The next morning, Meng Huaijun got up the earliest.

As soon as Xie Xi walked out of the room, he saw Meng Huaijun pacing back and forth in the yard. His brows were furrowed and his face was slightly gloomy, as if he was thinking about something.

"Master Huaijun."

Xie Xi stood where he was and called out.

Hearing the noise, Meng Huaijun immediately raised his head and looked towards Xie Xi. A smile appeared on his face. He took a step forward and bowed slightly: "Sir, I received some letters last night. Please follow me into the room."

"it is good."

Xie Xi responded in a low voice.

It turned out that the noise he heard yesterday was someone delivering a letter.

Xie Xi turned around and walked into Meng Huaijun's room.

Meng Huaijun followed quickly behind.

After both of them entered the room, Meng Huaijun went to the bed and took out the stack of letters from under the quilt.

Placing all the letters on the table, Meng Huaijun said, "Sir, these were sent by Master Sikong last night. They are messages between Jiangning Governor Jiang Pei'an and Jiangnan Governor Shi Wei'an."

Xie Xi nodded slightly.

Xie Xi lowered his eyes, frowned, and looked at the pile of letters.

After opening the first letter, the content was not confidential, but just a greeting between Shi and Jiang.

Xie Xi quickly flipped through it, but felt that something was not right with this ordinary letter.

As for what was wrong, Xie Xi couldn't tell for a moment.

"master."

Xie Shiqi suddenly appeared and knocked lightly on Meng Huaijun's door.

Hearing this, Xie Xi and Meng Huaijun immediately raised their heads and looked towards the door.

Xie Xi: "Come in."

Xie Shiqi strode in, saluted towards Xie Xi, and then said, "Master, I just spotted Guard Wen Chao in the city."

Xie Xi was slightly stunned: "Guard Wen Chao? Isn't that the personal guard beside my fourth brother?"

"Exactly."

It was because of this discovery that Xie Shiqi hurried back.

Originally, Xie Shiqi was monitoring Wei Jianqing and others.

Wei Jianqing and the others were still hiding there and showed no signs of leaving. Only then did Xie Shiqi dare to come back and report the matter to his master.

"Also, I discovered something else. Guard Wen Chao seems to be looking for someone everywhere."

Xie Xi has always been smart. After hearing this, he immediately understood what was going on.

He had received a secret letter earlier, saying that his fourth brother was on the way and had been following him.

At the moment, it seems that my fourth brother has arrived in Suzhou with his guards.

Now Guard Wen Chao is looking for someone everywhere in the city. If he guessed correctly, the person Guard Wen Chao is looking for is him.

Unexpectedly, my fourth brother kept chasing me.

Xie Xi's eyes darkened, a hint of helplessness flashed across them very quickly, and then he became firm again, "Now that we have the letter, we will rush to Jiangning today."

Xie Xi didn't know what his fourth brother was trying to do. He was determined to take his life. If his fourth brother knew that he was still in Suzhou, he would definitely try to obstruct his plan.

Now is a critical moment, it is not appropriate to confront my fourth brother head-on.

[The Fourth Prince has not only arrived in Suzhou, but has also reached a cooperation with Shi Weian~]

The voice of their heart suddenly rang in their ears. Xie Xi and Meng Huaijun looked at each other quickly and both of their faces changed.

[The damn Fourth Prince, he just arrived in Suzhou and he couldn't wait to cause trouble. With his vicious appearance, how can he be worthy of being the younger brother of His Highness! ]

Complaining secretly in her heart, Lu Xiaoxiao angrily took a bite of the apple in her hand, strode over the threshold, walked over to sit next to Xie Xi.

Her eyes inadvertently glanced at the pile of letters, and then fell on Xie Xi's face: "I just woke up and didn't see my husband. It turns out that my husband was discussing matters with Master Huaijun."

Xie Xi concealed the shock on his face, and a hint of tenderness appeared in his sparkling eyes: "Why is Madam here?"

"Have you had breakfast?"

"Used."

Seeing the slightly surprised eyes of Master Huaijun falling on her, Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes turned, tugged at Xie Xi's sleeve, and whispered: "Husband, did I disturb the conversation between you and Master Huaijun?"

"Never."

Xie Xi turned his eyes aside and glanced at Meng Huaijun inconspicuously.

Meng Huaijun finally reacted and quickly withdrew his gaze.

He had just heard Lu Fengyi's voice, saying that the Fourth Prince had reached a cooperation with the Governor-General of Jiangnan, Lord Shi. He was so shocked that he could not control his eyes for a moment.

However, Lu Fengyi was right in one point. The Fourth Prince was indeed too cruel. He had no regard for the feelings of his brothers and was determined to kill His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!

Meng Huaijun calmed himself down and said, "Madam, it's just right that you're here. Young Master just said that we should go to Jiangning today. What do you think?"

Lu Xiaoxiao: "I have no objection."

[Anyway, I'm tired of staying in Suzhou, so I might as well go to Jiangning today to finish my business as soon as possible and return to Beijing as soon as possible.]

[What's more, the Fourth Prince is still sending people to look for Your Highness's whereabouts. If they really come to find you, it will be hard to say what will happen next...]

"Since Madam agrees, we will leave the city in an hour."

As he spoke, Xie Xi suddenly looked up at Xie Shiqi and ordered, "Shiqi, take Mu Qing with you to find Wei Jianqing and ask him if he is willing to go to Jiangning with us."

The toxins in Mu Qing's body had been eliminated, and after drinking medicine for a day, the wounds on his body had almost healed today.

Mu Qing was injured and poisoned because of Wei Jianqing. Taking Mu Qing along would be more conducive to winning over Wei Jianqing.

"Yes, Master, I will take care of it now."

Xie Shiqi took the order and left.

Xie Xi wrapped up the pile of letters on the table again, and suddenly thought: "Is Master Sikong still in the inn?"

Meng Huaijun shook his head: "I heard from Liu An that Master Sikong had left at the hour of Mao."

"Liu An also asked the kitchen to prepare a lot of cakes and asked Chef Sikong to take them away."

"it is good."

Xie Xi nodded: "Master Huaijun, pack up first, we will leave soon."

Meng Huaijun: "I understand."

Xie Xi pulled Lu Xiaoxiao out of the room.

As soon as she came out, Lu Xiaoxiao let go of Xie Xi's hand. She stood there, staring at him intently, her porcelain-white face showing a hesitant look, "Husband, there are some things I want to talk to you about."

"it is good."

Xie Xi responded softly and took her into their room.

Lu Xiaoxiao closed the door.

Pulling Xie Xi to sit down at the table, Lu Xiaoxiao sat close to him. She took a deep breath and said, "Husband, are you willing to believe me?"

Xie Xi didn't know why Lu Xiaoxiao asked this, he thought he had made it obvious enough.

If he didn't want to believe her, he wouldn't have brought her to Jiangnan, let alone confessed to her.

Xie Xi suddenly raised his hand and brushed the scattered hair on her temples. His gentle eyes stared straight into her almond-shaped eyes: "I believe it."

His gaze was too hot, and Lu Xiaoxiao's heartbeat suddenly quickened when she saw her own shadow clearly in his eyes.

She held back and raised her hand to cover her heart, looking away a little awkwardly: "My husband, what do you think of the Fourth Prince?"

Although they were being hunted by assassins sent by the Fourth Prince on their way to Suzhou, Lu Xiaoxiao believed that the Crown Prince had no idea that those assassins were the Fourth Prince's men.

With just this question, Xie Xi immediately guessed what Lu Xiaoxiao wanted to say to him.

Xie Xi pondered for a moment, and said in a surprised tone: "Fourth brother has always been gentle, I don't know why Madam asked this."

Lu Xiaoxiao: “…”

I couldn't help but roll my eyes in my heart.

[If the Fourth Prince was really gentle, how could he possibly want to kill his brother and plot to usurp the throne? ]

"Husband, I actually got news that among the assassins we met on the road before, there were people from the Fourth Prince."

[So, the Fourth Prince is not worthy of Your Highness treating him well. ]

Xie Xi was silent for a moment.

Now that the Fourth Prince is also in Suzhou and is cooperating with Shi Weian, that is certainly not conducive to His Highness' plan. Lu Xiaoxiao decides to expose the Fourth Prince's true face and let His Highness understand that the Fourth Prince is hypocritical and ruthless, and that the Fourth Prince must not be allowed to find them.

Lu Xiaoxiao said seriously: "Whether my husband believes it or not, I have to say it. Among those groups of assassins, there were several assassins sent by the Fourth Prince, and there were also assassins sent by Concubine Shu..."

“In short, I hope my husband can understand that the Fourth Prince is not a good person. In the royal family, for that position, they disregarded their brotherhood and killed each other—hmmmm?”

"???"

Lu Xiaoxiao blinked and looked at Xie Xi in shock, who suddenly reached out and covered his mouth with his hand. She was a little unsure of what Xie Xi was thinking.

"Okay, stop talking."

Xie Xi sighed inaudibly, "I believe it."

From the day he heard Lu Xiaoxiao's thoughts, as one thing after another was confirmed, he began to be on guard against his fourth brother.

Xie Xi withdrew his hand, pulled the corner of his lips, and put on a bitter smile: "Madam, I..."

The words that came to his lips were swallowed back.

Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly leaned forward, stretched out her arms and hugged Xie Xi.

Xie Xi was stunned.

Her face was next to his ear, and the warmth of their skin touching each other turned into strands of tenderness that lingered on the two of them. Lu Xiaoxiao hugged him tightly, as if she wanted to comfort him, and said in a gentle tone:

"Husband, don't be sad. No matter how much the Fourth Prince targets you and wants to kill you, as long as I am here, the Fourth Prince's plan will never succeed!"

"Husband, you have to believe me. I will definitely protect you well! No one can take away what belongs to you!"

Feeling her sincerity, Xie Xi suddenly raised the corners of his lips and a gentle smile spread across his eyes.

Smelling the sweet fragrance coming from her body, Xie Xi closed his eyes and replied obediently: "Okay."

……

the other side.

After their hiding place was discovered last time, Wei Jianqing and Zhao Wuqian took the two "hostages" to another more hidden place.

When Xie Shiqi and Mu Qing came over, Wei Jianqing was persuading Zhao Wuqian to elope with Su Lian'er and leave Suzhou to live somewhere else.

"The Su family is still in Suzhou. If I take Miss Lian'er away, then Uncle Su and Aunt Su..."

Zhao Wuqian was hesitant. He didn't want to wrong Miss Lian'er, and he didn't want to let Miss Lian'er be away from her parents.

"Master Zhao."

Su Lian'er, who was sitting next to him, suddenly spoke up: "Now that the young master of the Li family is in a coma, I can't go back to the Li Mansion. Besides, I received a letter from my parents today. Their ideas are similar to those of Master Wei. They also want me to leave Suzhou first and come back after the Li family incident is over."

On the day of her wedding, when she was taken away from the Li Mansion by Zhao Wuqian, she realized that she could never convince herself to become the wife of the young master of the Li family.

The moment she secretly left Li's Mansion, Su Lian'er did not feel afraid. On the contrary, she felt a sense of relief.

After that day, Su Lian'er asked Zhao Wuqian to secretly send a letter to her parents. The letter contained only an acrostic poem, informing her parents that she was safe.

After that, my parents didn’t respond.

Until today, perhaps my parents had heard something about it, so they secretly sent someone to deliver the letter to Zhao Wuqian.

"Mr. Zhao, I want to leave Suzhou."

Hearing this, Zhao Wuqian was stunned. He stared at Su Lian'er in a daze. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Wei Jianqing's cold shout: "Who's hiding there? Come out!"

Mu Qing came out from the darkness.

Xie Shiqi still hid his figure and did not come out.

"It's you?"

Wei Jianqing had already recognized Mu Qing.

He put away the guard in his eyes and placed the bow and arrow in his hand on the table.

"Why are you here? And your injury..."

Wei Jianqing stood up and subconsciously looked at Mu Qing's right arm. There was a wound there. He was shot and injured while trying to cover himself while leaving.

Mu Qing lowered his head and took a look. "The injury is almost healed."

"That's good."

Wei Jianqing breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter what, the young man in front of him can be considered his benefactor.

If it weren't for his tip-off and cover, perhaps he and Zhao Wuqian would have been surrounded by the guards of Li Mansion.

"Sir, please sit down."

Wei Jianqing said.

Mu Qing nodded expressionlessly. He sat down, looked at Wei Jianqing and got straight to the point: "My master knows that you want to deal with Shi Weian, so he wants to cooperate with you. What do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, Wei Jianqing's face suddenly showed a surprised expression: "Your master?"

Wei Jianqing frowned: "Who is your master?"

Mu Qing naturally would not reveal the identity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He was silent for a moment before saying, "You will know when you meet my master."

Wei Jianqing: “…”

Mu Qing: "My master will leave Suzhou today and go to Jiangning. You should know that Jiangning is Shi Weian's territory."

"My master said that it would be more interesting to deal with Shi Weian on Shi Weian's territory."

Wei Jianqing: "You mean, you want me to go to Jiangning with you?"

Mu Qing glanced around and saw the woman who was tied up in the corner and still unconscious. Mu Qing pointed at her and said, "You, and her."

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