"I'll do it right away!" Xiao Xiong stood up and strode out, with a cold wind blowing around him.

"Princess..." Military Doctor Wen looked at Shen Yizi with worry in his eyes.

"Doctor Wen, I'm fine. If someone comes later, please help entertain them. I'll go in and stay with Xue Ting for a while."

Shen Yizi gave him a faint smile and turned to go into the house.

To Doctor Wen, her smile was nothing but a forced one.

Little did he know that as soon as Shen Yizi turned around, he showed an expression of relief.

The more grief-stricken Gu Xueting's friends were, the more guilty she felt. However, in order to make the fake death look realistic and deceive the people behind it, she had to keep it a secret from them and continue acting.

When the news of Gu Xueting's death spread in the army, the soldiers were all in disbelief. Their first reaction was, how is this possible?

In their hearts, Gu Xueting was like a god of war. He was indestructible. Even in the most difficult battles, he could lead them to victory. Even if he was injured, he could still appear in front of them in high spirits the next day.

This often makes them subconsciously ignore the fact that he is also a human being, with flesh and blood, and can also be hurt... or even die.

It was not until the mourning hall was built and the soldiers came to pay their respects and saw with their own eyes the person lying motionless and silent in the ice coffin that they truly believed that Gu Xueting was really dead.

They are separated from each other forever.

Many people burst into tears on the spot.

He kowtowed in front of the ice coffin, making loud bangs.

Shen Yizhi carefully played the role of a widow, kneeling in front of the brazier as silent as dead water, mechanically adding paper money into it.

"Princess, I am sorry for your loss."

"The princess is so pitiful..."

"It's been less than a month since the prince and princess got married. This is really..."

Sighs, pity, comfort, all kinds of sounds came into his ears. Shen Yizi's face was filled with grief and numbness, but in his heart... he wanted to laugh.

Xiao Xiong was still afraid that she would do something stupid, so he ordered his personal soldiers to run to Suiyang City to pick up his wife and have her accompany her.

Mrs. Xiao was dressed in plain clothes when she came. After entering the mourning hall, she burned incense for the person in the coffin, and then stayed by Shen Yizhizi's side.

She held her hand, pulled her into her arms, and patted her back, "Sister-in-law, cry out. Don't hold it in your heart."

True grief often cannot be expressed through tears, yet only through crying can one vent one's emotions.

Heavy snow fell for a day, covering the entire north in pure white.

The next day, Gu Xueting's coffin was carried onto the platform of the training ground.

Below, all the officers and soldiers of the Shanhai Army were arranged in a strict and solemn military formation, standing silently in the snow with weapons in hand, allowing the wind and snow to attack them.

The greatest sound is the one without voice.

It was quiet all around at this moment.

However, Shen Yizhi heard the sorrow in their hearts.

The sad voices gathered into a torrent, elegy for the deceased soul of "Gu Xueting".

In the evening, Shen Yizhi walked up to the platform and bowed deeply to all the soldiers.

Because of her action, the originally strict military formation showed a small disturbance, and many people subconsciously wanted to avoid her.

After a long time, Shen Yizi stood up and walked away step by step.

In the wind and snow, her back looked so thin and frail, as if she would fall down at any time.

However, she stood firm until she left everyone's sight.

Xiao Xiong glanced at his wife, and Mrs. Xiao immediately understood and followed him.

After three days of mourning, Gu Xueting's coffin was buried in Tianling Mountain.

After coming back, Shen Yizi locked himself in the room and refused to see anyone.

Mrs. Xiao was very worried and could only look through the window from time to time to make sure that she was not doing anything stupid.

In a separate wooden house in the military camp.

This is the residence of a lieutenant general.

At this moment, the invisible Gu Xueting was standing on the roof, his spiritual sense covering the people in the house.

The broken arrow taken out of his body still had the archer's breath on it. The tracking talisman can follow the breath to find the way back. He followed the tracking talisman all the way here.

The person in the house was undoubtedly the one who shot the arrow at him.

However, he was just the final implementer, and the real mastermind was not him.

Inside the room, the deputy general was writing a letter at his desk, unaware that he was under surveillance.

It was nothing more than telling the people who ordered him that Gu Xueting was dead and the mission was accomplished.

These past few days, Xiao Xiong has been searching for the murderer like a mad dog. He had to act carefully so as not to expose himself, and only today did he have time to break the news.

He had finished writing the letter and was about to roll it up and put it into the bamboo tube when he suddenly smelled a subtle sweet fragrance.

Where does this fragrance come from?

As this question flashed through his mind, he lost consciousness, his eyes dull and staring blankly ahead.

That incense is a kind of bewitching incense that can confuse people's minds and reveal the secrets in their hearts.

Gu Xueting appeared in front of him, "Who is the person behind you?"

* Inside the wooden house, Shen Yizi was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling with empty eyes, tears silently falling and wetting the pillowcase.

Mrs. Xiao came in with a food box and sighed deeply when she saw this.

"Sister-in-law, please eat something. If you don't eat or drink like this, you will break down sooner or later. Qingbao and the others are counting on you."

Mrs. Xiao learned from her husband that although Shen Yizhi and Gu Xueting had been married for only a month, they already had two four-year-old children, Qingbao and Yuanbao.

She is also a mother, and she thought that if she used her child as an entry point, Shen Yizi would always listen to her.

Sure enough, after hearing the word Qingbao, her eyes became more lively. She sat up from the bed and took the bowl from Madam Xiao, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

I haven't spoken for a long time, and when I spoke, my throat seemed to be stuck and my voice was hoarse.

Madam Xiao stroked her hair and said, "Why thank you? You don't have to be so formal with your sister-in-law."

Shen Yizhi had just taken a sip of porridge when he noticed Gu Xueting coming in, and he continued eating without making a sound.

Gu Xueting leaned against a cabinet and watched her with interest as she looked extremely sad.

His presence obviously brought a great test to Shen Yizhi's acting skills. It was like an actor's family visiting the set while he was performing. It was a shameful and awkward feeling.

She quickly finished her porridge.

Madam Xiao was very pleased and said, "Eat another bowl. You look so thin. It really makes me feel sorry for you."

Shen Yizhi shook his head, "Sister-in-law, I'm full."

"Well, you have a good rest, I won't disturb you." Mrs. Xiao went out with the lunch box.

As soon as the door was closed, Shen Yizi fell into someone's arms.

"I never knew Zhizhi was such a good actor." A teasing voice sounded in her ears, and hot air sprayed into her cochlea.