Xue Zixin wiped away her tears. She felt resentful towards Su Zhenguo from the bottom of her heart. She couldn't bear to eat his flesh and drink his blood now.
Seeing how he looked like a human and a ghost now, she felt that these were not enough, and more punishments were needed to satisfy him.
"Dad, are you and mother okay?" Xue Zixin sobbed and stood up from Xue Hu's arms, wiping her tears with a handkerchief.
Xue Hu's face was serious, and if it weren't for the reddish eyes, there would be no trace of crying.
He lowered his head and tidied the books on the table: "Your mother and I are very good. Your sister-in-law is very filial and treats Xiao Ning well. You won't leave when you come back this time, right?"
"At such an old age, the Emperor should not be so obsessed with what happened back then, hey."
Every word he said was testing her. Her appearance was too strange and too coincidental.
"Dad, don't you know that I was rescued after what happened back then, and now I am the queen of Fenghua Kingdom?"
Xue Zixin put away her sadness, sat elegantly on the chair, and looked pampered and noble in her every move.
Xue Hu didn't speak for a long time. The queen of Fenghua Kingdom?
If he didn't know this, he might think that his daughter was very lucky to get help from noble people. Now he doesn't believe that there are such clever things in the world.
"Dad, why don't you say anything?" Xue Zixin knew that her father was upright and very loyal to the royal family. Even if he was loyal, what could he do? His daughter had been so ruined by others.
As a father, shouldn’t he stand up for his daughter?
Xue Zixin looked at her father carefully. She had been afraid of him since she was a child.
Xue Hu pondered for a moment: "What do you want me to say? Your life is better than anything else!" These words were serious and thoughtful, and he instantly felt as if he had aged several years.
Sitting weakly on the chair, he looked at the daughter in front of him whom he had not seen for many years: "Zixin, dad just wants you to have a good life. As for other things, I don't think so much."
Xue Zixin observed Xue Hu carefully for a long time and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that there was nothing unusual about him. She said that it was almost done here and she planned to come back the next day.
"Dad, it's getting late, I have to go back." She stood up and put on her curtain hat, seemingly about to leave.
Xue Hu stood up in a hurry. He knocked the tea cup off with too much force and did not bother to wipe it: "My dear, where are you going at this late hour? Stay at home."
"Your room is still the same as before. Your mother doesn't know you are back yet."
Now that she was here, he couldn't let her go. He walked up to her and grabbed her wrist, saying that he was about to drag her away.
"Dad! Why are you still like this after so many years? Really, it's not okay if I don't leave~" Xue Zixin shyly hid her feet and looked at Xue Hu with admiration.
Time passed by, and when she returned to her unmarried boudoir, she seemed to have returned to the time when she was unmarried, when she was still a simple little girl.
"Old man, why did you call me here?" Zhang Feng hurried to his daughter's room, muttering to him as he walked in, dissing him for dirtying his daughter's room.
When she walked into the room and saw the person in front of her clearly, tears suddenly flowed down her face. She covered her mouth with both hands and cried silently.
The first action is to check if there is anyone else in the yard, and at the same time, close the door and lock it with your backhand.
"My daughter..." This daughter's voice was full of longing and emotion, and she had no choice but to lower her voice for fear that her daughter's traces would be exposed.
Xue Hu's whole body was contained in the darkness, and the dim candlelight could not illuminate the expression on his face. No one knew what he was thinking at this time.
Only a pair of big hands in the darkness kept rubbing the sword on his waist.
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Han Yunshen received information from Leng Qi, who was the best at pretending to be Leng Qi. The mysterious black shadow visited Duke Xue's mansion at night and did not come out again for a long time.
"Your Majesty, judging from the figure, that person should be a woman. Although she is wearing a large cloak, the smell of rouge that she carries all year round cannot fool my subordinates."
Leng Qi's five senses were extraordinary and he had a strong ability to disguise himself. He kept pretending to be a beggar, a fruit farmer, and a vegetable seller around Duke Xue's mansion, monitoring them all the time.
Including the team he led, there were also people with different abilities.
Han Yunshen tapped his index finger on the table for a long time, and said in deep thought: "You said that this person has never come out since he went in, and Xue Mansion is also very quiet, right?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, my subordinates did not dare to get too close. There is an unknown force surrounding us. In order not to be exposed, we did not act rashly."
Leng Qi told the situation exactly as it happened.
It seemed that those people were the ones protecting Xue Zixin. Han Yunshen nodded and said he understood.
"Continue to monitor and report back if anything happens."
It has to be said that Xue Zixin met many people this time, including Wuxing, the Minister of Punishment.
The purpose of returning to Beijing this time is to investigate the Red Lotus Sect, and secondly to find out what is going on with the emperor.
Now that the big fish has surfaced, he should make his next move.
The next day.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates met the princess in the capital!" Leng Qi came to report again. This news made everyone confused.
"Xiao Ning? Did you come back to Beijing so soon? Where is she now?" Han Yun knew that she had supernatural powers, so she didn't think too much about her being able to return to the capital in time.
With that magical well water, it only took a few days to return to Beijing day and night. Now, seven days have passed since she wrote the letter.
"Reporting to the prince, the princess is now settled in Zhuangzi on the edge of the city. She has deliberately hidden her identity. If it weren't for the sharp eyes of her subordinates, she would not have been able to recognize her." Leng Qi has a very strong memory of the surroundings, and can still tell it even if she is disguised.
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Han Yunshen stood up impatiently. After tidying up, he was about to go out to find "Su Yining". He said to Leng Qi in an urgent tone: "Hurry up and lead the way."
The place where "Su Yi Ning" happened to stay was a hot spring village. She was dressed as a woman, her dark hair was tied up in a ponytail, and her thin waist was tightly tied by a palm-wide belt, which made her look even more graceful.
At this time, she was sitting in the courtyard drinking tea, and there were only two secret guards around her, who were "Xin Yi" and "Xin Yin".
"Xiao Ning!" Han Yunshen said in an urgent tone. He took two steps at a time and came to a stop in front of her.
When "Su Yining" heard his voice sounding so sweet and beautiful, she hurriedly stood up and waited for the other party to give her a hug, but he actually stopped.
"Su Yining", whose face was almost unbearable, asked shyly: "What's wrong with you? Don't you miss me?"
Her voice was still so gentle and her eyes were clear. Han Yun was stunned for a moment and came to her senses: "Uh, no, no, I just thought of something else and was distracted."
"Xiao Ning, sit down quickly!" He pointed to the seat not far away and took the lead in sitting there.
Unexpectedly, as soon as "Su Yining" sat down, Han Yunshen asked a lot of questions.