When the prince is reborn, he will only hit me if he doesn't hit the wall!

As she lowered her eyes and whispered softly, a voice as gentle as a feather floated into her ears.

There is still a hint of uncertainty:

"...Qin Yuechuan?"

Qin Yuechuan looked up in astonishment, and met those misty and tender watery almond eyes. For a moment, he didn't know how to react, and only responded instinctively: "I'm here."

He had taken off his mask, revealing his true face before her.

She wouldn't let him come back.

While thinking about how to respond to her question next, Xu Xinyue said:

"Have you come into my dream again?"

In the charming and quiet night, her eyebrows were gentle, her face was as gentle as the bright moon, and she asked calmly.

It seems that the present moment is just the most ordinary one among the countless dreams I have had in the past.

Qin Yuechuan also responded in a gentle voice: "Well, I missed Yueyue, so I came to look for you in my dream."

Xu Xinyue smiled.

Xu Xinyue quietly clenched the five fingers of her right hand, her movements gentle, as if she wanted to indulge in and keep the person in her dream a little longer.

The sound is lighter, slower, and softer than before:

"Me too."

Qin Yuechuan suppressed the surging heartbeat in his chest, restrained himself, and gently kissed her forehead. At the same time, he touched her sleep point with his hand, pointed at it, and said in a slow and soothing voice: "Go to sleep, I will come often in the future."

Xu Xinyue returned to her calm state, her eyes still closed, her breathing soft and even, as if she had never woken up.

Qin Yuechuan did not leave. He still held her hand and quietly stayed beside the couch until the candlelight went out and the morning light faded.

When Xu Xinyue woke up again, she heard footsteps coming towards the bed. She looked up and found it was Hongzhu.

Hong Zhu showed a happy expression: "Princess Rong is awake? That's great, the Queen has urged this servant several times, you are finally awake."

Xu Xinyue stood up, having guessed that this moment would come sooner or later, and said, "Please help me dress up."

When he stepped over the threshold, Qin Yuechuan had been waiting for a long time. There was no need to say much. Xu Xinyue glanced at him, and he followed her consciously and went to Fengluan Palace together.

Qin Zhaolie and the Queen were both present in the Fengluan Palace.

Qin Zhaolie's legs and feet are now well and he can move around without any hindrance. He sits in an armchair in the hall. Ever since Xu Xinyue entered the hall, he has never taken his eyes away from her.

Xu Xinyue was being stared at by him, but she endured the piercing pain all over her body and bowed slowly to the Queen on the Phoenix Throne and to Qin Zhaolie beside her.

"Your subordinate greets the Queen, His Royal Highness Prince Qi."

Qin Yuechuan did the same. After paying his respects, he took a silent step and stood within three steps of Xu Xinyue - a place that she could reach at first sight.

The first to speak was the Queen: "Tell us in detail what happened yesterday. What on earth happened?"

Xu Xinyue twisted her arms and wrapped herself in a silk scarf, and said in a pretentious and slightly aggrieved tone, "I didn't know either. The King of Ying had a quirk and mistook me for Princess Rong. He chased after me. The more I ran, the more excited he seemed. I played with him for a while, but he blocked me behind the iron bars. The two of us—"

Xu Xinyue paused for a moment, suppressed her hatred, and continued: "We were about to get married, but suddenly a thief broke in from behind and pierced the King of England with a sword right in front of my subordinates!"

At the end of his speech, his tone was slightly excited, as if he was frightened.

He pretended to touch his chest and said, "You really scared me."

"The scene was too bloody. I watched him approach me step by step. I had no weapons. I shouted a few times and then - fainted."

That sounds reasonable.

Qin Liexing added: "Have you ever seen the true face of that person? How many people are there?"

Xu Xinyue keenly grasped the key words: How many people are there?

That is to say, he suspected that this matter was not something that could be accomplished by one person alone, but he could take advantage of this to confuse the public.

She pretended to recall and think, and said cautiously: "I didn't see it clearly, but I heard the chaotic footsteps, and there was only one person who came forward to kill the King of England."

Xu Xinyue knew that Qin Liexing was meticulous, suspicious and thoughtful, so maybe she could deceive him by telling him half the truth and half the lies.

Qin Liexing frowned and stood up, walked steadily to Xu Xianyue's side, and asked questioningly:

"You—really don't know?"

He grabbed Xu Xinyue's wrist, lifted it up to his eyes, and stared at her with sinister eyes:

"Or are you intentionally covering up for me?"

"That assassin, is he familiar to you?"

From the moment Qin Liexing took the first step towards Xu Xinyue, Qin Yuechuan's bones, flesh and tendons were tensed to the extreme.

He stared at Qin Liexing's every move without saying a word.

Seeing him pinching Xu Xinyue's wrist, his blood suddenly rushed and his teeth clenched tightly under the black scarf.

He tried his best to conceal his aura, and was ready to help Xu Xinyue break out of here if her identity was exposed.

But Xu Xinyue seemed to be unaware of Qin Liexing's suspicion. She looked relaxed, and replied with a charming voice and a smile:

"Is Prince Qi joking?"

"He knows me? How could that be? I am your man. This is the Queen's territory. Even if I am bold, I would not order someone to assassinate me openly."

"Besides, my body is still with you."

The Queen pondered and said, "Do you think the mastermind of these people is——"

"King Rong?"

Qin Yuechuan, who was mentioned in public, covered his face and stood behind everyone, his brows and eyes were indifferent, and he stood still, as if he didn't hear anything.

Xu Xinyue's heart skipped a beat and she frowned slightly. Why did the Queen suddenly involve Qin Yuechuan for no reason?

But her expression did not change much. Just as she was about to speak, she heard the queen continue, "Although Prince Rong's whereabouts are unknown, and we don't know whether he is dead or alive, he may be dead, but he may also be alive."

"If he uses this as a cover to sneak back to Kyoto, it is not impossible."

Qin Liexing glanced at Xu Xinyue and gave a meaningful wicked smile: "What the Queen Mother said makes sense. Perhaps, a big fish has been caught."

Xu Xinyue pretended to think about it, then slowly shook her head and said decisively, "But I think it's unlikely."

Qin Liexing looked at her sideways, questioning with his eyes.

Qin Yuechuan also lowered his head and stared at her back.

Xu Xinyue looked at Qin Liexing, hooked the hair beside his ear, and said with her red lips raised: "Prince Qi also knows that the body I am possessed by now is Princess Rong's."

"It is rumored that Prince Rong and Princess Rong are deeply in love. If it is true, his first priority should be to rescue Princess Rong. How could he just kill King Ying to vent his anger? How could he bear to leave his beloved princess alone here?"

"That is, he had the opportunity to invade and leave. When my subordinate was unconscious, normally he had enough time to take my subordinate away from here. That's normal behavior."

Qin Yuechuan knew that Xu Xinyue was trying to excuse him and clear him of any connection with the matter, but every word she said was like a piercing pain in his heart and lungs.

Qin Yuechuan lowered his eyes and looked at Xu Xinyue, who was trying her best to dispel the Queen's suspicion in order to protect him. His eyes were filled with pain and he secretly clenched his fists in shame: it was his incompetence that he could not bring Yueyue away from this place in his true form, and he had to let her fall into the mud and deal with these dirty snakes, insects, rats and ants.

When the queen heard this, she also felt that it made some sense.

Seeing that she seemed to be relenting, Xu Xinyue continued, "From what I saw at the time, he didn't seem to have any intention of taking my life. In other words, the bandits' only target was the King of England."

"Moreover, they probably saw this opportunity and knew that the Queen would not make it public, so they wanted to pin the crime on the Queen and let her suffer the loss in silence."

Unconsciously, every word Xu Xinyue wrote showed that she shared the same stance as the Queen and Qin Liexing.

Xu Xinyue covered her mouth, as if she had discovered some great secret, and exclaimed: "That's why he wanted to leave me there as well. This way, even if people knew about it, they would probably suspect me like the Queen did!"

She went on to say, "That thief spared my life in order to make me a scapegoat! Queen! I am so innocent!"

While Xu Xinyue was defending Qin Yuechuan, she quietly excluded herself as well.

When he finished reading, his tone was full of grievance and even a hint of tears.

"Your Majesty, please help me! Thoroughly investigate the culprit and clear my name!"

The queen frowned and just looked at Xu Xinyue, as if she was considering whether what she said was true or not, and did not answer immediately.

Qin Liexing also loosened Xu Xinyue's wrist and looked at the queen.

The Queen pointed at Kou Dan and said, "If that's the case, there are very few people who know about the secret passage in my palace, and that secret passage is very secret. If it wasn't planned for a long time-"

She exchanged glances with Qin Liexing and analyzed: "That means there is a traitor between you and me. Maybe he colluded with outsiders and ruined our plan."

She glanced around the hall, and naturally did not miss the "Ming Wu" standing behind Xu Xinyue.

Xu Xinyue followed the Queen's line of sight and looked at the person standing behind her. She cursed inwardly: When will this ever end!

She glanced at the person behind her, and with an idea in mind, she took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I know someone who is a big suspect! But I didn't dare to say it out loud because I was afraid you would blame me."

The Queen leaned forward, her face solemn, and said, "Tell me! Who is it?"

Xu Xinyue turned around, pointed at Qin Yuechuan and said, "That's him! Ming Wu!"

Qin Yuechuan's eyes were calm, and he looked at the white fingertips pointing at him calmly and indifferently, without saying a word, and without even blinking.

No excuses, no rebuttal, just accept it all.

Xu Xianyue raised her voice, a little arrogantly, "She is yours, it is not difficult for her to know the secret passage, and he was not by my side at that time, maybe he wanted to frame me on purpose!"

"Normally, there's something wrong with the way he looks at his subordinates. Judging from my judgment, it's probably him!"

The words were full of resentment, and sounded a bit unreasonable.

The Queen angrily slapped the armrest of the Phoenix Throne and shouted, "How dare you! Hongyu! Stop your nonsense! Don't say that Mingwu didn't know about the secret passage before. He is my man, how can you criticize him casually!"

In the Queen's opinion, Hongyu simply wanted to take this opportunity to drag Mingwu into the water, to sow discord between her and Mingwu, and to take the opportunity to get rid of this accompanying supervisor.

I was a little suspicious of him at first, but seeing Hongyu being so alert, my doubts were dispelled.

The relationship between the two doesn't seem to be very close, and even the trust is so scarce, so how could Mingwu help Hongyu?

The Queen suddenly felt clear-headed and snorted, "Hongyu, don't think that I can't see what you are thinking. Even if there is no Ming Wu, there will still be Ming Liu and Ming Qi."

The queen stepped down from the throne, walked in front of Xu Xinyue, glared at her and said, "I am doing this for your own good. Your health is of the utmost importance. Dian Mingwu is accompanying you to protect you. Don't be ungrateful."

Xu Xinyue seemed to have her thoughts seen through. She bowed her head and said softly, "I was impulsive and did not understand your majesty's painstaking efforts. I will not target Ming Wu again in the future."

Xu Xinyue breathed a sigh of relief: As a result, although the Queen was somewhat dissatisfied with herself, she would not casually suspect "Ming Wu" in the future - Xuan San was protected.

The Queen said coldly:

"It won't happen again."

Just as he was about to turn around, he remembered something and took out a folded piece of plain paper from his sleeve. He glanced at Xu Xinyue, then looked at the thing in his hand, as if hesitant.

Xu Xinyue guessed that it was probably about what happened just now, and the Queen became a little wary of her again.

Xu Xinyue remembered that the Queen had once told her to win over the noble ladies from various families according to the list, and most of them were those in her hands.

She saw the Queen's hesitation and took the initiative to say, "I was wrong just now. I already know my mistake. If Your Majesty has any instructions, why not give them to Ming Wu and let Ming Wu tell me the specific instructions and arrangements of Your Majesty. This way, Your Majesty can rest assured."

The Queen thought this was a good idea. Seeing Xu Xinyue being so tactful, she smiled and said, "You do have some brains. It's worth it that Lie'er has taught you for so many years."

Following Xu Xinyue's words, she casually handed the plain paper to Ming Wu: "You will tell her the candidates above. If there is any mistake, you and her will have to clean your necks and wait!"

Qin Yuechuan said nothing and took the plain paper and put it into his sleeve.

After such a long interrogation, she still hadn't gotten any clues. The queen seemed tired, so she returned to the throne and waved at Xu Xinyue: "I will think about today's matter, you go down first."

Xu Xianyue bowed and said, "I'll take my leave."

After leaving Fengluan Palace and walking to Yanfang Palace, Xianyue finally put aside her pretentious attitude and looked at Qin Yuechuan with clear eyes: "Do you have a way to contact Duke Zhenguo? Copy the thing in your hand and hand it to him, maybe it will be of some use."

"The mansions behind these young ladies are probably related to Prince Qi."

Qin Yuechuan looked down at her with deep eyes, and noticed that under the cuff of her left wrist, there were faint red marks on her five fingers, which should be caused by Qin Liexing's strong grip just now.

He frowned, took her wrist with one hand, and took out a porcelain box from his sleeve.

Xu Xinyue took a closer look and smelled a strong odor, probably some kind of ointment.

She struggled slightly to retract her wrist: "No need, it will disappear in a few days."

Qin Yuechuan realized that it was probably because of her current status that she felt a little uncomfortable with this action, so he just handed the ointment to her and said in a slightly tough tone, imitating Ming Wu's hoarse voice: "Use it now."

Xu Xinyue raised her eyes and stared at him, unconsciously raising her aura: "From your tone, are you the master or am I the master?"

Qin Yuechuan's voice was a little softer than before: "You are the master, but Prince Rong will be worried if he knows."

Xu Xinyue was silent for a moment, lowered her eyelashes, and said nothing more. She took the medicine box and applied it herself. After finishing, she put it back into his hand, looked serious and said in a stern voice:

"I am your master. You are not allowed to tell him about what happened today. Do you hear me?"