My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

"Of course." Qin Junyi talked about what happened that year.

"The gold mine collapsed, and Miss Yu took the opportunity to escape. She came to the inn and asked me to help her create a new identity... When the Wuyi Guards came to take people back to Beijing, Miss Yu took Ding Qiutong and her daughter with her. I don't know much about what happened afterwards."

Xuanping Hou took over the conversation: "Later, she developed a prescription to cure the epidemic and was made a concubine and welcomed into the harem."

Having said this, he paused, picked up the teacup, and swallowed the bitterness that was rising in his throat with the tea.

Putting down the teacup, he continued, "She is now in the Eastern Capital. Living with the emperor is like living with a tiger. If she is not careful, she will be destroyed. As long as you help me protect her life, I will open the city gates and welcome you into the city."

Marquis Xuanping looked directly at Qin Junyi with a firm gaze.

Qin Junyi: "..."

The best way to use troops is to attack their hearts.

He did have a plan in mind, using Xuanping Hou's feelings for Zhenzhen as a breakthrough point to make the other party surrender without a fight. However, he did not expect that the effect would be better than he expected.

"From what I know, she now holds power and is no longer an ordinary concubine in the harem who is dominated by the king at will."

"But if the emperor finds out that she is not the daughter of destiny, he will be furious and her corpses will float for thousands of miles. As long as the emperor is alive, her threat will not be eliminated."

Since the emperor moved the capital, the capital has become the focus of public criticism. Because of his past emotional entanglement with Yu Zhenzhen, Xuanping Hou was kept in the capital as a pawn by the emperor.

Faced with the situation of being attacked from all sides, Marquis Xuanping was determined to die. He sent all his confidants to the Eastern Capital and ordered them to assist Yu Zhenzhen for the rest of their lives.

Later, he heard that Qin Junyi led his army across thousands of miles, recaptured Liangzhou, and joined forces with the allies to block the Northern Di army. All these events showed that the power of the Qin family was even stronger than in the past when the royal family had not yet launched an attack.

Sure enough, the Qin family not only wiped out the invading Northern Di Army, but also took care of the leaders of the allied forces who were hostile to him, and took all the allied forces into their possession.

After receiving Qin Junyi's letter, Marquis Xuanping decided to exchange the capital for a way out for Yu Zhenzhen.

One day, Qin Junyi will attack Dongdu. Once the emperor is defeated, Yu Zhenzhen's life or death will be uncertain.

Just when he stopped supporting the royal family and used his position to seek personal gain, his clouded perception became clear.

As an old friend of Qin Junyi, Marquis Xuanping knows the Qin family better than others.

If it weren't for the lucky encounter, the Qin family would never have been able to turn things around so quickly after falling into such a predicament, and rely on the accumulation of just a few years to soar into the sky.

He carefully counted the people around Qin Junyi and soon realized that the so-called girl of destiny must be Su Yunwan.

Whether on the road to exile or in the place of exile, the more outstanding the appearance, the more likely it is to fall into the hands of the murderer. Beauty not only cannot be a bargaining chip, but will become original sin.

So how could such a stunningly beautiful woman be so calm, composed, and cheerful when facing the desperate situation of exile if she did not have absolute support and confidence?

Seeing his confident tone, Qin Junyi stopped trying to hide it and asked, "You know everything?"

"It's her, isn't it?"

The two of them were unclear about what they said, but they both knew who and what the other was talking about.

Qin Junyi did not answer directly, but emphasized one point: "When Miss Yu returned to Beijing, my wife told her the purpose of the Wuyi Guard and said that if she didn't want to leave, no one could force her. However, Miss Yu had other plans. She knew that the capital was a dangerous place, but she still decided to go there."

"She wants to take revenge on me." Marquis Xuanping bent down, with a feeling of sadness lingering throughout his body.

Qin Junyi had a general understanding of the emotional entanglement between him and Yu Zhenzhen, and couldn't help but frown and asked: "Why were you so confused at the beginning!"

"I don't know how I could have done such a wrong thing. Her family members died because of me. I should have protected her all her life, but I couldn't resist the imperial power, and I couldn't bear to send her away from the capital. I spent half a year in the gold mine, and she almost died..."

It was as if Marquis Xuanping had found a tree hole, and the regret that had been buried in his heart for many years poured out like a torrent of river water.

"Afterwards, I personally investigated and found out that the reason I missed the appointment in half a year was that my wife, Mrs. Song, borrowed the power of her family and deliberately had someone delay my return to Beijing. Everything I saw at the gold mine that day was also arranged by her in advance, but I fell into her trap, and it would be useless even if I found out..."

What's even more tragic is that he wanted to divorce Song, but his parents tried their best to stop him. They only confined Song to the house and announced to the public that she was seriously ill and bedridden.

When Song's family learned about this, they sent Song's younger sister to be a concubine to mend and consolidate the relationship between the two families.

The new sister, Xiao Song, is no pushover either. The two sisters fight openly and secretly, making a big mess.

Marquis Xuanping just let his mother take care of it and never set foot in the backyard again.

The Queen Mother saw that he had been childless for a long time and learned the whole story from his mother. She summoned him to the palace many times to lecture him and used the same old trick again, threatening him with Yu Zhenzhen.

Xuanping Hou no longer cared about the imperial power and seniority, and angrily threatened: "The Concubine Shu has become the emperor's woman. If you continue to make things difficult for her because of me, wouldn't it be implying to the emperor that I still have a secret relationship with her? Do you think my family is not dying fast enough?"

The Queen Mother was so angry that she was bent over, but she could only point at his resolute back as he left, unable to speak.

Afterwards, the empress dowager, knowing that her son was suspicious, did not dare to do anything. She just ignored Yu Zhenzhen as if she were air, so as not to harm her sister's family invisibly.

Qin Junyi looked at the man in front of him who was as unrestrained as he was in the past, and listened quietly to him chattering about his past, with complicated emotions in his heart.

When Xuanping Hou finally finished, he sighed slightly: "You are naturally romantic and always show affection to women. I used to think that people like you would never be trapped by emotions, let alone fall into the hands of women, but now it seems that things in the world are really unpredictable."

His words revealed a deep sense of helplessness and regret, but more importantly, concern and worry for his friend.

Qin Junyi knew that the love-hate relationship between Xuanping Hou and Yu Zhenzhen had penetrated deep into their bones, like a knot that was tightly entangled and difficult to untie.

Even though Yu Zhenzhen had become a concubine in the harem, Marquis Xuanping could not let it go. He even went against his own principles for her and became a traitor who was condemned by everyone.

As if he could see what Qin Junyi was thinking, Xuan Ping Hou gave a bitter smile and said, "I will never be able to repay her even until I die. I can only do my best to help her."

"I can take Yu Zhenzhen away from Dongdu, but I'm afraid she won't want to." Based on Qin Junyi's understanding of Zhenzhen, she chose to come to Beijing back then, and she has finally come to this day. She definitely wouldn't want to leave like this.

"She really won't accept this, so I want you to protect her in secret."

Marquis Xuanping knew that Yu Zhenzhen was ambitious, and he also knew that she had been doing very well in recent days and was gradually taking over power.

Once you’ve tasted power, it’s hard to let it go.