The emperor said helplessly: "The early dynasty Dali Temple said that there were no clues. ”

"It's been a few days, and I haven't found any clues, Dali Temple is going to be well organized, and there is no one available." The Queen Mother was visibly displeased.

The emperor muttered: "Does the queen mother have any recommended candidates?" ”

"It's not appropriate to make temporary substitutions at the moment, so it's better to find someone to help manage it, and it should be experienced."

"The queen mother means to be chosen among the princes?" The emperor was a little surprised, but then he understood, thought about it, and said: "Then let the King of Jin assist in the management, he is the oldest among the princes, and he is also familiar with the courtiers, so it is easier to deal with." ”

The Queen Mother interrupted: "The third child is useless, he once sent a woman to the prince, and the woman has not been released before she is suspected, he is suspicious, and it is not appropriate to send him to investigate." The emperor is chosen among the five and sixth. ”

"Then the fifth." The emperor said casually.

In the eyes of the emperor, except for the crown prince and the third prince, the fifth prince and the sixth prince could not enter his eyes.

The queen mother had no objection to the emperor letting the five princes assist in managing this matter, and continued: "In addition, the emperor has time to go and see the queen. “

"The queen is sad and depressed, her sons can't bear to see her, every time she sees her, she will mention Chong'er, she cries sadly, and her sons can't bear it." A trace of exhaustion flashed in the emperor's eyes.

The Queen Mother sighed, "The emperor decides for himself, okay, the mourning family is a little tired, the emperor should go back." ”

The emperor owed himself and withdrew from Cining Palace.

The Queen Mother withdrew from the palace and left Mu Ningxuan behind.

"Xuan'er, do you know why the mourning family let you know these things?"

Mu Ningxuan naturally knew, but at this time, she could only shake her head and say like in the previous life: "Xuan'er doesn't know." ”

The Queen Mother smiled faintly and said: "There are many children and grandchildren around the mourning family, but all of them have selfish intentions. So the mourning family chose you, you are smart and alert, and your father is a Muhou of the Pingchang Marquis Mansion, and your identity is also the most suitable. The mourning family now asks you seriously, are you willing to swear allegiance to the mourning family. ”

Mu Ningxuan immediately knelt down, "Queen Mother, Xuan'er grew up beside you since she was a child, and her life is yours of the Queen Mother, so she should be loyal." ”

The Queen Mother nodded: "There are two things that the mourning family wants to hand over to you, one is to hand over a secret book to you for safekeeping, if there is a major change in my dynasty, you must stand up and publish the secret book to the world." ”

Seeing that Mu Ningxuan's expression was the same, the Queen Mother continued: "The other thing is to pass on to you a book of incense, and the mourning family will teach you hand in hand during this time." After you leave the palace, you will take over all the shops outside the palace of the mourning family, and you must promise the mourning family that half of the money earned each year must be handed over to the state treasury, and the remaining half will be your own.

As for why the mourning family has this incense book, you are never allowed to trace it back to the source. In the future, if anyone asks about it, you can't say that it was given to you by the mourning family, can you agree? ”

Mu Ningxuan said slightly like in the previous life: "Queen Mother, Xuan'er is afraid that her ability is limited and she is not competent. ”

"You have to, the mourning deadline is approaching, and you can't wait." The Queen Mother's voice was a little hoarse.

"Queen Mother, don't talk nonsense." Mu Ningxuan said hurriedly.

The Queen Mother waved her hand: "The mourning family knows their own body, there is no need to be entangled, the mourning family will ask you, are you willing?" ”

"For the Queen Mother, Xuan'er swore with her life that she would keep all the secrets of the Queen Mother." Mu Ningxuan swore an oath.

"Good!" The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction.

The Queen Mother stood up and called Aunt Su in.

I saw Aunt Su walk in with an oil lamp, and closed the originally open door behind her, after Aunt Su closed the door, she walked to the bookshelf in three steps and two steps, and put down a standing book.

Just listening to the sound of "squeak~", the wall next to Aunt Su turned, and in the blink of an eye, the wall turned into a large gap, revealing the passage to the secret room.

Aunt Su took the lead in the front, and the Queen Mother motioned for Mu Ningxuan to follow behind, and the three of them entered the secret room together.

After only a few steps inside, Mu Ningxuan smelled the familiar fragrance again, and slowly the fragrance became stronger and stronger, and after walking about ten or so steps, Aunt Su and the Queen Mother stopped, and Aunt Su turned on the surrounding lights in turn.

What greeted Mu Ningxuan's eyes was an extremely simple secret room, in which there were no precious items of gold, silver, and wealth, only bottles and jars of various shapes, each of which was labeled with the name of various incense.

The Queen Mother took out a somewhat shabby book from the bookshelf in the secret room and handed it to Mu Ningxuan, and told Mu Ningxuan that the incense in these bottles and jars in the secret room was something she had to learn during this time, and the incense recipes in the incense book were something she could study in the future.

The most important thing in the so-called incense making is the sense of smell of the incense maker, who must be able to identify all kinds of flavors, and all the spice knowledge needs to be familiar with Mu Ningxuan one by one.

Today's Mu Ningxuan has already learned everything related to incense, and these basic incense-making materials are simply too easy for her.

Originally, in order to let Mu Ningxuan get acquainted with every spice and incense as soon as possible, the Queen Mother planned to let Mu Ningxuan sleep for only two hours a day, so that Mu Ningxuan would have to stay in the secret room of Cining Palace for the next month.

But the Queen Mother found that Mu Ningxuan's memory was far beyond that of others, and Mu Ningxuan only needed to read the book to her to understand it by heart, and the retelling was word-for-word.

The Queen Mother even found that Mu Ningxuan was very talented, in order to let Mu Ningxuan identify the taste of various spices as soon as possible, the Queen Mother asked Mu Ningxuan to take a bath every day, and the bath water was a combination of a variety of fragrances mixed together by the Queen Mother herself.

And Mu Ningxuan can actually distinguish the various spices added to the water in a very short time, and accurately say the fragrance, taste, and characteristics of each spice!

On this day, Mu Ningxuan came to Cining Palace as usual, and this was the eighth day she learned to make incense with the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother did not take her into the secret room today to continue learning to make incense.

"Xuan'er, haven't you really been exposed to incense before?" The Queen Mother looked at Mu Ningxuan's eyes and asked.

The Queen Mother thought it was incredible, Mu Ningxuan had memorized all the dozens of books that needed to be memorized in just eight days, and she could make more than a dozen kinds of incense pills that were now being sold in the incense book.

"Xuan'er has been in the palace since she was five years old, and she has not been exposed to these." It was impossible for Mu Ningxuan to tell the Queen Mother that she could recognize these incense because she had been reborn once.

"Xuan'er is very talented, and the "treasure incense" is handed over to Xuan'er, and the mourning family is relieved. ”

Although the Queen Mother was very surprised, she was more relieved that the "treasure incense" was not entrusted to anyone.

"Thank you Queen Mother for your compliment." Mu Ningxuan had a sweet smile on her face.

***

The case of the death of the crown prince, the result of the thorough investigation is really the same as the previous life, the five princes have investigated for nearly a month, but they have not found out the reason.

The official family was furious in the court, but to no avail.

Even though the queen and the crown prince were suspicious of the third prince Jin Wang, there was no evidence, and in the end, the prince's case could only be solved.

Mu Ningxuan said in her heart: The murderer of the prince is the fifth prince, and it will definitely not be possible to find out if the five princes investigate this case.

The killing of the crown prince was not done by the third prince, King Jin, so there was no need for Mu Ningxuan to bother with the case of the death of the crown prince.

Unless she unites with the five princes, it is true that the crown prince was killed by the third prince, but Mu Ningxuan, the heart of the five princes, has not yet been figured out, and she can't rashly go to the five princes.

***

Three days later is the Queen Mother's birthday, but the prince has just passed away, it is really not suitable to do a big deal, and the Queen Mother also said that there is no need to do it this year.

Therefore, on the birthday of the Queen Mother this year, like the previous life, only Mu Ningxuan was still by her side on the same day.

Mu Ningxuan presented the warm hat she had sewn by herself to the Queen Mother.

As soon as the Queen Mother saw this handmade and fluffy warm hat, she couldn't put it down, and praised Mu Ningxuan's thoughtfulness.

Sure enough, as Mu Ningxuan expected.

That night, Mu Ningxuan fell asleep for a while, and was suddenly woken up by pain, her angina was unbearable, her whole body seemed to be pricked by needles, dizzy, and difficult to breathe.

Time passed little by little, but the pain did not go away.

Mu Ningxuan was alive, she knew that as long as she waited until dawn, it wouldn't hurt.

Finally, the sky was bright.

Xiaofu came in with water and found Mu Ningxuan's strange appearance.

"County Lord, what's wrong with you?" Xiaofu hurriedly put down the basin in her hand and walked quickly to Mu Ningxuan's bedside.

At this time, Mu Ningxuan's face was not bloodshot, pale and weak, but the pain in her body disappeared inexplicably, and she could make a sound when she opened her mouth.

"It's fine."

Mu Ningxuan said with difficulty.

She just wants to change her life against the sky, what about God's punishment, as long as she can make the people around her not repeat the mistakes of the past, she can live happily in this life, even if she Mu Ningxuan dies again, anyway, she is a person who has died once, if she can't even bear the pain of this heavenly punishment, how can she be worthy of the chance of rebirth in this life given by God!

***

Two days after the Queen Mother's birthday, her health suddenly became very poor, and she couldn't even get out of bed, and the imperial doctors in the palace were helpless.

And Mu Ningxuan still stays in the secret room of Cining Palace every day, learning the art of making incense, and she has already caught the incense in the bottles and jars in the secret room.

Seeing that Mu Ningxuan had learned so many incense recipes so quickly, the Queen Mother asked Mu Ningxuan to try to make her own incense.

Mu Ningxuan lived up to the expectations of the Queen Mother, and made her own incense the next day. Seeing the incense pills made by Mu Ningxuan with Hexiang, the Queen Mother was not so surprised.

It's a matter of talent!

Mu Ningxuan knew that the Queen Mother would die in half a month, and in the days when she was reborn again, Mu Ningxuan had been planning carefully.

Next month, she will leave the palace and return home.

On the day she left the palace and returned home, she had to unceremoniously give Guo Xiaoniang a dismount first!

***

Half a month later, the Queen Mother died, and the whole country mourned.

In this life, the Queen Mother still left Aunt Su to Mu Ningxuan, the Queen Mother knew that the people and things in the Pingchang Marquis Mansion were not peaceful, and she was worried that Mu Ningxuan had stayed in the palace for a long time, and she was not familiar with the open and secret battles in the mansion, and she was weak when she returned to the Mu family, so she ordered Aunt Su to stay by Mu Ningxuan's side.

Ten days later, the official family solemnly announced that they had met Mu Ningxuan in the Qinzheng Palace.

The official family was concise and to the point, straight to the point: "The Queen Mother told me that she had handed over all the shops outside the palace to you to take care of?" ”

"Yes, the shop is owned by the Queen Mother, that is, owned by His Majesty, Xuan'er doesn't dare to take it herself, she will take the other half alone, and the silver earned by the shop every year must be handed over to the treasury on time."

"Do you know how much silver taels a year a shop makes?"

Mu Ningxuan shook her head: "The Queen Mother didn't say it. ”

The official gestured with a gesture of two, and said indifferently: "Two million taels." ”

Mu Ningxuan looked surprised.

Seeing Mu Ningxuan's surprised expression, the official family smiled and said: "As long as you take care of the shop properly, the Queen Mother means that half of it will be regarded as a dowry for you, and I have no objection." ”

"Xuan'er kneels down to thank Longen." Mu Ningxuan sincerely kowtowed to the official family.

The third sister has ten miles of red makeup.

In the afternoon, the official family issued an order to allow Mu Ningxuan, the county lord of Ningxuan, to leave the palace.

The eldest daughter of the Mu family, Ning Xuan, went out of the palace and returned to the house, which was a great joy for the Pingchang Hou Mansion, and the Mu Hou Ye led everyone in the mansion to stand in front of the Hou Mansion and wait.

The official family is very face-saving, the palace sent a lot of pomp, Mu Ningxuan's carriage was magnificent, and the people accompanying Mu Ningxuan were not only used in the palace, but also pointed out more than a dozen to Mu Ningxuan, and Aunt Su next to the Queen Mother was also in the entourage.

Seeing Mu Ningxuan's carriage procession, thinking that the official family could treat the eldest daughter of the Mu family so kindly, Mu Houye's face was full of light and he was very happy.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Guo Xiaoniang, who was dressed in full costume, greeted her first, showing great enthusiasm, personally standing in front of the carriage and helping Mu Ningxuan down, holding Mu Ningxuan's hand, and calling Sister Xuan one by one.

"Our sister Xuan is finally home, let your father see it, your father has been talking about you a lot over the years. Before entering the palace, he was such a small and big child, but now he has grown into a big girl. Why is Xuan'er's little face so thin, and her face is not very good, so she has to make up for it well......" Guo Xiaoniang said and tears fell.

"Don't scare Sister Xuan, so many people are watching this happy day." Mu Hou Ye whispered to Guo Xiaoniang, his tone was full of doting.

Mu Ningxuan did not stand by coldly this time, but directly shook off Guo Xiaoniang's hand.

"You're Aunt Guo." Mu Ningxuan asked with a smile.

Guo Xiaoniang was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Yes, Sister Xuan really has a good memory, she can still recognize me after so many years." ”

"Aunt Guo, in front of so many people, is it appropriate for you to call yourself "me" in front of the county lord? Mu Ningxuan still had a smile on her face.

Guo Xiaoniang was secretly surprised that Mu Ningxuan, a little girl, dared to show her face in front of Hou Ye and so many people.

Seeing that Guo Xiaoniang couldn't get off the stage because of what Mu Ningxuan said, it was not easy to have a seizure at the gate of the mansion, so he suppressed his anger and said: "What you, me, don't stand at the door, hurry up and enter the mansion." ”

Guo Xiaoniang gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said softly: "Sister Xuan is right, the concubine is too happy to see Sister Xuan coming back and forgot her shape, it really shouldn't be like this, please forgive me." ”

Mu Hou Ye comforted Guo Xiaoniang softly and said, "It's okay, Xuan'er has been in the palace for so many years, and it's normal to be a little old-fashioned." ”