"No, I need to go back to my kennel quickly, my mother scared me to death." The little beggar ran out of the alley with a roll, and the drunken duck and cotton clothes didn't bother to buy them, so he only bought dozens of buns at the intersection and fled to his nest in a hurry.

Not to mention the great joys and sorrows that the little beggar experienced on this day, by the evening, before it was dark, there was a major event in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"After the phoenix, the slave has an urgent report!"

Mu Jinyue put down his hand, saw that it was dark outside the house, and asked the person beside him, "What time is it?" ”

"After returning to Fengfeng, it's already Chenshi."

When it was time, Mu Jinyue lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and waved his hand to wait for someone to open the door.

"What?" Mu Jinyue asked the palace maid who was supposed to be serving in the front yard.

"After returning to Feng, it was Lord Mu of the Prime Minister's Mansion who asked to see him, and Lord Mu said that there was an urgent matter to report."

Mu Jinyue had a bad premonition in his heart, and he was busy serving people to bring people in.

Mu Liuxi is Mu Hu's eldest daughter and Mu Jinyue's eldest sister, loyal and honest, upright but inflexible, and once became the object of conversation and laughter among the children of Beijing.

"Third brother!" The visitor hurriedly walked in, a tall, muscular woman with well-defined eyebrows.

"The third brother is not good, something is wrong!" Mu Liuxi walked directly to Mu Jinyue, shouting and screaming with a worried face.

Mu Jinyue seemed to have long been accustomed to his eldest sister's frizzy behavior, but he was calm, "What's wrong with the eldest sister?" ”

"Eldest sister, it's mother, mother-"

Mu Jinyue stopped Mu Liuxi from continuing, and ordered behind him, "Go down, no one can come in without the order of the palace!" ”

"Yes, Queen Feng." The servants all withdrew, and the doors were shut.

Mu Liuxi saw that everyone had retreated, so he hurriedly told Mu Jinyue what happened in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"What did you say?" Mu Jinyue's face was ugly, "Why is my mother in a coma?" What did the doctor say? ”

"We invited all the doctors we could invite in Jian'an City, but everyone only said that my mother was overworked and her body was exhausted and she was unconscious. Even if the medicine is used, it has no effect, but the third brother, you also know that at this critical juncture, if the mother falls ill, then... That ......" Mu Liuxi's face was flushed with urgency, and she couldn't say the rest of the words, so she had to slam her fist on the table angrily.

Mu Jinyue was also shocked, he knew better than anyone the importance of his mother in this battle, his mother was the elder of the three dynasties of the Jiuzhao Kingdom, and there were many protégés under him, as long as she was still there, those who were about to move behind her would always be scheming. Moreover, my mother had always been in good health and had never heard of a case of physical exhaustion. When he was in the court this morning, he looked at his mother's ruddy face, and there was nothing unusual, why did he faint when he returned home after leaving the palace.

This qiē made Mu Jinyue have to wonder if there was anything greasy in it.

Because it's such a coincidence!

Seeing that his third brother didn't speak for a long time, Mu Liuxi had to ask him, "Third brother, what do you say you can do now?" ”

Mu Jinyue walked around the room twice with a heavy face, and finally stopped, thinking for a long time before he spoke, "The matter of my mother's coma can't be revealed, and if I can hide it, I only say that my mother is infected with wind and cold, and she needs to rest in the house for a few days. ”

"And how is my mother's illness cured?" Mu Liuxi said worriedly, and suddenly remembered that there was a servant who was proficient in pharmacology beside the third brother, and hurriedly asked him, "I heard that the waiter named Su Yi next to the third brother has some skills, so it is better to let him enter the mansion and show his mother." ”

Mu Jinyue sighed, "Su Yi is not in the palace, and when he comes back, I'm afraid it will be a few days at the earliest." ”

Mu Liuxi scratched his head, this is not good, that is not good, is it not possible to let his mother stay in a coma like this.

"It's not early today, the eldest sister shouldn't stay in Jingren Palace for too long, I will do my best to find a solution to my mother's affairs, you go back first, you can't let the Prime Minister's Mansion mess up at this moment and let the enemy take advantage of the loophole."

"Well, that's all there is to it." Mu Liuxi slumped her shoulders and looked sad, if her mother fell, she was really afraid that she would not be able to control those people in the house.

Mu Liuxi followed the servant out of Jingren Palace, absent-minded along the way, she has not been smart since she was a child, and her brain is not as flexible as the second sister and third brother, now that there is such a big thing in the house, she is really at a loss, if it weren't for the fact that the second sister is not in the house at the moment, she doesn't want to go into the palace overnight to ask the third brother for help.

"Alas......" Mu Liuxi sighed anxiously.

The servant who was carrying a lantern in front of him heard the voice, looked back at Mu Liuxi, and a trace of calculation crossed his eyes, only to hear him smile and ask, "Why is Lord Mu sighing, but what is there to worry about?" ”

Mu Liuxi ignored him, although she had a bad brain, she was not stupid, she naturally knew what to say and what not to say within the walls of this palace, not to mention that this matter was still about their Prime Minister's Mansion.

"It's the slave who has trespassed, please don't blame Lord Mu." Serving people with aggrieved faces, the red face rendered by the lights is petite and cute in the night.

Mu Liuxi saw that the other party didn't seem to have any bad intentions, and the other party was still a personal servant in front of his third brother, so he didn't really blame him, but said, "Don't kneel, get up quickly." ”

The servant thanked the people gratefully, and hurriedly got up, but now he didn't dare to listen casually, so he only walked forward with the lantern in his own hand, and reminded Mu Liuxi to pay attention to his feet from time to time.

Seeing Mu Liuxi go out of the palace gate, the lantern waiter turned around and walked back, but the direction he walked in was not Jingren Palace, but the Shen Peony Building where the eldest prince Puyang Ningxiang lived.

"Didn't you say send someone to investigate? Why haven't you come back yet?! ”

In the Peony Building, Puyang Ningxiang, who was wearing a peach-colored robe, slammed the peach comb in her hand on the dresser, and impatiently questioned Xu Linglong, the waiter behind him who was tidying up his clothes.

Xu Linglong's lowered eyes flashed with disgust, but when he looked up, he was still humble and cowardly, "Back to Your Highness, Xia He, who was sent before, has already gone to have a cup of tea, presumably he should be back at this moment." ”

As soon as the words fell, I listened to the waiter guarding the door and said that Xia He had returned.

"Xuan!" Puyang Ningxiang waved his hand.

Xia He walked in with surprise on his face, and couldn't help but dodge in the face of Xu Linglong's gaze, kneeling on the ground and saying everything he heard and saw.

"Are you serious?" Puyang Ningxiang asked happily.

"The slave is true, and he doesn't dare to deceive His Highness." Xia He replied.

"Okay, great." Puyang Ningxiang stood up, extremely excited, and turned around to see Xu Linglong, who was standing aside with low eyebrows, and handed it to the other party with a golden step from the table, and said approvingly, "Linglong is worthy of being the first-class servant of my Agarwood Palace, if you hadn't reminded me to recommend Nayan Sanniang to the second emperor sister, the Prime Minister's Mansion would not have fallen so quickly, hahaha, this Jin Bu Shao should be rewarded to you by His Royal Highness." ”

Xu Linglong happily took it, knelt down and thanked, "Thank Your Highness for the reward, it is Linglong's blessing to be able to help Your Highness." ”

Puyang Ningxiang glanced at the prostrate man on the ground with contempt, but he didn't pay attention, only muttered happily, "Without Mu Hu's protection, I want to see how my mother queen and queen phoenix will turn the world around!" ”

"I'd like to see how they still think about that slut!" Puyang Ningxiang said ruthlessly, and her eyes were full of hatred.

Xu Linglong knew that this was not the time for him to speak, so he only lowered his head and held the golden step that was rewarded to him with his palm.

Xia He knelt beside Xu Linglong, he timidly turned his head to look at Xu Linglong, but inadvertently touched the sneer and coldness in the other party's eyes, and couldn't help but feel a chill on his back, he hurriedly withdrew his gaze, and there was a fear in his heart.

Although this Xu Linglong is his fellow countryman, to be honest, the two are not familiar with each other, he sometimes feels that he is very Xu Linglong was born in two different worlds, Xu Linglong is arrogant and smart, but he never shows off his ability, but is cautious everywhere, he is always silently calculating something, he can't guess, and he doesn't dare to guess.

Thinking that Xu Linglong saw that day that he had a tryst with Tang Min, so he threatened him to help him pass the message with the second princess, Xia He felt depressed for a while, and now he seems to have a closer relationship with the second princess, and even recommended Yan Sanniang, who was originally a refuge with the eldest prince, to the second princess.

The most important thing is that he has calculated everything right, the woman named Yan Sanniang really lived up to the trust of the second princess, and she had already unknowingly let Prime Minister Mu Cheng stay sick in bed in just one day, and she could no longer interfere in the affairs of the court.

As soon as he thought of this, Xia He added a point to Xu Linglong's fear.

Looking at the happy prince in front of him, Xia He secretly sighed in his heart, speaking of which, the eldest prince is just a chess piece in the hands of the second princess, but this chess piece is still unconscious, he really thinks that he has helped the second princess win the throne, and he can still enjoy the current glory and wealth.

The chess pieces are just chess pieces in the hands of those in power, how can he Xia He not be, since Xu Linglong was recognized by the second princess, Tang Min has never looked for himself again, and the promises that were promised at the beginning have disappeared, and there is no news.

Just when Xia He was full of thoughts, he suddenly felt that he had been kicked, and then he suddenly woke up and looked to his side.

"Your Highness asked you to get up, what are you thinking?" Xu Linglong asked him with a smile.

Xia He noticed that Puyang Ningxiang was squinting at him dissatisfied, trembling with fright, and hurriedly pleaded guilty, "The slave should die, Fang Cai only thought about being happy for His Highness, and he was distracted for a while, and the slave deserved to die." ”

Fortunately, Puyang Ningxiang is obviously in a good mood today, so he just scolded Xia He to get out.

Xia He walked out of the Peony Building with palpitations, walked a few steps and looked back at the tall building surrounded by the guards, and tightened the handkerchief in his hand.

"Xia He?"

"Xia He? This way. ”

Xia He heard someone shouting at him, looked sideways, and saw a servant hiding behind the rockery, poking his head out and waving at him.

With an irritable pout, Xia He walked towards the man, handed the other party a silver ingot, and said unhappily, "It will cost you ten taels of silver for you to pass on a message, and I have to paste it myself, hum!" ”

Seeing the silver, the hiding waiter immediately jumped out, holding a lantern in his hand, "Hehe, Xia He, don't forget how much danger I am taking to pass on the news to you, if someone finds out, I will turn around!" ”

Xia He didn't want to talk to him too much, so he turned around and left with a straight face.