The mountain villa where the princess of Yuli and the high priest of southern Xinjiang stayed.

After the high priest of Southern Xinjiang entered the palace, he walked quickly to the main house.

At this time, the princess in the rain happened to be awake, she was holding the child of the triplets in her arms, the child came out late, even though Mu Changhuan's medical skills have reached the peak, but the little princess's body is still much weaker than the two elder brothers.

"What's wrong?" Pei Wusheng sat down beside her, his handsome brows furrowed, and he whispered.

Princess Yuli glanced at him and said, "My spirit is fine, you don't have to be so nervous," after a pause, she asked Pei Wusheng again, "By the way, did you go out this time and see the princess?" What does she say, is she willing to believe in our sincerity in repaying the favor? ”

"Believe," Pei Wusheng took the little princess in the arms of the princess in the rain and said, "I didn't hide it, I told her very clearly, it is your intention to repay the favor." ”

"And then?" The princess in the rain glanced at her wife helplessly and asked.

Pei Wusheng told him about his plan to move to the Beijing Palace.

Princess Yuli didn't object, she could see that Mu Changhuan was an excellent person, and as for Xiao He, he was not a heinous person.

"When are you moving?" Thinking like this, she asked Pei Wusheng sideways.

Pei Wusheng thought for a moment, held the child with one hand, pinched her waist with the other, and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"Just for a few days!" Princess Yuli said, "It's very stuffy in this villa, and you can still talk to the princess when you move to the Beijing Palace." ”

"Well," Pei silently agreed, "I'll listen to you." ”

The princess in the rain bent her lips and smiled, and reached out to hug her two sons in the bed......

Everything seems so quiet.

In the Beijing Palace, Xiao He received Pei Wusheng's message in the evening.

He threw the secret letter in his hand into the incense burner, and then said to Mu Changhuan, "Tomorrow, Princess Yuli and Pei Wusheng will move over." ”

"Pei Wusheng?" Although Mu Changhuan guessed that this should be the name of the high priest of Southern Xinjiang, he couldn't help but ask.

Xiao He glanced at him meaningfully, "The high priest of Southern Xinjiang is surnamed Pei, and his name is silent. ”

"Oh," Mu Changhuan nodded, and didn't say anything more, but he thought in his heart, this person was clearly born with a shocking cry of ghosts and gods, and his name was called Silent.

The night was getting darker.

Xiao He hugged Mu Changhuan and planned to take a bath and go to bed, but as soon as the two of them finished the curtain, there was a sudden knock on the door outside.

"What's the matter?" Xiao He suppressed his breath, looked at Mu Changhuan's eyes, and asked in a deep voice.

Outside, Chu Zhang said cautiously, "If you go back to the prince, someone from the palace will come." ”

"......" Xiao He closed his eyes, his breathing was slightly heavy, obviously he didn't want to pay attention, but he took care of the etiquette.

"Let's take a look," Mu Changhuan pressed his chest and whispered in his ear.

Xiao He opened his eyes, looked at her with a gloomy gaze, and after a long time, he hummed, then turned over and got out of bed, grabbed his shirt and walked out.

"What's the matter?" When he got outside, he opened the door, looked at Chu Zhang coldly and asked.

Chu Zhang could feel the evil aura coming out of his master's body, he lowered his head slightly, and said, "Back to the prince's words, the prince ran out of the palace and is now in the study." ”

"Prince?" Xiao He raised his eyebrows, and his expression instantly became serious.

Chu Zhang said "um", "The prince's expression is a little solemn, he said that he doesn't have much time, and he must see you tonight." ”

"You go to the study first to greet him, and the king will arrive later." Xiao He raised his hand, pressed his eyebrows hard, and commanded.

Chu Zhang was a little puzzled, "You don't go over now?" ”

Xiao He glared at him, "Doesn't this king have to explain to the princess?" If you really think that this door was opened by this king, you will go out when you say it, and enter it when you say it. ”

Chu Zhang shrank his neck by the master's roar, and arched his hand in a sneer, "What the prince said is that the subordinate will go to the study first!" After speaking, he didn't wait for Xiao He to agree, and stepped back.

Xiao He watched him leave, and pressed his eyebrows a few more times before walking towards the inner room.

"The prince is here," he said as he looked at Mu Changhuan after sitting down on the edge of the bed.

Mu Changhuan glanced at him lightly, a faint smile flashed in his eyes, "I heard what you said to Chu Zhang...... Very insightful and I am satisfied. ”

Xiao He: "......"

"Go ahead!" Mu Changhuan stretched out his hand and personally helped him tie his belt, with a rare gentleness on his face.

Xiao He looked at her like this, only felt warm in his heart, and the next moment, he pressed her head his chest, and said in a dumb voice, "Wait for me to come back." ”

"Well, I see," Mu Changhuan said vaguely, pushing him.

Xiao He got up and walked out.

In the study, when he arrived, the prince had been waiting for a while.

Seeing him come in, the thin young man hurriedly got up, took two steps forward, and saluted, "My nephew has seen the emperor's uncle." ”

"The prince doesn't have to be polite! Have a seat! Xiao He nodded lightly and made a gesture of invitation to the prince.

The prince sat down a little crampedly.

"What's the matter with me, just say it!" After Xiao He sat down, he also sat down, looked at him lightly and said.

When the prince heard this, a look of struggle and pain appeared in his eyes, and he pursed his lower lip vigorously and said, "I...... I was fascinated by the hidden prince before, and the emperor uncle knew about it, right? ”

"Well," Xiao He nodded, indicating that he knew, and then asked, "And then, what does the prince want to say?" ”

"......" The prince heard him ask, but he was silent, he seemed to have many words hidden in his heart, but he did not know how to say them.

Xiao He was not in a hurry, he picked up the tea cup in his hand, took a sip gently, and seemed to be waiting for him patiently.

And the crown prince opened his mouth after a long time, and said in a low voice, "Uncle Huang, I don't know why, I think the current father is so terrible, he is like a different person, to me, to the queen mother, it seems that there is no change, but after careful observation, everything is wrong." ”

"And then?" Xiao He asked, he looked into the prince's eyes and asked.

The pain on the prince's face was even stronger, and suddenly, he stood up, suppressed his emotions, hugged his head and said, "I don't know, I don't know what is going on with him now, I only know that if it goes on like this, the queen mother is very likely to die!" Father, Emperor, ...... He really wanted his mother's life! ”

Xiao He saw that the prince had lost control to this point, he put down the teacup, sighed helplessly, stood up, held his arm, and held him up, "Take a sip of tea first." ”

As he spoke, he handed the prince a cup of cold tea.

The prince held the teacup, tilted his head, and stared at Xiao He for a long time before bringing the teacup to his lips and drinking it.

With the vigilance of cold tea, the prince regained a little clarity, he lowered his head again, but Xiao He did not leave, he stood beside him, and said in a light tone, "You are right, your father wants the life of your mother." Moreover, his idea is to let you do it yourself, so that you can not only get rid of your mother, but also make it easier for him to completely control you. ”

When his words fell, the prince's face suddenly changed.

"What Uncle Huang said is true?" With tears in his eyes, a little bloodshot, and even more pain, he asked word by word.

Xiao He didn't answer his question directly, but asked rhetorically, "I thought that you could come to me because you figured this out." ”

The prince pursed his lips and turned his face away, "I figured it out, but I don't dare to believe it...... He is my father, my biological father, how could he be like this. ”

"Maybe you'll want to ask him that." Xiao He saw that the prince's mood calmed down, he sat down again, and said lightly.

The crown prince frowned and did not speak.

Silence crept through the study.

The prince struggled for a long time, and at last, when he finally couldn't help but speak, there was a rush of footsteps outside.

Then, Liang Gonggongdi's voice sounded outside, and he said with a little anxiety, "Lord, is the prince here for you?" There was something wrong with the queen's body in the palace, and the emperor ordered the servants to invite the prince back to the palace. ”

In the study, as soon as the prince heard that the queen was not in good health, he immediately stood up from the prince's chair, he didn't care about what to say to Xiao He, and he was about to walk out.

But soon, his shoulders were clasped by Xiao He.

The prince looked up anxiously, and was about to open his mouth to call someone.

Xiao He made a silent gesture at him.

Although the crown prince didn't understand the consciousness of this imperial uncle's ancestor, he still subconsciously shut up.

"Go behind the bookshelf," Xiao He whispered to the prince.

The prince nodded, and although there was hesitation in his eyes, he still walked back.

Xiao He watched him hide before walking towards the outside of the study, opened the door forcefully, glanced at Gonggong Liang who was standing outside, and said coldly, "Isn't the prince in the palace?" How can you be here in this king? ”

When Gonggong Liang opened the door in Xiao He, his eyes subconsciously drifted in, and when he heard him deny it, he quickly retracted his gaze, a touch of embarrassment floated on his face, and said, "Back to the prince's words, the prince is not in the palace, this afternoon, he secretly went out of the palace with the car that delivered water from the imperial dining room......

"What does that have to do with this king?" Xiao He asked unceremoniously.

Gonggong Liang sneered on his face, "Speaking of which, the prince doesn't know a few people outside the palace, so the servant thought, he may be here." ”

"Not here!" Xiao He looked at Liang's father-in-law who was hunched over condescendingly, and said concisely.

Gonggong Liang clenched the whip in his hand and was about to speak, but Xiao He took a step ahead of him before he spoke, "What, Gonggong Liang, you still want to search the king's study?" ”

"The prince has stabbed the old slave! You are the dignified prince of the iron hat, how dare a minion! Father-in-law Liang hurriedly apologized.

Xiao He said impatiently, "Then don't retreat!" ”

"Yes!" Gonggong Liang responded with suspicion and awe, and then walked out with a group of little eunuchs behind him.

Xiao He watched the group of eunuchs leave before returning to the study.

"Come out!" He said as he slammed back at the bookshelf.

The crown prince walked out from behind the bookshelf, his face turned pale, he looked at Xiao He and asked, "Uncle Huang, my queen mother won't really be fine, right?" ”

"No, it won't." Xiao He said, he only said this, and did not tell him that he actually arranged people by the queen's side.

When the prince heard this answer, he didn't completely let go, he looked at Xiao He with burning eyes, and he distinguished for a long time, until he was sure that Xiao He was really assuring him, and then he reluctantly put his mind at ease.

As long as the queen mother is okay, he is not afraid of anything.

On the other side, Gonggong Liang took a group of little eunuchs out of the Beijing Palace.

After getting into the carriage, his apprentice Xiao Dezi knelt beside him, poured him a cup of tea, and asked in a low voice, "Master, is what King Beijing said true?" ”

"I don't know," Liang Gonggong took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and said with a gloomy face.

"Then how should the emperor explain it?" Xiao Dezi looked worried and frightened, he was Gonggong Liang's apprentice, and he could be regarded as a close attendant of the emperor's side, so he knew a little about the emperor's true temper.

He knew that although the master was very friendly on the surface, he was actually a murderous and torturous psychopath.

"You can only take one step at a time!" Gonggong Liang immediately lowered his robe and dragged it in front of him, squinted his eyes and said, "Just like King Beijing said, even if we suspect that the prince is really in his study, can we still go in and search if we are busy?" ”

Xiao Dezi heard his master mention King Beijing, and sighed bitterly, "Right now, I can only do what the master said, one step at a time." ”

"Go to Yuwang's Mansion!" Gonggong Liang didn't pay attention to Xiao Dezi anymore, he directly ordered the little eunuch to drive outside.

The little eunuch agreed, and the next moment, the carriage headed in the direction of King Yu's Mansion......

Yuwangfu is not willing to be from the Beijing Palace, if you take the car, it is night, only two quarters of an hour to arrive.

Gonggong Liang took a little eunuch into the palace of King Yu.

And King Yu was in Gu Yingyue's room at the moment, and when he learned that Gonggong Liang had come to the door, his face was naturally not good, so he barely collected a little anger and hurried to the front hall.

In the front hall, after listening to Liang's father-in-law's words, he immediately said, "The prince is not here with this king, father-in-law should go elsewhere to take a look, but if you want someone, this king can borrow some from you." ”

"Then there is Lord Lao!" Regarding King Yu's proposal to borrow people, Liang Gonggong did not refuse, but after a moment of thought, he agreed.

King Yu didn't expect Duke Liang to be so polite, but the words had already been spoken, so he could only order the attendants around him, "Go and order fifty guards for Duke Liang, and let Hu Cheng personally lead the team and accompany Father-in-law to find the prince." Also, don't let the news go! ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!" The attendant listened to the master's instructions, hurriedly agreed, and followed him to turn to Liang's father-in-law, and said, "Father-in-law, please!" ”

Liang Gonggong bowed his hand to King Yu and retreated.

Beijing Palace, half an hour, enough for the prince and Xiao He to finish talking.

The two have reached a consensus on the emperor's issue.

"This king asked you to send you back to the palace!" After explaining everything, Xiao He looked at the prince and said.

The crown prince shook his head respectfully and said, "Don't bother the emperor's uncle, since the nephew can come out alone, he can also go back." ”

"It's okay," Xiao He nodded, and then called Chu Zhang in, "Send the prince to leave through the back door!" ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!" Chu Zhang agreed, and walked out with the prince.

After the prince left the Beijing Palace, he stood in place and thought for a moment, and walked in the direction of the Yu Palace.

He was about halfway through the journey when he met Hu Cheng, who was leading people to search for him.

Hu Cheng, as the commander of the guards of the Yuwang Mansion, naturally had also seen the prince, he immediately dismounted, knelt down on one knee and said, "My subordinates have seen the prince." ”

The prince didn't recognize Hu Cheng, and when he heard this, he just raised his eyebrows, "Who are you?" ”

Hu Cheng knelt on one knee and said, "If you go back to the prince, Hu Cheng, the commander of the guards of the Yu Palace, is looking for the prince on the order of the prince," and then he asked again suspiciously, "Why is the prince here alone?" ”

Hearing Hu Cheng's question, the prince pursed his lips and said, "Since Lone is out of the palace, he naturally has something important. ”

As soon as Hu Cheng heard this tone, he knew that the prince didn't want to tell him the truth, so he didn't force it, but said, "Then the humble position will take you to the Yuwang Mansion now?" ”

"No need, Lone has finished his work and is ready to go back to the palace!" With that, he turned and walked in the direction of the palace.

Seeing him like this, Hu Cheng had no choice but to follow, guarding the side, and at the same time instructed the people around him to inform King Yu and Gonggong Liang.

Liang's father-in-law got Xiao He and rushed to the palace again.

When he arrived in the palace, the prince and Hu Cheng had already entered the palace.

"The slave is not doing well, please ask the emperor to condemn the crime!" In the Qianyuan Palace, Liang Gonggong bowed and slowly knelt down, pleading in a low voice.

The emperor raised his head, glanced at him lightly, waved his hand and said, "Since the prince has returned to the palace, forget it!" ”

"The slave thanks the emperor for his innocence, and thanks the prince for his great virtue!" Liang Gonggong kowtowed twice more before getting up.

The emperor waved his hand, "Father-in-law Liang will take people out, and the prince will stay!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liang's father-in-law agreed, and retreated with Hu Cheng and the little eunuch and the little palace maid.

In an instant, only the emperor and the crown prince were left in the entire Qianyuan Palace.

The emperor hooked his lips, showed a smile, and beckoned to the prince, "Come here!" ”

The crown prince answered, and walked towards the emperor step by step.

After he stopped, the emperor raised his head and gently pressed on the top of his head, "Why did you run out of the palace alone?" I wonder if my father and your mother will worry about you? ”

The crown prince's eyes were slightly red when he heard the emperor's question, but he didn't say anything, but took out a jade bottle from his sleeve.

"What is this?" The emperor looked at the jade bottle and asked suspiciously.

The prince raised his head and looked at the emperor with burning eyes, "This is the spring water of Wanshou Spring, my son has been studying in the library for the past few days, and I saw a book that says that using the spring water of Wanshou Spring to decoct medicine can live a long life, and tomorrow is the real birthday of my father, and my son wants to give this spring water to my father." ”

The emperor didn't expect the prince to say such a thing.

He calculated in his heart that tomorrow would really be his real birthday.

Because he was born on a very bad cloudy day, in order to support him, the family helped him change his birthday when he was very young, and even let him worship a sow as a stepmother.

These things are a long time ago, and not many people know about them, but the queen and the crown prince both know.

"Good boy!" Although he was very unhappy when he thought of changing his birthday and recognizing the sow as his stepmother, the prince's filial piety was current, and as a qualified father, he still softened his face and took him into his arms.