There was a reason why Su Xiaoxiao asked this.

As military families from two hostile countries, it is not surprising that they are mortal enemies. The question is, there are more military families in the Great Zhou than the Wei family. Why did Helian Ye target the Wei family alone? Wei Ting thought for a while and said, "I don't know. I never heard that my grandfather had any personal grudges with Helian Ye before the two armies fought."

This is strange. If there is no personal grudge, why would Helian Ye threaten to kill all the Wei family members? Su Xiaoxiao asked, "Did Helian Ye also cause the death of my father and my brothers? Have you ever fought with him?"

Wei Ting shook his head slightly: "I didn't fight him. My grandfather once fought with Helian Ye and severely injured Helian Ye before he died. When I rushed to the border, Helian Ye had already changed to stay in the rear."

In fact, Helian Ye was seriously injured. Even he himself thought that he would not live long. It took him more than half a year to recover from his injuries.

After hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao had a rough idea as to why Northern Yan repeatedly delayed its annual tribute.

They believed that the reason why Northern Yan lost was because Helian Ye did not go to the battlefield, allowing Wei Ting, a young boy, to gain the upper hand for nothing.

The reason they paid the annual tribute on time in the first year was that Helian Ye's injury had not yet healed. On the one hand, they did not acknowledge Wei Ting's strength, but on the other hand, they were afraid that Wei Ting would make a comeback.

When Helian Ye recovered, this worry gradually disappeared. They became bolder, and after they hooked up with the Western Jin Dynasty, they no longer took the Great Zhou seriously.

"Let's go." Su Xiaoxiao said to Wei Ting.

"Yeah." Wei Ting nodded.

Outside the Golden Palace, Helian Ye seemed to sense something and looked over here.

Wei Ting had already started walking, but suddenly stopped and looked at Helian Ye with a cold expression.

The four looked at each other from a distance, and a murderous aura spread in the palace.

"General." A colleague beside him reminded.

Helian Ye withdrew his gaze and entered the Golden Palace with him.

In Zhaoyang Palace, Bai Xihe had just finished reading a storybook and was furious with the scumbag in it. Only when she heard the palace servants announce that Wei Ting and the new wife were coming did her expression look better.

She put the notebook back on the table and said, "Xuan. The rest of you leave."

"yes."

The palace servants withdrew.

Wei Ting and Su Xiaoxiao entered. Xiao Yunzi, as the most trusted confidant of the Empress Dowager, naturally guarded the door to prevent outsiders from spying.

Wei Ting was not familiar with Bai Xihe, so after greeting each other, he just stood aside quietly as a background figure.

The two women sat together and chatted harmoniously.

Wei Ting had seen Bai Xihe in the palace before. She seemed aloof and out of touch with the world, but in front of Su Xiaoxiao, she seemed to have put aside her disguise as a palace lady.

"Is this book good?" Su Xiaoxiao asked, picking up the script on the table.

Bai Xihe said disdainfully: "It doesn't look good."

Su Xiaoxiao asked: "Then why are you still watching?"

Bai Xihe sighed, "Just killing time."

The palace is lonely, and only these clichéd books can bring some comfort.

Su Xiaoxiao had to meet the Queen Mother and two princesses in a while, so after sitting for a while she planned to leave.

However, at this moment, a strange noise came from under Bai Xihe's bed.

Knock-knock-knock, knock-knock-knock, knock-knock!

There's someone under the bed! And they gave a secret signal?! Su Xiaoxiao came to the bedside decisively. It was too late for Bai Xihe to stop her. Su Xiaoxiao opened the bed board and pulled out the dagger from her waist.

"father?"

"Girl?"

The father and daughter were dumbfounded.

Su Xiaoxiao was completely confused.

What kind of large-scale... ahem, family reunion scene is this?

Su Cheng said truthfully: "I came here to look for Madam Bai! You are here too! Is there anyone else in the palace?"

Su Xiaoxiao looked at his father suspiciously. Did something happen without her knowing? How could his father come to see Bai Xihe?

She replied, "No, besides the Empress Dowager, it's just me and Wei Ting."

"Son-in-law?" Su Cheng crawled out of the tunnel. He missed his son-in-law so much after not seeing him for a long time!

"Dad." Wei Ting greeted him. He seemed not to have expected such a thing to happen - there was a secret passage under the Empress Dowager's bed, and his father-in-law came out of the secret passage.

What the hell is going on? Su Xiaoxiao asked, "Dad, you haven't told me why you came here?"

Su Cheng crawled out of the secret passage and dusted himself off: "Oh, I'm here to take Madam Bai away."

The young couple choked at the same time.

Did they hear it right?

Their father wants to kidnap the Empress Dowager?

Su Xiaoxiao: Dad, my dear dad, this is a capital crime punishable by death.

Su Cheng didn't know he was courting death yet. He said proudly, "Last time I came to Zhaoyang Palace to investigate the White Lotus spies, I wanted to take Madam Bai away, but there were too many people around me, so it was inconvenient to do it. I have been waiting for an opportunity these days. Isn't it a coincidence that an envoy is entering the palace today? There are so many people and eyes, it's convenient to fish in troubled waters! Isn't your father smart?"

Su Xiaoxiao couldn't look her own father in the face.

At most, she would rob the White Lotus Sect's treasury, but her father wanted to rob the Empress Dowager.

Is this forcing Qin Canglan to rebel?

Su Cheng looked at Su Xiaoxiao's indescribable expression and asked in confusion, "Girl, what's with your expression? Ah, you don't know the identity of Mrs. Bai, do you?"

Su Xiaoxiao asked: "What identity?"

Su Cheng looked at Bai Xihe: "She was from the White Lotus Sect. She was threatened by Mo Guiyuan and had no choice but to pretend to be the Empress Dowager. Now that Mo Guiyuan is dead and the White Lotus Sect is destroyed, she can leave without any worries."

Bai Xihe covered his eyes desperately.

Su Xiaoxiao asked again seriously: "Dad, whose bellyband was that last time?"

Su Cheng's eyes flashed: "What what what, what bellyband?"

Su Xiaoxiao looked straight into her father's eyes, but pointed her finger at Bai Xihe who was standing beside her, and asked very seriously, "Is it hers?"

"Ahem." Su Cheng cleared his throat, "Girl, I can explain."

When he found that he had stepped on Mrs. Bai's bellyband, he wanted to pick it up and return it to her, but he was too nervous and his brain went blank, so he put it in his arms.

By the time he reacted, he had already left Zhaoyang Palace...

Su Xiaoxiao's expression became more serious: "Then why do you carry it with you all the time?"

Su Cheng said angrily: "I was just thinking of finding a chance to return it to her... I didn't know when I would enter the palace... Don't worry, I didn't see anything! I... I turned away... I... I didn't see it... I promise, I didn't see it..."

"You also looked at the human body?"

Su Xiaoxiao felt unwell.

She thought she was already courting death enough, but compared to her father, how could she compare?

Her real husband has never even seen her body, and she just kicked her legs and went to heaven. Her father, on the other hand, is... quite lucky.

Su Xiaoxiao thought about it and still felt that his father had the right to know the truth: "Dad, there is something I want to tell you."

Su Cheng said: "You say."

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at Bai Xihe and said, "She is not from the White Lotus Sect, nor did she pretend to enter the palace. She is the Grand Empress Dowager of the Great Zhou Dynasty - Bai Xihe."

(End of this chapter)