There is a saying that "it is better to die than to live", and there is also an idiom called "life is better than death".

Of course, Mu Ningxuan wants Guo Xiaoniang to "live is better than death"!

There is a kind of incense called "Forget Fall" in the "incense book", which has the unique fragrance of epiphany, but this incense will instantly disperse after entering the water, colorless and tasteless, if you drink this water, you can make people between madness and sobriety.

As time goes by, you will spend more and more time going crazy, and gradually you will become a real madman.

But this incense also has a solution, and there is a fragrance called "Sanhua" in the incense book, which can solve this "forgetting".

In this life, Mu Ningxuan doesn't want Guo Xiaoniang to die like this, and she doesn't want Guo Xiaoniang to become a madman directly, it's too cheap for her!

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It's been getting hotter lately.

The streets and alleys of the capital are full of cold drink stalls, which are supported by green cloth umbrellas, and mahogany tables and chairs are placed under the umbrellas.

There are many types of cold drinks, such as "Ice and Snow Licorice Soup", "Ice and Snow Cold Yuanzi", "Raw Flooded Papaya", "Cold Water Lychee Paste", "Medicinal Papaya", "Snow Bubble Bean Water", "Snow Bubble Plum Wine" and so on.

In addition to the cold drinks such as "Ice and Snow Licorice Soup" and "Snow Bubble Plum Wine", there are also a class of cold drinks, such as "Cool Sour Pulp", "Papaya Pulp", "Grape Pulp", "Bayberry Thirsty Water", "Lychee Thirsty Water", "Grape Thirsty Water", "Sugar Thirsty Water", "Ringo Thirsty Water", "Papaya Thirsty Water"...

The wedding banquet of the eldest brother Mu Yuchen is August 12, the heat is the hottest time.

Mu Ningxuan knew that as long as she continued to study these cold drinks in the market and asked Xiaofu and the others to buy a few things to taste every day, the third prince Jin Wang would take action.

Sure enough, a few days later, Princess Jin sent a post to Princess Gaorou, inviting Princess Gaorou to participate in the "Ice Banquet" held by King Jin's Mansion.

As the name suggests, the "Ice Banquet" is to invite everyone to the Jin Palace's Mansion to taste all kinds of cold drinks.

So Princess Gao Rou took Mu Ningxuan, Mu Ningjia and Mu Ningyin to the Jin Palace.

Mu Ningyin has been strictly disciplined by Princess Gaorou recently, and her temperament has become much more stable.

At the banquet of the Jin Palace, there are all kinds of cold drinks that can be seen on the market, and there are a few new products that cannot be bought on the street.

It was too hot, Mu Ningxuan still tasted some, and while eating, she heard a man's voice beside her.

"Ning Xuan, the county lord, once wrote in the medical book: The heat is hot, the abdomen is burning, the sweat is all over, the heart is thirsty, suddenly encountering ice and snow and cold pulp, drink as much as possible, sleep in the cold, stagnate for a long time, and diarrhea if you don't malaria in autumn. It can be seen that eating a lot of ice is not good for your body, so you should eat less. ”

Mu Ningxuan raised her eyes and saw that the person who spoke was actually Doctor An of the Imperial Hospital in the palace, Imperial Doctor An was in his early twenties, the youngest imperial doctor in the palace, and he was quite accomplished in medical skills.

"Doctor An, why are you here?" Seeing that Imperial Physician An was carrying a medicine box in his hand, Mu Ningxuan couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is anyone in the palace sick?" ”

Imperial Doctor An shook his head and said: "It was Princess Jin who invited me over, Princess Jin is worried that the invited guests have eaten these ice products, in case there is gastrointestinal discomfort, I can treat it in time here." ”

Mu Ningxuan praised: "Princess Jin is really thoughtful! I only took a small sip of each of these cold drinks, and it was fine. ”

Although now in the court, the faction of the third prince Jin Wang and the fifth prince Shu Wang are arguing over the matter of the crown prince.

But these do not affect the correspondence between the ladies of the Gaomen, after all, no one knows whether the future official family will be the third prince King Jin or the fifth prince King Shu, so Princess Jin and Princess Shu are both very likely to become future queens.

This time the future "queen" will post, and all the ladies of the provinces who have received the post have gone.

Mu Ningxuan continued to taste a few cold drinks, but saw Guo Miaoying from the Earl's Mansion coming over.

"Sister Xuan!"

Mu Ningxuan stood up and saluted simply: "Sister Miaoying's makeup." ”

Guo Miaoying replied: "It's been a long time since I saw Sister Xuan, how is Sister Xuan lately?" ”

"It's all good." Mu Ningxuan said with a smile, a little detached in her tone.

Guo Miaoying continued: "Sister Xuan, is the third sister of your family here? ”

"Here we are." Mu Ningxuan nodded.

Guo Miaoying looked puzzled and said, "Why didn't I see her?" ”

"She must be following Princess Gaorou." Mu Ningxuan looked in the direction of Princess Gao Rou, but the third sister was not there.

Mu Ningxuan looked around, and there was no third sister in the crowd at all.

Where did the third sister go? Mu Ningxuan was a little worried.

"Sister Miaoying, I'm going to find my third sister." Mu Ningxuan bowed slightly to Guo Miaoying.

Guo Miaoying nodded and said, "Okay, I'll help you find it too." ”

Mu Ningxuan looked everywhere, but still didn't see the third sister.

"What are you looking for?" Princess Jin saw Mu Ningxuan and seemed to be looking for something.

Mu Ningxuan bowed and saluted: "Has the princess ever seen my third sister, the third sister is wearing a light cyan dress today. ”

"Pale teal dress?" Princess Jin thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be a little impressive, it seems that she went back, I saw her out of the flower hall." ”

"Go back? The third sister will not go back. Mu Ningxuan's heart hung in the air, seeing that the marriage of the third sister was approaching, there must be no situation at this time.

Mu Ningxuan also came out of the flower hall, the garden of the Jin Wangfu was very large, and Mu Ningxuan almost got lost in the garden.

Suddenly, Mu Ningxuan felt a headache, her head seemed to have been slammed by something, and she lost consciousness in an instant.

When she woke up, Mu Ningxuan found herself locked in a damp room, which was dimly lit and apparently a dungeon.

"Let me out!" Mu Ningxuan shouted.

After waiting for a long time, no one responded.

Mu Ningxuan remembered that Xiaofu was following her just now, and now Xiaofu is gone.

I don't know how long it took, Mu Ningxuan heard the footsteps and immediately shouted loudly again.

"Let me out!"

The person who came stood in the dark, and Mu Ningxuan couldn't see his face clearly.

"If I ask you anything, you will answer honestly, if there is half a lie, I will not spare you!" The voice was rough, and it was clearly a man.

"What about my third sister? Where did you take her? Mu Ningxuan asked directly.

The man didn't answer and asked: "Before you left the palace, did the Queen Mother give you anything?" ”

Mu Ningxuan shook her head expressionlessly and said, "No." ”

"No way, the Queen Mother must have handed over the secret letter to you." Seeing Mu Ningxuan's denial, the man was a little anxious.

Mu Ningxuan pretended not to know: "What secret book?" I don't know what you're talking about. ”

"Really?" The man's voice was a little colder, "Your maid."

And your third sister is now in my hands, don't you tell the truth? ”

Mu Ningxuan was stunned, and instead of being angry, she smiled and said: "King Jin is a righteous gentleman, and he will not embarrass my third sister and the little maidservant girl beside me." ”

"A gentleman? Scold! You don't have to say that about this king. "King Jin did not deny his identity.

Mu Ningxuan chuckled and said, "I guess the third sister must still be at the banquet, as for my maid, you must have threatened her with my safety and forced her to tell the princess that I was unwell and wanted to go back first." ”

What Mu Ningxuan said was like seeing it with her own eyes.

King Jin raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "How do you know?" ”

"The third sister is just the bait you asked me to take the bait, she doesn't know anything, and it will be counterproductive for you to catch her. And if I disappear directly in the Jin Palace, Princess Gao Rou will definitely look for me, and your Jin Palace's Mansion will definitely be inseparable. Therefore, you can only use my maid to deliberately create the illusion that I have left the Jin Palace. Mu Ningxuan said calmly.

King Jin groaned: "I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful, no wonder the Guo family has never married you, but suffered a loss." ”

King Jin praised it. However, is the King of Jin not only hearted, even if there is evidence to prove that I did not disappear in the Jin Palace, but the princess and my father can't find me everywhere, they will still be suspicious of the Jin Palace, in case they secretly send a master to the Jin Palace, wouldn't the King of Jin have lost all his efforts? ”

King Jin sneered: "What you said just now is right, but one thing you said is wrong, you are not in the king's Jin palace now." ”

Mu Ningxuan's pupils suddenly closed, and she said with a loss of color: "What? I'm not in the Jin Palace? ”

"You think this king is so stupid, knowing that the Jin Wangfu is not safe, and still put you there! To tell you the truth, you are now in the secret prison on the mountain of Peng, and no one will find you. ”

"Pengshan!" Mu Ningxuan's face suddenly froze.

Pengshan is the closest mountain to the Jin Wangfu out of the capital, but I didn't expect the Jin King to bring her here.

How could the father and the princess find themselves now, Mu Ningxuan's heart suddenly cooled by half.

"Say, where is the secret book of the Queen Mother?" King Jin's tone was cold, and he meant that if you didn't say it, I would kill you.

Mu Ningxuan knew that she couldn't fool the past, so she said, "If I say it, King Jin, you will let me go?" ”

"Naturally, as long as you tell this king where the secret book is, as soon as this king gets it, he will let you go immediately." King Jin promised.

Mu Ningxuan smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that I will tell the King of Jin, not only will the King of Jin not let me go, but will kill me, what should I do?" ”

"This king is a promise, and he will sit on the throne in the future, so how can he deceive you into a yellow-haired girl?" King Jin said solemnly.

A faint smile flashed across Mu Ningxuan's lips, and she said faintly: "King Jin thinks that as long as he gets the secret book, he can become a future official?" ”

"What do you mean, you are implying that the person who wants to pass on the throne in the secret book is not this king?" King Jin took a step forward and said with a sharp look in his eyes.

Only then did Mu Ningxuan see King Jin's face clearly, which was extremely hideous. The last time Mu Ningxuan saw the third prince was at the Queen Mother, because the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother didn't like the Third Prince, and the Three Princes rarely came to the Queen Mother, so Mu Ningxuan never called him the third brother.

"I don't know, I haven't opened the secret book, and I don't know what's in it." Mu Ningxuan said bluntly.

King Jin was a little impatient, and said sharply: "Tell this king, where is the secret book?" ”

"I won't say anything if I can't be sure I'm safe." Mu Ningxuan said expressionlessly.

"This king has already said that as long as this king gets the secret book, he will let you go, if you don't believe it and refuse to say it, then this king can only use other methods to let you say it." King Jin's eyes showed a hint of murder.

Mu Ningxuan said lightly: "Is King Jin ready to torture to extract a confession?" ”

"It's up to you whether you use torture or not." King Jin looked at Mu Ningxuan coldly and continued, "Do you think your life is important or that secret book is important?" ”

Mu Ningxuan laughed in a low voice: "My life is definitely not as important as the secret book, the secret book represents the future monarch of my dynasty, and I am just a small county lord sealed by the monarch, how can this be compared." ”

"You don't want to die to keep the secret book? Why? Tell this king what you want, as long as you hand over the secret book, and when this king succeeds to the throne, it will definitely satisfy you. King Jin said with a suppressed temperament.

In fact, King Jin learned from the mouth of the palace agent early in the morning that the Queen Mother handed over a secret letter to Mu Ningxuan for safekeeping.

At that time, he intended to let the Guo family of the Zhengxun Earl's Mansion, who was related to the Marquis of Pingchang, approach, who knew that it had been more than half a year, and the Guo family not only did not marry Mu Ningxuan as planned, but also did not find anything, and finally he needed to do it himself.

Mu Ningxuan chuckled and said: "What can I want as a woman, whether it is wealth or power, it is nothing more than for me." ”

King Jin snorted: "You don't want to toast, don't eat, eat and drink!" ”

These days, the fifth brother he has never looked down on has been competing with him for the crown prince with the support of the queen, and he is already full of anger. At this moment, Mu Ningxuan refused to hand over the secret book to him, and King Jin's patience had reached its limit.

"Since you don't want to say it, it's useless to keep you, so you can take the secret of the secret book to accompany the imperial grandmother!"

After speaking, one of the guards behind King Jin instantly drew his knife.

At this moment, two men in black suddenly appeared.

"Who's coming?" King Jin shouted.

The two men in black didn't say anything, and directly fought with King Jin and his party.

Although there were only two men in black, they had no intention of retreating in the face of dozens of guards.

During the fight, one of the black-clothed men with a sword split the lock on Mu Ningxuan's cell door with a sword, and pulled Mu Ningxuan to run out.

"Who are you?" Mu Ningxuan asked in a low voice as she ran.

The man sighed and said, "Who else could it be but your savior!" ”

What a familiar sound.

It's the little prince!

Mu Ningxuan felt a burst of excitement in her heart.

"How are you..."Mu Ningxuan said hurriedly before he could speak.

But he saw the king of Jin and three or four guards chasing after him.

In the dungeon, after six or seven guards surrounded Donglin, Donglin couldn't take care of anything else, and his fists were hard to beat with four hands, so he had to watch King Jin chase in the direction of the little prince with a few guards.

Seeing that he was about to be chased by King Jin and his party to the edge of the cliff, the little prince immediately pulled Mu Ningxuan to turn around.

King Jin's eyes were quick, and he instantly blocked in front of the little prince and Mu Ningxuan.

"Stand on the sidelines, be careful." After the little prince dropped this sentence, he let go of Mu Ningxuan's hand and fought with King Jin and them.

King Jin found that the man in black in front of him was very skilled, and a few of them couldn't beat him at all, so he took advantage of the fact that the man in black was not paying attention, and ran directly in the direction of Mu Ningxuan.

Mu Ningxuan saw King Jin coming over and hurriedly fled.

Out of the corner of his eye, the little prince saw that Mu Ningxuan was being chased by King Jin, and immediately pierced the guards in front of him with a sword, and no matter what else he had, he chased after him.

King Jin was bent on Mu Ningxuan's death, and forced her to the edge of the cliff.

"Mu Ningxuan, let me ask you again, where is the secret book?" King Jin pointed at Mu Ningxuan and asked sharply, and approached Mu Ningxuan step by step.

Mu Ningxuan's feet stood on the edge of the cliff, and there was no way to retreat.

"Whew!" The little prince's sword volleyed towards the King of Jin, and the King of Jin dodged sideways steadily, and the tip of the sword was just past Mu Ningxuan's arm.

Mu Ningxuan didn't stand firm when she boarded, and as soon as her feet slipped, she was about to fall off the cliff.

The little prince hurriedly reached out to pull.

The two fell into the cliff together.