Xia Houlie calmed down and tapped the table, "Are they familiar with that shouting voice?"

Leng Ji shook her head, "It was an unfamiliar voice, and it was a woman. According to Sister Jinru and the others, when they arrived, the person had disappeared."

"Maybe the person pretending to be Qingwan and the person shouting are the same person." Xia Houlie's face turned solemn:

"It's just...since they want to burn the emperor's grandmother to death, why bother shouting loudly to attract people to save her?"

As soon as these words came out, the three of them were puzzled. There was a silence in the room. After a while, Showa suddenly slapped his thigh:

"I understand. Could it be that their target is not only the imperial grandmother, but also my sister-in-law?!"

Hearing this, Xia Houlie's eyes felt as if a few drops of hot oil had been dropped into them, and they became hot all of a sudden, but his body suddenly exuded a cold aura. He clenched his fists and said:

"Leng Ji, please go find out for me quickly. No matter what the cost, the murderer must be brought to justice!"

Leng Ji solemnly responded: "Yes, I obey!"

Xia Houlie waved his hand tiredly, "Go down."

Zhaohe saw the tired look on his face and said hurriedly: "Brother Emperor, don't worry about these things for now. The wound on your hand has just been bandaged. It's better to take care of it. Leave the rest to me."

The injury on his hand was really painful. Coupled with the mental and physical exhaustion in recent days, he was really tired. Xia Houlie had no choice but to nod and lay down on the bed.

He never forgot to say: "Don't forget to wake me up when she wakes up."

Showa nodded, saw him closing his eyes, and then withdrew.

When she walked to Mu Qingwan's room, Mu Qingwan's eyelashes trembled a few times, and she slowly woke up from her coma. But when she came back to her senses, sharp pain swept over her body like a strong wind, making her moan.

|Groan out.

"it hurts……"

She gritted her teeth, feeling as if her whole body was being burned by fire. She opened her eyes half-squinted, and what came into view was Showa's delicate and handsome face. She looked at him in confusion, not knowing for a moment

Where are you.

"Qingwan, you're awake!" Zhaohe was excited for a moment. He went up and held Mu Qingwan's hand tightly in his palm. She was startled by his movement, and after reacting, she quickly pulled her hand out. Zhaohe

Seeing the embarrassment on her face, I realized that I had exceeded the rules, and I was a little embarrassed for a moment.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Mu Qingwan quickly changed the topic and said, "Showa, you and grandma are not injured, are you? Where is Nuannuan? Where has it gone?"

"No, none of us were injured, and Nuan Nuan was not injured either." Zhaohe glanced at her, lowered his eyes and said, "Only you and the emperor are injured."

"Xiahou Lie?"

Seeing her stunned look, Zhaohe nodded and said, "Yesterday, the emperor walked halfway and rushed back. As soon as he heard that you were still trapped in the sea of ​​​​fire, he rushed in without hesitation."

Mu Qingwan didn't say a word, she just sat quietly, staring at Showa, with a look of disbelief on her face, and her hands unconsciously clenched the corners of the quilt.

Seeing her blank look, Showa quickly added:

"But you don't have to worry. Brother Huang only burned a small area on his arm. He has already asked the doctor to take a look. He said that it was only a superficial injury and it is not serious. He will just rest for a few days. When he went in yesterday, he was fine.

It didn't take long for Yangyizhai to collapse. The moment it collapsed, fortunately Nuan Nuan pulled him out from the window."

Mu Qingwan continued to remain silent, her mind imagining Xia Houlie desperately rushing into the fire, and then flashing back to the scene where Nuan Nuan bit the hem of her skirt and dragged her towards the window yesterday.

After a long while, he finally spoke: "Where's Nuannuan?"

Showa didn't expect that she would ask such a question after being silent for a long time, and he was dumbfounded for a moment.

But he still replied: "It is sleeping outside, do you want me to bring it in?"

Mu Qingwan shook her head and fell into silence again. Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she lifted the quilt and was about to get out of bed.

Showa quickly helped her up: "What's wrong? What happened? You still have injuries on your legs..."

"Take me to see Xia Houlie! I want to see Xia Houlie!" Her voice became urgent, her face was no longer blank, and her expression suddenly became sharp, like a hedgehog covered with thorns.

.

Showa didn't understand why she suddenly acted like this. He looked at her bandaged leg and said worriedly: "But your leg..."

Mu Qingwan didn't wait for him to finish, and regardless of the injury on her leg, she limped toward the door. After walking a few steps, she fell to the ground. Zhaohe hurriedly went over to help her up, knowing that she had a stubborn temper, so he tried to persuade her.

It’s no use, so I have to compromise:

"Don't worry, I'll help you walk over slowly."

Xia Houlie did not fall asleep. He woke up as soon as he heard the footsteps. When he opened his eyes, he saw Mu Qingwan walking in from the door closely leaning on Zhaohe. His face darkened and he was about to have a seizure when he saw Mu Qingwan.

Qingwan was staring at her fiercely. At this moment, her eyes were as sharp as a blade, as if she wanted to tear his flesh and blood apart.

"Are you awake?! How do you feel about the injury on your leg? Does it still hurt... Showa, go find Doctor Lu quickly..."

"No need. Xia Houlie, I have something to ask you!"

Mu Qingwan broke away from Zhaohe's hand, but still stared at Xia Houlie, approaching him step by step.

Seeing her limping, Xia Houlie wanted to help her, but she waved her away. Because the movement was too strong and there was an injury on his leg, he suddenly lost his balance. If he hadn't caught her in time,

, she was about to fall to the ground.

As soon as he stood firm, even though the pain on his leg was severe, Mu Qingwan waved Xia Houlie's hand away fiercely, as if he had touched something dirty.

Her hateful eyes made him a little overwhelmed. An indescribable pain began to spread from his chest to his limbs. Seeing her wincing in pain, he took a deep breath and did not dare to touch her rashly again.

Afraid of causing a more violent reaction, she comforted her:

"Don't move. You are injured. If you have any questions, please speak slowly..."

Looking at his gentle look, Mu Qingwan felt as if her whole heart was being fried in a frying pan. How could he be like this? How could he still be so hypocritical in front of her after doing such a thing behind her back?

Playing the role of a gentle husband?!

Her chest was really uncomfortable and her eyes were so sore. She tried her best to hold back the tears that wanted to burst out of her eyes. She tried her best to stay calm and spoke each word slowly:

"Did you send troops to attack Xichu?"

Xia Houlie felt as if a sharp knife suddenly aimed at his heart and stabbed him hard. The fishy smell filled the air instantly, and the blood flowed. The red color made his eyes red, and his big hands subconsciously clenched her wrist tightly.

, his voice was as cold as ice, and his eyes looked into hers sharply:

"Take back what you just said!"

Mu Qingwan felt as if her wrist was about to be strangled. There was a sharp pain. She wanted to pull away, but his strength was too great and she couldn't move at all.

Zhaohe, who was standing next to him, saw Mu Qingwan breaking into cold sweat in pain, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Brother, you hurt her, she is still injured..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xia Houlie shouted coldly without looking back: "Zhaohe, stand down!"

Zhaohe knew his temper, and he would definitely be obedient on normal days, but not this time. Mu Qingwan was covered in wounds and could no longer withstand any torture.

"Brother Imperial, I'm sorry that I can't listen to you this time. You guys have to speak properly, and I can stay aside as if you don't have an ear. But if you want to bully Qingwan, I have already told you that I will not stand idly by."

Xia Houlie looked back at him in shock, and Zhaohe met his cold gaze fearlessly. The two faced off for a moment, and Mu Qingwan on the side suddenly said coldly:

"Showa, please don't worry about this matter. There is no need to make you two brothers unhappy because of me, an outsider. I just want to ask one thing clearly today. Did Beiyan really send troops to attack Xichu?"

"Why do you think I sent troops to attack Western Chu?" Xia Houzie tried his best to calm down his emotions that were about to explode, and asked coldly.

The situation was about to break out, and a voice suddenly intervened: "Master, this was discovered in front of Yangyizhai..."

Mu Qingwan turned around and saw that the thing in Leng Ji's hand was the letter Hengzhi had given her. She stretched out her hand to grab it, but she didn't expect that Xia Houlie moved faster than her, pinching the parchment in one fell swoop.

In his hand, he only glanced at it, his eyes became cold, the expression he looked at Mu Qingwan also became sarcastic, and there was even a faint smile on the corner of his lips, but it made people shudder:

"That's all?"

The action just now caused Mu Qingwan to pull the wound on her leg. Seeing that the parchment was held in Xia Houlie's hand, she had no strength to grab it anymore. She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth to endure the pain, but the loving smiles of her father, queen and mother appeared in front of her eyes.

Come, she remembered the way her father held her hand and taught her to walk step by step when she was a child, and her mother's helpless expression every time she saw her being naughty and mischievous. When she first came to this other world, she felt so frightened and frightened that she was the only one.

Knowing that they allowed her to relive the warm family affection in modern times, soothed her lonely soul, and allowed her to survive peacefully in this strange world.

My heart felt like it had been cut hard by a knife, it hurt so much that even the burns on my body became insignificant.

They were already full of hair, and it was time to take care of themselves and enjoy family happiness. After Beiyan beat them, they must have started to be frightened again, and even life or death was uncertain, and the innocent people who were implicated were even more uncertain.

She didn't understand why everything had to be solved by war. Could it be that being in a high position could trample the lives of innocent people like child's play?

She opened her eyes and spoke slowly and clearly, hitting him like hail:

"Do you still want to quibble? I don't know who threatened me all the time with attacking Xi Chu. I don't know who told me to wait and see how the Mu family members died one by one... Haha... Now you have finally achieved your goal.

Isn't it? You pretended to be a good husband in front of me while secretly playing dirty tricks. Xia Houlie, you deceived me so hard. It's funny that I foolishly believed you and believed you would abide by the agreement.

I won’t touch Xi Chu, I won’t touch my father, the emperor and my queen..."

Her words stabbed him like needles, and he only felt uncomfortable. The next second, he acted before he realized it. Regardless of the wound he had just bandaged, he held her shoulders and pressed them firmly against the wall. Showa

Just as she was about to come over to stop him, she saw that he didn't say a word, just staring at Mu Qingwan quietly, his dark eyes like two whirlpools. When he looked at him like this, it seemed as if everything was sucked away by the whirlpool, and then

Mince slowly.

Frightened by his swift and beast-like movements, Mu Qingwan instinctively closed her eyes, waiting for his rough punishment. Today, she had already risked her life. No matter how he planned to abuse her, she would not let him have an easy time like this. She would definitely

I need to find an explanation for Xi Chu.

But after a few seconds, no pain came. Only her shoulders ached due to his strength. She opened her eyes and looked at him, and he looked at her. The rolling emotions in her eyes gradually calmed down and turned into unfathomable.

It was dark, and she felt that the temperature around her was gradually getting lower and colder, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and a layer of goosebumps gradually appeared on her skin. Time passed very slowly, and every second seemed to be extended infinitely.
To be continued...