Xiao Ye glared back at me, reluctantly put down the dishes and chopsticks, and stood by the window.

"Your Highness is wise, these sons just can't get used to it, otherwise they really think that they are the serious masters of this East Palace!" Mr. Xu wiped away the two turbid tears squeezed out of the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and then stood up, "But this Xuanyuan Gongzi is sincere to His Highness, and when he heard that His Highness was injured, he immediately took leave and rushed all the way back, and he rushed to His Highness without even having time to change his clothes." Manager Xu squinted at Xiao Ye standing by the window again, "Hmph! Unlike some people who have no conscience, they dare to even move the food prepared for His Highness. I don't know how many times I've died before this matter is put aside! ”

"Isn't Prince Xuanyuan still outside? Manager Xu, you better pass him in quickly, the sun is so hot outside! "If you don't stop Manager Xu's chatterbox quickly, he can keep nagging until dark.

"Ouch! How did the old slave forget this stubble? Manager Xu slapped his head vigorously and ran out.

Then, Xuanyuan Che, who was dressed in a heroic military uniform, walked in from the door, and first raised his hand to salute me who was lying on the bed and Mu Yu who was sitting on the edge of the bed: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." Met Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

"Excuse me!" Xuanyuan Che follows the rules whether he is in the East Palace or in the Imperial Forest Army, whether there are outsiders or not, this etiquette will never be less. Xuanyuan Che is also very low-key, inconspicuous, always giving people a sense of indifference and alienation. I was really a little flattered to hear that Mr. Xu said that he ran back as soon as he heard the news that I was back to the palace.

"Why is Your Highness so badly injured?" Xuanyuan Che saw that my whole body was covered with gauze, and I was so shocked that I didn't react for a long time. That's right, it was Gu Tianba who hurt others before, who would have thought that Gu Tianba would one day be wrapped like a zongzi?

"Skin trauma. Didn't hurt the bones. I still pretended to be fine, "Huh? Didn't Prince Xuanyuan sleep well last night? The dark circles under the eyes are so heavy! I haven't seen him for a few days, why is Xuanyuan Gongzi emaciated like this? Do you want to be hungry and can't sleep at night? ”

Mu Yu smiled, gave up the seat next to the bed to Xuanyuan Che, and stepped aside.

"Your Royal Highness Princess Xie!" Xiao Ye didn't know what was already standing next to Xuanyuan Che, Mu Yu just gave up his seat, and before Xuanyuan Che moved, he had already sat down.

"Little Night!" I really can't do anything about him, "Aren't you hungry?" While Manager Xu is away, you can go to dinner. ”

"I'm full." Xiao Ye looked up at Xuanyuan Che, "Prince Xuanyuan, Your Highness has also seen it, is there anything else?" ”

"His Royal Highness is relieved that he is unharmed, and he heard that Gongzi Qin is also seriously injured, and he has to visit him. Retire first! After speaking, Xuanyuan Che raised his hand to increase his forehead, and then withdrew.

"Humph! In such a hurry, I see that Xuanyuan Che took leave and came back to visit you fake, and it is true to visit Qin Ruoan! Two big men mixed all day......"

"Xiaoye, Xuanyuan Che provoked you, obviously you drove people away!"

"I just don't like him, no!"

"Okay, who dares to say no." I ignored him anymore and said to Mu Yu on the side: "Mu Yu, I want to drink ginseng soup again, can you help me serve some more?" ”

"I'll come, I'll come." Xiao Ye ran to the table diligently, took him half a bowl of ginseng soup and sat back, scooped up a spoonful and brought it to my mouth, "Lukewarm, just right." Drink it. ”

"Who drinks what you're left over." I don't overturn him.

"How did I drink what you leftovers!" Xiao Ye pouted, "I didn't think you were dirty, but you disliked me first." ”

"It's not like I forced you to drink what I left, I won't drink what you have left!"

"Just take a sip! There is no other bowl here. ”

"Don't drink it!"

"Drink! Obedient! Xiao Ye sent a little bit of the soup spoon before stopping: "Ah......"

Zhuang Yuan said that he had never met the person sent by Qin Ruoan to inform him how to send the secret decree to Su Chonghua. Chief Manager Xu also proved that since I left, no one claiming to be Qin Ruoan's subordinate has ever been to the East Palace. I also ordered someone to find the person sent by Qin Ruoan to deliver a letter to the East Palace at that time, but I was told that this person has not returned to restore his life until now.

The messenger is the son of Qin Ruoan's nurse, who grew up with Qin Ruoan, and the whole family is on errands in Shangshu Mansion. It is impossible to escape or mutiny. He had never been to the East Palace, which only meant that he had disappeared before he arrived at the East Palace.

And the messenger only knows who to find and the number of the secret decree after arriving at the East Palace, but he doesn't know the content of the secret decree, and he doesn't know who the secret decree is going to send to, and he doesn't even know that I am on the top of the ghost king. Even if someone robbed him, at most he could only get Qin Ruoan with a thousand soldiers preparing to attack the Ghost King.

The matter of my departure from the East Palace is very secretive, and the people who stay in the palace, except for Mu Yu, Chief Manager Xu, Zhuang Yuanxun, and Qing Yu, even my father and emperor don't know, if Su Chonghua hasn't seen my secret decree, then it is impossible for him to know that I am not in the East Palace but on the top of the Ghost King, even if he robs the messenger, it is meaningless. And more than anyone else, he wants to settle the matter of military pay as soon as possible. Therefore, the disappearance of the messenger, Su Chonghua can basically clear the suspicion.

He disappeared before he arrived at the East Palace, and it was not robbed by Su Chonghua's people. Then there are two possibilities for the disappearance of the messenger, one is that he encountered a fierce tiger beast in the forest and died in the wilderness. Another possibility is that you have encountered bandits, been captured on some mountain, or have been killed.

Qin Ruoan said that the messenger was extraordinary, and he was smart and witty, and before the ordinary bandits approached him, he had already slipped away. This man had also killed a tiger with his bare hands, so the explanation for the death of a tiger in the wilderness is too far-fetched. Moreover, from the woods where Qin Ruo'an was ambushed to the palace, it was only a little more than ninety miles, and there were no other bandit cottages except for the bandits at the top of the ghost king, and even wild beasts did not often haunt this area.

I asked General Yang, the commander of the capital, to send people to search all the roads from the Ghost King to the palace countless times, but still did not find any clues left by the messenger.

Anyway, the disappearance of the messenger is very strange. After all assumptions have been ruled out, the truth cannot be found, which is even more bizarre. But the more unbelievable things are, the more unreliable they are.

Two days later, Su Chonghua brought back food and belongings from the Ghost King. I once said that at noon let the hundred officials go to the city gate to pick up the driver, and then I got up from the bed with force, and the gold-faced master did not force me to wear iron armor, but directly put on the black gold-threaded dragon pattern crown dress on the outside of the rice dumplings wrapped in gauze, hid the hands with gauze wrapped in ten fingers into the sleeves, and lay on the carriage covered with several layers of mats and left the palace.

At this time, the city gate was already crowded. Mu Yu and Manager Xu helped me up to the city tower on the left and right. Prime Minister Lin and the civil and military officials had already stood in two teams and waited there, and when they saw me appear, they all knelt on the ground and shouted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

Under the castle, the people also knelt on the ground and shouted with the hundred officials: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

"Flat."

Under the canopy, tables and chairs have already been set up and refreshments have been prepared. At this time, Su Chonghua led an army of 2,000 and escorted more than 100 carts of supplies into the city gate. The moment they saw the food, the crowd immediately boiled.

The soldiers in bright armor maintained the order of the people receiving the grain, and the people first registered a good record at the household officials, and then carried more than half a bag of rice grain at the soldiers in charge of distributing the grain. Whether it was the people who had already received the rice or the people who were queuing, their faces were smiling.

In the 20 years since the founding of Tianyuguo, especially in the past five years after the death of the emperor, the people of Tianyuguo are so happy for the first time, even happier than the New Year.

"Long live His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

I don't know who took the lead in shouting, and then the people shouted in unison: "Long live His Royal Highness the Prince!" Long live His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! ”

A sense of honor and pride that I had never felt before made me want to cry with excitement. I saw that many old ministers were already crying with excitement, and secretly wiped their tears with their sleeves over their faces. Gu Tianba, who has been spurned and cursed by the people for several years, and the hundred officials of Tianyu Kingdom, and the day when they are praised by the people, this day is worth crying with joy.

"Mu Yu, thank you."

"What?" Mu Yu was confused by my sudden words.

"Thank you for not caring about the harm Gu Tianba once did to you, and for being able to open your heart and treat me wholeheartedly. Thank you for not caring about the eyes of others, not afraid of the eternal infamy that you may have to bear the infamy of being a red face and trouble, and resolutely entered the palace to support my decision when you knew that I asked Manager Xu to take you into the palace as an excuse for not going to the court. Thank you for being the one I trusted the most when my life was at stake, and for bringing me back to the palace safely. and took care of me every step of the way. ”

"I should thank Your Highness." Mu Yu squatted beside me and whispered, "Thank you for becoming Gu Tianba and letting me end my life of being ridiculed by everyone." Thank you for seeing me as a confidant and being the person I rely on the most. Thank you for taking me through the streets and alleys of the capital, and letting me know that in addition to the Prime Minister's Mansion, there are so many different lives in the world, different joys, sorrows, and sorrows. Thank you for trusting me so much and giving my life a value to exist. ”

The sunlight shone from Mu Yu's back, forming a dazzling circle of light. The veiled Mu Yu made me unable to see her face clearly, but it made me feel even more that she was an angel sent to me by God. We accompany each other and rely on each other. If it can continue like this, it will be a very happy thing.

"Your Royal Highness, Princess Anping was originally the concubine candidate set by the emperor for you, and now His Royal Highness and the princess are in love, why didn't His Royal Highness marry Princess Anping into the palace? Princess Anping is close to the peach and plum year, and if she doesn't get married again, I'm afraid that people will talk about it. Besides, His Royal Highness's East Palace should also have a female master......"

"Mr. Xu!" I quickly stopped Manager Xu's next words, dragged him over, and whispered in his ear: "You don't know that I am a woman disguised as a man, and marrying Mu Yu will not harm her for the rest of her life." ”

"Only by marrying Princess Anping can His Royal Highness's disguise as a man continue to be hidden!"

"It's not the same to say that I'm a broken sleeve, and I can continue to hide it!"

"You are the crown prince of Tianyuguo, if you don't marry, there will be no successor to Yuguo this day!"

"Can I give birth to a son if I marry Mu Yu!" Humans are not earthworms hermaphrodites, and the dignified head of the East Palace doesn't even have this common sense? I'm really.