...and get a bag of jelly beans.

The Palace Master was holding Wei Xiaobao and sitting in the small garden of Baihua Palace to bask in the sun, while the three little ones and Jing Yi were training the four tigers.

Ling Yun and Su Mo were playing chess on another stone table.

Su Mo is no match for Ling Yun.

"I'll help you."

Wei Zhuangyuan moved a bench and sat next to Su Mo.

Su Mo: “No need.”

Ling Yun dropped a piece: "You lose."

Su Mo: “…”

Su Xiaoxiao brought Xing'er over.

Lu Aotian smelled the aroma of jelly beans and reached out to grab the jelly beans in the tray.

Xing'er freed one hand and slapped his claw away.

Lu Aotian muttered, "Can't I even try one?"

"Mom." Su Xiaoxiao sat down next to the Palace Master's wife and pinched the little guy's face, "Xiaobao."

Wei Xiaobao was sleeping soundly.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at Lu Aotian: "By the way, Patriarch Lu, is there any news about my sister-in-law recently?"

Lu Aotian shook his head: "She hasn't been to Huoshamen for a while. I came here today to tell you that Xiahou Zheng and Xiahou Yu are back."

"Who are they?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

Lu Aotian said: "The city lord's two adopted sons, the eldest son and the third son, were originally a pair of brothers, and were adopted by the city lord together."

Su Xiaoxiao said thoughtfully: "They are actually brothers... They should be the two sent to the Western Jin Dynasty, right?"

Lu Aotian said seriously, "I don't know! I was only ordered to follow Xiahou Yan to Da Zhou. No one told me where the eldest and third sons went."

Su Xiaoxiao was not surprised. Xiahou Qing did not need to report to Lu Aotian when he did things.

Lu Aotian is not as ambitious as Lou Bufan. He just focuses on doing the task at hand and is too lazy to ask more.

"We just dealt with Madam Ru and Lou Bufan, and here comes the eldest and third sons, while Xiahou Yi hasn't made a move yet..."

Lu Aotian was stunned and said, "Why, why are you involving the Second Master again? What on earth do you want to do?"

I suddenly felt a little panicked!

"Here are the jelly beans."

Xing'er gave him a bag of candy beans.

With the candy beans in hand, the world is mine, why panic? Lu Aotian straightened his back.

Su Xiaoxiao hugged her chest and said, "I'm really curious about how they completed their mission in Western Jin. Did they meet the eldest and second brothers?"

City Lord's Mansion.

Xiahou Qing met Xiahou Zheng and Xiahou Yu whom he had not seen for a long time.

The two stood in the meeting hall and bowed respectfully to Xiahou Qing: "Adoptive father!"

Xie Jinnian, who was standing by, bowed to Xiahou Zheng and said, "Big brother."

Xiahou Zheng nodded: "Second brother."

Xiahou Yu called Xie Jinnian "Second Brother".

"Why don't you see my fourth brother?"

Xiahou Zheng asked.

Xiahou Qing said: "Your fourth brother failed in his mission and didn't come back alive."

Xiahou Zheng frowned and asked, "Who killed the fourth brother?"

Xie Jinnian said: "The murderer has not been found yet."

Xiahou Zheng looked at him and said, "Second brother, you have been in Southern Xinjiang for so long. Have you completed your mission?"

Xie Jinnian spent the longest time dormant in southern Xinjiang.

Xie Jinnian looked ashamed: "I failed, Zong Zhengming died, but Zong Zhenghui took over, and I was also exposed."

"What about you?" Xiahou Qing asked the two brothers.

Xiahou Qing became interested: "Oh?"

Xiahou Zheng turned around and looked outside the door, and said loudly: "Bring the person up!"

A man and a woman were pushed in with their hands shackled.

The two men looked embarrassed, but their royal demeanor remained unchanged, with an expression of unyielding determination between their brows.

Xiahou Qing looked them up and down: "They are——"

Xiahou Zheng introduced: "The eldest prince of the Western Jin Dynasty, Yuwen Huai, and the princess of the Western Jin Dynasty, Yuwen Xi."

Yuwen Xi said sarcastically: "You were simply driven out, like dogs that have lost their homes."

Xiahou Yu raised his hand and slapped him.

Yuwen Huai pulled Yuwen Xi to his other side.

The palm landed on him.

He felt a pain in his chest and blood rushed to his throat.

Yu Wenxi said coldly: "Who asked you to block it for me?"

Yuwen Huai said calmly: "I was afraid that you would die, and my father would suspect that I had killed you."

Xiahou Qing waved his hand.

Xiahou Yu understood and ordered, "Take him away!"

The guards led the two out of the meeting hall.

Xiahou Qing looked at his two adopted sons seriously: "What's going on with the Western Jin Dynasty?"

Xiahou Yu frowned and said, "Foster father, my elder brother and I were almost successful, but Mr. Zhuge showed up and messed up our plans! Fortunately, my elder brother is wise and captured the two most valued heirs of the Western Jin Emperor. The future emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty must be one of them."

Xiahou Qing's expression showed no joy or anger.

He said to them, "You must be tired after sailing on the sea for so long. Go back and rest first. We can talk about other things another day."

The two of them bowed and said, "Yes."

Xiahou Qing stood up and walked towards the door.

As they passed by, Xiahou Zheng suddenly spoke up: "Foster father, I heard something when I went to the island. I have two more brothers. Is that true?"

"Um."

Xiahou Qing nodded.

Xiahou Zheng's eyes moved, and he said with a smile: "Congratulations, foster father."

Xiahou Qing nodded and went out.

Xiahou Zheng suppressed his respect and said to Xie Jinnian with a faint smile, "Second brother, you seem to be having a very leisurely time on the island?"

Xie Jinnian asked back: "What's wrong with being free?"

Xiahou Zheng sneered: "You clearly had the opportunity to take action, but you had to leave it to me and the third brother. Do you want to sit back and enjoy the results?"

Xie Jinnian said calmly, "Father has biological sons, one of whom is from the Tianyu Hall and the other from the Baihua Palace. Big brother, do you think we, the adopted sons, can defeat them?"

Xiahou Zheng threatened: "Since you want to quit, you'd better quit completely and don't get in my way!"

Xie Jinnian glanced at him neither servile nor arrogant: "Brother, please do as you please."

After Xie Jinnian left, Xiahou Yu asked curiously, "Brother, he must be pretending! He wants to use us to eliminate Yun Lin and Xiahou Chen! He most likely sent someone to deliver the anonymous secret letter to you! He was anxious to tell us about the situation on the island because he wanted us to come back quickly to deal with Tianyu Hall and Baihua Palace!"

However, Xiahou Zheng did not respond to Xiahou Yu's words. Instead, he looked at Xie Jinnian's back and murmured, "The fourth brother died, but he escaped. What a pity. But... didn't he leave behind the hidden weapons of Baihua Palace? Why did godfather say that the murderer was not found? Does godfather still trust Baihua Palace so much?" -It was late at night and the room was quiet.

Xiahou Zheng came to the side courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion holding a box of ginseng.

Xiahou Yi sat in a wheelchair, looking up at the endless starry sky.

A puppet stood guard beside him.

Xiahou Zheng came up to him, knelt on one knee, and took out the anonymous secret letter from his arms.

"Uncle, I received your letter and I'm back."

A new article is in preview: "After Rebirth, I Became a Traitorous Official, Black Moonlight". Are there any cuties who haven't collected it yet?

I started to fill in the holes crazily. There is one hole that may not be filled, which is the scene where Xiaoxiao came to Wei Ting with bruises all over her body and said to Wei Ting, "I'm in pain." I felt sorry for Pang Ya and couldn't bear to abuse her. Wei Xiaobao would not let me abuse her either o(╥﹏╥)o 　　 　 (End of this chapter)