Seeing Xia Houwan's worried look, the eunuchs and maids beside him all felt a little reluctant to give up! At this time, the eunuch in charge smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I heard from Master Yong that your Majesty and the others are here. The battle is going smoothly, and all the Tatar bandits have been wiped out!"

"Okay, okay, I understand!" Xia Houwan covered her face with a silk scarf, and a strange light emitted from her two beautiful and cold eyes.

Xia Houwan saw the letter just now very clearly. Xia Houyan used various coded words and long words to ask Xia Houwan to contact Xia Houyong from the side and tightly control the palace.

Xia Houwan is the youngest child in the Xiahou family. She was born with stunning beauty. She has been a beauty since she was a child. She is also involved in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and literature. She is also gentle, considerate and considerate. Because of this, Emperor Mingzhen, who loved poetry, calligraphy and literature, could dote on her so much.

In terms of seniority, Xia Houyan is Xia Houwan's brother. There is more than twenty years of age difference between the two. Because Xia Houyan is always very cautious, and he is very discreet and scheming in his affairs, so he rarely walks around the palace. , even though the Xiahou family is Xiahouwan's natal family, Xiahouyong's family has not been involved in many court affairs.

Xia Houwan had been fostered in another courtyard since she was a child, and was given special care. Then by chance, she entered the palace and was favored by Emperor Mingzhen. Therefore, she had no regard for her brother, who was much older than her. How much close affection.

Apart from her, Xia Houyong has not been too involved with Xia Houyan. Xia Houyan knows very well that although Emperor Mingzhen still loves Xia Houwan very much, he has deliberately suppressed Xia Houyong. If not, Xia Houyan He bravely assisted the late emperor for decades, and later, together with Yue Zhenggang and other ministers, he successfully helped Emperor Mingzhen ascend the throne. Such hard work and merits are so great that today, he is more than just a military general stationed in Beijing.

Now that things are like this, in order to avoid further deterioration of the situation, Xia Houyan should reduce or even cut off contact with Xia Houyong. At least in public, the two of them have not come into contact.

But Xia Houwan also knew very well that her brother and her uncle were both geniuses given by God. Such people often have countless rifts in their minds, and their ambitions and strategies are so great that it is frightening.

In the imperial garden, flowers and plants were still blooming, creating a lively scene, but Xia Houwan no longer had the relaxed and natural demeanor that he had just now.

Xia Houwan's beautiful eyes are shrouded in sadness. She has lived a very stable life in recent years. She does not want any turmoil to arise. Otherwise, once the conspiracy is exposed, her happy life will be ruined, and even the entire Xiahou family will be plunged into catastrophe. the abyss!

But even though she is now a beloved concubine, she is still helpless. She also knows that Xia Houyong's original conscientiousness and loyalty to the royal family has now disappeared.

Feudal dynasties from ancient times to the present, especially for emperors, are common examples of "high achievements that shake the master". Xia Houyong is such an example. Based on his own merits and the various kinds of exclusion and suppression he faced, in the end Prompting his power to continue to shrink until the current situation.

So Xia Houwan understands in her heart that Xia Houyan and Xia Houyong have the same goals and ambitions, so as a female, what can she do to save the overall situation?

Xia Houwan had many thoughts, and his face was covered with a melancholy and helpless sigh!

The originally scorching sunshine had faded away, and there were light clouds floating across the top of the sky. A gentle breeze blew across the lake, bringing with it a hint of coolness.

Xia Houwan waved her hand gently and said softly: "Go get the fire!"

"Fire?" Hearing this, the eunuch hesitated briefly, but then seeing Xia Houwan's expression as normal, he hurriedly said, "Yes." Then he ordered someone to fetch a fire candle.

The eunuch took back the candle, and Xiahou Wanyu gently raised her hand and placed the letter on top of the candle. Then with a puffing sound, the letter immediately burned, and powder and ash fell like rain.

After the letter was completely burned out, Xia Houwan sighed softly, lifted her skirt and shirt, and stood up: "It's getting colder, let's go back to the palace!"

"Yes!" The eunuch hurriedly stepped forward to help Xia Houwan and shouted in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, get up and drive!"

Xia Houwan boarded the sedan chair, and everyone carried him back to the palace.

Dai Luo and Qingru watched Xia Houwan and all the guards, eunuchs and maids go away, and then they jumped to the ground. Dai Luo sighed softly and said, "Looking at the contrast in Xia Houwan's mood before and after just now, there must be something wrong with her. That letter

There must be some very important information in the letter! It’s just..."

Dai Luo shook his head and glanced at it. The debris burned by the wildfire had been blown away by the breeze!

"What should we do now?" Dai Luo looked back at Qingru and asked in a serious voice.

Qingru raised her eyebrows slightly, raised her eyes and thought for a moment, smiled softly, and said: "Brother Dai, don't worry, it's still early anyway, no matter what the letter said, we can see that Xia Houwan is not

Happy, why don’t we go talk again?”

Dai Luo thought for a moment, but now he had no other choice. He nodded and said, "Okay."

Dai Luo and Qingru have now roughly figured out where the concubines of the harem live. In order to avoid disturbing others, they did not choose to walk through the imperial garden. Instead, they chose to use the light body technique to pass over the rippling lake.

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The two of them used their lightness skills to the best of their ability, and soon they crossed the vast lake waves and arrived at the back palace! The two of them were very fast in lightness skills, so when they came here, they happened to see Xiahou

Surrounded by eunuchs and maids, Wan came outside the palace.

Xia Houwan ordered the sedan to stop, and then said softly: "If you have nothing else to do, please step aside and let me stay alone for a while!"

"Yes!" A palace maid next to her ordered the other eunuchs to retreat, "You all go down, your Majesty, we will serve you here!"

"yes!"

After all the eunuchs carried the sedan chair down, Xia Houwan smiled faintly, waved her hands gently and said: "It's still early now, so you don't have to wait here. I'm a little tired. Go back and have a rest. You can just do your own thing."

As Xia Houwan spoke, he flicked his skirt and walked forward.

"But your Majesty..." The maids behind him all served Xia Houwan personally. When they saw this, they were a little worried and hurriedly followed a few steps.
Chapter completed!