"Those who collaborate with the enemy and commit treason, those who refine poisons and commit massacres, are all the so-called Master Sheng Jue."

"Shanniang doesn't dare to identify, and Xuan Changdu doesn't want to speak."

"The matter of Mengjia Island has nothing to do with Pei Guichen."

When he thought of Pei Nanshan receiving the news, he chose to abandon his people and escape in hiding.

Ah Bao understood the situation and gradually calmed down. "If we touch the Pei family, the Pei family father and son will definitely incite public anger and accuse us of framing a loyal and honest person. With the Pei family's status and reputation in the Jiangnan literary world, we will definitely be at a disadvantage."

Xie Wuai said angrily: "Royal sister, what should we do next?"

A Bao said sternly: "The Pei family is trying to deceive people. We can also spread the news and say that karma is reincarnation and retribution is inevitable. We can imply that the ancestors of the Pei family did evil and now the ghosts are seeking revenge. The Pei family members will be skinned and hung in the ancestral temple."

Hearing this, Xie Wuai thought for a moment and nodded repeatedly in approval.

Suddenly, a loud thunder struck, and a ferocious flash of lightning appeared outside the window of the tea room.

Xie Wuai was inexplicably panicked, "Isn't the Imperial Sister planning to meet that Black Impermanence?"

Hearing the three words "Hei Wuchang" again, A Bao stood up and walked to the tea room and opened the window. Through the window screen, he saw Gu Qijue, dressed in a black robe and light armor, standing in the heavy rain, his whole body soaked.

She thought to herself: This show of power should be enough.

At the same time, the commander of the Pacification Division, Gu, who was accompanying Yu Luo, was afraid that the vicious and cruel Black Impermanence would be furious, so he tried his best to hold an umbrella for him.

However, Commander Gu had a grim expression on his face and remained unmoved.

It was not until the figure in the rouge skirt appeared on the third-floor deck that Commander Gu spoke loudly and coldly.

"Your servant Gu Qijue requests to see Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The fierce winds and heavy rains in the early autumn blew the deck of the Dafulou ship as if it was overturned.

When their eyes met, Gu Qijue discovered that the eyes of Her Royal Highness the Princess, whom he had not seen for a long time, had turned cold.

And he did not miss the looks of the naval soldiers on the tower ship who were secretly watching the show.

In the heavy rain, raindrops slid down his forehead. Commander Gu, dressed in a black robe and light armor, turned his gaze to the man in a black robe and green collar beside Her Royal Highness the Princess.

Yan Haixi, the only remaining member of the Longyuan Yan family.

They had met in the spy camp back then.

As a member of the Gu family, Gu Qijue had been familiar with the mountain behind the West Prison since he was a child.

Old Master Gu was always busy, so he searched all over the mountains and found the cliff where century-old cedars grew, which he used to keep warm in the winter afternoons and to cool down in the hot summer.

Of course, most of the time I sit quietly and read.

He returned home for a long time until that year when he was in mourning for his deceased mother.

When we went into the mountain again, we found three people sitting side by side on a hidden cliff that was rarely visited by people before. They were warmed by the winter afternoon sun.

He recognized the little girl in the middle.

She is the daughter of Concubine Wen of Guanju Palace, Princess Diyang.

When Lord Gu brought him into the palace to meet the old emperor, he would occasionally see the old emperor holding the little princess and teaching her how to write with extra patience.

Gu Qijue plucked up the courage to take another look.

He secretly rejoiced in his heart that the little princess had a talent for drawing talismans and catching ghosts.

The old emperor also sighed, "The handwriting reflects the person, your handwriting must be beautiful."

The little princess was unconvinced, "It doesn't matter if my handwriting is ugly! Anyway, my father praised my handwriting for being beautiful!"

The old emperor was speechless, but he felt that his daughter was right.

My daughter is so pretty, so what if her handwriting is ugly?

The little princess dropped her pen, grabbed the ancient book next to her, and said coquettishly, "Father is the wisest father in the world. Please teach Po to read. Po doesn't understand the pictures in this book!"

The old emperor flipped through the ancient book and said, "This painting depicts an ancient time..."

Gu Qijue took another secret look.

The picture in the ancient book tells the story of a filial son.

If it were any of the five princes, this scene would be extremely unusual.

But Gu Qijue often sighed when he thought of Old Master Gu at home.

Unfortunately, she is a girl.

Ever since he ran into the little princess on the edge of the cliff, an idea suddenly popped up in Gu Qijue's mind. A descendant of the Longyuan Yan family whose entire clan was destroyed, a son of the late emperor who grew up in the cold palace, surrounding the little princess who was favored by the old emperor, could there be a conspiracy?

So, we met by chance every time in Xuanshi Hall.

Gu Qijue was paying special attention to it. Could it be that the little princess was also involved in the fight for the throne of the Eastern Palace?

Xuanyuan Fengran and Yan Haixi are both extraordinary people.

If he got too close, he would be discovered.

In the snowy winter of that year, he had no choice but to observe quietly in secret.

The little princess, always wrapped in snow-white fox fur, was lively and playful. The silver bell she wore around her waist jingled, as clear and melodious as an oriole.

Gu Qijue watched from afar. She brought osmanthus candy, cakes and candied fruits to Xuanyuan Fengran and Yan Haixi. She helped Xuanyuan Fengran and Yan Haixi apply medicine and bandage their wounds. During the winter solstice, she even brought thick fur knee and wrist guards to Xuanyuan Fengran and Yan Haixi.

Gu Qijue remembered that the little princess had a fifth brother.

That is the fifth prince, Xuanyuan Wu.

Although her biological mother was not Concubine Wen, she was raised in Guanju Palace and grew up with the little princess. It is understandable that the little princess wants to help her fifth brother to win over power.

But when he saw the little princess smiling happily, it didn't seem like she was plotting anything.

Recalling this, Gu Qijue clenched the evil-eliminating sword in his hand, and his sinister and deep gaze clashed with Yan Haixi who was looking at him silently.

At this moment, he remembered the old emperor's cold secret order.

Kill Yan Haixi and get rid of Xuanyuan Fengran.

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