Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan played around and Li Rong lay on the bed feeling a little tired. Li Rong leaned in Pei Wenxuan's arms and just then she remembered Shangguan Ya's matter.

"I advised her because I knew her."

Li Rong closed her eyes and spoke calmly, "She is still too young. She seems to understand everything, but she doesn't know that you can fight for power, but not for love."

"When I was young, I was stubborn and backed off when I hit a thorn. I said that I didn't value feelings, but in fact I valued them too much," Li Rong said, a little tired, and her voice was very slow. "So I was too afraid to give and too afraid to lose, so I didn't even have the courage to fight for it."

"Su Ronghua and Miss Shangguan have different positions," Pei Wenxuan patted her back and thought, "It's normal for Miss Shangguan to have concerns. Unless Su Rongqing comes back, or Su Ronghua fights for the control of the Su family for Miss Shangguan and deposes Su Rongqing, but no matter which one, it seems impossible now."

Li Rong didn't say anything. Pei Wenxuan thought for a moment, "If Su Ronghua really likes Miss Shangguan, he will find a way himself. Your Highness doesn't have to worry. There are a lot of things going on recently. Your Highness should have a good sleep."

Li Rong responded and closed her eyes and fell asleep.

The next day, I got up and went to the door of the Inspection Office and saw Su Ronghua standing at the door again.

Seeing Li Rong coming, he raised his hand and called out with a smile, "Your Highness."

As if nothing happened.

Li Rong hesitated for a moment, nodded, and walked in.

In the following days, Su Ronghua came to the gate of the Inspection Office every day to guard it, while Shangguan Ya took Lu Feibai to various occasions in the noble circles. Whenever Shangguan Ya was not working in the Inspection Office, he would take Lu Feibai with him to the poetry gatherings and Qing Tan. Everyone knew about it.

But no one could talk about this matter, especially not to Su Ronghua, so Su Ronghua still stood at the door of the Inspection Office every day, while many people among the nobles had already begun to secretly discuss whether the eldest daughter of the Shangguan family had fallen in love with Xie Feibai, the illegitimate son of the Xie family.

With Shangguan Ya's status, if she married Xie Feibai, it would be obvious that she was using her status to support Xie Feibai.

Xie Feibai had 20,000 troops in the southwest, but his status was indeed not up to par. If Shangguan Ya married him, with the support of the Shangguan family, Xie Feibai's status in the Xie family would be completely different.

But people just couldn't understand why Shangguan Ya wanted to use a marriage as the bearer of the sedan chair.

After all, with her status, she could be the Crown Princess. Apart from the two legitimate sons of the Su family, there was no one in the whole of Huajing who could match her. Marrying Xie was already a condescension, not to mention that she was an illegitimate child?

After much thought, people came to the conclusion that it was Shangguan Yaxin who agreed with Feibai.

Apart from love, there is no other reason for such a ridiculous marriage.

Winter hunting came in a blink of an eye. The night before the winter hunting, Li Rong got the entire winter hunting process.

By this time the weather had turned completely cold, and a charcoal fire was lit in the house. Shangguan Ya, Lu Feibai, Pei Wenxuan, Li Chuan and others gathered together and watched Li Rong take over the entire winter hunting plan from Zhao Chongjiu.

"Tomorrow's winter hunt will be divided into three stages. First, Chuan'er will greet the six armies and promise them rewards." Li Rong turned around and looked at Li Chuan.

Li Chuan nodded: "The Ministry of Rites has informed me, and I know it."

"Then the six armies will each send out a hundred people to set up seven flags in the mountains and forests, one flag for each army, and then set up a large flag deep in the forest. The six parties will ambush each other and compete to seize the large flag in the forest according to the rules. The time limit is two hours. The number of flags obtained will be calculated at the hour of You, and the one with the most flags will win." Li Rong looked at the paper and walked back to the table.

There was a map on the table, and she sat down and laid out the entire process on the table.

"After counting the winners, it should be Father who awards the winners, but this year Father wanted to give Li Cheng some face," Li Rong said with a smile, "so it was Li Cheng who gave the prizes."

"The winner will receive the reward at this location," Li Rong raised her hand and tapped a platform on the map. "This platform will completely expose Li Cheng. We will place archers at these three points," Li Rong said, looking at Pei Wenxuan, "and place two assassins near Li Cheng to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

"What about Xie Chunhe?"

Shangguan Ya frowned, and smiled at Pei Wenxuan's words, saying, "This is a trivial matter. I have recently placed a slow-acting poison in the house of Xie Chunhe's mistress, whom Xie Chunhe often visits. On that day, a servant will put the medicine into the tea. As long as Xie Chunhe drinks the tea, the poison will take effect and he will die in less than a quarter of an hour."

"You poisoned me?" Luo Feibai was a little surprised. "These aristocratic families are very strict about poisoning. How did you do it?"

As for poisoning, it was very difficult to buy someone to help. Even if someone was willing to poison, the food that the nobles passed through would be tested for poison layer by layer before being presented to them. If it was really poisonous, it would be exposed during the inspection.

Therefore, even though poisoning is the easiest way to kill someone, each family still goes through so much trouble to plan the assassination.

"Master Lu, have you ever heard of this?" Pei Wenxuan smiled as he poured tea for Lu Feibai, his voice steady, "There is a poison called Beauty Fragrance."

Li Rong raised her head and glanced at Pei Wenxuan.

The poison of Lady Xiang was not known to the public until Su Ronghua brought her into the palace and poisoned Qin Zhenzhen.

"There are eleven variations of this poison, all made from common spices and put into common incense. If you come into contact with it for a long time, it will slowly accumulate into your bones, with tuberculosis as the symptom, and you will die in three years. If you come into contact with it for a short period of time and then take medicine, the poison will take effect immediately. The most difficult thing about this poison to prevent is that each of its ingredients is very common and non-toxic. Including the medicine, which is also a very common food ingredient. It is very difficult to prevent. After the incident, even if you investigate, it is difficult to find where the poison came from."

If Li Chuan had not searched the world for extraordinary people, Qin Zhenzhen's death would probably have been treated as an emergency.

After Qin Zhenzhen's death, Concubine Xiang's poison was taken by the royal family. There were no more than three people in the world who knew the recipe of this poison.

Su Rongqing, who had contact with Su Ronghua, Pei Wenxuan, the person in charge of the case, and Li Chuan, who took the pharmacist into the palace to practice immortality and refine elixirs with him.

Now that she is reborn, as long as Su Rongqing does not interfere too much, there is almost no one who can solve the problem of Lady Xiang.

"What if the poisoning fails?"

Li Rong turned to look at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan got Li Rong's gaze and knew what she was concerned about.

Pei Wenxuan smiled and said, "If something happens to His Royal Highness Prince Su, there must be someone plotting rebellion. Then there will be chaos in the training ground and a few people will die. Isn't that normal?" Then Pei Wenxuan looked at Lu Feibai and said, "Master Lu should be more proficient in this than me."

Lu Feibai was originally a killer, so it was easy for him to kill someone quietly during the chaos.

"However, to be on the safe side," Pei Wenxuan laughed, "the more lively the training ground tomorrow, the better. It's easier to get things done when everyone is focused on something."

"I have told my aunt about this."

Shangguan Ya suddenly spoke, and everyone looked over with a bit of confusion in their eyes.

"During the six-army competition tomorrow, my aunt will persuade His Majesty to add a polo match and promise a prize to the winner. When the time comes, Lu Feibai will be there. If you are worried about Su Rongqing's actions, let Lu Feibai challenge him to a fight and force him onto the field. When everyone's eyes are on the field," Shangguan Ya looked at Pei Wenxuan, "you can take action."

"good."

Pei Wenxuan applauded: "That's it."

"When the time comes, if I win," said Lu Feibai calmly, "I will ask to marry Miss Shangguan. After Xie Chunhe dies, before the funeral, Miss Shangguan will help me take over the Xie family."

"What if you can't win?" Shangguan Ya smiled, Pei Wenxuan was also a little curious, and Feibai looked at Shangguan Ya sideways, "I will break the rules and hit him."

"Okay!" Pei Wenxuan was very happy to hear this, "Brother Feibai, if you really beat him, I will give you a sword..."

"Ahem." Li Rong coughed lightly, and Pei Wenxuan's smile froze. Then he calmly put away his uncontrollable joy and said calmly, "Everything will be left to Master Lu."

"No problem." Feibai nodded, "In the future, Lord Pei will speak well of you in front of His Highness and give you more military pay."

While several people were discussing tomorrow's schedule at Li Rong's house, Hua Le, wearing a cloak, walked through the long and narrow corridor in the night. He stopped at the end and faced the woman in prison clothes in the cell who looked a little tired. He called out in a low voice: "Mother."

Concubine Rou raised her head and looked at Hua Le who took off his hat, revealing a resolute look: "Everything is ready. I will rescue you after I kill Li Chuan tomorrow."

"Good boy." Concubine Rou showed a look of pity in her eyes. She stood up, walked to the door, reached out and held Hua Le's cold hand, "You have suffered."

Hua Le shook his head: "The most important thing is to protect Cheng Er. This little bit of hardship is nothing."

"How did you arrange it?"

"Minister Su helped me," Hua Le said, with a bit of shyness on her face. Concubine Rou froze for a moment, and then she heard Hua Le whisper, "My daughter got your token, but I don't know what to do. Su Rongqing found me and said he could help me. The assassination of Li Chuan tomorrow has been arranged, but..."

Hua Le frowned.

"What is it?" Concubine Rou was a little worried. Hua Le showed dissatisfaction in his eyes. "He didn't let me touch Li Rong, saying that Li Rong still had other uses. Once Li Chuan died, what use would Li Rong have? I think he has lost his mind and fallen for Li Rong's face, right?"

Hua Le said this, feeling a little uncomfortable again, and then added: "But people like Minister Su are not people who look at appearances, and I don't know what use Li Rong is..."

Concubine Rou watched Hua Le scolding and then speaking well of Su Rongqing. She smiled and raised her hand to brush Hua Le's hair: "No matter what he wants to do, it's his, so why don't you do it?"

Hua Le looked up in surprise. Concubine Rou looked at her and said softly, "Silly child, don't listen to men in everything. These men say one thing, but you don't know who they are thinking in their hearts. If you want to kill Li Chuan, the best way is not to assassinate him directly."

"What is that?"

"Everyone will protect Li Chuan in the parade tomorrow, because everyone knows that Li Chuan is a target, so everyone will pay attention to him. And Li Rong is a female relative, so she will definitely want to escape first. When the time comes, you will transfer all the elite to Li Rong's side and force her to go into the forest. Have someone spread the word to Li Chuan that if he doesn't save his sister, he will be killed."

"Will Li Chuan save us? He is not a fool." Hua Le was a little puzzled.

Concubine Rou smiled and said, "He will go." There was a hint of pity in her eyes. "It is a blessing for him to die at an age when he knows nothing about suffering."

"Okay." Hua Le nodded, frowning, "But, I'm afraid we don't have enough manpower..."

"Just do it." Concubine Rou said gently, "Someone will help you."

"Someone?" Hua Le looked at Concubine Rou in confusion, "Who?"

Concubine Rou smiled and turned towards the direction of the imperial palace. There were lights hanging on the tallest Beiyan Tower in the imperial palace. The lights were swaying gently in the distance, shining brightly against the stars in the sky.

Hua Le looked over there. Concubine Rou looked at him quietly for a while, then turned to look at Hua Le: "Go ahead, don't delay."

Hua Le nodded, not doubting her, raised his hand to put on his hat, and said softly: "Then I'm leaving, mother, take care of yourself."

Having said that, she turned around and walked into the long corridor that looked like the mouth of a giant snake.

Concubine Rou watched her daughter disappear into the darkness little by little. After a long time, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

She knew she would succeed.

There will be people helping her. There will be countless people who want Li Chuan dead in the dark, helping her do everything.

They don't need Huale to do anything. All they want is for Huale to bear everything after Li Chuan dies.

But people always have to make choices, and she chose power, so she was destined to give up something along the way.

The stars in the Huajing sky were flickering behind the clouds. It was also a beautiful night with a bright moon and sparse stars at the northwest border.

Qin Lin led Cui Qinghe to stand on the cliff, looking far away in the direction of Xiao Su's garrison.

The wind blew their clothes rustling. Cui Qinghe looked at the lights in the distance and said softly, "Just now the soldiers reported that Xiao Su had ordered his troops to set out towards Huajing tonight."

"How many people?"

Qin Lin didn't look back, his expression was calm.

"30,000, leaving 20,000 to guard the northwest."

"30,000."

Qin Lin spoke slowly, and Cui Qinghe lowered his eyes to look at the rustling green grass on the ground: "Are you really going to intercept Xiao Su as His Highness Pingle said?"

"What else?" Qin Lin turned to look at Cui Qinghe and chuckled, "Do you think His Highness Pingle has helped us so much without any price?"

"But what Xiao Su took was His Majesty's order."

Cui Qinghe frowned: "When that happens, you will be guilty of treason."

"So what?"

Cui Qinghe's face was calm. He stared at Qin Lin quietly: "Ah Lin, I am worried about you."

"Just worry about me and help me keep an eye on the 20,000 men I have stationed in the northwest."

Qin Lin turned his head and looked into the distance: "Your Highness saved my Qin, so I naturally cannot let her down."

Cui Qinghe didn't say anything. He took a step forward and stood behind Qin Lin.

"Besides, with the talents of His Highness and Pei Wenxuan, I trust them. Qinghe, don't worry. If something really happens, you can just leave Daxia from the northwest and head west."

"I'm sorry," Cui Qinghe said in a low voice. Qin Lin noticed something was wrong, but before he could turn around, a sharp blade suddenly pierced through his body. Cui Qinghe's hands trembled slightly. He stared at him with red eyes, "I don't want to leave."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Lin drew his sword and swung it forward. Cui Qinghe retreated several feet quickly. Dozens of people jumped out of the dense forest and rushed towards Qin Lin!

Two guards stood in front of Cui Qinghe. Cui Qinghe stared at Qin Lin who was fighting and retreating with a dozen killers. Qin Lin glanced at him like a wolf, covered his wound and rushed into the dense forest.

"Mr. Cui," the guard protecting Cui Qinghe asked respectfully, "what should we do next?"

"Return to camp."

Cui Qinghe raised his hand to wipe the blood off his face, looked at the direction Qin Lin fled, turned around with his sword in hand, and said calmly: "Clear the door."

After finishing speaking, Cui Qinghe led his men down the mountain with swords in hand.

Not long after, Xun Chuan, who was writing a letter to Li Rong in the house, heard a loud cry.

"Sir!" A guard rushed in with a sword in hand. "General Qin was assassinated and fell off a cliff. Lord Cui said that there was an insider who killed the general and sealed the military camp. Now they are coming towards us. Sir, hurry up!"

Xun Chuan's words made his hand tremble. He only had time to write down "Qin Lin was assassinated" before he heard footsteps outside.

Xun Chuan folded the letter and quickly handed it to the guard, whispering, "Hurry up and deliver the letter to His Highness as soon as possible."

After saying that, Xun Chuan took the sword from the side and led his men out.

As soon as she rushed out of the tent, she saw Cui Qinghe leading people standing in front of the tent. Cui Qinghe looked calm and said coldly: "Master Xun, the general was assassinated. I have been ordered to supervise the army and arrest all suspects. Master Xun, please cooperate, take off your armor and sword, and go to the military camp."

Xun Chuan didn't say anything. She stared at Cui Qinghe quietly: "Brother Cui, who am I? Don't you know?"

Cui Qinghe's expression changed slightly, but he just raised his hand.

The soldiers received the order and immediately attacked Xun Chuan. Xun Chuan's face changed slightly and he said, "You betrayed my brother."

"Feel sorry."

Cui Qinghe said calmly: "I want to return to the Cui family. You can't help me. Only one person can."

As she spoke, Xun Chuan used her sword to knock away the person who rushed over to her. She took two steps at a time, bent down, raised her sword and cut the reins that tied the horse. The horse screamed and ran out. She stepped on the flagpole with one foot, used the force of the flagpole to throw herself onto the horse, and then rushed outside amid everyone's screams.

Cui Qinghe didn't expect Xun Chuan to rush out directly. His face suddenly changed and he shouted: "Chase! Bring her back to me!"

Xun Chuan did not turn back when she heard the voice. She looked towards the bright moon in the direction of Huajing and ran quickly towards the dense forest in the distance.

She must get her brother back.

Hua Jing is still waiting for Qin Lin.

His Highness is still waiting for Qin Lin!