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Unlike Tong Huai Manor, which was raining cats and dogs, there was a light snowfall in Yu Cheng and the entire town was covered in a layer of white snow.

Xiao Jingyue was currently discussing with the Eighth Prince, so Qu Ling was not interested in listening in. Ignoring Xiao Yi's persuasion, he slipped into the courtyard and enjoyed the snowy scenery while braving the cold wind.

"Madam, take this." Xiao Yi brought out a Hand-warming Pot from nowhere and handed it over to Qu Ling.

When Qu Ling received the warm stove, a warm and harmonious feeling was transmitted from her palms. It was so comfortable that she couldn't help but sigh, and narrowed her eyes like a lazy cat.

Snow is more comfortable.

It was a cloudy, rainy day and all that sort of thing, but it was the most annoying.

In the main hall of the inn, although Xiao Jingyue was discussing with the Eighth Prince, his eyes never moved from Qu Ling's body.

Perhaps it was because she had been in TongHuai Palace and had been running around outside recently, but she seemed to have lost a lot of weight and her arms were no longer as soft as before.

Xiao Jingyue squinted his eyes, and secretly decided that after returning to the capital, he would boil some soup everyday to nourish her body.

"I have something I don't understand, can General Xiao clear it up?" Eighth Prince suddenly said.

Xiao Jingyue did not look away, and said indifferently: "Your Highness, please speak."

"Where did the soldiers come from?"

"Borrowing from the NanRong Estate."

"Why would the government be willing to lend the money?"

"Tong Huai Palace's governor has rebelled, and the Eighth Prince is completely caved in."

Eighth Prince was startled, then he shook his head and laughed, "Alright, I understand."

Never would he have thought that those soldiers were actually borrowed by Xiao Jingyue from the Southern Champion Palace, which was next to the Tong Huai Palace, in his own name.

If it was said that the Magistrate Zeng of the Tong Huai Palace had committed the crime of seizing the Royal Family in secret, then the An Mansion of the Nan Rong Residence had rendered a great service of saving the Eighth Prince, of cleaning out the traitors. However, anyone smarter than them would know what to do when Xiao Jingyue went to borrow troops.

Eighth Prince stood up, bowed slightly towards Xiao Jingyue, and cupped his hands as he said, "Huai He's nameless abode was saved by General Xiao, and it was all thanks to General Xiao's great help that the matter regarding Tong Huai Palace was successfully resolved. Once I return to the capital, I will definitely report this to royal father. "

Xiao Jingyue lightly shook her head, she did not want to accept his kindness.

He did not want any merits, he only wanted to bring his wife back to the Southern Guarding Prince Palace to live her life.

Other than that, he really wasn't interested.

The kitchen was already prepared and the two of them did not continue chatting. Xiao Jingyue ordered Xiao San to call Qu Ling for a meal.

In the end, the Gu Worm's body was injured. After recuperating for so many days, Xiao San's body was still very weak. Besides being able to walk freely, there was nothing else he could do.

Qu Ling did not continue chatting with Xiao Yi. Instead, he leisurely walked into the inn while stepping on the snow.

and Eighth Prince were already seated and waiting. When Qu Ling sat down, the shopkeeper immediately ordered people to bring the food over.

During this time, Eighth Prince looked at the drizzling snow outside and sighed: "The snow in the north is cold, but I miss it more than the rain in the south."

Especially after experiencing those dark and rainy days, the Eighth Prince was about to have a shadow grow over the entire Tong Huai Palace.

He was a prince, a proud son of heaven. When had he ever suffered in prison before?

If not for the fact that Magistrate Zeng was already dead, he would have been hacked into pieces to vent the hatred in his heart.

Xiao Jingyue acted as if he did not hear it, and unperturbed, he poured Qu Ling a cup of hot tea.

It was not the first time that Qu Ling and Eighth Prince had met, so he was able to understand the meaning behind his words. He said half jokingly: "This trip might have been filled with hardships, but it can be considered as a life experience.

Hearing that, the Eighth Prince only smiled and did not reply.

Returning back to the guest room after the meal, Qu Ling used some warm water to swallow a Heart Nourishing Pill that Murong Yan had concocted for her earlier. He lowered his voice and said to Xiao Jingyue: "Don't look at how the Eighth Prince normally looks like an easy person to talk to.

Previously, when Magistrate Zeng locked him in the dungeon, with her many years of understanding of him, she didn't believe that he wouldn't respond to her at all. It was fortunate that Xiao Jingyue got someone to send Ceng Huai to the Southern Guarding Prince Palace before he woke up, otherwise, Ceng Huai would have been dead meat.

Xiao Jingyue took off the hat on Qu Ling's head, and gently caressed her head which was extremely stinging. He happily squinted his eyes, and disapprovingly said: "Anyone who wants to sit at the highest position would have a bad habit of doing so."

Qu Ling was amused, and asked in an even smaller voice, "Then tell me, what kind of smelly ailment does the emperor have?"

The corner of Xiao Jingyue's lips slightly froze, and he did not reply. His expression gradually sank, and a surge of dense coldness slowly spread out from his body.

After a while, when he did not hear a response, Qu Ling raised his eyes and looked at him.

Noticing that his face had suddenly turned extremely ugly and he was at a loss for a moment, his heart thumped as he tried calling out, "General?"

Xiao Jingyue lowered his eyes, and after a long while, he replied without following a topic: "I don't know who spread the news that you're able to decipher the Soul Borrowing Gu, but I guess someone will come knocking on my door in the next two days. When I am not here, you can stay inside the General Mansion as much as possible. Even if you want to go out, you must bring Xiao Yi along. "

Qu Ling didn't know why he reacted this way when he mentioned the Emperor. He didn't know why he changed the topic, but he still replied obediently.

She realised that ever since she heard what Rong Xi had to say in that cave at Huai He, she had become a little strange.

Not only did he secretly write letters to her, he even secretly chatted with the Dark Guard without her knowing, and sometimes he even stared at her in a daze for no reason.

If it wasn't for the fact that his attitude towards her was the same as before, she would have suspected that Rong Xi had told her that it was someone beside her that had drugged her.

In the past few days, when she saw his strange behavior, even though she didn't say anything, she felt very uneasy in her heart.

She didn't know why, but she had a bad feeling that something was about to happen.

Within a few hours, Qu Ling, Xiao Jingyue and the Eighth Prince arrived at Yu Cheng, many people in the capital found out about it.

If not for the city gate being closed, Minister's Wife would have immediately ordered people to prepare carriages to go to Yu Cheng to look for Qu Ling.

Li Yun did not see his own wife walking in front of him, and advised: "Tomorrow will be the day that they will enter the capital, at that time it will not be too late to pay a visit, there is no rush."

"Why aren't you in a hurry?!" Minister's Wife glared at his own husband, "It's hard to say how many people have used that Soul Borrowing Gu in the capital, but it's definitely not only us who know that Mrs. Xiao can cure the parasite. If they knew that Mrs. Xiao has returned, they would definitely rush over to seek treatment!"

Who knew how many times Minister's Wife had repeated these words. Li Yun said impatiently: "The city gates are already closed, it's useless no matter how anxious you are. It's getting late, if there's nothing else, please go back to your room and rest. "

Minister's Wife glared at him, "Forget it, I'll go check if the soup is ready and send it over to Xuan'er."

After the Minister's Wife left, a sneaky servant also left.

The servant entered Li Chenxuan's courtyard and muttered a few words with a oval faced servant girl before hurrying off.

The servant returned to Li Ning'er's room and whispered into her ear, "Miss, Kang just came over, he said that Mrs. Xiao and the rest have arrived in Yu Cheng."

The messenger, A Kang, was a servant scattered around Li Yun's courtyard. He was highly fond of Qiu Zhu, and after Qiu Zhu died, he became the only eyes and ears Li Ning'er had within the Minister Mansion.

Li Ning'er who was leaning on the bedside reading a book, suddenly bent his fingers and almost tore the pages.