In the study room of the Prince's Mansion, Qi Xiao stood in front of the desk and played with a set of new purple hairs. There were twelve pens in total. The pen stem was a bit like dead branches and some were like green bamboos. They were all carved from Hetian jade. They were extremely exquisite. Qi Xiao picked up the branch casually and dripped it into water. The pen tip was sharp, round, and strong, and all were beautiful. Qi Xiao smiled with satisfaction and asked in a low voice: "Do you know why I asked you to come?"

Huo Rong knelt on the ground for a long time but did not move, his face calmly: "Go back to Your Highness, I am ignorant."

"I don't know..." Qi Xiao put down the brush in his hand casually, took the silk squid and wiped his hands slowly, "Actually, it's nothing... Gu was just in Luomeiju, and he saw the man who entered the mansion with you, called... Yes, is he called Shen Xin a gloomy?"

Huo Rong cursed Shen Xin in his heart and hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Go back to Your Highness, my subordinates and Shen Xin have never had serious errands since they entered the mansion. We will let us go wherever we are short of people. I'm afraid that Luo Meiju has some rough errands to use him."

Qi Xiao smiled faintly: "So that's the case... Well, fortunately, Luo Mei didn't have a concubine in the middle, otherwise Gu would have thought about it more and he ran there."

Huo Rong bowed his head: "Your Highness is joking."

Qi Xiao was still slow and said lightly: "Huo Rong... I see you are not young anymore, have you ever married?"

Huo Rong shook his head: "When you go back to your highness, you are twenty-three years old this year, and you have never married because you have been in the face of your mission."

Qi Xiao smiled and said, "That's strange. Why did Gu hear that you already have a son and a daughter?"

Huo Rong suddenly looked at Qi Xiao, and a layer of fine beads of sweat slowly oozed out from his forehead...

"Huo Rong, a native of Changping, lost his father and mother since childhood, and grew up by his uncle and uncle Zhou Ji in the clan..." Qi Xiao's slender fingers lightly locked the case, "Later, I entered the palace. Because of my calm and sophisticated work, I was highly appreciated by Jiang Deqing, the chief supervisor of the Qianqing Palace. He also recognized you as your adopted son. In the third year of entering the palace, you went back to your hometown once. That month... Haha, you know what happened best. After that, you would go back to Changping once every six months, saying that you were going back to your hometown to visit relatives. After five years of visiting, you have all your sons and daughters. Haha... Huo Rong, is there something wrong with Gu?"

Every word Qi Xiao said hit Huo Rong's heart heavily. Huo Rong lost the peace he had just now, his face was as pale as paper, and he whispered for a while: "No...no."

Qi Xiao smiled and said, "It's really good that you hide. The relatives in Changping's hometown don't know that you have become relatives, let alone your adoptive father Jiang Deqing, who knows nothing. I admire you a little, and I can hide it so well."

Huo Rong swallowed his saliva and his voice trembled: "Your Highness..."

"You have tried your best to hide it from me, Gu's guess... You also know that Jiang Deqing is unreliable." Qi Xiao looked at Huo Rong with a smile and said slowly, "Don't worry, since you don't want others to know, Gu will not be arrogant."

Huo Rong's lips trembled unnaturally. He tried his best to suppress his anxiety and said hoarsely: "Your Highness...want to know what..."

Qi Xiao smiled with satisfaction: "Smart, it's not wasteful of me trying to check your life experience. But it's not that I want to know what I want to know, but that I should ask you, Jiang Deqing... or the emperor, how did I explain to you, what did they want to know?"

Huo Rong closed his eyes, thinking about his daughter and gritted his teeth: "Eunuch Jiang wants to know... Who does His Highness interact with on weekdays, what does he do after returning home every day, and... and he also keeps a close eye on His Highness's movements. Whenever something is wrong, he will go to the palace to report the letter immediately."

Qi Xiao nodded and said lightly: "Then why did Shen Xin go to the backyard today? What did you hear?"

"Your Highness, I really don't know about Shen Xin's trip to Luo Meiju." Huo Rong hesitated and lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Last night, Shen Xin and his subordinates said, "I saw Your Highness and the Prince behind the gallery, behind the gallery..."

Qi Xiao frowned and said impatiently: "I understand, let me tell you."

"Yes, it's too far away. Shen Xin didn't actually look at it. He and his subordinates said that they should find a way to get behind and figure it out..." Huo Rong looked at Qi Xiao carefully and whispered, "Although his subordinates were assigned to the side of the palace with Shen Xin, we were not familiar with each other before. I also advised Shen Xin not to be eager for quick success and instant benefits. He..."

Qi Xiao sneered: "He doesn't listen, and always wants to quickly take a big handle to make contributions, idiot..."

Huo Rong took a deep breath: "Your Highness Yingwu, that's it... that's it."

Qi Xiao smiled softly: "Since you told the truth with Gu, I won't hide it from you. Gu Tong's prince... It's really what you think."

Huo Rong was shocked, and Qi Xiao said again: "Huo Rong, Gu did not call Shen Xin today, but called you alone. Do you know what it means?"

The sweat from Huo Rong's forehead slowly flowed down and penetrated into the fabric along his neck. He slowly shook his head. Qi Xiao smiled faintly: "Don't be so scared. This is not a secret in my mansion. People who follow me know a lot. I have never been on guard against my own people. If you become 'my people', then you know it, it's okay."

Qi Xiao changed his tone and suddenly brought some murderous aura: "But Shen Xin... it's different. Gu can't keep him anymore. Huo Rong, in order to relieve Gu, and to let your son and daughter continue to stay in your hometown in Changping safely, I'll have to deal with this trouble for Gu."

Huo Rong's face turned pale in an instant. It was not that he had never killed anyone, nor that he had any friendship with Shen Xin, but just because he took Shen Xin's life, how could he explain to the emperor?

Qi Xiao seemed to see Huo Rong's concerns and smiled and said, "What's the problem? Just let it go. After that, you will tell the emperor that Shen Xin has been bribed by me, afraid that he will reveal something he shouldn't have to say, so you can kill him first, wouldn't it be enough?"

Huo Rong calmed down and thought, this was a way. Qi Xiao saw Huo Rong being moved by himself and smiled and said, "Don't worry, although the orphan is not very good, he still has a bit of kindness towards children. As long as you do what orphan says in the future, orphan will protect your wife and children's lives."

Qi Xiao stood up and handed Huo Rong the purple hair he had just played with, and smiled: "These pens are pretty good. Let's bring them to your son next time I go back to my hometown." After that, he ignored Huo Rong and turned the screen and left the study room to find Baibian.

In the warm pavilion, Bai Ren was holding the book and reading it casually. When he saw Qi Xiao coming, he stood up and said, "Your Highness."

"Sit." There was no servant in the room. Qi Xiao poured a cup of tea and drank it himself. Bai Ren turned his head and looked at Qi Xiao. Qi Xiao smiled, "Why do you think of me like this? What's on my face?"

Bai Ren shook his head: "Have you heard of something good about your Highness?"

Qi Xiao laughed: "Did you see it?"

Bai Ren secretly regretted his rashness and hurriedly said, "I'm not trying to inquire about Your Highness..."

"It's okay, you can ask about my affairs at will." Qi Xiao sat next to Bai Ren, pulled his hand and pinched it, "Do you remember the last time I told you that the emperor sent me four people?"

Bai Ren nodded, Qi Xiao smiled: "I just cooked them and felt relieved, so I brought them out."

Bai Ren opened his eyes wide: "Discussed? That was sent to His Highness by the emperor. How could he cook casually?"

"I have my own way." Qi Xiao lowered his head and kissed Bai Ren's lips and smiled relaxedly, "You can feel at ease in my house in the future."

Bai Ren was still curious. He had always hated these things the most. He had suffered a lot of losses in this. He really didn't understand how Qi Xiao treated people so simply. He couldn't help but seek scriptures from Qi Xiao. Qi Xiao smiled: "You have to bring two or two braces of cultivation when you become a disciple. Your prince has to learn the skills of being a master. Isn't that a bit too much?"

Bai Ren was the most careless and thought Qi Xiao was unwilling to say it. He was embarrassed: "I can do it, I'm afraid that your highness is not interested..."

Qi Xiao felt as if he was scratched by a kitten in his heart and sighed softly: "Bai Ren... are you deliberately making me feel sorry for you?"

Without waiting for Bai Ren to speak, Qi Xiao lowered his head and kissed him on the forehead, and laughed in a low voice: "I will kiss you all the time. You will kiss me on your own initiative today, and I will tell you all."

Bai Ren's face turned red when he heard this, Qi Xiao smiled: "It's not just this, but the eyes and ears in your house, I have a way to help you solve it."

Bai Ren's heart moved: "Really?"

"When did I lied to you?" Qi Xiao sat upright and looked at Bai Ren with a smile, "No need to forget it."

The temptation was too great. Bai Ren struggled a few times, but finally he endured the shame and leaned against Qi Xiao. If Qi Xiao had usually held someone in his arms, who knew that Qi Xiao had made up his mind to tease him this time, and hesitated to look at him. Bai Ren's face became hotter and hotter. He hesitated and climbed his hand on Qi Xiao's back, raised his head slightly, touched Qi Xiao's lips, Qi Xiao lowered his eyes and smiled: "How did I kiss you before? Is Your Highness just perfunctory to me like this?"

Bai Ren frowned, paused and kissed Qi Xiao's lips. He imitated Qi Xiao's usual appearance and licked Qi Xiao's lips tentatively. He had just eaten crispy cheese, and there was still a milky aroma between his lips and teeth. Qi Xiao could no longer bear it, so he took the initiative...

After a while, Qi Xiao let go of the person with satisfaction. Bai Ren's face turned red and he whispered: "Your Highness... can you say it now?"

Qi Xiao had no intention of hiding him, so he ordered people to investigate Huo Rong, how did he detect the tricks and sent people to Huo Rong's hometown, and finally how did he conquer Huo Rong's various things to tell Bai Ren. Bai Ren sighed secretly and finally smiled bitterly: "Your Highness is delicate, but this method... it is impossible for you to do without a capable spy. I have some people in my hands, but I can only check some superficial things, such as finding things like other people's hometown without disturbing anyone... they can't do it."

Qi Xiao smiled complacently, Bai Ren hesitated and asked again: "Your Highness... Didn't you say you want to help me deal with the eyes and ears in my mansion?"

"This is easier." Qi Xiao pulled Bai Ren's hand and smiled easily, "My mansion is clean now. You just need to live with me every day, and I promise they will never monitor you anymore."

Bai Ren was furious and shook his hand and went to the inner room. Qi Xiao laughed loudly and followed him into the inner room. He laughed softly for a while before he coaxed the person back.

The author has something to say: Thanks to Princess Miao, gyla,_jaeer's two landmines, thanks to the rocket launcher of ananna, thanks to the sheenseer, Nanzi's grenade, thanks to the floating sound, round and fluffy, balance, full, too early, A Shuishui, bent bean's landmines

Thank you for your support. I have been updated late in the past few days due to work reasons. I will resume updates at 8pm tomorrow. I apologize and apologize

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