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When she received the news that Huo Zehao had returned to the palace, Su Qing was leaning on Huo Shu's shoulder.

"Your brother is coming back." Su Qing said calmly: "I heard that he will also participate in the battle for the throne."

"Yeah." Huo Shu nodded, leaned on Su Qing's head, and said, "I still support Ah Zang."

"I'm not surprised by your thoughts." Su Qing said.

Huo Shu looked at Su Qing. After more than a month of getting along, the two of them behaved more intimately and understood each other better.

In other words, Su Qing knew Huo Shu better, and Huo Shu didn't feel that she knew Su Qing particularly well.

"You...understand me better and better." Huo Shu teased.

"After all, she is my future wife, so I naturally have to be more considerate." Su Qing said.

At the beginning, I approached with a purpose, but in the end, I accidentally fell in love with him. That's probably it. Su Qing secretly said.

At this time, a voice sounded outside the palace.

"The eldest prince Huo Zehao invites the fifth princess."

Huo Shu was a little surprised and hurriedly hid Su Qing in the room.

"What are you doing?" Su Qing whispered, her face a little red.

This is the first time Su Qing has entered a girl's boudoir.

"You hide, don't let others know you are with me." Huo Shu whispered, "You hide in my closet."

"What?" Before Su Qing could finish her words, Huo Shu stuffed her into the closet.

"Be quiet and don't make any noise. I'll be back as soon as I can." Huo Shu ordered.

"Oh" Su Qing replied dissatisfied.

This room smells musty. She has lived here for fifteen years? Su Qing secretly said.

Seeing that Su Qing made no more noise, Huo Shu walked out and went to the main hall to greet Huo Zehao.

Huo Zehao was dressed in white and stood waiting in front of the palace.

Huo Shu was stunned when she saw Huo Zehao.

The two have almost identical appearances!

Huo Shu knew that this was his brother almost at the first sight.

"I have met His Highness the Great Prince." Huo Shu saluted.

"No courtesy. I have been practicing in seclusion for fifteen years. I never thought that I would have a younger brother and sister." Huo Zehao was also surprised when he saw Huo Shu.

"Yeah...yeah." Huo Shu waved her hands awkwardly and said, "There are too many things that can change in fifteen years."

"Please let me come in and sit down?" Huo Zehao said with a smile.

"Okay, come in." Huo Shu nodded and said, "I'll prepare tea for you."

Huo Zehao walked into Huo Shu's palace, but couldn't help but frown.

Huo Zehao was already very dissatisfied with the fact that the palace was overgrown with grass. Unexpectedly, the environment inside the palace was even worse.

The houses are dilapidated, the roof lattice is half-ruined, and the corners of the palace are even overgrown with weeds.

"Are you surprised that I live in such a place?" Huo Shu asked with an indifferent expression when she saw Huo Zehao's serious expression.

"Yes." Huo Zehao admitted honestly and said, "I have never seen such a situation in the palace."

"It's summer now, and the weather in Beiming is relatively cool, so people can still live there. In winter, the environment here might be even worse." Huo Shu poured tea for Huo Zehao and said, "It's the same tea that the servants in the palace drink, don't mind. "

"I don't mind." Huo Zehao shook his head, took the tea cup and drank it in one gulp, and asked with concern: "Have you been like this since my mother's death or have you always been like this?"

"The concubine lived in the concubine's palace before her death and lived here after her death. But the concubine had fallen out of favor at that time. The only difference from here is that the environment here is not the same."

Huo Zehao was shocked and asked, "Is it because of the ominous curse?"

"Yes." Huo Shu said, "My father spared our siblings' lives in order to take advantage of the ominous curse. He just asked me to marry into a family he was afraid of, and let A-Zhen enter the enemy's country as a hostage."

Huo Zehao was silent for a while and then said: "I sent someone to inquire about the situation in the palace before, and the result is that you have been in the palace, not allowed to go out freely, not allowed to meet people at will, and I don't know how you are living. I thought …You are princes and princesses after all, so your life will not be bad.”

"In your impression, the father and mother have always been very affectionate, right?" Huo Shu asked.

"Yes. So, what happened in the past fifteen years?"

"It's not the past fifteen years. In fact, twenty years ago, the mother-in-law was no longer favored."

"Impossible!" Huo Zehao almost blurted out.

Before the retreat, that is, fifteen years ago, you could still see the loving relationship between the mother and the concubine and the father.

"You're surprised, aren't you?" Huo Shu didn't intend to hide the matter and said, "Fifteen years ago, you said that you needed to practice in seclusion and you wouldn't be able to come back to visit your father and mother for at least a few years, right?"

"Yes."

"You stayed in the palace for three days, right?"

"Yes."

"On the last day, my mother-in-law put medicine in my father's teacup, and we got it."

"But that day, my father, the queen, mother and concubine all said goodbye to me lovingly."

"Who can't do superficial work?" Huo Shu said coldly.

"You came here in early January, and Ah Zhen and I were born in early September, so the timing is right."

Huo Zehao was confused by the huge amount of information, but Huo Shu did not intend to let Huo Zehao go.

"Before my mother passed away, she only left something for you." Huo Shu turned around and said coldly: "Only for you. I'll get it for you."

Huo Shu turned around, entered the room, and opened the closet.

"Are you done talking?" Su Qing asked pitifully.

Su Qing was already tall and a martial arts practitioner. He had a burly figure and felt very uncomfortable huddled in the closet.

Huo Shu shook her head, took out a wooden box from the clothes rack above Su Qing's head, and said, "Hold on a little longer."

Su Qing retracted her head obediently.

Huo Shu walked out with the wooden box and handed it to Huo Zehao.

Huo Zehao opened it and found a white jade bracelet.

"What is this?" Huo Zehao asked.

"How do I know why my mother-in-law left it to you? It's probably the most valuable thing she has." Huo Shu shrugged and said pretending not to care.

"How is your mother and concubine treating you and your brother?" Huo Zehao asked.

"From being a favored tool to being a weapon that puts her in limbo, how good can it be to us?"

"Does she often beat or scold you?"

"Well, I got beaten a lot. Ah Zhen looks nothing like us. And he has gray eyes. My mother-in-law always thought he was the one who was unknown, so she often beat and scolded him. In order to protect my brother, I also received a lot of beatings. "

Huo Zehao frowned, not knowing what to say.

"Brother." Huo Shu hesitated, but still used this title, "Do you want to join the fight for the throne?"

"What?" Huo Zehao did not react.

"If so, I'll stand by Ah Zang." Huo Shu ignored Huo Zehao's dullness and continued: "He only has me, and I can only stand by his side."

"You misunderstood. Although I participated in the battle for the throne, I was not the main candidate. I just came to understand the power struggle in Beiming and choose a suitable king for Beiming." Huo Zehao explained. "Now that I have successfully overcome the tribulation, I am Immortal Zehao. I am only one step away from becoming a god. I have no interest in matters of human rights."

"That's good." Huo Shu breathed a sigh of relief.

"I have one more thing to ask you." Huo Zehao suddenly remembered an important thing and asked: "Some time ago, someone who practiced blood bone appeared in the palace. Do you know who it is?"