"At noon? Si Qi, why didn't you wake me up?" Shen Xinyue asked in confusion.

Si Qi pursed his lips, trying to suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth, but he couldn't suppress it, and instead suppressed his laughter.

"Princess, it was the prince who gave the order that no one is allowed to disturb the princess, and that the princess must have a good rest."

Shen Xinyue felt sad.

It turned out to be Huo Weilou's order. No wonder no one dared to come and disturb her sleep. Even the maids and boys cleaning the yard were not heard.

"Where is Huo Weilou now?"

Si Qi lowered his head and thought for a while: "If the guess is correct, the prince should have just left the palace at this time. Before leaving the palace, the prince said that he did not have to wait for lunch. There were times like this before, and the prince usually could not arrive at the palace until midnight. .”

"Si Qi, go and help me with something..." Shen Xinyue waved to Si Qi to come over, then whispered her plan into Si Qi's ear.

"I understand, it's just Princess, do we really want to do this?" Siqi looked strange.

"Go quickly, you are right to listen to me." Shen Xinyue smiled mysteriously.

Because the place she traveled to did not belong to any dynasty in history, and Shen Xinyue already knew a lot about food, she wanted to cook a modern dish for Huo Weilou to try.

Soon, Si Qi prepared the materials Shen Xinyue needed.

Shen Xinyue had lunch with the others, and then cooked for Huo Weilou in the kitchen.

Shen Xinyue is not a very good cook, but she is better than a kitchen novice. When she is busy, she can cook noodles and stir-fry side dishes to satisfy her own needs.

Therefore, Shen Xinyue decided to make tomato and egg noodles for Huo Weilou. This place did not have the dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, so Si Qi felt weird after Shen Xinyue expressed his idea.

In the kitchen, Si Qi helped Shen Xinyue.

"Princess, is this... really delicious?" Si Qi found it hard to believe what kind of food would be made by putting these two things together.

Shen Xinyue was mysterious, pursed her lips and smiled: "You will know after eating it."

Shen Xinyue moved very quickly, and in a short while, a bowl of hot tomato and egg noodles came out of the pot.

In order to satisfy Si Qi's curiosity, Shen Xinyue specially made some more for Si Qi to try.

After eating it, Si Qi's eyes lit up: "Princess, it's amazing, these two ingredients are stir-fried together, and it tastes so good."

"Really? I think so too." Shen Xinyue was in a good mood and felt like she could eat a big bowl, even if she had just had lunch.

Huo Weilou returned to the palace at this time. Shen Xinyue took advantage of the fact that the noodles had just come out of the oven and hurriedly brought them to Huo Weilou as a way of expressing her gratitude. After all, she had remembered all the kindness Huo Weilou had treated her these days. There was nothing she could do. To repay Huo Weilou, he could only make him a bowl of noodles when he returned home.

"What is this?" Huo Weilou looked at the tomatoes and eggs in the bowl with the same suspicion as Si Qi.

Shen Xinyue handed the chopsticks to Huo Weilou: "Try it, I made it. Thank you for your protection during this period. It happened that you didn't have lunch, so I made you a bowl of noodles."

When he heard that Shen Xinyue was cooking the food himself, Huo Weilou took a bite with determination, but was shocked by the taste.

The unpalatable taste that I imagined did not appear, and was replaced by the sweet and sour taste of tomatoes.

"Is it delicious?" Shen Xinyue asked expectantly.

"It's delicious, I like it very much." Huo Weilou's eyes were full of tenderness.

When Shen Xinyue heard Huo Weilou say that she liked him, she was immediately elated.

Huo Weilou's originally bad mood in the court became brighter because of this bowl of noodles.

In the following days, Shen Fengjiao stayed quietly in the palace, and did not often go out to talk to Lan Qingruo. She often locked herself in the courtyard, and occasionally went outside the palace.

Shen Xinyue found herself rarely at leisure.

There are no intrigues, no need to go out to meet the so-called big shots, just stay in the palace and be a beautiful waste.

Shen Xinyue's life is particularly comfortable.

At the same time, Shen Xinyue did not interfere much with Huo Weilou's affairs. She would only cook once in a while and let Huo Weilou eat warm when he was not in time to eat.

Whenever this time comes, Si Qi will smile like an aunt, and then jokingly say: "The princess is cooking for the prince again? The princess is so kind to the prince."

And Shen Xinyue used the same sentence to deal with Si Qi every time: "Your Majesty has helped me a lot. He and I are just cooperating for a win-win situation. Although there is a form of marriage, there is no reality of marriage."

However, Si Qi refused to listen to Shen Xinyue's excuse and stubbornly believed that the prince and the princess were in love and were a match made in heaven.

But Shen Xinyue smiled and didn't take it to heart.

One day, afternoon.

The weather is fine and the sun is just right.

Shen Xinyue was wearing a plain white dress and reading in the study room of Huo Wei Building.

She wants to know more about the history and changes of this world.

Huo Weilou allowed Shen Xinyue to go in and out of his study to read classics, but he didn't have much time to come to the study. Even when he came back, he would write approval documents on the table.

I don't have time to read these classics at all.

But this is a bargain for Shen Xinyue. On weekdays, she reads alone and quietly. Although there will be someone sleeping here at night, she can take care of her regardless of time and place.

At this time, Shen Xinyue was watching The Art of War attentively.

Huo Weilou is dealing with matters in the court.

"Yue'er, Shen Fengjiao has been acting weird these days. Be careful of her having any bad intentions." Huo Weilou suddenly remembered Shen Fengjiao and warned him.

Shen Xinyue was watching intently while Huo Weilou was talking to her, but she didn't react for a moment.

"Ah what? Oh, you mean Shen Fengjiao." Shen Xinyue put down the book, "I have made it clear to her what she needs to say. As for what she wants to do, it has nothing to do with me. Now she doesn't either I will be willing to do things for Lan Qingruo and the others, now that she is not acting like a monster, I am happy and free."

Huo Weilou was very helpless. His secret guard told him that Shen Fengjiao often went out of the house and met many ladies from other aristocratic families.

However, seeing Shen Xinyue's nonchalant look, he sighed.

In terms of status, Shen Fengjiao is completely inferior to Shen Xinyue. If Shen Fengjiao uses dirty tricks, he can protect Shen Xinyue.

Well, in this case, he would keep a closer eye on Shen Xinyue. If Shen Fengjiao really dared to deal with Shen Xinyue, he wouldn't mind leaving one less person in the capital quietly.

"Prince, Princess, something bad is going to happen!" At this moment, Si Qi ran over in a panic. Before anyone arrived, the voice had already broken in.

Because Huo Weilou did not allow anyone to enter the study room, Si Qi only dared to stay at the door and did not dare to step in without Huo Weilou's order.

"Come in and talk, why are you so nervous?"

As soon as Si Qi entered the study, he burst into tears.

"Your Majesty, Princess, and Mr. Shen disappeared when they came to the capital!"

Huo Weilou frowned, a little confused: "Master Shen?"

Song Ruyu told Shen Xinyue that Huo Weilou was not present when Shen Wangchi came to the capital to do business, so Huo Weilou did not know about it.

Shen Xinyue stood up suddenly: "My brother is missing?"

Today was originally the day when Shen Wangchi arrived in the capital. Shen Xinyue asked Si Qi to pick him up early, but Si Qi waited for a long time and never saw Shen Wangchi, so she left the capital and went to meet him outside the city.

As a result, the carriage of Shen Wangchi and others was found in the woods on the outskirts of the city, and the people were gone!

Si Qi heard people passing by saying that a group of robbers had just appeared nearby, and they might have been robbed by the robbers.

Si Qi then hurried back to the palace and told Huo Weilou and Shen Xinyue about the incident.

"Robbers?! The security in the capital is so good, how could there be robbers?" Shen Xinyue shook her head and did not accept this statement.

"Si Qi, hurry up! Bring someone to find him quickly! Nothing will happen to my brother! We must find him!" Shen Xinyue's eyes turned red instantly.

Shen Wangchi, like Song Ruyu, is the only person in the Shen family who treats her well. What's more, Shen Wangchi was assassinated and his legs were broken. If he was taken away by robbers, how long would he survive?

Thinking of this, Shen Xinyue became even more anxious. She could not accept that Shen Wangchi died here!

That was someone who was kind to the original person. She wanted to repay Shen Wangchi for the original person. How could she let someone die here!

After listening to Si Qi's words, Huo Weilou always felt that this matter was not simple.

Everything in the capital is under his control, and his secret guards and spies are spread throughout the capital.

If there really was such a group of robbers on the outskirts of the city, it was impossible for Huo Weilou to be unaware of it!

I'm afraid someone is behind this matter, and Shen Wangchi is just an innocent person who got in by mistake.

So in this matter... is the person behind the scenes targeting him, Huo Weilou, or Shen Xinyue?

Huo Weilou fell into deep thought. He had to find out this person. Whether it was for the sake of his own power, Shen Xinyue's safety, and the safety of the people she cared about, he had to find out the person behind the scenes as soon as possible.

"Si Qi, please go into more detail. No matter how big or small it is, tell it all."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Si Qi nodded.

"The princess told my slave yesterday that her brother will arrive in the capital today, and asked my slave to wait at the city gate this morning to pick up Mr. Shen."

"My slave left the house at dawn and waited at the city gate for several hours, but she still didn't see Mr. Shen enter the city. I wanted to go out of the city and went to the suburbs to meet Mr. Shen."

"But when I left the city, I saw Mr. Shen's carriage in the woods on the outskirts. I thought Mr. Shen was nearby, so I tried calling a few times, but there was no response."

"At this time, someone passed by and saw that the slave was looking for someone. He told the slave that there were robbers in the area just now, and asked the slave to enter the city quickly to avoid being poisoned. He also told the slave that most of the people in the carriage were robbed. The bandits took them away, I'm afraid..."

Having said this, Si Qi paused for a moment, and then continued: "The servant hurriedly ran back to the house and reported this situation to the princess."

Shen Xinyue's face turned pale: "Why are there robbers..."

Huo Weilou frowned and carefully considered what Si Qi said, "The public security in the capital is good. It is impossible for robbers to appear and I have not received any news."

After hearing Huo Weilou's words, Shen Xinyue's rationality gradually returned and her heart calmed down.

Indeed, if there was such a group of people, would Huo Weilou not know about it? He is the regent with all the power in the government, how could he not know about the big and small things in the capital?

"Yue'er, don't worry, I'll take care of it." Huo Weilou squeezed Shen Xinyue's shoulder reassuringly.

"But Weilou, that is my brother, half brother from the same father and mother. How can I feel relieved? When you go to check, can you take me with you? I will definitely protect myself." Shen Xinyue drooped. Standing like an injured cat.

"If there really is such a group of people, you will probably become their target." Huo Weilou did not say more, he knew that Shen Xinyue would understand what he meant.
Chapter completed!