Peng Lan's sudden appearance shocked all three people in the house, but Peng Ke didn't say a word, just staring at Peng Lan.

  "Dad, please give me another chance, I will definitely make everything as you wish!"

  Peng Lan knelt down, sincerely praying, while Peng Ge smiled and said: "You are my daughter, at this time you leave the house, do you think that staring at my eyes is not enough?"

  "I..."

  "Get out!" Peng Ke no longer looked at her.

  "Peng Lan hastily said: 'Father, I really...'"

  "Get out!" The sudden loud voice stopped Peng Lan's efforts, she couldn't help but tremble and disappointedly got up and retreated.

  "Master, don't be angry, the young lady was just thinking..."

  Peng He raised his hand to stop Guan Jia's words, then looked at Peng Lan's back and said: "It's cool in the evening, send a gray mouse cloak to the young lady."

  Peng Shouyi was taken aback for a moment, then his eyes welled up with joyful tears: "Yes, sir."

  ……

  In the palace of the King of Chu, Ma Shi and Zhao Jichang returned to their bedroom in a depressed mood, walking into the long corridor.

  On both sides of the path are walls several zhang high, with no one walking inside and no one serving.

  Ma Xi suddenly stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Zhao Jichang: "Both Qi Wang and the king have disappeared, why hasn't Peng He terminated the engagement with Qi Wang yet?"

  Zhao Jichang blinked: "Perhaps there is still a lingering thought."

  Ma Xi's voice was unhappy as he curled his lips: "Hmph, I am the king! Keep a close eye on him!"

  "I understand!"

  Ma Xi Sheng swung his sleeves and took two steps forward before stopping: "Why didn't you let me dispatch troops directly just now?"

  Zhao Jichang calmly said: "Your Majesty, aren't you going to look for King Qi?"

  "Look! But if Wu Yue comes to offend..."

  "Your Majesty!" Zhao Jichang interrupted Ma Xi's words, with a warning attitude and gaze: "It's best not to make decisions alone on anything, it's better to discuss with the Right Minister."

  Ma Xi frowned: "Everything has to be discussed with him, I am the king!"

  "You are of course a great king, but..." Zhao Jichang's expression became somewhat arrogant: "You also have to listen to your father!"

  Ma Xi's face, which was originally impatient, suddenly surged with a wave of anger, but he couldn't say anything. He took several deep breaths and then strode forward with a flick of his sleeve.

  Zhao Jichang followed behind him, but his body was no longer bent as low as before.

  It was night, the cold wind blew through the branches, making a rustling sound, and there were no people walking on the street. However, at the alley entrance where the Peng family's back door was located, two small servants were hiding, warming their hands while staring intently at the Peng family's back door.

  Suddenly, a man in black fell from the sky and landed behind them. Before they could react, he knocked both of them unconscious.

  Two small servants fell to the ground unconscious, while the man in black rushed to the back door and let out a loud cry.

  The back door of Peng's mansion opened, and Peng Lan, wearing a gray mouse cloak, led the rouge and several attendants out to lead the horse, then mounted the horse, and the group gradually disappeared into the night.

  The back door of Peng Mansion was closed again.

  ……

  In the CD prefecture of Shu, winter days were often overcast and rarely clear. When a sunny day finally arrived, Meng Zhi-Xiang put aside his busy affairs and strolled with his wife, Li, in the garden.

  Li Shi Gui was a princess, and when she married him, it was considered a true marriage of convenience. At the time, many people said he was lucky to have climbed so high, and he also thought that his wife would be arrogant and unbearable, but Li Shi was gentle and kind, virtuous and dignified, never looking down on him in the slightest, nor did she put on airs as a princess, instead earning his respect.

  Seven years ago, he was stationed in Beijing (Taiyuan Prefecture) with his wife, but unexpectedly, his close friend Guo Chongtao was slandered, and the emperor panicked.

  Jiannan and Huai West, Guanzhong is the foundation, this Jiannan area is even more the emperor's retreat.

  Just as the newly recovered Shu region was thrown into chaos, the Emperor became anxious and had to dispatch a trustworthy person to take control. Thus, he thought of him, the son-in-law of the Li family, and sent him on this mission.

  Meng Zhixiang rushed to Xichuan from afar, but by the time he arrived, Guo Chongtao had already been wrongly killed. He led his troops to gather the remnants of various armies and suppressed and killed Kang Yanxiao, just as things were starting to take effect. Unexpectedly, however, Emperor Zhuangzong died in the Xingjiaomen Incident, and Li Siyuan was enthroned as emperor.

  He waited for the opportunity, he could make a great career and display his ambitions, he naturally became busy.

  In this busy period, five springs and autumns passed, he did not return home again, nor did he see Li Shi again, but his development and growth made Li Siyuan worried.

  So at the beginning of last year, Li and her family came to CD. Apparently, the new emperor's intention was to use her to restrain his increasingly inflated ambition, reminding him that he was a minister of the Later Tang Dynasty, and one of their own people.

  It was unclear whether it was the longing and toil of these years that had exhausted Li's spirit, or if the damp heat of CD Fu had invaded Li's frail body, but she was constantly coughing and unable to rest, growing thinner by the day.

  Today the weather is fine, Li's mood is great, dressed up elegantly and beautifully, quite charming, but after all, she is weak, from time to time coughing twice, hard to suppress, her sickly beauty moves people's hearts.

  Meng Zhi-xiang loved her dearly and, seeing her worried state, asked Li's personal maid Dongzhu: "Has she taken all the medicine?"

  "One bowl of five-flavor medicine soup a day, and the princess is eating it too."

  "What's wrong?"

  Mr. Li turned his head and said lightly: "Is the old master worried about me? Don't worry, I'll be fine in about ten days or half a month."

  Meng Zhi-xiang nodded, took off the cloak from his body and put it on Li's shoulders again. While he was tying the belt, Song Zhi rushed into the garden, probably seeing Li, but didn't dare to come forward and just waited far away.

  Li saw Song Zhi, a hint of helplessness flashed in her eyes. Meng Zhixiang noticed his wife's expression and turned around to see that it was Song Zhi, so he said softly: "Wait for me, madam." After speaking, he went over to Song Zhi's side.

  Li's eyes fluttered back and forth, with a deeper sense of helplessness in them.

  "Old master, I just received two messages. One from Chu State said that the troops sent by Chu State turned the entire Nanchuan County upside down but still couldn't find King Qi."

  "What about the other one?" Meng Zhi Xiang asked Song Zhi while looking at Li Shi and giving her a faint smile.

  "Our people have killed eleven suspected Chi Wang in the past two months... and there's another team that was sent out, it's been so long and still no news..."

  "Oh? What's the final position?"

  Tiantai Mountain

  Meng Zhi-xiang's smile suddenly froze, he turned his head to look at Song Zhi, his eyes filled with incredulous surprise: "Tou Tuo Mountain? Isn't that under my jurisdiction in Shu?"

  That's right, and it's close to Tangmen.

  Meng Zhi Xiang's eyebrows and eyes were raised high, his smile was radiant: "This is truly good news! Go, spread the word to the Tang Gate, find him and eliminate him!"

  Song Zhi was shocked: "Master's meaning is......"

  "No news is news, this cunning little guy must be hiding in the Tang Gate."

  Song Zhi suddenly realized: "I'll go and pass on the message right away."

  Song Zhi left, and Meng Zhi Xiang also returned to Li's side. Li waved his hand, and Dong Zhu knew the meaning and took the servants away from a distance.

  "What news did Master get that makes him so happy?" Li's face wore a smile, but her eyes were filled with worries.

  Meng Zhi-xiang helped Li's family tidy up the cloak, and said softly: "The little fox I've been thinking about for a long time is about to be caught."