When the prince is reborn, he will only hit me if he doesn't hit the wall!

Zhang Bo was not as agile as Xu Xinyue, so he followed her and pointed out the direction.

Arriving at the courtyard where He Xuehuai was staying, Xu Xinyue suddenly opened the door and said, "Uncle!?"

Then he saw He Xuehuai, wearing coarse linen clothes and a beard.

He Xuehuai turned around and saw that it was her. He called out, "Yueyue, you're back. It just so happens that you..."

Xu Xinyue stepped forward and quickly looked him over. "How is he? Where are you injured? Is he in any trouble?"

He Xuehuai turned sideways and pointed at the bed: "It's not me, it's her."

Xu Xinyue looked over and saw Ana Luo lying on the couch, her face pale, her lips blue and white, her eyes closed, and she seemed to be unconscious.

Xu Xinyue leaned over and touched her cheek worriedly. She didn't know if it was because it was cold outside and felt chilly to the touch, or because of her weak blood and qi that caused her current condition.

She couldn't help but murmur, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have..."

He Xuehuai heard it, but he didn't understand what it meant: "What did you say? This is not your fault. This matter has nothing to do with you."

"It was really thrilling today. I never thought she would follow me secretly."

Xu Xinyue didn't say anything, just felt her pulse without turning his head.

He Xuehuai continued, "I thought her injuries were not serious at first, but after returning home, she suddenly vomited black blood, and the doctor in the mansion couldn't find out what was wrong, so I had to come to find you. She..."

"Uncle, I'm probably going to check her body, please step aside for a moment."

He Xuehuai didn't say much. He just said "hmm" and turned to leave the house.

After closing the door, Xu Xinyue heard Qin Yuechuan's voice coming from the door. The two seemed to have gone to the side to discuss. Xu Xinyue let go of Ana Luo's wrist and patted her arm: "They are gone, stop pretending."

"hiss--"

The person on the bed cried out in pain: "I am really hurt, can't you be more gentle!"

"Such a trick actually fooled the doctors in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion? Are they freeloaders? Or are they in collusion with you?"

Ana Luo supported her arm and stood up, "They didn't find out that I was impaired, but I have this. She took out a black pill from her arms and handed it to Xu Xianyue."

"This is a good thing I found with great difficulty. When I put it in my mouth and it dissolves, it will produce a large mouthful of black blood. If I spit it out, wouldn't it be like being poisoned? The court doctor thought that his medical skills were not good enough and he could not diagnose the strange poison, so he did not dare to make a conclusion easily. I can't blame them."

Ana Luo smiled with considerable pride.

Then he said, "Hey, why don't you fall for it? Have you seen this thing?"

"I have never seen this thing, but I know you. It's my uncle's fault for not knowing medicine, so I sent you here."

Ana Luo felt sweet in her heart: "It shows that he still cares about me. He left, right?"

"Ah."

Ana Luo jumped up, very active and energetic. Xu Xinyue sat on the couch and saw that her lips were pale, guessing that she had suffered. "You should rest peacefully."

Ana Luo turned to face her: "You can tell him later that I have been poisoned and have been ill for a long time. The antidote is extremely difficult to find. Then you can just tell him the names of a few rare medicines and ask him to find them."

Xu Xinyue raised her hand, and Jian hesitated to speak.

"Stop, I know what you're going to say. I just want to make him anxious. I recently read a storybook that said that people only discover what is most important when they are about to lose something!"

She stretched out her arms, gathered a handful of air in her arms, pressed it tightly against her chest, closed her eyes, and recited with emotion: "I want him to realize how important I am! What is love in this world..."

Xu Xinyue couldn't bear to watch it. She coughed lightly and said, "I think it's better for you to cancel this plan for now."

"Uncle..." She deliberately dragged out her voice, "I think he probably won't be fooled..."

Ana Luo opened her eyes. "How could that be? It's written in the storybook, and King Rong was very concerned about you at the time. I think it should be true—"

Xu Xinyue covered her face and turned her head to one side.

"Yueyue, what's wrong with you? Is my plan good?"

"Well, if you are no longer able to do it, I will make you a golden nanmu coffin out of our long-term friendship. I will let you sleep comfortably in it. I won't have the time to find you any medicine."

A deep voice sounded faintly from behind.

Ana Luo froze.

Who else could this voice be but He Xuehuai?

Ana Luo also reacted quickly.

"Ah, I must have lost too much blood, I am unconscious, and I am suddenly hallucinating. Yueyue, come on, help me lie down, I want to sleep for a while..."

She bent down and exaggeratedly stretched out a trembling arm towards Xu Xinyue, asking for help.

Xu Xinyue followed her instructions and helped her to the couch. She secretly broke free from Ana Luo's hands that were trying to keep her from moving. She passed by He Xuehuai, who had a cold expression and crossed his arms, and walked out with her head down.

He "kindly" closed the door before leaving.

Only then did he realize that Ana Luo's poisonous blood pill was still in his hand.

I looked back and thought, forget it, let's just leave it here for now.

Xu Xinyue put the pills into the sachet she carried with her.

Qin Yuechuan walked over from a distance and asked casually: "How is she..."

Ana Luo cried out from inside the room: "He Xue Huai! I am injured now! Do you know how to be gentle with women?"

"You are either a fragrance or a jade, I'm afraid you are just a stubborn stone!"

Xu Xinyue didn't want to listen to their comments, so she pulled Qin Yuechuan over and headed to the main courtyard:

"Well, judging from the sound of his voice, he should be fine."

*

Yesterday, after congratulating Xue Huai on the "suppression of bandits in the imperial mausoleum", the emperor ordered him to come to the palace early in the morning to report the details.

The Beixuan New Year Banquet is not held on New Year's Eve. In previous years, after the New Year Banquet, there would be a day off until the Lantern Festival. Unless there were extremely special circumstances during this period, there was no need to attend the court meeting.

This matter is neither big nor small.

Regarding the aftermath of this incident, the emperor only summoned He Xuehuai, the princes, and important ministers to discuss it in the imperial study.

All the princes were present, including Qin Zhaolie, who had difficulty walking.

Fu Xi, the personal eunuch, knew that the emperor had not looked well since he woke up in the morning, so he served him with more caution today than usual.

Compared with this incident, those bandits at the beginning seemed so insignificant.

"Asshole! Do you know who this force is? This is not 'bandits', this is a garrison!"

"There are still tens of thousands of them! They really don't take me seriously!"

The emperor slammed his palm on the dragon table and glared at the people below.

Except for Qin Yuechuan and a few others who knew the details, the people present were only respectful on the surface. The rest of the ministers were trembling with fear and hung their heads, not daring to say a word.

Qin Zhaolie's cheeks were sullen, his fists were clenched, and his whole body was extremely stiff.

He couldn't predict how much He Xuehuai knew.

It has only been a few hours since last night, and the details are still not fully understood.

In order to avoid the limelight, he never contacted the imperial mausoleum.

Like sneaking through the fog, every step ahead will be a mountain of swords or a sea of ​​fire. Everything is unknown and you can only move forward step by step, exploring as you go.

"Have you found out who did this? He has ulterior motives! If we don't find him out, I'm afraid my throne will fall into the hands of others sooner or later!"

The emperor's fierce eyes swept over everyone in the audience, especially the princes.

Throughout history, there have been many cases of people forcing their fathers to abdicate and seize the throne. Although I don't want to believe it, I have to think about it more now.

Qin Zhaolie's heart was in his throat.

He had already made up his mind that if he was really betrayed, he would put everything on Xu Guanghai's head. Anyway, he had prepared in advance and had forged evidence.

He held his breath and listened attentively to He Xuehuai's voice: "Your Majesty, this happened by chance. I don't know about it yet, and I haven't found out yet."

Qin Zhaolie almost doubted his own ears. He was surprised and turned around to look.

He could only see He Xuehuai's hunched back, and couldn't make out He Xuehuai's expression.

He said, I don’t know!? He said he didn’t know?

Qin Liexing also glanced sideways, guessing He Xuehuai's purpose.

"You don't know?! Wasn't there a leader? Didn't you torture him?"

The emperor expressed Qin Zhaolie's doubts.

He Xuehuai said: "They probably knew that if this matter was exposed, they would be killed without a complete body, so before they could be interrogated, they bit the poison sac between their teeth and committed suicide when they were arrested."

"It is unlikely that the remaining soldiers will have the opportunity to see the true face of the mastermind."

Qin Zhaolie couldn't believe it. If his legs hadn't been hindered, he would have been so excited that he wanted to stand up.

Is He Xuehuai trying to find excuses for him?

No one knew the situation better than him.

He often went into the mausoleum for inspection. After so many years, he was confident that the mausoleum was well guarded and there were actually quite a few people inside who knew his true identity.

He also specially forged a warrant token.

As long as He Xuehuai can produce any piece of evidence, it will be possible to unravel the mystery and find out that he was the one who did it.

But why...why did He Xuehuai cover up for him?

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, these people have no military discipline and cannot be considered as soldiers. They are just a mob."

The emperor relaxed his brows slightly: "A mob?"

"It seems that the troops stationed there do not know how to train soldiers. Although they are numerous, their military discipline is lax and they are not organized. It is a terrible sight. If not for this, the troops that Your Majesty has given me would not have been lucky enough to capture them all."

He Xuehuai knew that he couldn't tell the truth and say that he had planned it all along and collaborated with the people inside.

The emperor thought about it for a moment and felt that what He Xuehuai said made sense.

The troops he sent to him were no more than a thousand. If it weren't for what he said, that he could defeat the enemy with a smaller force, he would still be unable to defeat the enemy with a larger force.

Then He Xuehuai said, "Maybe we discovered it early. At present, such a low-ranking army is not a threat."

Although Qin Zhaolie understood that He Xuehuai was covering up the facts for him and lowering the emperor's vigilance.

However, He Xuehuai was still unhappy because he had belittled his army, which he had trained carefully for many years, and regarded it as worthless and even worse than scum.

The emperor's sharp eyes faded a little after hearing him say this, but he still said: "This matter cannot be underestimated. Even if it is a gathering of insignificant people, we must find out the mastermind."

Qin Yuechuan asked calmly: "How does the emperor plan to deal with these soldiers?"

Qin Liexing coughed twice and added: "Father, these soldiers may have ulterior motives. Keeping them may not be loyal to you. If they are a disaster, I am afraid that..."

The implication is that they will all be strangled, leaving no one alive.

What he does not have must not fall into the hands of others.

Qin Yuechuan glanced at Qin Liexing meaningfully.

He Xuehuai retorted: "Prince Su is wrong. The one who has two minds is the mastermind. The leader cannot be kept alive."

"But from what I have seen, most of the soldiers and horses that were recruited were captured from the people and forcibly conscripted. The soldiers are demoralized and are only fighting to feed themselves. They don't seem to be loyal to anyone."

The two of them insisted on their own opinions and neither of them gave in.

The emperor pointed two fingers at the table, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and finally made the final decision:

"Are you willing to surrender? If not, I will kill you."

With just one simple sentence, the emperor's majesty was revealed without anger. The emperor's eyes swept across each face in front of him, with a pointed tone and a cold voice that went straight to the heart:

"If the mastermind is found, he will be cut into pieces and displayed at the city gates."

"If you confess voluntarily, I will keep your body intact."

Qin Liexing had nothing to say when he used both kindness and severity.

The emperor pointed at He Xuehuai and said, "Cooperate with the Ministry of Justice and find out the mastermind as soon as possible."

He Xuehuai said: "I obey your order."

"You have made a great contribution this time. I have promised you a generous reward."

Qin Chuanji followed up with, "Father, I have something to say that may be of use to you. I wonder if I should say it..."

"If you don't want to tell me, get out of here!"

"...I think these inferior soldiers can be handed over to the Duke of Zhenguo to lead."

"It is only a matter of time before the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion accepts the He family army. It would be better for Father to hand these people over to the Duke of Zhenguo."

"First, it demonstrates God's grace. Second, it makes the best use of everything. Third, since the Duke despises the training results of the garrison troops, why not train them personally to deter the people behind the scenes and make them have fewer evil thoughts?"

He Xuehuai did not agree immediately and waited for the emperor's next order.

The emperor turned his head and looked at He Xuehuai indifferently for a while, seeming to be shaken.

Qin Chuanji was right. It was indeed a matter of time. In this case, instead of He Xue Huai recruiting him on his own, it would be better for the royal family to grant him this, which would also demonstrate the emperor's grace.

The atmosphere was stagnant for who knows how long, and the emperor finally spoke: "Does the Duke of Zhenguo have any objections?"

"Your Majesty's grace, I dare not object."

The emperor was very satisfied with his performance. Since he was willing to clean up this mess, he said, "Then let's leave it at that."

Qin Zhaolie felt a surge of rage inside him, and it felt like it was about to burst out of his chest and rush out of his body.

I forced myself to suppress the salty taste in my throat over and over again.

If he hadn't tried hard to control himself, the silk and the armrest in his palm would have been almost broken.

Good, very good, his things are now in He Xuehuai's hands!

So this was his idea!