A good court meeting turned into a farce in an instant, not only Yang Sichang did not expect it, but even Chongzhen was gloomy. Finally stopped the quarrel between the officials of the two factions, Chongzhen walked out of the hall angrily, and Wang Chengen and Huaide followed behind.

"The eldest princess entered the palace arranged by you, the slave?" Chongzhen asked without looking back.

Wang Chengen and Huaide both fell to their knees and confessed their guilt.

Chongzhen sighed, but didn't say anything else, "My daughter, it's hard to say that it's you, even I am helpless." Doing things is becoming more and more unruly, pass the decree to the queen, and ask her to reprimand her, and don't act so recklessly in the future! ”

Chongzhen's face was filled with a look of disappointment, obviously extremely dissatisfied with the scene of today's court meeting, and suddenly said something without a head. "I see that among the people who impeached Yang Sichang today, there is also Ma Shiqi, the left concubine of Zhan Shifu, alas! When I saw him, I thought, thought of his master Zhou Yusheng, if he was there, this situation would not have become so difficult to control! ”

Wang Chengen, who was kneeling on the ground, heard this, and his heart sank.

The emperor actually thought of Zhou Yanru, could it be that he was dissatisfied with Yang Sichang's recent actions? Zhu Ping'an was thousands of miles away, but he thought of using Zhou Yanru to deal with Yang Sichang, was this a coincidence, accidental inspiration or deliberate?

Messy thoughts suddenly filled Wang Chengen's mind, and he felt that it was necessary for him to re-examine Zhu Ping'an's child.

was stirred up by the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs for most of the day, and Chongzhen was also a little tired. Even Yang Sichang, He Fengsheng and others were not allowed to meet again, so they went back to Tian Guifei to have lunch.

Wang Chengen and Huaien sent Chongzhen to Chengqian Palace, Wang Chengen grabbed Huaide, "Serve the emperor wholeheartedly, our family has something to go out of the palace!" Send someone to inform you of something immediately! ”

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Zhu Yujiao was reluctantly dragged out of the main hall of Qianqing Palace by Wang Chengen, hurriedly changed her clothes, and went directly back to her bedroom to find Mu Yuling, who was already waiting anxiously.

As soon as she entered the dormitory, Zhu Yujiao sent away all the maids and palace people, and the two girls hid in the curtain and chatted for most of the hour. Mu Yuling came out of Zhu Yujiao's dormitory at this time. The eldest princess's henchman maid led him out of the palace. At this time, Empress Zhou's female official had also been ordered to come, and she was about to take Zhu Yujiao to accept the queen's reprimand, and Zhu Yujiao suddenly had a bitter face.

Out of the palace gate. Mu Yuling still looks like a god. Until a low cough sounded behind him.

Look back. Mu Yuling's face suddenly turned pale, and he bowed down to the old man in a gray robe behind him, "Father, ......!" ”

"The eldest princess summoned you to the palace again?" Mu Yanzi has passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven. A gray beard fluttered on his chest, two Danfeng eyes were bright, a somewhat pale robe washed with pulp, and the net scarf on his head was also a little old. But the whole body is straight, even if he is wearing such simple clothes, his elegant and dusty temperament is also different.

Mu Yuling nodded timidly.

"Let's go, let's get in the car first, this is not the place to talk!" Mu Yanzi looked at the guards at the gate of the palace and waved at his daughter.

The father and daughter got into the car one after the other, and Mu Yuling sat as far away from her father as possible, not daring to say a word, just hanging her head.

Mu Yanzi is old and has a daughter, and his wife died at an early age, so he naturally cares for this daughter. But the more this is the case, the more strict Mu Yanzi's discipline of his daughter becomes.

Mu Yuling is only fifteen years old, where can he understand the hardships of the world. She hurriedly entered the palace, why did she come, Mu Yanzi's heart was like a mirror. But her daughter did this, but it made Mu Yanzi even more worried.

Zhu Ping'an's true identity, Mu Yanzi is one of the few insiders, and because of this, he doesn't want his daughter to have anything to do with Zhu Ping'an. He already knew too much about the ruthlessness and cold-bloodedness of the royal clan, and he never wanted his daughter to fall into that whirlpool one day, and it would be too late to regret it.

But now it seems that her daughter obviously did not take her earnest teachings to heart, and she still remembers her original apprentice in her heart!

What made Mu Yanzi even more headache, because he entered the palace to give a lecture, the crown prince Zhu Cihong also met Mu Yuling by chance, and he fell in love at first sight. In the past few days, the people around the prince have conveyed kindness to him, and they have also revealed the prince's thoughts between words, which is exactly what Mu Yanzi does not want to see.

Along the way, Mu Yanzi had a gloomy face, but strangely, he was not angry because his daughter entered the palace without permission, which made Mu Yuling even more worried, but his mind was soon occupied by another thought.

At night, it was the time agreed with Cao Wuxian to pick up the news, and it would not be good if his father found out. No, when you get home, you must immediately ask your henchmen to send a message to a tea house set up not far from the door of the wooden mansion by Cao Wuxian, and you must let Cao Wuxian be cautious, but you must not be discovered by your father.

The consideration in the palace is quite meticulous, although Mu Yanzi is a well-known Confucian, but he is alone and has no industry in Beijing. The palace also took this into account, so the father and daughter of Mu Yanzi were deliberately placed in a small mansion in the stone tablet alley west of the Houjun Governor's Mansion outside the Chengtian Gate.

When the carriage and horses arrived at the door, someone had already come up to meet them. There are not many people in the Mu Mansion, only one housekeeper, several housekeepers and a few maids in the back house, all of whom are arranged by the palace.

As soon as he got out of the carriage, Mu Yuling trembled and followed his father into the house, but saw the housekeeper come up and say a few words in his father's ear, Mu Yanzi hesitated for a moment and came over and said: "My father has something to go out for, you can use it yourself for dinner!" ”

Mu Yuling was suddenly overjoyed, but she couldn't show it on her face, so she had to say goodbye to her father with joy.

Mu Yanzi turned around and walked out of the mansion gate and got into the carriage. The coachman whipped his whip, and the carriage headed straight west.

The land of Beizhili Hebei is full of wolf smoke, but the Jingshi is much more stable than before, except for the messengers who pass through the city every day are always terrifying, I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse to return to the Jingshi, but life is finally calm.

The carriage and horse have been to the west, through the small half of the capital, out of the Xuanwu Gate, Xiaojiaqiao area is already full of traffic. It was nearly dusk. The business of wine shops, teahouses and gambling houses gradually became prosperous, and horse-drawn carriages shuttled through the bustling crowd.

After passing the downtown entrance, turn into Qijia Hutong, and the carriage stopped in a remote place. There are already people waiting here. Nor do they speak. Just bowed and saluted, and led Mu Yanzi into a small alley, after turning around. Enter through the back door into a small courtyard.

Although the courtyard is small, it is delicate and elegant, and someone came to introduce Mu Yanzi into the main hall, turned around, and brought two doors. At the intersections around the yard, there are hawkers, looking around.

In the cold of winter, night always falls quickly. Two candles as thick as a baby's arm had already been lit in the house, so there was plenty of light.

The furnishings in the house are much simpler than in the courtyard, with only a table and two chairs, and a blazing brazier, which makes the room warm. Wang Chengen sat on the left-hand side and poured himself a drink.

Mu Yanzi didn't speak, sat directly opposite him, took out the wine jug soaked in hot water, and poured a glass for himself, but he didn't drink it all, just kept playing with the wine glass in his hand, but his eyes were on the furnishings in the room.

"Why did you remove a chair?"

"Qinghe is no longer there, keep that chair to do anything, now only you and I sit and drink alone, see things and think about people, and see that chair just adds to the sorrow!" Wang Chengen replied quietly.

Mu Yanzi didn't speak again, tilted his head, and poured all the wine in the cup into his mouth. "I said that I have done what I promised Qinghe, don't bother me again in the future, why do you still come to me?"

Wang Chengen smiled, "I'm trapped in this imperial city, I can't go anywhere, how can I disturb you?" Why do you want to go back to the capital, can't you let go of the past? ”

Mu Yanzi was speechless for a while.

Wang Chengen looked at him quietly with a playful expression, "You always want to avoid the grievances in this world, but you keep thinking about the bits and pieces left by Qinghe at the beginning, why bother, why torture yourself so much?" ”

Mu Yanzi didn't speak, he drank the wine cup by cup, and after a while, a touch of red appeared on his cheeks.

"I have already sent Shen Ke to Ping'an's child's side, all these years, even if he doesn't want to get involved in grievances, but with his father, he doesn't want to stay out of it!" Wang Chengen said slowly.

"I told you a long time ago, as soon as I landed safely, I should have taken him away and raised him and lived in seclusion in the countryside. Today, I, Mu Yanzi, will happily hand over my daughter to him, and I will not be so frightened when I see them happily starting a family and having a full house! I still can't figure out why you want to leave the child to Zhu Yujian! Mu Yanzi suddenly erupted.

"You think I want to?" Wang Chengen put the wine glass on the table heavily, "You don't know what happened to those days back then?" Every day is precarious, who could have known that Qinghe's young sister would go to Tang Wangfu, and when she found her, she was already pregnant, and she refused to leave with me even if I broke her lips. The women of the Shen family are all like this, one is counted as one, and they are all temperaments who would rather hit the south wall than look back. Qinghe is for the Shen family, but her sister-in-law is for her sweetheart Zhu Yujian! She is willing to die for Zhu Yujian, willing to let her children guard her father in prison, and willing to be a ghost and slave to his Zhu family for the rest of her life! I'm a eunuch, what can I do! ”

Mu Yanzi listened to Wang Chengen's roar like a lone wolf licking his wounds alone, but he didn't expect that this friend in front of him, who was once like a brother, and now the eunuch who was powerful in the inner palace, also had such a painful experience and emotion.

After Wang Chengen finished speaking, he stood up with his hands on the table, his eyes were red, and he used all his strength to say to Mu Yanzi in a strange low tone: "Back then, all the people of the Shen family died, and only Qinghe's younger sister was left, but when I found her, she tried her best to leave a bloodline for the Zhu family. You hear clearly, that kid is not only a member of the Zhu family, but also the only bloodline of the Shen family. What the Shen family lost, I want to help them get it back, I don't want to prove anything, I just want to fulfill Qinghe's last wish. ”

Wang Chengen stepped in front of Mu Yanzi in two steps, "This Ming Dynasty to the present situation, others may not know. But I Wang Chengen can see it clearly, Zhu Ping'an is the last hope left between me and Qinghe, if you are still friends with the two of us, reach out to help us, don't forget, you made an oath in front of Qinghe back then! Whatever she does, you'll help her! ”

Wang Chengen smiled, his voice revealed indescribable loneliness and sadness, and pointed to the dark place next to him with his finger, "Look, Qinghe is also looking at you!" ”

Mu Yanzi slowly twisted over, and in the shrine in the corner, there was a spotless spirit card that was old but wiped down, although the handwriting on the spirit card had experienced the invasion of wind and frost, but for himself, the name on it still exuded unstoppable magic. (To be continued......)