Qin Shuhuai didn't say anything. He leaned against the wall of the carriage and listened to the sound of the carriage.

There was no longer any sound of that person calling out from behind him. He thought that he must have gone far away.

After Qin Peng followed Qin Shuhuai for half the distance, she was unable to catch up with the carriage and could only watch it disappear from her sight.

She stood quietly on the road. Zhao Yu came forward, supported Ye Chen, and sighed, "Sister, let's go back."

Qin Peng didn't say anything, she just looked ahead quietly.

"Actually I know." She said calmly: "He doesn't blame me, he just..."

"Just what?" Zhao Yu said calmly: "This time, what excuses are you going to give him?"

Qin Peng turned to look at Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu met Qin Peng's bewildered gaze and was unable to say the rest of the words. After a moment, he sighed, raised his hand to her face, his eyes full of tenderness: "What should I do when you are like this?"

"Ayu?"

Qin Peng was a little confused. Zhao Yu shook his head, supported her and said, "Let's go. We'll set off today."

"I won't leave..."

Qin Peng pursed her lips, and Zhao Yu looked up at her: "How long are you going to persist in your delusion?!"

"You can go back."

Qin Peng wanted to say something else, but Zhao Yu suddenly raised his hand, pressed her acupoints, picked her up, and said calmly: "I want to take you back. I'm not asking you."

Qin Peng couldn't move, and she was carried back by Zhao Yu. Something vaguely flashed through her mind, but she couldn't remember it.

She felt that Zhao Yu was very strange at the moment, yet very familiar. She looked at him quietly. The young man was now tall and handsome, no longer the child who followed her back then. His eyebrows and eyes vaguely showed the shadow of his youth, but his noble appearance made people dare not recognize him.

He carried Qin Peng back to the bedroom and fed her medicine.

After feeding the medicine, he lowered his head and kissed Qin Peng, saying gently: "You should get some sleep first."

Qin Peng didn't know what was added to the medicine. She just felt dizzy and felt something was wrong. She opened her lips but couldn't say anything.

Her vision began to blur and she could only vaguely see Zhao Yu's smile.

After she fell asleep, Zhao Yu stood up, put away his gentle and patient expression, turned to Bai Huai and said, "Are you ready?"

"We can set off anytime, but Qin Shuhuai's people are still watching outside."

Bai Huai spoke calmly.

Zhao Yu responded nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, since his master has already agreed, they won't stop us."

As he said that, he picked up Qin Peng and said, "Let's go."

Bai Huai nodded and was about to ask Zhao Yu if he needed help, but the moment he raised his head and met Zhao Yu's eyes, he stopped talking.

Zhao Yu's expression was very gentle, but underneath that gentleness was an uncontrollable passion and excitement.

He had been hiding in secrecy for many years, seemingly waiting for this moment.

Bai Huai stepped back and let Zhao Yu walk out holding the girl who had worried him for many years.

After Zhao Yu got on the carriage, all the Beiyan people in the mansion immediately changed their clothes, transformed themselves into ordinary people, and hid in the city.

In just a quarter of an hour, the entire mansion was empty.

Zhao Yu held the unconscious Qin Peng in his arms, bent down and kissed her forehead, as if he was a child who had finally found his mother, and leaned on her shoulder calmly and at ease.

"Sister," he said gently, "After ten years, you finally... came back to me."

Zhao Yu's carriage quickly drove out of the city, went directly to the river, and boarded the boat that had been prepared long ago.

It seemed as if they had planned everything for a long time, and it seemed that from the very beginning, they had no intention of leaving via the official route.

Because they took the water route and all the boats on the shore had been booked in advance, Qin Shuhuai's people were at a loss and could only watch them leave by boat.

Fortunately, Qin Shuhuai had already given the order to release them, so these people didn't care much and went back to their respective departments and informed their superiors of the information.

At this time, Qin Shuhuai had already counted the troops, had them surround Liu's mansion, and led them forward.

When Qin Shuhuai arrived, the Liu Mansion had already been surrounded tightly. Madam Liu, wearing a royal robe and holding a golden medal of immunity from death, stood at the gate of the Liu Mansion, confronting Qin Shuhuai's men and refusing to retreat a single step.

Qin Shuhuai walked from the crowd to Madam Liu and nodded: "Madam Liu."

"Prince Huai'an," Madam Liu pretended to be calm and spoke, but there was still a slight tremor in her voice that was hardly noticeable, showing that this woman was injustice in her heart. However, no matter how injustice she felt, she could not do anything. She could only maintain her noble and proud appearance and said with a smile: "Why did you come to the Liu family with such a big scene today?"

"Last night, Lord Liu colluded with thieves to assassinate the eldest princess. I will bring people here to catch the murderer today. Madam Liu, where is Liu Shixuan?"

Madam Liu's face immediately turned pale when she heard this, but she still had her sanity and said calmly, "We know nothing about this matter. Moreover, even if this really happened, the historian should have reported it first. It would be inappropriate for the Regent Prince to intervene directly."

"In extraordinary times, we must act in extraordinary ways," Qin Shuhuai stared at Madam Liu, not wanting to miss any expression on her face, and said slowly, "Master Liu, I'm afraid you haven't returned to the Liu family, right?"

"That's true," Madam Liu nodded, "So, Your Majesty, please go back."

"Madam Liu," Qin Shuhuai did not care about Madam Liu's behavior of chasing people away, but asked: "Are you willing?"

"What do you mean?" Madam Liu frowned. Qin Shuhuai looked calm, with understanding and clarity in his eyes: "Are you willing to live in that person's shadow forever?"

"Even though you gave birth to the eldest son, even though you and Lord Liu have shared honor and disgrace throughout your life, Lord Liu still chose the other person without any scruples in front of that person. He assassinated the eldest princess for his and that person's daughter, but he didn't think about you and Liu Shuyan at all. Liu Shuyan is still at the border and holds military power. If Liu Shixuan gets into trouble, Liu Shuyan will be the first to be affected. After all, he is not his father, and he can't just watch Liu Shixuan get into trouble and do nothing."

"But how should he deal with it?"

Qin Shuhuai spoke with great sharpness in every word he said: "If he protects Liu Shixuan, he will be guilty of treason and contempt for the imperial power. He cannot bear this charge, so the only alternative is the second charge, that he led the noble families to raise an army."

Madam Liu's face became more and more ugly, but Qin Shuhuai smiled: "If the noble families rise up in rebellion, Qi will be in chaos, and Northern Yan will take advantage of the opportunity to invade. Who do you think should bear the consequences of the destruction of the country and the clan?"

"Is it Liu Shixuan, who is already desperate and on the verge of death, or your son, Liu Shuyan, who has a promising future?"

"you……"

Madam Liu trembled her lips: "What do you want to do?"

"Please step aside, Madam Liu. I want to track down the clues."

"That's all?"

"Please ask Madam Liu to write a letter to Liu Shuyan," Qin Shuhuai's eyes turned cold, "His father has brought this upon himself. If he doesn't do anything, then all matters have nothing to do with him."

Madam Liu said nothing, but she held the gold medal of immunity from death and did not stand in the middle. Qin Shuhuai walked in, and she did not stop him.

Seeing Qin Shuhuai enter unimpeded, everyone immediately followed him in. Qin Shuhuai went straight to Liu Shiyun's room and began to look for Liu Shiyun's things.

Jiang Chun was a little confused: "Master, what are you looking for?"

"It's precisely because I don't know what to look for," Qin Shuhuai said calmly, "that's why I'm looking for it."

"Master, what do you think Liu Shiyun should know?"

"Don't you think it's a coincidence?"

Qin Shuhuai flipped through the books on Liu Shiyun's bookshelf and said, "When I first came to Qi, the Dong family suggested to His Majesty to kill Peng Peng. She was good friends with Dong Wanyi. Later, the Dong family proposed marriage to me. And now Peng Peng was framed, and she paid for it with her own life. Tell me, why is she so close to Peng Peng? If Peng Peng is Jiang Yi and Dong Wanyi, then it means that every time Peng Peng dies, her shadow is in it."

Qin Shuhuai said this as he quickly searched through Liu Shiyun's bookcase.

Until he came across a certain book, Qin Shuhuai couldn't take it out. He cleared all the books around it and found that this book was more of a decoration than a book. It had been stuck to the wall for a long time and was as hard as a stone.

Qin Shuhuai touched the book and tried to turn it at an angle. A stone door next to it suddenly opened, revealing a secret room.

The secret room was dark and contained only a bed, a table, and a bookshelf.

There was a wooden box on the bookshelf. Qin Shuhuai walked to the box, opened it, and saw that it was full of letters.

Qin Shuhuai opened one of the letters and his eyes suddenly widened.

The letter was full of Qin Peng's bad deeds in the past. Qin Shuhuai immediately understood that this letter was the one that was sent to Qin Wenxuan in the Nanqi court!

It was this letter that made Qin Wenxuan determined to kill Zhao Peng.

He had seen a similar letter in the Qi court, where the events were more concise and had a unique Southern Qi style. However, this letter was written in the authentic Northern Yan language.

In the Northern Yan language, different classes had different usage habits. Some words could only be used by the emperor, while others could be used by the princes.

Qin Shuhuai could tell at a glance that the letter was written by a prince.

This prince was very familiar with Qin Peng. Moreover, this prince wrote one word incorrectly and made the same mistake over and over again.

Qin Shuhuai stared at the original letter, his hands trembling slightly.

Zhao Yi was a little confused: "Master, what's wrong?"

"Go find Zhao Yu."

Qin Shuhuai turned his head suddenly and raised his voice: "We can't let him take Pengpeng away!"

In all these years, Qin Shuhuai had only known one prince who would repeatedly make the mistake in writing that word.