Guo Lingxi glared at Su Xiaoxiao fiercely, the blade of the knife pressed against her hot skin, bringing a chilling chill.

Making sure that she didn't dare to scream anymore, Su Xiaoxiao let her go.

Just as she was about to open her mouth, the tip of Su Xiaoxiao's knife was instantly against her throat.

"If you want me to kill you, it's not impossible."

Su Xiaoxiao said lightly.

That calm tone didn't sound like someone was murdering someone, but the murderous intent that flashed through Su Xiaoxiao's eyes was real.

Guo Lingxi sat on the ground, his back against the uneven rockery, gasping for breath.

"Is it Wei Qing?" she asked in a low voice.

"No." Su Xiaoxiao said.

"I don't believe it." Guo Lingxi gritted his teeth.

She said, how could this girl be so lucky? It was fine that she was able to walk sideways in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but when she came to the Western Jin Dynasty, she immediately found a big tree to lean on. She said that she looked like his long-lost sister?

It was such a lame excuse that I actually believed it.

If Zhuge Qing is Wei Qing, then everything makes sense.

Su Xiaoxiao did not feel guilty. She bent down, put one foot on the stone beside Guo Lingxi, and stared straight into Guo Lingxi's eyes: "It's useless for you to not believe it. He is not Wei Qing. He is just a man who looks a bit like Wei Qing. Wei Qing died on the battlefield a long time ago. Wei Ting collected his body for him. On the day when the body was transported back to the capital, didn't you also go out of the city to support the coffin?"

“I was…”

Guo Lingxi didn't have the courage to look at the horrific corpse in the coffin. When Wei Ting said it was Wei Qing, everyone believed it, and that was it.

"You are deceiving the king!"

It's still bullying the monarchs of two countries!

This is a capital crime punishable by extermination of the family! Su Xiaoxiao said, "I've said before, he is not Wei Qing. If you insist on talking nonsense in front of the Western Jin Emperor, I don't mind giving you a ride!"

Guo Lingxi said coldly: "You want to kill me here? You are crazy! This is the imperial palace! Do you really think that if no one saw it, you can't be found out? I might as well tell you that the emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty raised a very powerful hunting dog with a very sensitive sense of smell. Even if I die, it can still smell the scent and find the murderer!"

She was not talking nonsense. She had seen that big black dog before. It had bitten two palace maids to death. It was extremely cruel.

Damn! The Emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty also has this thing!

Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "It's not me who wants to kill you, it's the Emperor of Western Jin."

Guo Lingxi's pupils shrank.

Su Xiaoxiao smiled: "What? You haven't figured out the key yet? You, Guo Lingxi, are the cousin of the Wei family. If Zhuge Qing is Wei Qing, then who are you? Zhuge Qing has been dormant in the Western Jin Dynasty for three years, creating a large number of black armored troops, and is highly regarded by Yuwen Huai and the Western Jin Emperor. Now, his dear cousin - you are here again. You are the favorite concubine of the Western Jin Emperor, and one day you will give birth to a dragon heir for the Western Jin Emperor. A demon concubine and a treacherous minister, will the two of you join forces to seize the throne of the Western Jin Dynasty?"

Guo Lingxi choked: "You——"

Su Xiaoxiao continued, "The Western Jin Emperor would not hand over the country to a son of foreign descent, but he is his own flesh and blood after all, so he is reluctant to kill his son. But do you think he would kill the mother and spare the son? Yuwen Huai also does not want a brother who is capable of competing with him for the throne. Will he cut off the roots? Kill your son while he is still young?"

Guo Lingxi's face turned pale.

Su Xiaoxiao's smile was clean and clear, but her words were like the tip of a sharp knife, and every word hit Guo Lingxi's vital points.

"What? You mean you've never thought of taking over the Western Jin Dynasty? But it doesn't matter what you think. What matters is what others think you think."

Su Xiaoxiao said, looking at her with a faint smile, "Don't think that you can gain the trust of the Western Jin Emperor by selling out Zhuge Qing. You and Zhuge Qing are in the same boat. Do you understand?"

Su Xiaoxiao reached out her hand.

Guo Lingxi was sweating profusely, not sure if he was angry or scared, but he just refused to give her his hand.

Su Xiaoxiao took the initiative to pull her up, put away the dagger, gently picked the grass debris on her body, and glanced at the old eunuch who was walking not far away: "Look, the eunuch is coming over. It's not good for him to see you in such a distraught state. After all, you are a concubine of the Western Jin Dynasty. If you are too reluctant to leave your family, it will make His Majesty of the Western Jin Dynasty feel disappointed."

Guo Lingxi was drenched in cold sweat. She stared at Su Xiaoxiao in shock and hatred. How could this woman still speak to her in such a nonchalant tone?

Su Xiaoxiao whispered in her ear: "Or do you want me to tell Eunuch He that I'm here to teach you how to disrupt the government?"

"Doctor Qin, Empress Lingfei!"

He put Su Xiaoxiao first in his address, which shows Su Xiaoxiao's current status in the mind of the Western Jin Emperor.

"And father-in-law." Su Xiaoxiao greeted with a smile.

He asked the eunuch: "Did Doctor Qin come to the palace to visit Empress Lingfei? Or--"

Su Xiaoxiao looked at Guo Lingxi with a smile. Guo Lingxi calmed down, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and said to his father-in-law, "It's just a farewell."

Su Xiaoxiao straightened her sleeves for her and said, "Western Jin is not far away. I will come to visit you often in the future. Why are you crying?"

He and Gonggong looked at the two in surprise: "Ah... the relationship between Empress Lingfei and Doctor Qin is not as rumored outside."

Su Xiaoxiao looked confused: "What do people outside say about my cousin and me?"

He smiled awkwardly at his father-in-law and said, "Speaking of you...ah, it's nothing, it's not worth mentioning."

Someone from the Guo family came. Guo Lingxi's half-brother must have known that he had been tricked into believing many things.

Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "We play and fight at home, but when we go out, we are all family, right? Cousin?"

He and his father-in-law looked at Guo Lingxi.

Guo Lingxi clenched her fingers: "...what my cousin said is true."

Su Xiaoxiao asked, "He Gonggong, you don't look very well."

When this was mentioned, He Gonggong sighed: "Alas, it's about Yu Shanhu. The Third Prince also came and they were arguing in the Imperial Study."

"Father! This is the gift you gave to me. Why are you taking it back?"

The third prince Yuwen Lin held Yushanhu in his arms and refused to let go.

The old emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't lose his fatherly dignity in front of his son: "I want to take it back, so do I need to ask for your opinion?"

The third prince said solemnly: "My father gave it to me, so it's mine! Of course he has to ask for my opinion!"

Among the many surviving children of the Western Jin Emperor, except for Yuwen Huai and Yuwen Xi who were already in their thirties, the rest of the princes were under twenty-five years old, and naturally their temperaments were not as restrained as those of their elder brothers and sisters.

The Western Jin Emperor looked at him solemnly: "Do you want the jade coral or your life?"

The Third Prince said without hesitation: "I want the jade coral!"

The Emperor of Western Jin raised his hand.

A group of imperial guards rushed in with their knives sharpened.

Yuwen Lin's hair stood on end: "No way, father! Are you serious?"

A quarter of an hour later, Yuwen Lin limped out of the imperial study.

The first beating I got in my life was because of a pot of coral. How can I seek justice?

The eunuch and he waited until Yuwen Lin left before entering the imperial study. No prince wants to be seen in such a miserable state by the servants. The eunuch has been the steward for so long that he should not be so blind.

He looked at the jade coral on the table and asked, "Your Majesty, Doctor Qin was here just now."

"Are you here to ask about Yu Shanhu?"

"I'm here to see Empress Lingfei."

The Emperor of Western Jin said nothing more.

He asked the eunuch, "Should we send it to Mr. Zhuge?"

The Western Jin Emperor picked up the memorial on the table and said, "No need. The envoys from the Great Zhou are about to leave the capital. I will hold a banquet for them tomorrow night. Zhuge Qing will also come. I will give it to him in person."

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