Lord Prime Minister

Huangfu Yunhua's words seemed to Mu Zihuai to blame him for being nosy, he pursed his lips, but still did not open his mouth to refute.

Huangfu Yunhua had been paying attention to Mu Zihuai all the time, and when he saw his complexion darken slightly, he knew that he was impulsive. He didn't want Mu Zihuai and Long Xiu to get entangled, but he didn't expect to hurt him. The little eunuch went down first, and softened his tone when the outsiders were no longer present.

"Zi Huai, I didn't mean to blame you." Huangfu Yunhua took a step closer to him, saw that he didn't respond, then looked at Long Xiu not far away, gritted his teeth, and said, "Eunuch Li has long been dealt with secretly by the empress, You don’t even know where the corpse is, so it’s useless to search for it.”

"what happened?"

Huangfu Yunhua hesitated to speak, Mu Zihuai asked for an answer urgently, and finally said frankly: "The only one who read the last emperor's edict, apart from mother and queen, is probably only Eunuch Li. How can he still live?"

"You mean, isn't the crown prince established in that imperial decree..." Mu Zihuai was shocked, just as the name was about to be blurted out, Huangfu Yunhua pulled him away, immediately shut up, and turned to worry: " Now the only witnesses left are Hong Shaoqing and another minister who has resigned."

Long Xiu took a few steps forward and came two steps away from Mu Zihuai, frowning. "That official is in Ji County now?"

Mu Zihuai nodded, "Pack up your bags, we'll set off in Ningtian."

As soon as these words came out, Huangfu Yunhua's expression changed, and he interrupted their conversation. "Mu Zihuai, as the prime minister of a country, how can you leave the court so easily."

Mu Zihuai suddenly turned his head to look at him, looked at him for a long time, and finally compromised: "Long Xiu, I may not be able to accompany you."

Huangfu Yunhua smiled in satisfaction, and said: "Mu Xiang still has a lot of things to do, so I can only let General Long go alone."

Long Xiu kept looking at Mu Zihuai, and was a little disappointed when he saw that he didn't speak again. "Weichen will leave tomorrow."

Huangfu Yunhua became more and more satisfied, and just about to say something, the little eunuch who had left came back and said: "Your Majesty, the Eighth Son-in-law is begging to see you."

"Eight son-in-law?" Huangfu Yunhua frowned slightly, a fat middle-aged man appeared in his mind, isn't he a wealthy businessman who has always supported the eldest prince?After marrying the eighth princess, the eldest prince has not practiced the law of consecutive sittings after the incident, so what did he come here by himself?

Right now Mu Zihuai won't leave, Long Xiu ran away by himself, Huangfu Yunhua was in a good mood, let the little eunuch lead the way, and left with peace of mind.

"Sorry, I can't go with you." Mu Zihuai said, he had his own reasons for working so hard to help Long Xiu, and he really felt guilty for not being able to go with him now.

"It's okay." Long Xiu smiled and comforted him, "Be careful now that you are in a high position in the court, you must be on guard against others."

"En." Mu Zihuai nodded, and the two left the palace one after another.

Here, Huangfu Yunhua came down to the imperial study under the guidance of the little eunuch, and sure enough, he saw Mrs. Chang standing at the door with her head down, and saw herself greeting and saluting respectfully.

Huangfu Yunhua nodded slightly, seeing his flattering face, his good mood dissipated a lot, he turned and entered the door. "come in."

"Yes." Mrs. Chang nodded repeatedly, bowed her waist into the imperial study room, and bowed to Huangfu Yunhua who was sitting behind the desk.

"What's your business?" Huangfu Yunhua took the brush on the table, tapped the ink, and drew casually on the rice paper.

"Your Majesty!" There was a thunder on the ground, and Chang's plopped without warning, kneeling down and crying, "Ever since the eighth princess entered the door, she has been at odds with her parents and even fought violently. Yesterday, my mother was called out by her." The servant was seriously injured, the villain couldn't bear it, so he had to write a letter of divorce. The villain dared to ask the emperor to punish him."

"Are you talking about asking Princess Mei?" Huangfu Yunhua stopped writing and stared carefully at the slick person in front of him. Seeing his eyes dodge, according to his own understanding of asking Mei, he would never ask Mei about these things in his mouth. will do.Could it be that seeing the eldest prince's defeat, she was anxious to get rid of him.

Huangfu Yunhua understood, looked away, and drew a smooth pattern on the rice paper with the tip of the pen, and said: "Now that the eighth princess is married, it is like pouring water, what you want to do with it is up to you."

Hearing that the emperor's tone was flat, Mrs. Chang was very concerned about the matter of the eighth princess, so she guessed herself, and continued: "The princess has left the palace this morning, I wonder if she has returned to the palace? The villain is really disturbed and wants to ask the princess to forgive me. .”

"The palace hasn't received any news that the eighth princess will come back. I'm afraid I don't know where to play. When I want to come back, I will come back naturally." Huangfu Yunhua said indifferently, and issued a eviction order to send this girl away. A dignified ex-consort.

Halfway through the painting on the rice paper, Huangfu Yunhua became interested and concentrated on drawing.

Hearing that Long Xiu was leaving the palace to find the emperor, the seventh princess, Miaotong, had been standing at the door, watching the eighth emperor's concubine leave, listening to all the conversations he had with the emperor, shocked and sad at the same time.Although she usually doesn't like this Concubine Lan's daughter, she is still her own younger sister after all, and she doesn't believe a word of what the man said, and the emperor won't be able to hear it if she doesn't believe it.

Holding her skirt and crossing the threshold, Miao Tong felt slightly dissatisfied, and said, "Your Majesty, that person just now was clearly lying, and others have always acted on our faces. When did the royal family get bullied by outsiders?"

Huangfu Yunhua was startled by the sudden voice, and made a wrong stroke with the tip of the pen. He suddenly felt it was a pity, but he never blamed his reckless sister. "You don't report it first when you come, how can you be decent. Which royal family member you just said was bullied by outsiders?"

"That's the one just now," Miao Tong pointed at the door, "What kind of son-in-law, the Eighth Emperor must have been bullied by him, and he wants to beat her up."

"Eight Emperor Sister?" Huangfu Yunhua asked back: "She is no longer an imperial family, I have already removed her imperial status and demoted her to a commoner."

Miaotong's eyes widened and she said in surprise, "When did it happen? Why didn't I know?"

"Just now. For the crime of the eldest prince, the Eighth Emperor's sister deserves to be punished and reduced to a commoner. I have already treated her very kindly."

Miaotong didn't know what to say for a while, and took a breath before remembering her original intention of coming here. "Your Majesty, Long Xiu is going to Ji County tomorrow, and I want to go with him."

"No!" Huangfu Yunhua sternly refused without even thinking about it, not giving Miaotong a chance to refute. "It's getting late now, before I get angry, you should go back to your room."

"Brother Huang." Miaotong said coquettishly in a drawn-out voice, before she could say anything, Huangfu Yunhua stood up and walked out, completely ignoring her.

Miao Tong was quite dissatisfied with the failure of her intercession, but she had no choice but to stamp her feet angrily, then turned and left.

On the second day, without telling Mu Zihuai, Long Xiu packed his bags and set off from the Dragon Mansion. As soon as he went out, he saw a thin figure curled up by the door. Although the clothes on his body were somewhat stained with mud, they were well-made, and his hair was also in a bun. Somewhat messy, with a cloth wrapped around his face, with blood oozing from it.It was already autumn, and it was still a bit chilly in the morning. The woman shivered under a small blanket.

Long Xiu stared blankly, remembering that when he was young, he and Long Lei often fell asleep in front of other people's houses, only to be woken up by freezing the next day.The boy who opened the door saw that the person on the ground was either a lunatic or a beggar, and tried to drive him away, but was stopped by Long Xiu.

"Don't drive her away, give her that thicker quilt, and give her some food and silver when she wakes up."

While talking, the people on the ground moved, and woke up leisurely. When he opened his eyes, he saw Long Xiu took a step back, and quickly lowered his head, not daring to speak.

Tears soaked through the wound on her face and reminded her painfully, which made her stand up in panic, lowered her head, not daring to let the other party see her appearance clearly, and stumbled away.

Long Xiu was a little strange, he called her a few times but the other party ran faster, so he had to give up.He took the luggage from the servant, and set off without waiting for Mu Zihuai.

Here, Mu Zihuai received a message from Long Xiu before he left the house, saying that he was leaving without seeing him off.

Mu Zihuai worried for a few days, and finally received the first letter from Long Xiu when he arrived in Ji County. Before he finished reading it, another oral order came.

The emperor summoned.

In the evening, Mu Zihuai hurried into the palace, not knowing what the emperor needed to call urgently.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the queen had just left. As Huangfu Yunhua's only wife and concubine, Xu Caicai became a queen after the emperor ascended the throne, and was in charge of the empty harem.

And she came here this time to draft a girl for the emperor, but Huangfu Yunhua sternly rejected her idea as soon as she proposed it, on the grounds that the state affairs were not peaceful.

Pacing back and forth irritably, Huangfu Yunhua was thinking of countermeasures when Mu Zihuai's voice came from the door, and immediately his eyes lit up and he called him in.

"Zihuai, the empress asked me to pick a girl, what should I do?" Huangfu Yunhua asked eagerly as if grasping at a straw.

Mu Zihuai's arm hurt a little from being grabbed by him, and he paused when he heard the emperor's words. "The Empress is right. Now the harem is really deserted. We should welcome the virtuous and virtuous, and spread the branches and leaves for the royal family."

Huangfu Yunhua never expected that Mu Zihuai would say this, his pupils shrank slightly, and he couldn't believe it: "Are you... are you still angry? Are you angry that I let you be the prime minister? Or are you angry that I won't let you Go with Long Xiu?"

Mu Zihuai didn't speak, are you angry?In fact, he was not angry, but he had already seen something clearly.

"So you want to go with Long Xiu?" Seeing that Mu Zihuai was silent, Huangfu Yunhua said to himself, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. "You want to leave with him so much? I won't let you leave. I will lock you here for the rest of my life. I will never think about leaving! I will give you glory, wealth and honor, and a high official title, so you are mine. I didn't rush you away." You, you must never go!"

"I don't want high-ranking officials." Mu Zihuai murmured with his head down, Huangfu Yunhua's voice was still roaring in his ear, breaking his last tight string.

"I don't want to be a high-ranking official!" Mu Zihuai broke free from Huangfu Yunhua's shackles, and the resentment that had been suppressed in his heart rushed out, burning him out of reason.

"I said a long time ago that I don't want to be a high-ranking official, and I don't want any power. I just want to live a good life by myself, which is life, not being trapped by heavy shackles and living hard. Do you understand? I am now I also don't want to stay in the palace, staying here will only make me want to go crazy!"

Huangfu Yunhua's eyes radiated light, watching Mu Zihuai who was on the verge of collapse burst out with deep attachment, after being pushed away, he stepped forward and hugged him regardless of his struggle, with a crazy tone.

"You can't go anywhere! If you don't want to be an official, then be my concubine, my queen, and my only wife. You will definitely stay, as long as you become my own."

Huangfu Yunhua pushed Mu Zihuai back, and the two fell on the dragon bed.

Mu Zihuai was so frightened by Huangfu Yunhua's actions that he came back to his senses, and a huge fear spread all over his body. The horrible memory of that night came back again, making him want to run away in panic.

But Huangfu Yunhua seemed to have made up his mind, he pressed Mu Zihuai on the bed forcefully, his eyes were red. "Zihuai, you will agree, right?"

"No! Get out of here!" Mu Zihuai struggled like crazy, and kicked Huangfu Yunhua, but the opponent remained motionless.

"It's okay, after tonight, you will stay."

This was the only thought in Huangfu Yunhua's mind, originally it was just a thought that had always been in his heart, but today it was stimulated and expanded rapidly, becoming his only thought.

He raised his hand to press down on Mu Zihuai's body, and with the other hand pulled hard, tearing off his black official robe with force, revealing his white chest.

Huangfu Yunhua's eyes became even more red, only Mu Zihuai was left in his eyes, and there was only one thought in his mind: keep him!

However, Huangfu Yunhua shook his head, the scene in front of him was somewhat familiar, he seemed to have done the same thing before...?

Huangfu Yunhua only hesitated for a moment, then bent down...

On the second day, Huangfu Yunhua slowly woke up when the little eunuch reminded him for the second time that the morning time was coming.As soon as he opened his eyes, the messy dragon bed crashed into his eyes, followed by chaotic memories of last night, mixed with some pictures from a long time ago.

Huangfu Yunhua rubbed his forehead, sat up, saw the other half of the dragon bed that was empty, all the memories came back, he lifted the quilt to look carefully, and asked the little eunuch to come in and ask several times, Mu Zihuai today He left before dawn.

Huangfu Yunhua was a little worried, but he was always secretly happy. He let the court lady change into court clothes, while thinking about going to the prime minister's mansion to make amends to Mu Zihuai.

He is so soft-hearted, he will surely forgive himself, and then he will stay forever.

Huangfu Yunhua made a small calculation, glanced at himself in the bronze mirror with a smile on his face, and couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.

It's just that I seem to have forgotten something?

While walking on the way to the morning court, Huangfu Yunhua frowned and thought, the flashing scenes were very familiar, all of them were pictures of love between himself and Mu Zihuai, but it was clearly not last night.

The little eunuch was leading the way in front, but the emperor behind him suddenly stopped in his tracks, staring blankly ahead, the expression on his face cracked a little bit, and he became terrified.

The image in his mind was finally fixed on Mu Zihuai's angry face, with despair and fear, eyes full of water, if he could, he would definitely kill him.

It's him!

Huangfu Yunhua's body trembled, a series of things were all connected, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more he recalled, the more terrified he became.

The person that night turned out to be Mu Zihuai.

It's Mu Zihuai!

It's Mu Zihuai!

It's Zihuai!

Huangfu Yunhua jumped up from the ground, ran to the palace gate like crazy, and tore off the dragon robe that was in the way.While running, he was afraid, his nose was sore, and his eyes, who had never cried before, were a little moist at this moment.

Don't go, Mu Zihuai, it's my fault, it's all my fault, please forgive me.

I'm sorry, please don't leave me.

Sorry, give me another chance.

I am sorry.

On that day, the new emperor, who had always been hardworking since he ascended the throne, did not come to the early court, and all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty waited all morning.