Xiao He accepted Mu Churan's love, and he didn't need to enter the palace to Jixian Palace, but only "recuperate" in his own house.

Two days later, it will be the palace banquet, and before that, Mu Churan took advantage of Mu Qingjuan's incident to purge the maids and eunuchs in the palace, sent a batch, and killed a batch. His harem has long been stared at by various families in the imperial capital, and he wants to stuff people in, but he is impregnable. Since Mu Churan's crown ceremony, there have been hints intentionally or unintentionally during the New Year's Festival, but Mu Churan has ignored it and ignored it.

They saw that the harem concubines couldn't be stuffed in, so they started from the palace people, although the rules for recruiting newcomers in this purple gold city are very strict, but as long as the people are responsible, there must be human favors to say, and they can insert needles and drill into the seams.

Although Xiao He does not have a harem, the emperor still has some concubines left in the harem, and they also need to be served.

Over the years, there have been many people from all sides of this palace.

This time, he just found an excuse, checked it casually, took out the radish and brought out the mud, and pulled out a large wave of eyeliner. The people who stayed in front of the palace to serve, there were only two palace maids, and the remaining dozen or so people were all little eunuchs. The list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a lot clearer, Liu Fuhai looked at the roster, crying and laughing, his master is probably the emperor who does not like to be served the most since the founding of the country.

After dealing with the affairs in the palace, Mu Churan sat in the imperial study and listened to Wuyiwei report on the situation outside the palace.

When he heard that Duan Heng had visited Xiao He in private and gave her a big gift, his brows furrowed slightly. If it is said that Xiao He has the most personal relationship with anyone in the court, I am afraid that this balance will be ranked first.

Although Xiao He is not currently in an important position, and it has nothing to do with him getting closer to the prince, Mu Churan has a sense of jealousy.

No, we have to arrange another errand for Duan Heng as soon as possible and keep him busy.

Two days later, the palace feast.

Now that Xiao He goes out, she has a must-have medicine bag, which contains all kinds of commonly used medicines prepared by Hongzhu for her to deal with all kinds of emergencies, from detoxification to hangover to sobering. It can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs.

Xu is Mu Churan has just rectified the palace people, and everyone is in danger for a while, for fear that something will happen to him, and the catastrophe will fall on him. The palace banquet was orderly and powerful. On the Taihe Palace, hundreds of officials gathered, and the Queen Mother gave permission to perform dozens of musicians and singers during the previous Nanfeng pilgrimage, which showed the style of the royal banquet.

Mu Churan didn't like to have dancing girls at the palace banquet, but because of the Chishui King Daduo attending the banquet, in order to take care of the distinguished guests who came from afar, he allowed twenty dancing girls sent by a song and dance studio outside the palace to perform at the banquet.

Although the dancing girls are all stunning, Da Duoxin is not here, his gaze crosses the crowd, drifts to the opposite side, and falls on Xiao He, who is sitting in the back position. Even if she is dressed in men's clothes, it is difficult to hide her beautiful and refined temperament, like the brightest star in the night sky on the grassland, radiant.

Such a beauty, but it's a pity that she has a heart,

At this time, the song was over, and when the dancers were about to leave the stage, the first dancer who was the most bewitching dressed held a flute and began to play solo.

The flute sound is like crying and complaining, but it is particularly melodious and beautiful. The musicians who were supposed to be accompaniments next to them all looked at each other, but there was no such show that was said before, and her flute sound was inevitably too sad, in this hall, under the atmosphere of harmony and harmony between the monarch and the ministers, didn't she deliberately make trouble?

A clever musician hurriedly changed the performance, struck the dulcimer and played the flute to the sound, and the other musicians immediately understood his intention and joined in the ensemble, only to turn the sad sound into spring water, which was much softer.

Mu Churan was above the main hall, squinting his eyes, carefully looking at the woman standing in the hall, unable to see through her intentions.

She played the flute and gently rotated her body as if dancing to the rhythm. When she slowly shook in front of Daduo, the king of Chishui, the sound of the flute stopped abruptly. She folded the flute in her hand hard, revealing the mechanism inside, hiding a three-inch silver needle. The dancing girl used the silver needle as a weapon and stabbed straight at Dado.

Daduo sat in the middle of the seat, not moving at all, and Aguda on his side only blocked one by one, and then pushed.

The woman flew like a kite off the string and flew a few feet away, hit the pillar in the temple, and vomited a mouthful of blood. Although he was an assassin and didn't have to keep his hands, Aguda was too ruthless. Even Xiao He, who was on the other side, saw her woman's posture and attack, and saw that she didn't actually know martial arts, as long as he grabbed her hand, he could catch her casually.

Xiao He frowned slightly, but he was a little sympathetic to the woman who was stabbed.

The two swordsmen of the palace had taken the woman down, and she opened her mouth, said something, and passed out.

Mu Churan asked, "What did the female assassin say?" ”

A guard replied loudly: "Back to Your Majesty, what she said is that she is entrusted by the princess." ”

Mu Qingwan was sitting in the seat a little lower than Mu Churan, and when he heard this, he exclaimed: "Nonsense! I...... I have no assassins in place! What she said was the truth, she had been confined to her palace for the past few days, not to mention, and the people around her didn't leave the palace, how could she invite someone from the song and dance studio outside the palace to assassinate Daduo for herself.

Even if she didn't want to marry Dado, she would never think of killing him. Although she is a little willful, she is not confused, how can she not understand how important this Chishui King is to the emperor's brother at the moment, and he is a key chess piece for Da Yin to balance the northern grassland, otherwise he would not have immediately refuted him after he said that he asked to marry the princess.

Mu Qingwan looked stunned, and looked at Mu Churan innocently, Mu Churan also knew her sister, although she was confused about small things, but big things were always sober, born in the royal family, if the situation was not clear, it would be in vain to be the princess of more than ten years.

"Take it down, interrogate it carefully, and find out who is behind it." Mu Churan waved his hand.

Mu Qingwan breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately the imperial brother believed her.

But I heard Mu Churan say: "Qingxuan, although this matter has nothing to do with you, I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to make trouble, but it is indeed because of you, the tired Chishui King is frightened, you go down to toast him with a glass of wine." ”

Mu Qingwan was stunned, a look of disbelief flashed in her eyes, and then she could only hold back tears, she lifted her skirt and got up, lowered her head and said respectfully: "Yes." The maid next to her, Abi, hurriedly picked up the wine jug and followed behind Mu Qingwan.

Everyone in the palace followed the princess and moved step by step to the position of His Royal Highness's chief Daduo.

"The King of Chishui is frightened, please ask Rong Qingwan to toast a glass of thin wine to apologize." Even if Mu Qingwan is unwilling in his heart, he can't disobey the emperor's brother's intentions on the surface. She was chilled to see if the imperial brother had already decided to marry himself to this wild man.

Abi handed over the flask, and when she leaned over to pour the wine for Daduo, she took a closer look at his face, but she was very surprised.

This Daduo is not only not like a savage, but is a little handsome, except for a slightly darker complexion, the facial features are handsome and extraordinary, which made her stunned for a while and forgot to pour wine. Abi thought that the princess was angry, so she was busy behind and reminded in a low voice: "Princess! Please pour the wine! ”

Mu Qingwan came back to her senses and stretched out the wine jug. Daduo raised his glass in response, his smile was casual, but he was as sassy as the breeze and the moon, "The princess is polite, such a trivial matter is not enough to worry about." ”

Although Daduo was a little different from the rumors, Mu Qingwan couldn't laugh when she thought of the bitter cold in Saibei, she still didn't want to marry him. After he finished drinking the wine in the cup, Mu Qingwan poured him another full cup before returning to his seat to sit upright, maintaining the demeanor of a princess.

Mu Churan sat on the other side of the Queen Mother, and she quietly watched her daughter's movements back and forth carefully. At this moment, although Mu Qingwan was sitting in danger, there was still a little unwillingness in his eyes. Leng Qingchen made up his mind in his heart that he would not let his daughter marry far away, so that her mother and daughter would be separated.

Mu Churan saw that Daduo's expression was as usual, so he smiled and said: "The King of Chishui is really a hero, I don't know what to think of the imperial sister?" ”

He specially sent Mu Qingwan to pour wine, and sure enough, he was about to show his kindness, and Leng Qingzhen was already about to speak, but he saw Na Daduo get up, walked to the hall and said to Mu Churan: "Your Majesty, before that, this king really wanted to marry you and marry the princess of your country, but when I appreciated the customs of the imperial capital in the past few days, let this king meet the person he really likes, although she is just an ordinary woman in Dayin, without a noble identity, but she is engraved into my heart like a star, so that I can never see other women in my eyes." ”

Xiao He, who was in the last seat, almost choked on the wine when she heard this, she gathered all her fists, stared at Daduo vigilantly, and had already made up her mind that if he dared to expose his identity in public, or ask Mu Churan to marry him, he would use the silver needle in his sleeve to stab him in a few big holes, making him dumb on the spot.

Not only Xiao He, but even other civil and military officials were shocked by Daduo's words.

Mu Churan was also a little surprised, oh, and asked, "I don't know what kind of woman it is, she can get into your eyes?" You might as well talk to me about it, if you haven't left the cabinet yet, and your identity is appropriate, I will be happy to be a moon old man. ”

Xiao He took a deep breath and raised his hand slightly, although this direction may accidentally injure others, he can't care so much.

If Dado dared to say half a word, she would not spare him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, but it's a pity that the woman has rejected this king. Although she has not left the cabinet, she already has a sweetheart. It was she who made the king understand that it would be a great blessing to be able to get along with one heart. And Princess Qingwan seems to have no intention of this king, so that this king will not be a villain and marry the princess. Daduo didn't even mention anything about himself, Xiao He breathed a sigh of relief, but listened to him continue.

"If Your Majesty is grateful for my sincere allegiance to the Chishui Ministry, you can marry the king as the master, provided that the woman is sincerely willing to go back to the grassland with the king, so that the king's wish will be counted and the sincere person will not be hurt."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Xiao He's direction intentionally or unintentionally.

Xiao He was slightly stunned, she didn't expect this Daduo to be so easy to deal with, and in vain she also prepared a bunch of rhetoric, ready to let Xiao Shi cooperate with herself to perform a scene in front of him. In this way, she no longer has to worry about Dado divulging her secrets, this person is finally talking.