Towards the end of spring, the King of Qin led his troops from Jinzhou back to Chang'an. The people in the city, whether it was the common people or the noble officials, all welcomed back their ties happily, and there was a lot of excitement in front of the Golden Light Gate.

Taking advantage of the boiling of the Jinguang Gate, no one noticed that the two inconspicuous carriages passed through the inspection of the Yanping Gate, and the tuk tuk swayed leisurely into the city, turning from the avenue to the brick and stone road in the middle of the square, and quietly disappeared behind the arched stone gate of the Chonghua Workshop.

It took several days for the joy of the city to die out. It is said that as soon as the king of Qin rushed into the main force of the chaotic army, Liu Wuzhou hurriedly gathered his troops and fled to the northern Turkic land in a panic, not daring to come to the battle again. In this battle, the troops were withdrawn with a small victory, and the squad returned to the dynasty. From the generals to the soldiers, they are all neat and intact, and there is no damage. On the streets, King Qin's exploits taught people to discuss for many days, and it was Du Ruhui who was also praised for a while.

At this time, Mu Qing was sitting in a simple green canopy carriage, and the greeting of "Du Changshi" came from time to time outside the car, she lifted the curtain on the pane, turned her head to look at the tall figure sitting on the horse on the side of the carriage, the bright sunlight of early summer outlined a calm and calm line on his back and shoulders, and turned his head from time to time to smile at the person who called him.

The day before yesterday, Yinghua complained at home that this battle was too boring, and he had to withdraw his troops before he had stretched his fists and feet. It is said to be triumphant, but in fact there is almost no battle. On the day when the King of Qin returned to the dynasty, Princess Qin gave birth to a grandson, although she was not the eldest grandson, but because she was the eldest son of the King of Qin, she could not help but use this crusade against Liu Wuzhou as the reason to reward her.

Walking in front of the Suzaku Gate, Du Ruhui got off the horse and went to the side of the car to pick up Mu Qing and get out of the car. "Can you bring all the gifts?" He glanced back at the box in Ah Liu's hand, and although his eyes were looking at the congratulatory gift, it was obvious that his mind was not on it.

"When did you see that I was at fault in this matter? The road to the Daxing Hall is long, and I didn't go to it at this time, and I hurriedly walked out of a sweat after a while. Mu Qing raised his eyebrows, smiled and withdrew his hand from his palm, and withdrew his elbow twice without withdrawing, which made him grip tighter and tighter.

"When did you see me in a hurry?" Du Ruhui learned her tone and said, put away the banter in an instant, and added a little more force to his fingers, "Mu Qing, the palace is chaotic and the water is unfathomable, you must be careful, don't lose your mind, and don't get entangled in it. ”

Mu Qing raised her head, the deep worry in his eyes seemed to deepen the color of his eyes a little, she could clearly see the retraction of his pupils, and almost forgot that he was outside the Suzaku Gate, and everyone around him was watching. stared at him for a long time, and didn't know how to respond to him, so he nodded silently, and said to himself in his heart, it's so boring to say this now, as early as the day when the Li family stepped into Chang'an, you and I were already entangled deeply, and we couldn't get rid of it.

"Du Changshi and his wife are really in love with each other, and they can't give up for a while, they really envy others." It's clearly a naughty joke, but the voice is really sour and spiky. As soon as Du Ruhui's fingers loosened, Mu Qing took advantage of his distraction to take off his palm, turned around and saluted the noble lady who spoke, "Mrs. Xianyu, I haven't seen you for many years, can you be safe?" ”

Du Ruhui's face was abrupt, and he hurriedly smiled modestly: "Xianyu Mrs. is healthy." As he spoke, he glanced behind her, and saw that there was only the eldest grandson Wuji's wife behind her, and the other two decent maidservants, and the expression on his face suddenly turned into confusion, "Now that the yuan has been changed, has Gao Gong not returned?" ”

Several officials and relatives waiting outside the Suzaku Gate to enter the palace, which one of them did not know the husband of the lady, it was the uncle of the princess of Qin, who was exiled to Lingnan when the previous dynasty was not forgotten, and it stands to reason that the Li family was already sitting on the country at this time, but somehow, this high prince who should have been a high-ranking official and a good lord, but he did not return for a long time.

How dare Mrs. Xian Yu reveal to the outside world the reason why half of her husband stayed in Lingnan, it was actually Xiao Mill, who set himself up as the emperor in Baling, and now Du Ruhui greeted her with such attention, forcing her accustomed aggressiveness down, she lowered her eyes, and rolled her eyes around, "With Lao Du Changshi's care, I am a woman, and my husband has never asked about things outside, and what I miss in my heart is just those children." After saying that, she replied a little smugly, and raised her chin in the direction of the Chengqian Hall in the Suzaku Gate.

Mu Qing was secretly funny in his heart, he hadn't seen him for a few years, and Mrs. Xianyu's boastful temperament was still like this, but she was good at her tongue, and she knew how to talk around the corner.

The officials and noblewomen on the side waited with great interest to see the excitement here, their faces were as plain as water, as if they didn't pay attention to the words that came and went here, and those eyes that seemed to glance unconsciously from time to time revealed their hearts, but in fact, they were hooked by the content of the conversation here.

Unfortunately, they did not fulfill their wishes, and a carriage ran from the extremely smooth avenue inside the Suzaku Gate, and the sound of the horses' hooves was still not clear because of the smooth ground. Du Ruhui raised his eyes and smiled at Mu Qing, "It seems that your situation in the palace is much better than mine, you have someone to pick you up, I have to walk in." ”

As he spoke, he turned to Mrs. Xianyu with a smile and arched his hand, "Tell Mrs. a crime, the summons of the saint cannot be delayed, I am afraid that I can no longer linger here to accompany Mrs. Gossip, Keming took the first step." ”

Mrs. Xian Yu replied absentmindedly, and sarcastically in her heart, since the carriage came out to pick up people, where is the turn to get this Gu family, the carriage in this palace, is it for everyone to sit.

Du Ruhui's figure has not completely disappeared in Mu Qing's sight, the inner eunuch who followed the carriage has stood in front of the wide round arch, and several officials and relatives present will look at Mrs. Xian Yu with some envy, and Mrs. Xian Yu also did not hide the arrogance on her face, straightened her back, raised her head slightly, and greeted the inner supervisor who was about to speak, and was about to raise her feet to walk to the carriage at any time.

"Mrs. Shi, the governor of Shaanzhou, give the car to travel."

It was still Wu Neijian who came with the car, and his voice was like a sharp sword coming down from the head, instantly smashing the solemn arrogance on Mrs. Xianyu's face.

Under the gaze of several glances, Mu Qing walked towards the carriage with her eyes and nose and nose, although this carriage saved her legs from the pain of walking, but it was not very useful in her heart. She couldn't see the complicated eyes outside in the car, and Ah Liu followed the side of the car, only to feel that those eyes were tied into hedgehogs all over her body.

If it is said that when he entered the palace to pay respects and receive the reward during the last New Year's Festival, the eldest grandson gave the car out of good intentions, in order to grab some time under the Zheng family's nose, so that Mu Qing could have the opportunity to meet Ah Yue, then this time it may not be good-hearted. Showing closeness in public, and even overshadowing his aunt's limelight, isn't this an intention to make her be excluded by the nobles of Chang'an, and what?

If she is really as the eldest grandson wishes, she is excluded by a group of noble relatives and relatives, what benefit can she get from it? Could it be that between ladies and ladies, it is also taboo to form parties as if they were in the court? Mu Qingmo sat in the car, thinking all the way, vaguely knowing that the current situation was not a good thing, and he couldn't feel any taste in the end, so he could only do it and watch.

The carriage stopped in front of the small courtyard at the back of the Chengqian Hall as usual, and with the sound of placing the footsteps, the suppressed voice of Wu Neijian also sounded outside the curtain, "Mrs. Gu, we have arrived." ”

Mu Qing raised his hand to pull his sideburns, straightened the treasure flower hairpin on the bun, lifted the curtain and got out of the car, Wu Neijian hurriedly stretched out his arm and helped him, "It's still the wing room from last time, Mrs. is holding it by herself, don't delay it for too long, and teach people to be suspicious." ”

Mu Qing smiled kindly at him and curtsied, "There is Lao Wu's inner prison." ”

"Mrs. Gu is tormenting the slave maid." Wu Neijian smiled and bowed to help, "It's a slave's business, not to mention ......"

There was a sudden strange appearance in Mu Qing's palm, as if a ball of kneaded and tightly cooked paper was stuffed into her palm, and she looked up at Wu Neijian in front of her in amazement.

Wu Neijian's expression did not change greatly, he only smiled deeply, and said in a low voice very quickly: "Please Madame carefully collect it and transfer it to Du Changshi, just follow this directory to check, you will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort." General He Sui's words have arrived, and the old slave is inconvenient to stay for a long time, so he retires first. ”

Mu Qing had suspicions that this inner prisoner was inseparable from He Suizhao, but at this time, when he heard him say this, he was still inevitably shocked, He Suizhao really had the courage to arrange secret people in the palace, and there were people in the Chengqian Palace, but I was afraid that the East Palace and the Daxing Palace were also indispensable, this was an errand to give up her life, the more she thought about it, the more chills she felt in her heart.

The figure of Wu Neijian walked farther and farther and farther slowly, and he couldn't find anything wrong, Mu Qing looked at it for a while, if it was said that it was the decree of King Qin to set up secret people in the East Palace and Daxing Palace, then who did this Wu Neijian mean by appearing in the Chengqian Palace? From Du Ruhui's instructions, or is it He Suizhao's own arrangement?

"Qi Niang, Qi Niang." Ah Liu couldn't help but stretch out his hand and pushed her, "Don't be scared, didn't you listen to the internal supervisor, I'm afraid it won't be easy to do if it drags on for a long time." ”

Only then did Mu Qing retract his gaze and bow his head and walk towards the inner courtyard of the Chengqian Palace.

It was almost the beginning of the year, and the early summer sun had awakened the cicadas among the branches and leaves, and they were screaming one by one, and they were still a little cool under the shade of the trees, and they immediately attached to their upper bodies when they were hot from the shade. Mu Qing's feet sped up a few steps, and the sweat on her forehead seeped out finely, but she didn't care about it, she walked quickly to the door of the deserted wing room in the small courtyard, flexed her index finger, and knocked on the door frame a few times, and the house was silent, as if no one was inside.

Mu Qingfu knocked a few more times and approached the crack in the door, "Ah Yue, it's me." ”

There were a few noises behind the door, and after a while, the door creaked and cautiously opened a crack, and Ah Yue applied a vegetarian powder swallow stick, and her still significantly bleak face appeared on the side of the door. R1152