Just as Xu Qingmo and Meng Hetong were following the sound to find their direction, the chickens in the backyard suddenly crowed.
Meng Hetong and Xu Qingmo looked at each other, and finally had no choice but to leave.
The cooks in the nunnery were all invited from outside. When the rooster crows, it means dawn, and those who work in the back kitchen will come back soon.
By that time, if Xu Qingmo and Meng Hetong are still in this yard, they will most likely be discovered. If they want to leave then, they may not be able to leave.
After the two people left, they didn't say a word, just looked at each other, and then went home.
They all regretted that they had not heard the knocking sounds earlier.
Although disappointed, they could only go back at this time. Xu Qingmo returned to Ningyuan Hou Mansion in the dark.
When she went out, Hua Ying and Qu Lian were already asleep. She didn't let anyone know that she secretly left Ningyuan Hou Mansion at night.
But just as she walked into her room, she felt a very strong pressure. Almost subconsciously, she pulled out the nine-section whip that had been wrapped around her waist: "Who!"
"With such a poor sense of vigilance, I can kill you when you come in." A light lit up behind the darkness, and it was Ning Yuanhou who lit the candle with a fire stick.
Almost subconsciously, Xu Qingmo hid the nine-section whip that you originally held in your hand behind his back: "Father, why are you here?"
"I was thinking, where did my daughter go without sleeping in the middle of the night?" Ning Yuanhou stood there without saying a single harsh word, but Xu Qingmo could no longer raise his head.
A person who has been fighting on the battlefield all year round will inevitably carry a murderous aura in his bones. When this murderous aura is completely released, ordinary people cannot bear it at all.
"Do you want to tell yourself where you went? Or do you want me to describe where you went?" Marquis Ning Yuan's voice was very soft, but it reached Xu Qingmo's ears word for word.
Xu Qingmo was silent for a long time, and then said truthfully: "I suspected that the missing woman from Widow's Square was related to the nearby nunnery, so I went to check the nunnery!"
Marquis Ningyuan said without changing his expression: "You should know that that is not a serious nunnery!"
Xu Qingmo said nothing, all in acquiescence.
After a long time, Ning Yuanhou said coldly: "Are you working for the Seventh Prince now?"
Xu Qingmo hesitated for a long time and finally nodded: "Yes!"
"Your courage is really as big as the sky." Marquis Ningyuan's face darkened, "The Ningyuan Marquis Mansion respects His Majesty, who allowed you to get involved in the Crown Prince's affairs without permission!"
Compared with Xu Yanquan's fear of Ning Yuanhou, Xu Qingmo was more dependent on Ning Yuanhou as a daughter on her father, so when facing him, she was much bolder: "The prince is already in a dead end!"
"Xu Qingmo!"
"Father!" Xu Qingmo frowned and talked back to Marquis Ning Yuan, "There is nothing wrong with you being a royalist. Besides, we did not disobey His Majesty's instructions! The prince is narrow-minded and will retaliate. He is not worthy of the great responsibilities of the country. If he is really allowed to take over, Emperor, there is no need to guard this border, he can destroy this country by himself!"
Ning Yuanhou probably didn't expect that his daughter, who had always been well-behaved in front of him, would dare to talk back to him loudly. He stared at Xu Qingmo with shock on his face for a long time before he realized: "So you chose the seventh prince?"
"The seventh prince is smart, kind, and patriotic. The only flaw is that he is soft-hearted. If he becomes the crown prince and the future emperor, then the people of this world will be able to live and work in peace and contentment." Xu Qingmo looked into Ning Yuanhou's eyes and said, Said word for word.
Marquis Ning Yuan did not expect that Xu Qingmo's heart would be so big: "Who taught you these words? The seventh prince?"
"My daughter is older!" Xu Qingmo once again interrupted Marquis Ning Yuan, "Father, I am no longer the babbling little daughter you think of. I have my own ability to distinguish and make my own decisions. The current situation is very clear. , the prince is staring at us, unable to let go, if one day he really becomes the emperor, we will become lambs to be slaughtered!"
"Then how can you guarantee that the Seventh Prince will be able to sit in that position?" Marquis Ning Yuan frowned.
"I can't guarantee it!" Xu Qingmo replied softly, "I can't guarantee who will take that position in the end, but it definitely can't be the prince."
Marquis Ning Yuan was a little confused: "Why do you hate the prince so much?"
Xu Qingmo sneered, what flashed through his mind were all his actions in his previous life: "Because he is not worthy of being the crown prince of a great country!"
Marquis Ningyuan looked at Xu Qingmo for a long time, and finally said earnestly: "My father and your eldest brother have to worry about these things. I just hope that you can be happier and happy every day like other daughters' families, instead of worrying about it like you do now." Things we should worry about.”
Xu Qingmo suddenly remembered that in his previous life, his father had said something like this to him. At that time, Xu Qingmo fell off a horse while riding a horse and sprained his foot. Ning Yuanhou was very distressed and only said that if she If you like it, you can learn to play, but you don't have to learn it like them.
In fact, Xu Qingmo has been the apple of their eyes ever since she was little. They have protected her very well from any grievances or bullying.
But it was because of this that after losing them, she walked step by step into the trap prepared by Xie Suxian.
"You want me to grow up carefree, I understand!" Xu Qingmo's eyes turned red, "But father, if the Xu family is gone, how can I grow up carefree?"
Ning Yuanhou looked at Xu Qingmo and suddenly fell silent.
For a moment, he found that Xu Qingmo's face overlapped with that of his deceased wife.
Marquis Ning Yuan's heart stung suddenly. He endured the heartache and looked at Xu Qingmo for a long time. Finally, he let out a long sigh: "You are very similar to your mother. You are smart, decisive, courageous and responsible!"
Xu Qingmo knew that Marquis Ning Yuan was talking about her biological mother, because she had heard many people say that her biological mother was a very decisive person. No matter it was a big or small matter, as long as she recognized it, she would do it without hesitation. Do it.
Ning Yuanhou was silent for a long time, and then said: "The people outside, when fighting, are murderous in every move, but unlike Quan'er and I, we will let you. You should learn to be smarter, and run away if you can't beat us."
Xu Qingmo understood that Marquis Ning Yuan had acquiesced in her decision!
