The prince in the cold palace

The dense trees blocked the galloping carriage in the forest, and the whistling wind passed by my ears. Danhe sat in the carriage without saying a word, so quiet that he could hardly hear his breathing.

Losing his haughty and stern eyes, Danhe looked like a trapped beast with its claws cut off, and his face was much paler.

From midnight to dawn, to noon and dusk, they didn't stop for a moment.

Traveling all the way south, away from the imperial capital and the Mu family, without stopping.

For two consecutive days, when I was thirsty, I went to the stream in the forest to draw water, and when I was hungry, I just bought some game.

The groom was tired, and sometimes Zhifei would replace him, and when Zhibao was tired, Danhe would take the whip from him.

It was already noon on the third day.

Zhi Fei shook the cowhide water bag in his hand, there was not much left, he opened the curtain and looked, the dumb uncle outside seemed to sense his sight, turned his head slightly, and pointed to the distance Zhi Fei nodded, and asked him if he was tired, and if he wanted to change. The uncle shook his head slowly, his whip twitched powerfully, and continued to drive the horse calmly.

Smiling, Zhi Fei put down the car curtain and sat back down. The uncle's physical strength is also really good. If it was him, he couldn't hold on for an hour, and his hands were sore.

"Drink mine." Dan He suddenly threw his water sac towards Zhibai, drawing a half-circle arc in the air.

Zhi Fei took the water bag in a daze, this familiar scene reminded Zhi Fei of bad memories.

Dan He turned his head to one side, looked at the two holes he smashed out, and said in a very light tone, "I'm sorry..."

Suddenly regaining consciousness, Zhi Fei stared at him blankly, "Danhe, are you talking to me?"

Danhe approached Zhibao as if he had made up his mind, and suddenly grabbed his shoulder, "I'm so annoying! Don't let me say the same thing a second time! I admit that I misjudged you, okay!"

There was an awkward silence in the car.

Zhi Fei blinked his eyes, as if he still couldn't digest Dan He's words well.

But Danhe's face was red, and he didn't know whether it was anxious or angry.

The carriage shook violently suddenly, the two were already close, and with this shock, the red crane, which had been moving a lot, slammed onto Zhi Fei's body heavily.

Looking at the face somewhat similar to her sister's from a close distance, it is not as gentle as her sister's, but has the heroic spirit and youthfulness of a teenager.

Danhe has never experienced such contact, it seems that every movement of that person will make his heart beat half a beat faster.

Warm breath spit on Zhifei's face, a little itchy, he pushed his steel-like body with difficulty, "You get up first..."

Dan He took advantage of the situation and surrounded Zhi Fei, "If you don't forgive me, I won't get up!"

Zhi Fei was almost overwhelmed, so he had no choice but to say to him as if forgiving, "Forgive...forgive..."

All of a sudden, it seemed that Danhe's eyes were full of enthusiasm again, and suddenly became much more lively, with a triumphant smile that couldn't be concealed on his lips, Danhe also tightened his arms maliciously, and listened with satisfaction. Only when Zhifei let out a cry of pain did he slowly get up from Zhifei.

Danhe looked Zhibao up and down, and felt that Zhibao was a little uneasy. The sharp eyes of a martial arts practitioner fell on him like knives. Zhifei feels uncomfortable.

After watching for a long time, Dan He frowned and said, "I really can't see it, and you have no special features, how could you become the prince?"

Zhi Fei twitched the corner of his mouth and shook his head, he didn't know why.

If I really want to say why, I can only say that it was the emperor's arbitrary and whim.

"Hmph, the prince was not made by a human being, and you are the only one who will kill a good person—the kindness of a woman." Dan He concluded triumphantly.

"...The courage of a man." Zhi Fei muttered in a low voice.

But Danhe's internal strength is high enough to hear this sentence clearly, staring at a pair of almond eyes, "You, say, what——"

Zhifei laughed.

It's been a long time since I laughed so happily, I don't need to suppress myself, I don't need to pretend to be myself, I laugh when I want to laugh, and get angry when I want to be angry, this is absolutely impossible in the palace.

Even with the concubine Mu Ao and the others, Zhi Fei tried his best not to worry them, often ignoring his original mood.

No one can smile and say it's okay after encountering bullying, prejudice, and poisoning.

Therefore, Zhi Fei envied Dan He's character, roaming the rivers and lakes without any scruples, blustering when angry, going all out when fighting, and bravely confessing and apologizing when he made a mistake.

True candor.

The two chatted happily in the car, completely unaware that time had passed and it was getting late.

The dumb uncle knocked on the shaft of the car with his whip, indicating that they had found a suitable place to rest.

Danhe opened the curtain and jumped out of the car to look around, then nodded to Zhifei, "I'll go hunt some wild animals first, you guys prepare to light the fire."

Zhi Fei thought that there might not be a drop of water left in the water bags of the three of them, so he also stepped on the shaft and got out of the car, but his center of gravity was not stable for a moment, and he fell forward. Thanks to someone in front of him supporting him, Zhi Fei smiled at the dumb uncle, "Thank you..."

And the red crane has already mastered the lightness kung fu and floated far away.

Zhi Fei frowned, the dumb uncle didn't let go of him, instead his hands slid from his shoulders to his waist, in this position, it was really abnormal.

"Uncle?..."

Familiar heat came from the firm chest, and the rough linen clothes exuded the smell of dust and slightly sour sweat, but there was a familiar light fragrance hidden in it.

When he looked up at the dumb uncle, the stern face that belonged to the middle-aged man suddenly became a bit more chilling.

The uncle's face, which was originally plain, overlapped with the man in his memory.

His lips trembled slightly, suppressing his beating heart, Zhi Po looked at the uncle cautiously, "Father... Emperor?"

A man's deep laughter came from above his head, with a playful and slightly angry tone, "Oh, it's rare that Xiao Qi still remembers Father..."

Watching the man slowly tear off the thin layer of human skin on his face, revealing a face with exquisite and perfect features, and a warm smile on his mouth.

"I...you...why..." There was chaos in his mind, Zhi Fei was almost out of breath under the pressure of the chaotic and complicated thoughts, his mouth opened and closed, but he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Yin Wuyao raised his eyebrows, "You can't even complete a sentence, and you even forgot to use honorifics?"

Zhi Fei felt as if there were countless ants crawling from head to toe, he was nervous and at a loss under strong pressure, "Father, why are you here..."

"I'm here to find the prince who was kidnapped."

"impossible……"

"Xiao Qi did a good job, Mu Danhe can be used by you in the future."

"No, the palace..."

"As early as three days ago, your elder brother was appointed to act as an agent of the government, declaring to the outside world that the emperor and the crown prince went to Wanheng Mountain to pray for blessings."

"You've been following us?"

"I swapped bags with that dumb guy at the inn."

"Is there a shadow guard by Father's side?"

"If there are too many people, Mu Danhe will find out that I am enough alone."

"Why take such a risk..."

"I said, I'm here to look for you, and I'm also looking for trouble for the Mu family."

As he said that, a smile flashed across Yin Wuyao's eyes, and Zhi Fei felt his scalp go numb.

After a long while, Yin Wuyao let go of Zhifei, straightened out his somewhat messy clothes, and regained the vigor and demeanor of being king, even though he was wearing linen, he still had the aloof aura.

Zhi Fei looked at him, the surprise and astonishment in his heart hadn't completely disappeared.

With Yin Wuyao's personality, how could he leave the palace just to cause trouble for the Mu family? I'm afraid he wanted to completely eradicate the Mu family's influence.

Danhe once said that until now there has been no news of the prince's disappearance in the imperial capital.

The concubine mother stroked Zhifei's head, and said with a slightly sad face that he was stupid, the emperor's woman would die in the palace until she died, and the concubine mother was the only concubine of the emperor at that time.

The letter stuffed in the sleeve stated that the Mu family wanted to join forces with the prince.

Danhe said, since the world is going to be chaotic, let's make it even more chaotic...

The chaotic and complicated thoughts in his mind were entangled one by one, Zhifei frowned, and suddenly took a step back.

"What's wrong?" Yin Wuyao's eyes dimmed, and distrust was written all over Zhifei's face.

Unknowingly clenched his fists, Zhi Fei looked at him indifferently and said, "This time, how are you going to use me?"

Hearing this straight to the point, the emperor with high self-cultivation almost couldn't help the surge of anger, and narrowed his eyes dangerously, capturing the wavering in Zhi Fei's heart and guarding against him, even if he put pressure on his eyes, the boy couldn't Trying to move his eyes away, Zhi Hua still stubbornly wants to move away from him.

Whenever Yin Wuyao took a step forward, Zhifei would take a step back accordingly, no matter how cruel he was under such fierce eyes, Zhifei still persisted with a pale face.

"Why do you think so?" Yin Wuyao asked him in a low voice, although the voice was not loud, but the words were resounding in Zhi Fei's ears, and he couldn't help clenching his fists even more tightly.The scholarly family member supported the outer edge of the carriage, barely standing still, and looked at Yin Wuyao with a pair of stubborn eyes, "I'm asking you, you only need to answer yes or no."

Yin Wuyao's eyes turned cold, and seeing that he had no objection, Zhi Fei dared to ask, "Since I was born, you have planned to suppress the Mu family and leave them with a hope and a bargaining chip, right? "

"Yes." Yin Wuyao answered simply, without any emotion in his eyes, only looking at Zhibai who became short of breath when he heard the answer.

"If I become the crown prince, you're sure they'll find me, right?"

"Yes." It was still a cold and distant answer, and Zhi Fei's figure swayed slightly.

Enduring the dizziness, Zhi Fei smiled desperately, "The reason why you saved me again and again is because I still have value. You followed Danhe and me all the way, and you want to get something from us, right?"

This time, Yin Wuyao paused for a moment, but when he saw the disgust on Zhi Fei's face, his heart seemed to be pulled by something. He wanted to deny it, but when he opened his mouth, he said, "Yes..."

Zhi Fei twitched the corners of his mouth, but couldn't laugh.

He slowly wrapped his arms around himself and buried his head low.

Yin Wuyao wanted to say something more, but he couldn't say anything.

Indeed, Zhi Fei was doomed to bear the fate of the Mu family from birth.

In Yin Wuyao's palace, apart from the dead, the living are more or less useful. The clues to everyone's fate are all in Yin Wuyao's hands. Yin Wuyao can control everything that happens in the palace. Learn from lurking eyes and ears.

Including the birth of Zhifei, the choice of companions and guards, the scene of entering the imperial school, when he was despised by the palace people...

Let him live because he is still useful.

To be nice to him is because he must have confidence in himself.

Let him learn to survive in order to let him live longer, so that he will not be killed by open and secret struggles in the palace before he is useful.

Observing him in secret is to confirm his intentions. If he joins forces with the Mu family, he will catch up with all the schemes;

...that's how it should have been.

However, the resolute and decisive thoughts and emotions have now changed unconsciously.