He had no idea about the situation in the peach forest and was a little worried about the children.

Jing Yi brought the news that several people returned safely, and the old marquis finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Cheng was let in by Xiao Chonghua, so he had a clear path. Although Su Daya broke in without permission, she was just a little girl and not an official appointed by the court, so no one could accuse her of anything wrong.

The only one is Su Mo.

Xiao Chonghua said solemnly: "Please rest assured, old marquis, we have never seen Master Su."

The old marquis cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Third Prince."

Xiao Chonghua and Jing Yi entered the tent.

The two men sat down and Changping served them tea.

Xiao Chonghua asked seriously: "How did you get out? Are you injured?"

"I'm not hurt." Jing Yi told about his experience in the forest.

When Captain Chen said that the peach forest could not be entered, Xiao Chonghua guessed that there must be great danger there, but he did not expect it to be so dangerous.

Jing Yi said: "The people brought by the Second Prince were almost all killed, and the whereabouts of the First Prince are unknown. When we separated from the First Prince, he was with the Leng family, but I'm afraid it's hard to say now."

Xiao Chonghua opened his mouth: "She..."

Jing Yi looked at Xiao Chonghua and said, "She is fine. She has returned to the Imperial Observatory."

Xiao Chonghua picked up the teacup, lowered his eyes and took a sip, then smiled nonchalantly, "I... am not asking this, I just feel that she is so brave. I am relieved that you are all okay. By the way, where are Wu Mu and Qing Xuan?"

Jing Yi looked at him stubbornly: "You are just worried about her."

Xiao Chonghua: "I..."

Jing Yi stabbed in: "There's no point in worrying, she's not yours anymore."

Xiao Chonghua: You are really my cousin.

Xiao Chonghua changed the subject: "You haven't told me where Wu Mu and Qing Xuan went? Why are only you and Bai Ze out?"

"We got separated."

Speaking of this, Jing Yi couldn't help but feel worried.

The peach forest was dangerous. They were able to get out thanks to luck and strength. She had a lot of treasures on her, which helped a lot.

Wu Mu and Qing Xuan might not be so lucky.

While he was thinking, Chang Ping at the door said, "Lord Wu Mu? Lord Qing Xuan?"

The two of them went in and were pleasantly surprised to see Jing Yi there.

"Young Marquis, you are out too?" they both said in unison.

"How did you get out?" Jing Yi asked.

Wu Mu rubbed his square face which was a little sore and sighed, "After I got separated from the young marquis, Qing Xuan and I were ambushed by the White Lotus Sect. We then fell into a trap and were captured by the White Lotus Sect. But the strange thing is that they actually let us go in the end."

Qing Xuan added: "It should be said that we were handed over to Wei Ting."

Xiao Chonghua and Jing Yi were puzzled.

Qing Xuan recalled: "We saw a man at the exit. We suspected that he was the leader of the White Lotus Sect. He seemed to know Wei Ting..."

Wu Mu hesitated and said, "Third Prince, Young Marquis, Guo Huan is from the White Lotus Sect. His mother and Wei Ting's mother are cousins. Is it possible that Wei Ting is also..."

Xiao Chonghua paused and said, "Are you trying to say that Wei Ting has a connection with the White Lotus? The White Lotus used Beiyan to kill Wei Ting's grandfather, father and brother. Wei Ting and the White Lotus are sworn enemies, and there is no possibility of collusion between them."

Wu Mu said: "But the attitude of the White Lotus leader towards Wei Ting... is really unusual."

Xiao Chonghua smiled: "This is the purpose of the White Lotus Sect leader, to use your mouths to stir up the court's suspicion of Wei Ting."

Qingxuan and Wumu were stunned.

Xiao Chonghua said calmly: "What a cunning guy."

On the other side, Wei Ting returned to the Imperial Observatory.

Sikong Yun sat on the observatory, watching the deserted Imperial Observatory become bustling with people, and he felt numb.

"Master." Yu Feng said, "There's money coming from the kitchen."

Sikong Yun's temples throbbed. "Another withdrawal of money? How many times this month?"

Are those guys gluttons? They can eat so much?! The Imperial Observatory is going to go bankrupt! Wei Ting entered the room. Su Xiaoxiao had just prepared the ointment for Wei Liulang, and Wei Liulang cooperated in testing the medicine.

"Daya, Sixth Brother."

He said hello.

Su Cheng came over from next door.

Wei Ting said: "Dad."

"You're not hurt?"

"No."

Su Cheng yawned: "Oh, then I'll go to bed."

After tossing and turning all night, he was very sleepy.

If he hadn't been waiting for his son-in-law, he would have fallen into a deep sleep.

Su Cheng went to catch up on his sleep.

Wei Ting said to the two of them, "Aren't you sleepy?"

"Waiting for you." Su Xiaoxiao said.

Wei Ting looked at her suspiciously, feeling that she had done something, and there was excitement in his eyes that he could not hide.

Wei Liulang put down his sleeves and asked Wei Ting: "You... saw him?"

Su Xiaoxiao put away the ointment and looked towards Wei Ting.

Wei Ting found a chair and sat down: "I saw it."

Wei Liulang asked with a complicated expression: "What did he...say?"

Wei Ting sneered: "He doesn't know that Sixth Brother is alive yet. He thinks I am his only grandson and wants to recruit me."

Wei Liulang asked: "What are you going to do?"

Wei Ting looked at him with a half-smile: "What does Sixth Brother want me to do?"

"Whatever you want." Wei Liulang said, paused, and corrected, "I'm not your sixth brother."

Say it once a day.

Wei Ting grabbed the orange on the table and said, "I've thought about it. The least costly and labor-intensive way to deal with him is assassination. But today I discovered that there is a powerful expert beside him, named Xiu Nu."

"I'll go and kill him." Wei Liulang said.

Wei Ting smiled and patted Wei Liulang's left shoulder: "Brother Liu, take care of your wounds first, and we will discuss the assassination later."

"I'm afraid there isn't that much time left." Wei Liulang said.

Wei Ting asked: "Why?"

Wei Liulang pondered and said, "A month ago, I broke into the peach forest and accidentally heard the White Lotus Sect's plan. They planned to recruit soldiers and start an official uprising among the people. The military pay they gave was three times that of the court. I heard that even many soldiers of the court were ready to make a move and secretly joined the White Lotus Sect."

Wei Ting's handsome brows frowned. This was not good news.

Since ancient times, people die for money and birds die for food. The imperial court had emptied the treasury due to the war with Northern Yan a few years ago, so it was not as wealthy as the White Lotus Sect.

Su Xiaoxiao said, "Well... I think they may not be able to recruit."

The two looked at her strangely.

Wei Liulang asked, "How can we not recruit? Money talks. Let alone recruiting soldiers, we can even buy imperial officials if we have enough silver."

Su Xiaoxiao blinked innocently: "Is there a possibility...for example, their money is gone?"

Wei Liulang shook his head: "The White Lotus Sect embezzled an entire gold mine, and the whereabouts of the gold is still unknown."

Su Xiaoxiao sat down opposite the two of them and silently took out a gold ingot and placed it on the table.

Without the official seal, this is not the ingot minted by the imperial court.

Su Xiaoxiao took out another gold bar.

The two of them's eyebrows jumped.

Su Xiaoxiao continued to grab a handful of gold leaves, a handful of gold beans, a gold brick...

Wei Ting: “…”

Wei Liulang: “…”

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