The princess only wants to get rich and support her family

"Why!" Hu Luanfei suddenly distanced himself from the two people opposite him, his red eyes becoming more resentful.

On a cold winter day, the quiet Zuihualou was filled with the faint fragrance of plum blossoms. The cold wind rushed past, seeming to bring back memories of their time together. Under the open window, it seemed as if she could still see him sitting there casually looking at the catalog menu she had collected.

The plum blossoms were still there, and she glanced at them inadvertently. The man who had spent countless good times with her was now far away, enduring the cruelty of the battlefield alone.

As his wife, she could not be by his side. Her heart skipped a beat, but then froze completely.

Jiang Wu met her eyes and saw the tears of sorrow in her eyes. These tears were like a bayonet, which made his heart tremble and he did not have the courage to look her in the face.

"My lady, I told you this could be a trap."

Hu Luan held up the letter and asked him, "Then tell me, who asked you to pass it to me?"

Jiang Wu frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly looked at Le Yao.

At this time, Le Yao also knew that it was not appropriate to joke, so she just crossed her hands carefully and grasped her arms, warily facing Jiang Wu's gaze.

"It's a little girl about her size."

Jiang Wu said this with certainty. If Le Yao had not been flying with Hu Luan day and night, she would probably be the first person to be suspected.

"Where did she go after delivering the letter?" Hu Luanfei continued to ask.

Jiang Wu lowered his head, feeling a little guilty, "I didn't notice it. I was busy in the kitchen at the time. She left a letter saying it was for you. I thought it was someone you knew, so I didn't chase her out..."

The cold wind blew, and Hu Luanfei felt a little sad. She looked at the words in the letter carefully again, wondering whether the events described in it were true or false.

At this time, Jiang Shiye escaped from the Beiqiu Palace unscathed and stepped into the gate of Zuihualou with dark circles under his eyes.

Just as he was thinking about asking Hu Luanfei for some benefits, when he saw Hu Luanfei's red eyes and crying uncontrollably, his heart felt as if it was torn apart and he was in great pain.

"What's wrong with the queen?" As soon as he spoke, Hu Luanfei seemed to have found support and buried herself in his arms and burst into tears.

Jiang Shi stood there quietly, his mind racing. He thought of all the possible ways the princess could have been abused, but he could never imagine that she would cry so heartbreakingly because of a letter.

However, it was precisely because of this letter that he chose to stand on Hu Luanfei's side, convinced that something had happened to the prince.

While considering the words, Jiang Shi analyzed them one by one. He remembered the barbarian land where the prince was, and after crossing a mountain, he reached the border of Nanqi State.

Jiang Wu had never fought with Bailian Village before, so he naturally didn't know that Bailian Village was colluding with Nanqi Kingdom and using Xianggu to make hallucinogenic drugs to make others addicted.

Judging from the words "living a life of drunkenness and dreams" and "killing the traitor" in the letter, there is a traitor in the military camp who is in collusion with Nanqi.

With the belief that "it is better to believe than not", Jiang Shi comforted Hu Luanfei: "Don't be afraid. No matter what lies ahead, as long as you want, I will take you through it regardless of everything."

"Jiang Shi!" Jiang Wu scolded him, "Have you forgotten what the prince said when he left?"

"I haven't forgotten." Jiang Shi was very calm. He put one hand on Hu Luanfei's shoulder and lowered his eyelids to hide some affection that shouldn't be there.

"Then why did you..."

"I don't want to see you in such pain."

"Disobeying orders is a capital crime!"

"Looking at the queen like this, I would rather die than live!"

Jiang Wu looked at his determined eyes and suddenly felt a pang in his heart, "You are confused!"

Jiang Shi did not reply, but gently comforted Hu Luanfei, who was a head shorter than him, "Let's go back and pack our things and set off tomorrow."

Jiang Wu did not allow his younger brother, who had grown up under his care, to have any thoughts of usurping power, and he did not want him to lose his life for disobeying orders. When he was about to leave, he stopped him and said, "Listen to my advice, don't take the princess with you."

No one could persuade Jiang Shi to change his mind. Jiang Wu had no choice but to put his hope on Hu Luanfei, but when she raised her head, her tearful look could really make people change their minds. She was simply impeccable.

When that tear fell, Jiang Wu felt sympathetic and suddenly understood why Jiang Shi cared about her.

"You take care of the business of Zuihualou, and Jiang Shi can accompany me when we go to the prince's place. Don't worry, I will be fine."

Jiang Wu was more afraid that something might happen to Jiang Shi than this. He looked at Jiang Shi worriedly, hoping that Jiang Shi could change his mind.

But Jiang Shi was stubborn and turned his head away without looking at Jiang Wu, "I have made up my mind."

Jiang Wu felt that if he continued like this, the situation would become irreversible. He did not dare to act rashly and looked at Le Yao for help.

Le Yao, who received the distress signal, bit her lip and thought for a while, then pointed out the puzzling part, "The fastest journey from here to the capital takes three days. When the emperor left, he took a carriage, and a large group of people can't just run away."

Le Yao counted on her fingers, "Today is the fourth day. Logically, the emperor and the prince should still be on the way."

As the saying goes, the more you care about someone, the more likely things will go wrong, and you will lose focus on the overall situation.

Hu Luanfei was distracted for a moment, then he gathered his thoughts, raised his head and looked at Jiang Shi, "What do you think?"

Jiang Shi lowered his eyes and said sincerely: "Le Yao is right."

Now it was Jiang Wu's turn to be confused, "Haven't you always been on the side of the Empress?"

Jiang Shi tightened his grip, then quietly loosened it, "Your Majesty and I agree. If the prince is in trouble, we will never wait for him to break out of the siege. We must fight side by side to feel at ease. When I saw the words on the letter just now, I really thought that someone in the military camp used hallucinogens to control people's minds, which caused them to lose their composure and ignore the overall situation."

Hu Luanfei nodded slowly and spoke in a lower voice: "You have never come into contact with psychedelic drugs, so naturally you don't know how powerful they are."

Jiang Shi continued, "You all know about Bailian Village, but you overlooked one thing." He looked at Jiang Wu, "Do you remember where the Northwest Barbarian Land is next to? It's Nanqi Country. The national flower of Nanqi Country is Xianggu, and Xianggu is the raw material of psychedelic drugs. If there are spies sent by Nanqi in the military camp, using psychedelic drugs to control people's hearts, then the elite troops led by the prince will definitely be defeated."

Hu Luanfei folded the letter in his hand, his eyelashes drooped, covering his cold eyes, "Once you get infected with that stuff, the consequences will be disastrous. The mild ones can be cured, but the serious ones will not live long. Jiang Wu, we all know that the emperor has always disliked the prince and will not easily let the prince take charge of the military again. But he would rather lose face and ask for peace. There must be something difficult that he can't solve."

Hu Luanfei hesitated for a moment, then spoke again: "You have seen the letter that the concubine read, right?"

Jiang Wu nodded.

"Take another look and think whether the handwriting on that letter is the same as this one." Hu Luanfei handed the letter to Jiang Wu and looked around Zuihualou. "Let's open it today. Let Qiu Xu come out to preside over the meeting. I'm tired and I'm going to take a break first. Jiang Shi and Le Yao should also take a break and get enough energy before discussing the next step."