Yu Xiaoqiao raised his fist with a smile on his face.

"That's right! You are so handsome, don't be sad! Cut a path through the mountains and build a bridge over the water. Forgive everything before going to bed and wake up to be reborn. Come on! Li Lingyan!"

Li Lingyan nodded deeply and smiled bitterly.

Yu Xiaoqiao summoned disaster from space.

He immediately jumped onto Li Lingyan's shoulder, rubbing his hands together, looking intoxicated, "Master, it feels so good to be needed!"

"You have a high sense of self-worth and accomplishment? So vain!" Yu Xiaoqiao patted his forehead and said with a smile.

"Hmph!" Lidihuo secretly rolled his eyes and pouted.

As he said this, he somersaulted onto Yu Xiaoqiao's shoulder, patted his chest, and said with a face full of righteousness: "What's the matter? Tell me! I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Yu Xiaoqiao chuckled and flicked his red bellyband, "You're being a bit too dramatic! I didn't remember losing to you in the Seven Heroes and Five Gallants. Why are you so passionate?"

"Li Dihuo, can you prove the blood relationship between this bone and hair?" Li Lingyan took out a handkerchief, which contained a small piece of broken bone and a few hairs.

Li Di Huo said proudly: "Remove the word 'ma'!"

After saying this, she somersaulted onto Li Lingyan, jumping around, looking up and down, then jumped back onto Yu Xiaoqiao's shoulder, tapping her chin while bouncing her little feet, and said, "Oh, the third prince, you have a gorgeous face and an extremely high status!"

Li Lingyan couldn't help but be amused. The gloom in his expression faded a lot, and a hint of tenderness crept into his eyes. He secretly glanced at Yu Xiaoqiao.

Yu Xiaoqiao laughed awkwardly, grabbed Lidihuo and pressed him into her palm, "Do you deserve a beating, or do you deserve to be uninstalled?!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Li Dihuo rubbed his eyes and pretended to cry, "I lack love, care and concern!" As he spoke, a pair of clever big eyes popped out from the edge of his fist and looked at Yu Xiaoqiao pitifully.

Yu Xiaoqiao couldn't help but giggle, rubbed his belly with her fingers, lifted his little chin, squinted her eyes, pouted and said: "Sister is here to love you, love you, and care about you!"

After he finished speaking, he blew her a kiss.

Yu Xiaoqiao suddenly lifted up the small gourd on his head, put the Lidihuo on the table, and said solemnly: "At ease, stand at attention, stretch out your hands, and work!"

"Yes, my dear master!" She lowered her head and reluctantly stretched out her tender little pink hand.

Yu Xiaoqiao turned over the flesh shell in the center of his palm and put the broken bones and hair into the inner box.

Li Dihuo shook his body like an old-fashioned washing machine.

But then, a handful of powder appeared in Li Di Huo's palm, condensing, churning, and emitting a red light...

Li Di Huo clapped his hands, jumped onto Li Lingyan's palm, and whispered, "The results of the inspection show that the two are father and son. Over."

Li Dihuo's words were like thunderbolts that struck Li Lingyan's ears. He felt his head buzzing and swelling, his feet went limp, and he slumped in the armchair. The teacup in his hand shattered to the ground with a clang.

Li Dihuo suddenly thought of something and said in a flattering manner: "Third Prince, I am your top fan, your die-hard fan, and your diamond fan. If you gain power in the future, please make me a prince. It will be so cool!"

Li Lingyan was stunned and didn't hear what Li Dihuo said at all.

"Ouch!"

Li Dihuo suddenly covered his stomach and shouted, "Boss, there's something wrong with my bones. It hurts so much. Ouch... I have to go back and kill the virus. Don't die!"

Li Dihuo covered his stomach and rolled into Yu Xiaoqiao's sleeve.

Yu Xiaoqiao frowned slightly, and slowly clenched her hands hidden in her wide sleeves, thinking: Trouble is coming again!

She walked to Li Lingyan's side, holding his shoulders, with a slightly uneasy look in her eyes, and whispered: "What? This is..."

Li Lingyan ignored her, stood up woodenly, staggered out of the house, and left Shangqingzhai with a staggering step.

Yu Xiaoqiao's heart tightened, and she felt that it must be related to the broken bones under the bridge, but whose hair was it? What did the abnormal bones mean?

Afternoon, Cining Palace.

The room was warm and cozy, cats and dogs were sleeping soundly in the corner, and the queen mother was lying lazily on the couch by the window, the sunlight dyed her a warm orange.

The emperor stepped into the room, stopped the maid from calling out, and quietly sat down next to the empress dowager, looking at her who was resting with her eyes closed.

"Are you worried about something?" The Queen Mother asked calmly without opening her eyes.

The emperor's face seemed to be covered with a layer of light frost, and he forced a smile and said, "Come and see the queen mother."

The Queen Mother slightly opened her eyes, glanced at the Emperor, and then closed them again, "... As people get older, they have less and less to lose."

"I wonder if Youge is doing well over there, and whether Tongli... and Jiangli have been reunited..." The emperor looked at the birds flying on the branches outside the window, his eyes full of envy, and couldn't help but blurt out.

The Queen Mother stood up and looked out the window. "Time flies. Half of my life has passed in a blink of an eye. In a few years, I will go to look for them."

"Your son, I have let many people down in my life, but the one I feel most sorry for is Yougo." The emperor walked to the side of the empress dowager, squatted down, took the empress dowager's hand, and buried his head in her palm.

When I was assassinated on my way back to Beijing, he stepped in front of me and saved me.

When the south was hit by floods, he donated half of his fortune to stabilize the situation.

The Prince of Danyang rebelled, secretly dispatched the Si clan's secret guards, and saved my life again...

The Queen Mother took out a hand, stroked his head, and said softly: "This person is gone, the living can live well, the dead can rest in peace, there is no need to be too obsessed."

Over the past half month, Li Lingyan has looked through the archives and checked the rosters, and found that all the supervisory officials who participated in the construction of the bridge, regardless of their official positions, had either died suddenly or been transferred to other places.

A secret investigation of the craftsmen who remained in Beijing revealed that all of them had died, either from sudden serious illness, or from encountering banditry or dying on the way.

As the investigation deepened, his heart became heavier.

The night was pitch black, with a few stars emerging from between the clouds, twinkling in the sky.

Li Lingyan sat at the desk, staring at the starry sky in a daze.

"What happened recently?" The Queen walked to Li Lingyan's side and asked with concern.

Li Lingyan held his cheeks and said, "Mother, there is something... I don't know if I should say it."

"Does it matter my life?" The Queen held his shoulders and asked curiously.

Li Lingyan did not answer, nor did he stand up. He just reached out and hugged the queen, with his head lightly resting on her abdomen, just like when he was a child.

The queen stroked his shoulder and said in a gentle voice, "People's fragility and strength are beyond imagination. One sentence may make you burst into tears, or you may have walked a long way with gritted teeth. You are like this, and so are others. There is no truth that you cannot bear."

For the past few days, Yu Xiaoqiao has been feeling vaguely uneasy.

He fought several rounds of boxing with Yu Chuwan, chatted with Feng Zisu a few times, was absent-minded when practicing the piano and painting, and practiced sword for an hour before going to bed. His body was tired, his heart was heavy, but his brain was extremely excited.

Finally, the day off came and I returned to the Prime Minister's residence.

The afternoon sun shines warmly into the blue gum forest, the branches and leaves sparkle, and there is a mottled shadow under the trees.

Yu Xiaoqiao leaned back in a recliner, petting her dog and basking in the sun.

"What's wrong, are you emo?" Lao Mu curled up in Yu Xiaoqiao's palm, lazily enjoying the warm sun, humming softly: "Be in a better mood, be less emo, and don't have an embarrassing face every day."

"Hey, look at this!" Yu Xiaoqiao took out a handkerchief from her arms, which contained a pinch of white powder, and sighed.

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