The prince kneels every day. Has the princess forgiven him today?

hostage?

Xie Chengqian had a calm expression.

Is it so difficult for her to marry into the royal palace?

Song Xiwan stared at him with eyes as cold as a pond, waiting for an answer.

A moment of silence.

Xie Chengqian finally softened his attitude and said, "You go back first."

Song Xiwan clenched his palms and tried to discuss the deal with Xie Chengqian again.

Xie Chengqian seemed to see through her thoughts and spoke in a cold voice again.

"The Song family will be fine."

Song Xiwan felt a little relieved.

Can she trust him?

"What is your Majesty going to do?"

"If you want to save the Song family, you need to take the initiative into your own hands."

Xie Chengqian's expression was completely cold.

Song Xiwan was slightly shocked.

How to master it?

Xie Chengqian said, "I'm afraid you won't be safe these days. Please come back to the palace with me and wait patiently."

what?

Return to the palace?

Song Xiwan subconsciously wanted to refuse. She had an extremely deep shadow on that place, but she had no choice.

Xie Chengqian felt a little depressed.

"If you don't want to, I'll ask Mu Yun to arrange other accommodations for you."

"no need."

Song Xiwan asked Qiuzhu to pack up her things, got on Xie Chengqian's carriage, and headed to Prince Xuan's Mansion.

Qiu Zhu was shocked.

But if King Xuan is willing to take the girl in, it will be difficult for others to find her.

Song Xiwan was in a complicated mood.

She hadn't even stepped into the door of Yunhe Academy, and now she had to step into the gate of Prince Xuan's Mansion first!

Xie Chengqian returned to the capital early and left Mu Yun with her.

Song Xiwan, "Isn't his leg still injured? How can he ride a horse?"

Mu Yun hesitantly replied, "Your Highness is a skilled martial artist, it's fine."

He had been serving the prince personally these days and discovered that the prince's leg condition did not seem to be as serious as Doctor Xu had said. He asked about it and was happily punished to practice martial arts.

I dare not ask, I dare not ask at all.

Song Xiwan, "Dr. Xu said I should rest well. What if there are hidden dangers left?"

The injury was caused by her, and Song Xiwan couldn't just ignore it.

Mu Yun knew that if he made Miss Song unhappy, when the prince came back, it would not be as simple as just practicing martial arts as punishment.

"There are secret guards following us, Your Majesty knows how to handle things."

Song Xiwan's voice was extremely cold. "Where were the secret guards when the incident happened?"

Mu Yun: “…”

Song Xiwan felt a little irritated. He waved his hand to send Mu Yun away and sat alone in the carriage to sort out recent events.

My eldest brother and father got into trouble one after another, and the people behind them were most likely Xie Qiang and Concubine Shen.

The only thing to do is to bring them down!

But this is easier said than done?

Song Xiwan called Mu Yun over and said, "Have someone take him to Annan City and hand him over to a man named Qin Lao."

Mu Yun choked and had to leave.

Qiu Zhu couldn't help but ask, "Miss, who is this Old Qin?"

"An old friend."

Song Xiwan murmured softly.

Concubine Shen had a previous engagement with someone, but in order to enter the palace, she destroyed the Qin family and even poisoned Qin Mingchen to make him blind. In the end, he was reduced to begging on the streets.

Song Xiwan had been with him when she was in Annan City, and at that time she just thought of this old beggar as spreading rumors.

But what if?

After returning to Shangjing City, Song Xiwan still couldn't hold back and went back to the Song Mansion to see his father and mother in a low-key manner.

Fortunately, the guards were not too strict, and she quickly climbed over the wall and came to her father and mother's yard.

As I got closer, I heard my mother coughing.

Song Xiwan's heart suddenly tightened. When he wanted to go in, he found that the whole room was very wrong and extremely cold.

Now that autumn has arrived, we should start supplying charcoal for heating.

"Brother, weren't you very cocky back then? You even let your younger brother die without helping him. Have you ever thought that one day you'd fall into my hands?"

The voice of my second uncle Song Kangwen came from inside.

Song Xiwan's eyes were cold.

It turns out that it was my second uncle who was causing trouble again!

After the last gambling debt was settled, he clung to the Zhang family tightly and thrived in officialdom. Now he can even enter and leave the forbidden Song Mansion freely!

"Is it very cold? Then tell me the truth about your collusion with King Xuan, or don't blame me for being rude today!"

My father scolded me coldly, "How dare you torture me privately?"

The second uncle retorted arrogantly, "I really did! What can you do? Catch him, and I'll punish him today!"

Obviously, Song Kangwen still resents those whippings.

Song Wenyi was originally a civil official, and his guards had been transferred away long ago, so he was no match for the enemy.

Soon, the guards arrested Song Wenyi, forcing him to cry out in grief and anger, "Song Kangwen!"

Song Kangwen became happy instead. He held the whip excitedly, his eyes full of pride.

"Brother, this is called the wheel of fortune."

He cracked the whip as he finished speaking!

Unexpectedly, the next moment he felt his neck being tightly restrained, and the feeling of suffocation suddenly rose up, making his eyes bulge out.

This sudden change made the guards in the room panic. They hurriedly looked behind Song Kangwen, only to see a slender figure.

The oil lamp in the house was extinguished at some point, and it was so dim that the man's appearance could not be seen at all.

All I know is that it was a woman.

The guards were tense and were about to respond when they found that the figure suddenly disappeared, and then everything went black and he fainted.

Song Kangwen was so frightened that his legs went weak, and the whip forced him to be unable to turn his head, so he had no choice but to beg for mercy.

"Please don't kill me!"

"A scum like you deserves death."

Song Xiwan lowered her voice, like a ghost that could capture souls, which made Song Kangwen extremely frightened. In addition, his neck was still being restrained, and his vision began to blur.

Just at this moment, the whip was released.

Song Kangwen breathed deeply, feeling as if he had come back to life.

Before he could look back, he was suddenly whipped on the back, and his skin and flesh seemed to be torn apart, causing him to scream in pain.

This time he completely fainted.

"Someone sneaked into the Song Mansion!"

The guards outside heard the noise and came over.

Song Xiwan frowned, she didn't expect things to become troublesome.

"Come on!"

Dad scolded urgently.

Song Xiwan's body stiffened slightly. In order to prevent her parents from knowing her other side, she turned off the lights and disguised her voice. Unexpectedly, she was still recognized by her father.

The guards were getting closer and closer, and Song Xiwan had no time to say anything and had to leave.

After that day, the news of Song Kangwen being attacked in the Song Mansion spread, and he reported it to the higher-ups with curses. Zhang Tianyi, remembering the previous resentment, fanned the flames of this matter.

Song Wenyi was brought to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation. Song Xiwan was so anxious that he wanted to rescue his father, but he ended up being released.

I heard that the Song Mansion was surrounded by the Purple Gold Guards.

Song Xiwan was slightly surprised.

This was the result of Duke Dingguo's life-long efforts. He had a high official rank and could even move freely around the imperial palace. He asked the late emperor for this before Prince Xuan was born.

If you dare to stop the Purple Gold Guards, you will be killed and there will be no way to seek justice.

This matter also reached the palace.

The emperor was furious and demanded, "How dare you go against me? Do you still have respect for me, your father?"

"I dare not. I just want to help my father solve his problems."

Xie Chengqian sat in a wheelchair, but his aura was not at all inferior.