"His Royal Highness the Prince, Concubine Xiao of Yulan Palace asks to see you." Although Mu Lingyi lived in the Prince's Mansion, he had nothing to do all day long, and it was no different from house arrest. The communication of the little eunuch Li Xusong, who was serving him personally, shocked Mu Lingyi's spirit, and in retrospect, he hadn't seen Concubine Xiao for a long time.

"Come in, please!" Mu Lingyi said on his lips, and he couldn't wait to run out to greet him.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, how are you doing?" Zhang Wan's face was full of smiles, and Qingxing, who followed behind her, hurriedly saluted.

"Concubine Niangniang. Inside please. Mu Lingyi saluted Zhang Wan and said to the house.

Zhang Wan motioned for Qingxing to follow with the food box and entered the house together, the Prince's Mansion has been repaired since Mu Lingyu moved out of the Prince's Mansion when his body was abolished, and now it looks atmospheric and exquisite. Mu Lingyi asked Zhang Wan to sit down, Zhang Wan motioned for Qingxing to put the food box on the table, and then ordered her to go out and close the door. Seeing Zhang Wan acting like this, Mu Lingyi was suspicious: "Guifei Niangniang, what do you mean?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, don't panic, this palace is here today to negotiate a deal with His Highness." Zhang Wan smiled lightly.

"Deal? Niangniang laughed, after the death of the mother, it is best for you to be a son-in-law, if you have anything, just give it a direct command. Mu Lingyi said with a smile.

"Did Your Highness take a blood test a few days ago?" Zhang Wan gets straight to the point.

"This ......" Mu Lingyi's face was cold at that time, in his opinion, the blood test was simply a great insult to him and his deceased mother, Mu Lingyi paused, "How did Niangniang know?" ”

"Your Highness, don't be annoyed," Mu Lingyi's every expression fell in Zhang Wan's eyes, and Zhang Wan chuckled, "That day's blood was tested, did His Highness's blood not melt into the bones?" ”

"What do you mean, mother?" Mu Lingyi frowned.

"Your Highness, try this bone again." As she spoke, Zhang Wan opened the food box, took out a dish covered with a red cloth from the bottom of the food box, lifted the red cloth, and a white Sensen's bone appeared in front of her.

"Isn't Niangniang suspecting that my father's blood test is fake?" Mu Lingyi felt insulted again.

"Is there any excuse to wait for the palace to explain to His Highness, now I just ask His Highness to try again." As he spoke, he took an embroidery needle from his cuff and handed it over.

Mu Lingyi hesitantly took the embroidery needle, looked at Zhang Wan with a puzzled face, and looked at Zhang Wan's unfathomable eyes, Mu Lingyi still pierced his fingers and dripped blood on the bones. Beads of red blood dripped on Bai Sensen's bones, and after only two shakes, they seeped in. Mu Lingyi seemed to see the devil, pushed the bloody bones aside, and looked at Zhang Wan with a frightened expression.

Zhang Wan didn't speak, took the red cloth, covered the bones, put it back in the food box, took the embroidery needle in Mu Lingyi's hand, pinned it to her cuff again, and raised her hand to two cups of tea, one was handed to Mu Lingyi, and one was placed in front of her. Mu Lingyi didn't think about it, he took the tea and drank it, he just wanted to know what was going on with the scene that had just happened.

"Is Your Highness surprised?" Zhang Wan took a sip of tea and asked slowly.

"You say." Mu Lingyi's eyes stared at Zhang Wan, "Whose bones are these!" ”

"The blood is soaked in the bones, of course this is the bones of His Highness's biological father." Zhang Wan was still smiling.

"You talk nonsense! I am Mu Lingyi, the son of the Holy One today! It's the prince of the dynasty! Mu Lingyi almost collapsed.

"Then does Your Highness dare to meet the Holy Lord, and ask the Holy Lord to try it with His own blood?"

"......" Mu Lingyi was silent, now he has no such confidence no matter what. If you are not of royal blood, then your life will not be saved. He didn't dare to try. After being silent for a long time, Mu Lingyi gradually regained some of her senses, took a deep breath and said, "Does Niangniang know something?" ”

"Yes, you have the intelligence that you should have when you are a prince. Your biological father is a member of the Qimu clan, and he used his pseudonym Jiang Quanyi to kill the saint's favorite concubine Yunfei, and it was also the medicine that caused your mother to lose her consciousness and give birth to you with him. The Qimu clan provoked on the frontier, but also to get rid of other adult princes, and your mother chose to get rid of the queen herself, all so that you could become the crown prince and succeed to the throne in the future. Zhang Wan's words almost subverted all of Mu Lingyi's cognition, he knew the deceit of the harem, and he also knew the open and secret battles in the harem, but what he didn't expect was that there were so many secrets hidden behind him.

"That last time the blood was recognized...... Mu Lingyi's voice trembled terribly.

"The palace has already sent someone to exchange the bones." Zhang Wan said it lightly, as if digging a grave had nothing to do with her.

"You ...... You guys are terrible......" Mu Lingyi couldn't believe all this.

"It's not us, it's us. You, your biological father, are in this game of chess. Zhang Wan corrected Mu Lingyi's words.

"What about you?" Mu Lingyi got closer, he wanted to see if there was a deeper conspiracy in Zhang Wan's eyes.

"Me? Oh, my sister Zhang Rou and I, that is, your mother are all from the Qimu tribe, but our biological mother gave birth to us and returned to the tribe, and my father continued to take a wife to raise our sisters and send them to the palace, we don't do anything else, we just want this country to belong to our Qimu clan. ”

"You ...... I...... You mean......" Mu Lingyi was a little confused, in his cognition, the Qimu clan was a barbaric and uncivilized race, and he never thought that he had anything to do with them.

"You don't have to think about going to the Holy One to expose us, since I dare to tell you, it means that we are fully prepared, even if you go to report it, the Holy One will thoroughly investigate it, and I will not find out what is wrong with me, and your life experience, I no longer guarantee that it will be foolproof."

"Then you're not afraid that I will have an accident, and you will lose me, the prince?"

"If you lose it, then find a way to build another one, and Chen'er will thrive. Although Chen'er is a child of the saint, he still has half of the blood of the Qimu clan after all. It is not impossible for him to succeed to the throne. ”

"Tell me about your conditions." Mu Lingyi seemed to be out of strength, and his eyes lost their brilliance, "Didn't you say that you came to make a deal today?" ”

"Now that Your Highness has figured it out, there is no need to bother so much. The conditions are very simple, you should keep your mouth shut, be your crown prince in peace, and just wait for the succession to the throne. If you want to be foolproof, and by the way, ensure that you inherit the throne more smoothly, then, you can go and say to Mu Jianyu, let me be your adoptive mother, and after you succeed to the throne, you can crown me as the queen mother. In this way, all your glory and riches, and your life, will not be unexpected. What do you think? ”

"......" Mu Lingyi understood, even if he ascended the throne, he was just a puppet, but everyone was afraid of death, not to mention that he was a mortal who coveted the wealth and glory of the world, "Let me think about it...... I...... I'll get back to you as soon as I can......"

"Okay, then I'll go back first." Zhang Wan got up, walked to the door, pushed open the door, and looked back, "Your Highness, please go back." ”

"Li Xusong, send Xiao Guifei for me." Mu Lingyi stood up and watched Zhang Wan leave with a smile. Seeing Zhang Wan disappear from his sight, Mu Lingyi couldn't hold on any longer, her legs went limp, and she fell to the ground.

"Qiutang, can't we go back to Lingcheng......" Xu's mother's lifeless voice broke the peace in the carriage. Qiu Tang looked at Xu's mother and didn't know how to explain it to her.

"Qiu Tang, you already knew, right......" Xu's mother saw that Qiu Tang didn't answer, and continued. In fact, when she saw Qiu Tang and Boss Gu getting together to light candles and burn paper money, Mother Xu understood, and now she just wanted to talk and make herself feel that she was still alive.

"Madam, don't be too sad, even if Qiu Tang is a cow and a horse in the second half of his life, he will support you well and give you a pension." Qiu Tang comforted. This kind of escape is not the first time for herself, she has lost count of how many times she has brushed shoulders with death, so she is not panicked at all, but at the same time, she doesn't know how to comfort Xu's mother.

"Qiu Tang, who are you...... " Mother Xu turned her head, her eyes staring at Qiu Tang in front of her, who did not change her color, calm and unflustered. At this time, Xu's mother gradually realized that maybe the girl in front of her was never as simple as she saw, and behind her, there seemed to be an ulterior secret.

After waiting for a long time, Mother Xu didn't wait for Qiu Tang's answer, Mother Xu sneered: "Lingcheng, it was because of you that the city was slaughtered......

Qiu Tang, who has always been calm as stopping water, heard this sentence, his body trembled obviously, and after two deep breaths, Qiu Tang's trembling voice came: "I'm sorry ......"

"My lord, we can't get enough of it." Under the candlelight, Luan Pu'an took out their remaining silver and put it in front of Xue Bowen.

"Pu'an, take these, you go and buy some dry food from the innkeeper, and take it on the road tomorrow to eat." Xue Bowen didn't seem to hear Luan Pu'an's words, so he divided half of the silver in front of him and pushed it to Luan Pu'an.

"Alas...... Okay. Xue Bowen's mood has become increasingly depressed in the past few days, especially after hearing some discussions on the street today, Xue Bowen has become more and more silent. As a big boss, Luan Pu'an didn't know what to say at this time, so he had to walk out of the room with the silver. He was used to following Xue Bowen's orders.

"Fei'er, you take this money, along the way, you have suffered with us." Seeing Luan Pu'an coming out of the house, Xue Bowen stuffed the rest of the money into Fei'er's arms.

"My lord, Fei'er doesn't feel bitter with you, why do you say that." Since she moved out of Linglong Pavilion, Fei'er has lived a much more comfortable life under the protection of Xue Bowen than before, she thought she would fall into the fire pit, but she didn't expect too many things, so much so that until now, Xue Bowen has not touched a finger of her.

"Then you can keep it for me first." Seeing that Fei'er didn't accept it, Xue Bowen had to change his rhetoric. Fei'er heard Xue Bowen's change of words, so she couldn't excuse herself again, so she had to wrap the silver and put it in her arms. Seeing Fei'er accept the money, Xue Bowen stood up as if relieved, "I'll go out for a walk and I'll be back in a while." With that, he left the house without looking back.

"Where's your lord?" Luan Pu'an, who came back with a pile of food, didn't see Xue Bowen in the house, only Fei'er in a daze.

"The adults said he went out for a walk." Fei'er's eyes were a little dull, she had already sensed a hint of something wrong from Xue Bowen's tone, but she didn't stop it, she didn't have the courage to stop it, and she didn't have the identity to stop it, so she had to watch Xue Bowen leave.

"Oh, let's get some food and rest." Facing Fei'er, who was still young, Luan Pu'an took care of her like her own niece.

"Thank you, Lord Luan." Fei'er took the baked cake handed by Luan Pu'an and thanked her again and again.

"I'm going to find an adult." Seeing Fei'er eating obediently, Luan Pu'an decided to go out and see where Xue Bowen went, after all, it was already late at night.