"Look back?"

The queen smiled coldly, as if she had heard a huge joke, "Jun'er, you are still too naive. I have no way out. The so-called turning back is nothing but a laughing stock."

The Queen Mother took a deep breath and said in a cold voice: "Queen, you are stubborn and stubborn. This is the end. If you are willing to commit suicide, you can still save the prince and the royal family's reputation."

The Queen's eyes trembled when she heard this, and then she laughed wildly: "Suicide? I have devoted my whole life to the royal family, and today I have ended up like this?"

"Well, since you're all forcing me, let's see who the final winner is!"

She shouted loudly: "Shuo'er, why don't you show up?!"

Murong Shuo slowly walked out from the corner and looked at his queen expressionlessly, "Queen, all your people have been eliminated. Stop struggling."

The Queen's expression suddenly changed, her eyes were sinister: "Shuo'er, have you betrayed me too?! Have you forgotten that without me, you are nothing!"

Murong Shuo stood quietly, closed his eyes slightly, and then slowly spoke, "I just want to protect my sixth brother. I don't care about anything else."

The queen seemed to be stabbed by something, her body swayed slightly, but her voice became colder, "Okay! Even your surrender was to deceive me! Prince! You really have a good plan, you have really grown up!"

"Mother!" Murong Jun interrupted coldly, "Today's situation is over, so please give up."

After hearing this, the queen smiled mockingly: "Give up! This was all done perfectly!"

She looked at Su Jinyue fiercely, "It's all your fault! If you hadn't messed things up, my plan would have been fine!"

She suddenly pulled out a dagger from her sleeve and stabbed towards Su Jinyue!

"Jin Yue, be careful!"

Xiao Duo was quick-witted and quick-handed. He protected Su Jinyue behind him and swept his sword across, knocking the dagger out of the Queen's hand.

The queen stumbled back a few steps, her eyes full of hatred, her teeth clenched, "Su Jinyue! This is all because of you! If it weren't for you, how could I have ended up like this!"

Su Jinyue looked at the queen and shook her head, saying softly: "Queen, you are wrong. It is not because of me, but because your greed has ruined yourself."

Her words were like needles piercing the queen's heart. The queen stood there in a daze with empty eyes.

Outside the palace, the palace guards had cleared the battlefield, and the eunuch reported: "Your Highness, all those who plotted treason have been captured."

Murong Jun breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the Queen: "Mother, please come back. I will ask my father to spare your life."

The Queen suddenly laughed loudly, looked up to the sky and sighed, "Haha...it turns out that everything is destined. I was defeated by these young brats!"

Her laughter stopped abruptly, and her eyes swept over everyone like a venomous snake, "Don't think that just because you beat me, it counts as your ability!"

After saying that, she bit the poison hidden in her mouth fiercely and her body instantly collapsed to the ground.

"Mother!" Murong Jun's face suddenly changed, and he hurried forward to check, but it was too late.

The Queen Mother sighed softly and closed her eyes. "Good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished. The Queen has brought disaster upon herself after all."

There was a brief silence in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the air was filled with solemnity and sadness.

Xiao Duo glanced at everyone and whispered to Murong Jun, "Your Highness, the investigation inside and outside the capital must be completed as soon as possible."

Murong Jun nodded, his eyes firm, "Well, you take people to purge the people inside and outside the palace, and I will deal with the Queen's matter."

Outside the palace, the first snow fell quietly, the sky gradually brightened, and everything would eventually settle.

The real purge inside and outside the palace was completed half a month later.

Xiao Duo returned to the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion from the palace, exhausted.

At that time, Su Jinyue was wrapped in fox fur and sitting in the courtyard drinking tea.

Xiao Tao rushed back from outside, "Madam! The young general is back!"

It was snowing heavily at this time, and the whole house was covered in white.

Su Jinyue stood up and gathered her robes, "Where are they?"

"My lady, I am in the front hall."

Su Jinyue curled the corners of her lips and said, "Follow me to the front hall."

Su Jinyue lifted her skirt slightly and strolled towards the front hall. The cold winter wind gently brushed her face, but could not extinguish the warmth in her heart.

Xiao Tao followed behind him and whispered, "Madam finally waited for the young general to come back. It was not easy."

Su Jinyue smiled slightly and did not comment.

Pushing open the door of the front hall, I saw Xiao Duo shaking off the snow and wind. He looked tired, but he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.

"I'm back." She said softly, with a gentle light in her eyes.

When Xiao Duo heard this familiar voice, he looked up and smiled, "Jin Yue, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

The two looked at each other, as if time had stopped at this moment.

Xiao Duo walked forward and reached out to tidy up Su Jinyue's hair that was messed up by the wind. "It's cold outside, why don't you wear more clothes?"

"I'm already wrapped in fox fur, how much more do I need to wear?"

Su Jinyue smiled slightly, "As for you, you've been traveling so long, please don't get too tired."

"I'm fine,"

Xiao Duo smiled and said, "But this time, the matter has finally been resolved safely."

Su Jinyue nodded slightly, with a look of relief in her eyes: "As long as you are safe."

The two sat down side by side, and Su Jinyue poured him a cup of hot tea. "Now that things have come to an end, what are your plans next?"

Xiao Duo took a sip of warm tea and looked at Su Jinyue with gentle eyes: "The country is stable, your majesty is in good health, the prince has been designated as the crown prince, and my deployment in Western Xinjiang has also come to an end."

He held her hand and said firmly, "I think the Black Armor Barracks should be idle for a while."

Xiao Duo curled his lips and chuckled, "My wife and I are newly married, so naturally I have to spend more time with you."

Knowing that Xiao Duo was teasing her on purpose, Su Jinyue raised her eyebrows and chuckled, "Without the young general in the mansion these days, I have also been living a relaxed and comfortable life."

"Yeah?"

Xiao Duo stood up, picked up Su Jinyue by the waist, and walked towards the backyard, "Then let me see how comfortable and relaxed your life is, Madam?"

Su Jinyue was picked up unexpectedly. She couldn't help but cry out softly and quickly grabbed Xiao Duo's collar, "Xiao Duo, are you crazy? How can we be disgraced if someone sees us!"

Xiao Duo didn't care, and raised a wicked smile at the corner of his lips, "Madam, what are you afraid of? This is our mansion."

"Put me down!"

Su Jinyue said angrily, a blush appearing on her cheeks, but she did not struggle too much, just lowered her head slightly in shame.

Xiao Tao quietly stepped back knowingly, fearing to disturb the sweet moment of the couple.

At the same time, the servants in the mansion who saw this scene were also discussing it quietly.

"Look at the young general's attitude. I'm afraid he has spoiled his wife to the heavens."

"That's right, Madam is really the envy of others."

"No wonder. There are not many women in this world who can compare to our lady."

Although everyone was talking in low voices, they all had smiles on their faces.

In the backyard, winter plum blossoms are just beginning to bloom, the white petals swaying slightly in the cold wind, and the courtyard is quiet and warm.

Xiao Duo put Su Jinyue down, and they stood side by side under the plum tree. He reached out and plucked a plum blossom, gently pinning it to her temples, his eyes full of tenderness, "Jinyue, this is worthy of your elegance."

Su Jinyue was slightly stunned, raised her hand and touched the plum blossoms on her temples, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "You always make people happy."