When he heard the other party mention his eldest son, Xiao Ziqian couldn't help but feel a little more vigilant. He couldn't help but look at the thin and short figure in front of him again.
"How did you find your way here? What does my son have to do with you?"
"Sister Yan Hong and I have been here before, so I know the way to get here. As the prince asked before, I brought the young prince, and I also sent a message to the young prince about the changes in the Sun Palace that day. I went to see the general."
Xiao Ziqian understood a lot, and he couldn't help but want to take a closer look at the little girl's appearance, but unfortunately the dark clouds covered the moon, and he still couldn't see her face clearly.
But the wariness in his heart did not drop because of this. He had seen many things that wanted to get information from him, especially the young emperor.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ziqian turned around with his hands behind his back and said calmly: "Little girl, this is not the place you should be. You go back. My son's matter is unsolvable. I can understand it only by his own good fortune." well."
"Is this the prince's answer?"
"Um."
"Kitty knows."
The little girl's voice disappeared into the endless night, quietly, as if it was a dream in which nothing happened.
But this kind of silence made Xiao Ziqian feel a little panicked. He slowly turned his head back, and the eyes on his honest face became a little sharp.
But what he couldn't believe was that the place where the little girl stood behind him was empty. Only the weeds in the yard that had not been cleared for many years were gently stirring under the night sky.
Xiao Ziqian felt incredible, and he quickly turned around and walked down the steps.
Under the cover of night, he stood among the grass and looked around, but he couldn't find any trace of anyone coming.
The girl came and went like a ghost, making the prince of Jiangxia wonder whether he had encountered a fox demon or a ghost.
"Where are the people..." he murmured.
He took a few more steps forward, and there were some faint trampling marks among the weeds. It was just because it was too dark that no matter how good his eyesight was, he couldn't tell how far away they were.
He looked up at the wall in front of him. He vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a dog hole there, but weeds had grown wildly, and the entrance to the hole was covered by weeds.
Xiao Ziqian was about to go further to take a look at the dog cave, but there was a creaking sound of the door opening behind him.
I saw Xiao Ziqi, the king of Jiujiang, yawning and walking out holding a candle.
"Who's there?"
"It's me." Xiao Ziqian replied.
"Brother?" Xiao Ziqi suddenly lost some tiredness, "Brother is up at midnight? What are you doing?"
The candles emitted weak light, slightly illuminating the surroundings.
At this time, Xiao Ziqian also saw his location clearly. He was standing in a pile of weeds, looking a little embarrassed.
Xiao Ziqian smiled awkwardly.
"Brother, did you lose something? Let me find it together with you."
"No, no...brother, check if the dog hole is still there."
"Of course the dog hole is still there. Why do you want to see the dog hole?" Xiao Ziqi looked puzzled. He held up a lamp and came to Xiao Ziqi.
The two pushed aside layers of weeds and saw a semicircular dog hole under the wall. The hole was so small that even half of a normal adult's body could not fit inside.
"Brother, are you here in the middle of the night looking for it?"
Xiao Ziqiang squatted down with his fat body, looked in front of the dog hole, measured it with his hands, then stood up and walked back with great effort.
"gone back……"
"Go back now. What were you looking for, brother?"
"Someone came here just now, from outside."
"Who is it? He doesn't want to die anymore! He wants to hurt us, could it be..."
Xiao Ziqian turned around slightly: "Stop thinking nonsense, Seventh Brother, that person should not be sent by him to test us, but we must be on guard against others..."
"In that case, let's go back and rest!" Xiao Ziqi yawned greatly, "Brother is still very thoughtful. Take what happened that night as an example, I wouldn't be able to calm down. If it weren't for brother..."
"Okay, Seventh Brother, there is no need to mention that matter again. If something happens in the future, it is better to be a little late than to be the first one. Alas... you have seen the fate of King Huainan..."
Xiao Ziqi chuckled: "Brother taught me that Xiao Wei deserves what he deserves, but he has found a way for us. I have no children. If Azhu..."
Xiao Ziqian's face turned cold: "Don't talk nonsense! How could Azhu be as you said?"
"Humph, brother, he has not even had a concubine since he ascended the throne, let alone an heir. I think he is weak in energy and blood, and it will be a matter of time before he dies suddenly. When the time comes..."
Xiao Ziqian glanced back at his seventh brother, with an angry look on his face: "What are you thinking? Having such thoughts is treason! I don't know what you are thinking in your heart, and I don't want to know! Azhu can't have such thoughts either , His mind is not yet open and he is not suitable!"
"But brother, it's a matter of time. If you don't make plans early, it will be too late. I guess the princes who rule the outside are all making plans? The younger brother doesn't have the talent of the older brother, but the younger brother and the older brother They are all tied together and cannot be separated."
Xiao Ziqian frowned, looked around, and said to his seventh brother: "Let's talk about it when we go back to the house. Don't let anyone stare at us."
The two of them walked together towards Xiao Ziqian's residence, and the shadow of the moon gradually emerged through the dark clouds.
And under this moonlight, there will always be people in the sleeping Healthy City who cannot sleep.
In an ordinary room in a deep house in Wuyi Lane, the lights were still on, and a thin figure was pacing back and forth in the room.
That person was Zhu Yi. He walked back and forth in the room for a while, then returned to sit down in front of the desk and rubbed his temples.
An ominous premonition followed him all these days.
Even though the house in Chaogou was destroyed in the fire, and the riot in Taicheng that night allowed him to regain the emperor's trust, the uneasy feeling that he didn't know where it came from was still with him.
His anxiety made him feel that the mess on his body became more and more intractable, and he was involuntarily involved in it.
His red eyes were bloodshot, and he was thinking about the cause of all this.
It's all Cao Chen's fault, the smart-aleck steward of the mansion. Although this steward has brought him countless wealth over the years, it has also brought him a lot of unexplainable troubles.
In the beginning, he was able to use his official title as the right servant of the emperor's close minister, Shangshu Youpushe, to suppress many things for his slave. To put it bluntly, they were collusion between officials and businessmen, and they were in cahoots. But as a lot of gold and silver flowed into his hands, After tasting the sweetness, he allowed this behavior to continue.
It wasn't until Cao Chen wanted to attack Xiao Yuwan that he felt that something was wrong with the situation.
Did he have a problem with Princess Yongning? That must be true. In Xiao Yuwan's eyes, he was a traitor who brought harm to the country.
But he didn't want to offend the most powerful eldest princess in the empire too much. He even wanted to rely on or take refuge, but this path would not work, but he never thought of taking action against Xiao Yuwan.
Cao Chen's bold behavior also made him angry and headache for a while, but Manager Cao only said that it was for his own good and that he had to do it as a last resort.
But he is not stupid. He knows that Cao Chen has done many things behind his back, but it seems difficult for him to distance himself from his manager...
"The only way is to kill him and let everything be over..." Zhu Yi murmured, murderous intent bursting out of his eyes.
Just as he was thinking of this, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure appearing in front of the paper window.
"Who...who is there..."
"Alang, it's a villain, Cao Chen."
Zhu Yi frowned, and there was a little more hatred in his eyes, but he still suppressed his anger and said slowly: "Manager Cao, it's late at night, what else can you do?"
The figure outside the window said humbly: "Alang, someone wants to see you, let me introduce him."
