The palace at night is brightly lit and lively, although it is not suitable for the new emperor's funeral period, but how can the emperor's enthronement not hold a banquet at all? Xiao Qianye is naturally no exception here, Nangong Mo sat beside Princess Changping, and tasted the wine and food on the table with a demure expression. While looking at the people attending the banquet.

In the early years, the Great Xia Kingdom dominated the world and expelled the Northern Yuan Dynasty to the grassland desert hundreds of miles outside the Guan, and there were only some small countries left in the Western Regions among the surrounding countries. The mountains are high and the roads are long, and the time is also tight, so these countries naturally have no time to send envoys to congratulate them, so only the ministers of Daxia are left at the palace banquet.

Among them, the most flamboyant are probably the princes of the feudal lords. The brocade clothes are domineering, and fortunately, Xiao Qianye is the emperor now, if they are all emperors and grandsons, he is afraid that he may not be able to get any advantage in front of these people. In addition, the most eye-catching thing is probably the Zhu family. The Zhu family was originally at the bottom of the top ten families, but this time the arrangement of the palace banquet arranged the position of the head of the Zhu family in the third place, only after the Xie family. Naturally, such a change has attracted the attention of many people. Although the Zhu family now has a county lord and a concubine who is pregnant with the prince, the strength of the Zhu family has not yet reached this point. Such an arrangement can only represent that the royal family is ready to reuse the Zhu family. For a while, the expressions of many heads of the family who looked at the head of the Zhu family were a little complicated.

Zhu Chuyu directly crossed the eldest son of the Zhu family as the county lord and sat next to the head of the Zhu family. Looking at the county lord of Shanjia with a light veil on his face and a calm bearing, many people also turned their minds carefully. Zhu Chuyu didn't seem to notice these inquiring eyes at all, calmly lowered his head and drank, and didn't forget to raise his glass in the direction of Nangong Mo.

Nangong Mo was a little helpless, it seemed that Zhu Chuyu liked to say hello to her whenever she wanted.

Shaking his head, Nangong Mo turned his gaze to Xiao Chun, who was sitting at the bottom of Xiao Qianye. Xiao Chun leaned back in his chair and drank casually with a wine glass in his hand. Half-lowered eyes made it impossible to see his expression clearly, but Nangong Mo only felt that she might not be in a good mood. Looking at Xiao Qianye again, Nangong Mo raised his eyebrows and smiled, it is indeed not too good, no matter what, Xiao Chun will not be able to ascend to the throne openly in this life.

The charcoal burning hall is still as warm as spring in winter, but such a loud voice makes Nangong Mo feel a little stuffy. After softly saying hello to Princess Changping, Nangong Mo got up and retreated without a trace.

Far away from the main hall of the banquet, the imperial garden was a little cold. The sound of silk and bamboo in the distance showed the purity at this time. Even the sound seemed to come from a very distant place. Nangong Mo took a deep breath and strolled through the Imperial Garden.

Looking up at the bright moon in the sky, Nangong Mo suddenly remembered someone far away in Lingzhou.

When I left, I was seriously injured, and I don't know if it's okay. I had been busy before, but I didn't have much to think about, but now it suddenly quieted down, and a little bit of longing suddenly rose in my heart. I miss someone very much, and I suddenly want to see someone, and it seems that it is the first time in my life.

Caressing the flowers made of palace yarn on the trees beside her, Nangong Mo smiled. The feeling of missing someone doesn't seem too bad either.

Turning around, he was about to return to the banquet, but saw a white robe floating past the intersection of the path in front of him. Nangong Moxiu raised her eyebrows slightly, it is rare to see people who are still dressed in white at this time today. After pondering for a moment, he knew a little more about the identity he came. Hurried forward a few steps, and sure enough, I saw a figure dressed in white like snow, "Master Nianyuan, haven't seen you for a long time?" ”

The man in white turned around, and sure enough, it was the handsome and funny Master Nianyuan of Daguang Temple. Daguang Temple can be regarded as the Great Xia Temple, Nianyuan is not only a famous monk, but also the highest person in the Daguang Temple, today's new emperor's enthronement ceremony, it is not surprising that he will attend.

Nianyuan clasped his hands together and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the Lord of Star City, don't come unharmed." ”

Nangong Mo smiled: "Naturally, it's fine, but... I'm a little surprised that the master is here. "Of course this is fake, Nangong Mo already knew that Nianyuan was not just a monk who escaped into the empty gate. It's not surprising to be in a place like this. Other monks are not without outstanding talents, but most of them are piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc., and Nianyuan is obviously more proficient in scheming and the art of war, even if he occasionally plays chess, there is a faint sharpness in the chess game. This is by no means a monk who has seen through the red dust, at least not a monk who has escaped into the empty door since childhood.

Nianyuan didn't seem to have ever made a monk's demeanor in front of Nangong Mo who saw through the red dust, and smiled very calmly: "It's also fate to meet the county lord here, if it's a little later, I'm afraid I won't see you again for a long time." ”

Nangong Mo raised his eyebrows, "The master is leaving Jinling?" She thought that if she had great ambitions, she should stay in Jinling. With Xiao Qianye's current situation, he really needs someone to give him advice.

Nian Yuan smiled, raised his eyes to look at the bright moon in the sky and a few looming stars, and said with a light smile: "The world will change, and the little monk will naturally do what he has to do." ”

"What should a master do?" Nangong Mo said curiously: "Shouldn't the master eat fasting and chant Buddha Pudu sentient beings?" ”

"It's Pudu sentient beings." Nian Yuan said with a smile.

Looking at what you say with such an attitude, why do I not believe it so much? Nian Yuan smiled and said nothing, the faint moonlight sprinkled on his body, and the whole person seemed to be draped in a heavy silver veil, but it really had a little more of the demeanor of a generation of monks.

Shrugging his shoulders, Nangong Mo said: "Since this is the case, I wish the master a qiēshun lì?" I don't know where the master wants to go? ”

Nian Yuan looked at Nangong Mo with some meaning: "Youzhou." ”

Nangong Mo was stunned, but he quickly reacted, and said with an indifferent smile: "Yes, I heard that Master Nianyuan and His Royal Highness King Yan also have a very close relationship. ”

"It's His Royal Highness King Yan who carries love." Nian Yuandao.

Nangong Mo smiled: "Master, I always feel that you don't look like a monk. ”

"The county lord said this."

"I still think so." Nangong Modao.

Nianyuan smiled lightly, but seemed to have a hint of sadness, looked up and forgot to glance at the moonlight in the sky, and sighed: "Maybe one day, I will take off this robe." ”

Nangong Mo said with a smile: "If the master is still vulgar, I don't know how many ladies will be fascinated." ”

Nian Yuan smiled lightly, but said: "The little monk will leave Jinling in a few days, but I am afraid that I will not be able to say goodbye to Wei Shizi in person." Take care of you. ”

Nangong Mo nodded, "Thank you, Master, I'll tell you." ”

Watching Nianyuan walk away leisurely, Nangong Mowan'er smiled and turned around and walked in the direction of the palace. After only taking two steps, he heard a sharp exclamation from the banquet place, Nangong Mo's expression was awe-inspiring, and he didn't care about the many leaps and took off quickly towards the palace in front of him.

Before he could walk in, a pungent smell of blood greeted him. Nangong Mo hurriedly walked into the main hall and was relieved to see that Princess Changping was safe and sound, "Mother." ”

Princess Changping's face was pale, she raised her hand and gently patted Nangong Mo's hand, shook her head and said, "I'm fine, don't worry." ”

"What's wrong?" Nangong Mo asked in a low voice.

Princess Changping shook her head, apparently she didn't know what was going on.

There were still several blood-drenched corpses lying in the main hall, the most striking of which was the man in the dark red brocade robe, looking at the familiar face that was stained with blood, Nangong Mo recognized that it was the concubine of King Kang, who had a relationship before. In addition, Xiao Qianjiong was also standing aside, holding a knife used by the palace guards in his hand, and the blade was still stained with blood, obviously he didn't know whether he had snatched it from the guards or picked it up on the ground in a hurry. Xiao Qianchi and Xiao Qianwei sat on the side, their faces were a little bad, and they both looked at their younger brother with some concern.

On the dragon chair above, Xiao Qianye was already trembling with anger, and the queen was also pale. It was the queen mother who stroked her heart, looked at the queen and said, "The queen will go back to the palace to rest first." The queen was indeed very unwell at this time, and touched her round abdomen, this child was more important to her than anything else. I didn't care about comforting Xiao Qianye, the queen was blessed, "The son retired." ”

At the bottom of the hall steps, Xiao Chun sat in the chair steadily, looking at the most noble family of three in the Great Xia Kingdom now, and a very faint smile appeared on his lips.

Xiao Qianjiong was still in a daze, and there was still a blank look on his childish face. He didn't know how it happened, the singer musician who was singing and dancing in the main hall suddenly turned into a killer, and in the chaos he picked up a saber dropped by the guard, and... Then Uncle Kang's sixth son died under his knife.

"Qianjiong." Nangong Mo walked up to Xiao Qianjiong and patted him on the shoulder, while reaching out and taking the knife in his hand.

"Cousin-in-law......" Xiao Qianjiong looked at Nangong Mo blankly.

"Don't be afraid." Nangong Mo comforted in a low voice. Xiao Qianjiong said: "I... I didn't kill him, and I don't know how it could have ......been."

"Presumptuous?! What presumptuous! Xiao Qianjiong's words were not finished, and Xiao Qianye in the palace had already roared angrily. After enduring it for a while, Xiao Qianye still couldn't bear to have such a thing happen when he ascended the throne like this.

"Your Majesty is angry!" Everyone hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Xiao Qianye sneered, and glanced at Xiao Chun, who was still calm, "Angry? How am I going to calm my anger? ”

This kind of thing happened on the day of his accession to the throne, and it is indeed difficult for normal people to calm their anger. Speaking of which, Xiao Qianye can be regarded as the most bumpy emperor who ascended the throne, and there is no one.

"What's the deal with these killers? And also... And Qianjiong, what are you doing? Xiao Qianye said sharply.

In fact, the situation just now was very chaotic, although the killer was quickly killed by the guards, but there were still several powerful people who were injured. Not many people noticed what was going on at all, and what people saw was that King Kang's concubine fell under the knife of the third prince of Yan.

Things are in trouble! In any case, it is a fact that King Kang's son died under Xiao Qianjiong's knife. If King Kang makes trouble, not only will Xiao Qianye, the new emperor, be difficult to explain to King Kang, but he is afraid that something will happen between King Kang and King Yan. Xiao Qianye only felt a throbbing pain in his forehead, almost exploding. Rubbing his eyebrows, he said in a deep voice: "Tonight's matter will be investigated by me immediately, and... The third son of King Yan, temporarily detained! ”

"Wait." Xiao Qianchi got up and arched his hand towards Xiao Qianye and said, "Your Majesty, the matter of your brother has not yet been clarified, please ask Your Majesty to learn about it." Xiao Qianchi's voice did not fall, but the prince of King Kang next to him did not follow, and immediately stood up and said, "What do you mean that you haven't checked clearly?" The death of the sixth brother in the hands of Xiao Qianjiong is a fact that everyone has seen. ”

"King Kang said carefully." Nangong Mo said lightly, "Those of you here... Who saw with his own eyes that it was the third son of King Yan who killed the sixth son of King Kang? ”

King Kang sneered, pointed to the knife in Gong Mo's hand and said, "The Lord of Star City said this with a knife stained with the blood of my sixth brother, don't you feel weak?" In fact, King Kang also felt very depressed, so he took a few brothers to Jinling, and one of them died when he went back. I don't know, I think it's because he excludes dissidents and wants to kill his cousin, maybe even his father thinks so. If he really did it, he would have endured it, but it obviously has nothing to do with him.

Nangong Mo said: "Qian Jiong and the sixth son of King Kang have never been alive, and they have no grievances or hatreds, why do you want to kill him?" Or is it in the way of the face of the Manchu civil and military ministers? Is he getting impatient? ”

"Who knows if he's impatient? Who in this Jinling city doesn't know that the princes and sons have always been lawless. A somewhat yin and yang voice suddenly sounded in the main hall. Nangong Mo looked sideways and saw Ruan Yuzhi, who was sitting in the middle of a group of four-rank civil officials, staring at them with a malicious face. A cold smile appeared on Nangong Mo's lips: I'm really looking for death!

Ruan Yuzhi's words attacked not only Xiao Qianjiong alone, but all the princes and concubines who came to Jinling. What's more, compared to those who are really arrogant, the three of Yan Wangfu are very restrained. Immediately, someone got up and said unhappily, "What does this lord mean?" What do you mean that we have always been lawless? Is this lord a Yanguan imperial history? ”

Ruan Yuzhi was not afraid, and said proudly: "This official Dali Temple Shaoqing." Ruan Yuzhi. ”

Unexpectedly, the imperial grandson didn't look at him at all, but raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Oh? It turned out to be the soft adult who even ate the soft rice of the Qinglou woman, and it was really soft. Majesty, even if you love talent, you can't be so unpicky. "This imperial grandson is obviously not an unmeasured person, and his words did not involve the Qin family in the slightest.

Suddenly, a group of princes and grandsons in brocade clothes burst into laughter. Even many dignitaries sitting on the side couldn't help but bow their heads and laugh.

"You... You..."Ruan Yuzhi's face turned pale with anger. The emperor was not polite at all, and sneered: "What are you? What kind of thing are you supposed to show off in front of this son? Dare to slander the royal family, it's not a small courage. ”

"Enough!" Seeing that the topic was about to be pulled out of 108,000 miles, Xiao Qianye slapped the armrest of the dragon chair angrily and said sharply: "What is the noise?" Do you still take me seriously? The emperor pursed his lips, arched his hand perfunctorily towards Xiao Qianye, and sat back down.

"Regent, what do you say should be done about this?" Xiao Qianye looked at Xiao Chun and asked in a deep voice.

Xiao Chun stroked his beard lightly and said with a smile: "A qiē is judged by His Majesty." Xiao Qianye secretly cursed the old fox in his heart, looked at Xiao Qianjiong and asked, "Qianjiong, what's going on?" "From the bottom of my heart, Xiao Qianye doesn't want Xiao Qianjiong to kill King Kang's concubine, and now he doesn't want to offend either King Kang or King Yan.

Xiao Qianjiong gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't kill him, he bumped into him by himself." ”

After this while, there was another brother and Nangong Mo standing beside him, Xiao Qianjiong also reacted, and immediately said firmly.

Xiao Qianye raised her eyebrows, "Oh? What's going on? ”

Xiao Qianjiong lowered his head and tried to recall, and then said: "I really had a killer, and the killer suddenly fell down on his own somehow, and then my cousin bumped into him, and the one in my hand came... It's not time to close... By the way, someone touched me from behind! ”

The faces of everyone in the main hall changed. If it's really Xiao Qianjiong who has a grudge against someone and kills someone, or it's just an accident, it's okay to say. If this is secretly planned by someone, then it can only mean that the matter is not so simple, the sixth prince of King Kang is just a plopping emperor, and he has no impact on the situation, and the target of the person who wants to kill him will naturally not be on him alone.

Xiao Qianye obviously also thought about this question, and thought for a while: "Since Qianjiong said that he is innocent, he is naturally not afraid of someone investigating. The county lord of Xingcheng, aunt, and Qianjiong will stay in the palace for the time being, and when the matter is investigated, I will naturally let him out of the palace. ”

Nangong Mo said: "Since His Majesty also believes that Qian Jiong is innocent, why don't we take him back first?" Is there anyone who is still worried that he will not be able to abscond? ”

Xiao Qianye was choked up: When did I say I believed that he was innocent?

"Prince Kang, what do you think?" Nangong Mo turned to look at King Kang's son.

King Kang turned around and lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, but finally nodded. Since the deceased's own brothers agreed, Xiao Qianye naturally did not object. Compared to King Kang, he didn't want to offend King Yan even more.

The banquet that was supposed to be festive and lively ended without embarrassment, Xiao Qianjiong followed Nangong Mo with a bowed head, but his still somewhat childish face was sincerely grateful. He knew very well that if it weren't for Nangong Mo opening his mouth tonight, he would have stayed in the palace or even been directly imprisoned.

"Cousin-in-law..."In the carriage, Xiao Qianjiong looked at Nangong Mo with blazing eyes.

Nangong Mo raised his hand and patted his head and said, "Don't be coquettish, explain what happened clearly, and try not to miss anything." ”

"......" Xiao Sangongzi's face stiffened: You are coquettish, your whole family is coquettish.

Although he complained in his heart, Xiao Qianjiong still honestly told what happened again.

In fact, it was similar to what I said in the main hall before, when the scene was chaotic, and the killer seemed to be aimlessly hurting people at will. The three brothers of Xiao Qianjiong sat at a table, among which Xiao Qianchi did not know martial arts at all, and Xiao Qianwei could only be regarded as mediocre, but the youngest Xiao Qianjiong had the highest martial arts. Naturally, at the moment when the killer rushed up, he grabbed a knife on the ground and fought with the killer. Several other emperors and grandsons with good martial arts also made a move, but no one knew how the sixth prince of King Kang, who obviously didn't know martial arts, ran into that chaos. Xiao Qianjiong was still the first time to fight the killer, and he was a little in a hurry, and finally saw that he was about to solve the killer with one knife, but the killer fell by himself. Before Xiao Qianye could retract his strength, the sixth prince of King Kang appeared under his blade, and he couldn't react at all, so he could only watch the knife stab into the other party's heart.

Nangong Mo raised his eyebrows and asked, "You said that someone hit your arm, is it true or false?" ”

Xiao Qianjiong blinked his eyes and looked at her innocently.

Nangong Mo didn't ask either, just looked at him calmly. After a while, Xiao Qianjiong finally bowed down, bowed his head and said, "Okay, in fact, someone didn't hit me." But... I did feel a pain in my elbow at the time, and I was... Some of the strength can be withdrawn. "Although it is not completely recovered, at least the person should not die. But because of that pain, he couldn't control it at all, and could only watch people die under his own knife. But after that, there was nothing abnormal, there was not even a trace on his elbow, who would believe him? Maybe they'll just think he's making excuses for himself.

"Isn't that so?" Nangong Mo raised his hand and flicked his fingers towards Xiao Qianjiong's left elbow. Xiao Qianjiong immediately covered his elbows, looked at Nangong Mo in shock, and said, "That's it... However, I seemed to be stricter than this at the time. It hurts, it hurts, I can't control it at all. If it's just that, I can bear it. But it doesn't feel like anything wrong. ”

Xiao Qianwei, who had been listening to the side, couldn't help but ask: "Cousin-in-law, this is... Skills? ”

Nangong Mo nodded slightly and said, "In the palace, there is indeed a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. According to you... That man's internal strength should be above me. At least, it won't be weaker than me. ”

"Who is going to frame the third brother?" Xiao Qianchi said in a deep voice.

Nangong Mo thought about it and said, "Then it depends on who is most beneficial to this matter." ”

"Xiao Qianye?" Xiao Qianjiong blurted out.

Nangong Mo shook his head, "No, it won't do him any good to offend King Yan and King Kang now." ”

Xiao Qianjiong said: "But if you provoke a discord between my father and Uncle Kang, won't it be beneficial?" Although his personality is a little impulsive, Xiao Qianjiong still understands some of the royal affairs. Nangong Mo smiled lightly: "King Kang's fief is in the southwest, and King Yan's fief is in the north, even if they don't get along, what impact will it have?" Can King Kang fight with King Yan from such a distance? ”

Xiao Qianwei nodded and said, "My cousin-in-law is right, it is better to choose Uncle Kang than to choose Uncle Ning." ”

Xiao Qianjiong said: "Uncle Ning's son is only three years old. ”

“……”

Nangong Mo lowered his eyebrows and smiled, and sighed: "Since he is not the new emperor, then he can only be the one who wants to provoke the relationship between the vassal kings and the relationship between the new emperor and the vassal king." ”

Xiao Qianchi's eyes flashed slightly, "What my cousin-in-law said is... Regent? ”

Nangong Mo smiled lightly.