Chapter 262

Hearing this, the emperor smiled and raised his hand to pinch Concubine De's nose, "You! Why do you have to be so stubborn in front of me? If you think Qi'er was killed by her, how could she still be alive today?"

Concubine De was not annoyed by the emperor's words, but just sighed slightly and said, "But, if the emperor takes action, won't Xiao Heng hate the emperor?"

Xiao Heng is the emperor's first general. If there is a rift between them because of this, what can be done in the future?

The emperor smiled faintly and did not speak.

But Concubine De understood.

The emperor was worried that Xiao Heng would hate him, so he asked her brother to go to rescue people.

She saw through it but didn't say anything. She just smiled slightly and sighed, "No matter what, Qi'er bullied others. Now, saving her is also a good deed for Qi'er. I just hope that Qi'er will suffer less in the underworld."

As Concubine De said this, she couldn't help but put her hands together and prayed sincerely.

Unexpectedly, the emperor's face turned ugly.

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could my son go to the underworld!"

He is the king of a country, the true dragon emperor. His son naturally can't go to the underworld to suffer!

After hearing this, Concubine De put down her hands, smiled slightly, and didn't say anything.

The sadness in her heart was over and over again.

Qi'er's hands were covered with blood.

He beat so many girls from good families to death. How could he not go to the underworld?

Even she, I'm afraid she can't escape the underworld's forgiveness for those girls after death!

Thinking of this, Concubine De changed the subject and smiled at the emperor, "Then, may I ask what reason you want to search?"

You can't just break in without saying anything?

Obviously, the emperor had thought of it a long time ago, and said coldly, "Just say that the bandits in Yongbei have been appearing in Beijing recently. I'm afraid they are hiding in houses outside Beijing."

Prince Ming was killed by the bandits, and it was legitimate for Concubine De's brother to investigate the matter.

While talking, the eunuch next to him handed over a piece of paper, and the emperor said, "This is the mark on the bandits. Tell your brother to take this paper."

Play a show, do it all.

But Concubine De recognized the tiger head painted on the paper at a glance, and was shocked, "This, this is not the tiger guard..."

How could the bandits have the mark of the tiger guard?

The bandits in Yongbei are the tiger guards?

Was her Qi'er killed by the tiger guards?

For a moment, countless images popped up in Concubine De's mind.

Among them, there was the image of Prince Pingyang entering the palace with the Tiger Guards.

Those eleven people, each of them was tall and strong, with a vigorous pace. Eleven people were actually as powerful as thousands of troops...

She slowly put away the paper, her voice trembling unconsciously, "Yes, I know."

The emperor responded softly, as if he had not noticed Concubine De's strangeness at the moment, just curled his lips and smiled, and said nothing more.

Xiao He did not see the emperor after all.

But the emperor's personal eunuch Su Gonggong came over and said to Xiao He, "Mr. Xiao, the emperor has sent people to search, you get up quickly!"

Hearing this, Xiao He was stunned, "Send people to search?"

He entered the palace to ask the emperor to allocate a team to him, so that he could lead people to investigate personally.

Because he knew that Xiao Heng was in his prime, and there was probably no one in the whole capital who dared to confront Xiao Heng head-on.

Unless it is...

"It is the younger brother of Concubine De, the commander of the Imperial Guards, Sun Xian, Lord Sun."

Sun Xian...

Xiao He recognized this person.

He has a very tough personality. As the commander of the Imperial Guards, he doesn't even take the prime minister of the dynasty seriously. He only listens to the emperor.

If there is anyone who dares to confront Xiao Heng, perhaps it is this Sun Xian.

But...

Behind Sun Xian is the entire Sun family.

Whether the Sun family dares to offend Xiao Heng is uncertain.

Seeing that Xiao He forgot to stand up for a while, Eunuch Su hurriedly reached out to help him.

Xiao He's legs had not recovered for long. Although he had indeed gotten better after taking the medicine given by Xiao Heng, he still couldn't stand it after kneeling for nearly two hours.

His knees were very numb.

Seeing this, Eunuch Su hurriedly took out another bottle of medicinal wine and said, "Mr. Xiao, this is a gift from the emperor. You should know that the emperor loves you very much, but the emperor also has his own difficulties. Please understand, Mr. Xiao."

Xiao He's eyes sank slightly. How could he not hear that this was a warning from the emperor?

The Xiao family's affairs could not trouble the emperor anymore.

Hearing this, he took the medicinal wine with both hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Then he turned around and left slowly.

He understood.

The cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked.

After five years, the young general who had made great military achievements for the country and was arrogant is now just the eldest son of the Xiao family, nothing more.

For a commoner, being able to enter the palace is already a favor from the emperor.

It is a great honor to be rewarded with medicinal wine by the emperor.

He understood everything.

He left slowly, and the medicinal wine in his hand seemed to be boiling hot, making him a little unable to hold it, but he had to hold it tightly in his hand.

The numbness in his knees made his steps seem a little unsteady, but as the numbness gradually faded, his steps became more and more stable and determined.

He is still young.

Even though he is already twenty-six, he can still make achievements.

He will let everyone know that even if a lion sleeps for five years, he will still be a hero who stands out from the crowd when he wakes up!

He will remember today's helplessness in his heart.

He will definitely make Nian Nian stand by his side again!

On the other side, Xiao Heng made sure that no one was following him, then he turned around and returned to the mansion.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Qiao Nian carrying food to the table.

Seeing Xiao Heng coming back, Qiao'er and Hui'er hurriedly greeted him with smiles on their faces, "The general is back!"

"Madam made the food herself, the general is in luck today!"

Hearing this, Xiao Heng was slightly stunned, looking at the table full of food, his face full of disbelief.

Qiao Nian only looked up at him indifferently, and said coldly, "Wash your hands first."

After that, he took the lead and sat down at the table.

Xiao Heng hurriedly washed his hands and sat down at the table.

Looking at the dishes that looked decent, the surprise on his face did not fade, "You made all this by yourself?"

Hand, for him?

Qiao Nian obviously knew that Xiao Heng was wrong, so she said, "It's just to kill time. You locked me up in this mansion, and I don't know when you will let me go. I can only find something to do to kill time."

But there are many ways to kill time.

Xiao Heng also brought a lot of military books.

But she chose to cook because she found that the kitchen was the only place in the mansion that could contact the outside world.

The vegetable farmers would personally deliver vegetables to the mansion every day, and that might be her only chance to ask for help and escape.

Of course, she couldn't act rashly, and could only try little by little.

First, get close to the kitchen under the pretext of learning to cook, and then slowly contact the vegetable farmer.

Although she had sent a letter for help to Ning Shuang, she couldn't put all her hopes on that letter.

She still had to rely on herself.

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