Although the emperor issued an edict to put the queen under house arrest in the harem, and no one was allowed to approach, Xuanyuan Hao ignored the emperor's decree and came straight to the queen's palace, but was stopped by the guards at the door before he could walk in.

"Nine Emperor Princes, the emperor has ordered that no one is allowed to go in to see the queen, so the Nine Emperor Princes should please go back." The guard at the door stopped Xuanyuan Hao with an expressionless face.

Xuanyuan Hao glanced at them coldly, and said lightly: "The law is nothing more than human affection, the queen is the mother of a country, although she is under house arrest by her father and can't go out of the palace, can't I, as a prince, go in and visit?" ”

"Please forgive the Nine Emperor Princes, the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, and the lowly people are also acting according to orders." The guard at the door said respectfully but forcefully.

"The Nine Emperors." At this time, the grandmother beside the queen walked out and said to Xuanyuan Hao respectfully: "The queen knows that the Nine Emperor Princes have come to visit her, and she understands this intention, but she asks the Nine Emperor Princes to go back, don't displease the emperor." ”

"Since the queen said so, then I will no longer be reluctant, please tell the queen, don't always stay in the house and be unhappy, you can come out at night to look at the night sky, the stars in the sky are also very beautiful."

"The old slave will tell the queen, the Nine Emperors, please go slowly." Mama respectfully sent Xuanyuan Hao away, and hurriedly returned to the house to relay Xuanyuan Hao's words to the queen word for word.

After hearing this, the queen thought for a while and said to her grandmother with a calm face: "Since the Nine Emperor Princes said that the sky at night is very charming, then the palace should be well appreciated at night, you order, after preparing snacks tonight, let everyone rest early." ”

"Yes, the old slave will go and prepare." Mama immediately hurriedly retreated, leaving the queen alone in the house, thinking thoughtfully about things.

As the night deepened, the queen's bedroom fell into silence, and all the servants and maids who served around her rested early, and only the queen sat alone in the courtyard outside the house while sipping tea while looking up at the moonlight in the sky.

This is a man in black slowly approaching from behind her, and finally walked to the queen's side and said lightly: "What does the queen think of the moonlight tonight?" ”

"Since it was recommended by the Nine Emperor Princes to this palace, there must be something fascinating." The queen didn't look frightened at all, and said calmly in the air, where her eyes were always looking.

"Compared to the scenery here, the scenery outside is even more charming, doesn't the queen want to go out and have a look?" Xuanyuan Hao said with a smile.

Hearing Xuanyuan Hao say this, the queen finally looked at him, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, but it was fleeting, and she said with a smile: "Sit down, I have someone prepare some pastries, and accompany the palace to enjoy the moon." ”

Xuanyuan Hao sat down on the stone bench next to the queen, and the two looked at the night sky quietly, and after a long time, Xuanyuan Hao spoke: "Such a beautiful night, but unfortunately there is no mood to appreciate it, and the queen is probably the same." ”

The queen smiled slightly, looked at Xuanyuan Hao and said, "It's not difficult to have such a mood, I don't know if the Nine Emperor Princes were originally willing to work hard with this palace to have such a mood?" ”

Xuanyuan Hao smiled sarcastically, and asked bluntly: "The queen said it directly, you asked people to pass on a message to me, don't you have something to tell me?" ”

Displeasure flashed on the queen's face, but she quickly stabilized her mood and said with a smile, "I know that the Nine Emperor Princes are now thinking of ways to save the people of Murong Mansion, but the emperor will not let go of the people of Murong Mansion easily, you need someone to help you." ”

Xuanyuan Hao smiled coldly and said, "Will this person be the queen?" The queen is now unable to protect herself, how can she help me? I think the queen also knows her father's thoughts, and instead of dealing with Murong Mansion, the people that my father wants to deal with most are you and the eldest prince. ”

Xuanyuan Hao's sharp words made the hypocritical smile on the queen's face no longer maintain, and the queen glared at Xuanyuan Hao fiercely with a gloomy face, and some doubted whether it was a wrong decision for her to find Xuanyuan Hao to join forces.

Seeing the queen's angry appearance, Xuanyuan Hao sneered in his heart, and said meaningfully: "It is conclusive evidence that the eldest prince poisoned and wanted to harm his father, and now unless his father is merciful and lets him go, no one can save him, and the queen, your current situation is just that the eldest prince is implicated." ”

"Do you mean to let the palace put all the blame on the eldest prince and use the eldest prince to save the life of the palace?" The queen quickly understood the meaning of Xuanyuan Hao's words, and looked at him with some incredulity.

The corners of Xuanyuan Hao's mouth slowly rose, and the expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling made people unable to see what was in his heart. Xuanyuan Hao rubbed the jade pendant hanging on his waist and said lightly: "It is said that the child is reluctant to catch the wolf, the queen might as well think about it, whether she would rather advance and retreat together with the eldest prince, or jump out of this fire pit by herself, it is better to die alone than two people." Xuanyuan Hao lured the queen step by step to lead her to her plan.

"Without the eldest prince, how long can the palace be in the harem? Once one of your princes ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, will the palace still be able to gain a foothold in this harem? The queen asked about her hesitation. To say how deep her mother-son love is for Xuanyuan Che, it seems a bit hypocritical, but Xuanyuan Che is a trump card in her hand, if she loses Xuanyuan Hao, she only has one son left among the four princes, and this son is still exiled in other places, she wants her son to be the emperor, and her plan to become the queen mother has completely failed.

Seeing the hesitation in the queen's heart, Xuanyuan Hao spoke again: "The cooperation between me and you is just to take what you need, compared to my situation, your situation is much worse than mine, for me, Murong Mansion is just Xuanji's maiden family, whether they can be saved or not does not affect my status in the court in the heart of my father, but you are different, you are now a nominal queen, maybe you may not even be the queen in name in the near future, which is more important and smart as you, don't you still understand?" ”

The queen knows that Xuanyuan Hao's words have some truth, if she can't get out of this palace, then her name as the queen will soon be replaced, especially now that the imperial concubine has begun to grow in the harem, which makes the queen's heart always unbalanced.

Xuanyuan Hao suddenly got up and looked at the queen sitting on the stone bench and said: "I have also appreciated this night, and I have also tasted the pastries specially prepared by the queen, and it is not too early for me to leave." ”

Before the queen could calm down from her thoughts, Xuanyuan Hao disappeared into the courtyard like a gust of wind, if it weren't for looking at the half-bitten pastry on the plate, the queen would have thought that all this was her own fantasy.

Xuanyuan Hao, who returned to the mansion in the middle of the night, didn't even have time to rest, and immediately walked into the study with the secret words, but he didn't expect that Murong Xuanji hadn't rested so late, but was waiting for him in the study.

Xuanyuan Hao glanced at the secret words behind him, and the secret words immediately understood what he meant, and immediately walked out of the study, and only Xuanyuan Hao and Murong Xuanji were left in the study.

Murong Xuanji once again smelled a familiar smell from Xuanyuan Hao's body, and asked calmly, "You went to see the queen just now?" ”

Although Xuanyuan Hao didn't know how Murong Xuanji knew that he had just met the queen, he still nodded calmly and admitted that he had no intention of hiding Murong Xuanji.

Murong Xuanji was silent for a moment and continued to ask, "Did the queen agree to sacrifice the eldest prince and cooperate with you?" ”

Xuanyuan Hao shook his head, but said confidently: "But I believe that the queen will definitely agree." ”

"Can the queen be trusted?" Murong Xuanji saw Xuanyuan Hao's confident appearance, and asked with some suspicion, "The queen has been in this harem for so many years, it is impossible that she does not have a little power of her own, will it be a conspiracy for her to find you." Although Murong Xuanji wanted Xuanyuan Hao to rescue his family, he didn't want him to have an accident because he was in a hurry.

Although Murong Xuanji said expressionlessly, Xuanyuan Hao could still hear the concern in her tone, his heart warmed, and he said with a smile: "I deliberately went to the queen's palace during the day, and tested the guards at the door, I am sure that from the moment my father gave the order, except for those minions in the queen's palace, no one has approached the queen, I think the queen is really anxious, so she wants to join forces with me." ”

Murong Xuanji couldn't help but reach out to pull Xuanyuan Hao's hand, and told Xuanyuan Hao with some worry: "The heart of defense is indispensable, you must be careful yourself." ”

"Good!" Xuanyuan Hao shook Murong Xuanji's hand and said, "I still have something to explain to Secret Whisper, you go back and rest first." ”

Murong Xuanji nodded, walked out of the house and saw that Secret Whisper had been standing at the door waiting, so he stopped and explained to him, "During this time, you must stay by the side of the Nine Emperor Princes at any time to protect him." If there is any danger and he insists on taking a risk, he must tell me. ”

"Yes!" Secret Whisper nodded, and watched Murong Xuanji leave before Secret Whisper walked into the study.

Murong Xuanji passed through the corridor and was just about to return to the room, when she suddenly felt that something was wrong, and before she found the danger, she felt another gust of wind moving towards her, she instinctively turned her head to avoid the danger, and when she calmed her heart, she found that a dart had been shot on the wooden pillar of the corridor, and there was a note on it, and the handwriting on it was very familiar.

"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Baoyue walked out of Murong Xuanji's room, just saw her in a daze, and walked over curiously and asked.

"Nothing!" Murong Xuanji quickly hid the note in his hand and said casually: "Go back to the house and wait for me to rest." ”

Baoyue did not doubt that he had sent Murong Xuanji back to the house, and waited for her to rest before leaving.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Murong Xuanji opened her eyes, thinking about the words she saw just now, it was Chu Wanwan's handwriting, but why did Chu Wanwan ask herself to meet, and what made Murong Xuanji even more puzzled was that with Chu Wanwan's martial arts, how did she break through the guards of the Nine Emperors' Mansion and enter the backyard?

The more Murong Xuanji thought about it, the more she felt that the person who sent the note was not Chu Wanwan who came to deliver it in person, but in Beiming Kingdom, who could help her? Xuanyuan ink? Murong Xuanji quickly vetoed this possibility, Xuanyuan Mo should be a little anxious about Xuanyuan Hao's yes at this time, and he didn't care much about Chu Wanwan's affairs. So who else is not Xuanyuan Mo? Could it be Qi Fangfei? Thinking of this possibility, Murong Xuanji immediately sat up from the bed.

"Baoqing, Baoqing." Murong Xuanji shouted outside while putting on his shoes.

"Miss, what's the matter with you?" Baoyue hurriedly ran in, and saw that Murong Xuanji was looking for someone without even putting on her shoes, thinking that something had happened.

"Baoqing, call Baoqing over, I have something to ask her." Murong Xuanji said to Baoyue with some excitement.

Seeing Murong Xuanji's excited appearance, Baoyue thought that there was something big, and immediately ran to find Baoqing without delay, and soon Baoqing and Baoyue came to Murong Xuanji's room together.

"Baoyue, you step back first." After Murong Xuanji sent Baoyue to retreat, she looked at Baoqing with a serious face and asked, "Baoqing, I have something to ask you, you have to think clearly before answering me." ”

Baoqing saw Murong Xuanji's solemn expression, nodded very seriously and said, "Yes, Miss, please speak." ”

"Do you remember when I was in the paddock, Chu Wanwan pulled me off the cliff, you once said that she and Qi Fangfei wanted to kill you and Ling'er, but you and Qi Fangfei had a fight, right, what do you think of her martial arts?"

Baoqing thought about it carefully, and replied very seriously: "The martial arts of the eldest princess are not under me, although Miss Lan and I were a little tired at that time, but if it is a person who knows martial arts, I can handle it, but——"

Although Baoqing didn't finish speaking, Murong Xuanji had already understood, and what Baoqing's martial arts were, she also knew in her heart, if she could win Baoqing, then Qi Fangfei was indeed a hidden master.

"Miss, is something wrong?" Baoqing looked at Murong Xuanji's expression and asked worriedly.

"It's okay, you go back and rest, I'm going to rest too." Murong Xuanji lay back on the bed and thought about things. Although Baoqing knew that Murong Xuanji had something to hide from him, but seeing that she refused to say that he couldn't force her, after leaving the house, Baoqing thought about it and felt uneasy, so he walked towards the study.