The cold and beautiful sound of the piano stopped suddenly.

Qi Muxuan put his hands on the strings, and looked at the woman standing in front of him with a little coldness in his eyes.

"Failed?" his voice was soft, with a hint of anger.

The matchmaker was ashamed, lowered her eyes and said: "It's a subordinate who has derelict his duties, and the young master asks for punishment." ”

"How could such a trivial matter fail? Haven't I already planned for you?" Qi Muxuan said, "I got the news that Liu Xu left the mission to act alone, so I deliberately let Situ Jiexing know the news that we were going to be unfavorable to him, and he really went to inform Jiang Liu, who had already left." I put ** in his wine, as long as Mo Ziyu drinks it, he will inevitably fall into the illusion and assassinate Liu Xu. That's not enough, I've also prepared people from the Killer Hall, and with a two-pronged approach, there's no reason to fail, right?"

"The young master planned very carefully, but the young master missed one thing. The matchmaker said.

"Oh?" Qi Muxuan raised his eyebrows, "What's the matter?"

"Do you remember the young man who followed Mo Ziyu?" asked the matchmaker.

"Tell me about it. ”

"His identity is not simple, but he is the missing young hall master of the Killer Hall, and he doesn't know why he followed Jiang Liu's side. The matchmaker said, "The people of the Killer Hall had a chance to succeed, but they saw their young hall master and thought that this order was the business of the young hall master, so they retreated one after another, which led to everything failing." ”

"Young hall master, that young man?" Qi Muxuan's brows furrowed deeply, "And such a thing, since he is the young hall master of the Killer Hall, why would he willingly follow Jiang Liu's side?"

The young man had amnesia, but he was afraid that he didn't know his identity, so he asked Jiang Liu to pick up a bargain. The matchmaker snorted, "But right now, Jiang Liu has been hit by the illusion, if there is no antidote for the young master, she won't wake up, even if she is shallow, there is no way to solve it." ”

"I'm afraid that our soon-to-be-enthroned king will not be able to bear it. Qi Muxuan smiled coldly, "In that case, I have to prepare well and surprise them when the time comes!"

On the twelfth day of April, the day before the new king of Southern Chu, Mi Zi, ascended the throne, Liu Xu and Mo Ziyu finally came to Linyuan.

Nan Chu Taifu Sun Tai greeted him.

"I didn't expect His Highness to come half a day early, and the prince was not able to greet him, and I hope His Highness won't blame him. "Sun Tai's beard is a little gray, but he is still in good spirits.

"It's just a courtesy, don't worry. Mrs. Lao took me to see Shizi immediately, I have something important to discuss with him!" Liu Xu said.

"Your Highness, let's go to the post house to rest first, and then go to report to the prince here. ”

"No need. Liu Xu said, "Don't be so troublesome, I'll enter the palace with Taifu." This matter is more urgent, I don't want to waste any extra time, please forgive me!"

Mrs. Sun was so anxious that she didn't even care about the most basic etiquette, she was afraid that it was really a more important matter, so she didn't dare to delay, so she could take him into the palace and meet Mi Zi in person.

"Daddy, why are you here?" Sun Pingling came out with a stack of concertos.

"Go and report to the prince, just say that the prince of Northern Xia has arrived, and there is something important to see him!" Sun Tai said.

Sun Pingling glanced at Liu Xu beside Sun Tai, and hurriedly saluted: "I've seen Your Highness, I'll go and report it." ”

"I'm tired of the girl!"

She hurriedly entered, and after a while, she hurriedly came out, and said, "Your Highness, the prince is invited!"

Liu Xu arched his hand at the two, and then entered.

"Your Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Qi Zi stood at the back of the desk, with a light smile on the corner of his mouth, his eyes looked deeply at the man who entered, and the sunlight entered obliquely from outside the door, making his face half bright and half dark, more deep than his age.

"I haven't congratulated the prince yet, I will soon be the king of a country!" Liu Xu smiled faintly, "It's really Shibei three days, who would have thought that in the Qi Wangfu, the boy who played with Changqing would grow up so fast!"

"Your Highness, please take a seat!" Qi Zi came out from behind the desk, and he said with a smile, "What is there to congratulate, although I am lucky enough to be able to become the king of Southern Chu, but if I have the opportunity to choose, I would rather always be the proton in Northern Xia, I believe that His Royal Highness is the same, you should prefer to be the prince all the time than to become the emperor of Northern Xia, right?"

Liu Xu didn't sit down, looked at Mi Zi with heavy eyes, and said: "You and I haven't seen each other for a long time, and we should have a lot to say, but now is not the time to say hello, there is one thing, I want the son of the world to help." ”

"Oh?" Qi Zi raised her eyebrows, looking a little lazy, "Your Highness, please say." ”

"Mulan did a lot of things in Northern Xia before, and then Qi Muxuan came to Southern Chu with his people, right?" asked Liu Xu.

Hearing this, Qi Zi's eyes narrowed, and he paused and asked, "Do you want me to hand them over to you?"

"Definitely. Liu Xu continued, "On the way to Nanchu, I encountered an ambush, before that, my side concubine Jiang came to remind me that the ambush did not work, and I still came to Linyuan safely, but Jiang was caught in the illusion and is still asleep." Since Qi Muxuan now lives in Nanchu, I hope that the prince can let him hand over the antidote and save my concubine. ”

Qi Zi's face changed for a moment, his fists were clenched, but his face was indifferent and said lightly: "Oh? There is such a thing!"

"When the prince was in Northern Xia, he rescued the Jiang family many times, and the Jiang family left Northern Xia, and the prince also contributed a lot. Liu Xu said, "So I also ask the prince to help." ”

"What if I don't?"

"If the prince refuses to help with this, then I have to find a way by myself!" Liu Xu said, "It's just that since my beloved concubine has an accident in Nanchu, then I must also seek justice for her!"

"I know what's going on!" Qi Zi said, "I can't listen to His Highness's side of the matter either, I will give you an answer after I find out the ins and outs of the matter!"

"Good. Liu Xu said, "Then I'll wait for the reply of the prince!"

After Liu Xu left, Qi Zi's face rose with anger, and he knocked all the pieces on the table to the ground.

Sun Pingling outside was startled, and hurriedly entered and asked, "Shizi, what's wrong with you?"

"Get out!" Qi Zi shouted coldly.

"The ...... of the Prince"

"Get out!" Qi Zi roared in a low voice.

"Yes!" Although Sun Pingling was not at ease, he still retreated and closed the door, wondering in his heart, what did the prince of Northern Xia say to the prince to make the prince so angry.

After Mi Zi lost his temper, he sat down on the chair, he supported his forehead with one hand, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "No wonder you don't want to accept me, you don't want to stay by my side, it turns out that it's because you can't forget him! Whatever you say about hatred and what you don't want to see each other is a lie! As soon as he is in danger, you can't sit still, and you rush over, even at the expense of putting yourself in danger! Jiang Liu, I thought you had at least a little place for me in your heart, what did you think of me?" What am I in your heart? What am I like him?"

He covered his face with his hands and stayed quietly alone for a long time, then got up to open the door and ordered the Imperial Forest Army in front of the door to go and announce that Qi Muxuan would come.

The little eunuch entered and cleaned up the pieces scattered on the ground in the room, and Xiao Qi sighed: "Shizi, you have to take care of yourself!"

"I'm fine, you guys can go down when you're done. Qi Zi said.

"Yes. ”

He was the only one left in the room again, Qi Zi sat a little weakly, and those things between him and Jiang Liu kept coming to his mind, from beginning to end, maybe he was alone in his own affairs, in her eyes, it seemed that there was never him, right? For her, he could give up his life, how could she ever look at him? In her eyes, there was always only one person in her heart, even if that person hurt her deeply.

After a while, Qi Muxuan came.

Qi Zi raised his eyes and looked at the man in front of him coldly.

"You don't have anything to say to me?" Qi Zi asked in a cold voice.

Qi Muxuan smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "The prince should know, that's right, I sent someone to prepare to ambush Liu Xu." ”

"Reason. ”

"Do you still need a reason for this?" Qi Muxuan said with a smile, "Northern Xia is our common enemy, I thought this was our consensus. ”

"You haven't thought about the consequences?" said Qi Zi coldly.

"I didn't leave any evidence. ”

"Even if you don't leave any evidence, if Liu Xu has an accident in Southern Chu, how should he explain to Northern Xia?" Qi Zi said in a cold voice, "When the time comes, Northern Xia will be furious, and the whole country will attack, and Southern Chu has not yet recovered its vitality, how can you resist the enemy? Even if you plan to blame Western Wei, so what? Can Southern Chu be left alone? Qi Muxuan, now Southern Chu is full of holes, and before it recovers, it can no longer withstand a little turmoil, you are not unclear about this, do you want to take the safety of Southern Chu with some personal anger?"

"I didn't think about it that way. Qi Muxuan hugged his fists and said, "I just hope to blame the Western Wei, let the Northern Xia and the Western Wei kill each other, and let the Southern Chu get a chance to breathe." ”

"Hehe!" Qi Zi sneered, "Is that really the case?"

"Don't dare to deceive the world. ”

"If you don't have a little selfishness, why didn't you discuss this matter with me before, and chose to act rashly?" Qi Zi sneered and said, "You planned to act without me from the beginning! If you really succeed, can this enthronement ceremony continue tomorrow? Qi Muxuan, you have to make one thing clear, if you want to restore the country with the help of Nanchu's power, don't make those small moves behind your back now, only when Nanchu is strong, you can have hope of recovering the country!"

"I understand. Qi Muxuan arched his hand.