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After an unknown amount of time, Huo Shu opened her eyes and finally regained her vision.

Am I...successful? Huo Shu asked secretly.

Huo Shu turned her head and glanced at Su Qing, who was sleeping on the bedside. It's Su Qing's hand...it seems to be bitten by him?

Huo Shu reacted quickly and immediately let go.

Feeling Huo Shu's movements, Su Qing opened her eyes and looked at Huo Shu.

"You finally woke up." Su Qing said tiredly.

"How long has it been?" Huo Shu asked.

Su Qing stood up and untied the ropes tied to Huo Shu's hands and feet, and said, "No more, no less, exactly three days."

"Three days... I feel like more than ten days have passed. These three days have been too long and painful." Huo Shu tried his best to sit up and said.

"What have you experienced in the past three days?" Su Qing helped Huo Shu get up.

Huo Shu told Su Qing everything she had experienced in the past three days.

Su Qing frowned and said: "You have been in a coma for the past three days and I always feel that if you were not tied up with a rope, you would probably strangle yourself to death. And you have bitten off three of the hemp ropes. The rope is gone and I can only let you bite my hand."

After that, Su Qing showed the arm that had been bitten by Huo Shu. The arm was covered with Huo Shu's bite marks, which were basically bleeding. The extent of the scab on the wound showed how long Huo Shu had bitten him.

"I'm sorry..." Huo Shu was very sorry and apologized in a low voice.

"It's okay, did you succeed?" Su Qing asked.

"It feels...successful?" Huo Shu said with some uncertainty.

Huo Shu looked at her hands. They were no different from usual, but she felt like they were new. .

"Let's go out first, we haven't eaten for three days." Su Qing suggested.

"You haven't eaten either?" Huo Shu asked.

"No, I took care of you so much that I couldn't even think about eating." Su Qing said calmly: "But it doesn't matter. I was ambushed by the enemy before and ran out of food and grass in the valley. I didn't eat for a week, so for three days I can still bear it without eating for days.”

"I feel like I can't bear it." Huo Shu stood up, feeling dizzy and having stars in her eyes.

Su Qing supported Huo Shu and said, "I'll help you out."

After walking out of the secret room, Su Qing called Gu Yu out and prepared two bowls of white porridge.

"You can't eat so much at once. Let's drink some porridge first." Su Qing said.

"Thank you." Huo Shu picked up the spoon and drank slowly.

"Do you want to learn some martial arts?" Su Qing asked halfway through the meal.

"Huh?" Huo Shu was a little confused and asked, "I don't have anyone to teach me."

"It's far away but it's so close right in front of you, you know?" Su Qing said angrily.

"You teach me?" Huo Shu asked cautiously.

"Ask me and I'll teach you." Su Qing's shameless temper came back again.

Huo Shu hesitated for a moment and chose between not wanting Su Qing to teach him martial arts and wanting Su Qing to teach him martial arts.

Huo Shu thought about it and nodded in agreement: "Yes, I beg you."

"Please speak louder, I can't hear you." Su Qing pretended to be arrogant and said.

Huo Shu leaned close to Su Qing's ear and said, "I beg you," so close that Su Qing could feel Huo Shu's breathing.

Su Qing's ears turned red instantly, and she immediately sat down at the farthest seat from Huo Shu. When she sat down, her whole face had already turned red.

"Did you hear that?" Huo Shu held her chin and said with a smile.

"Listen... you heard it, I'll just teach you." Su Qing started to stutter when she spoke.

"Thank you very much, General Su." Huo Shu said with a smile.

Huo Shu smiled brightly under the sun, which made Su Qing's heart skip a beat.

"By the way, have you succeeded in practicing your blood and bones? Seeing that you are jumping around, I feel that you have not failed." Su Qing quickly changed the subject.

"Do you have a knife?" Huo Shu asked after finishing the last bite of porridge.

Su Qing handed over the dagger.

Huo Shu took the dagger and without hesitation, swung the dagger into her hand.

"What are you doing?" Su Qing was a little surprised to see Huo Shu's behavior.

The blood flowing from Huo Shu's arm turned into spikes and stabbed towards Su Qing.

Su Qing felt bad and quickly moved sideways to avoid the incoming spikes.

"I can't control it," Huo Shu said.

"Gu Yu, my sword." Su Qing ordered.

Gu Yu threw Su Qing's sword over. Su Qing unsheathed her sword and quickly smashed the spike into pieces.

"You try to stop the bleeding. This attack can't hurt me for the time being." Su Qing said.

Huo Shu tore off her sleeves and bandaged her wounds until the bleeding slowly stopped.

After Su Qing smashed the last spike with his sword, he came to Huo Shu.

"Are you okay?" Su Qing asked with concern.

"It's okay, the bleeding has stopped." Huo Shu said, "I was not prepared."

"It's good that you're fine." Su Qing put the sword into its scabbard and said, "You should just get it now, but you still need to practice."

"How to practice? Cultivation as an immortal?" Huo Shu's face was full of questions.

"I think you should be cultivating demons." Su Qing thought for a while and said.

"Cultivation of demons?" Huo Shu suddenly remembered the ominous curse between herself and Huo Zhen, and said, "Could it be that I am ominous?"

"I don't think you are." Su Qing said, "Perhaps this ominous curse doesn't exist at all? You two were bullied in the palace, and no one will be unlucky because of contact with you."

"Actually, my mother-in-law died when I was six years old. And the wet nurse who took care of me died when I was three years old. From then on, the queen did not even dare to arrange maids for us. She said she was afraid We kill them.”

"Did they die because of you?" Su Qing glanced at Huo Shu and said speechlessly: "Human life is the easiest thing to fake. Who knows if someone killed them and then put the blame on you."

"That makes sense." Huo Shu replied.

"But the one who said you are under an ominous curse is the high priest after all. Who knows what the specific situation is?" Su Qing spread her hands and said.

"The words of the high priest made it difficult for me and my brother to stay alive." Huo Shu laughed to herself: "At first, I didn't understand why we were allowed to live since we were ominous. Later, I gradually understood. It’s just for us to be the knife he borrows to kill people.”

"Don't think so much. In the worst case, just live well and just slap the high priest in the face." Su Qing comforted: "Let me teach you martial arts first. If your martial arts are better, you may be able to control your blood and bones. "

"You don't have to ask me to beg you this time?" Huo Shu joked.

"Just don't lose control and kill me. It's not good to murder your own husband."

"Don't be too happy. It will be embarrassing if your father decides to marry someone other than you."

"Don't worry, I have a way." Su Qing said with a smile.

After Huo Shu returned to her palace, she was startled by Huo Zhen's appearance.

"Sister." Huo Zhen's voice appeared behind Huo Shu.

"Scared me to death." Huo Shu quickly turned around, obviously startled by Huo Hao's appearance.

"I've missed you so much these past three days, sister." Huo Zhen said with an aggrieved look.

"I'm not coming back now. How are you doing over there?" Huo Shu asked with concern: "You are about to be sent as a hostage. You must maintain your power before that."

"But they all want to throw dirty water on you, and I can't stand that."

"It doesn't matter if I endure it for a while. Besides, the ominous curse may really be on me. So I'm not throwing dirty water, right?" Huo Shu thought of the blood and bones she had just cultivated and said.

"Sister, what are you talking about? How can you be evil?" Huo Zhen said.

"It's not me, is it you?" Huo Shu said, "If it were you, I don't think I would let you be the king."

"But my sister is the best sister in the world. There is absolutely no way she is under an ominous curse."

"Even if your sister is under an ominous curse, I am still the best sister in your world, right?" Huo Shu asked back: "I have already said that if those people want to throw dirty water on me, then first Promise them that when you ascend the throne, you can deal with them."

"Then I will definitely let them be skinned and cut into pieces, so that they will regret what they did to Sister." Huo Zhen's eyes were full of viciousness.

"That's not the case. This is too harsh. A small punishment but a big punishment will be enough." Huo Shu recalled the pain of the past three days and shuddered subconsciously and said.

"What's wrong, sister?" Huo Zhen saw Huo Shu's reaction and asked, "Sister, what did you do when you left the palace in the past three days?"

"Su Qing..." Huo Shu thought for a while and decided to change her title: "General Su took me to the execution hall. I happened to catch up with a prisoner who was being skinned, cut into pieces, and broken into pieces. It scared me."

"Why did he take you to this place?" Huo Zhen asked, suppressing the jealousy and dissatisfaction in his heart.

"I forced him. He didn't want to take me there." Huo Shu continued to lie: "By the way, I got a treasure unexpectedly these days."

"What treasure?" Huo Zhen asked.

"Blood and bones." Huo Shu said enthusiastically.

"what is this?"

Huo Shu felt relieved when she saw that Huo Zhen didn't understand Blood Bone at all. Fortunately, there is no need to explain this painful process, Huo Shu secretly thought.

"My blood can become my weapon and protect us." Huo Shu said excitedly.

"Why doesn't Su Qing want such a good thing?" Huo Zhen said suspiciously.

"Because he said he didn't need it." Huo Shu lied guiltily: "He said that I am his soon-to-be wife after all, so I must be able to protect myself."

"Tsk." Huo Zhen said with a look of displeasure: "Su Qing really has no boundaries. I told you you wouldn't marry him."

"It's normal for me to get married, and I can't hide from it. Besides, Su Qing is also a very good person. I think he will be a good son-in-law. If I can marry him, my life will not be too bad. "

"Sister, this is the first time you have spoken for an outsider." Deep in Huo Hao's eyes was uncontrollable anger.

"What?" Huo Shu was confused and said, "I don't have one."

"You didn't treat Su Qing as an outsider, of course you didn't." Huo Hao gritted his teeth and said.

"Because Su Qing has been helping us." Huo Shu said puzzledly: "In the beginning, it was because of his cooperation that I didn't need to make the matter too troublesome to solve the problem. Later he helped us in front of the Queen Mother After talking, he punished Princess Qingya to go to the Great Buddha Temple to meditate for three months. Now, in order to give us the ability to protect ourselves, he helped me get the blood and bones. He also told... He will teach me martial arts next. Su Qing has solved a lot of troubles for us. Now, I think you can try to believe him."

"So what? We don't know what his purpose is, so why do you believe him? How can you guarantee that Su Qing's false feelings are not to harm us in the end?"

Huo Shu was silent. Huo Zhen was right. Su Qing had always been suppressed in the court. It was not impossible to say that he wanted to rebel. But in the matter of rebellion, it would be good if Su Qing succeeded. If he had not succeeded, he and his brother would have been in trouble because of him.

Huo Shu recalled Su Qing's unconditional support for her cultivation of blood and bones, the absurd idea of ​​marrying her and supporting Huo Zhen, the intimacy in the secret room, and even the secret passage in the palace that only Su and his son knew. If Su Qing really wanted to rebel, it would be most convenient for him and his brother to do so in the palace.

"Sister, haven't fifteen years of palace life taught you? Don't easily trust everyone who can treat you well." After Huo Zhen finished speaking, he turned and left.

"Actually, it's not impossible for Su Qing to rebel, as long as he can succeed." Huo Shu stood there and said calmly.

As long as... I can find a way out in the rebellion, it's better than here.

Su Qing Palace

"Master, why do you agree with Huo Shu to cultivate blood bones? Why are you so concerned about Huo Shu?" Gu Yu asked.

Su Qing did not answer, but tore out the page that recorded the cultivation of blood and bones and let it burn to ashes in the candlelight.

Just when Gu Yu almost thought that Su Qing would not answer this question, Su Qing spoke.

"Gu Yu, if it were you, would you be able to succeed in cultivation?"

"The skin is peeled off, the flesh is cut into pieces, and the bones are regenerated and the flesh is regenerated and the skin is replaced. This process is long and painful, and I am afraid that I won't be able to persist."

"I can't hold on." Su Qing looked at the ashes burning in the air and said lightly: "I really admire a person who can do this to survive."

"But before she succeeded in cultivation, you also helped her a lot."

"In the matter of Princess Qingya, I helped her speak in front of the Queen Mother because I did this. When March comes, the Queen Mother will not dare to keep me for a long time for her precious princess, and will definitely try her best to send me out of the palace. Huo Shu can still So you owe me a favor and kill two birds with one stone, why wouldn't I do it."

"Then you said you wanted to marry her."

"When Huo Shu told King Ci'an why he wanted to keep her, I realized that she would marry into the Su family. Since this can't be stopped, it's better to just let it take its course. Taking this opportunity to get acquainted with Huo Shu, Su I can live happily in the inner house for a few days before the family is in disaster." Su Qing said, "Without Huo Shu, there will still be Jiang Shu and Wang Shu. Then it would be better to just have Huo Shu. I can also know her in advance, and every time I meet her They can all surprise me, right?

"Huo Shu is indeed a person who can easily bring surprises to us." Gu Yu said.

Master, please don’t pretend that it’s difficult to climb the wall next time. The way you approach Huo Shu every time also surprises me. Gu Yu complained in his heart.

"I told her the secret path because I knew she wouldn't tell others where it is. Besides, if Blood Bone fails to practice, she won't have many days to live. It's better to let her take the secret path out of the palace to see the world. , to satisfy her last thoughts." Su Qing obviously couldn't hear Gu Yu's inner complaints and continued.

You're quite a nice person. Gu Yu complained in his heart.

"It's a pity that she won't leave this place of power disputes easily for Huo Zhen, otherwise everything would be much easier to handle." Su Qing sighed.

"Then Master, do you want to side with Huo Shu and Huo Hao?" Gu Yu asked cautiously.

"Besides, it's too early to take sides now. I don't understand Huo Zhen's personality and principles, so I can't judge whether he will become a qualified king." Thinking of Huo Zhen's excessive possessiveness towards Huo Shu, Su Qing felt upset. "The battle two years ago taught me that I will never be loyal to the royal family from now on, but I will not be stupid enough to betray the royal family and rebel on my own. Peace in the North Ming Dynasty is what I want in my life, not the royal family's alignment. Besides, , no matter which side I stand on, after I ascend the throne, the first sword will be pointed at me. If Huo Hao ascends the throne, if I marry his sister before he ascends the throne, given his relationship with his sister, maybe we There is still a glimmer of hope for survival.”

"Is there really no way out for the Su family in this world?" Gu Yu sighed.

"I'm afraid there are none." Su Qing looked at the night sky outside the window and said desperately: "General Su, who can see through the enemy's tricks on the battlefield and find a way out, why is he so helpless when he returns to the capital?"