"Hu Yanlin is so bold as to find someone to impersonate me?"
Prince Huyan gnashed his teeth and said, "Father has already woken up. Isn't he afraid that Father will find out what he has done?"
"Quick, King You, send me back to Beiman. I want to confront that impostor face to face!"
"Now that my father has awakened, he will surely seek justice for me!"
The second prince Huyan kept clamoring that he wanted to return to the Northern Barbarians to teach his brother Huyan Lin a lesson.
His angry voice echoed in the wide underground stone chamber. Qi Xu winked at the Tianshu Pavilion guard standing nearby and said, "Keep an eye on him."
Then he nodded to Wei Yunlan, indicating that she should leave with him.
The two walked out along the stairs.
The anxious voice of Prince Huyan II echoed behind him, "Hey, don't leave! If you have any conditions, you can ask me for them!"
Qi Xu and Wei Yunlan did not stop for him.
The idea of the Second Prince Huyan was so naive. Since the other party dared to tell everyone openly that they had rescued the "Second Prince" from Dayong, they must have made all preparations.
Whether the real Second Prince is dead or alive is no longer important at this moment. Perhaps all the other party wants is the title of rescuing the "Second Prince", or perhaps they need a "Second Prince" who completely listens to them and works for them.
The entrance to the underground stone chamber was closed from the outside.
The shouting of Second Prince Huyan was completely blocked out by the heavy stone door.
Qi Xu and Wei Yunlan, who were standing outside, looked at each other, and both saw the deep thought in each other's eyes.
"This may not be done by Prince Huyan." Wei Yunlan said in a low voice.
"I think so too."
The two people's thoughts coincided at this moment.
Looking at the inquiring look in the other's eyes, they spoke almost at the same time and said a name.
"Qiu Lin Nanxing."
Qiulin Nanxing.
He was the "Master Nanxing" who was previously involved in abducting a large number of Dayong women to the Northern Barbarians.
He was the adopted son of the Northern Barbarian Chanyu. But apart from that, he was from the once-powerful but now-declined Qiulin tribe, and was a member of the Qiulin royal family.
His mother was the biological sister of the Northern Barbarian Chanyu. Although she was only a half-sister and an inconspicuous and unappreciated illegitimate child, she had half the same blood as him.
In this way, there is a blood connection between Qiulin Nanxing and Chanyu.
Qi Xu had already started sending people to investigate Qiu Lin Nanxing.
However, the people that Tianshu Pavilion had planted in Beiman were only able to obtain limited information on the surface. They only knew that Qiu Linnanxing had some talent but was physically weak and rarely appeared in public.
However, he seemed to please the Chanyu of the Northern Barbarians. Among the Chanyu's biological sons, those who were not favored did not have as much face as he did in front of the Chanyu.
Otherwise, the Chanyu would not have always kept him by his side, and would not have trusted him to investigate the "fire incident" that almost caused his own death.
"An adopted son is still a son. I'm afraid Qiu Linnanxing's ambitions are more than that."
"Jinghong." As the saying goes, once is strange, twice is familiar.
After calling out His Royal Highness Prince You's name a few more times, Wei Yunlan no longer felt awkward calling out His Royal Highness Prince You's name.
"I wrote to you some time ago to investigate the relationship between Qiu Linnanxing and the Queen Mother. I wonder if there is any progress?"
Qi Xu still suspected that Qiu Linnanxing was eyeing the position of "Chanyu".
Wei Yunlan had memories of the fall of the capital in his previous life, so he couldn't help but think more about it.
"I was already on my way north when I received the letter." Qi Xu had previously only assigned the task of investigating Qiulin Nanxing to the people from Tianshu Pavilion who were left in Beiman. After receiving Wei Yunlan's reminder, he sent more people from the capital and began to investigate the Queen Mother in detail.
However, in just a few days, no news has returned from the capital.
I haven't met Wei Yunlan before, so some things are difficult to say in the letter.
Now that they were face to face, Qi Xu could finally ask about the confusion in his heart.
"Why does Miss Wei suspect... the Queen Mother?"
Wei Yunlan knew that ever since the death of the late emperor, the Empress Dowager had taken good care of the "Crown Prince". At least in the eyes of the world, the relationship between the grandmother and grandson was very good.
She didn't know whether the man in front of her still had feelings for the Empress Dowager, but she knew that the Empress Dowager definitely didn't have him in her heart.
Worse still, even the Second Prince, whom she had secretly supported in her previous life, was gone.
"Miss Wei, don't worry. No matter what we say, it won't reach the ears of a third person, let alone the Queen Mother. You can say it anyway."
Qi Xu had a serious expression.
Wei Yunlan suddenly noticed that his tone was cold when he mentioned the Queen Mother, and he did not call her "Imperial Grandmother" but "Queen Mother".
It seems that after leaving the capital, the person in front of me also had other adventures.
Or perhaps, it was because he understood the Empress Dowager's hidden selfish motives that he chose to stay far away from the capital and wait until he was fully grown.
"Miss Wei, there is something I don't want to hide from you."
Qi Xu and Wei Yunlan sat side by side on horseback, walking on the way back to Beiguan City. The two horses were very close to each other. Apart from the two of them, the only people around them were the Tianshu Pavilion secret guards who were hiding in the bushes and protecting them.
The surrounding is safe.
Qi Xu calmed down and decided to speak frankly: "Miss Wei, do you still remember the jade you asked me to pass on when we were in Danyun City?"
"And the time I was injured."
Wei Yunlan was stunned for a moment.
Then I remembered.
At that time, I didn't know the identity of the people in front of me. In order to thank them for protecting my family's safety, I sent them three thank-you gifts.
One copy was given to the guards of Tianshu Pavilion, one copy was given to "Mr. Xiao" who taught them martial arts along the way, and the other copy was given to the Pavilion Master of Tianshu Pavilion who had always taken good care of their family.
The gift was given not long ago.
They encountered the barbarians and the northern wolfhounds, and after a bloody battle, Qi Xu was seriously injured.
It was only then that she saw the jade pendant on Qi Xu's chest that she realized he was the master of Tianshu Pavilion.
The jade stone that she specially picked out and gave to the "Master of Tianshu Pavilion" looked like a star and came from the Astrology Pavilion of Xiantai Mountain.
It is a spiritual object that accompanied my great-grandfather when he was in seclusion, and it has some effect in warding off evil and avoiding harm.
When Qi Xu woke up from his coma, he said that he was able to escape danger thanks to the jade.
Now that the old matter is brought up again, could it be that the jade has other strange features?
Wei Yunlan's heart beat faster, "But does the jade have any other miraculous effects?"
Qi Xu nodded solemnly.
"I was hit by a sharp arrow, but the jade stone blocked it and the tip of the arrow deflected from my heart. However, the wound was too close to my heart and I still fell into a coma."
"When I was unconscious, I dreamed of some things that would only happen in the future."
"In that dream, I had great trust in the Queen Mother, but she poisoned me and I died in the Cining Palace."
The dream at that time came to an abrupt end.
Qi Xu still remembered the feeling when the poison took effect in his dream. He took a deep breath and said seriously,
"Miss Wei, I don't think it was just a dream."
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