Because the weather is hot, the princess is in a good mood, and the small banquet is placed under the porch of the main courtyard. The fragrance on Hou Cong's body is still there, just under the moonlight light, taking advantage of the freshly washed ink-dyed hair, I don't know if it is because of the confusion he has been having all day, the melancholy of reuniting with the white clothes but separating again, and the melancholy that is ready to go but still wants to take it back, he has become a sad and unrestrained painting, and he looks at Mo Yanyang without drinking.

Hou Cong didn't say much, and a few people who were already waiting there were tired, and sat in his seat obediently and silently according to the princess's arrangement, poured wine, and drank himself. It is said that it is a happy event, and no one here is stupid, whose happy event is this?

For the princess, although her brother sat on the dragon chair, it was not right to get the position, and the various factions in the court could not suppress it for a while. The nephew set up the crown prince, and according to the concept of those stupid old things, Mo Hui's legitimacy was stronger than Mo Rong's. Therefore, the son can help the father to stabilize his position. In this case, Mo Chang's life and death are less threatening to Mo Rong.

And Mo Chang was happy that his influence was still there, and after he came forward, most of the opposing clans compromised.

The people of Liguo, including Hou Cong, are not so mysterious, and once the candidate for the prince is decided, the day for the Buddha bathing and humiliation ceremony for the returning prince should be finalized immediately, and they are tired for a long time, and it is time to go home after finishing their errands.

Therefore, this night banquet, the hearts are not aligned, and the atmosphere is indeed cheerful and harmonious. Especially Hou Cong, two glasses of wine, pressed the chaotic emotions aroused by the white clothes back to the bottom of his heart, and actually took the initiative to speak, "Her Royal Highness the princess has worked hard for many days, presumably taking advantage of the great day of the crown prince, you can also get more seals, congratulations, congratulations." ”

"Look at you, I heard that the Queen Mother summoned you, didn't you mention me?"

When Mo Chang heard this, he quickly lowered his head, quickly raised it again, looked at the princess, and forced a smile. 's own mother didn't see herself, but she saw Hou Cong first. Yes, yes, yes.

Hou Cong remembered the paperweight, first padded a few false words, and then deliberately sounded, "Of course Niangniang praised you." When my mother saw me, she mainly heard that I was doing an errand for you. Niangniang said, a girl, it's too tiring to be a soldier and fight for the royal family, let me be more considerate of you. In addition, Niangniang also asked, His Royal Highness King Yangxian eats and lives in the north, but I am afraid that His Royal Highness will be wronged in our country. ”

Except for Mo Yanyang, no one believed this. Hou Cong took the opportunity to make it up, "I talked about all aspects of our Datong, it seems that the Queen Mother is quite familiar, what's the matter, do you have relatives in the north?" ”

At this time, it was Mo Chang who replied first, "The queen mother is from the Lin family, and when I established my career with Taizu, I drove south for the first time, and there were many difficulties. The Lin family is funded. Since the generation of his mother and grandfather, he has been a first-class duke, and the Lin family has lived in the south for generations, so how could he have been to the north? Come to think of it, the Lin family has its own business, some people in the family walk the world, and some servant women and singers bought it from the north, and it is unknown from their mouths. ”

This is also true, since more than 100 years ago, Liguo Chengguo divided the world of the Ping family, and most of the people who supported Chengguo were rich and scholarly, and they accompanied the Mo family to the south for thousands of miles, and most of the people who supported Liguo were military aristocrats. The climate in the north and south is different, not to mention that the north has always been a battlefield, and after the battle, Chengguo has a firm foothold in the south of the Yangtze River, where there is almost no war. Therefore, until twenty or thirty years ago, the economy of the north has been inferior to that of the south, and people have thousands of miles of rice, mountains and rivers, and there have indeed been beautiful girls who have been sold as slaves. Because the ancestors of the royal family and nobles of Chengguo came from Datong, it is popular to use northern slaves.

Hou Cong didn't really want to take this matter as the object of investigation, nodded and counted it, but there was a shadow in his heart.

When it was time, Cuizhu helped the slightly drunk Mo Chang and returned to the side courtyard with Hou Cong and others. Mo Chang said several times that "it's too hot", "although I wash it during the day, I can only sleep when I wash it at night." Cuizhu said softly, "Your Highness is just not afraid of trouble." "Let him lie down on the couch first, and then go to the bath by himself.

The white cardamom powder and white sandalwood powder are fried in mint juice, and they are pocketed with a waterproof fine net and soaked in four. On the ground next to the bathtub, only clove pills were simply burned, and at this time, it was steaming, and all kinds of incense aromas overflowed, wafting onto the couch, making Mo Chang even fall asleep temporarily. Cuizhu tested the water temperature, sprinkled the half-dried gardenia petals, the small box with brass gilding was opened, and the inside was cinnamon, clove peel, curcuma and other materials soaked in vinegar, soaked in salt, and then soaked in pulp rice, and honey fragrant cakes, this thing is expensive, it was given by Hou Cong, and three pieces were eaten after bathing every day.

Cuizhu tested the water temperature again, then took out a paper bag from his sleeve and sprinkled a little yellow medicinal powder on top of the fragrant cake.

He felt a chill on his neck, and he was afraid, and the small copper box in his hand fell, but was caught by a white and tender hand. Then, he felt a pain in the back of his head and knew nothing.

Mo Chang was misty in the quiet and sweet, and dreamed of his childhood. followed the little palace maids to see the queen mother, but found that the palace person went to the empty building. She moved again. He couldn't find her, he couldn't find her. Behind him, it seems that a few younger brothers from the concubine came to ask for peace, and even laughed at themselves, "Even we know where the queen lives these days......

Mo Chang woke up in a burst of loneliness and despair.

The scene in the dream is actually half true and half false. However, because of those questions asked by Hou Cong, Mo Chang was indeed shocked. He thought of his younger brothers, the second brother and the fourth brother were the most pleasing to their father, and their biological mother, Concubine Lin, was the sister of the queen mother's siblings. The relationship between the two sisters is not good. It's hard to see my biological mother, except for the greetings in the regulations, it's hard to get close, so I'm particularly in love with my aunt. But my aunt didn't like herself even more, and she was not as good to Mo Chang as she was to the third brother. Although he was jealous of Mo Chang's status as the prince, between his words, he always couldn't help but occasionally say a few words in a weird manner, "Don't say that you are like our Lin family, how is it possible?" ”

He didn't want to think about it anymore, his mind went back from the past to the present.

I felt that the room was too quiet.

"Cuizhu?" Mo Chang shouted, but no one answered.

He walked out of the room to see how the tub was ready.

There is still heat in the water, and I tried it with my hands, but it is not cold. The copper boxes and fragrant cakes that fell on the ground made people feel distressed, and if you looked closely, there was a strange powder mixed in them.

With some trembling shakiness, he undressed himself and entered the tub, letting his tears and chills soak in the innocent aroma and tenderness. In this world, no one wants themselves anymore.

Turning around, he saw the white clothes.

"Ah, you." Mo Chang blushed.

Bai Yi dragged a small bench and sat down, holding his cheeks, silently accompanying Mo Chang, listening to the sound of the water stirred by the prince.

After a long, long time, Mo Chang calmed down himself.

Hasn't his life always been like this? What's there to stay on top and dwell on self-pity?

But he couldn't help but ask, "What about Cuizhu?" ”

Bai Yi couldn't answer.

Bai Yi went to Mo Chang's room tonight because he wanted to tell him about Hou Cong seeing him, but he accidentally encountered Cuizhu being drugged. She dragged Tsuizhu into the tunnel. He was not tortured, so he was recruited.

"The medicine was bought by your Yuwen son, and if you die for him, you don't have to die for him. As for me, I was originally dedicated to him, but Ling Xiao was killed by him himself. I was chilled, and I just wanted to go back to Liguo with everyone. I will do whatever Yuwen Gongzi asks me to do. ”

Bai Yi knew that he should kill Cuizhu, but he couldn't do it.

Cuizhu knelt on the ground, closed his eyes and waited for death. But the white robe pulled him up.

"Little brother, let's go all the way south, you're not a bad person. Where I am, you don't have to tell outsiders. I'll let you go. Murong Gongzi is here, I'll tell you his address, look at yourself if you look for him or not, look at him if he kills him or not. ”

After Bai Yi finished speaking, he sent Cuizhu out from the tunnel to the opening in the middle of the palace.

She thought for a moment and answered Mo Chang's question, "You just treat him as dead." ”

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