The little prince is well-informed, and Mu Ningxuan has talked about many interesting things about going south and north. Mu Ningxuan had actually heard these things twice, but she still thought it was very interesting.

A new day is coming, the sky is slightly bright, the pale blue sky is embedded with a few residual stars, the mountains are resounding with the crisp and pleasant sound of birdsong, and the old trees near the entrance of the cave are faintly fragrant.

Mu Ningxuan leaned against the mouth of the cave, she stayed in this cave for three whole days, and in the past three days, Mu Ningxuan still ate the fruit from the tree at the entrance of the cave when she was hungry, and drank the rain accumulated for years in a depression on the edge of the cave when she was thirsty.

Mu Ningxuan counted the days and knew that the little prince would go out with her today.

"How are you sitting there?" The little prince rubbed his sleepy eyes.

Mu Ningxuan said lightly: "It's beautiful to sit here and watch the sunrise." ”

"Really? Tomorrow you wake up the king early, and the king will watch with you. The little prince didn't seem to notice that Mu Ningxuan had been staring at him for a long time just now.

Mu Ningxuan suddenly said in a particularly sad tone: "Are we really unable to get out?" ”

Mu Ningxuan sighed heavily.

Seeing that Mu Ningxuan was really sad, and he couldn't ask about the whereabouts of the secret book, the little prince didn't hide it.

"This king has a way to let Donglin and them know that we are here." The little prince took out something with an arrow and said to Mu Ningxuan, "I'll release our signal here tonight." ”

"Little prince, you obviously have this thing, why didn't you take it out earlier!" Mu Ningxuan said a little angrily.

The little prince looked at Mu Ningxuan's puffed face, and said playfully: "If it weren't for the fact that you were too sad, this king would be ready to take it out in two more days." ”

"You!" Mu Ningxuan was speechless by the little prince again.

The little prince coaxed Mu Ningxuan like a doll, and said softly: "Okay, don't be angry, if we don't stay here for a few more days, King Jin will not be severely punished by the officials." ”

That night, the little prince lit a signal flare with a fire fold outside the cave.

Flares cut through the sky, and the night sky seemed to be cut in half.

After a while, another signal flare in the capital rose into the sky.

Donglin took the guards in the little prince's mansion and rushed to the edge of the cliff that night.

An hour later, two wrist-thick ropes fell from the mouth of the cave.

"Are you afraid?" The little prince looked at Mu Ningxuan.

Mu Ningxuan shook her head and said, "Don't be afraid." ”

"Okay." The little prince smiled slightly, then tied a rope around Mu Ningxuan's waist, let Mu Ningxuan grab one in his hand, and told Mu Ningxuan to hold on.

Then pulled the rope, and Donglin and his party pulled Mu Ningxuan up.

After Mu Ningxuan stood firm and untied the rope tied to her body, Donglin used this method again to pull the little prince up.

"The king will have those stones removed."

"Okay." Mu Ningxuan knew that the little prince was looking for excuses for himself.

The little prince looked at Mu Ningxuan and said, "Go back by yourself." ”

Mu Ningxuan nodded and said, "Hmm." ”

After speaking, Mu Ningxuan went down the mountain alone.

After all, there is a difference between men and women, and the identity of the little prince is here, Mu Ningxuan can't let others see them together.

The little prince stood in place and quietly watched the back of Mu Ningxuan leaving.

"Master, why don't you send the county lord back." Dong Lin seemed to be reluctant to see the little prince's expression.

The little prince turned his head and glared at Donglin.

Donglin knew that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately covered his mouth with his hand.

The little prince frowned and said, "Why are you still here?" ”

Dong Lin reacted at this time and hurriedly ran in the direction of Mu Ningxuan, but he couldn't show up directly, so he could only secretly follow behind to protect Mu Ningxuan.

"The county lord is back!" Steward Cao, who was on duty all night today, saw Mu Ningxuan shouting excitedly at the house.

Mu Hou Ye and Princess Gao Rou simply put on their coats and immediately came out.

The third sister and Lan Xiaoniang also came out, the third sister's eyes were still red and swollen, and Mu Ningxuan sighed slightly.

Xiaofu, Yutang and Qiumo were even more excited, and ran directly from Liu Jutang.

Seeing that Mu Ningxuan had no arms or legs, everyone relaxed a little.

"Xuan'er made her father and mother worried." Mu Ningxuan bowed down respectfully and said with teary eyes.

Mu Hou Ye asked anxiously, "Xuan'er, how did you come up?" ”

"Xuan'er fell into a cave in the middle of the cliff, and when she woke up, it was already today, and Xuan'er found a secret passage in the cave, so she walked out along the secret passage." Mu Ningxuan said very seriously.

"No wonder we couldn't find it at the bottom of the cliff, it turns out that you fell into a cave in the middle of the cliff."

Mu Hou Ye continued to ask: "By the way, who was the man in black who was standing with you at that time?" Did he also fall into the cave like you? ”

"Xuan'er doesn't know who he is, and he didn't fall into the cave with me." Mu Ningxuan shook her head and said.

Mu Ningxuan didn't tell the story that the little prince came to save her and fell into the cliff in the cave.

Mu Hou Ye wanted to ask again, but Princess Gao Rou took over and said: "It's too late today, Xuan'er is tired when she just came back, let Xuan'er go back to sleep first, and I'll ask Xuan'er about it tomorrow morning." ”

Only then did Mu Hou Ye realize that Mu Ningxuan looked tired, so he said, "Okay, then let's talk about it tomorrow." ”

Mu Ningxuan barely squeezed out a smile: "Okay." ”

Xiaofu, Yutang, and Qiumo helped Mu Ningxuan back to Liujutang.

The first thing Mu Ningxuan did when she returned to Liujutang was to take a bath, and she hadn't taken a bath for three days.

After taking a bath, Mu Ningxuan changed into clean clothes and leaned comfortably on the collapse.

Qiu Mo brought milk and snacks, Mu Ningxuan was really hungry these days, and she ate all the milk and the whole plate of snacks after a while.

Xiaofu was distressed and burst into tears, where did the county lord suffer such a crime.

On the second day, Mu Ningxuan slept until almost noon before getting up.

The third sister asked Qiao'er to send it this morning, and she specially begged Princess Gao Rou to buy a single cage of golden soufflé, which was still hot, and Mu Ningxuan ate several in a row.

Mu Hou Ye sent someone over and said that Mu Ningxuan had lunch and then went over.

After lunch, Mu Ningxuan came to Mu Houye's study.

Princess Gao Rou and her father were waiting for her there.

"Sit down." Princess Gao Rou asked people to bring a small pestle to Mu Ningxuan.

Mu Ningxuan sat down slowly.

Mu Hou Ye opened his mouth and asked, "Xuan'er, why did King Jin arrest you?" ”

"It seems to be for a secret letter." Mu Ningxuan said while looking at the expressions of Marquis Mu and Princess Gao Rou, "But I have never seen any secret books, but King Jin doesn't believe it, so I don't say that the Queen Mother gave me the secret book." ”

"And then?"

"I couldn't tell me the whereabouts of the secret book, so the king of Jin put me in a secret prison and threatened me that if I didn't tell me the whereabouts of the secret book within three days, he would kill me." Mu Ningxuan had a frightened expression on her face.

When Mu Hou Ye heard Mu Ningxuan say that King Jin threatened to kill her, the fire came up again.

When he sent troops to fight, the king of Jin had not yet been born, and he dared to kill his daughter in order to compete for the throne!

"Let's go, let's go in front of the official family now, and let the official family evaluate the reason."

Mu Houye took Mu Ningxuan's arm and was about to go to the official family to complain.

"Father, this matter needs to be considered in the long run!" Mu Ningxuan pulled her arm out of Mu Houye's hand with great effort.

Muhou Ye was furious: "What's the plan, the King of Jin is now only imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion by the official family, and he has not been convicted, as long as you tell him that he is for the rumored secret book, the official family will definitely punish him severely." ”

Mu Ningxuan said calmly: "Father, I didn't die, and I didn't get hurt. ”

As soon as Mu Ningxuan said this, Mu Hou Ye suddenly lost his words.

It is true that Mu Ningxuan did not die after falling off the cliff, and there were no injuries all over her body, and the King of Jin did not get the so-called secret book, so that the official family would only punish small punishments and big punishments, and there would be no real big moves.

Mu Ningxuan continued: "Father, my daughter feels that it is better to be still than to be still, so don't make a noise when I come back. Xuan'er felt that creating the illusion of my death might be able to keep King Jin for some more time. ”

Mu Ningxuan naturally knew the news that she fell off the cliff and didn't die, and it would be spread by the fifth sister Mu Ningyin in the next two days, it didn't matter, what she wanted was for the fifth sister to leak the news.

***

Back in Liujutang, Mu Ningxuan leaned on the couch, and Aunt Su walked in from outside.

"County Lord, Gonggong Song has returned to the palace." Aunt Su bowed down to Mu Ningxuan and said.

Mu Ningxuan nodded slightly and said, "It's hard Aunt Su." ”

"It's all what the slave and maid should do, but the county lord must not put himself in such danger in the future, fortunately you came back safely this time, if you have any mistakes, the slave and maid will never have the face to go underground to see the queen mother." Aunt Su said fearfully.

Mu Ningxuan smiled at Aunt Su and said, "Aunt Su, don't worry, I am measured." ”

In this life, Mu Ningxuan was not in a hurry to get the secret book back from Princess Qingming.

***

Jin Wangfu.

"What do you say? She's alive? "Princess Jin was overjoyed, because of Mu Ningxuan's fall off the cliff, the official family imprisoned King Jin in the Zongren Mansion, right now, Mu Ningxuan is safe, and King Jin can come out as soon as possible.

"Yes, she's alive." Guo Miaoying affirmed, "The news was told to me by the five girls of their family themselves, and Mu Ningxuan came back last night." ”

Mu Ningyin has not seen Guo Xiaoniang and her fourth sister Mu Ningmeng who have been crazy for a long time, Mu Hou Ye thinks that Guo Xiaoniang has taught Mu Ningmeng badly, and he doesn't want Mu Ningyin to be affected, so he let Mu Ningyin be taught by Princess Gaorou.

But Mu Ningyin was unhappy with Mu Ningxuan, so after learning that Mu Ningxuan returned to the mansion at night, Mu Ningyin told Earl Zhengxun's Mansion as soon as possible.

Only then did Guo Miaoyin know that Mu Ningxuan had not died, so she hurriedly came to the Jin Palace's mansion to find the King of Jin.

Princess Jin sneered: "It's really fateful! Such a high cliff couldn't even kill her. ”

"What should I do?" Guo Miaoying looked at Princess Jin and asked anxiously, after all, she was also involved in this matter.

Princess Jin blurted out: "Of course, I told the official family." ”

Princess Jin looked at Guo Miaoying meaningfully, she knew that Guo Miaoying wanted to marry to the Jin Palace's mansion as a side concubine.

That night, Princess Jin flew a pigeon and passed a book to Concubine Zhuang Guifei.

On the second day, Concubine Zhuang Guifei went to the official house early in the morning to cry, saying that Mu Ningxuan was in the Pingchang Marquis Mansion, and she didn't know what Mu Hou'an was thinking, and she didn't tell the official family that her daughter was fine.

The official family is suspicious.

Mu Hou Ye took Mu Ningxuan to the official family, Mu Ningxuan used the essence of the Guo family she had learned before, and used it properly in front of the official family, and told the official family how the King of Jin arrested her, why he arrested her, and finally killed her in the end.

Mu Ningxuan's words were relaxed, and her tears were free, which not only made the official family feel indignant, but also made the official family feel pity for her.

The official family recruited the king of Jin to the palace.

"King Jin, you are guilty." The official's voice was serious and cold.

King Jin knelt in front of the official family, bowed his head and said, "Father, the son doesn't know." ”

Looking at Mu Hou Ye and Mu Ningxuan, who were kneeling on the side, King Jin immediately expressed his attitude in his heart - he refused to admit it!

Mu Hou Ye was furious and said: "You King Jin, more than a dozen guards around me have seen it, why are you still quibbling?" ”

"Muhou, you just said that it is the guards around you, not anyone else, and the guards around you are naturally helping you speak." King Jin still denied it.

Mu Hou's angry eyebrows were raised: "King Jin, it's not right for you to say this, the Pingchang Marquis Mansion and the Jin Wangfu have never had anything to do with each other, I framed you for something!" ”

"Naturally, because of the recent dispute for the crown prince, Muhou seems to be neutral, but in fact, he has a heart." In King Jin's words, Mu Ningxuan, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for Mu Hou.

When Muhou heard the battle for the crown prince, he was not so angry in his heart.

"King Jin didn't remind me, but I forgot, King Jin did it to my family Xuan'er for the sake of the battle for the crown prince."

King Jin smiled: "I don't dare to do this on the cusp of this storm, and this king is not stupid." ”

"Yes, King Jin is not stupid, because you are sure that no one will know, even if it is exposed, you have other reasons," Mu Hou was so angry that he wanted to take the sword, but unfortunately the sword was placed at the gate of the palace early in the morning.

In the end, because Mu Ningxuan was not injured, the official family issued an order to take off the title of King Jin of the Third Prince and ordered the Third Prince to go to the Pingchang Marquis Mansion to apologize in person, and the matter was over.

The third prince suffered a big loss this time, and he got by on the surface, but secretly he was unwilling.

Since then, the Marquis of Pyeongchang and the three princes have completely formed a relationship.

Mu Ningxuan knows that this is far from enough, Concubine Zhuang is the top person in the official family, as long as the third prince does not die, he can still turn over, he has the possibility of becoming the crown prince or directly succeeding to the throne, if the third prince inherits the throne, then the people around her will suffer.

Two days later, the queen invited Princess Gao Rou and Lord Ning Xuan to enter the palace to enjoy the flowers, and there was a great intention in the tone of the banquet.

Right now, the queen mother is Mu Ningxuan's best choice!

"Queen Mother, I don't know if you have heard about it recently, the most lively restaurant in the capital recently."

The queen mother nodded slightly, motioning for Mu Ningxuan to continue.

Mu Ningxuan deliberately talked about the people who lived in Songhe Restaurant, especially mentioning the fact that the people from the Kongtong faction used to live in the restaurant and are now living in the courtyard of the Three Princes.

mentioned the Kongtong faction, sure enough, the queen's face was pulled down directly, and the side branch of Zhuang Guifei's mother's family was to study under Kongtong, so the master who learned martial arts in the third prince's childhood was specially invited from Kongtong Mountain, and he taught the third prince for five years.