"Mother? Do you really want your son to live a life with someone he doesn't like? You should know Yun Xin's temperament better than your son, she is really not the kind of girl her son likes. Zhao Mu pulled Concubine Rad's sleeve and pleaded.

"And that kind of girl do you like? Tell me about it, the concubine also knows it in her heart. ”

As soon as he said this, Zhao Mu's face immediately spread a gentle smile: "My son likes the kind of girl who is full of aura all over her body, she is naturally good-looking, and the most important thing is not to be dull, not rigid, not rigid, and able to help her sons achieve great things." ”

Concubine De looked at Zhao Mu with the eyes of a passer-by, and said helplessly: "You obviously already have someone you like, but you don't tell the truth to your mother." ”

Zhao Mu had long thought that if he wanted to achieve his goal in marriage, he must first convince his mother, so he lowered his head and smiled, stretched out his hand to hold Concubine De's sleeve and said: "Mother, my son does have someone he likes, but now I am not sure if she also likes her son, so this matter can't be rushed." ”

"This made the mother more and more surprised, whose girl is so good that makes my son so infatuated?" Concubine De looked at Zhao Mu in surprise, trying to find any clues from his face, but she only saw the joy and sweetness, the kind of joy immersed in love, from the bottom of her heart without a trace of disguise. Concubine De couldn't help but worry secretly.

King Rui pursed the corners of his lips and said in a low voice: "Don't ask, concubine, when this matter can be decided, my son will definitely bring her to see you." ”

"The more you say that, the more uneasy the mother is!" Concubine De sighed softly, shook her head, and said, "Moreover, what do you want your mother to tell your uncle?" Although you and Yun Xin did not have a marriage contract, the concubine did promise your uncle before. In fact, it doesn't matter if you like other women, it's okay to be a side concubine, but the position of this princess is Yun Xin's. ”

As soon as Zhao Mu heard this, he immediately felt blocked, he was not sure about Rong Zhao's side, it was very difficult to beg her to be a concubine, and then get Xiao Yunxin to press on her head, this matter basically didn't have to be thought about, it must be yellow!

Concubine De looked at her son's expression and asked curiously, "Why, the position of the side concubine is not worthy of her?" ”

"When my son was a child, his mother liked to teach her son to read ancient poems, and my son remembered that my mother liked a poem very much: 'I wish to have one heart, and the white head is inseparable.'" In fact, my son also likes this poem. Zhao Mu said.

This is a woman's desire, but it is not a man's ambition. What's more, you are a prince. Concubine De sighed helplessly, and asked again: "Could it be that you are planning to give up your ambitions in the world for the girl you love?" ”

Zhao Mu immediately wanted to beat Rong Zhao's identity as a woman dressed as a man, if he wanted to uncover the body of his daughter safely, the most important thing was that he must ascend to the throne of the great throne and become the supreme person, otherwise Jingxi Mansion would not be left with a piece of armor because of this matter. So he immediately shook his head: "My son will never give up his ambition since childhood, on the contrary, my son will redouble his efforts for her." ”

Concubine De's face suddenly sank, and she sneered: "Fight for a woman? Zhao Mu, you can say this kind of faint words. ”

"Mother?" Zhao Mu suddenly panicked, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, mother, my son is by no means the kind of mediocre person who only loves beauties and doesn't want the country, my son is just a ......."

"Okay, you don't have to say it." Concubine De breathed a sigh of relief, she finally saw her mother and son today, she didn't want to make the atmosphere too stiff, so she sighed softly: "In the past two years, if you don't want to get married, you won't get married, you are only over twenty years old, and you have been seriously ill, so you still focus on recuperation." As for which girl you like, the mother doesn't ask for the time being, and you don't have to mention it. After a while, you can think it through and then tell your mother. ”

"Mother ......" Zhao Mu also wanted to explain his true thoughts.

"That's it! Give you a year, that's enough time to figure it out, right? Concubine De interrupted Zhao Mu's words, "During this year's time, we will not make any arrangements for your marriage with Yun Xin, and we will only keep the oral agreement." A year later, if you can't get the crown prince by virtue of your own ability, then the concubine will arrange for you to marry Yun Xin and enter the door to be Princess Rui. ”

"Thank you, Concubine Xie." Zhao Mu gritted his teeth silently, a year is neither short nor long, although the position of the crown prince is not easy to take, it should not be difficult to do it after going back and planning with Rong Zhao and the others.

As soon as the mother and son had spoken for a while, the person sent by Concubine De to guard the Qianyuan Palace hurriedly came back and replied: "Niangniang, long live the lord has dispersed." ”

After hearing this, Concubine De urged Zhao Mu: "You go to the Qianyuan Palace to greet your father and emperor, and come back at lunchtime, our mother and son will have dinner together." ”

Zhao Mu hurriedly got up and agreed, saying goodbye to Concubine De and going to the Qianyuan Palace.

For Emperor Zhao Xi, from the queen to the concubine in the harem, he relied on Queen Zhou the most, the most favored concubine before, and now the most favored concubine, but the favorite in the bottom of his heart is still Concubine Xiao. Among his three sons, he likes his eldest son Zhao Run the most, but he loves his third son Zhao Mu the most, Zhao Run is most like him, and Zhao Mu is what he wants to be the most but can't become.

If it's the reason, I'm afraid that even Zhao Xi himself can't say it clearly. Men are so unreasonable, the most inseparable woman is not the favorite, and the favorite is not necessarily the most favored. Anyway, he is the emperor, and he hugs the harem three thousand left and right, and it is not all a matter of his words which one he likes and which one he relies on.

Facing Zhao Mu, the emperor is very fond of it in his heart, and today he is very happy to see him enter the palace to ask for peace after a long illness, because he asked: "Have you ever seen your mother?" ”

Zhao Mu hurriedly replied: "Back to my father, my son's ministers entered the palace very early, because I heard that my father was still in the early dynasty, so I went to my mother's concubine to sit down for a while. ”

"What about the early dynasty? Haven't you been participating in government politics before? Now that it's all right, let's go to the court with the ministers to discuss politics every morning and sun, as before. The emperor said, waiting for Zhang Wanshou to take off the dragon robe for himself, turned around and leaned on the couch, and pointed to the stool in front of him, "Sit down, you are very weak now, and it is not suitable to stand for a long time." ”

"Father Xie cares." After Zhao Muxie sat down, he really sat down and sighed again: "Although the illness on Erchen's body has been cured now, because the previous illness has repeatedly injured the vitality of the body, the imperial doctor has been calling for rest and recuperation, and he is not allowed to move. Therefore, please forgive your father and the emperor for being lazy, and if you go to the court to discuss politics, I am afraid that it will not work for the time being. ”

The emperor took a closer look at Zhao Mu's appearance, frowned and sighed: "Sure enough, the thin ones are out of shape!" You've lost half your life in this illness! If you feel better, you will enter the palace to ask your mother to say goodbye, if you feel uncomfortable, immediately call someone to pass on the imperial doctor to take a look, your mother and concubine do not sleep well every night during the days when you are sick, it is really sad. ”

"Let the father and mother worry that the son is unfilial." Zhao Mu hurriedly bowed and said.

"Whoa! Don't say that. I have a question that I have been trying to ask you, but you are sick, and this is not easy to pass on, so I have been stuffy in my heart. The emperor said, leaned forward to look at Zhao Mu's eyes, and said, "Now that you are here, I will ask you, what was the situation when the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion poisoned you?" You are the person concerned, you talk to me. ”

Zhao Mu hurriedly stood up and replied: "Erchen is not afraid that his father will be angry, this matter is completely unknown from the occurrence to the resolution of Erchen, and then he only knew what was going on by listening to the people serving around him-At that time, Erchen felt that his body was slightly better and ate the porridge sent by his cousin Yun Xin, and he fell asleep after eating the porridge, and then his condition worsened, it was a concubine beside Rong Zhao, the prince of Jingxi, who said that Erchen's appearance was like poisoning, Rong Zhao's concubine was originally a woman who walked the rivers and lakes, and she was familiar with the tricks on the rivers and lakes, otherwise, The whole family and the sons themselves only thought that it was a recurrence of the disease. Because the porridge was brought by Yun Xin, Rong Zhao's concubine first suspected Yun Xin, and then his uncle quietly checked from his cousin Yun Xin, and soon investigated and dealt with the Liao family. The rest of the matter is what is written in the confession, and my father must have known about it a long time ago. ”

"Well, what you said is basically the same as what Xiao Zhengshi said, but both of you mentioned one of Rong Zhao's concubines, and I want to know what kind of person this is?"

"This is a young girl, according to Rong Zhao, he saved it on the street of Suzhou. She is a daughter of the rivers and lakes, there are no rules for speaking and doing things on weekdays, if her father does not dislike her rudeness, when her injuries are healed, her son can take her to see her father. Zhao Mu didn't know much about Zi Ji's affairs, and he didn't want to say more.

"Hurt? She's hurt? The emperor asked in surprise.

Zhao Mu replied: "Yes, she originally went out to buy some nourishing medicinal materials for her son, but on the way back, she was chased and killed by three forces of rivers and lakes. She was seriously injured and poisoned, and she has been recuperating in the courtier's mansion for the past few days, and she can't get out of bed now. ”

The emperor was shocked and said angrily: "How can such a thing happen near the outskirts of Beijing?!" ”

Erchen was also shocked, but it was true. The four guards of Jingxi Houfu who went with Miss Ziji were also seriously injured, and now all five of them are recuperating in the Erchen Mansion, as evidenced by the visit records of the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital. Zhao Mu bowed and said.

The emperor was shocked by a huge wave in his heart - there was such a powerful force in the rivers and lakes near the capital, but the guards of the imperial city had no news at all? Where is the safety of the Imperial City? Where is the safety of the palace?!

"What about Xu Attack?" The emperor turned around in a circle and asked Zhang Wanshou.

Zhang Wanshou hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, General Xu has cooperated with Lord Yin Liang of Jingzhao Mansion in the past few days to investigate the case of Zhou Xiaogongzi who touched the wall and committed suicide. ”

"If you die of Zhou Yueting, you will occupy both Zhenguo Gong and Jingzhao Mansion Yin? General Yipin went to investigate the case of a hairy boy who committed suicide, and there has been no progress in the past few days? Announce him to me! I'm going to ask how bad this Xu Feng is! ”

Seeing Zhang Wanshou go out in response, Zhao Mu couldn't help but hold his chest and cough a few times.

The emperor glanced at him and sighed: "You must be tired from standing here for a long time, so let's go." ”

Zhao Mu hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said with self-reproach: "The son is useless, he can't share his father's worries." ”

The emperor waved his hand and said: "You have a good life and cultivate your body, and there will be a time to worry about me in the future." ”

"Yes." Zhao Mu answered, kowtowed again, and retreated from the Qianyuan Palace.

At this time, it was still early, but he was concerned about Rong Zhao, so he said to the eunuchs in the Guan Ju Palace who were guarding outside: "This king still has some important things to do and is in a hurry to leave the palace, you go back to your mother concubine, and say that this king will come to the palace in two days to greet her." ”

The eunuch promised not to say more, and watched Zhao Mu leave in a hurry before returning to Guan Ju Palace to report the news.

Zhao Mu came out of the Qianyuan Hall and went straight to the palace gate to find his carriage back to the house, but he was just about to get into the carriage but heard someone shouting behind him, so he looked back, but saw Xu Feng hurriedly walked over.

"Lord Rui! Wait a minute! Xu Attack walked up to Zhao Mu and hugged his fists and saluted, "Minister Xu Attack, I have seen Lord Rui." ”

"General Xu, my father is waiting for you in the Qianyuan Palace, you have to go quickly." Zhao Mu smiled.

"Yes, I know. But the minister has two important words to tell the prince, and ask the prince to make it convenient. Xu Feng looked eager.

"General Xu is too polite, if there is anything that can be helped by this king, even if it is said." Zhao Mu smiled gently.

Xu Zhen hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, Lord Wang." Just now, the minister inspected the corpse of Zhou Xiaogongzi of the Zhou family with Lord Liang of Jingzhao Mansion and the criminal department, and found that Zhou Xiaogongzi's body showed signs of poisoning, but his research on poison is limited, and he can't determine whether it is poison or what poison, but the minister heard that there is a girl next to Jingxi Hou Shizi who is a descendant of the Bashu Tang family who was very prosperous in the rivers and lakes, I wonder if the prince can help ask this girl to go to the corpse room of Jingzhao Mansion? ”

Zhao Mu frowned slightly when he heard this, and said embarrassedly: "This king is really a little embarrassed about this matter. Don't hide it from General Xu, that Ziji girl is indeed familiar with some ways to use drugs, but she was chased and killed in the suburbs of Beijing a while ago and was seriously injured and is still recuperating. Besides, General Xu will use this king, and this king will go with you without saying a word, but Miss Ziji is Rong Shizi's person, and this king can only go back to help you talk, but he doesn't dare to call the shots. ”

"The prince went and said, Rong Shizi will definitely give this face." Xu Zhen hurriedly smiled.

"This king will try his best to persuade Rong Shizi, and General Xu will also go to see his father as much as possible." Zhao Mu smiled.

"Okay, there is Lord Lao! The minister took his leave. Xu Zheng hurriedly arched his hand towards Zhao Mu, and hurriedly left with Zhang Wanshou.

Zhao Mu turned around and got into the car, and after sitting in the carriage, the gentle smile on his face faded and replaced with a solemn face.

Xu Feng said that Zhou Yueting was also poisoned? Who will poison him? What was the purpose of poisoning him? Kill them all or kill them?

Back at King Rui's Mansion, Zhao Mu went directly to the courtyard every time he went to Xiuyuan Hall.

At this time, Rong Zhao had just gotten up, and his clothes were not well dressed, and he was wearing a gray squirrel robe under the eaves of the porch to bask in the sun, when he saw Zhao Mu coming in a hurry, he frowned and asked, "Didn't you go into the palace to ask Concubine De Niangniang?" Why did you come back without lunch? ”

"There's something important, it's too late to eat." Zhao Mu frowned.

"What matters?" Rong Zhao felt puzzled, it stands to reason that nothing as big as Zhao Mu eating with his mother, his mother is different from his own family, he is the first mother in the world, and he loves her son in every way, why is he willing to let it out without even eating a meal after not seeing him for several months?

"Go in and say." Zhao Mu said as he reached out and pulled Rong Zhao's wrist and walked into the house.

Rong Zhao didn't care about it at first, but when he arrived in the house, he found that his hand was held by Zhao Mu so naturally, and thinking of what he said yesterday, he hurriedly shook his hand away, and glared at Mei Ruo, who was watching the excitement next to him, angrily: "What do you see, why don't you pour tea?" ”

Mei Ruo hurriedly answered, hurried out with a few maids, and closed the door.

There was no one in the room who was more suitable for Rong Zhao, he pointed at Zhao Mu's nose and scolded: "Lord Rui, can you be a little self-disciplined?" I don't want to go to the capital tomorrow and the streets are full of rumors that I will be separated from you! ”

Zhao Mu touched his nose and thought to himself that people had been spreading it for a long time, right? You still don't know? However, in this case, he could only think about it, but he didn't dare to say so, so he had to respond: "Okay, okay, I know." ”

Rong Zhao rolled Zhao Mu's super big eyes, and asked, "You just said that there is something important?" Say, say how important it is for Ben Gongzi to hear. ”

"I just met Xu Feng at the gate of the palace, and he said that Zhou Yueting's autopsy results showed signs of poisoning, but he was not sure so he wanted to ask Zi Ji to go. What do you think? Zhao Mu concisely told Rong Zhao about the matter.

Rong Zhao was stunned at first when he heard this, and then felt shocked when he thought about it - he actually poisoned Zhou Yueting? These people are really ruthless.

"What do you think?" Zhao Mu turned around and sat down on the couch that Rong Zhao made every day, took the teacup and drank two sips of tepid tea.

"Should go check it out. It's just that Zi Ji's current condition is really not suitable for walking......" Rong Zhao said with a little embarrassment.

"It's not a big deal, you can get a soft sedan chair to carry her in. It's just that the place like the corpse room is very obscure, are you sure you want to go? Zhao Mu frowned and asked.

"In the final analysis, Zhou Yueting's death is inseparable from the poison of the Nine Chains. In order to find out who is behind this, I must figure out these things. As for the unfortunate ones...... I can't care so much about it. ”

"When are you going?"

"Tonight. Won't you have to go to the city early tomorrow morning to make an appointment? Thinking of Gu Mingxuan, Rong Zhao's dull and gloomy mood was slightly better.

As soon as Zhao Mu saw the sunny look on Rong Zhao's face, he guessed that it was related to Gu Mingxuan, and he suddenly felt depressed in his heart, so he found a topic to bring Rong Zhao's mind back: "Today I told my mother about the marriage contract with Xiao Yunxin. ”

The smile on Rong Zhao's face froze before he could stretch out, glanced at Zhao Mu coldly, and turned around to pour himself tea.

"I told my mother that I don't like Yun Xin and don't want to marry her as a wife." Zhao Mu leaned on the couch and looked at Rong Zhao's slender back, and suddenly thought in his heart What would it be like if this person changed into a girl's dress?

"Who you want to marry as a wife has nothing to do with me, if the prince is fine, you can invite it back." Rong Zhao took a sip of tea and said lightly.

------Off topic------

Yesterday, I rushed back to my hometown to celebrate the birthday of my 92-year-old grandfather, and I came back in the evening to work overtime and coded this Braille ~(>__<)~

I'm exhausted!

There is a strong need for it!

Ten thousand!

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