Xiao Qianye swept past Xingluo Lake, rolled up the fifth princess who fell into the water, then gently stepped back to the board. The fifth princess choked a few sips of water, her face was pale and coughing. The guards on the side saw that it was him, and they did not dare to keep approaching. At this time, the wind was very strong on the board, and Princess Mingshu, who was soaked, hugged her shoulders tightly, was so cold that she couldn't control herself. The cough and panting were intertwined quickly. She raised her eyelids in horror and carefully identified the familiar figure in front of her.

Come back? It's him... come back?

"Qianye, bring the princess in first. It's cold outside and it's easy to catch a cold." Xiao Yibai opened the door, and he was already holding a thick blanket in his hand.

Xiao Qianye nodded and leaned over to help the fifth princess up. Unexpectedly, she opened the other party's hand frantically and rushed to the edge of the boat, and saw that she was about to turn over and jump into the water again!

Xiao Qianye frowned tightly, and without thinking, he pulled the fifth princess back again, and forced him to take it back into the house.

The fifth princess' eyes were dull, and her pupils turned into a grey-slightly ugly color. She swallowed the foam nervously. After sweeping the people all over the room, she hugged her head tightly with both hands and squatted down along the wall bit by bit. Xiao Yibai hurried over, shook the clean blanket in her hand and draped it on the fifth princess, gently wiped the lake water on her hair, and asked in a warm voice: "Your Highness Princess, are you okay? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

The fifth princess looked at Xiao Yibai blankly. Her face was exactly the same as the one she had loved and hated in the deepest memory. Even though she was smiling gently at this moment, the humiliation and unwillingness in the past were aroused suddenly. Although she was resentful in her heart, she did not dare to show any of her face. She just grinned stupidly and shrank backwards almost as pleased, and said softly: "You...you are back, I'm fine, I won't pester you anymore, I'm fine, I'm fine."

Xiao Yibai's Yu Guang silently swept over his younger brother, and then he walked in from outside the door, staring at the fifth princess with complicated eyes, not knowing what he thought.

It was actually the responsibility of my younger brother to openly resist the order and refuse marriage, but the fifth princess was not favored by the late emperor, and his younger brother happened to be the best among the new generation of young people. Long before Mingxi wanted to win him over, the late emperor admired his energetic young soldier. So after he refused the late emperor's marriage despite the princess' face, although the court and the country were shocked, the late emperor smiled and did not blame him. He even followed his wishes and took back the imperial edict for the first time.

Since then, the fifth princess has become a laughing stock after dinner in the whole country, and even when she is a marriageable age, she still has no one who wants to propose marriage.

The third princess in the Sixth Prince's mansion was repeatedly rejected by his younger brother, but the third princess was cheerful and lively. Although he was not a royal princess, he was held in the palm of his hand by the Sixth Prince. He was a real pearl in his hand. He was always stubborn. Although he was a messy person who liked to cause trouble everywhere, it was also because of his carefree personality that most people talked about the proposal of the Three Princesses as fun in the market, but he was completely unconcealed ridicule and contempt for Princess Mingshu.

The most fundamental reason for this huge difference is that the fifth princess has no power and no power and cannot be favored, that's all.

In a place like Feiyuan, even a royal princess with a noble status could not be favored or powerful, she could only tolerate it everywhere. After being openly rejected from marriage, even the fifth princess' biological mother, Concubine Jing, remained silent. She did not stand up and said half of her daughter's unfairness, and still just guarded her own acre of land every day, looking at the sky without any hesitation.

The last emperor had only Empress Wen Yi in his eyes. All the concubines were just victims of politics, and their children were just repeating the same mistakes.

Xiao Yibai rubbed his forehead. Such a dark past was almost a devastating blow to a princess who was lofty. At least at that time, the innocent and romantic Princess Mingshu did nothing wrong.

Perhaps she was really moved by her younger brother, and she secretly ran to the beacon tower several times regardless of her identity as a princess to pick her up her younger brother back to the city, just like the young man she should have fallen in love at that age, silently staring at the distance.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yibai sighed silently. He knew that Yun Xiao existed early in the morning and that was the real reason for his younger brother to refuse marriage. However, at that time, he could not figure out what his younger brother was thinking. He had no idea of ​​returning to Kunlun, and he refused to propose marriages from various families without any room, so he kept dragging it aimlessly.

If my younger brother had confessed his feelings to the fifth princess earlier, maybe she wouldn't have been like this.

Xiao Yibai's movements stopped slightly, opened his mouth, but his throat was dry and he couldn't speak. In this matter, Tianzheng Mansion was indeed ashamed of the fifth princess. Now that I think my younger brother has been dragging his marriage, the purpose of waiting for Yun Xiao. If Yun Qiushui or the head of Kunshan stops her from coming for a few more years, perhaps the younger brother's final choice should still be Mingshu.

A slight mistake is a thousand miles apart. This is exactly what he has done to this day. As a brother, he still cannot condemn anything he has done to the fifth princess.

The fifth princess was stunned for a moment, a little embarrassed by such gentle movements. She had not yet realized that she had recognized the wrong person. She felt that the other party's hand was gently wiping the water on her head. She couldn't help but feel a little happy in her heart. She lowered her head and did not move, fearing that the rare care would disappear with a little movement.

Mingxi looked at his princess coldly, and finally snorted coldly to break the silence: "Mingshu, why did you come to Xingluo Lake?"

The fifth princess' lips trembled violently uncontrollably at the moment when she heard this sound. She raised her eyes trembled and looked in the direction of the sound. Her pupils suddenly shrank and showed a look of panic. She even forgot the etiquette she should have as a princess. She was helpless and didn't know what to do. Xiao Yibai also stood up. Obviously, she didn't expect Mingxi's words to make her react so seriously. He wanted to comfort the fifth princess, but this time she avoided it and squatted in deep corner of the wall.

Xiao Yibai looked at the scared and aphasia woman in front of him in silence. His tone finally became a little serious and asked in a low voice: "What have you done to her? She is so afraid of you?"

Mingxi used a more stern look to avoid the doubts of his friends and made serious arguments word by word: "I did nothing, she was guilty and afraid of seeing me."

"I didn't mean it! I didn't mean it to harm A Yue!" Hearing the words of the emperor's brother, the fifth princess sobbed in a low voice. Mingxi looked at her with a faint smile on her lips, and continued to ask quietly, "George Xiao is a rare time to come back. You might as well explain everything about the last time clearly. Mingshu, you have never fought for it since childhood. Among my younger siblings, you are the best one to get along with. What kind of bewitching is that you can even ignore Longyue's life?"

The fifth princess bit her lips hard, unable to hide her shame. In fact, since the coup in the imperial capital, when Brother Mingxi suddenly replaced and deleted the servants in her mansion, she had already secretly felt that although Brother Mingxi said nothing and did not punish him, he must have known everything.

Then she went from being a princess who was not favored by the late emperor to a princess who offended the new emperor, and her situation became increasingly difficult.

After a long time, in such a dull atmosphere, Mingshu just hugged her knees helplessly and cried in despair: "I...I dare not say that she can hear, she can hear anything."

"She?" Mingxi's eyes sank, and he immediately realized who the "she" in the emperor's mouth was referring to. He exchanged glances with Xiao Qianye calmly, took a sip of the cold tea in his hand, and continued, "This room is surrounded by the power of the God of War. Don't worry, my aunt can't hear anything or see anything. Say everything you know."

"The power of the God of War?" Mingshu swept the letter in a skeptical way, but she did not dare to question the emperor's words. She had to hold her hands nervously, trying to keep her emotions hard, and said, "After the election of the autumn, the Star Saint came to me and said that she could help me. She said that the girl Xiaoge's master had a certain relationship with her actually happened to have some connection with her. Then she gave me a small bottle containing insects and asked me to put it quietly on Longyue..."

"At the beginning, I didn't agree. Longyue was my best friend. I was worried that this kind of insect would hurt her, but my eldest aunt said that she just wanted Longyue to take these insects to Tianzheng Mansion, and she wouldn't hurt Longyue, because... because... Although Lord Xiao refused Ayue many times, he was actually very good to her. She should be able to enter Tianzheng Mansion."

Xiao Qianye seriously recalled the situation at that time. It was true that after Qiuxuan, strange moths appeared in his home. The only outsider who had entered before was the only three princesses besides Mu Yun.

"But those insects have no effect. My aunt was very disappointed. She originally wanted to secretly monitor Master Xiao, but she didn't expect that the insects would be killed soon." Mingshu looked at Xiao Yibai worriedly, but still didn't find that the real Xiao Qianye was listening without saying a word on the other side, and said, "At that time, Longyue ran to the Moon Saint to ask for a gift. She was worried that Master Xiao would not like the style she chose, so she took it to me and asked me if it looked good. Then... Then I put a few Gu ants in it."

"It turned out to be you..." Xiao Qianye endured his anger. The few Gu ants killed two innocent children. It turned out to be the dear princess in front of him!

Mingshu was shocked by the low scolding, looked over dumbly, her pupils contracted, and her mind was blank.

"What?" Mingxi was silent for a moment, frowned slightly invisibly. Such actions were obviously beyond his expectations, making him unable to control what happened later. The fifth princess was called back to her consciousness by the emperor's brother's voice. Cold sweat and lake water were mixed together. She couldn't help but wrap the blanket tightly and continued, "Then... Then... then Lord Xiao left, and the eldest aunt did not come to me again. She just taught me how to raise those ants, saying that it would be available soon."

"Along, one day, my eldest aunt suddenly came to me and asked me to invite Longyue to stay in the mansion for a few days, and then on the day of the coup, she was sent to Danzhen Palace on the grounds of getting medicine."

"It's true." Mingxi snorted coldly and took the initiative to continue the words, "I heard Gongsun Yan mention these things later. You used Longyue's carefree temperament and knew that the troops stationed in the capital who were waiting outside would not dare to provoke her, so he chose her. After all, you would definitely pass by Xingluo Lake when you go to Danzhen Palace from the Princess's Mansion, and she would definitely be involved in the lake."

The fifth princess stumbled towards Mingxi, and suddenly fell to the ground and said panic: "I'm not trying to harm her. I'm worried that something happened to her, so I specially gave her my princess order. The superiors hired someone to perform magic early in the morning, which will definitely protect her from safety!"

"What about the purpose?" Mingxi was a little angry, but he still kept asking the most important things. Mingshu sat weakly on the ground like a puppet that fell apart, covering her face and cried: "The eldest aunt said she had calculated a fortune, and said that the sweetheart of the Lord Xiao, the girl named Yun Xiao, would come to the Imperial Capital together. As long as she could trick her into the Bound King's Prison, the eldest aunt could kill her to avenge herself. At that time, I...I can get it too..."

At this point, Mingshu came to her senses instantly and looked straight at the person beside the door.

That person was the young man she loved for a long time. He did not gently put a blanket on himself, nor did he carefully wipe the lake water for himself. He stood there, with indifference in his eyes to see through everything and looking at himself without any emotion.

"She miscalculated." Mingxi sighed with lingering fear, feeling that if such a plan hidden in the dark really succeeded, it would cause any unpredictable consequences. Mingshu stared at her brother for a while and took a deep breath, "The eldest aunt did not give up. After Lord Xiao came back from his first disappearance, I heard that Miss Yunxiao moved into Tianzheng Mansion, so I wanted to find a reason to see her. I saw her... I was very unwilling to accept that she was not only a native of the Central Plains, but also an alien."

"But she hasn't harmed anyone." Mingxi reminded lightly, seeing the emperor's shoulder twitching, then slowly calmed down, the fear in his eyes slowly faded away, and he said seriously word by word: "The eldest aunt discovered my dissatisfaction, and she asked me to go to Zhaixing Tower to see her."

Mingxi's hand holding Lengcha tightened hard, and his light golden pupils lit up in disbelief - Zhaixing Tower has been under the supervision of Sun and the Moon Saint himself. Can a person like Mingshu, who is unarmed and knows martial arts, really enter Zhaixing Tower to meet the princess?

Suddenly, Mingshu's body began to tremble. It was not out of fear, but some uncontrollable pain, forcing her to cover her abdomen and fall to the ground.

"Mingshu?" Mingxi shouted vigilantly. The fifth princess gasped hard, raised her head again, her eyes red, and she shouted in despair, "I was wrong! Brother, I was really wrong. Please save me, I will be eaten by insects. Please save me..."

Before he finished speaking, Di Zhong, who had been watching silently, transformed again, and the power from the God of War surging like water to fill the entire room.
Chapter completed!