Brother Huang, he has been planning for a long time

"Princess, I have been ordered by Your Highness to secretly protect the safety of the princess." Zhong Shui still stood by the window, blocking Leng Yue's light.

Qingchen heard the words and raised his eyes to look at him, "Since it's secret, what do you want to do when you appear in front of me like this?"

Brother Emperor, did he send such a person to secretly protect himself?

Is it possible that he has been hiding in the dark and watching me like this for more than half a month?

At best, this is secretly protecting yourself, but at worst, this is spying on yourself in disguise!

Qingchen felt unhappy when he thought of this.

Brother Huang, this is... too much.

Zhong Shui cupped his hands and said, "I have something to ask of the princess."

Qingchen frowned: "What's the matter?"

"A colleague of mine offended the princess because he was ordered to search the palace a few days ago..."

"You're talking about Qingmu who is beside Brother Huang, right?" She interrupted him and asked Zhong Shui lazily, "What's wrong with him?"

"He was fined fifty strokes by His Highness, and from then on he had to go to the water prison for two hours every day." Zhong Shui's voice was full of pity.

Qingchen was secretly shocked when he heard this.

Generally speaking, a man would be half-dead after suffering fifty blows, while a woman would definitely be dead.

But the emperor's brother actually had the Qingmu Fifty Board beaten, and he had to endure two hours of water prison torture every day.

Is the emperor going to torture him to death?

She frowned and looked at the man in front of her who was hesitant to speak, "Then why did you appear in front of me like this tonight?"

Are you here to tell her that this is all gone?

Zhong Shui knelt directly on the ground, "Princess, I would like to ask the princess to plead for Qingmu in front of His Highness, and ask His Highness to spare Qingmu, otherwise Qingmu will really die. His injuries from the cane punishment have not yet healed, and now Riri He had to be tortured in a water prison. In such freezing weather, his body had to be soaked in the freezing water for two hours every day. If Aoki hadn't had deep inner strength, he would have died long ago."

Qingchen was silent, her face slightly tensed.

That man Aoki was indifferent to her, why should she intercede for him?

Besides, that night, although he was ordered by the emperor to search He Lanyan and others.

Seeing himself bathing, he didn't know how to avoid it, and even wanted to see if He Lanyan was hidden in his barrel...

This move is undoubtedly humiliating oneself.

Now, this person actually wants to plead for that person himself.

Qingchen turned around and stopped looking at Zhong Shui. He had already made it clear that he didn't want to pay attention to him.

But thinking more deeply, this man was ordered by the emperor to protect himself, if he was really in danger.

He resented himself for not interceding for his brother and for not fulfilling his orders to protect himself...

Then she is also at a loss?

To put it ten thousand steps back, if Aoki really lost his life because of this incident, it would be considered because of his own relationship...

At that time, she will bear another life...

God was kind enough to give him a chance to be reborn, so he probably didn't want to see himself so indifferent and unwilling to save himself.

but……

She hadn't seen the imperial brother for more than half a month. If she told him to let Aoki go, she would probably offend him even more.

After thinking about it, Qingchen felt like his brain was going to be in knots.

"Princess?" Zhong Shui, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at the person in the window and said nothing for a long time, thinking that she was unwilling, so he begged again: "Princess, Qingmu is very strict in everything he does, but he is loyal to the royal family and never has second thoughts. He definitely didn't mean to offend the princess before. He was just worried that the traitor from Xihe Kingdom would continue to stay in the palace and hurt the princess. So he asked the princess to spare his life for the sake of his loyalty..."

Qingchen said with a headache: "It's not me who wants his life now..."

"But after all, he offended you, princess, and was punished by Your Highness. If the princess is willing to intercede for him, maybe he still has a chance to survive."

Qingchen thought of a question, looked around, approached the window sill, and said softly: "Get up, I have something to ask you. If you are willing to help me investigate, I will intercede for Qingmu."

Although he hadn't seen the emperor again for more than half a month, the fact that he let her go that night showed that he was still willing to take his own feelings into consideration.

When Zhong Shui heard this, he immediately stood up and approached the window sill, so he was close to Qingchen and could smell the delicious fragrance of his daughter's house.

He was slightly startled, "What does the princess want my subordinates to investigate? As long as the princess orders, my subordinates will definitely complete the task."

"I know there are secret guards around me, but I have never seen my secret guard. Do you know who my secret guard is? And when I was in danger, why didn't I appear in time to protect me?"

At this time, Qingchen's self-proclaimed attitude has changed.

After all, she was still not used to showing off her identity.

Zhong Shui frowned. It was actually not difficult to investigate this matter. After all, he did come from the secret guard.

"My subordinate promised to find out the matter for the princess. Will the princess intercede for Qingmu?"

"As long as you investigate this matter, it doesn't matter what the outcome is. I will go to the emperor tomorrow and intercede for your good brother." Qingchen patted his chest cheerfully and promised.

In this way, Zhong Shui felt relieved and said, "Okay, I would like to thank the princess in advance. I cannot repay this great kindness! I will definitely find out the matter for the princess. I will resign."

After saying that, he arched his hands, leaped up and disappeared into the night.

Seeing that the black figure had disappeared in the night, I took a deep breath.

As for her secret guard, she had actually wanted to find out for a long time.

I just don’t know who to call to check.

It was impossible for her to tell her father about this matter, and she didn't want him to worry.

As for the imperial brother, she thought that she couldn't always trouble him with everything.

This person suddenly came to your door and wanted something from you, so it was naturally the best choice.

However, how should she plead with the imperial brother tomorrow?

Qingchen closed the window, put away the portrait, and went back to the bed to lie down.

You need to think carefully about this issue.

After all, that person offended him like that, and it was right for the emperor brother to punish him.

But even if you beat someone to the tune of fifty cents, you still have to soak in cold water for two hours every day. Isn't this just killing someone?

Qingchen turned over and planned to go to sleep first to recuperate before thinking about a solution.

……

On the second day, Qingchen asked Yue Ji to wait for the morning court at the entrance of Mingyi Palace, and asked her to send a message to Yue Qinghe, saying that she was waiting for him at She Palace.

Yue Ji happily accepted the order and left.

After all, the princess has not left the house for more than half a month in Mingyue Palace.

Now she is actually willing to go to the Archery Palace to continue practicing archery, and she is happy for the princess in her heart.

But what she didn't know was that Qingchen didn't know how to face Yue Qinghe.

I haven't seen him for more than half a month, and when I saw him again, I was no longer as excited as before.

Instead, I felt more uneasy.

She couldn't force herself to stop thinking about what happened that night, thinking that he was still her royal brother.

She patted her face and went to get her bow and arrow, hoping to practice archery to get rid of the strange images in her mind.

"Imperial sister." Yue Qinghe's cold voice came from behind.