Since she couldn't remember the general's name, Song Qingxue had to put the matter aside for the time being.

As the day for foreign countries to pay tribute draws closer, Xiahou Chongyuan becomes even busier.

If you count carefully, Song Qingxue hasn't seen him for seven days.

She was bored staying in the yard, so she decided to go see how Xiahou Chongyuan was preparing.

She hurried to the imperial study, but saw no one.

After asking, I found out that he had gone to the dining room.

…

Dining room.

As soon as Song Qingxue approached the dining room, she saw Xiahou Chongyuan sitting next to a pile of vegetables and fruits, drawing on a booklet.

"Your Highness is really hardworking. He even does all the work in the dining room."

She walked towards him while talking.

Xiahou Chongyuan turned around, looking puzzled.

"Why are you coming to the dining room instead of taking a good rest?"

"It's almost ready. I have nothing to do, so I want to see how you are preparing."

Song Qingxue said as she leaned over to look at the book in his hand, "What are you writing?"

"Write a list of the people who handled these meals."

"Why write this?"

"With this list, if something goes wrong, it will be easier to hold people accountable."

"Oh, I see." Song Qingxue nodded, and roughly guessed Xiahou Chongyuan's intention.

Palace banquets have always been very risky. Assassination attempts have long been commonplace, and poisoning the food at banquets is even more common.

If you write it down like this, it will be easy to check if something really happens.

Xiahou Chongyuan wrote down the last few names, closed the book, looked up and said to her, "Let's go, I have something to tell you."

He originally planned to go back to find Song Qingxue after finishing writing the list, but he didn't expect that she would come to him first.

Song Qingxue followed all the way to the imperial study.

No one knew where the little emperor was. There was a pile of memorials on the desk, and no one paid any attention to them.

However, Song Qingxue didn't care about Xia Houle's whereabouts. As soon as she entered the door, she asked, "What do you want to talk about?"

"The prince of Yuchi Kingdom has arrived, but he met Zhao Wanqiu first."

Xiahou Chongyuan stood up from his wheelchair, walked around to the desk, picked up a folder and opened it to read.

"Ah?" Song Qingxue was shocked. "She met the prince of Yuchi Kingdom?"

"Well, it is said that the prince of Yuchi Kingdom is quite interested in her."

Song Qingxue: ...

Here it comes! Secret technique: Every man who sees me will fall in love with me 100%!

Is this the halo of the heroine?

To be honest, even though she has been here for so long, she has not actually felt the aura of the heroine Zhao Wanqiu personally.

Maybe it was because he hadn't met her very often? Or maybe it was because she hadn't met any men except for a few men from the Xiahou family?

But, isn’t it coming?

The prince of Yuchi Kingdom. Although he did not meet Zhao Wanqiu in advance in the original text, he was still amazed by the sound of Zhao Wanqiu's guzheng at the palace banquet later.

At that time, although the Prince of Yuchi Kingdom and Xiahou Chun did not get along well, he was generous in praising Zhao Wanqiu.

Thinking of this, she actually began to think about whether she could use Zhao Wanqiu's halo as the heroine to save the country indirectly, make the prince of Yuchi fall in love with her completely, and then give up the idea of ​​attacking the border of Dongyue for her.

Xiahou Chongyuan couldn't help laughing when he heard what she was thinking.

He had only heard of wars being started for women, but he had never heard of anyone giving up wars for a woman.

Still too naive.

Song Qingxue heard his chuckle and looked at him in confusion.

"why are you laughing?"

"There are some funny things written on the note."

As Xiahou Chongyuan spoke, he closed the letter and looked up at her.

"I don't believe you!" This bastard is so bad!

Seeing the smile in his eyes growing deeper, she knew that he was actually laughing at her!

But what's so funny about her?

She didn't say anything weird, so she didn't understand what was so funny about him.

The funny thing is that you are so cute.

But the Regent would never say this.

"I won't tease you any more. Let's get down to business."

Song Qingxue nodded blankly.

"The prince of Yuchi has been here for three days. His specific purpose is still unclear. We may need to pay more attention to him."

The meaning of Xiahou Chongyuan's words was very clear. He was afraid that he would do something out of line in Shangjing City.

It is strictly prohibited for a prince of a country to deliberately hide his identity and wander around the capital of another country every day, but the crimes he committed are more than just this one.

On top of that, he was hanging out with a certain princess from his country.

In everyone's eyes, the princess is just a noble and wealthy person, and generally speaking, people don't associate the princess with the court. But when she gets together with a foreign prince who conceals his identity, the meaning becomes serious.

No matter how lightly it is said, it cannot escape the suspicion of treason.

Moreover, given Zhao Wanqiu's character, it is not impossible for her to sell out her country for personal gain.

However, there is no relevant evidence now, so it is difficult to make any rash judgment.

But as Xiahou Chongyuan said, we need to pay more attention. We should not only pay attention to the prince of Yuchi Kingdom, but also pay attention to whether Zhao Wanqiu and her husband will do anything.

Compared to selling out one's country for personal gain and fighting for the throne, these are all small matters.

She only hoped that Xiahou Chun and Zhao Wanqiu could see clearly and not joke with the lives of the people of Dongyue.

Thinking of this, Song Qingxue said, "Then do I need to do something?"

Xiahou Chongyuan told her about this, probably not just to inform her.

"Tomorrow you will go with me to receive the envoy from Yuchi Kingdom."

"Huh? Why should I go?"

"Because you have to protect me."

Song Qingxue:?

"I protected you? Are you still asleep?" She stared at him in surprise, full of confusion.

Mainly because she felt that this matter had no direct connection with Yu Chiguo's early arrival in Shangjing.

Besides, with five thousand guards protecting him, who would dare to attack him?

Xiahou Chongyuan chuckled, "No, if I guess correctly, the Concubine will be here tomorrow too."

"Ah! The Concubine Dowager is here, what's the matter?" One could tell with one's heels that for such a large-scale welcoming ceremony, all the important people in the palace would naturally be present.

"Recently, I heard that Concubine Zheng's eye disease has recurred."

"What? You don't want me to heal her?"

Xiahou Chongyuan nodded, "That's exactly what I meant."

"You really trust me."

Song Qingxue laughed dryly twice and didn't express her opinion.

"Of course. I was saved by you, so I trust you."

Xiahou Chongyuan said without any hesitation: "Thanks to Miss Song's miraculous healing, then please be merciful and cure Concubine Zheng's eye disease?"

Song Qingxue listened and felt that something was very wrong.

"I remember that the prince had never had much contact with Concubine Zheng. Why did he insist on asking me to treat her eyes?"

Xiahou Chongyuan curled his lips, and his smile was inexplicably strange.

He only heard him lower his voice and said, "If Miss Song doesn't treat her, wouldn't it be a waste for me to spend so much money to cause her illness?"

"you……"

As soon as she spoke, Song Qingxue covered her mouth.

She swallowed, moved to his side and whispered to him, "Did you deliberately make her sick just to let me treat her?"

"No." Xiahou Chongyuan leaned close to her ear and said, "It's to win people's hearts. If it's not necessary, I don't want Miss Song to work so hard."

The warm breath seemed to be intentional, gently spreading over her back, making her feel uncomfortable all over.

She shrank her neck, moved away a little, and then spoke very awkwardly.

"Okay, then I'll treat it." But please don't talk so close to me, I'm not deaf and can hear you.

Xiahou Chongyuan has such a beautiful face and is so close to her. Who can resist it?

Anyway, she can't bear it any longer.

So, if you can’t beat them, stay away.

As long as I stay far enough away from the beauty, he can't seduce me!