When Zong Zheng Xiaoting left the study, Qin Xiao hurried over to greet him. "Princess, how is the prince?"

"Why did it take so long to heal the previous arrow wound?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting frowned slightly.

"No one can change the prince's mind. And..." Qin Xiao hesitated, with a tangled look on his face.

Looking at the tangled face, Zongzheng Xiaoting guessed that as a subordinate, Qinxiao really shouldn't say too much about some things. "Your Highness, don't you want me to know?"

Hearing this, Qin Xiao nodded excitedly.

"Well, since you were asked not to tell me, then, when I ask you, you just nod or shake your head, how about that?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting said with a smile, "This way, it won't count as telling me, right?"

Qin Xiao's eyes lit up, and a smile curved his lips. "I dare not disobey the princess's order."

What a good Qin Xiao! Zong Zheng Xiaoting curled his lips and looked at Qin Xiao. He was a man who knew how to adapt and was loyal. He was indeed worthy of being Situ Xunxiao's deputy.

"Although the prince's injury was caused by me, it has not healed for a long time. Is it also because you have been concerned about my condition and forced yourself to practice martial arts several times?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting asked, and Qin Xiao nodded frequently in response.

"But, more importantly, you have never forgotten to track down the person behind the murder?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting glanced to the side, "And since you haven't found the so-called murderer hidden in Gong Yunyang, why did Situ Xunxiao go to the palace at night by himself?"

These words made Qin Xiao's eyes widen in surprise, as if he was asking, how did the princess know that?

Zong Zheng Xiaoting chuckled, "Since you have all turned your attention to the palace, but have found nothing, then there is only one possibility: that person is hiding too deeply and your martial arts are inferior to his, so if you go to search, you will be discovered in advance. And Situ Xunxiao will definitely take the initiative to attack, after all, apart from Gong Yunyang, you have no one else to suspect."

Qin Xiao nodded without saying anything, but his brows knitted tightly because of this. These days, it is also because of this that the prince has been running around more and more. If it were in the past, the prince would certainly laugh it off, keep calm, and wait and see. But...

Qin Xiao's eyes fell on Zong Zheng Xiaoting. He nodded but then pursed his lips and shook his head.

"This risky behavior is not only for himself, but more for me?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting widened his eyes and asked again.

However, Qin Xiao nodded again and then shook his head.

"Speak human language!" Zong Zheng Xiaoting raised his eyebrows. "Your prince will need to rest for at least the next half month. If you want my help, you need to give me enough rewards! I think you don't want your master's arm to be disabled, right?"

The arm is disabled? Hearing this, Qin opened his lips in surprise, "Is it really that serious? Didn't the prince say it's fine?"

"He said that?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting frowned.

"The prince is familiar with medicine, so I believed what he said. Even though I just saw the wound relapse, I didn't expect it to be so serious." Qin Xiao gritted his teeth and said, "If it weren't for the princess, the prince wouldn't have visited the palace so frequently at night."

"Go on." Zong Zheng Xiaoting stared at Qin Xiao and said.

"Princess, the prince has taken risks many times because he is worried that he will implicate you. Moreover, everyone now thinks that the princess is the prince's weak spot, so the prince is more cautious than before. If it weren't for the princess, there would be no need to test him. After all..." Qin Xiao sighed, "The prince has always been calm and cautious, not hesitating to give others the opportunity to assassinate him. How could this happen? Every time he takes the initiative to attack, the enemy is in the dark while I am in the light?"

"I understand." Zong Zheng Xiaoting sighed, "Qin Xiao, maybe you picked the wrong target from the beginning. Have you ever thought that it's not Gong Yunyang? Forget it, you can leave."

"Yes!" Qin Xiao, who wanted to say more, had to leave as he was told. Qing Qing, who was standing by, was also somewhat shocked. After looking at her master's expression, she also chose to remain silent.

"Situ Xunxiao, is it worth it?" Zongzheng Xiaoting murmured to himself, but a look of worry gradually deepened between his brows.

After hearing what the princess said, Qingqing finally spoke up, "Princess, maybe the prince doesn't mind at all, and the princess will leave in the future."

"Even if he doesn't mind, I mind too." Zong Zheng shook his head slowly and gave Qing Qing a bitter smile. "However, I never knew that liking someone would be so entangled and disturbing."

"Princess, why must you leave?" Qingqing's eyes were red.

"Because there are people more important than myself waiting for me to go back." Walking slowly, Zong Zheng Xiaoting felt that every step he took was heavier.

As the two left, Nighthawk also appeared in the darkness and headed towards the study.

At this moment, Qin Xiao was already waiting in the study.

"Your Highness!" Nighthawk saluted and stood up, standing aside with Qinxiao.

"What?" Although Situ Xunxiao's tone was light, the two subordinates who were familiar with him could still hear the urgency of their master at the moment.

"To reply to Your Highness, what the princess and Qingqing said after Qinxiao left just now was very strange." Nighthawk told him everything about the conversation between Zongzheng Xiaoting and Qingqing.

And Situ Xunxiao couldn't help but frown.

"Leave?"

"yes!"

"And your Highness, I told the princess some things according to your wishes. I can clearly see the concern for you on the princess's face. I really don't understand why the princess is always like that in front of you, making you angry." Qin Xiao also echoed a few words.

It was this sentence that made Situ Xunxiao's eyes light up. Yes, angry! Before, he was also unable to see his own feelings because she always made him angry. Now, is she using the same old trick again?

After figuring this out, Situ Xunxiao also began to see things clearly. The first time he brought her back from Gongsun Zixing, the interaction between Zongzheng Xiaoting and Gongsun Zixing, and then thinking about her deliberate provocation when he met her in the prison, and Gongsun Zixing's words, and more importantly, intuition! He could clearly feel that she cared about him! That feeling was something she had never had with Gongsun Zixing and Gong Yunyang!

"I understand." The ice on Situ Xunxiao's face softened a lot.

"Oh, my Lord, the princess also said something just now." Qin Xiao remembered the most important thing and said quickly, "The princess knows that the prince has been looking for the killer that day, but she asked her subordinates if they had ever thought that it was not the emperor who took action, saying that we have been looking in the wrong direction."