At dawn on the first day, Mu Qing opened his sour eyes, and the sound of burning cypress branches and bursting rods outside never stopped all night, it was his own house, and Ada and Du Qi also burned a bundle every half an hour to show the festival.

Last night, she was worried about Shiro's "crackling" movement, and after the third watch, she went to the side room to take a look, not wanting him to be completely afraid of loud noises, and buried his little face in the soft pillow, sleeping sweetly. Mu Qing calmed down a little, went back to the inner room of the main house, and lay down to fall asleep in a daze, when there was another burst of explosion, and it was repeated until dawn.

She half-stood up and was about to lift the heavy curtain, but she taught Du Ruhui to grab her wrist, "I haven't slept well all night, why do you get up so early this time?" ”

Listening to his voice without a trace of stickiness, it seemed that he had already woken up, Mu Qing retracted his arm, "Today, don't you have to go to the Chengqian Hall to please?" ”

"I'm going." Du Ruhui opened his eyes and was slightly surprised, "What, are you going too?" ”

Mu Qing snorted helplessly, "En." ”

"If you don't want to go, you can put off your brother's new funeral, and you have no intention of feasting, and no one can say anything about you."

"I don't know this, but I have to go." Mu Qing frowned, "Princess Qin sent someone to deliver the words, and now, Guo Jieyu is afraid that it will be difficult." ”

"Guo Jieyu?" Du Ruyan was confused, and turned to clarity, "Ah Yue? ”

Mu Qing nodded, the words swirled around her tongue, it was a matter of secrecy in the palace, she didn't know if saying it would cause him trouble, she chose what to say in her heart, and after choosing for a long time, she didn't know how to speak, so she simply sat up and said straight, "Guo Jieyu, I have been troubled by the prince for a while, and she is as smart and accessible as her, if she is ordinary, she would have already sent things away by herself, but now she can't get rid of it, and she goes to Princess Qin's place to ask for help, I'm afraid it's really embarrassing." It is said that I should have just turned a deaf ear to the affairs within the palace walls and closed my eyes, but after all, Ah Yue has been with me for all these years, and now that she knows about it, she can't let go. ”

Du Ruyan said "um" faintly, his face was ordinary, without a trace of surprise, and he didn't take it seriously, "Be careful, don't go around yourself." ”

His expression was not salty and indifferent, but Mu Qing was surprised, didn't she already know that this would not happen, her heart suddenly moved, and she said tentatively: "Guo Jieyu's matter is not accidental...... It's not that she's so beautiful that people look at her, but in fact...... The crown prince and the king of Qi, messing up the harem is not a matter of one or two......"

Du Ruhui was still lying quietly, and only asked casually, "This is also the wind of Princess Qin?" ”

His attitude made Mu Qing more and more curious, and he didn't answer his words at the moment, and then explored: "Concubine Yin Deyin and the crown prince ...... A little reluctant, ordinary collusion to communicate with each other, she even relied on the saint's favor, and always spoke to help protect the prince......" Mu Qing stopped and cautiously glanced at Du Ruhui beside him, he opened his eyes and said nothing, his eyebrows were slightly gathered.

She secretly crossed her heart and said directly: "The prince has returned to Concubine Yin De, but there are a lot, and in the distance, after he is promoted, the stability and power of the Yin family will be said from the past...... Concubine Yin Defei's father privately occupied dozens of hectares of fertile land on the outskirts of Anding County, and even killed people for this. ”

Du Ru sat up from the bed in obscurity, the leisurely calm on his face swept away, and put his arm on her shoulder, "Where did you learn about this?" There was a faint panic in his vigilance.

Mu Qing's heart suddenly brightened, before the New Year's Festival, he saw that he was too busy to be at home, and it was about to be related to this matter, so he asked him, but he refused to reveal the slightest hint, which showed that he had made up his mind not to let her get involved. At this time, he reacted like this, I am afraid that this matter is deeply involved, intertwined, and very tricky.

Seeing that she sat in a daze and didn't answer, Du Ruhui's eyes turned on her face, one wall put down the hand holding her shoulder, and the other wall nodded, "Yes, He Suizhao and Kang Saburo are both in Beijing right now, if you want to know, it's not difficult." ”

"Why can't I know?" Mu Qing could roughly guess the answer in his heart, but he couldn't help but ask.

Du Ruhui got up and lifted the curtain, got out of bed and took his dark silk robe, and put it on, "Although it is also a monstrous disaster for the secrets in the palace to spread out, but you are an outsider after all, and you have an idea to mix it up, and with your means, it is not difficult to be good to yourself." The land is the foundation of the country, and there is no room for the slightest mistake, and now this thing has happened, and if you go deeper, there must be a danger, if you are in chaos, teach me how not to panic. ”

Mu Qing got up behind him, silently placed the silver grate used to tie her hair in front of the case, and waited for Du Ruhui to sit down in front of the case, she swallowed slowly, and asked uneasily: "Can't you avoid this danger?" ”

"Mu Qing, I'm afraid I can't avoid it, and I can't avoid it." Du Ruhui stared at her face from the bronze mirror, the dim candle flame made her worries more and more obvious, he sighed, raised his hand to shake Mu Qing's hand hanging on his shoulder, "This is the reason why I chose Erlang in the first place, it has become more and more clear over the years, whether it is a saint or a prince, it is not a talent to help the world." He had just grasped some power in his hands, and before the troubled times were peaceful and all industries were not prosperous, he had already begun to form a party for personal gain, and stubbornly seize power. This is just the establishment of the country, and the people have some hope, so they started this matter of careless people's lives, what will they do in the future? The front foot just came out of the Dragon Pond of Emperor Sui, and in the blink of an eye, will it fall into the tiger's den of the new upstart? So what happened to my life and death in the past ten years? ”

Mu Qing was silent for a long time and nodded lightly, "Erlang, he will indeed be a Ming Jun who cares about the world." But I am just a woman, my heart is not as vast as your men, the world is so big, my mind can't accommodate it, all I can tolerate is just a you, a house. Without you, there would be no point in being with me...... Do you understand? ”

Du Ruhui held her hand tightly, moved the corners of her lips, and finally smiled gently, "This time is different from the past, just for you and Shiro, I will also be careful to protect myself." I don't want to talk about these things in the middle of the New Year, so don't mention it again. ”

Mu Qingguo really left this and didn't mention it again, and only carefully tied his hair and clothes. After a while, a maid knocked on the door and entered the house, bringing a clean copper basin cloth and silk, and tooth polishing ointment. Mu Qing changed into a skirt lined with large treasure flowers in honey color, a blue jacket, sat in front of the makeup mirror, the curled maid spread her hair, and according to her wishes, she made a Chaoyun near fragrant bun for her, because it is not good to have a cold bun between the buns during the festival, she added two gold leaves and hostas, which looked more lively.

Open the door to reward the servants of their own families, eat breakfast, the mother's milk brought Shiro, and the nurse hugged the meaning to worship to the father and mother, Shiro turned around twice with a pair of clear eyes, and his face was blank, which made everyone laugh. A few days later, Ada Aliu took the Yan Yan into the main house to congratulate the spring, and for a while, the main house could be regarded as hot.

After waiting for a while, Yinghua covered his mouth and yawned into the house, complaining that he had been sleepless all night last night, and when he looked up and saw that everyone was gathered, he was embarrassed to get up, and he was busy reciting two auspicious words such as "Blessing the New Day, celebrating the birthday without borders". Mu Qing couldn't help laughing, got up and pulled her to look at her clothes, but she wore a skirt, and her hair bun imitated Mu Qing's early years, with a snake bun, slightly skewed, neat and playful.

Mu Qing nodded with satisfaction and praised a few good words, but Yinghua blushed. When the time was near, it was estimated that the congratulatory gifts of the kings in front of the court had been completed, and the carriage and horses at the main gate had also been prepared, Mu Qing took Yinghua's hand, got into the carriage together, and went to the palace.

The road from Yongxingfang to the imperial city is not far, on the way, Mu Qing only had time to instruct Yinghua to be cautious in words and deeds, and in the blink of an eye, he passed Chongrenfang and arrived in front of the Suzaku Gate. Du Ruhui handed over the horse, walked into the imperial city first, and went straight to the main hall of Daxing Palace to go to the courtesy of all monarchs and ministers, but Mu Qing's carriage had to wait in front of the Suzaku Gate for a while.

There were a lot of carriages in front of the door, and the officials and wives of each family were dressed up one by one, waiting for the inner eunuch from the palace to come out to preach and guide the way. The carriages of various colors in front of the Suzaku Gate, the strong skirts and makeup, and the shining pearls and jade hairpins have turned the harsh winter into a spring.

Mu Qing got out of the carriage, and immediately a female dependent noticed her, and they were familiar with each other and muttered a few words, as if they regarded her like a plague and avoided her.

There is no need to wait for their whispers to come with the wind, Mu Qing can also guess what they are talking about, it is nothing more than Du Ruhui's hard work and high achievements, and he should be ranked as the prince of the country, but he did not get the reward of the first star of the saint, only with the king of Qin to seek a six-grade errand, and Xue Jun just got the title of the governor of Shaanzhou from the fifth grade, which is obviously a crime against the saint.

To this day, gossip has long been like dust to her, and it will be dispersed with the wind, so she stands solemnly by the car, but she does not hear a word.

The discussion came to an abrupt end as Yinghua got out of the car, and many of the military attaché's daughters knew Yinghua's prestige in the army, and her cavalry camp made their husbands awe-inspired, although they had also heard of her entanglement with the King of Qin, after all, they were still afraid and did not dare to talk about it. Moreover, Yinghua rarely changed into a skirt at this time, which was bright and beautiful, and had a touching beauty, which suddenly suppressed the well-dressed face in front of the Suzaku Gate. Several officials who liked to talk looked at her in a daze several times, opened their mouths, and couldn't say a word.

After standing and waiting quietly for half an hour, an old internal supervisor finally walked out of the interior without hurrying, crossed a group of officials and relatives, and preached loudly: "Mrs. Gu, Mrs. Shi, the governor of Shaanzhou, took Mrs. Gu with the commander of the cavalry battalion and gave carriages and horses to enter the palace. ”

For a moment, there was silence in the field for half a moment, and Mu Qing grabbed Yinghua, who was still in a daze, before he was overwhelmed by a subtle voice and surging discussion, and quickly stepped forward, thanked him for the decree, and boarded the carriage prepared in the palace. R1152