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Hearing that, Qu Ling pushed Xiao Jingyue away and turned to leave.

Before she could step out of the front door of the hall, she saw two figures walking towards her.

Seeing that murderous figure walking at the very front, she stopped in her tracks.

The lady walked to Qu Ling, her face filled with killing intent, and said with a smile that did not reach her eyes: "Mrs. Xiao, long time no see."

When he called out "Mrs. Xiao", he could be said to be gnashing his teeth in anger.

Eighth Prince coughed lightly as he cupped his hands towards Xiao Jingyue: "General Xiao."

Xiao Jingyue gently nodded his head and raised his eyebrows as he glanced at Eleventh Princess.

Seeing Xiao Jingyue looking at him, Eleventh Princess did not even bother to look for trouble with Qu Ling, and immediately greeted him: "General Xiao, I have heard a lot about you."

Xiao Jingyue ignored her and turned to sit.

Eighth Prince looked at Xiao Jingyue, then at his sister's face that instantly fell. He felt that it was really funny.

He didn't follow her in immediately and sighed to Qu Ling: "I didn't expect that within a few months after this prince left, Miss Qu had already become a Mrs. Xiao."

Once he mentioned this, Eleventh Princess glared at Qu Ling once again.

Qu Ling was too lazy to bother with her.

She was most tired of dealing with the brother and sister who sang a black face and a white face all the time.

Seeing that she couldn't escape, she casually waved her hand and turned back. "Let's enter the house."

As the few of them entered the room, they saw that it was still Xiao Yi who was looking at the tea.

Qu Ling lifted his teacup and drank a mouthful, and surprisingly discovered that Xiao Yi's tea-making skills were actually quite good.

Thinking that he must take Xiao Yi to make some tea for Jiang Huo when he had time in the future, he couldn't help but raise his cup and take a sip.

Eighth Prince had his followers bring things in and said: "When General Xiao and Mrs. Xiao got married, this prince was accompanied by his mother's concubine and prayed for his royal grandmother in the Great Ying Temple. This prince was unable to come and congratulate your mother.

It had already been a few months since Xiao Jingyue and Qu Ling's wedding. Rather than saying that it was to make up for it, it would be more accurate to say that they were here to try to rope in some ties with the General Xiao.

The current crown prince's performance was average, so it was hard to say if he would be replaced in the future. Which prince did not have the qualifications to seize the crown, and had such thoughts?

And now, in the imperial court, who didn't know that Wen Chen's most favored was the Prime Minister Jiang, and generals' most favored was the General Xiao.

The only granddaughter of the Prime Minister Jiang married to the General Xiao, and the two families would be one after the other.

To please General Xiao and Mrs. Xiao, it was equivalent to please Prime Minister Jiang.

As long as he could win over these two people, it would be equivalent to taking a step closer to the throne.

Eighth Prince never covered up his ambitions.

Because he knew very well that if he didn't have the slightest bit of ambition, his royal father wouldn't even look at him.

Just like the ninth prince, who had no desire or desire, roaming the world all year round. If no one mentioned royal father, he probably wouldn't even remember to talk about seizing the crown.

"In that case, this general shall thank the Eighth Prince." Xiao Jingyue said indifferently, and used his eyes to signal Xiao Yi to keep the items.

Eleventh Princess looked at Xiao Jingyue's cold face, and hesitated, but in the end, he did not ask for the painting to be presented.

Since her royal brother gave the gift, it didn't matter if she didn't give it to him.

He then quietly sat at the side, staring at Qu Ling with murderous eyes, while secretly spying on the General Xiao.

Qu Ling intentionally asked: "Why are you staring at me like that?"

Eleventh Princess felt Xiao Jingyue's gaze towards her, and in her heart, she was both happy and nervous.

She lowered her head bashfully, twisted the corner of her clothes, and stammered for a while. Then, with a gentle and gentle voice, she said, "I have heard of General Xiao's great name for a long time. General Xiao is indeed as brilliant and handsome as the rumors say, heroic and imposing, valiant and mighty, with an imposing aura that oppresses the masses … "

Xiao Jingyue, "..."

Eighth Prince: "..."

Qu Ling almost spat out his tea.

She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, unable to endure anymore, and interrupted Eleventh Princess's shocking praise: "Thank you, Princess, for your false praise."

For some reason, Eleventh Princess felt angry the moment he heard Qu Ling's voice.

She forgot that the General Xiao she admired was still here and bellowed: "Who's praising you!"

Qu Ling was amused: "Isn't praising my husband the same as praising me?"

The teacup that Xiao Jingyue passed to his lips paused, he raised his eyes and looked at Qu Ling.

Hearing her call him "husband" made his heart itch. He really wanted to grab her in his arms and hug her.

Eleventh Princess looked at Xiao Jingyue, afraid that he would make a bad impression in front of her, and forced himself to suppress his anger.

She forced out a smile and said with a guilty conscience, "Mrs. Xiao is right."

The heck!

This woman must not fall into her hands, or else she will definitely show off!

"I think I'm right, too."

"…"

"I thought you were praising it pretty well. Why don't you continue?"

"…"

Eighth Prince looked at them with interest for a while. Then, as if he had thought of something, the smile on his face gradually faded.

He turned his head to look at Xiao Jingyue, and suddenly asked: "Regarding the collapse of the Huai River, what do you think of it, General Xiao?"

Xiao Jingyue was not surprised that the Eighth Prince would mention this, and replied without lifting his head: "I've only heard some rumors, but I'm not clear about the specifics."

"The riverbank of the Huai River was personally built by the assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry, Chen Lin, two years ago. It was completed last year, I didn't expect that in less than a year's time …"

The Eighth Prince sighed, "With the collapse of the river bank, the fields downstream have all been submerged, and today, there isn't a single grain left. It's even said that many citizens were drowned."

Xiao Jingyue sipped on his tea, not saying a word.

This morning at the imperial court, the Emperor had already officially sent the matter to the Eighth Prince for investigation.

Right now, the reason why Eighth Prince mentioned this to him was to help him increase his opinion on this matter.

By the way, find out if he's on the Crown Prince's side.

Now, everyone was watching a good show between the Eighth Prince and the crown prince, so he could just follow everyone else.

It was just a small bag of grass and a piece of trash. There was nothing wrong with it.

No matter how much trouble they caused, it had nothing to do with his Southern Guarding Prince Palace and General Mansion.

"At the latest, the Japanese prince will set off for the Huai River. If we are able to find anything wrong with the river embankment, then Vice Minister Chen Lin …"

Eighth Prince stared at the expression on Xiao Jingyue's face and suddenly asked: "That Chen Lin is the person the crown prince recommended to be our brother. This matter concerns the East Palace, how do you think we should settle this matter?"

Xiao Jingyue's expression did not change as he faintly said, "Naturally, we will handle this impartially."

"Oh?" Eighth Prince's eyes flashed, "Does General Xiao really think this prince should be fair with this?"

Xiao Jingyue asked with a smile that was not a smile: "Otherwise, does this Eighth Prince think that this general would instigate Eighth Prince to side with others for the sake of brotherhood?"

Eighth Prince: "..."

Just as he was about to speak, the sounds of Qu Ling and Eleventh Princess's quarrelling once again came from the other side.

"Didn't you get someone to bring this over for me?"

"Who said that the thing this princess brought must be for you!?"

"Oh. This is for my husband, right? "

"No!" Let go of this princess! "

Qu Ling rolled his eyes and suddenly said: "Alright, I'll let go."

As he spoke, he loosened his grip on the other end of the painting.

Before Eleventh Princess could react, he heard his servant girl shout in fear, "Princess, be careful — —"