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Qu Ling curled his lips, extended his hand out and pinched Little Prince's face, "It's not like I can do anything."

She was his own daughter, and he couldn't let her drag him down and cut him with a knife.

"Don't pinch my face!" Little Prince slapped her hand away angrily.

Qu Ling did not give up and continued to stretch his hands out to pinch Little Prince.

The empress did not stop them from messing around, and a meaningful smile appeared on her well-maintained face. "Eleventh Princess is about to reach the age where we can discuss marriage."

Although there were few princesses in the palace, Eleventh Princess was not the only one.

If it was before, the emperor would definitely be reluctant to part with it. After this, if he were to bring up this matter again, he would definitely consider it.

After all, leaving Eleventh Princess by his side who did not receive any sort of instruction yet occasionally caused some trouble, to cause more harm than good, the Emperor would definitely understand.

Qu Ling nodded his head and agreed: "Hurry up and marry, the farther the better."

She did not want to deal with Eleventh Princess anymore. It was too troublesome, and very troublesome.

Within the imperial study, the emperor was looking down at the young general kneeling in front of him with a smile that was not a smile: "If I remember correctly, Great Official Xiao should still be in confinement, entering the palace without permission. Do you know your crime?"

Xiao Jingyue said: "This subject knows his wrongs."

Seeing him confess so straightforwardly, the Emperor laughed out of extreme anger. "Are you really not afraid that I'll chop your head off in anger?"

Xiao Jingyue said indifferently, "Of course I'm afraid."

Although he said he was afraid, his face did not show any signs of fear.

The emperor took a deep breath and sat down behind the table. He absent-mindedly flipped through the papers on the table and said lightly, "Since you can't stay in the mansion anymore, you should go and do something for me. Once this matter has been successfully completed, I will hand over the military power to you. "

Xiao Jingyue frowned and said: "There is no war in the near future, so the matter of military authority can be discussed again. This subject begs the Emperor to allow this subject to return with his wife to the Southern Guarding Prince Palace."

If he wanted military power, his Southern Guarding Prince Palace had hundreds of thousands of brave soldiers and horses.

Rather than staying in the capital all day and getting sucked into the war to seize resources, it was better to just give up on the military talisman of Qi and return to the Southern Guarding Prince Palace with his wife to enjoy themselves.

The emperor's actions halted as he stared at his favorite general with a dark face. After a long time, he said in a deep voice, "Permission granted!"

After Xiao Jingyue received the secret letter from Eunuch Xi, he left and suddenly said, "A few days ago, there was a group of assassins that came to assassinate this subject, and then a group of men in black who did not know where they came from came to help this subject repel the assassins. "Does Your Majesty know of this matter?"

The so-called Ruo Wei was an army that had always stood above the regular imperial guards. Just like the imperial guards, they would only listen to the emperor's orders.

Two years ago, the emperor ordered the guards to escort Xiao Jingyue to the Western Battlefield at the Southern Guarding Prince Palace, then sent them to repel the enemy troops from the Western Region. Their group had met with a few assassination attempts on the road, so Xiao Jingyue remembered some of the martial arts routes used by the guards.

It was from then on that he officially entered the military ranks of the Qi Empire.

The Emperor said indifferently, "We have not sent Yun Che out."

Xiao Jingyue nodded, "In that case, this subject has seen wrongly."

Saying that, he took the secret letter and left.

The emperor suddenly raised his head with lowered eyes and looked at the door with a heavy gaze.

Eunuch Xi also heard the conversation and probed, "Your majesty, do you still want me to follow you?"

The emperor retracted his gaze and said lightly, "Continue following."

Eunuch Xi nodded and did not dare to ask again.

In the bottom of his heart, however, he was thinking that the emperor had really doted on the General Xiao and had almost given them everything they asked for.

Even Eighth Prince, who worked outside the sect, did not have this treatment. Could it be that General Xiao was actually …

Eunuch Xi thought about that possibility and shuddered. He did not dare to continue guessing.

Qu Ling did not wait for Xiao Jingyue and took the lead to leave Phoenix Nest Palace after staying for a while.

Riding the palanquin to the palace gates, he found Xiao Yi and immediately climbed into the carriage behind him and said: "To the South Wind House on the east street."

The South Wind House was newly opened, and Shuang Xue and Ye Qi, who were in charge of it, had only just been transferred to the sect. She was a little worried that they wouldn't be able to take good care of it.

Xiao Yan looked at Xiao San who was standing under the tree with his master's horse, and asked hesitantly: "Are you not waiting for your master?"

"We can't wait anymore. He probably won't be coming out so soon." Qu Ling's voice came out from the carriage, "Go take a look and then return. It won't be long."

Xiao Yi did not say anything else and went over to talk to Xiao San. He jumped onto the horse carriage and rode towards the east street.

Unknowingly, it was already the middle of December, and the weather was getting colder and colder.

Qu Ling stayed in the horse carriage, shivering from the cold.

This time around, her body wasn't as strong as before. In the past, she could wear one for a walk or two, but now that she was wrapped up in such a thick blanket, she actually felt cold inside the carriage that shielded her from the wind and rain.

She didn't doubt it at all. If she took another drop of heart blood, she would probably die on the spot.

Therefore, she hoped that the man would quickly find the antidote to cure her of her poison, so that she wouldn't have to worry about his poison and how she would become a widow if she wasn't careful.

The horse carriage suddenly stopped, Qu Ling raised his head, and asked: "You're here so quickly?"

Xiao Yun replied, "Not yet. Your subordinate saw Madam Li and her maidservants. They seem to be arguing with someone. "

Before Qu Ling pushed the carriage curtain aside and went out, he indeed saw Li Ning'er and Qiu Zhu.

He saw Li Ning'er standing quietly at the side, while Qiu Zhu and a middle-aged woman were arguing about something, to the point that their faces and ears were flushed red.

There were a few people surrounding the two, whether it was Li Ning'er, his master, or the middle-aged woman, they were all pointing and discussing.

Qu Ling got off the carriage, pushed aside the commoners who were watching the show, walked to Li Ning'er's side, and asked: "What's going on?"

When Li Ning'er heard Qu Ling's voice, he raised his head in shock.

As if he saw a helper, he pointed at the middle aged woman and said: "Mrs. Xiao, you came at the right time. This shrew just bumped into our young miss, and accused her of being the first to be hit by our young miss, asking us to compensate her with silver to see a doctor."

When the middle-aged woman saw that Li Ning'er was weak and easily bullied, Qiu Zhu, who was dressed as a servant, did not seem to be any powerful character.

The middle-aged woman sized up Qu Ling. Seeing that she seemed to be an easy target, she was about to curse him.

Suddenly, someone shouted: "It's really Mrs. Xiao!"

Mrs. Xiao? The middle-aged woman did not know what had happened, so she looked towards the person who had shouted.

However, no one paid any attention to her. The bold citizens started to ask about the rumors that had been spreading these past two days.

"Mrs. Xiao, I heard that Eleventh Princess ordered people to spread rumors everywhere to slander you, and was even found with evidence and brought to the palace. Is that true?"

"Where have you disappeared to these past few days? I heard that it has something to do with the young master of Minister of War's residence?"

"Ah, I was wondering why she looked so familiar. Isn't she the young miss of Caoital Officials's residence, the current Madam Li?"

"Listening to you say that, it sounds like it!" Young Master Li kidnapped Mrs. Xiao, and we met each other on the street. It's going to be a good show. "

The commoners started to discuss among each other, while Li Ning'er's face became more and more pale.

Qiu Zhu did not expect things to turn out like this, and immediately supported Li Ning'er up, ordering the people around to not speak carelessly.

Seeing that, Xiao Yi who was guarding by the side of the carriage made a thump in his heart, he immediately rushed forward and protected Qu Ling, just in case someone accidentally hurt her.

Qu Ling never thought that the situation would turn out like this, he was stunned.