The Empire and the Kingdom

In Fengde Palace, the queen has been grounded.The emperor's decree is that before the matter is investigated clearly, the relevant people are not allowed to move around at will.The queen was not the only one who was grounded. Concubine Wang Guifei and Concubine De were also grounded.

The queen was not very panicked at first, but when she heard that the ministers had submitted a memorial to invite the crown prince, the teacup in her hand broke.

"Who is so stupid? Isn't this adding fuel to the fire by concentrating on the book at this time?" When she said this, she suddenly realized that this was adding fuel to the fire.Someone is targeting the Cheng family and wants to eradicate the Cheng family directly.

Who will this person be?Who has such a great ability?The memorial will not be requested by Mr. Cheng, so...is it Xiang Xue?

In terms of weight in the court, even Mr. Zhongshu Lingfeng will be defeated.Xue Xiang never formed a clique, but he just had a way to make these courtiers behave as he wanted.

But there is one thing the queen doesn't understand. How can the two families be relatives of sons and daughters.What good will Xiang Xue benefit from his downfall?Didn't he even consider Xue Ying's situation?

"Your Majesty, hurry up and think of a way? If the situation continues like this, the Seventh Prince will be in danger, and the person behind the scenes clearly intends to destroy the Seventh Prince!" Cai He was in a hurry.

The queen looked up at Cai He, "What are you in a hurry for?"

Cai He was taken aback, "Ma'am, aren't you worried?"

"Worried, how could you not be worried?" The queen sighed, and now she had to think about the worst.If the Cheng family can't be saved, at least they have to save their own sons and daughters.

Princess Hejia also felt the changes in the palace. She often came to see the queen recently, and she panicked completely when she saw that the queen's spirit was obviously not as good as before.

During her growing years, no matter what happened, the queen was always calm and energetic. She had never seen such a depressed queen.

"Queen, is there nothing you can do this time? Did you really do those things?" Princess Hejia didn't care how many bad things the queen had done in the past, she just wanted to know if the queen could survive this crisis.

The queen touched Princess Hejia's head and said softly, "Hejia, you are old enough to get married."

"Mother's queen..." Princess Hejia's eyes were full of horror, she already had a bad premonition.

"Don't worry, no matter what, you are a princess, a golden branch and a jade leaf. No matter what happens to the Cheng family or the queen mother, as long as you get married, it will not be affected." The queen looked at the daughter she had grown up with, "He Jia, you have to be obedient, this time you really can't be willful."

"Queen!" Princess Hejia threw herself into the arms of the queen, crying loudly.

The emperor received the news from Fengde Palace that the empress asked to marry Princess Hejia, and the candidate for marriage was Prince Pingling.Pingling Hou has been away from the court for many years, and he is already a rich and idle person.The population of the family is simple, only one son and one daughter. The eldest son has just been crowned weak this year. He is not outstanding in all aspects, but has a good character and honesty.

The emperor understood what the empress was thinking, so he found a family for Princess Hejia who would not worry about food and clothing, and kept away from the right and wrong of the government.

"Parents love their son, and they have far-reaching plans." Princess Jia and Princess Jia are also the emperor's daughter, and they have been doted on and grown up for so many years. The emperor nodded and immediately issued an order to marry her.

When the queen heard that the imperial edict had been issued, she finally let out a sigh of relief.The princess's dowry was arranged by relevant people in the palace. The queen personally counted the private money in her hands, and gave more than half of it to Princess Hejia as the dowry.

"Cai He, you send the rest of the money to the Seventh Prince's Mansion. This is all I can give him." The queen's hand turned slightly, "I hope he can understand my painstaking efforts."

In the morning, Feng Jingsu woke up and looked down at the little fox in her arms. The white and tender skin was as soft and slippery as tofu. Her hands seemed to have a will of their own, lingering on the smooth and tender skin.

"Hmm..." Xue Ai hadn't woken up yet, she turned around, rubbed her little head against Feng Jingsu's neck, and continued to sleep.

Feng Jingsu smiled, what a lovely reaction.

In a daze, Xue Ai felt that a dog was licking her all the time. She pushed the dog's head with her feeble hands, and muttered indistinctly, "No more!"

Feng Jingsu grabbed the little fox's hand and kissed it back and forth, as if kissing was not enough.

Xue Ai finally woke up. Seeing Feng Jingsu's unscrupulous appearance, she continued to writhe, and took the initiative to crawl into Feng Jingsu's arms, "You woke me up!"

"Still tired?" Feng Jingsu pressed Xue Ai's slender waist with her hand.

"Tired. But..." Xue Ai frowned, her lips pressed against Feng Jingsu's neck, "I want Sister Su too."

When Mengan came over, she saw Yushu Yuyan looking up at the sky helplessly, "Aren't you up yet?"

Yushu Yuyan nodded, Yushu stretched out two thumbs and bent towards each other, Mengan widened her eyes, looked up at the sky, it started again so early, what are the two masters doing?

Feng Jingsu felt sorry for Xue Ai, and this time she did the one below, but Xue Ai still felt tired.Lai pouted on Feng Jingsu's body, "I'm so tired."

"Then don't be so ignorant from now on." Feng Jingsu wanted to get up, but Xue Ai couldn't get down.

"Then she likes Sister Su." She lowered her head and kissed the corner of Feng Jingsu's mouth, "I like you the most."

Feng Jingsu let her seduce her, "Don't you want to get up today?"

Xue Ai frowned, she really wanted to, but today she was asked to go back to Xiangfu to see her father.

The two finally made up their minds to get up, and the maids came in to serve them.After washing and changing clothes, Xue Ai looked at Feng Jingsu's beautiful face with fascination.Feng Jingsu turned around after finishing her makeup, and pinched Xue Ai's face, "Go early and come back early."

Xue Ai returned to Xiang's mansion, but Xue Xiang was not there. I heard that he was announced to enter the palace by the emperor early in the morning.Xue Ai frowned, the emperor was ill, but announced Prime Minister Xue into the palace alone, probably because there was some important matter that had to be dealt with.

She took Meng'an and Yuyan back to her Pingle Pavilion and packed some commonly used things before she was ready to leave.As soon as he walked to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he saw two women entangled with the porter at the gate.

Xue Ai asked Meng'an to ask what was going on, in front of the dignified prime minister's mansion, it was outrageous.

When Mengan asked, the mother-in-law said that they were serving the second lady. This morning the second lady disappeared, and they couldn't find anyone inside and outside, so they came to Xiang's mansion to report the letter.

Xue Ai knew about Xue Zhi's affairs, and immediately sent someone to inform Wang Shi.After the Wang family passed on the two wives to enter, she thought about it. After all, it was the Xue family, so she left like this, so she went back to Pingle Pavilion to listen to the news.

Soon, Mrs. Wang took all the family servants and servant girls out of the house. Anyway, she was the head of the house now, so she transferred all the people who could be transferred away.

Xue Ai shook her head when she heard about this, "Winning chess doesn't care about family. It's still a prime minister's mansion. If some bad guy comes and his father is away, what will the female relatives do?" She arranged for people to guard the gate of the palace. When Xue Xiang came out, let Xue Xiang go home quickly, and let Meng An go to the garrison mansion to transfer people to help protect around the Xiang mansion.

As long as Xue Ai goes out alone, Yuyan will not leave her side, this is Feng Jingsu's death order.

"Miss, this matter, you see..."

Xue Ai looked at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion with her beautiful big eyes, "Do you think there is a conspiracy?"

"Your Majesty just feels strange. His Majesty is still leaving the court due to illness. The Prime Minister is in the palace when no one is in charge of the overall situation in the palace. The Second Miss is missing and Aunt Wang has taken away most of the people. If someone comes to make trouble at this time Ma'am is still locked up." Yuyan's meaning is very clear, Mrs. Pan is locked up, Mrs. Wang is gone, Mrs. Jiang is indifferent, and no one will resist whoever comes.

"To know whether your guess is right or not, we just need to see if anyone comes." Xue Ai did not leave because of this worry.

She was in the front yard when she saw Xue Ruo bringing the maid over, and she was taken aback when she saw her. "Third sister, why are you back?"

The sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, Xue Ruo has lost some weight, but the savage energy on her face has disappeared, and she looks much prettier than before.

"I came back to see my father. It's a pity that my father is not here. I saw Aunt Wang leaving with many people. I thought that there was no one in the house, so I wanted to wait for my father to come back." Xue Ai saw that Xue Ruo looked at the front yard curiously, " Fourth sister, there are no servants in the mansion now, you have to pay attention to safety, don't be taken advantage of by others."

Xue Ruo came out to see the situation.She heard the commotion in the yard before, and she returned to calm after a while. She went to ask Mrs. Jiang, but Mrs. Jiang didn't know. Only then did I bring my servant girl to the front yard to ask.

"Why did Aunt Wang take all the servants out of the house? But something happened to my father?"

Xue Ai couldn't talk about Xue Zhi's affairs, but only said that it was not Xiang Xue's accident, so that Xue Ruo could rest assured.

Just as the two sisters were talking, screams suddenly came from the backyard.It was a woman's scream, which could be heard very clearly in this silent courtyard.

"Mother!" Xue Ruo immediately recognized Jiang's cry, and she hurried back.Xue Ai also rushed over with Yuyan.

In Yunjianxuan's courtyard, several masked men had kidnapped Jiang who was knocked unconscious, and Xue Ruo rushed in just in time to deliver him to the door, and was knocked unconscious and kidnapped.

When Xue Ai arrived, he saw several masked men trying to take Jiang Shi and Xue Ruo away, and masked men also appeared in the nearby yard, which was Xue Yi's Piaoxu Pavilion.

"Yuyan, save people!" Xue Ai's order came out, but Yuyan didn't move.

Xue Ai looked at Yuyan in amazement, but Yuyan had no choice but to say, "Miss, this servant must ensure your safety first."

Yuyan doesn't care whether the Xue family is dead or alive, but if something happens to Xue Ai, she and her sister will die.

When the masked man saw Xue Ai, he knew it was the lady of the mansion, so he wanted to take her away when he came.Yuyan drew out her dagger to protect Xue Ai. "Miss, hurry to the front yard."

Xue Ai took a look at the current situation, and understood that if she stayed, she would be caught one more time, and would also cause Yuyan a burden. She turned around and ran, as fast as a smoke.

Seeing this, the masked man tried to chase, but was stopped by Yuyan.

Xue Ai heard the sound of weapons colliding behind, and knew that Yuyan had already made a move.She didn't dare to look back, but ran forward desperately.Just as she was about to reach the door connecting the front yard and the back yard, a few masked men appeared in a blur before her eyes, and without saying a word, they reached out and grabbed her.

Xue Ai wanted to hide, but just thought about it, she was desperate to run so fast, she couldn't stop now, and ran head-on at the masked man who was coming to grab her.

The masked man frowned, thinking it was Xue Ai's move, he instinctively withdrew his move and dodged it.Seeing this, Xue Ai was overjoyed, and rushed towards the door without stopping.The force of this blow was so great that just as she passed through the door, she bumped into a person head-on, knocked that person back and forth, and then hugged her.

"Are you a cow? So energetic?" Feng Jingsu asked amusedly.

Xue Ai was hugged by someone, only then did she realize that the person in front of her was Feng Jingsu, she immediately yelled: "Hurry up! There are bad guys chasing me! Yuyan is still fighting, and Aunt Jiang and Fourth Sister, Meng Face man!" She was really anxious, plus she was out of breath from running, the words she said were no longer words, they all came out word by word.

Feng Jingsu helped her with distress, "Don't worry, don't worry, take a good breath. I asked Yushu to take someone there, and it's all right."

Xue Ai panted hard, her little face flushed red.

At this moment, several masked men had already surrounded the two of them. When Xue Ai saw it, he hugged Feng Jingsu's neck in fright, and retracted his head into Feng Jingsu's arms.

Seeing Xue Ai's unreserved dependence, Feng Jingsu reached out and patted her on the back, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Xue Ai didn't speak, just nodded.

The masked man didn't talk nonsense at all, and he wanted to arrest Feng Jingsu if he made a move.Feng Jingsu frowned, she came running after Xue Ai.She turned around to protect Xue Ai, and just about to make a move, a voice appeared in the air, "Let me do it!"

Xue Ai looked up, and saw Guan Xuejing bouncing up and down the wall like a monkey, and in a blink of an eye she was already close.

Feng Jingsu hugged Xue Ai and withdrew to the side, Guan Xuejing's Moon Shadow Sword was out of its sheath, killing everyone in a few strokes.She didn't kill anyone, she directly picked off the tendons of several masked people, and then watched several people wailing on the ground.

"So cruel!" Feng Jingsu frowned.

"This is all evidence." Guan Xuejing was proud, she was still very smart and knew how to keep alive.

"Not necessarily." Feng Jingsu and Xue Ai shook their heads together.

When Guan Xuejing turned her head, she saw that the masked men had stopped moving.She rushed over and kicked it twice, only to find that the masked man had died.

"He committed suicide!" Guan Xuejing got angry and kicked her feet again.

"Okay, go and have a look at the back, don't kill anyone." Feng Jingsu said, Guan Xuejing had no choice but to run to the backyard.

Only now did Xue Ai have time to sigh, "Sister Su, you came so fast!"

"After I left the palace, I was going to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to pick you up. I met Meng'an on the way, and I was afraid that something might happen to you, so I rushed here first." The danger was temporarily lifted, and Feng Jingsu did not let Xue Ai come down, and hugged her Go up to the wall and look down at the situation in the backyard.

With Yushu's help, Yuyan had already killed several masked people, and the scene was a bit bloody. Feng Jingsu pressed Xue Ai's head on her shoulder to prevent her from seeing these, so as not to have nightmares at night.

On the other side, Guan Xuejing rescued a little girl from the Piaoxu Pavilion. All the masked people in the Piaoxu Pavilion had their acupuncture points tapped by her this time, so they couldn't commit suicide.

The little girl was Xue Yi, and she was still awake. After being put down by Guan Xuejing, she hurriedly thanked her, "Thank you, Miss Guan San, for saving my life."

Guan Xuejing was taken aback, this little girl is really brave.In this case, his expression didn't change.

"No... You're welcome." Guan Xuejing was rather embarrassed.

At this moment, Meng An arrived with the garrison.Hearing that something happened in the mansion, the concierge knew Meng An, so he let the guard Jin Jun enter the mansion.As soon as the army came in, the masked people fled and died, and it quickly subsided.

Feng Jingsu ordered several masked men who were captured alive to be taken to the military camp outside the city for strict interrogation, especially telling them not to let them die.

The mansion was still in chaos, Feng Jingsu called Guan Xuejing, "Take someone to Feng's house right away, I'm worried that something will happen there too."

Guan Xuejing became anxious when she heard this, and ordered a few martial arts masters to run away from the wall.

Feng Jingsu sent people outside the city to mobilize more garrison troops into the city to maintain law and order in the city, especially near the homes of several civil servants, a large number of people were arranged for protection.

Xue Ai arranged for Chen's mother to take Yushu and Yuyan to check the yards one by one, to make sure that no masked people were hiding.

The two returned to Pingle Pavilion, Feng Jingsu hugged Xue Ai to check if she was injured.

Xue Ai shook her head, "I'm fine. Sister Su, without you, I don't know what to do." She snuggled into Feng Jingsu's arms, and Feng Jingsu would come in time every time she was in danger. This person was her fate of the gods.

"You've done a good job. If you hadn't sensed the danger, your backyard would have been taken over by someone right now." Feng Jingsu was a little scared, this is Xue Ai's home, and Xue Ai would be very upset if something happened. Sad, how can I let her be sad?

The two were talking in the room when someone reported outside that Xiang Xue had returned.The two immediately got up and went to the front yard.

Xue Xiang bowed to Feng Jingsu after learning about the situation, "Thank you princess for protecting my family."

"Master Xiang is polite." Feng Jingsu quickly waved her hand, this is her father-in-law, how could she afford such a big gift?

"It's good for the father to come back, so that the daughter can rest assured." Xue Ai said beside him.

Xue Xiang got up and looked at Xue Ai, "Fortunately, you are still at home."

This made Xue Ai feel a little embarrassed. He lowered his head but raised the corners of his mouth. He was praised by his father.

"Master, the situation in the capital may have changed. I'm going back to the garrison mansion. I'll keep people around here. If the lord needs it, the garrison can help you at any time." Feng Jingsu was really worried that there was something wrong with the majestic prime minister's mansion. Hurry back to the garrison mansion to sit in town.

Xue Xiang understood, "Thank you, princess." After he finished speaking, he looked at Xue Ai. In fact, he wanted to keep Xue Ai very much. He could see that only Xue Ai was worth relying on. He could help at critical moments and would not add to the chaos.But as a father, he still let Xue Ai leave with Feng Jingsu, he felt that this was the safest way.

Xue Ai was actually reluctant to part with Xue Xiang, but if Feng Jingsu wanted to command the garrison, she would definitely not be able to help alone, and she wanted to help.

The two left the prime minister's residence, but Xue Ai was still looking back.

"You can stay if you can't bear it." Feng Jingsu said thoughtfully.

Xue Ai shook her head, "I want to help you more."

Feng Jingsu smiled and pulled her into the carriage, "Don't worry, I won't let your family have trouble."

Xue Ai raised his head, smiled and kissed Feng Jingsu on the lips, "Sister Su, it's good to have you."

This remark made Feng Jingsu very useful, she hugged Xue Ai's waist and kissed back, "It's not that you are a pain in the ass."

"Yeah." Xue Ai nodded hurriedly.She is the cutest little fox!