I am a ruler in troubled times

The maid of the eldest princess mansion finally found out about her elder brother.

However, when Emperor Yonghe sent someone to arrest her brother, he found that all her family members had been poisoned and died violently.

After further investigation, it was found that the maid's elder brother had close contacts with traveling merchants from other places, and some people swore that the traveling merchant had paid off a large amount of gambling debts for the maid's elder brother.

But the traveling merchant had already left Xianyang half a year ago.

The thread is broken again.

Princess Lingyun's maid was even more troublesome, she actually committed suicide by bumping into a wall under the noses of everyone.

Although King Su's reaction was timely, he kicked the girl's thigh to stop the girl from hitting the wall, but the girl also fell to the ground and hit her head, making it difficult to even speak, let alone interrogate.

If he wanted to get more information from this maid, he had to heal her first.

Princess Lingyun was fine, but she was almost murdered in the princess palace.

In terms of emotion and reason, Zhao Guo has to give an explanation to Chu State, and the princess is ashamed to let Princess Lingyun stay in her house.

King Xiang was very talkative, he felt that since Princess Lingyun's maid from Chu State was also involved in this matter.No matter where Princess Lingyun is, she cannot escape this catastrophe.

He is already very satisfied that the eldest princess mansion can find out the crisis in time and keep Princess Lingyun safe and sound.

But King Xiang would not give up using the guilt of Emperor Yonghe and the eldest princess who didn't know the truth.

After discussing with his companions, he secretly asked to see Emperor Yonghe, and directly mentioned the marriage between Princess Lingyun and Chong Yi, hoping that Emperor Yonghe would make an order earlier.

Emperor Yonghe smiled kindly, but felt bitter in his heart.

More than anyone else, he wanted to issue a decree to bestow a marriage to facilitate the marriage between Chongyi and Princess Lingyun.

He had long set his sights on Princess Lingyun's dowry.

Not long after the envoys of Chu State arrived in Zhao State, they implicitly expressed their willingness to use the business routes they had already established in the Western Regions as Princess Lingyun's dowry.

King Xiang will take the people of Zhao Guo on a trip to the Western Regions in person, and share the contacts along the way with Zhao Guo.

pity……

Seeing that Emperor Yonghe just laughed, King Xiang refused to answer immediately, thinking that Emperor Yonghe wanted to delay further.

But he didn't want to procrastinate any longer. The assassination of Princess Lingyun made him feel a sense of crisis and urgency.

He must make Zhao Guo an ally of Chu in the shortest possible time.

"I heard that His Royal Highness needs Tianshan snow lotus recently?" King Xiang took the initiative to ask without Emperor Yonghe asking, "I just happened to bring a hundred-year-old Tianshan snow lotus with me, but it's a pity that I gave it to Lingyun a long time ago, so it's not easy to change my mind temporarily. Then pick something out of her little girl's hands."

King Xiang is embarrassed, but Emperor Yonghe is embarrassed.

Emperor Yonghe pretended not to understand King Xiang's hint, and looked at King Xiang with joy, his voice was as loud as thunder on a sunny day, "Brother Xiang, can you be a middle-aged man for me? My son needs that Tianshan snow lotus boiled very much now." Make detoxification soup. Don't worry, Donggong will not take advantage of Princess Lingyun for nothing, no matter what she wants, I will give it to Donggong first."

The expression on King Xiang's face froze immediately.

When he met Emperor Yonghe in the past, Emperor Yonghe didn't want to be inferior to the emperor of Chu, and he was full of 'good nephew', but today he changed his name to brother?

He didn't mind the sudden rise in seniority, but he cared about the reason why Emperor Yonghe changed his name.

He is the younger brother of Emperor Yonghe, so what about his cousin, Princess Lingyun?

Didn't she become the aunt of Prince Zhao?

The smile on King Xiang's face was no longer enthusiastic, but he didn't leave in a hurry.

He pondered for a while, and cupped his hands at Emperor Yonghe, "Lingyun is in the prime of his youth, and now he is short of a good husband, please help me."

"You're right in saying that, okay! I'll be the master for Princess Lingyun." Emperor Yonghe nodded, and agreed to King Xiang's words without hesitation.

Before the joy on King Xiang's face was fully lifted, he heard Emperor Yonghe say, "I will send someone to ask Elder Sister to hold a banquet in the Elder Princess's Mansion, and gather all the young talents in Xianyang to the Elder Princess' Mansion, so that the Princess Lingyun chooses the right husband herself."

When King Xiang heard this, he couldn't catch his breath, and suddenly coughed shockingly.

Emperor Yonghe was not without guilt, otherwise he would not have personally poured a cup of hot tea to King Xiang.

However, King Xiang couldn't drink the tea served by Emperor Yonghe. He looked at Emperor Yonghe with burning eyes, "Your Majesty knows who the Princess Ruyi of Chu is, so why do you say that? Could it be that Lingyun came from poor mountains? A place of evil water, is it not worthy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Emperor Yonghe put the hot tea beside King Xiang, with a wry smile on his face, "To be honest, I also have unavoidable difficulties."

King Xiang's tense face eased a little, but he didn't take the initiative to build a ladder for Emperor Yonghe.

Yonghe Diman sat beside King Xiang in frustration, first looking to the left and right.

Seeing this, Eunuch Meng immediately took all the young eunuchs out of the palace, and he personally stood guard at the gate.

Seeing Emperor Yonghe's appearance about to reveal a shocking secret, King Xiang also concentrated his attention on what Emperor Yonghe was going to say next.

Although there was no one around, Emperor Yonghe still leaned close to King Xiang's ear before opening his mouth, "Princess Lingyun is naturally good in everything, I can't wait to issue an order immediately to make Princess Lingyun the official concubine of Suzaku, but... well"

Emperor Yonghe sighed heavily again.

King Xiang was so anxious by Emperor Yonghe's breathless speech that he wished he could break Yonghe's mouth, telling Yonghe Emperor not to hesitate, and to say something quickly.

Emperor Yonghe seemed to have noticed that King Xiang's patience was exhausted, and finally stopped being a fool, "When my son was born, there was a huge disturbance, and he was almost unable to support him. At that time, a Taoist priest came to the door suddenly, and bluntly said that my son's background is extraordinary. , you can't raise them in the way of ordinary people, you have to follow the rules of heaven."

King Xiang looked at Emperor Yonghe suspiciously. He was not someone who had never seen the world. Just hearing the beginning of this kind of story made him feel very familiar, and it was clearly the common beginning of folk tales.

"You don't believe it?" Emperor Yonghe clapped his hands, instead of anger, his face was filled with emotion, "I don't believe it either!"

"But seeing that Suzaku's breathing is getting weaker and weaker, I have no other choice. I can only send Suzaku to Eldest Sister as requested by the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest said that in our family, the eldest sister is the most expensive and the most suitable to serve her." Immortals in the sky." Speaking of this, Emperor Yonghe was full of emotion, as if he had been deeply immersed in memories, "Guess what?"

King Xiang honestly shook his head, he couldn't guess, and he didn't want to guess.

Emperor Yonghe continued, "The person who couldn't eat or sleep well, after arriving at the elder sister's house, immediately ate, drank and slept like a normal child, and there was no sign of premature death."

King Xiang always felt that he was being tricked, but he still asked cooperatively, "And then? What does this have to do with the crown prince's inability to marry Lingyun?"

"Could it be that the Daoist specifically said that the crown prince can't have a woman from Chu in Jingzhou?" King Xiang looked at Emperor Yonghe with a half-smile, "If it's just that Lingyun's horoscope is incompatible with the crown prince, I have a few others. They are cousins ​​of the right age, but they are not as noble as Lingyun. But as long as you agree, they will also have the title of princess."

Emperor Yonghe sighed heavily again, slapped his palm like a cattail fan on his legs, and even bent his straight back, "It would be fine if it was just what you said."

King Xiang turned his head sideways, waiting for Emperor Yonghe's next words.

"When the Taoist priest left, he told me that my son was an immortal in the sky. When he fell asleep, he came down to earth by accident. In fact, it was just a ray of consciousness of the immortal. When the immortal in the sky woke up, my son had to leave. In order not to disturb the immortal, At least my son will not marry until he is fully established in his thirties." Speaking of this, Emperor Yonghe made no secret of his melancholy and sadness, and even lifted his sleeve to wipe the corners of his eyes.

King Xiang... has nothing to say.

It was also the first time he heard that the age of 30 can be counted as permanent residence.

If Emperor Yonghe was just determined not to let Prince Zhao marry Lingyun, he would still wonder if Zhao State looked down on Chu State.

But Emperor Yonghe directly said that the prince of Zhao Guo would not marry a wife and take concubines until he was 30 years old. What else can King Xiang say?

He also believed that Emperor Yonghe was more anxious than him.

After all, Zhao Guo's heir to the throne still contributes to Zhao Guo's prince.

This secret talk finally ended with King Xiang telling Emperor Yonghe with a complicated face that he had to think carefully.

As soon as King Xiang left Qinzheng Hall, Eunuch Meng told Chong Yi the content of his conversation with Emperor Yonghe.

It was also the first time for Chong Yi to hear this story, and he actually listened with great interest, and even after Eunuch Meng finished speaking, he rewarded Eunuch Meng with a ruby ​​the size of a peanut.

Eunuch Meng accepted the reward with a smile on his face, and asked Chong Yi carefully how his injuries were. Before leaving, he seemed to casually tell Chong Yi that Emperor Yonghe would be free for half an hour every day at Shen Shi.

After sending off Eunuch Meng, Eunuch An came back and said to Chong Yi, "Your Majesty is thinking about you, but he couldn't save himself and came to see you."

Song Peiyu, who also heard Eunuch Meng's words from beginning to end, suddenly coughed lightly, interrupting Eunuch An's words.

He knew that at this time, neither he nor Chong Yi would be able to wrestle with Emperor Yonghe.

He also didn't want to interfere with the father-son relationship between Chongyi and Emperor Yonghe because of his thoughts.

But he hopes that Chongyi forgives Emperor Yonghe just because Chongyi wants to forgive Emperor Yonghe, not for any reason.

With Song Peiyu's interruption, Eunuch An couldn't continue.

Song Peiyu found out.Recently, he would always meet Murong Jing in the East Palace. After asking the palace people, he found out that it was Chong Yi who took the initiative to call Murong Jing into the palace.

Chong Yi told Song Peiyu that he found Murong Jing's story very interesting.

Song Peiyu thought about it carefully, but couldn't find anything to refute Chong Yi.

Ever since the appearance of the Eighth Prince of Wei, Chong Yi's taste for listening to stories has been cultivated.

Chong Yi is no longer satisfied with the storybook, and begins to pursue the strange things that happened in reality.

For example, the gossip about the royal family of the Wei Kingdom mentioned by the eighth prince of the Wei Kingdom, and the gossip about the Yan Kingdom's palace by the father-in-law Xiang... Now, even Murong Jing is regarded as a storyteller.

But rather than listening to the eighth prince of Weiguo talking nonsense, listening to Murong Jing's stories is more progressive.

Although Song Peiyu also knew that it just 'sounds' more progressive, but it also gave rise to a slight sense of satisfaction.

After having lunch with Chong Yi and changing Chong Yi to a new medicine, Song Peiyu went out of the palace to find King Xiang.

Song Peiyu is bound to get the Tianshan snow lotus in his hand.

Because King Xiang entered the palace to ask to see Emperor Yonghe, Lu Jihe went to Honglu Temple to have a visit.

So when Song Peiyu went to the place where the envoys of the Chu State stayed, he only saw King Xiang, but not Lu Jihe.

King Xiang was still immersed in the shock that the prince of Zhao would not marry a wife until he was 30 years old. When facing Song Peiyu, he was far less enthusiastic than the previous few times, and his mind was always distracted without warning.

He was thinking about what to do with Princess Lingyun.

Regardless of whether the Emperor Zhao's words are true or not, it is impossible for him to let his cousin wait until Prince Zhao is 30 years old.

According to the meaning of Emperor Zhao, he wanted his cousin to marry a young talent in Xianyang.

King Xiang felt that this was too much of a loss.

His cousin is indeed the jewel in the palm of the emperor's uncle. If he didn't want to express his sincerity to Zhao Guo to the greatest extent, the emperor would never be willing to marry his cousin far away.

Since he couldn't marry his cousin to Prince Zhao, he might as well bring her back to Chu. Wouldn't they still have young talents in Jingzhou?

But in this way, given the distance between Zhao and Chu, how to ensure the stability and reliability of the alliance between the two parties?

King Xiang thought of the eldest princess of Zhao.

If Emperor Yonghe could be persuaded to marry Princess Zhao to Chu, they would no longer have to worry about Zhao changing his mind easily.

He has inquired clearly these days, apart from Prince Zhao, among the juniors of the royal family of Zhao, the most favored one is Princess Zhao.

But it is precisely because of Princess Zhao's great love, it seems that it is not so easy for him to hire Princess Zhao away.

It seems that it is time to reveal some more real news to Zhao Guo.

Song Peiyu had already noticed that King Xiang was absent-minded, which was manifested in the fact that the two people were always talking on different channels, and King Xiang was able to continue talking as if nothing had happened.

Since King Xiang was not in the mood, Song Peiyu straight to the point, "I heard that my lord has Tianshan snow lotus in his hand, so I don't know how to give up my love?"

When King Xiang heard the 'Tianshan Snow Lotus', he immediately returned to his senses, and rejected Song Peiyu without even thinking about it, "I only have this hundred-year-old Tianshan Snow Lotus in my hands. If it wasn't because it is so precious and rare, I wouldn't carry it with me , and please Master Song not to take what others like."

Song Peiyu had expected that King Xiang would not let go easily, so she was not disappointed.

He smiled at King Xiang, "It is precisely because the Tianshan snow lotus that is more than a hundred years old is rare that I have the cheek to beg the prince to cut it off. What do you think of the prince's Tianshan snow lotus in exchange for 1000 taels of gold?"

1000 taels of gold are precious, but compared with the safety of Tianshan Snow Lotus, or the safety of Prince Zhao, it is too light.

The expression on King Xiang's face became perfunctory again, even a little cold, "Master Song, don't force others to make things difficult for you."

Could it be that he, King Xiang of the Chu State, has become a drug dealer?

Unafraid of King Xiang's cold face, Song Peiyu continued to raise the price, "5000 taels of gold?"

King Xiang picked up the teacup without a sound, and almost opened his mouth to push people away.

"3 taels of gold?" Song Peiyu keenly caught the fluctuation that flashed in King Xiang's eyes before he closed his eyes, and his smile became more gentle and humble, "Your Highness has the Rare Goods City as a fief. Although 3 taels of gold is a lot, it is not enough for His Highness." Question, if the prince agrees, within half a month, 3 taels of gold will be delivered to you."

After a long silence, Song Peiyu touched the jade plaque attached to his wrist, and doubled the price again, "10 taels of gold?"

Even though King Xiang had his eyes closed, Song Peiyu could still see King Xiang's intense psychological fluctuations from the twitching eyelids of King Xiang.

Song Peiyu paused for a moment, and said meaningfully, "East Palace can offer more gold to buy this Tianshan snow lotus. After all, His Highness's safety is far more important than these external things. It's just that Zhao State is far away from Chu State. There is no way to bring more gold back to Chu."

This is advice and a warning.

Zhao Guo is bound to win the Tianshan snow lotus in the hands of King Xiang, and now he still has the patience to deal with King Xiang because Chongyi's situation is not critical.

Last year, in a certain county in Zhao State, the annual tax was only 70 taels of silver, which was almost 9 taels of gold.

10 taels of gold has far exceeded the value of Tianshan Snow Lotus itself.

Song Peiyu already knew that the envoys of the State of Chu came to the State of Zhao by way of King Liang of Liangzhou.

When he returned to Chu State, King Xiang would inevitably borrow from King Liang of Liangzhou. Being able to bring 10 taels of gold back to Chu State safely was the limit that King Xiang could do according to Song Peiyu's estimation.

There is also a major premise for this, that is, Chu State has reached an alliance with Liangzhou King Liang, and their alliance is very strong.

The envoys of the state of Chu came to the state of Zhao from thousands of miles away, and they always put themselves in a lower position than the state of Zhao. They also took the initiative to marry Princess Lingyun, who was favored by the emperor of Chu, and they must have something for the state of Zhao.

Under the condition that Zhao Guo offered enough benefits on his own initiative, King Xiang held the Tianshan Snow Lotus tightly, but offended Zhao Guo to death, and refuted the purpose of the envoy of Chu State's trip.

Song Peiyu saw the almost invisible fluctuations on King Xiang's face.

He speculated that King Xiang was sure to transport the 10 taels of gold back to Chu State safely, and without anyone reminding him, he could figure out that he could no longer keep Tianshan Snow Lotus.

So he agreed with King Xiang for three days, and asked King Xiang to think carefully, and then offered to leave.

In just half a year, Qihuo City has already made a net profit of nearly 300 million taels of silver, which can be converted into 35 taels of gold.

Not to mention that there are countless gold mines in Zengzhen piled up in the warehouse of Qihuo City.

10 taels of gold is not a big sum for Donggong.

But the gold and silver far away in the strange goods city could not be transported to Xianyang quickly.

Song Peiyu pondered for a long time in the carriage, and decided to go to Sheng Tairan.

Being able to produce a large amount of gold in a short period of time will not affect oneself, and only the Sheng family in Xianyang can do it.

As long as Sheng Shi can take out at least 5 taels of gold, he can collect 10 taels of gold within two days.

As for whether the gold can be used, it depends on whether King Xiang is really smart or not.

The Patriarch of the Sheng family was far happier than Song Peiyu imagined, he was best at climbing up the ladder.

When Emperor Yonghe complimented him casually, "The Sheng family has the demeanor of an aristocratic family", the head of the Sheng family would be able to put the Sheng family into the aristocratic family after the Yonghe Emperor proclaimed himself emperor.

After the decree was issued that Donggong promoted Shengwang to be the lord of Qipin Qihuo City, the Patriarch of the Sheng family completely disregarded that he was the head of the family, and that Shengwang was a side branch, and directly claimed that the entire Sheng clan was a subject of the Eastern Palace.

Hearing that Song Peiyu planned to borrow 10 taels of gold to buy medicine for Chong Yi from the hands of King Xiang, the Patriarch of the Sheng family agreed without hesitation. The Sheng family had just reserved 10 taels of gold in Xianyang.

The Patriarch of the Sheng family promised that the 10 taels of gold would be kept by the East Palace, and Song Peiyu would send someone to pick it up at any time.

Song Peiyu has always believed that when people respect me a foot, at least one foot should be paid back. Naturally, he would not take advantage of the Sheng family. He gave the owner of the Sheng family an idea.

Song Peiyu asked the Patriarch of the Sheng family to submit a booklet to pay for the repair of cement roads in the county town closest to Xianyang, and to renovate the official road connecting Xianyang with that county town.

Request that the refurbished official road be named with a name related to the Sheng family, and that caravan tolls will be collected at the beginning and end of the official road.

Sheng Tairan who happened to be at home heard this and silently calculated how much money it would cost.When repairing the East Palace, the Sheng family also contributed.Sheng Tairan understands that with red bricks and cement, the cost of road construction has been greatly different from before.

The Patriarch of the Sheng family didn't care about the expenses at all, and he didn't care whether he could get his money back.

When he heard Song Peiyu say that after the refurbished cement road was named after Sheng's name, he was immediately surprised and wished he could give Song Peiyu a bear hug.

The head of the Sheng family is determined to turn the Sheng family into an aristocratic family, but he understands very well that although the current Sheng family is also called an aristocratic family, it all depends on his shamelessness and his daughter who is a noble concubine in the palace.

Even if he gave Emperor Yonghe, no matter how much money he gave to the court.In the eyes of other aristocratic families, the Sheng family is just a businessman full of money, and they are not worthy to be compared with the aristocratic families at all.

The head of the Sheng family refused to accept it, but there was no way to break the contempt and estrangement towards the Sheng family from the other families in Xianyang.

Over the years, turning the Sheng family into an aristocratic family has become a heart disease for the head of the Sheng family.

Since Concubine Sheng entered the palace, the Patriarch of the Sheng family has studied countless 'family' who actually live worse than the Sheng family.

Like the Deng family, except for the gold leaf paper, how can the Deng family compare to the Sheng family?

But the Deng family is a recognized family.

Just because in Youzhou, people can think of Deng's family when mentioning gold leaf paper.

Since ancient times, brushes, inks, papers and inkstones have been the most elegant, and the Deng family was able to rank among the aristocratic family only by the light of the gold leaf paper.

If there is a road around Xianyang that everyone can mention, they can think of Sheng's road.

Wouldn't it be true that over time, the Sheng family's impression would change from a wealthy businessman to a family?

The Patriarch of the Sheng family reacted so quickly, which saved Song Peiyu's persuasion.

Song Peiyu had heard about the heart disease of the Patriarch of the Sheng family for a long time, but she did not expect it to be so serious.

It's a pity that the idea he gave to the Patriarch of the Sheng family can only make the Sheng family's reputation more prominent.

As for whether the reputation of the aristocratic family is more prominent, or the reputation of the wealthy businessman is more prominent, it depends entirely on whether the family or the wealthy businessman will be the next one to give the emperor Yonghe a discount and take the initiative to take the money to build roads after the Patriarch of the Sheng family.

If among the people who are willing to follow the example of the Patriarch of the Sheng family, there are more patriarchs of the small family, and the Sheng family who takes the lead will naturally be included in it.

If the people who are willing to follow the lead of the Sheng family are wealthy businessmen, I am afraid that the name of the richest man in Youzhou of the Sheng family will be even more resounding, and no one will regard it as an aristocratic family.

Song Peiyu hesitated for a while, and did not take the initiative to remind the Patriarch Sheng who was in excitement.

He just wanted to point out a way for the Patriarch of the Sheng family to increase his reputation, so that those who are officials of the Sheng family can have a better path in the future. It can be regarded as a reward for Sheng's knowledge on behalf of the East Palace. For more things, Sheng has to figure it out by himself. .

If you rush into the aristocratic family when you are completely unprepared, is it different from a lion into a pack of wolves?I am afraid that instead of being teased by the wolves, it would be better to be the lion king all the time.

In the final analysis, it still depends on whether the Patriarch of the Sheng family can think about it.

Coming out of Sheng Mansion, Song Peiyu took a look at the sky, and chose to go back to the East Palace to give Chong Yi some medicine.

He finally found out that as long as he is not around, Chong Yi will not take the medicine properly.

Knowing that Chong Yi should not get used to this problem, but Song Peiyu felt unbearable whenever he thought of the criss-cross wounds on Chong Yi's body, and in the end he always returned to the East Palace on time without knowing it.

As soon as she entered the gate of the East Palace, Song Peiyu noticed that the atmosphere was not right.

Whether it is the guard at the gate or the palace guard standing guard, their standing postures are tense and stiff, like a straight bow.

Song Peiyu frowned, and speeded up her pace silently, and within a short while, she reached the entrance of the main hall.

It just doesn't feel right anymore.

The guard at the gate of the main hall looked at him as if he was looking at a savior.

Song Peiyu stopped and asked Lai Fu who was guarding here in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Could it be that Emperor Yonghe finally gave up his face and came to visit Chong Yi in the East Palace in person, which made the people in the East Palace feel like an enemy.

Laifu drooped his brows and eyes, and his voice was barely audible, "Mu Guifei...Mu promised to come and see His Highness, and she has been in for a long time."

"Isn't she still grounded?" Song Peiyu just put on a smile and completely restrained her smile.

Lai Fu also had an unhappy face, and said in a muffled voice, "It stands to reason that it should be so. But she walked over from the gate of the Qinzheng Palace with great fanfare, and said that it was His Majesty who missed his mother while His Highness was ill. She was willing to let her come to see His Highness, so we can't stop her, so we can only let her in."

Song Peiyu turned her head and looked in the direction of Qinzheng Palace, but did not understand what Emperor Yonghe meant.

"I'll go in and have a look." Song Peiyu's figure had disappeared at the entrance of the inner hall before he finished speaking.

Lai Fu sighed for a long time, and couldn't help but pooh on the ground, "Unlucky!"

Knowing that Chong Yi met Mu Xu in Nuange, Song Peiyu immediately went to find him.

Still far away, I heard Mu Wan's crying voice, "He always said how cruel I was to you...but no matter how cruel I was, I wouldn't be willing to touch your flesh and blood, Your Majesty, how could he let go? So ruthless!"

Song Peiyu put down her hand that was about to push the door, and signaled the little eunuch at the door with her eyes to bring a pot of tea.

Chong Yi glanced at the door, lost his mind, and then turned his gaze back to the woman in front of him.

In his impression, no matter what occasion she appeared on, she always wore bright clothes, delicate makeup, and raised her chin proudly to maintain her majesty as the first daughter of the Mu family and the wife of the Great General Jianwei.

It has never been like this before. Although the clothes on her body are of high-quality silk, they are plain ginger yellow. Even her hair is just casually tied into a loose bun and tied with a ribbon of the same ginger color. There is no decent hairpin, and there are already obvious fine lines on the face without makeup.

I haven't seen her in two years, and she has aged so much.

As if feeling Chong Yi's gaze, Mu also raised her head to look at Chong Yi, her eyes were full of distress and powerlessness, she took a deep breath, and asked Chong Yi slowly, "Suzaku, do you hurt?"

Chong Yi lowered his eyes, "It doesn't hurt"

"How could it be that it doesn't hurt?" Mu's tears, which had been so hard to stop, poured out of his eyes again like running water, "My mother's heart is going to be broken, how can you not hurt!"

Chong Yi looked at the door again, motioning for Eunuch An to open the door.

It's a pity that Eunuch An was also affected by Mu's emotions, and was quietly wiping away tears, but he didn't see Chong Yi's hint.

The door was opened from the outside, Song Peiyu came in aggressively carrying a tray.

Looking into Chongyi's dark eyes, Song Peiyu's irritability, which was about to burst out of his chest, miraculously faded away.

Chong Yi was sitting on the soft bed of the Nuan Pavilion, and his clothes were not in order. It seemed that Mu Wan wanted to pay attention to the wound on Chong Yi's back, but Chong Yi did not refuse.

Mu Wan stood in front of Chong Yi, covering her face with a handkerchief, sobbing intermittently.

Song Peiyu stopped where she was, and after listening to what Mu Wan said, the sarcasm on her face became more and more obvious.

After hearing those words outside, he thought that Mu Wan had really changed, at least he knew that he felt sorry for Chong Yi, but it turned out to be for her own sake.

He kept saying that she was incompetent and didn't like Emperor Yonghe, which caused Emperor Yonghe to be so cruel to her child born in October, without the slightest bit of pity.

In fact, it is to guide Chongyi in words, they are a natural community of interests, and it is because of her weakness in the harem that Chongyi was easily punished by Emperor Yonghe.

Although Song Peiyu couldn't let go of Emperor Yonghe's beating of Chongyi, she didn't think that Mu Wan was a good mother because of it.

If there is a comparison between the two, Emperor Yonghe can be called a good father to Chongyi most of the time.

Song Peiyu walked behind Mu Shi with a tray, and said softly, "Drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat first."

Mu Wan was startled suddenly, she turned her head suddenly, who is so blind to see, "Song Peiyu?!"

Thinking about it, Mu Wan still remembers their unpleasant first meeting, or when they were under house arrest, they had heard of him a lot, otherwise they would not have blurted out his name, and their emotions were so rich.

Song Peiyu nodded with a smile, and lifted the tea tray up, "Please."

Song Peiyu's guess was right.

Mu Wan not only remembered the unhappiness when she first met Song Peiyu, but also heard Song Peiyu's name many times.

When the Yun family betrayed the Mu family back then, they even caught Mu by surprise in the court hall, resulting in the annihilation of Mu's entire army in Yushitai, and even being squeezed by Lu and Song madly, so far he still hasn't fully recovered from that. tone.

It's all because of this person!

This person's status in the East Palace, including his influence over Chong Yi, should have belonged to her nephew.

Mu Wan became the familiar Mu Wan again, she raised her chin high, and pushed away the tray that was about to hit her face, "I don't even know how to salute and say hello when I see this palace, it can be seen that the prince's rules are too loose , have spoiled these slaves." Mu Wan sneered and looked at Song Peiyu, "Do you think so, Mr. Song?"

Song Peiyu raised his eyebrows, and he was not angry at Mu Wanyi's pointing words, "His Royal Highness is really considerate of these slaves on weekdays, which is why these slaves respect and love him from the bottom of their hearts, so Ai Wu Ji Wu also takes care of your face. I'm afraid that shouting a word of "Mu promise" will make you feel sad, but I didn't expect it to make you feel wrong."

After finishing speaking, Song Peiyu turned her head to look at the little eunuchs who were huddling in every corner with their heads down, "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you come and say hello to Mu?"

The little eunuchs suddenly felt in a dilemma.

They did not dare to offend His Highness the Crown Prince's biological mother, but even less did they dare to offend Mr. Song.

Eunuch An didn't have so many worries. He wiped away the last tears from the corners of his eyes, arched towards Concubine Mu Gui, even straightened up his habitually bent waist, and said with emotion, "In the end, Mu promised to agree with Mr. Song." Even if we want to take care of the face Quanmu promised, we must not violate the rules of the palace. Otherwise, let alone Your Majesty, even Empress Sheng, who is in charge of the sixth palace, will not be able to spare the servants."

With Eunuch An taking the lead, the young eunuchs finally stopped hesitating, and lowered their heads in unison, "Give Mu promise to be safe, and please Mu promise to forgive."

No matter how powerful Mu Wan and Lord Song are, they will never notice a certain little eunuch in the East Palace, and Eunuch An is the sky above their heads.

Mu Wan was so dizzy from the sound of promise, she swung her palm without thinking.

Song Peiyu took a step back in time, and wanted to take another step back, but bumped into Chong Yi who suddenly appeared behind him at some point, couldn't stand still, and could only stagger to the side.

Mu Wan has never encountered a situation where she wanted to slap someone and the person who was slapped dared to hide, because she couldn't retract it with too much force, and fell forward.

Chong Yi, who has been silent since Song Peiyu entered the door, firmly supported Song Peiyu's waist with his arms, making Song Peiyu's staggering figure stabilize.

There was a 'bang' sound.

Concubine Mu Gui hit the ground hard.

It was also her bad luck, because Chong Yi liked to spend time in the Nuan Pavilion, and most places in the Nuan Pavilion were covered with thick animal skins, but the place where she fell was empty, and even scratched her hand.

Smelling the smell of blood in the air, embarrassment and fear made Mu Wan's tears flow out of her eyes once again.

Through her tearful eyes, she saw Chong Yi standing only one step away from her, and asked Song Peiyu with concern, did she twist her foot when she stepped on him.

Mu Wan's anger suddenly disappeared, and she fell softly to the ground.

After a while, after hearing that Song Peiyu was fine, Eunuch An noticed Mu Wan's abnormality.

Soon after, Emperor Yonghe, who was waiting eagerly for Chongyi to come to find him in the Hall of Qinzheng, stared at Eunuch Meng who entered the house from the outside with lightning-like eyes, always looking behind Eunuch Meng.

Seeing Emperor Yonghe like this, even King Su who was forced to stay was afraid that he would be taught by Emperor Yonghe if he said something wrong, so he held a teacup and studied carefully.

But there is some disapproval in my heart.

If I had known today, I might as well have listened to his persuasion back then, a few less whips would be better than anything else.

Eunuch Meng bent down deeply, and told Emperor Yonghe in a low voice that Mu Wan secretly ran out of Liangyi Palace and went to the East Palace in the name of Qinzheng Palace.

Emperor Yonghe was so angry that he wanted to smash something, but when he reached out, he found nothing.

He glanced sideways, snatched the teacup from King Su's hand and threw it out.

"Bitch!"

Poor King Su was only one step too late, and there was nothing to blame. He could only stare at Eunuch Meng with eyes like copper bells, "What did this poisonous woman say to Suzaku again?"

In order not to be affected by Mu Wan, Eunuch Meng tried his best to understate his words, "I feel sorry for His Majesty's wounds, and complained that His Majesty's actions were too cruel. I heard that he passed out in the East Palace."

"Bah! She is worthy of acting like a loving mother?" In just two words, King Su was disgusted enough, he immediately looked at Emperor Yonghe, and waited for Emperor Yonghe to order someone to send Mu Wan back to Liangyi palace.

If it wasn't for the purpose of not making Suzaku sad, this bitch Mu Shi should not have stayed in this world long ago.

Emperor Yonghe was extremely angry, but calmed down instead. He ignored the urging in King Su's eyes, and said to Meng Gong, "Go and find out which road Mu Shi took from Liangyi Palace to East Palace, which palace gates he passed, and the guards are all Who. Those who have nothing to do with the Mu family will be dismissed, and those who are related to the Mu family will be sent to the Ministry of Punishment for further investigation."

Eunuch Meng responded, but didn't do it right away, but waited for Emperor Yonghe to have any other orders.

"Designation, Mu..." Emperor Yonghe showed obvious disgust on his face, and continued in a cold voice, "She is the biological mother of the crown prince..."

"No, none of the above content is required."

"I would like to restore her status as a noble concubine for the sake of Mu's sincere repentance, and change her title to...Zhuo. There is no need to draft an edict, just go to the East Palace to read the oral edict."

With the cold sweat on his head, Eunuch Meng asked in a low voice, "May I ask your Majesty, which word is it?"

Clumsy, or dirty?

Emperor Yonghe lowered his eyes, "Sculpted."

If Mu Wan is smarter, even if it is a stubborn stone, it should be carved out in these years.

This is his last chance for Mu Shi and Mu Wan.

As long as Mu Wan can coax Suzaku well and make Suzaku happy.

At least when he was still alive, he could accommodate Mu Wan to enjoy the glory of the crown prince's biological mother without limit.

If Mu Wan still can't figure it out, she always hopes for something she shouldn't worry about.

It was time for Suzaku to give up completely.