"Oh, by the way." Lin Xiao continued: "Prince, Nangong Yue and his party set out to the capital early this morning, but their Chu spy organization has begun to investigate the relationship between you and Guo Hu. In order not to make Queen Mother Lu suspicious, Guo Hu rushed back to the military camp last night."

"Ignore them. It's not the time to catch all the secret spies in the Chu State in one place." Li Xiaoyao chuckled and said, "Even if they investigate, they can't find out the real relationship between me and Guo Hu. They will only find out that Guo Hu is the Queen Mother Lu's man. What's more, a few days ago, Li Dequan secretly conveyed the imperial edict of Queen Mother Lu to Guo Hu. He protected me and also obeyed the secret order of Queen Mother Lu. With this relationship, Queen Mother Lu would not be suspicious of Guo Hu."

"I understand." Lin Xiao nodded and said, "Then what should we do next? Should we continue to stay in Xuancheng or lead troops into the capital."

Li Xiaoyao frowned and asked, "Have you arrived in the capital now that the 20,000 black armored army was secretly dispatched before?"

"When I go back to the prince, there is no one yet. I am still transporting and storing grain. After the grain reserves are complete, the army will arrive." Lin Xiao replied.

Before the troops moved, food and grass would go first. Li Xiaoyao understood this principle. As long as the food was fully stored first, the black-armored army sneaked into the vicinity of the capital secretly, so that they could not be aware of it.

"Okay!" Li Xiaoyao continued: "Appoint something about Xuancheng and be prepared to come to Beijing with me at any time."

"Prince, why did you suddenly decide to go to Beijing?" Lin Xiao asked in confusion.

The previous plan was that when the empress dowager, prince, and second prince were almost fighting, the prince was leading a army of 200,000 black armored troops to the capital and took the capital in one fell swoop. But now, the prince has changed his plan and wants to enter the capital alone?

"Go and prepare!" Li Xiaoyao said.

There were a few knocks on the door.

"Come in." Li Xiaoyao shouted.

Two maids walked in with washbasins, and then several girls walked in with some lighter food.

"Brother Xiaoyao, wash your face first, and then come over to eat something." Liu Yifei walked into the room and said while posing for food at the table, looking very much like her own wife.

Li Xiaoyao glanced at Lin Xiao and planned to ask him to stay and have dinner with him. However, before he could say anything, Lin Xiao had already spoken first: "Prince, then I will take my leave first."

Before Li Xiaoyao could agree, Liu Yifei smiled and said, "Brother Xiaoyao, hurry up! The food will be cold later, but it will not be delicious."

Lin Xiao turned around and walked out of the room.

Li Xiaoyao looked at Lin Xiao out of the door with a gaze, then wiped his face with a towel, then sat at the table, picked up the dishes and started eating.

For some reason, he felt a little nervous in front of Liu Yifei.

"You are eating the same as three years ago." Liu Yifei leaned on the table and supported her hands, staring at Li Xiaoyao with her eyes straight and said, "No one is snatching you, why eat so quickly?"

"Why don't you eat?" Li Xiaoyao looked up and said.

"I've eaten it. Who sleeps like a pig like you?" Liu Yifei curled her lips.

"I don't usually get up so late, but I was really drunk last night." Li Xiaoyao said.

"Yes!" Liu Yifei nodded and said, "Let's have dinner first!"

"You have changed a lot now." Li Xiaoyao said with a smile, then put down the bowls and chopsticks.

"You haven't paid attention to me at all." Liu Yifei pouted.

Indeed, in the past three years, he has rarely managed the affairs of the secret guards and the Black Armor Army. Guo Hu is in charge of the secret guards, while Lin Xiao is in charge of the Black Armor Army.

"Hehe." Li Xiaoyao grinned and said, "The little black girl back then has now grown into a beautiful beauty who is beautiful and beautiful."

"Is that so? I thought that in Brother Xiaoyao's eyes, only Miss Xiaotong is a beauty!" Liu Yifei said in a joking tone.

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Xiaoyao frowned, the smile on her face dissipated, and a layer of frost rose on her handsome face: "Don't mention her in front of me in the future."

Liu Yifei glanced at Li Xiaoyao, feeling secretly happy, but there was no fluctuation on her beautiful face.

Then, Brother Xiaoyao must have had a conflict with Miss Xiaotong, otherwise he wouldn't have drunk so much wine last night, and he kept muttering in his dream that Miss Xiaotong had let him down.

Li Xiaoyao came to his senses and saw Liu Yifei lowering her head. Perhaps because his tone was a little heavier just now, he scared her. He chuckled softly: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to rape you."

"I'm fine, as long as Brother Xiaoyao doesn't mind me talking too much." Liu Yifei said charmingly.

"How could it be..." Li Xiaoyao smiled, then stood up, and said, "I'm full."

"Are you leaving?" Liu Yifei stood up and said reluctantly.

The last time I had been separated for three years, this time... she dared not think about it.

"Yeah!" Li Xiaoyao nodded and said, "I've been out for so long, and I still have to go home to work hard."

"Yes...Lin Xiao and Guo Hu both said that I will accompany you these days, and they will deal with other matters." Liu Yifei said hurriedly, then she frowned slightly and opened her red lips: "Do you hate me?"

It was these two guys again, Li Xiaoyao touched his nose embarrassedly and said, "I can't even like you, so how can I hate you? Don't think about it, I really have something to do."

"Really?" Liu Yifei asked naively.

"Really." Li Xiaoyao replied in a daze, as if he was cheating on the little girl, feeling guilty in his heart.

"Okay!" Liu Yifei nodded and said, "Will you come to see me in the future?"

"Yes, sure." After Li Xiaoyao said that, he forced himself to calm down and slowly walked towards the door.

"Brother Xiaoyao, I remember what you said!" Liu Yifei said. She didn't go out because she didn't want Li Xiaoyao to cry when she saw her.

Although she knew that her brother Xiaoyao was probably perfunctory to her, she still held a trace of expectation in her heart.

Li Xiaoyao stepped out of Qingfeng Pavilion, rode a horse, looked back at the sign of Qingfeng Pavilion, and then left. Dozens of soldiers wearing border military uniforms followed him closely behind.

Liu Yifei couldn't help but walk to the window and looked at his back from afar. Tears at the corners of her eyes fell down uncontrollably.

Three years ago you had Qin Xiaotong, and at that time I was just a little beggar who fled.

But now, I've grown up...

When he returned to the palace, Li Xiaoyao locked himself in the study, and he could feel Liu Yifei's affection for him.

But he had to control his true feelings. He still didn't know what kind of feelings he had for Liu Yifei, and he didn't dare to provoke her easily.

He cannot pass on the pain to others just because he has been hurt by emotions. It takes a while to settle down, it takes a while to let go, and it takes a while to forget.
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