go to the temple and participate in the sacrifice to the heavens together?"

Hua Xiangjun glanced at him, exhaled lightly, and said, "Although the Empress Dowager Yin is my maternal grandmother, I really have nothing to do with the Yuwen royal family. So this time, the excuse used by the Empress Dowager Yin was that she was going to announce in public when she worshipped her ancestors, and she would make me Hua Xiangjun the queen of Darong. ”

Lu Yuanfeng's sword eyebrows immediately raised upward, "Despicable! Empress Dowager Yin's move is to take advantage of Yu Wengang's suspicion and kill her sister!"

Cui'er also nodded on the side and said, "That's it! Yu Wengang has always coveted Miss, of course he will agree to Empress Dowager Yin's proposal and take Miss to the Sect Temple to worship the sky." But if Miss runs away halfway, with Yu Wengang's tyrannical temperament, he will inevitably kill Miss in a rage. ”

"In order to be realistic, the Empress Dowager Yin asked the disciples of the Chiyang Sect of the Duxiao Dome Sect to pretend to be secret spies of the Hidden Clan, attack the Praetorian Guards who were responsible for escorting us to the Sect Temple, and rescue us, so as to create the illusion that we had planned it long ago and fled together. ”

Hua Xiangjun said slowly, with a sneer on his lips, "If we finally die at the hands of the pursuers sent by Yuwengang, the Empress Dowager Yin will not be regarded as breaking her original promise, and she will also receive the effect of killing two birds with one stone, which not only removes the thorn in my eye, but also hits Yuwengang hard." ”

"Miss...... What do you think of to deal with it?"

Cui'er frowned and asked suddenly.

Hua Xiangjun couldn't help frowning, and thought about it: "The day of the day is indeed an excellent opportunity to escape. But now that the Red Sun Sect Master is involved, the risk we have to take is really too great.

Therefore, the only thing that can be done at the moment is to respond to all changes with the same. We will stay in the palace and wait for someone sent by the cold ice to contact us, and then make the next plan to escape. ”

Cui'er's big eyes rolled, and she immediately clapped her hands and said, "Yes, if the Empress Dowager Yin suddenly announces that she will take us out of the palace, it is really possible for her to succeed in her cunning." But now that we know her plans in advance, we have to be angry with her, just don't leave the palace, and finally let her have nothing to do!"

Hua Xiangjun smiled and nodded, "Then let's put on a good play and show it to that old ancestor!"