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Liu Suifeng scratched his head and looked up at the sky speechlessly.

Feng Qi smiled. He leisurely walked up behind He Lan Qin and softly said, "Great General, what plans do you have for the future?"

When He Lan Qin heard her voice, he hurriedly turned his head and cupped his fists in thanks, "Speaking of which, I haven't thanked Miss Feng Qi for saving my life. It's just that I have something I don't understand, so how would Miss Feng know that we would be in danger at the Buddhist Hall?"

Feng Qi also silently returned the gesture without a trace of awkwardness. A smile as beautiful as the morning sun appeared on his handsome face. "If I were to say that it was because Ninth Brother received a notification earlier that the great general is trustworthy?"

"Who?" He Lan Qin was stunned by her smile. He quickly adjusted his mood and asked.

"Pei Ruochen." Feng Qi said indifferently.

"Pei Ruochen?!" He Lan Qin was so shocked that he couldn't help but look at Feng Jiu, who was standing not far from He Lan Xue. Clearly, he wanted to know more about this matter.

"Great General, you don't need to look at Ninth Brother anymore. Ninth Brother is also puzzled by this matter." If it was his son, he would most likely become the crown prince of the kingdom, and the next emperor, by right, would have no reason to betray He Lan Chun. But this time, it was also because of his timely warning that we were able to prepare ahead of time to save you all. " Feng Qi said and pondered for a moment. "What is he trying to do?"

When faced with this question, He Lan Qin was at a loss.

On the other side, the sobbing of her lover had finally come to a stop. She was hugged by He Lan Xue, and was almost half holding her, allowing her to finally stand up.

"The city will soon be under martial law. Let's return to the inn first, okay?" He Lan Xue lowered her head and asked softly.

His voice was soft, his expression soft.

"Right." Her lover nodded, put her palm into his hand, and obediently followed her.

Liu Suifeng stood at the side hesitating for a moment. Then, he suddenly jumped to the side of his lover and suddenly shouted, "Little lover!"

Her lover was shocked. His face, which had turned pale from crying just now, suddenly flushed red. She looked at Liu Suifeng blankly. As she looked, her eyes couldn't help but write the word 'idiot'.

Liu Suifeng naturally saw through her speechlessness and also felt that his actions were rather boring. He could not help but feel embarrassed as he turned his head to look elsewhere and felt rather bored.

"Forget it, I'm leaving." He sighed, bored.

"Alright, let's go then. Didn't you want to accompany me to see Lu Chuan to settle this once and for all?" Feng Qi's heart was pure blue. She glanced at the other person, then glanced at Liu Suifeng, finding his child's temperament to be extremely funny. She softly whispered, jade like beads to him, and said, "Let's go back to the inn first, then we can go together."

Liu Suifeng didn't insist on leaving, he only walked a few steps away and once again put on an appearance as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

After watching for a while, she let go of He Lan Xue and ran to Liu Suifeng's side. She tugged on his sleeve and whispered, "I'm sorry. Actually, I'm very happy that you could come."

At least he knew his place.

Liu Zifeng snorted loudly and raised his head to look at the sky. "I don't know a person like you who forgets everything."

However, the sleeve in her hand was not pulled away in a hurry.

"You don't know me anymore?" It was unknown if she was really stupid or just faking it, she was stunned for a moment before letting go of Liu Suifeng. She turned around and said, "Then forget it."

With that, she returned to He Lan Xue's side. She smiled and put her arm around her shoulder.

— Seeing his lover being so cold, he was happy.

Actually, seeing Liu Suifeng again, even though he had helped her, He Lan Xue still felt awkward.

Who told you to crawl into her bed!

When Chasing Haze saw that he had just said something to make her retreat, he couldn't help but feel angry. He paused his steps and said sullenly: "Feng Qi, it doesn't matter if you leave or not, I'm leaving!"

"Oh, if you leave, I will immediately send someone to deliver the IOU to the Flowing Garden and have the National Treasury fund fill up your big hole." Feng Qi was also too lazy to placate her, so he indifferently said a few words.

Liu Suifeng's expression changed slightly. Then, he took out another blade of grass and placed it in his mouth. He bit the root of the grass and followed without saying a word.

Just a single debt was enough to cause a legendary figure like him to be so obedient. The reverence that He Lanqin had shown earlier had almost completely shifted onto Feng Qi.

He Lan Qin had also heard of Feng Qi's achievements. The eight brothers and sisters of the Feng family were all outstanding people in the martial arts world. However, the most outstanding ones were the two siblings in front of them.

Feng Jiu was a mystery. After eighteen years of imprisonment, his reputation rose dramatically. In fact, he even had various conflicts with the Feng Residence. This was something that the people of the world could not understand.

Feng Qi's experience was much more straightforward. Her youngest sister, who was doted upon by thousands, had a great love for business, and at the age of fifteen, she had revealed a shocking talent for business, involving many industries and fields, including tea and silk. She had great luck with the sea, and no one could estimate how much wealth she currently had, but they knew that the astonishing annual expenditure of Feng Village was nothing more than a drop in the ocean for her.

Feng Qi was famous for being straightforward and generous. He didn't care about being a merchant at all. He was even more straightforward than a man.

However, a woman like that, after twenty years, was still unmarried.

Rumors in Jianghu: That was because she was dumped on the spot by Liu Suifeng at his wedding, so she became angry and vowed never to marry.

Of course, this rumor didn't spread far and wide, and very few people knew that He Lan Qin was one of the few in the military that was well-informed.

However, seeing the relationship between Feng Qi and Liu Suifeng today, he knew that rumors were not to be trusted.

The group returned to the inn as inconspicuous as possible. Under Yi Jian's questioning, He Lan Xue tried her best to explain the situation in a very casual manner. During this time, He Lan Qin remained silent, and when He Lan Xue finished, as expected, Yi Jian's gaze quickly shifted to He Lan Qin.

Even though she had been persecuted once more, she was not afraid of being bitten by lice. But before this, He Lan Qin was still the most famous general of the imperial court, and the most respected Second Prince. In the blink of an eye, his reputation had been ruined, and even his name had been removed from the list of names.

Furthermore, there was also the matter of the empress dowager …

However, He Lan Qin didn't complain at all. His expression was carefree as he said self-deprecatingly, "A Xue, I was the one who was chasing you in the past. Now we're being chased together. It's actually better this way."

He Lan Xue smiled. "I have never thought of Second Brother as an enemy."

As he finished speaking, his gaze once again fell on his wife. Seeing that her body was drenched in mud, He Lan Xue stood up and held her hand, saying, "Let me clean her body first, everyone rest early. Since the capital is no longer a place to stay, we have to leave tomorrow morning."

"Prince …" Seeing He Lan Xue turn to leave, Yi Jian couldn't help but call out. With a hesitant face, he asked, "About the empress dowager …"

"The Empress Dowager is dead." He Lan Xue turned her head and softly consoled, "I won't let you off. Don't worry."

Yi Jian was relieved, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt that something was off.

Why was the expression on the prince's face so calm?

It was so calm that it seemed to be concealing too much of a storm.

Yi Jian looked at the back of He Lan Xue after she left and suddenly had a premonition: From now on, the prince would be different. In the past, He Lan Xue was passive, and as long as you don't touch him, he wouldn't bother to deal with normal matters.

Thinking of this, Yi Jian felt a chill down his spine. In his line of sight, He Lan Xue and her husband had already left for another room.

Not long after his wife had left, he also stood up and said that he had looked around, and in the blink of an eye, he was gone. Feng Jiu's attention was once again attracted by the new tea that Pei Ruochen had given him, and he was still sitting by the table, shaking his head as he sipped it.

She did not stop thinking about her business.

He thought for a moment and then reminded, "But the crime of selling Flame Country's horses is the same as making friends with the enemy. If we were to be discovered, it would only be a light move, but it would only be a heavy blow to the head. This trade is very dangerous."

"Using the enemy's long blade to replace our own short sword, how can we be considered to be in cahoots with the enemy?" Feng Qi Zhen said confidently, "Moreover, there is always a way to not be discovered, right?"

"Of course … "The guard in charge of the checkpoint is my trusted aide …" He Lan Qin hesitated for a moment. He raised his head and looked at Feng Qi. Seeing Feng Qi looking at him with a smile, He Lan Qin suddenly had a feeling that he had been tricked, but willingly accepted his fate.

"Alright, I'll help you unblock it." He Lan Qin replied with a sigh.

Feng Qi's smile became even more brilliant, and his teeth were even revealed from his smile. White and neat, extremely dazzling. It caused He Lan Qin's eyes to go blurry.

He Lan Xue and her husband went to the other room. The hot water they had instructed this morning had already been prepared.

"Look at your dirty body, hurry up and wash up." He Lan Xue pulled her to the barrel. She blinked and seriously asked, "Can we bathe together?"

There were still traces of the fire from before, and his body was also dirty.

The soil on the front of her gown was the new soil that had been planted before the Empress Dowager's grave.

He Lan Xue's body was filled with the smell of fire and death. As for Yi Ren, her body was reeking of stinky water.

"Wash them together?" Seeing that her lover didn't answer, He Lan Xue asked again with a slobbering face.

She thought for a moment, then took off her outer clothes, climbed into the large wooden barrel, and leaned to the side.

He Lan Xue smiled and methodically took off her clothes. Like her, she wore only a pair of white underwear, and with a step of her long legs, she lightly landed in front of her, squatting down so that the warm bath water would just flood his shoulders.

They were sitting on either side of the bucket, knees to knees, eyes to eyes, silent.