Feng Qingfang was full of curiosity, and subconsciously leaned over, his eyes revealing a little suspicion.

"I'll help you track down the truth about your mother's death, and you consider staying in the capital." Mu Liancheng said sincerely.

"How do you know I'm investigating......" Feng Qingfang suddenly reacted, no need to guess, it must have been Qin Luo's dead girl who told Mu Liancheng.

Hmph, she also said that she was the only one who obeyed her orders, and she secretly made a small report to the old master, which was too much!

"I can do my own research without the help of others." Feng Qingyan replied arrogantly.

Mu Liancheng smiled and asked, "Are you sure?" ”

"Of course."

"Then why have you searched for so long and there are no clues at all?"

"I ......" Feng Qing was deflated, coughed, and said stiffly: "Who said I had no clues?" I just didn't say it. ”

"Let me guess, are you planning to go to Lanzhou next, starting from the Duchess's maiden family?"

Feng Qingfang looked back at Mu Liancheng, really shocked, how could this person always see through her thoughts?

"It's none of your business."

"I'm over there in Lanzhou, but I have two old acquaintances, I can drag them to help check it, they are all local clan members, well-connected, no matter how long ago the secret can be dug up."

Mu Liancheng said, sighed, and pretended to regret: "It's a pity, you won't let me help." ”

"Really?"

Feng Qingyan immediately changed her attitude, she also has self-knowledge, knowing that if she wants to find out the truth by herself, even if she can succeed in the end, it will definitely take a lot of time and energy, but if someone helps, it will be twice the result with half the effort.

"What about the real and the fake? You've said it's none of my business, forget it. Mu Liancheng waved his hand and poured himself a glass of wine to drink.

Feng knew that he was determined that she would change his mind, so he deliberately hung his appetite, a black-bellied guy!

"I'm sorry I had a bad attitude." She picked up her wine glass and smiled at Mu Liancheng, "The little girl has made amends to you here, and I hope that Your Highness Haihan, don't worry about me." ”

Mu Liancheng didn't look at her, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"That is the condition I just mentioned?"

"As long as His Highness can help me find out the truth, I can consider staying." Feng replied quite briskly.

"Okay, you have to remember today." Mu Liancheng also promised to be very refreshing, and then drank the wine in the cup.

Feng Qing frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

But according to Mu Liancheng's words, they obviously made a deal, why did she have a feeling that she had sold herself and didn't realize it later?

The discussion of Feng Qing's crazy character finally came to an end under the emperor's silence.

Mingjing can also see that the emperor is deliberately biased in favor of Feng, of course, this is in the face of His Royal Highness the Prince, but after all, it is inconvenient for her to say more, otherwise it will definitely cause the emperor to be dissatisfied, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Therefore, she had no choice but to shut up.

When the banquet was about to end, Mu Zun suddenly asked Mrs. Song a question: "Song Aiqing, Ling Lang is more than twenty years old this year, right?" ”

Mrs. Song paused and replied, "Back to the emperor, the dog is twenty-one this year." ”

"That's not too young, but do you have a marriage?" Mu Zun asked again.

"Not yet."

At this point in this conversation, Song Yifeng had foreseen bad signs, but it was difficult to interject, so he could only be anxious secretly.

The emperor won't be going to marry him, right? That's not good!

At the same time, Mu Ziyan also had the same worry, she raised her eyes slightly, glanced at Song Yifeng, and her heart suddenly rose to her throat.

The rest of the audience also began to pay attention to the emperor's next words, especially the many women present.

"My fifth princess is upright for twenty-eight years, and she is the most suitable for Ling Lang in terms of age, I want to be the master and marry her to Ling Lang, I don't know what Aiqing wants?"

No one expected that the one who was named turned out to be the fifth princess who had always had the least sense of existence.

was surprised and surprised for a while, and many girls and children were quite unconvinced, especially the third princess and the sixth princess who were also unmarried in the jasper years.

You must know that Song Yifeng is the only son of the dignified Taifu, not to mention his illustrious family background, but also talented and beautiful, and has outstanding abilities, he can be described as an almost perfect person, and he is the best husband in the eyes of the daughters and even the princesses in Beijing.

The fifth princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, and she grew up in the queen's palace since she was a child, which is equivalent to the queen's own daughter, and her identity is certainly worthy of Song Yifeng.

However, when it comes to appearance, she is far from enough.

Who doesn't know that the fifth princess has a birthmark on her face, so ugly that she doesn't even dare to lift her head all year round? With her dignity, how can she be worthy of the handsome Song Yifeng?

The more this is the case, the more ridiculous others feel, the emperor actually gave the fifth princess to Song Yifeng, is it not deliberately embarrassing the Song family?

After Mu Ziyan heard the emperor's words, he lowered his head and sat motionless, his heart beating violently, he couldn't tell whether he was shocked or excited, in short, his head was blank, fluttering, and he felt like he was in a dream.

After a while, he gradually came to his senses, worried and faintly expecting at the same time, how would Song Yifeng respond?

Song Taifu got up and said, "If you can marry the fifth princess, it will be a blessing for the dog." ”

He did not raise any objections, of course, neither nor daring.

Song Taifu is not a person who judges people by their appearance, and he doesn't know what the fifth princess's conduct is, so he has nothing to find fault with this person, but the emperor promised the princess to the Song family as a daughter-in-law, which is enough to show that the emperor loves and values the Song family, and he can't ask for it.

It's just that he is worried that his son, who is a young man, is not angry, and he is not ready to start a family, and he will let down the princess.

Song Yifeng was completely stunned, he had nothing to do with the fifth princess, he only said a few words, they didn't know each other, how could they get married?

Besides, he doesn't want to marry yet.

Seeing that his son didn't react, Mrs. Song hurriedly glanced over and motioned for him to get up and thank him.

Song Yifeng seemed to understand what he meant, and immediately stood up and said, "Thank you for the emperor's love, but now Weichen just wants to serve the country wholeheartedly and be loyal to the emperor, and he hasn't thought about starting a family yet." ”

"For the sake of the princess's lifelong happiness, I hope the emperor can choose another candidate for the concubine."

This sounds like a very euphemistic refusal, and the reason is very objective, but after listening to it, others will naturally think that the reason why Song Yifeng refused was because he disliked the ugly appearance of the fifth princess.

Even Mu Ziyan herself thought so, her heart suddenly fell from the clouds and shattered to the ground.

The three princesses and other daughters who were unwilling before couldn't help but laugh after hearing Song Yifeng's words.

"I'll just say, who wants to marry an ugly girl and go home? Wouldn't an outstanding person like Song Gongzi ruin his reputation if he married the fifth princess? ”

"That's right, if I were replaced, I would definitely refuse, what about the princess? It's so ugly that you can't look at it, no matter how noble your identity is, it's useless, and marrying a Qinglou woman to go home is at least pleasing to the eye. ”

……

The whispers of the people around her drifted into Mu Ziyan's ears one after another, like countless knives cutting her heart, making her miserable, and she couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, and never come out to meet anyone again.

Mu Zun, who was at the top, immediately darkened his face, and said in an unkind tone: "What, do you think that the fifth princess is not worthy of you?" ”

Song Yifeng hurriedly explained: "No, that's not what Weichen meant, the fifth princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, and her status is noble, and Weichen is just a hairy boy who is out of tune, and Weichen is not worthy of the princess." ”

Mu Zun snorted coldly and said, "What if I have to marry you to marry the fifth princess?" ”

"This ......" Song Yifeng twisted his eyebrows, and sighed helplessly, if the emperor gave him a marriage and forced him to marry the fifth princess, then he had to comply, otherwise he could still escape the marriage?

At this time, Mu Ziyan suddenly stood up, held his head high and said: "Father, don't embarrass Prince Song, although the sons are not good-looking, they are also dignified, so they will not force others to marry." ”

"Besides, Song Gongzi does have a good family background and talent, but he is a little frivolous, not the kind of person that Erchen likes, so Erchen doesn't want to marry him."

Hearing this, everyone at the banquet was stunned for a moment, unable to believe it.

This ugly girl still dares to dislike others? Did you hear that right?

Song Yifeng raised his eyebrows and looked at Mu Ziyan, surprised but even more unconvinced.

He is the object of admiration of the daughters and nobles in the capital, and this little girl actually said that he was frivolous?

Every time a woman comes up to talk, he basically ignores it, where is the frivolity?

Feng Qingfang, who was sitting in the seat watching the excitement, couldn't help but smile and said: "Well said, this is the pride of my daughter's family." ”

Mu Liancheng, who was beside her, glanced at her and didn't speak.

Seeing this, Mu Zun laughed loudly and said: "My daughter really has backbone, so if you don't like Song Yifeng, I won't be reluctant, let's talk about the marriage later." ”

"Thank you for your understanding." Mu Ziyan blessed her body and sat back in her place.

After that, many people still quietly discussed the long and short, but Mu Ziyan ignored it, and sat calmly and tasted the wine and food.

However, all this is just her forced pretense.

After the banquet ended, Mu Ziyan left the venue quickly and walked in the direction of the dormitory.

"Yugui, don't follow me, I want to be alone and quiet."

She said to the palace maid behind her, her voice weak and slightly hoarse.

Yu Gui said worriedly: "Princess, your face is not very good, are you okay?" Do you want to send the imperial doctor to take a look? ”

Mu Ziyan waved her hand, "No need, I'm fine, you go back to the palace first, I'll walk alone." ”

"Yes, the slave has retired."

When Yugui walked away, the figure disappeared in the twilight, and Mu Ziyan's whole talent suddenly loosened and sat down on the rockery stone on the side of the road.

Then, the tears flowed uncontrollably.

Fang had just pretended to be calm at the banquet, and had used up all her strength, and now she was so weak that she couldn't even cry.

"Yo, why is the fifth sister hiding here alone to wipe her tears?"