When it comes to the dignitaries of Tianxiang Kingdom, Su Wan has met more than one.

However, the most honorable person was still Concubine Jiang, and the others were the ministers of various ministries.

But let’s not talk about these people for now. The saint whose name she had only heard and whose deeds she had heard of was very far away from her, as if they would never meet.

After all, this person doesn't seem like a living person, and what he does is not human.

The Imperial Food Department was also in a panic for a moment, but the chief quickly calmed down and said, "The carriages and horses are all resting now, and the saint should be enjoying the cool air in the tent. You don't need to go in. You can probably receive the reward at the door and come back."

It was completely an accident that the saint knew about ice jelly.

For example, when she was in the palace, Su Wan cooked many delicious dishes but she never let many people know about it.

But now on the way to the palace, there are much fewer people and the distance is closer, so the news can reach the ears of the saint.

Or maybe she was careless.

After everything was packed up, Su Wan came outside the tent to receive her reward. The saint ate the fresh food and asked a few more questions, but didn't say much.

I thought this matter was over.

She was called quickly, went quickly, and left even faster.

Su Wan just turned around and saw Xie Pei, who was wearing the prince's regular clothes, walking towards her. He wore a black gauze turban on his head, a blue silk robe embroidered with tiger patterns, and black shoes on his feet. He looked very imposing.

Xie Pei paused for a rare moment, and subconsciously hid the document with dragon pattern in his hand.

The clerk can hide it, but how can a grown-up like him hide it?

Guard Zang Dongxin felt embarrassed.

How could the two meet at this time, and why was Su Wan in front of the saint's tent.

How come he didn't get the news?

It’s not that he was not doing his job well. After all, who knew that the saint would suddenly summon him? Even the Shangshu hadn’t expected it.

Xie Pei just came back from his business trip.

What a coincidence, didn't we meet?

Su Wan stepped aside and lowered her head slightly, obviously showing respect.

Xie Pei felt helpless.

Although I knew it a long time ago, this is not a good time.

The two people passed each other without any unusual expressions. As for what they were thinking in their hearts, that was another matter.

For example, what Xie Pei was thinking was that it was all Zhangzi’s fault, otherwise would he have met Su Wan at this time?

Su Wan felt the same way, and so did the saint. Why did he summon him at any other time? And he only gave her a few pieces of satin. The things given by the saint could not be sold, and she didn't want to wear them either. It was troublesome.

The two of them thought the same thing: it was all the fault of the people in the tent!

Now they can no longer play dumb!

Although I have always been in an infinite nesting doll situation where I know who you are and I know you know who I am.

But there is still a difference between recognizing it and actually seeing it!

And after this, she couldn't continue to make milk tea, lest the saint find out again, and then she would have to reward him? Forget it.

Her iced milk tea is going to be postponed!

What a pity!

When a group of people from Guanglu Temple heard this, they almost cried out in grief, because they clearly saw that the milk tea was already being cooked!

It was forced to interrupt!

On the night that Su Wan met Xie Pei in the prince's clothes, she received a letter from his guards, asking her to go to the palace to discuss the matter in detail.

It is indeed inconvenient on the road, and a piece of ice powder can let the saint know. If they meet alone, it will probably spread throughout the team quickly.

This is also the reason why Su Wan and Xie Pei pretended not to know each other.

The palace is much more convenient.

Although the Yuhua Palace is certainly not as big as the Imperial Palace, the people live in relatively scattered places. The Shangshi Division also has a separate kitchen. Not to mention the residences of the princes, Xie Pei's residence is definitely the most remote.

Just look at the order of the carriages he took this time and you will know that Concubine Jiang, who is in charge of this matter, will definitely perform stably.

The two of them have one thing in common.

That means none of them are favored by Concubine Jiang.

When Su Wan thought about this, she still felt a little nervous.

The reason was simple. Before she saw Xie Pei dressed as a prince, she could still convince herself and pretend that she knew nothing.

But it’s impossible to pretend now.

Then there is a question, how to face Xie Pei in the future?

It always feels like losing a friend.

No matter what, the identities of the two are very different. She is a rational person, and she was even prepared for this after knowing Xie Pei's true identity.

I just didn’t expect that this day would come so quickly, but so suddenly.

It took more than twenty days to walk from the Imperial Palace to Yuhua Palace, which is about the same time as last year.

Depart on May 20th and arrive on June 12th.

In fact, when Su Wan was still three or four days away from Yuhua Palace, she had already seen the green mountains in the distance. The closer she got, the more she could feel the coolness of the area.

This place is surrounded by mountains on all sides. When you walk inside, you will find that the Yuhua Palace is located high up in the valley.

The Yuhua Palace was built extremely exquisitely, leaning against the mountain and arranged in an orderly manner according to the terrain. It looks like a summer resort.

Although it is surrounded by mountains, there are wide roads everywhere, so we will not be besieged by the enemy.

The carefully constructed summer resort is just like this, and it is probably not as ingenious as the wonders of nature.

As you get closer, you can hear the sound of a stream flowing down from the mountain, and cool breezes blowing by, directly blowing away the heat on everyone.

No wonder so many ministers came here with their families. In the middle of summer, did they want to feel the scorching heat in Kyoto, or did they want to come to Yuhua Palace and watch the stream comfortably?

Even in the hottest weather, you can just put some ice where you live and get through the summer.

On the first day at Yuhua Palace, the saint felt a little relieved because the imperial eunuchs had come to clean up the palace in advance, and now everyone in the palaces and government offices could move in directly.

It's cooler here and everyone is in a much better mood.

The place where the Shangshisi lived was also moved last year. It was responsible for the meals of everyone except the nobles in the inner palace. Together with the chefs who were already in the palace, everyone had their own division of labor.

When they were in the imperial palace, there were separate kitchens for the north, south, west, etc., but when they arrived at the temporary palace, all the visitors were integrated into one kitchen and everyone cooked in the same place.

When it is busy, the person in charge and others have to go to the kitchen to help.

The palace is small and there are few people coming, so everyone has to go into the kitchen.

Su Wan naturally didn't mind. In fact, she liked to study food in the kitchen.

But this won’t work.

After settling down a bit, she was going to go to the stone forest behind the Shangshi residence. It was a natural stone forest and the place was quite hidden. Xie Peiyue would meet her there.

She lived here in the same room with Li Rongrong, and they had a good relationship. Su Wan used the excuse of going out for a walk, and Li Rongrong didn't ask much. She just wanted to rest quickly at this moment.

The palace in the mountains is great. You don’t need ice in the room and you can sleep soundly.

The first thing many people do when they come here is to sleep, to cool off from the heat in Beijing and to relieve their recent fatigue.

So when Su Wan came out of her residence and walked towards the stone forest, the road was very quiet.

Although this palace is not very big, there are many scenic spots around it, and they are all natural mountains and waters, which makes it look particularly wild and interesting.

No wonder the inner palace and ministers spend a quarter of the year in the palace, the environment here is really good!

And it only takes two days to send the message to Kyoto.

Forget it. I don’t think about what I should think about, but I think about a lot of things that I shouldn’t think about.

Seeing each other again today means losing a friend. Although Su Wan is not sad, she also feels a little regretful.

She had just come here and had just arrived at the palace, so she didn't know many people. Moreover, it was Xie Peixian who taught her how to write. She could see that he was a person who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

I was wrong about this. I thought he was just a poor little guy, but I didn't expect him to be so fierce in the court.

It's quite a contrast.

If Su Wan still had some regrets in her heart when she walked out of her residence, those regrets disappeared when she walked into the stone forest.

All good things must come to an end.

Friends come and go.

Su Wan smiled, but the next moment, she suddenly felt the sound of wind tearing around her and subconsciously turned to the side.

The man came with a long knife in his hand and chopped at her directly, obviously not intending to leave her alive.

Su Wan tried hard to calm herself, but the blade was so sharp and fast that despite her petite stature, it still slid across her shoulder.

That's good enough!

She saw that the man was coming for her neck!

What kind of person can be so cruel?

The thief with rosacea in front of him didn't expect that he could be evaded.

He was sent here to ambush and guard the outer entrance of the stone forest and kill all those who approached there so as to give the people inside enough time to take action.

I didn't expect to fail.

This little palace maid is clever, but no matter how clever she is, that’s all.

Since she has come here, she deserves to be in trouble. Let's see where she can run.

Su Wan did not escape out of the stone forest. There were few people outside, so if she wanted to run, she would go inside the stone forest.

Her reverse escape action made the rosacea thief even more confused. Wouldn't a normal person leave here quickly?

Why is she going in there?

Of course, that was to find Xie Pei!

If she left the stone forest and ran towards her residence, she would not be able to outrun the thief, and there would be no one nearby to turn to for help. She had not seen anyone along the way.

So if you run towards your residence, there is a high possibility that you will be stabbed from behind.

It would be better to take a chance and go into the stone forest. Maybe Xie Pei is inside. Or you can hide yourself and wait for Xie Pei, or Xie Pei's men to come.

Or maybe the Third Prince is already inside the stone forest, waiting for the murderous drunken-nosed rush towards Xie Pei!

She was just unlucky and ended up here.

When Su Wan walked deeper into the stone forest, she heard the sound of weapons and a foul smell of blood. It was obvious that more than one person had died.

Su Wan paused and met Xie Pei, who had cold eyes and was covered in blood.

Xie Pei was still wearing the same prince's attire that he had worn before. It was clean when he last saw him, but now it was covered in filth.

Covered in blood.

No matter how calm Su Wan was, she was still a person from the modern era. Not to mention seeing so much blood in real life, even on TV she rarely saw such a horrific scene.

This was the first time she truly understood what kind of environment Xie Pei was in.

Why did he fight so hard?

Because the result of not fighting is death.

Seeing Su Wan's frightened look, Xie Pei forced himself to calm down. Just as he was about to say something, he immediately pulled out an arrow and threw it behind Su Wan.

The rosacea thief who arrived had a pierced throat and fell to the ground dead.

Su Wan only heard the sound of something hitting the ground behind her, but she didn't dare to look back. She roughly knew what was happening.

It happened so suddenly, everything happened so suddenly.

Su Wan clenched her palms tightly and asked subconsciously: "Did they follow you?"

"Yeah." Xie Pei seemed to be unable to hold on. The sound of fighting behind him gradually subsided, and the next person who came over was Zang Dongxin, who was covered in blood.

There were also several guards around him, most of whom had injuries on their bodies.

Including Su Wan.

Xie Pei looked over and immediately stepped forward, frowning tightly: "It's my fault for putting you in danger."

It was common for him to be assassinated, but he didn't expect to be chased to the stone forest just after arriving at the palace.

He fought back a little hastily this time, for fear that Su Wan would bump into these when she came. Unexpectedly, she not only saw them, but was also injured.

Xie Pei couldn't hide the coldness in his eyes, so he had to lower his head as much as possible so that Su Wan wouldn't see him: "Heal your wounds first."

Only then did Su Wan feel the pain in her shoulder, it was so painful that she almost cried.

The wound was quite deep and blood was flowing continuously.

But compared with Xie Pei's injury, her injury was no different from a skin break.

"No, let me check your injury first." Su Wan said, "Don't stand anymore, sit down and rest."

The person behind Xie Pei obviously had the same idea and wanted to check the Third Prince's wound.

Xie Pei insisted: "Bandage it first, are there any other injuries?"

"That's all, just this." Su Wan took the medicine and hid on the other side of the stone forest, bandaging the wound crookedly. She had no experience in this!

When she came out, Xie Pei took a look, then remembered that the people who were bandaging his wounds were all men, so he didn't intervene.

When Su Wan tidied her clothes, she saw Xie Pei still looking at her. The wounds on his body were truly horrific. The guards around him bandaged them skillfully. It was obviously not the first time. And she seemed to see that Xie Pei's old wounds had not healed yet?

Xie Pei's wounds were all bandaged, and the others walked away at his signal.

There were only two people left here. Xie Pei leaned against the stone pillar and looked up at Su Wan: "Sorry."

Why sorry, both of them know.

Xie Pei had invited Su Wan here, and he accidentally brought his tail and hurt her.

It's a blessing that I was only injured. What would have happened if something had gone wrong?

Su Wan didn't know what to say, so she just said, "That's not what you think."

After saying that, he simply sat down next to Xie Pei, his body still reeking of blood.

Just now, we saw that he had swift movements and obviously good kung fu skills, but he was still injured like this. It was obvious that those assassins not only wanted to kill him, but there were also many of them.

Xie Pei lowered his eyes and sighed softly: "I'm sorry."

This sorry obviously has other meanings. Xie Pei raised his eyes to look at Su Wan and said seriously: "At that time, I went from Guandi Temple to the Arms Bureau to practice martial arts. I happened to meet you, but I didn't intend to hide my identity."

Why did he suddenly explain this matter? Without waiting for Su Wan to slip, Xie Pei continued, "I won't tell you later because I don't want to lose you as a friend."

"After all, there are not many people in the palace who can treat me like this."

"You will miss a little disciple of Guandi Temple, but you won't miss the Third Prince of Tianxiang Kingdom."

The last sentence completely reflects Su Wan’s thoughts.

It's okay for her to feed the little disciples of Guandi Temple when she has nothing to do, but what's the matter with feeding the Third Prince?

Even though he is in a very miserable state now, he will definitely retaliate this time, and according to her, Xie Pei has considerable power.

Although Su Wan was not clear about the specifics of the fight with the emperor, she could see that the emperor did not rest until there was any sign of trouble. Concubine Jiang and others did not rest either, and they made countless moves in secret.

In this situation, Xie Pei looked motionless, not at all as pitiful as he said.

But what Xie Pei said was only part of the truth, so she didn't know what to say.

But looking at the injury, it would be a lie to say that I didn't feel soft-hearted.

"Don't think too much. I'll make you some chicken soup later to nourish your body."

Xie Pei smiled: "Don't do it, you are injured too."

Xie Pei instead asked: "Or should I do it for you?"

Su Wan looked at him with a puzzled look.

you?

Can you?

Although he didn't say it out loud, his expression clearly showed that.

Xie Pei then smiled, but the wound was obviously painful, but he still said: "I can learn."

Not only can you learn how to make chicken soup, but you can also learn how to get along with others.

The switch of identities between the two was a little awkward, but between life and death, it seemed nothing.

People really adapt quickly.

But after talking for a while, Xie Pei's face turned pale. He must go back and lie down to rest for a while, and Su Wan's wound also needed to be re-bandaged.

They both have their own misery.

Xie Pei gave all the best medicine to Su Wan and said, "No one knows you came to Shilin, and there won't be any news from outside. You should recover first."

Su Wan nodded.

I’m sure no one knows, so everyone who should be silenced has been silenced.

But Su Wan didn't know that when Xie Pei said "recover from the injury first", he meant for her.

As for Xie Pei? He asked the secret guard to escort Su Wan away. His cold eyes returned again, and his pale face showed this expression again.

The guards were so scared that they took a step back.

This was not the first time that the Third Prince had been injured, nor was it even the most serious injury.

That was when he was most angry.

Xie Pei went directly to the main hall of the palace with injuries on his body.

The guards behind him were in a hurry and were stopped by the guards at the gate.

It seems that he is forcing the emperor to abdicate.

Xie Pei said, "An assassin sneaked into the palace and even entered the Saint's Palace. You stopped him. Are you in cahoots with the assassin?"

The guards still blocked it tightly, but they also said with some embarrassment: "We still need to ask the saint for instructions at this time."

The guards around Xie Pei said, "The Third Prince has been assassinated and is now covered in wounds. How can he still deceive you? Get out of the way!"

The noise here was very loud, so the eunuchs in the main hall naturally heard it, but they didn't know what happened.

The saint was sleeping soundly, the eunuchs were trembling with fear and did not dare to call for help, and the Third Prince was urging them outside.

He only hesitated for a moment, and he didn't need to hesitate anymore, because the Third Prince Xie Pei rushed in and said, "Father, I suspect there are assassins hiding in the palace, so I'm sorry to bother you for a moment."

Xie Pei raised his hand: "For the safety of His Majesty, search immediately!"

He actually brought two guards in. Although they didn't bring swords, this is not a matter of swords, this is a matter of search!

The guards in the yard had already knelt down, as no one had ever encountered such a thing.

But can we just kill those two guards?

If I remember correctly, all the guards of the Third Prince are General Ding's men. If they were killed, who among the military officers in the court would let them go?

But the people in the inner hall were already shocked.

What?!

Search the saint's bedroom immediately?

The saint, who was originally "sleeping soundly", immediately sat up with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Search? How dare you?!" The Saint had not been in good health recently, and now he was so angry that he coughed, "Do you have me in your eyes?"

Xie Pei looked at him coldly: "Yes, how could there not be any?"

"Since there are no assassins here, I will investigate elsewhere."

Having said that, Xie Pei took his men and left without giving any face at all.

Su Wan slowly returned to her residence, and only then did she feel a burning pain in her shoulder. She had never suffered such a serious injury before, and the pain was so severe that she felt suffocated.

This injury also shocked Li Rongrong.

If two people live in the same place, they can't hide it.

Su Wan said, "Don't tell anyone about this, not even Deputy Prime Minister Nan, otherwise it will bring disaster to the Imperial Food Department."

Su Wan spoke seriously, and Li Rongrong was not someone who didn't know the seriousness of the matter.

They all used knives to cook, and they could tell at a glance that the wound must have been caused by a sharp weapon. In the royal palace, being injured by a sharp weapon, no one dared to think too much about it.

After all, she was someone who had been involved in the incident at Tianbei Palace. Li Rongrong nodded seriously and helped Su Wan bandage her wound.

With someone's help, the bandage was much better this time.

Li Rongrong still had some doubts in her mind, but she did not ask any more questions. It was only when she went to work in the afternoon that she immediately understood everything.

Because at this time, the Shangshisi was completely confused and couldn't believe it.

I only found out after asking carefully.

While they were resting, something big happened in the palace.

The Third Prince Xie Pei led a group of guards and searched the inner palace from top to bottom, even the residences of the Saint, the Imperial Concubine, and Concubine Chu were not spared.

In the end, they were stopped by hundreds of guards from the inner palace and the search was not continued.

Is this guy crazy?

The saint is sleeping, so why go and search for him?

He doesn't want to live anymore?

But the reason Xie Pei gave was very sufficient. He was assassinated in the palace, so he was worried about everyone's safety. This was just concern, not deliberate provocation.

Isn’t this it?

Then what is it!

Several university scholars who were called out were also confused.

But looking at the scars all over Xie Pei's body, it seems that the reason for searching for the assassin is also valid?

No one can say that he was making excuses on purpose. Who would make excuses to hurt himself so badly in the first place?

Other things are fine, but people who don't know the truth know that the Third Prince has many fatal wounds, and they really think it is a good thing to search him immediately.

If we hesitate to find someone, wouldn't we be missing the best opportunity?

And Xie Pei actually found a few of them, and they have been taken to the prison in the palace for interrogation.

What a cruel man.

It was like taking advantage of his injuries and this incident to make a big move and search the entire palace.

The saint also became furious and said he would punish him severely no matter what.

But the injuries on the body cannot be faked.

By the time the news reached Su Wan, the saint had already decided to immediately confine Xie Pei to a side hall, and no one was allowed to visit him. They could only throw some medicine in.

The general idea is that you can heal your wounds, but you cannot go out or contact anyone.

Su Wan was just about to cut vegetables when she heard the news, and her palms went cold.

One who uses his injuries to understand the situation in all places and directly hits the saint in the face.

The other one wanted to pin Xie Pei down in a side hall, preferably to kill him. Throw medicine at him? Throwing poison at him would be more accurate.

It turns out that this is what Xie Pei experienced.

Su Wan was injured in her left shoulder, but just as she was about to cut vegetables, the knife was taken away by the officer who came over and said, "You will record today, and you don't need to do anything."

Record, don't do anything.

Seeing the worry in her superior's eyes, Su Wan understood instantly.

Did Xie Pei tell the superior?

Sure enough, Su Wan followed her superior to the inner room. There was a bowl of ginseng and black chicken soup on the table. It was obviously cooked early. There was even a chicken leg in it, and there was only one of them.

The other egg is with Xie Pei?

The officer supervised Su Wan until she finished eating, then said, "Don't run around or work for the next two days. I'll find you some good scar medicine later."

Su Wan just nodded without asking any more questions. The officer rubbed her head helplessly and said, "It would be great if His Highness was as calm as you."

But after saying that, the officer added: "It's not like this usually."

I don’t know what happened this time that made the Third Prince so angry.

When the officer's eyes passed over Su Wan's shoulder, he felt amused. It couldn't be for Su Wan? Although His Highness was considerate of his subordinates, it was impossible for her to act like this for Su Wan. She must have been overthinking.

However, the commander felt sorry for Su Wan and was relieved after taking a look at the bandaged wound.

But it also shows that the Shangshi Division has been following the Third Prince for a long time. Not many people in Kyoto know about this confidential matter, but now Su Wan knows it all.

Su Wan almost burped after eating the chicken leg.

But thinking about the whereabouts of the other chicken leg, he still asked, "Is the Third Prince really imprisoned?"

What about his injuries? And the medicine sent by the saint? There are traps everywhere.

"No one can lock him up." The officer frowned and couldn't say anything else, but she still had to arrange for someone to deliver another serving of chicken soup.

But before he could do anything, Xie Pei's bodyguard Zang Dongxin quietly appeared at the door, nodded slightly to the head of the Imperial Food Department, and said, "I'll get the chicken soup."

The officer nodded, but unexpectedly Zang Dongxin said, "Let Miss Su Wan go, is that ok?"

Su Wan is going to send it off?

Not to mention the superior, Su Wan herself was a little confused.

Zang Dong was helpless and could only ask Su Wan to appease the Third Prince. Otherwise, who knew what the Prince would do next.

Anyway, after coming back from Stone Forest, I felt that Your Highness was quite crazy?

Even the Grand Secretary of the Dongge couldn't persuade him.

But a figure immediately flashed through Zang Dongxin's mind, Su Wan! It felt like Su Wan could be persuaded!