"Why?" He Pingchuan then looked at his son seriously, "What did that kid do to make you so nervous?"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw the sword mark between He Yunjie's eyebrows, and his fox eyes instantly narrowed: "What's going on? Who hurt you?"

"Yun Jie is injured?" The Queen Mother was taken aback and walked out from behind the bead curtain regardless, "Where is the injury? Let the Ai family take a look."

"It's okay, just a minor injury." He Yunjie raised his hand and stroked his brow, "King Jingnan didn't want the princess to return to the palace, so he tried to threaten me with a sword."

"Is there such a thing?"

The Queen Mother immediately lowered her face and pulled away his hand to check the wound.

Although it was just a small spot, the blood stain had already solidified, but the Queen Mother was still very angry: "Murong Xiao'er is too arrogant. He dared to attack the nephew of the Ai family just after arriving in the capital. It is clear that he does not take the Ai family seriously. We cannot spare him lightly.”

Compared to the anger of the Queen Mother, He Pingchuan, a father, was much calmer. He narrowed his eyes and asked He Yunjie: "Since he didn't allow it, how did you bring the princess back?"

"I threatened his mother's life before he let us leave." He Yunjie said lightly.

The Queen Mother was shocked again: "You told him so soon?"

"It's the same sooner or later." He Yunjie said, "Everyone knows what he wants to do and what we want to do. There is no need to hide it. What we have to do now is to cut off all connections between Murong Xiao and Yunzhou. It makes it impossible for them to pass news to each other. He doesn't know what happened to his mother, so he can only obey our orders, unless he is so cruel that he doesn't even want his own mother."

"..." The Queen Mother ran out of ideas for a moment and turned to look at He Pingchuan, "What do you think, brother?"

He Pingchuan said: "This is already the case, so what else can we do? Naturally, we will do everything possible to block the news."

"Then let's make arrangements quickly!" the Queen Mother said, "And Princess Jingnan, no matter what reasons she has, she will not be allowed to step out of the palace again."

Hearing what the Queen Mother said, He Yunjie unconsciously remembered what Chu Zhao had said.

She said she didn't leave because she didn't want to.

So, if she wanted to, this palace wall couldn't trap her at all?

Can she really come and go freely in the palace?

Not even the emperor can, why is she so sure?

Could it be that there are people from her in the palace?

Or, just like they threatened Murong Xiao's mother, Chu Zhao also had a bargaining chip that forced them to surrender?

He Yunjie looked stern and subconsciously looked at the Queen Mother.

There are so many doctors who are unable to cure the Queen Mother's illness, so why can only Princess Jingnan be able to cure it?

Is there anything fishy in this?

He Yunjie quickly recalled the entire process from when the Queen Mother fell ill to when she sent someone to Yunzhou to pick up Princess Jingnan, and a name flashed through his mind -

Fang Weixian.

After Fang Weixian returned to Yunzhou, he began to spread the word about Princess Jingnan's medical skills when he returned to the capital. Later, when the Queen Mother fell ill, he tried his best to recommend Princess Jingnan to the Queen Mother.

why?

Is it just out of concern for the Queen Mother and recognition of Princess Jingnan’s medical skills?

It seemed that it was necessary for him to visit the Zuodu Censor who came from the same place as King Jingnan.

"Yunjie, what are you thinking about? Are you listening to the Ai family?" the Queen Mother asked.

He Yunjie came back to his senses, nodded and said: "I heard it, I will arrange for manpower to block the news immediately, and the Jingnan Palace will also send more manpower to closely monitor it."

He paused and suddenly thought of General Xiao's eagle.

We have to guard against people, we have to guard against hawks, we have to guard against doves and everything else.

He Yunjie said: "There are only a few old servants in the Jingnan Palace. In order to show that the court attaches great importance to King Jingnan, it is better for the Queen Mother to select some maids and eunuchs from the palace and send them to King Jingnan."

The Queen Mother is so shrewd. She knew as soon as she heard that he was going to arrange an informant in the Jingnan Palace, and immediately planned to tell your father-in-law to do it.

"There is no rush." ​​He Yunjie said, "When Princess Jingnan comes to take her pulse tomorrow, the Queen Mother can mention this matter in front of her and ask her if there is any palace maid or eunuch she has taken a liking to."

"What does this mean?" the Queen Mother asked. Before He Yunjie could answer, her expression changed first, "Do you suspect that there is someone from King Jingnan in Ci'an Palace?"

"I'm just guessing. Even if there is one, it may not be Ci'an Palace." He Yunjie said, "Anyway, let's test it out first and see how she reacts."

"Okay, the Ai family knows." The Queen Mother nodded, "Go and do your thing!"

The father and son responded in unison and left.

After leaving Ci'an Palace in silence all the way, He Pingchuan asked his son: "What is your attitude towards Princess Jingnan?"

He Yunjie's heart skipped a beat, and he raised his hand to touch the scar between his eyebrows to cover his guilty gaze: "Why did my father say this? My son didn't understand?"

"I don't understand why you are panicking?" He Pingchuan looked at him coldly, "When are you talking to your father, when did you need to use small gestures to cover it up?"

He Yunjie hurriedly put down his hand and retracted his sleeve: "Father misunderstood, the son just acted casually."

"Okay, even if I misunderstood you." He Pingchuan said, "Then answer my question now, what is your attitude towards Princess Jingnan?"

Under his father's sharp gaze, He Yunjie forced himself to calm down and said: "She is the princess of King Jingnan. My attitude towards her is naturally the same as my attitude towards King Jingnan."

"Then what's your attitude towards King Jingnan?" He Pingchuan asked again.

He Yunjie had no time to think and blurted out: "Enemies, we are enemies, rivals, and rivals who cannot coexist."

"So, Princess Jingnan is also an enemy, right?" He Pingchuan asked, "Are you sure your attitude towards her is that of an enemy?"

He Yunjie was forced so tightly that his palms began to sweat and his breathing became somewhat disordered.

It has been many years since his father taught him a lesson like a child. Although his father did not say a harsh word, it made him feel very uncomfortable.

"What exactly does the father want to say?" He no longer concealed his emotions, and his eyebrows became colder along with his tone. "My son has passed his prime years and is an independent-thinking adult. If the father has anything to say, he can speak directly. Say, there’s no need to go around and around.”

"Ha!" He Pingchuan sneered, "You also know that you have passed the weak crown. Take a look around the capital. Which young master at your age has not yet said we are married?"

"..."

This turn of events came so suddenly that He Yunjie was caught off guard and froze on the spot. After a long time, he said, "What does this have to do with Princess Jingnan?"

"No?" He Pingchuan said, "Since there is no such thing, the second young lady of the Pingxi Hou family, whom your mother met for you a few days ago, should choose an auspicious day to get married!"

After saying that, regardless of whether He Yunjie agreed or not, he strode away with a puff of sleeves.

He Yunjie was completely stunned. He looked at his father's retreating back and didn't recover for a long time.

How come he has no impression of what the second young lady of the Hou family in Pingxi looks like?

He frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly a face as bright as the sun flashed before his eyes.

"Does Xiaoge always like me?"

"Why is Mr. Xiaoge blushing? Isn't it because he is shy?"

The wanton laughter rang in his ears, making He Yunjie's heart throb.

He shook his head quickly and walked forward faster, as if if he took one step slower, he would fall into the abyss of eternal destruction.

What the hell is that woman?

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

In Chaoyun Palace, Chu Zhao sneezed several times in succession, rubbed his nose and said with tears in his eyes: "Which bastard is scolding me?"

"Maybe the prince is thinking about the princess!" Qingyu joked.

Chu Zhao curled his lips to show that he wasn't interested, and reached into his sleeve to take out a handkerchief. He didn't take it out for a long time, but only took out a piece of paper.

After returning to the palace, I was pestered by several girls asking questions, and I almost forgot about it.

"I'm tired, go back to bed and lie down." She pinched the note, got up and walked to the inner room.

"I'm afraid the princess may have caught a cold. I'll make some ginger soup for you to keep you away from the cold." Hong Xiao said from behind her.

"it is good."

Chu Zhao responded nonchalantly, entered the inner room, and couldn't wait to open the note and read it.

The writing on the note was not very neat, and many of them were omitted. She recognized Wang Baobao's writing at a glance.

It was like this when she was in Yunzhou. Wang Baobao was lazy and didn't want to write well, so he confidently told her that it was in simplified Chinese.

Thinking of the way that guy stared at his black eyes and talked nonsense seriously, Chu Zhao shook his head and smiled helplessly. The next moment, when he saw the content of the note, his smile suddenly froze.

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