Is the emperor cremated today?

The carriage slowly stopped at the gate of Xu Mansion.

The groom jumped off the shaft of the carriage, set up the carriage stool, and the carriage curtain was lifted. There was only a middle-aged man sitting in the carriage. He glanced at the bustling Xu Mansion gate and got out of the carriage.

The guards at the gate had spotted the carriage long ago. They regarded him as a passer-by, and just looked at him vigilantly. Seeing that he had no intention of approaching, they did not drive away until the senders came out surrounded by Yuchun. The middle-aged man standing beside the carriage Suddenly he stepped up and walked towards the crowd.

Everyone also noticed his approach, and they all stopped to look at him, until he stopped in front of a servant girl who kept her head down, and then everyone realized who the stranger in front of them was.

"Niephew, why are you dressed like this?" The visitor folded his hands in his sleeves and looked around the crowd, then looked at the servant girl and said, "I want to see you off, and the old man is also going to have a drink at the wedding bar! "

Only a few people present knew who the visitor was. Yuchun and Yuqiu stared at the visitor vigilantly, not daring to relax. When they heard the visitor's words, they turned their heads in surprise to look at the bowed servant girl, and immediately The two tacitly stood in front of the maidservant.

They don't know what Madam is going to do, but protecting Madam is the most important thing now.

Xu Miaoyin raised her head slowly, her eyes were full of despair, she looked at Fang Zhiyuan in front of her, and laughed at herself, she thought she could escape, but it seemed that it was all in vain.

Fang Zhiyuan looked at the desolation in her eyes, and had to sigh that Xu Miaoyin was really good-looking, bright and beautiful when awake, and pitiful and lovable when he was confused, no wonder his good nephew refused to let go no matter what.

Fang Zhiyuan said with an amiable face: "Why, won't my niece and daughter-in-law invite me in?"

As soon as Fang Zhiyuan finished speaking, Xiao Qi's voice came from the gate, "Uncle is welcome to come."

Xiao Qi strode forward, glanced at Xu Miaoyin with complicated eyes, then stood in front of her, and confronted Fang Zhiyuan coldly.

"Uncle came from afar, why didn't you tell me in advance?" Xiao Qi smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

How could Fang Zhiyuan not know that Xiao Qi didn't welcome him, but because he was in front of Xu Miaoyin, he had to act with him.

He just likes to catch him off guard!
Fang Zhiyuan glanced meaningfully at Xu Miaoyin who was behind Xiao Qi and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm afraid you will forget that you still have my uncle, so I came to see you, and I also took a look at the uncle who hasn't met yet. Nephew and daughter-in-law."

Xu Miaoyin raised her eyes to look at Fang Zhiyuan, and saw that this person looked at her as if she was looking at prey, which made her feel chills, but at the same time gave her a familiar feeling, as if she had seen such a pair of eyes a long time ago.

Xiao Qi turned his body sideways again to block Fang Zhiyuan's line of sight, although he was smiling, the warning in his eyes was obvious.

Fang Zhiyuan smiled, he didn't take Xiao Qi's warning seriously, he dared not do anything to him?
Xiao Qi could only follow his will.

Xiao Qi was really not sure what kind of tricks Fang Zhiyuan was playing. For Xu Miaoyin's safety and not to arouse her suspicion, he could only be manipulated by Fang Zhiyuan obediently.

Xiao Qi could only compromise, and pretended to be very welcoming, "Uncle was joking, I will never forget who I forget, uncle, please come inside."

After speaking, Xiao Qi led Xu Miaoyin to the gate, and everyone stepped aside one after another.

Fang Zhiyuan always had a smile on his face, with his hands behind his back, he followed into the gate of Xu Mansion.

When the three of them reached the Chuihua Gate, Xiao Qi stopped and said to Fang Zhiyuan: "Uncle, I will take Miaoyin back to the room first, and let Song Guan take you to rest first, and we will get together later."

After speaking, Xiao Qi signaled Uncle Song to take Fang Zhiyuan down to rest, and he led Xu Miaoyin back to Lanyin Academy without looking back.

Fang Zhiyuan watched Xiao Qi walk away, who obviously couldn't control his anger, and then slowly said: "Your Majesty's temper has not changed at all!"

It seems that his plan is still very effective, and soon, Xiao Qi will still be his obedient nephew, and no one can influence him, except his uncle.

Uncle Song lowered his head and did not answer.

Fang Zhiyuan followed Uncle Song to the resting yard until he could no longer see Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi was tall and had long legs. Because of his anger, he took big steps. When he led Xu Miaoyin forward, she couldn't keep up with Xiao Qi's steps at all, so she could only staggered behind him. When he almost fell, Xiao Qi He hugged her into his arms, and finally brought Xu Miaoyin back to Lanyin Academy with half support and half hug.

The two entered the inner room, and Xiao Qi threw Xu Miaoyin onto the bed.

Xiao Qi didn't want to hurt Xu Miaoyin even when he was furious, but he used ingenuity and didn't hurt her. Xu Miaoyin was about to sit up, but Xiao Qi pushed her up.

Xu Miaoyin wanted to struggle, but Xiao Qi lifted her feet and pressed her flailing legs so that she couldn't move. Xu Miaoyin pushed him with both hands, but he also grabbed her hands and placed them on her head.

The whole person was suppressed by Xiao Qi, Xu Miaoyin could only pant slightly and look at the man who was panting heavily.

Xu Miaoyin was tired, while Xiao Qi was angry.

Xiao Qi looked at the angry Xu Miaoyin under him, and almost laughed out of anger, and he did.

"It turns out that your obedience these two days is for today's escape?"

Xu Miaoyin couldn't control it anymore, all the grievances and anger came to her heart, and she growled, "Shouldn't I? You asked someone to pretend to be my father and sister, where did you hide them? "

Xiao Qi looked at her in horror, a flash of panic flashed across his expression, did she recover her memory?If he really recovered, it is impossible to think that he hid Xu Rennian and Xu Jiaoyue?

Then it can only be that she only discovered the difference between Xu Rennian and Xu Jiaoyue.

So how much does she really know?
"When did you find out?" Xiao Qi quickly calmed down and asked in a deep voice.

This time, Xu Miaoyin didn't misread Xiao Qi's flash of panic. Did he have something to hide from him, so he quickly calmed down like a sigh of relief.

He didn't answer her question, but only cared about when she found out. This pun question seemed to be testing himself.

Xu Miaoyin sneered, and asked back, "When do you expect me to find out?"

Xiao Qi had to admit that Xu Miaoyin deserved to be Xu Rennian's well-trained family leader. As long as her intelligence was not affected by that sad memory, she would be able to know a lot from clues.

Fortunately, she only guessed that Xu Rennian and Xu Jiaoyue were fake, but his memory has not been restored, so he still has a chance to recover.

It's just that Fang Zhiyuan came suddenly now. He didn't know what his purpose for coming to Yangzhou was, but it was not a good thing after all. The most important thing now was to solve Fang Zhiyuan, and there was still time to settle the matter between him and Xu Miaoyin later.

Xiao Qi looked at Xu Miaoyin under him, although his face was angry and his eyes were cold, but she was much more alive, and she made him feel happy.

Xiao Qi smiled and said softly: "Miaomiao, let's talk about our matter later, during the time my uncle is here, you must not take half a step out of Lanyin Academy, you understand?"

Seeing that he was going to change the subject, Xu Miaoyin opened her mouth to say something, but Xiao Qi suddenly lowered her head and kissed her, and when she was about to speak, she said, "Don't worry, after he leaves, I will tell you Let me tell you the whereabouts of Xu Rennian and Xu Jiaoyue."

After Xiao Qi finished speaking, he got up and left the inner room, and closed the door at the same time. Xu Miaoyin got up to chase, but heard the sound of locking the door from outside, and Xiao Qi told Yuqiu in a cold voice to keep an eye on her and not let her step out of Lanyin court order.

Xu Miaoyin slapped the locked door outside and shouted angrily: "Xiao Qi, let me out, you bastard!"

Xiao Qi just hooked the corners of his mouth when he heard the words, but didn't respond to her, and went straight out of Lanyin Academy.

Xiao Qi, who had left the Lanyin Institute, had no good face. Looking at his subordinates who were kneeling in front of him, he really felt that he had been too lenient to them these days. , no one reported it.

Xiao Qi looked at them with a stern face, without speaking, he scared the kneeling people in the study to sweat.

Seeing that it was almost the same, Xiao Qi casually said, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Shadow's Team A is in charge of inquiring information, everyone looked at Shadow, Shadow is still expressionless, but they don't know that his back is also cold and sweating, this is indeed his dereliction of duty.

The shadow said: "Master, I really didn't receive any news from Duke Rong from Yujing this time. It's because of my subordinate's dereliction of duty. Please punish me, Master."

Xiao Qi tapped his fingers on the armrest lightly, making regular noises. He lowered his eyes and said softly, "I'll talk about your punishment later. Now go and find out if something happened to Yujing. It is imperative, and there must be no room for failure.”

Shadow heaved a sigh of relief and took his orders.

The rest of the people listened to the regular tap sound, and their hearts rose to their throats.

Xiao Qi glanced coldly at the kneeling people again, Qiao Zhi, Uncle Song, Qin Zhan, Yuchun and Yuqiu, and Xu Jiaoyue who was hiding in the corner, Xiao Qi's gaze stayed on Xu Jiaoyue.

Xu Jiaoyue had tried her best to reduce her sense of existence, but she still felt Xiao Qi's cold and stern gaze that seemed to have substance.

Only Xiao Qi said slowly: "Qiao Zhi, what did you promise me before?" Xiao Qi turned his gaze to Qiao Zhi, supported his head with his right hand lightly clasped on the armrest, and looked straight at him.

Qiao Zhi also had a serious face, he was no longer as lively as before, knowing that he had disappointed his master for a while, so he didn't make any further excuses, just kowtowed to the ground, waiting for his master's verdict.

Seeing him like this, Uncle Song couldn't bear it, so he pleaded for Qiao Zhi: "Master, I really don't blame Qiao Zhi this time, Madam is smart, it's hard to guard against deliberately testing him! Please forgive him this time, Master!"

Seeing her brother like this, Yuqiu also felt distressed, so she bowed her head to the ground, "Master, please spare my brother this time!"

Yuchun also stepped forward to intercede.

So except for Xu Jiaoyue, the rest kowtowed to Xiao Qi for mercy.

However, Xiao Qi looked at Xu Jiaoyue who was pretending to be a quail, and said, "Qin Zhan, detain Xu Jiaoyue and put him in the dungeon. I will try again later."

Qin Zhan was startled when he heard the words, looked up at Xiao Qi, and was about to help Xu Jiaoyue explain a few words, but was blocked by Xiao Qi's cold eyes.

But at this time, Yuqiu said: "Master, madam said she wants to see Xu Jiaoyue, so let me take her to Lanyin Academy!"

Xiao Qi narrowed his eyes when he heard the words, and didn't speak again, but just looked at Xu Jiaoyue.

Seeing that Xiao Qi didn't make things difficult for Xu Jiaoyue anymore, Yuqiu boldly said: "The madam also said, tell the master not to hurt brother and Xu Jiaoyue."

Xiao Qi glanced at Yuqiu, and said coldly: "Yuqiu, if I find out that what you said is false, you know what the consequences will be."

Yuqiu kowtowed and said, "Subordinates dare not!"

Xiao Qi didn't say anything else, and asked Yuqiu to take Xu Jiaoyue to see Xu Miaoyin, and after meeting Xu Miaoyin, he took her back to Lingyuexuan and locked her up.

"Qin Zhan, you follow."

Qin Zhan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and took Xu Jiaoyue out of the study.

Xiao Qi said to Uncle Song: "During the time when Duke Rong was here, we will send more people to guard him, and strengthen the security in the mansion. I don't want to see what happened today happen again. If Madam steps out again Xu Fu, you don't even want to live."

After Xiao Qi finished speaking, he got up and left the study.

Xiao Qi went to the guest house, and wanted to find Fang Zhiyuan, but met Fang Zhiyuan's personal guard on the way, "Your Majesty, the Duke is waiting for you in the back garden."

A stern look flashed in Xiao Qi's eyes when he heard this, and then he walked into the garden.

Entering the garden, Xiao Qi saw Fang Zhiyuan sitting in the pavilion beside the lotus pond, drinking tea and enjoying the scenery, looking very comfortable, seeing him approaching, and warmly greeted him to drink tea, as if at home.

Although Xiao Qi was unhappy and had many suspicions, he didn't show his face, took the tea that Fang Zhiyuan handed over, and drank it slowly.

Fang Zhiyuan looked at the surrounding scenery, sighed and said: "Oh, this place is really nice, the people from Jiangnan are elegant, even the gardens are so exquisite and elegant, I will find a craftsman from Jiangnan to make mine tomorrow. Change the garden."

Xiao Qi also smiled and said: "Okay, I know some talents, and I will introduce them to my uncle later."

Fang Zhiyuan looked back at Xiao Qi, seeing him drinking tea with his eyes downcast, his face unable to distinguish between happiness and anger, he also smiled and said, "Okay, that's what I wish for!"

For a while, the nephew and uncle really talked about their daily life as if they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Fang Zhiyuan took a sip of tea, and casually asked: "Hey, is my niece and daughter-in-law gone? After all, I'm your only living relative, so I should drink a cup of tea from her!"

Xiao Qi snorted coldly, after so long, he was finally willing to talk about his purpose.

Xiao Qi raised his eyes to look at Fang Zhiyuan, put down his teacup, and said, "Don't be a fool, Mr. Guo, tell me, what can you do with me?"

Hearing Xiao Qi's claim, Fang Zhiyuan stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you have been away from Yujing for more than two months. How can this country survive without His Majesty in charge?"

Seeing his loyal minister's direct admonishment, Xiao Qi smiled lightly and said, "With Lord Rong Guo here, he can help me defeat this world, and naturally help me rule it. It doesn't matter if I'm in Yujing or not. "

Fang Zhiyuan knelt down in front of Xiao Qi in panic when he heard the words, "The old minister is terrified, Your Majesty can't say that!"

Xiao Qi leaned over to look at Fang Zhiyuan who was kneeling in front of him, and said softly, "Isn't this what uncle wants?"