Chu Xingyue finally put on the clothes on her body and ran out of the bathroom, just in time, Zhao Ling and Chu He had come back at this moment, and the two happened to meet in the small courtyard where Zhao Ling was temporarily staying.

Chu Xingyue ran out of the room, and saw two handsome men like the breeze and the moon who didn't even have time to change the clothes on their bodies, so they sat on the stone table in the courtyard, pointing and drawing at something like a map on the table.

Hearing the movement, Zhao Ling raised his head and looked in the direction where Chu Xingyue was standing.

Chu Xingyue, who had just bathed and seemed to be wrapped in a faint vapor, was like an elf in the sea, blinking her bright eyes, slightly opening her delicate red lips, and her face without any powder was even more glamorous.

Zhao Ling was a little stupid for a while, and he didn't even have time to care about Chu He, who was sitting next to him.

Chu He said for a long time and saw that Zhao Ling didn't answer him, he raised his head and looked at him, and when he saw him staring in one direction, he followed Zhao Ling's eyes and looked there at the same time; I couldn't help but laugh when I saw it.

It turns out that his little sister has such a ability, and can fascinate the prince who is used to seeing all kinds of beauties like this; When he returns to Qingzhou, he will tell his father everything that happened here, so that his father can rest assured that his little sister is doing well here; At the very least, King Ling really likes Xiaomei.

"Xiaoyue, why did you appear like a cat? I don't know how to make a movement; And you look like this, fortunately, there are only me and the prince in the courtyard, if it is seen by other foreign men, the prince is afraid that he will raise a knife to kill. ”

Zhao Ling saw that his mind was seen through by his brother-in-law, and he was not in a hurry to explain; Instead, he stood up and walked in front of Chu Xingyue, helped her down from the bottom of the steps, looked at her casually draped hair, and said to her with a smile: "It's really getting lazy and lazy, and now I don't even bother to take care of my hair, right?" ”

Chu Xingyue was too lazy, she clearly had something important to ask her brother.

Chu Xingyue chuckled at Zhao Ling twice to deal with it, and then walked towards Chu He quickly with the corner of her skirt, her hands supported on the stone table, and she looked at him with a serious expression: "Big brother, I have a very serious question for you, you must tell me the truth." ”

Chu He looked at Chu Xingyue with a smile, wrapped his arms around his chest, straightened his back and looked at his little sister: "Look at your posture to interrogate me, okay, what do you want to know?" ”

"Neither Chun Kyung nor I wrote to tell you that we were in Jeju City, how did you know we were here? The most important thing is that you actually brought the black armor army here, do you know that without the edict of the Son of Heaven, you can transfer the imperial court garrison at will, which is the crime of killing your head. ”

It turned out that her nervous and serious little appearance was actually because of this, Chu He looked at Chu Xingyue, whose face was tense, and couldn't help laughing.

Chu Xingyue was about to set fire to the roof of the house, but he didn't expect that after hearing her words, his brother was not in a hurry, he didn't panic, he still had the energy to laugh out loud?

Chu Xingyueqi kicked his legs straight, and almost shouted Chu He's name to show that he was anxious.

"My stupid sister, how could I not know what you even know, as a brother?"

Chu Xingyue's already soaring anger was as if he had been cut off halfway, and he was immediately stunned, looking at him with round eyes and puzzled.

Chu He stood up from the stone bench, hugged his fists in the direction of Jing Cheng, and said to Chu Xingyue and Zhao Ling at the same time: "The Qingzhou army has been guarded in the north of my country for generations by the emperor's holy decree; If there is no Son of Heaven's Divine Decree, how dare we act rashly?! ”

Chu Xingyue watched Chu He's movements, and finally came back to her senses from the shock, could it be that the reason why my brother appeared in Jeju City was because of Emperor Showa?

Chu Xingyue hurriedly turned her head to look at Zhao Ling, but found that Zhao Ling was also stunned, as if he didn't know this.

I really didn't expect that in the end, the person who really controlled everything was not her or Zhao Ling, but the son of heaven who was far away in the capital and sat on the main hall.

It seems that the assumption she made at the beginning is really possible, Zhao Ling is not Emperor Showa's least favorite son at all, but should be the most cherished son.

Chu Xingyue approached Zhao Ling's side, stretched out her hand and quietly grabbed his fingers, and found that his hands were cold, and there was still cold sweat in his palms.

Sensing Chu Xingyue's touch, Zhao Ling seemed to come back to his senses, looking down at Chu Xingyue's gentle and smiling eyes, for some reason, he felt that his eyes were a little faintly astringent, as if he was about to cry.

Chu He was a nervous person, he didn't notice Chu Xingyue and Zhao Ling's expressions at all, and continued to speak: "Xiaoyue, in fact, my father and I have received your letter more than two months ago, and after looking at the content of the letter, I decided to come to the capital to meet you; It's just that I, as a frontier general, can't leave the garrison without an edict from the Son of Heaven; So I asked my father to write a memo and report it to the imperial court, asking the emperor to allow me to visit you in the capital. ”

It's just that there was no response to this twist and turn for two whole months, like a stone sinking into the sea, making people scratch their heads; Just when I thought that the emperor's silence was not agreeing with me entering Beijing without permission, suddenly one night, a team of imperial forest troops came to Qingzhou, and the imperial forest army escorted the eunuch Xuanzhi, and the holy decree said that I should take 2,000 men and horses to Jeju to help His Royal Highness King Ling relieve the disaster here. ”

"Later, the eunuch also told me and my father that you came to Jeju with His Royal Highness King Ling, which can be regarded as an opportunity for the emperor to meet our brothers and sisters; I got the whereabouts, knowing your news, I couldn't wait for a moment, and I ordered my own soldiers and went straight to Jeju City; It's just that I didn't expect to encounter a riot when I first came to Jeju, and now it seems that all this seems to have been planned by the emperor. He knew that the prince's trip to Jeju would definitely not be peaceful, and he also knew that something would happen here sooner or later, so he quietly ordered me to help you. ”

Hearing Chu He's confirmation with his own ears, Chu Xingyue grabbed Zhao Ling's hand and looked at him with joy: "Did you hear what my brother said?" Zhao Ling, father, he loves you. It was my father who sent my brother to save us, he never gave up on you, and even he is protecting you and training you in his own way. ”

Zhao Ling listened to Chu Xingyue's excited voice, but his mind was a little buzzing; However, even if his heart was in turmoil at the moment, he gradually understood that he was really valued by his father.

Thinking of a lonely childhood, a forbearant youth, and a lonely adult; At this moment, all grievances are like bubbles in the sun, gradually floating into the air, rising, and finally turning into nothing.

In his impression, his father has always been a strict and eccentric existence, and since he was a child, he has never received true fatherly love from his father; When he was young, he looked forward to it earnestly, but after being hurt again and again, he gradually looked down on it; Until it becomes dispensable.

thought that as he grew older, he no longer cared whether the man who gave him life loved him or not, but when he heard the words of Chu He and Chu Xingyue with his own ears, he found that his body was trembling.

It turns out that even if time passes and time flies, he is still the child he was back then, the child who longed to be protected and affirmed by his biological father.

Zhao Ling suppressed the excitement and trembling in his heart, looked at Chu He with slightly reddened eyes, and asked, "What else did my father say in the holy decree?" ”

Chu He didn't quite understand Zhao Ling's mood at the moment, so he just recalled it and said, "There is nothing else, but it was the eunuch who said something that made people care a lot." ”

"What did you say?"

Chu He looked at Zhao Ling's eager movements, and passed it word for word: "He said that I must send the prince back to the capital safely, and the sooner the better, because the sky in the capital is about to change." ”

Speaking of this, Chu He took a step forward and looked at Zhao Ling with bright eyes.

Do you know what he was trying to convey by that? The emperor knew that you would be in danger in Jeju City, so he sent me to rescue him, and then asked someone to say such a sentence, although the preface did not match the afterword, but it made people have to care. ”

"Who said the preface doesn't match the afterword? This is obviously a code word that is closely related to the safety of our lives. ”

Chu Xingyue Bingxue looked at the two men who were looking at her at the same time, put her hands behind her back, and said her thoughts: "I think that my father is urging Zhao Ling not to stay after you finish the affairs of Jeju City, and hurry back to Beijing." Because, from the moment the eldest brother appeared in Jeju City with the Black Armor Army, the secret of your father's secret support for Zhao Ling for many years should also be exposed. ”

After Chu Xingyue's reminder, Zhao Ling immediately understood: "Doesn't that mean that the father emperor may also be in danger?" ”

"Don't worry, anyway, my father is also the king of a country, with the Imperial Forest Army in his hands, and there are also useful ministers in the court, and it is not so easy for the Jiang family to do some unseemly means."

Chu He listened in a fog, twisted his head left and right to look at his sister and Zhao Ling, and finally couldn't help it, raised his voice and asked, "I said, can you two not play dumb riddles in front of me?" Can you explain to me what happened? And Xiaoyue, why do you say that the emperor is in danger? In the territory of my Great Wei, who dares to hurt the emperor for half a point? ”

Chu Xingyue sneered and replied to her naïve brother: "Of course there are people, big brother, you are a military general, and you are stationed in Qingzhou all the year round, and you never pay attention to the battles in the court, do you really think that our Great Wei world is really as peaceful as it seems on the surface?" Intrigues and tricks, but they are staged in the capital and in the palace every day. ”

Chu He couldn't understand it, and he found that his little sister seemed to have changed a little differently; How to say it, it's like the little sister has become another person overnight, not at all ignorant and naïve in the past, but seems to be much more shrewd and intelligent.

I really didn't expect that in the past two years, he has changed, his father has changed, even his little sister has changed, and he is the one who has changed the most.