Shen Huan was filled with doubts. She looked around and saw that the guards were not there. She held the Wang Feng Sword and tried to slow down her tone and asked: "I wonder what the master is here for when he comes here at this time?"
Master Qiao looked at her, suddenly took a step back, knelt on one knee, and lowered his head.
Shen Wen was shocked: "Master, what are you..."
Master Qiao said: "Your Highness the Princess! Wei Chen pays homage to Her Highness the Princess! Wei Chen has waited for so many years, and finally waited until His Highness grew up, and finally waited until His Highness gave birth to the blood of the Xiao family!"
Shen Wen's heart slowly cooled down, and she said leisurely: "Since you know my identity and know that Zhao'er is my child, then why did you attack us on our way back to Beijing, and even wanted to kill us? "
Master Qiao lowered his head and said with guilt: "Your Royal Highness, forgive me! Weichen didn't know that at that time, and didn't know that it was Her Royal Highness the Princess and the young master in the carriage. If Weichen knew about it, he would never do anything. To deal with His Highness and young master!"
Shen Huan took a deep breath and said: "I guess that's the case. After all, the master and I have a master-disciple relationship. Even if it is for a certain purpose, I won't go on a killing spree. What's more, when you see the Wang Feng Sword in my hand At that moment, she immediately stopped and left." She raised her hand to help him up, and asked: "What was your target that time, Zhao'er and I, or Chu Xichen?"
Master Qiao said truthfully: "We have two goals. One is to kill Chu Xichen, and the other is... to get rid of His Highness and the young master." He glanced at Shen Huan with some regret, and then said, "My men said , someone knows that Chu Xichen is not in the palace, but on the way back to Beijing, but that person’s condition is-"
Shen Huan said coldly: "Her condition must be to kill me and Zhao'er, and she will never let us return to the palace safely, right?"
Master Qiao nodded and asked, "Your Highness, do you know who it is?"
Shen Huan sneered and said, "Have you seen that person's face?"
Master Qiao shook his head and said: "No, she asked a maid to come to me before, but it failed later. Although she came to me in person, she was wearing a cloak and veil. What is certain is that she is a woman, a young woman. Speak with pure Beijing style."
Shen Huan turned around, stood with his hands behind his back, and said coldly: "I probably know who it is."
Master Qiao said bitterly: "That woman framed His Highness so much that Wei Chen almost hurt His Highness and the young master. It's really disgusting! At that time, Wei Chen should have killed her! Since Your Highness knows who it is, why not tell Wei Chen, I will help His Highness get rid of this serious problem!"
Shen Huan shook his head and said leisurely: "It would be too cheap to get rid of her like this. If she dies like this, she will be buried as a concubine. Her family will gain glory and wealth, and her children will also receive the emperor's favor!"
"Her child?" Master Qiao asked puzzledly, "Don't Chu Xichen value His Highness and the young master very much?"
Shen Huan sighed: "It's important, but also careful." She looked up at the cold moonlight and smiled bitterly, "Because my surname is Xiao, and there are too many people loyal to the Xiao family behind me." She did not say it clearly, Since Chu Xichen suspected that he was colluding with Xiao Wumian, he naturally started to take precautions against himself. Xiao Wumian was still needed now. The naval infantry needed to fight against the Western Kingdom, so Xiao Wumian was safe. However, once the Western Kingdom was captured, only If she knows how to kill herself, what about herself? She has already felt that even if she does not kill herself, Zhao'er and the throne are not destined.
But Master Qiao said firmly: "Don't worry, Your Highness! I will definitely help Your Highness, let the young master ascend the throne and restore the world of my Xiao family!"
Sure enough, Shen Huan smiled bitterly. Once Zhao'er succeeds to the throne, will these diehards from the southern country have the same idea as Xiao Wumian and ask Zhao'er to change his surname to Xiao?
His thoughts became confused again, and he faintly heard the sound of someone's footsteps. Shen Huan whispered: "Let's go quickly!"
"Your Highness, take care!" Master Qiao jumped onto the roof and quietly disappeared into the night
It was Chun'er who came. When she saw Shen Huan standing in the courtyard with a sword in her hand, she was startled and asked quickly: "Has something happened to the empress?"
Shen Huan smiled and said: "Nothing happened, I just couldn't sleep, so I got up and practiced sword practice."
Chun'er sighed reassuringly: "Today, your Majesty is at the Imperial Palace to attend to illnesses. If you can't sleep well at night, how can you take care of the Emperor during the day? My Majesty, go back to sleep."
Shen Huan smiled and said: "Okay, you are becoming more and more like your sister Xiangming, very wordy."
Just when Chun'er was about to say something, Shen Huan hurriedly walked into the room and sighed: "I'm so sleepy, I can sleep now." Chun'er had no choice but to shut up and follow her in.
The next day, Shen Huan went to Qian Palace to see Xichen as usual. Through the curtain, she saw Xichen reviewing the memorial. When she walked in, Xichen closed the memorial and put it aside.
Shen Wen put away the slight disappointment in her heart and raised the sweetest smile on her lips. Xichen was stunned for a moment and also showed a rare smile.
"It is a blessing for the people that the emperor is diligent in political affairs so early, but the emperor should also pay attention to his own health." She walked over and sat next to him, looking into his eyes and said
Xichen squeezed her hand and said with a smile: "I can't go to court now, the papers are almost piled up, and Sanzai is coming later, and there is no time."
Shen Wen asked softly: "Have you taken the medicine?"
"Well" Xichen smiled, "You have to worry about these things sooner or later. Where is Zhao'er?"
"Qingyue is playing with him. He doesn't like to sleep now. If the emperor wants to see him, I will ask Qingyue to bring him over to show the emperor."
"Alright"
Shen Huan winked at Chun'er, who understood and went back to let Qingyue hold Zhao'er. Chu Xichen took it and played with it for a while. Shen Huan stared at him and said, "Concubine, can you ask the emperor for a favor?" ?”
Xichen was happy and said: "Just say it"
Shen Huan waved the others to leave and said seriously: "I think Zhao'er can have the kindness that the late emperor showed to the six kings."
The six kings of Chu Xiqing did not want to stick to the royal family. They traveled out all day and rarely returned to the palace.
Xichen was startled and looked at Shen Han in surprise. Shen Han's face was full of sincerity without any hesitation.
"Why?" Xichen asked in surprise
Shen Huan smiled and said: "For you and me, for...the world!"
Xichen looked at her, then looked down at Zhao'er who was bewildered, and suddenly infinite pain surged in his heart. When he saw Zhao'er for the first time, Zhao'er looked at him with her dark eyes open, just like now, With inexplicable curiosity
If the blood flowing on Zhao'er's body is not Xiao's blood...
Xichen suddenly frowned and covered his chest. Shen Huan quickly grabbed his hand: "What? It hurts again? Do you want to call the imperial doctor?"
"No, Sanzai is coming soon, take Zhaoer back."
Shen Wen hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing, holding Zhao'er in his arms and exiting.