"Yi'er, I'm not at ease." Sima Rong frowned slightly and said softly, "I always feel uneasy in my heart. You are different from Xi Ai. Xi Ai has very good martial arts and is one of the best in the Daxing Dynasty. And Xi Ai
She is a smart and restrained woman who can handle any situation at any time, but you are different. You are almost a helpless woman, and you have been living in a kind of comfort. These things of fighting and killing are very important to you.
, it’s really not something that can be dealt with. I think it’s better for you to stay in the second prince’s house, and finding out the truth is not at this moment, is it?”
Cong Yier felt vaguely moved in her heart, but hesitated and said, "I don't want to bring you any trouble. You are the future emperor of the Daxing Dynasty. You can't make any mistakes. So, if you are in Prince Xuan's Mansion,
I feel scared, I will go to the Second Prince's Mansion at any time, how about it?"
Sima Rong helplessly shook his head and said: "Yi'er, you are really stubborn. Well, I will send someone to follow you. In addition, I will send someone to Zuihua Tower to inform the emperor. If he doesn't come back, at least let him know."
Gannan or Ganbei will come back to protect you."
Cong Yi'er smiled and said: "Forget it, don't disturb Prince Xuan's good deeds. It's rare for you to have some free time. I have troubled him for a long time. If you are really worried, just send someone to follow me.
.”
Sima Rong smiled and said: "Okay. Come on, follow Miss Cong carefully. If Miss Cong makes any mistakes, don't come to see me alive!"
Cong Yier smiled and said: "Okay, don't say it in such a scary way. I wasn't scared at first, but now that you say it like this, I'm really worried. I'm very lucky. You see, they want to kill me."
, didn’t you let me escape unintentionally? Don’t worry, if God doesn’t take me away, I will never be able to leave this dynasty.”
Sima Rong insisted on sending Cong Yi'er to the door of Prince Xuan's Mansion, watched her walk in, and then turned to Li Shan and said: "Li Shan, go to Zuihua Tower immediately to inform the emperor and tell him what happened today.
Please ask him if he can't leave Zuihua Tower, he must arrange for Gannan or Ganbei to come back to protect Yi'er."
Li Shan nodded and left. Sima Rong looked back at Prince Xuan's Mansion in the dark night, hesitated, and turned to leave.
The night was getting darker and darker, and the servants in the palace helped her eat dinner, wash up and rest. Lying on the bed, time passed by, and she gradually became tired.
There seemed to be footsteps coming, very lightly, as if they were trying their best to make the footsteps so light that they didn't exist, as if they were holding their breath, and their footsteps were cautious. In the evening wind, it was almost inaudible. Cong Yi'er gave a slight sigh.
Stupid, this is wrong. If you are a slave in the house, you don't have to be so careful with your steps. At most, you should be gentle, but there should be no deliberate concealment in the steps. However, the steps at this time are deliberately concealing. She thought
After thinking about it, he quietly got up, gathered the quilt, hid his body in the shadows, and waited for the master of his footsteps to appear.
The footsteps seemed to stop not far outside the door. He hesitated and waited until Cong Yi'er almost gave up and suspected that she had heard wrongly. Then she saw the door being pushed open gently, and a figure
He flashed in, as fast as lightning, and his body was nimble and light. The person stood in the room for just a moment, then his figure flashed slightly and went straight to Cong Yi'er's bed.
"Cong Yi'er, don't blame me for being cruel. I won't let your death be too painful. This kind of snake is the most poisonous in the world. Just one bite, a small red dot, can send you back to the west. From now on,
You can have no worries anymore." The visitor murmured and moved his right wrist.
Cong Yier picked up the candlestick next to her. This was the second time she used this object. She hesitated a little and said softly: "You are Princess Rui's slave, right?"
The visitor was startled and immediately turned around. Cong Yier hit the visitor with a candlestick on his shoulder. The visitor covered his shoulder and said subconsciously: "Cong Yier, how did you find me?" With a flick of his wrist, a short knife appeared.
Stab right over.
Cong Yier was stunned, shook her head slightly, and said, "If I had known this, why would I be merciful? If I hit you on the head, would you be able to fight back?" As he said this, he dodged to the side and barely escaped.
I passed by and heard my heartbeat pounding.
The visitor had an expression of disbelief on his face, widened his eyes, and said stiffly: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, you can't escape. If you escape a disaster on the street, you can only be lucky. You
Where can you hide from me?! Cong Yi'er, you probably don't know martial arts, you're not Cong Xiai, you, you, unless you know martial arts!"
Cong Yi'er took a step back and said: "I just reacted faster. If I knew martial arts, it would be your turn to take action. You are really brave. You dared to attack me even in Prince Xuan's Mansion. You are not afraid if this matter is exposed.
, how do you want to explain it? If something happens to me in Prince Xuan's Mansion, can Prince Xuan give up?"
"Princess Rui is the master of this slave. As a result of the master's arrangement, it is right for the slave to lose her life. If I kill you, I will naturally bear all the punishment. In fact, if I kill you, I don't intend to live anymore."
The person's face shows an expression that will never back down.
Cong Yier smiled softly and said: "Okay, if you can kill me, it would be a good thing, but you can only think about it."
"Don't have any extravagant hopes anymore. You hope that Prince Xuan can come and rescue you. The people sent by the Second Prince to find Prince Xuan have been drugged by me on the way. They won't be able to wake up within three hours. The people sent by the Second Prince are here to protect you."
Your people are also sleeping soundly outside at this time. I'm afraid they won't wake up until dawn." The visitor smiled coldly and continued, "Everyone in Prince Xuan's residence is skilled in martial arts, but there is no Prince Xuan.
According to my order, no one dares to step foot here, and it is impossible for them to discover my existence."
Cong Yier smiled softly and said, "Okay, then please do it."
The visitor was stunned and said subconsciously: "Aren't you afraid of death?"
Cong Yier quietly sat down at the table and said calmly: "Of course I'm afraid of death, but I know I can't die. - Sima Yixuan, I know you are here. If you continue to be silent, be careful that I will hold a grudge.
I won’t ignore you anymore.”
The visitor was startled and jumped to the door. He seemed to want to leave, but also seemed to want to see if Sima Yixuan was outside the door. In the night, everything was quiet except for the sound of the wind, "How dare you lie to me!"
The visitor said angrily, turned around suddenly, and a cold vessel was gently pressed against her neck. A cold chill penetrated her body. The candles in the room were lit again, revealing a handsome face.
There was an air of indifference under the candlelight, and the gaze was like a sword piercing her, cold to the bone. "Prince Xuan?!" How could he appear here?!
"Disappear immediately in front of my eyes," Sima Yixuan said calmly, but his voice revealed an unmistakable indifference, "I don't want any smell of blood in the room where I live."
The visitor trembled, as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't.
"You can't commit suicide." Sima Yixuan said coldly, "How can I, the king, be willing to let you off lightly? Your acupuncture points cannot be self-extracted, and there is absolutely no way you can inflict suicide on your own."
"If, as she said, something happened to Li Shan on the way, how did you come back at this time and save my life?" Cong Yi'er said in confusion.
Sima Yixuan took back his sword and said calmly: "I just want to come back and see if you are here. You are here, that's good."
Cong Yi'er smiled slightly and said, "You almost lost to me in the bet. Fortunately, I'm still alive and well, but Xiaoxiao was shocked."
"What happened on the road?" Sima Yixuan sat down opposite Cong Yi'er and asked softly, "Listen to this slave, it's not the first time that Princess Rui has attacked you. Could it be that similar things have happened on the road before?
situation?"
Cong Yier nodded and recounted what happened when she and Sima Rong were together at night. Suddenly she seemed to notice something and said, "Hey, why didn't you see Gannan and Ganbei?"
"I came back alone." Sima Yixuan smiled slightly and said lightly, "The music of the piano was still playing in Zuihua Tower at this time, and suddenly I felt uneasy and wanted to see if you were there, so I came back and saw
It was dark in your room. I was disappointed and didn't dare to take another step. Fortunately, I heard the sound of your conversation and arrived in time. It seems that I was careless and shouldn't have left you alone out of my sight.
It almost made a big mistake. It's very late, go back to bed and rest."
Cong Yi'er knew that she was safe, so she went back to bed and lay down, and soon fell asleep. Sima Yixuan walked over, put down the gauze curtain for Cong Yi'er, blew out the candles, sat down at the table, and put his hand on his forehead.
, did not leave, and rested quietly amidst Cong Yier's steady breathing.
In the early morning, she was awakened by a burst of noise. Cong Yier sat up from the bed and looked at the door in surprise. Sima Yixuan sat quietly at the table. He took his hand away from his forehead and looked at Sima who was standing at the door with an anxious look on his face.
dissolve.
At this time, he rushed here in a hurry, looking a little flustered. When he saw Cong Yi'er, he took a deep breath and said, "I was really scared to death. Li Shan just came back this morning and said he was drugged on the road.
I've been sleeping until now, I thought something happened to you." As he spoke, he rushed to the bed and didn't even see Sima Yixuan sitting at the table.
Cong Yi'er got off the bed. When Princess Rui's maid came last night, she took the coat and put it on. She slept with her clothes on, so she could face Sima Rong normally. She smiled softly and said: "
It's okay, I'm fine. Don't worry, did you have a good rest last night?"
Sima Rong frowned slightly and said: "Those people must be from the Wumeng Kingdom, but they all committed suicide. Judging from their clothes and accessories, they should be members of the Wumeng Kingdom's royal family. I'm worried
, they are Princess Rui's people, but I don't understand why Princess Rui wants to deal with you? There is no dispute between you, why is this happening? "
Cong Yier thought for a while and asked gently: "Do you know Princess Rui?"
"I met her once here. She looked a bit like a deceased queen from the Daxing Dynasty. She was a guest of the emperor's uncle -" Sima Rong said, walking to the table and wanting to sit down, when he suddenly saw her watching quietly.
His Sima Yixuan was startled and blurted out, "Uncle Emperor! Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be in Zuihua Tower?"
Sima Yixuan smiled softly and said: "Hello, Sima Rong, you came to Prince Xuan's Mansion so early and saw that Cong Yi'er is fine, but are you relieved?"
Sima Rong was stunned for a moment and said: "If I knew that the emperor's uncle was here, my nephew would not be so nervous. Last night Yi'er met a group of people from the Wumeng Kingdom. Seeing that their intention was to harm Yi'er, I originally wanted to
Heng'er is at my house, but he wanted to come here to inform you, but the servant who went to inform you got hit on the road. My nephew was worried to death, so he hurried over. It turns out that you have come back, and my nephew is still here.
I thought you would stay at Zuihua House last night? By the way, where is Princess Rui? Is she still in Bieyuan? My nephew wants to ask her if her men want to hurt Yi'er and for what reason
?”
"I don't know if she is still alive or not." Sima Yixuan said calmly, "If Princess Rui was here, she would deny the matter outright. How could she be so stupid as to take the matter on herself? It was our own negligence.
, making people feel free."
"But, she and Yi'er just met for the first time, why should she deal with Yi'er?" Sima Rong asked in confusion.
Cong Yi'er glanced at Sima Yixuan and rushed to say: "We are just guessing now. Maybe this matter has nothing to do with Princess Rui. Anyway, I didn't suffer any injuries, so forget it. Originally, the Daxing Dynasty and Wu
There are some festivals in Mongolia. If this matter gets too big, I'm afraid there will be only bad things but no good things, okay?"
Sima Yixuan looked at Cong Yi'er, thought for a while, and said nothing.
"However, if we ignore it, it's hard to say whether similar things will happen again in the future. We should always find out the truth of the matter before we can come up with a way to deal with it." Sima Rong frowned slightly and glanced at Sima Yi.
Xuan said, "Uncle, is your nephew right? Yi'er is just a figure that has nothing to do with politics. There is no need to ask the masters of Wumeng State to come forward. Looking at the corpses of several of them, it is certain that they must
He is a person with good martial arts skills and expensive clothes. He must be from the royal family of the Wumeng Kingdom. Therefore, I must find out what this matter is about. A small Wumeng Kingdom actually wants to make trouble in the Daxing Dynasty.
, it’s really abominable!”
Sima Yixuan listened quietly and said calmly: "There must be a cause and effect to everything. But if you know it, can you really be happy? Since Yi'er doesn't care, how about we just listen to her once?"
Sima Rong hesitated for a moment, stared at Cong Yi'er, and said with some confusion: "Yier, are you really not worried about your safety? Are you hiding something from me? If you have any issues with people from Wumeng country,
, you can tell me and I will handle it for you."
Cong Yi'er smiled and said: "No, at most it would be me staying in Prince Xuan's Mansion, which would make Princess Rui feel uncomfortable, but I think a princess from the Wumeng Kingdom wouldn't take action against me because of this, right? Maybe?
It was all just an accident."
Sima Rong still didn't believe it, but he didn't continue to ask any more questions. The three of them fell into a strange silence for a while.
Cong Yier felt a little depressed, so she smiled and said: "You two uncles and nephews are sitting and chatting. I have to go wash up and have breakfast. By the way, I want to go back to Cong Mansion today. Don't mention this to my family.
Is that okay? I don’t want them to keep asking questions.”
"Okay." Sima Rong said with a smile, "It's not right to always disturb the emperor's uncle here. He has to worry about it all the time. It doesn't matter if he goes back. Xiai is here, so I can rest assured. Her martial arts skills are sufficient.
I can make sure you’re fine.”
Cong Yier smiled softly, is this Sima Rong really suitable to be an emperor?
Watching Cong Yi'er walk out of the room to freshen up, Sima Rong was stunned for a while, turned to look at Sima Yixuan, and asked quietly: "Uncle Huang, do you think Yi'er is good?"
Sima Yixuan smiled softly and said calmly: "Sima Rong, you can directly ask me if I am attracted to her."
Sima Rong's face sank and he said: "Uncle, my nephew has always doubted that with your personality, you would be so patient with her. It turns out that the emperor also likes Yi'er, but Yi'er is my nephew's person."
, you must not like it!"
With a smile on his face, Sima Yixuan said calmly: "In my eyes, there is no such thing as impossible. I mean she is an independent woman who can be liked by anyone. The question is, who does she like."