() The little girl leaned on Liu Xia's shoulder, feeling the warmth of Liu Xia's palm, then looked up at Liu Xia, and kissed Liu Xia on the cheek.

"Stupid senior brother, what are you thinking about?"

Lingling saw Liu Xia thinking deeply and asked curiously.

"fine."

Liu Xia smiled lightly.

Today, I suddenly heard Lingling talking about proposing marriage, and couldn't help but rang the alarm bell for Liu Xia.

Lingling is a princess, and his father is one of the eight iron hat kings with huge influence.

Marriage between nobles is nothing unusual.

With Lingling's status and the status of his mother's family, there is a high chance that he will be asked to marry by the emperor.

As for the candidates for marriage, they might be the princes.

Naturally, those princes would not miss this opportunity.

In this way, Liu Xia was very passive.

He had to find a way to solve it. If he made this request to the emperor rashly, based on Liu Xia's current understanding of the emperor, he didn't know that the emperor would do this.

After all, Lingling's father holds military power.

"Tch, that's a lie. When I met Yunzong before, whenever you encountered any problem, you would always have this expression."

"Oh, you still understand your senior brother."

After saying this, Liu Xia hugged Lingling tightly.

"Idiot, I know what you are thinking. In fact, you have to explain this matter to the emperor as soon as possible. You have no father and mother, and I have no advice for you. You have to handle this matter yourself. Listen to my father,

The emperor loves you very much."

"I hope. Your family has too much influence. I guess the emperor already has a plan in mind. I have to find a suitable time to bring this matter up."

"Look, I scared you. I was just joking. Don't worry, I, Duan Lingling, am yours in life and your dead in death. Apart from you, I will never marry anyone in this life."

Lingling said firmly.

"Stop talking nonsense. You have to believe in your senior brother. This little thing won't trouble me."

Liu Xia chuckled, then lowered his head involuntarily, opened Lingling's collar, and looked inside.

"Oh, you're going to die."

Lingling blushed shyly and hurriedly pushed Liu Xia away.

"Stingy, just pretend that your senior brother has never seen it. I don't know who it was back then, but he often pestered your senior brother to take a shower."

"If you keep talking nonsense, I will get angry."

Lingling hit Liu Xia hard on the head and said angrily.

"Okay, let's stop making trouble. Let's sleep."

After saying this, Liu Xia lay on the bed.

Lingling grabbed his ear and said, "If you want to sleep, go back to your palace and sleep. Get up, you scoundrel."

Liu Xia held her in his arms and pushed her onto the bed.

Lingling struggled for a few times, but she was not as strong as Liu Xia, so she gave up.

The two of them just looked at each other until it got slightly brighter, and then Ling Ling fell into a deep sleep.

Liu Xia covered Lingling with a quilt and slipped out of the window quietly.

Immediately, Liu Xia returned to Yuan Binglong's mansion.

Yuan Binglong had obviously been busy all night and had just returned.

When he saw Liu Xia, he clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I was asking around last night, and I happened to meet an old friend. His caravan happened to pass there that day, and he saw the whole process. The person responsible for checking the Bai family's caravan was

Qianhu Ma Xiao from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. I have ordered my brothers to inquire about his residence. Please wait a moment, Your Majesty."

"You really have some skills."

Liu Xia said with a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, I'm so impressed. I've made a lot of friends in the past few years in Longdu. People from all walks of life have some friendships with all the major gangs. It's easy to find out some things."

The two of them waited for half an hour, and then someone came back in a hurry and said hurriedly: "I have inquired clearly. The Qianhu named Ma Xiao lives in Dongcheng. He has a wife, a concubine, parents, and two children.

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"Go to Bai Mansion to deliver a message and ask my junior sister to come here to find me. Be quick."

Liu Xia said.

Yuan Binglong went there in person without saying a word.

An hour later, Caiwei came back with Yuan Binglong.

"Caiwei, you will track Ma Xiao later. His every move will be stung. If anything happens, ask Yuan Binglong to notify me immediately. I have to go back to the palace."

Liu Xia said.

"Brother, what happened? Sister Wenxin and I are very worried about you."

"Don't worry, it's a small matter. I was put under house arrest by the Emperor. He asked me to shut up and think about my mistakes. This Tuoba Lingyun is trying to harm Brother Bai. How can I stand by and watch. This person is very important, so we must keep a close eye on him."

Liu Xia instructed.

"Senior brother, don't worry."

Caiwei said confidently.

Yuan Binglong was dumbfounded as he listened. It was obvious that he, the prince, was having sex with the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Naturally, I felt a little scared.

"Brother Yuan, go with Lingling."

After saying that, Liu Xia walked out of the gate and hurried towards the direction of the palace.

Back to the palace, it was bright and clear.

Dabao's snoring was like thunder.

Liu Xia sat cross-legged in the courtyard and began to practice.

For a whole day, nothing happened in the palace.

Waiting until evening, Liu Xia received a secret letter from Yuan Binglong.

The messenger was a homing pigeon raised in Lingling. After opening it, it read that Ma Xiao had left the city.

Liu Xia immediately stood up, changed his clothes, put on a human skin mask, and quietly fled from the palace.

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Outside the city, the sun sets in the west, and people who have worked hard all day are rushing into the city.

But a carriage from the Metropolitan Procuratorate was traveling in the opposite direction of the crowd, heading straight out of the city.

There were two people sitting in the car, one of them was Tuoba Lingyun's confidant Wang Tianyun.

The other person, wearing a Feiyu suit, is in his forties, not tall, slightly fat, with a few strands of beard on his chin. He is Ma Xiao, a Qianhu member of the Inspectorate.

"Brother Wang, why are you so elegant today? Are you going to drink outside the city?"

Ma Xiao asked doubtfully.

"Brother Ma, this is just for the supervisor. Tonight the supervisor is in a courtyard outside the city and wants to treat you to a drink. This is a good thing. You also know that Mr. Zhao is retiring. Among the thousands of households, there must be someone who will replace him.

The old position. And you have been the deputy of Qianhu for so many years. Today, the supervisor personally invites you to drink. Think about it, what will happen? "

Wang Tianyun said with a smile.

When Ma Xiao heard this, he was stunned and said: "You mean, the supervisor wants to promote me?"

"Of course, otherwise there are so many Fuqianhu, why would I come here to invite you to drink?"

Wang Tianyun smiled lightly.

Wang Tianyun was the confidant of the supervisor. Once Ma Xiao heard this, he was no longer doubtful. In terms of qualifications, he should have been able to outlast him.

Once you become a Qianhu, you are no longer the same as you are now.

"Thank you, Mr. Wang. If I am really told by Mr. Wang, I will definitely ask Mr. Wang to have a good time."

There are some nice foreign girls coming to the building. If we have time, let’s go and have a good time.”

Wang Tianyun laughed.

When Ma Xiao heard this, he felt even more confident that he was going to be promoted this time.

Ma Xiao was very excited along the way. In less than an hour, the carriage arrived at Tuoba Lingyun's villa outside the city.

This is Tuoba Lingyun's villa. Every summer, Tuoba Lingyun takes his family members to come here to escape the summer heat.
To be continued...