On the twenty-ninth day of the second lunar month, Mu Roushu's crying had already stopped, and Prime Minister Mu stayed in the living room and stayed awake all night.

Xie Wanyan slipped into the back kitchen of the Prime Minister's Mansion that night and had a full meal.

On the thirtieth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, after dinner, Prime Minister Mu Cheng walked into the living room again, there were already many people waiting inside, and the living room of the Prime Minister's Mansion was much larger than that of ordinary people, but when he walked in, he still felt very crowded.

Those people had already sat with him once last night, and it seemed that they were not going to leave tonight.

"Tomorrow is the day when Qin Tianjian chooses the emperor to take a concubine, what decision did the prime minister make in his heart?" One of them said first, "Or is there no decision yet?" Prime Minister, what do you mean by not revealing a word? The officials have been waiting here for two days, and they are really anxious! ”

Prime Minister Mu looked at him, swept his gaze again, and looked at the other people in the room calmly.

Everyone stood with their eyebrows lowered, although they could still respect him as "Prime Minister", but the momentum was not reflected at all.

If he didn't give an explanation, the group of people he had worked so hard to pull together would quickly twist into a rope and stand on the opposite side of him.

It's like standing like this.

"This matter ......"

He groaned and spoke, but as soon as he got up, he was interrupted.

Ye Huaijin, who had been sitting on the chair and drinking tea idly, suddenly opened his mouth.

"Your Excellency."

Mu Xiang paused, followed the sound and looked over, and the person over there spontaneously stepped aside, revealing the figure of the person behind him.

"When has this been?" Ye Huaijin drank tea and continued unhurriedly, "In a few hours, it will be the first day of the first month of March, does the prime minister plan to delay it until then?" ”

The disgust in Mu Xiang's eyes flashed away.

"Prime Minister, you can't use the lives of all the subordinates to pave the way for your beloved daughter, right?" Someone said, and then sneered and asked, "Swap everyone's lives for one?" Did the prime minister ask the lower officials if they agreed? ”

"Prime Minister, isn't the life of the subordinate official not the life, and the life of your beloved daughter is above all else?"

Some people were extremely disappointed, "I knew why I had to do it today, but can the prime minister still remember the benefits promised to his subordinates that day?" ”

Someone's tone was cold, "The prime minister's picture of this big cake is really round and big!" ”

Some people even threatened, "If the prime minister is so obsessed again, don't blame the subordinate officials for being ruthless, and take the head of the prime minister to see the emperor!" ”

“……”

Talking nonsense, a civil official who can say that he can kill others with a pen and spit on the stars in a few days, you and I will not forgive, everyone turns their faces and their hideous appearance is revealed, and they have no scruples when they speak, and they will say whatever is ugly, as if they no longer put him in the eyes of the prime minister.

When a catastrophe comes, the ugliest side of people's hearts can be revealed.

Prime Minister Mu suddenly felt that he was old and dizzy, and for the first time, he felt that he was too old, not only did his brain react very slowly, but he was also a little powerless in action, and he seemed to be unable to flutter anymore. If he had been himself twenty years ago, it would have been quite easy for him to control the situation, and he would not have been in the muddy state he is now.

He couldn't quite see the faces of the group of people standing around him, so he simply closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Come on!" ”

The noisy crusade of the crowd came to an abrupt end, and Prime Minister Mu slowly opened his eyes, he was really old, so old that the Qingming under his eyes was long gone, and it was full of vague turbidity.

Ye Huaijin looked at him from a distance, there was no warmth in his eyes, and he was also very stingy with an expression on his face.

A family member came in, Mu Xiang whispered something in his ear, and the family nodded again and again after hearing it, with a serious expression.

"Go ahead!"

The family trotted out.

Mu Xiang took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, he once again looked at the faces of everyone present, his eyes suddenly stayed at the door for a moment, his heart sank slightly, everything seemed to become difficult in an instant, but he still opened his mouth in a low voice.

"Success or failure, in one fell swoop."

There was a sudden sound outside the door, and someone looked slightly stunned, and then ran out to take a few steps to look, but only saw a touch of the corner of the clothes from a distance, and it was not easy to distinguish it in the dark, but by intuition, it looked like a woman's.

Prime Minister Mu Cheng was shocked, shook slightly in place, and almost didn't stand firm.

He finally made a decision in the midst of the persecution of everyone, and he finally gave up her life to fulfill everyone inside.

Mu Roushu covered her mouth tightly and didn't want to let herself cry, her tears kept flowing as if they were going to flow at this moment, she was helpless, but even more helpless, why did it suddenly become like this? Obviously everything is fine, obviously she still has a lot of time to win her cousin's heart, but why did the emperor fall in love with her? The emperor said she was good-looking, when did the emperor see her?

and Daddy, who does spoil her to the extreme on weekdays, but he is also extremely cruel to her at critical moments!

How could he take the life of his own daughter so easily?

Why? On what ground?

Mu Roushu hid in a dark corner and cried silently, her heart full of despair.

Is it really inevitable to die?

Mu Roushu stood up suddenly, raised her hand twice as if determined, wiped away her tears, cousin, yes, she can also go to her cousin!

She doesn't want to die yet, she hasn't won her cousin's heart yet! My cousin will definitely have a way to save her, my cousin is so powerful, he must have a way!

Thinking of Ye Huaiyu, she didn't have time to think about anything else, quietly avoided the family members at home, and tried her best to climb out of the backyard wall.

If this was placed on weekdays, she would never have been able to turn it out so easily, but now it is different from the past, and the strong desire to survive has made the soft and boneless legs and feet of the eldest lady of the golden branches and jade leaves become flexible.

But she only cared about avoiding the family members up and down the house, but ignored the uninvited guests who came in from outside.

Xie Wanyan slipped into the kitchen again to find food, and was eating happily, when she suddenly heard a noise outside, she threw down the pastry probe and looked out, so coincidentally, she bumped into Mu Roushu who was crying silently.

She watched her go from despair to tears as if her life was hanging by a thread, until her expression became firm again as if she had taken some kind of reassurance, and then watched her staggering away from the courtyard wall behind the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Then, she was hit by two stones in the left and right knee sockets impartially, and her legs immediately fell forward uncontrollably, and she only had time to whimper in her throat, Xie Wanyan followed, and when she was about to turn back, the hand knife cut diagonally, and Mu Roushu immediately weakened and fainted.

Xie Wanyan dutifully took her back to the boudoir of the prime minister's daughter and placed her on the couch properly.

Prime Minister Mu Cheng's face could not distinguish joy and anger, and he could not even see a trace of pain, and the family who went and returned took a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and placed it on the long table in the hall, Mu Xiang walked behind the table and looked up at everyone.

"I know what you want to know," he said slowly, his emotions were at ease, and his tone sounded the same as usual, "but some of you must have already known that the army outside the city has already gathered, and the reason why it has not moved for a long time is that the appointed time has not yet arrived. ”

"Out of town?"

"Impossible, if there is movement outside the city, how can the people in Shangjing not notice it?"

"Prime Minister, don't you make up these nonsense to fool the lower officials, right?"

"This lie is not very reliable......"

Ye Huaijin didn't speak, his expression was a little clear, it was obvious that he was the person who Mu Xiang said 'already knew'.

Mu Xiang only waited for them to finish their whining questions, and after the room gradually calmed down, Fang continued: "Who said that outside the city must be outside the moat? Who would be stupid enough to place a huge army at the gates of the city as blatantly, for fear that others would not know what the purpose is? Mu Xiang looked at this group of fools and sneered, "You guys? ”

The faces of the people present were not too natural, and after looking at each other, they all closed their mouths.

Mu Xiang snorted and stopped selling Guanzi, "The army is all stationed in Anqu County at this time, and as soon as the agreed deadline arrives, the army will be mobilized." ”

"I don't know what day the prime minister said about the agreed period?"

Prime Minister Mu Cheng paused suddenly, did not answer, and said in Fang Cai's words: "And now that the variables have been born, but the agreed period has not yet arrived, if you want to ask them to come in advance as a team, there must be a reasonable explanation." ”

"What is a reasonable explanation? It's all voluntary, so why do you have to hold it up like this? ”

Mu Xiang hated that he couldn't directly kill this group of civil officials who only had themselves in their eyes with his eyes, and said coldly when he heard this: "The relationship between the prime minister and them is mutually beneficial, how can you talk about it?" ”

"Prime Minister......"

"Okay, I know what you're going to say," Mu Xiang interrupted the speaker, "The army outside the city is the basis of our uprising, otherwise how can you make it happen alone?" What do you have? Do you rely on your mouths one by one? ”

This sarcasm did not arouse the anger of those present, and it was clear to everyone that the prime minister was not talking nonsense, and what he said was indeed the truth.

The civil officials gathered in the meeting room are a group of people who change their faces faster than turning books, although they still have a little dissatisfaction in their hearts, but they are full of sensible appearances on their faces, and they are reasonable: "I don't know what the reasonable explanation that the prime minister said, what is it?" ”

Mu Xiang pointed to the long piece of paper on the table and said to everyone: "Write your names on it and put your handprints on it." ”

Everyone reacted immediately after hearing this, and their faces immediately changed.

"Is the prime minister afraid that the matter will be revealed, so when the time comes, will he pull the officials to carry the back with the adults?"

"If the name is written, if it fails, the book of 100 people will become substantial evidence, what is the intention of the prime minister?"

"Or does the prime minister want to take the book of 100 people and go to the palace to invite the emperor?"

Mu Xiang looked at them coldly, without the slightest fluctuation in his tone, "It's all up to you to write it or not." ”