"Young Master Wuqing, I'm sorry, the mansion has been heavily guarded recently, and it took a lot of effort for the slave to sneak out." The person who spoke was none other than "Xiao Cui", the maid of Princess Izumo's mansion.
"I'm really sorry for you." Xiao Qingqing gently brushed away Xiaocui's hair, his eyes full of tenderness, "I will keep everything you do in my heart."
"It is my honor to be able to share the worries of the ruthless young master." Xiaocui looked at him with gentle eyes and felt that her whole body was about to melt.
"Is there any news?" Xiao Wuqing patted her shoulder gently and asked softly.
"When the princess and Zhong Wen returned home today, their expressions were very depressed." Xiao Cui said, "The servants secretly heard from them that although Prince Wu is not in danger of life, it will take at least three months to fully recover.
"
There was a smile in Xiao Qingqing's eyes and an expression of "Sure enough," he said: "What else?"
"My servant also heard from the princess that everyone in the palace wanted to persuade Prince Wu to give up the martial arts competition." Xiaocui tried hard to recall Li Yiru's words, "But Prince Wu did not listen to the advice and insisted on appearing, saying that it was to maintain the dignity of the royal family."
"You did a good job." Xiao Qingqing seemed to be in a particularly happy mood, and even spread his arms to hug this handsome maid, "Believe me, I will definitely take you out of the princess's mansion within this month."
Xiaocui didn't expect that this male god who could only watch from a distance would actually make such an intimate gesture to her. Smelling the masculine scent of this handsome young man, her fair cheeks were immediately covered with red clouds, and she felt shy,
Surprise, ecstasy, all kinds of emotions came one after another, and I felt dizzy. I couldn't tell whether it was an illusion or not.
Until Xiao Qingqing left for a long time, she was still in a state of bliss. She had walked the road to the princess's house thousands of times and was familiar with it, but she took it wrong twice.
The extremely happy Xiaocui joked with Menzi, walked cheerfully into the front door of the princess mansion, passed a corner, and came to the exquisite and elegant garden.
Three figures suddenly appeared in front of me.
The gentle and charming Princess Li Yiru of Izumo is dressed in white and outshines the snow.
The red dress is like fire, the brilliant Shangguan Mingyue.
And Zhong Wen, a young man dressed in coarse white clothes and always smiling.
"Your Highness." Xiaocui curtsied to her master, the excitement in her eyes not yet fully hidden.
"Xiao Cui, it's been five years since you came to my house, right?" Li Yiru asked softly with a strange light shining in her big, beautiful eyes.
"Yes, I have been serving His Highness for five years and three months." Xiao Cui responded.
"You remember clearly." Li Yiru smiled slightly, "How good have I been to you in the past five years or so?"
Xiaocui's heart skipped a beat, and her speech was no longer as fluent as before: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty treats your slaves as sisters, and has never treated me unfairly."
"Then I'll be relieved." Li Yiru's eyes flashed with light, and he turned and walked towards the house.
Seeing that Li Yiru was about to enter the room, Xiaocui breathed a sigh of relief, straightened up, and said that she was overthinking it, but she saw the princess suddenly stopped and asked casually: "How is Xiao Qingqing?"
"Young Master Wuqing is very good..." Xiao Cui blurted out unpreparedly. In the middle of her words, she suddenly realized something was wrong and her face turned pale.
Feeling the gazes of Li Yiru and the others, Xiaocui trembled all over, her legs softened, and she knelt on the ground with a pop, kowtowing repeatedly: "I am wrong, Your Highness, please spare my life, Your Highness, please spare your life!"
"Why?" Li Yiru's voice was a little cold.
Xiao Cui knelt on the ground, kowtowing without saying a word. Her head hit the ground "bang bang", and her white forehead soon became swollen with a red patch.
"Don't you have a special ability to make people speak their minds?" Shangguan Mingyue suddenly looked at Zhong Wen and said.
"She is still a child..." Zhong Wen hesitated, "Would it be a little too cruel to pry into her heart like this?"
"Is it really okay?" A look of surprise appeared on Shangguan Mingyue's pretty face. She just laughed casually.
Zhong Wen: "..."
"Zhong Wen, can you make her confess?" Li Yiru's eyes flashed with unbearability, and she said coldly, "From the moment she betrayed me, she has lost the qualification to be sympathized with."
Zhong Wen felt a chill in his heart. He didn't expect that Li Yiru, who had always been extremely gentle and gentle, would actually say such cold and decisive words. He couldn't help but become more aware of the weak awareness of human rights in the imperial society.
"Have you ever thought that it was because of her betrayal that my father almost died?" Shangguan Mingyue's voice was full of hatred, "It is impossible to ease the relationship between us and the Xiao family. If you think not
If you have the heart to attack a maid from a princess's house, you might as well imagine her as a member of the Xiao family."
Zhong Wen opened his mouth but said nothing more.
"Zhong Wen, we are in urgent need of information now." Li Yiru looked at Zhong Wen with a look of pleading.
Zhong Wen let out a long sigh, took a few steps slowly, came to Xiao Cui, and stretched out his hand to support her body, which kept knocking.
Xiaocui felt a soft force coming from her. Her body stiffened and she could no longer kowtow. Then, two warm fingers stretched out and gently lifted her tender chin.
The panicked Xiaocui struggled hard and wanted to scream. Suddenly, she felt a pair of bright eyes flashing at her with a strange light. She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, her mind was dizzy, and she didn't know where she was for an instant.
Where.
"I'm sorry, this is also my first time to use this magical skill on a woman." Zhong Wen said with shame.
When Shangguan Mingyue heard this, her heart trembled, and she suddenly regretted the persecution she had just given to Zhong Wen.
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Half an hour later, Zhong Wen looked at Xiao Cui, who was lying on the ground with a calm expression and completely unconscious, with a faint look of pain on his face: "Sister Princess, what are you going to do with her?"
"I'm sorry, Zhong Wen, for causing you such an unpleasant experience." Li Yiru saw that his face was a little pale and couldn't bear to say, "I'll leave it to you to decide her fate."
"In that case..." Zhong Wen pondered for a moment, "I plan to erase and tamper with most of her memories. Xiaocui, the maid, is considered dead. From now on, let her use a new identity and a different place to live on her own."
"You can actually control other people's memories?" Shangguan Mingyue was surprised again when he heard this, "If you want to do evil one day, you can really do whatever you want."
Seeing the exaggerated expression of the eldest lady pretending to be surprised, Zhong Wen knew that she was worried about him, so he laughed and said: "This spiritual skill only has miraculous effects on people who are not as good as yourself and have weak willpower. It is not as powerful as you think."
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"Although Xiao Qingqing turned into a cunning person, he was still very careful and exposed his flaws." Shangguan Mingyue said with a proud smile, "How did he know that Yiru had already unknowingly done something to the princess's house since his father was injured?
After a thorough investigation, we found that no matter how natural Xiaocui pretends to be, she is just a maid after all. How can she escape the temptation of professionals? Keeping her here till now is just to spread some false news and deceive the Xiao family."
"If these recent actions of the Xiao family were all planned by Xiao Qingqing, then this person must not be underestimated." Zhong Wen shook his head and said seriously, "Every step he makes is very accurate. If he hadn't met someone as handsome and invincible as me,
, a good opponent with unparalleled resourcefulness, loved by everyone, and blooming flowers, I'm afraid the Xiao family has already succeeded several times."
Shangguan Mingyue rolled her eyes at him angrily: "You are so beautiful."
Li Yiru was even more amused by him. It took him a while to stop laughing and said: "Zhong Wen, is the emperor's health okay?"
"It's better than ever." Zhong Wen's eyes flashed, "It will definitely give the Xiao family a big surprise..."
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The Xiao family's mansion is considered very small among the big families in the imperial capital. Due to the limited area, most of the houses in the mansion are built very close to each other. However, to the north of the entire Xiao mansion, there is a three-story building standing alone. This building has a dark appearance.
The shape is simple, far away from other buildings, and feels quite out of place.
In the early morning, when it was just dawn, Xiao Qingqing, dressed in white, came to the door of the black building, bent the index finger of his right hand, and lightly pressed the door.
"Tuk, Tuk, Tuk!"
After a while, the door opened with a creak, revealing a white figure.
The handsome face is somewhat similar to Xiao Wuqing's. The big aquiline nose slightly ruins the overall sense, making the whole face look a bit sinister and cold.
He is Xiao Qingqing's biological brother, "Master Juejian" Xiao Wenjian.
"It's almost time." Xiao Qingwu said with a lazy smile on his face, "There is still some distance to go from Yuxiao Villa, it's time to set off."
Xiao Wenjian looked at his younger brother coldly without saying a word, with obvious dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"Are you still angry with me?" Xiao Wuqing touched his nose and smiled bitterly.
"I can defeat him with my own strength." Xiao Wenjian's words were concise and cold.
"I believe you." Xiao Qingqing was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "But this battle for the top spot is not a simple competition. Even if there is only half a chance of failure, I must nip it in the cradle.
The Xiao family cannot afford this failure."
Xiao Wenjian remained silent, but could not hide the disdain in his eyes.
"What's more, although you are powerful, you are not invincible." Xiao Qingqing continued, "Don't forget that some time ago, you just lost to a woman, a woman who is younger than you."
When he heard him mention Lin Zhiyun, Xiao Wenjian's eyes suddenly shone brightly, and he shot out a breathtaking aura. Xiao Wuqing's heart was shocked when he saw it, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of fear.
"The person I am now." Xiao Wenjian still cherishes words like gold, "I am no longer the person I was back then!"
He exuded a monstrous force, which made the wind roar loudly and birds flying around.
This freak has actually become much stronger!
Regarding his brother's terrifying cultivation talent, Xiao Qingqing couldn't help but feel amazed from the bottom of his heart, and even a little jealous.
"Li Qing's talent is not weaker than yours." Xiao Qingqing continued to advise, "What's more, the 'Nine-Five Supreme Sword' he practiced came from Wendao Academy. The holy land is said to be independent of worldly affairs, but it also hopes that the country where it is located can be stable and prosperous. Therefore
It will definitely be tilted toward the royal family. As far as I know, even if this 'Nine-Five Supreme Sword' is still within the gold grade range, it is definitely the top one among them. It is better than our Xiao family's 'Tai'a Divine Sword'
'It's a lot better. This competition is not fair at all."
"You don't understand." Xiao Wenjian shook his head and said, "A person's strength does not entirely depend on the level of martial arts and spiritual skills."
"You are the legitimate son of the Xiao family. Over the years, the family has always responded to your requests and never restricted you. It's time for you to take on some responsibilities." Xiao Qingqing's expression became more serious, "As long as you can defeat Li Qing, you will be the best in the world.
In the eyes of people, he undoubtedly represents the strongest person of the younger generation of the Xiao family, the first person to defeat the younger generation of the Li family. This is a battle for the fate of the Xiao and Li families, and a battle for the future. I hope you will put down your obsession no matter what.
, focus on the overall situation.”
Xiao Wenjian pondered for a moment: "Today's battle will be watched by many people, and people with a discerning eye will naturally know that the Xiao family has done something wrong."
"How many people can be accommodated in a small Yuxiao Villa?" Xiao Qingqing shook his folding fan lightly, confident, "After all, only a few people will witness this battle. I have my own way to create public opinion, so that the world can only see it.
Your victory without paying attention to the details of the competition."
Xiao Wenjian stood there for a long time before he took a step forward as if he had accepted his fate. When the two of them passed each other, he suddenly said coldly: "If you dare to arrange a marriage for me randomly again, don't blame me for not recognizing the sword in my hand."
people."
After that, he strode away without looking back.
This chapter has been completed!