Taimiao Emperor Mausoleum is located at the foot of the mountain in the suburbs of Beijing, where the feng shui dragon is entrenched, occupy the situation of the world, from the founding of the country to the present, here has been buried Taizu, Taizong, Zhaozong three emperors of the Ning Dynasty.

In the main hall of the Taimiao, Mu Zhice, who had a sallow face, knelt in front of the spiritual seat of the ancestors with his eyes closed, his face was engraved with deep self-reproach, and with the past glory of the Daning Dynasty that appeared in his mind, tears of resentment flowed from his eyes unconsciously.

Taizu opened the dynasty, Taizong expanded the territory, Zhaozong was rich, under the unremitting efforts of three generations of emperors, this is the country of Daning today, and during the 30 years of the Chengping Dynasty, Emperor Ning attacked the evil in the north, and set the Ming Xinjiang in the south.

But what did he do? 100,000 heavenly soldiers were defeated in his hands, almost all the army was wiped out, and only seven states were left in the twenty-one states in the north, and the sense of powerlessness and confusion on the battlefield was still asking his heart over and over again, whether he was worthy of being this prince, if the fiasco in the north brought him only suspicion and self-blame, then the news of Mu Linxiao and Qin Yuansu was the knot in his heart that he could not untie in his life.

Mu Linxiao is his only sister, but the brother and sister have not been inseparable and intimate like other brothers and sisters since childhood. Mu Linxiao felt that he was too dull, and he disliked Mu Linxiao for being too cheerful and casual, after the two met, they often had a red-faced quarrel, in the eyes of outsiders, they were a pair of small enemies, but they both knew in their hearts that no one could replace their respective positions in each other's hearts.

Every time Mu Linxiao got sick from childhood to adulthood, he, as an elder brother, would put down his heavy homework and stay in front of the couch every day, accompany her and make her happy.

The emperor values the eldest son, and the commoners love the youngest. If he didn't do his homework well when he was young, he would be severely punished by Emperor Ning, often making him kneel all day, but as long as Mu Linxiao knew, she would also kneel to the side without saying a word, until Emperor Ning relented.

However, this sister, whom he had preached and accompanied countless times, was mistaken because of his mistakes and incompetence...... For life, she was forced to marry someone she didn't like at all.

The night is getting thicker, the cold wind is rising, the cold wind mixed with snowflakes poured into the hall, and a few candles were blown out for a while, and the attendants on the side shrank and closed the door of the hall, and after carefully lighting the candles, they brought a bowl of hot porridge to Mu Zhice: "Your Highness, you haven't eaten for several days, just boiled hot porridge, why don't you drink it." The waiter's tone was full of distress.

But Mu Zhice remained motionless and ignored it at all.

Seeing this, the waiter could only put the hot porridge in front of Mu Zhice, turned around and took a thick piece of clothing and gently draped it on Mu Zhice's shoulders, shook his head helplessly and sighed, and could only wait quietly.

At this time, the door of the palace was suddenly pushed open, and a general from the front of the palace walked in, "Your Majesty has a decree, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to enter the palace quickly." ”

"Hey, Your Majesty still can't forget His Royal Highness the Prince." The mood of the chamberlain suddenly became happy, he hurriedly walked to the side of the prince, leaned over and said movingly: "Your Royal Highness the prince, hurry up, Your Majesty...... I'm still thinking of you. ”

"Father...... Mu Zhice slowly opened his eyes, and a trace of tears slipped from the corners of his eyes.

In the study of Chang Wang's Mansion, Hua Zhuyue was hiding in the bookcase in fright, her forehead and back were constantly oozing sweat, and the earth-shattering conspiracy was completely transmitted into Hua Zhuyue's ears from the conversation between Mu Zhixun and Zheng Guan, and the fear of the end of the world surrounded Hua Zhuyue to death, so stuffy that people couldn't breathe, until this moment, she finally understood why Mu Zhixun refused to return those letters to her,

Or, the light in the study was extinguished, and the sound of the door being locked came from the room, and Mu Zhixun and Zheng Guan hurriedly left the study.

Mu Zhixun walked to the door of the mansion, and when he was about to go out, he asked the housekeeper in front of the door as if he remembered something: "Where did the moon girl go?" Why didn't you see her? ”

The housekeeper was shocked, and said, "Tomorrow night is the New Year's Eve, and there are many vendors on the street who take advantage of this opportunity to sell things. ”

"You go to her, get her back, and be out tonight...... Insecurity. Mu Zhixun thought for a moment, glanced at the housekeeper, and hurriedly walked out after speaking.

"Oh, yes." The butler nodded in agreement.

Hua Zhuyue never cared about the direction of Daning's situation, the pathos and helplessness of exterminating the clan made her have no sense of belonging to Daning, and she wanted to take revenge on Zheng Guan, the villain and Mu Zhixun, the well-dressed beast, but if they let their plan succeed today, then she would definitely have no chance to succeed.

Hua Zhuyue pushed open the door of the bookcase, and wanted to walk out quickly, but found that the door of the study had been tightened, and in a hurry, she couldn't manage so much, she picked up the precious stone carving on the table and smashed it towards the window, the stone carving was broken, she broke out of the window, but she didn't want to see the housekeeper who was walking towards this side outside the window.

He was shocked by the shattering mess, "This...... You, what are you going to do? ”

"You don't care, I'm going out." Hua Zhuyue ignored him.

"Oh, my heart, where are you going this big night? His Royal Highness King Chang won't let you out. The butler took her arm and begged.

"King Chang wants to rebel! I'm going to stop him. Hua Zhuyue threw off his hand in annoyance and walked through the back door.

The housekeeper was not very surprised when he heard this, but said with a habitual face: "Even if Your Highness wants to rebel, what do you and I do, no, I can't let you go, if you get involved, your life will be gone, what should I do if you die." ”

"Let it go." The flowers said coldly month by month.

"Don't let go." The butler grabbed her tightly.

It was too late, it was too fast, and the housekeeper would never have thought that Hua Zhuyue would take out a sharp dagger directly from his cuff and insert it into his chest without hesitation.

"Ah......h

Although Hua Zhuyue doesn't know martial arts, but after all, he was also born in Jiangmen, so he has the habit of carrying a short dagger with him since he was a child, and the slightly panicked Hua Zhuyue pulled out the short dagger from his chest and disappeared into the night in the direction of the back door.

After Mu Zhixun got out of the house, he went to the house of Yang Tiandong, the first assistant of the cabinet, and in front of the Yang Mansion, Mu Zhixun pulled Yang Tiandong out of the house after a lot of tugging.

"Your Highness is really, tomorrow will be the end of the year, and you will be able to come to the house, and the old minister can't afford it."

"Eh, the elder of the pavilion laughed, the elder of the pavilion is the country's important of course deserved, since the imperial brother was punished, Xiao Wang walked in the cabinet, deeply felt the pain of the elder for the country, tomorrow's New Year's Eve, inconvenient to disturb, can only take advantage of today's free, a little wine to reward the elder of the pavilion, the room of the Tianlou has been booked, the elder of the pavilion must not refuse." Mu Zhixun said with respect on his face.

"Count the days outside the palace walls." The people who love food in Yunjing City know this sentence.

Pintianlou is a first-class restaurant in Yunjing, with fresh and northern flavors in the south, Western and eastern cooking, various techniques, and almost all kinds of ingredients. The well-dressed and well-trained attendants and the exquisite porcelain silver chopsticks have won the hearts of the wealthy diners in the capital.

Soon, Mu Zhixun and Yang Tiandong came to a windowed accord on the second floor and sat down, and the dazzling array of dishes was already full.

During the banquet, Mu Zhixun, who was full of witty words, was very friendly, in fact, he had only been working with Yang Tiandong for more than ten days, but the natural and unpretentious temperament revealed by his gestures made people feel that he and Yang Tiandong seemed to be close friends who had known each other for more than ten years.

After pushing the cup and changing the lamp, Yang Tiandong slowly lost his initial reserve, and he was a little drunk and smiled very happily listening to Mu Zhixun's compliments.

At this moment, there was a hurried sound of horses' hooves downstairs, mixed with the sound of soldiers opening the way.

Yang Tiandong was a little curious, he stood up and looked down, and blurted out, "His Royal Highness the Prince?!" ”

"Brother Huang?" Mu Zhixun said with a look of disbelief, "Elder Ge is afraid that he is mistaken, the imperial brother should be in the Taimiao Temple on the outskirts of Beijing at this time." ”

"It's the banner of the East Palace, and the old minister is not mistaken." Yang Tiandong pursed his lips and sat down again with a little drunkenness, "Although the old minister is old, these eyes are still useful, and they can't be wrong." ”

"Since the elder pavilion is so sure, then maybe the imperial brother has received His Majesty's will to summon him to the palace." Mu Zhixun said disapprovingly.

"Not really." Yang Tiandong shook his head and pondered, "It stands to reason that if Your Majesty has the intention of pardoning the crown prince's confinement, he should inform the cabinet." ”

"Who knows, don't care about it, come to Ge Lao, Xiao Wang will give you another drink." Mu Zhixun picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

As soon as he entered the South Palace, Mu Zhice found that the Imperial Forest Army on duty tonight was several times that of the past, although he had some doubts in his heart, but what he was most eager for now was to see his father and ask for his father's forgiveness, so he didn't ask much for a while.

The group walked through the golden jade belt and entered the South Palace in the night, but Mu Zhice was not taken to Yongning Palace, but to another attic.

"Father wants to see me here?" Mu Zhice was a little puzzled.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please wait a while, Your Majesty will come in a moment." After speaking, the chamberlain respectfully withdrew.

The snow in the night sky was getting heavier and heavier, and Hua Zhuyue, who hurriedly ran out of Changwang Mansion, was stunned without running a few steps, because she realized that she didn't know who to tell at this time.

Suddenly, she thought of a person, although she only had a one-sided relationship, but she had read countless people and felt that he was a reliable person at a glance.

In the banquet hall of Yan Bo Hou's Mansion, eight or nine copper pots are steaming, and the table is full of soju dishes and raw mutton, which is also coincidental, the dozens of brothers on duty at Chongyang Gate were suddenly all replaced today, and they had the opportunity to come to the Hou Mansion, no, Luo Wenzhao was very happy to drink with those dozens of brothers.

"Master Hou, there is another person named Moon Girl outside, asking to see you." A servant walked in.

"Yo Yo Yo, I just returned to the capital with a beautiful woman."

"Master Hou should also find a sister-in-law for his brothers, and you are left with a few brothers."

"yes, hahaha."

A few glasses of wine and coaxing are the favorite things the brothers do when they are together.

"Don't talk nonsense, it's all here." Luo Wenzhao waved his hand, smiled, and then stood up and walked out, "Wait for me to come back and continue." ”

Luo Wenzhao walked quickly to the door, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little turbulent, although he had only seen Hua Zhuyue in a hurry, but that delicate appearance had already been deeply imprinted in Luo Wenzhao's heart.

Luo Wenzhao walked to the door and looked up, frowning in the snow, she was incomprehensibly beautiful.

"Girl of the Month." Luo Wenzhao walked up to him and said.

"Quick! King Chang is rebelling and wants to frame the prince, you go and save Your Majesty! As soon as Hua Zhuyue saw him, she shouted out of breath.

"Moongirl, do you know what you're talking about?" Luo Wenzhao smiled and was stunned.

"That's what I've heard, they should have acted!"

Seeing that Luo Wenzhao was still frowning and a little disbelieving, Hua Zhuyue was about to jump up, and she shouted in an almost commanding tone: "If you don't believe me, go to the North and South Palaces and see, you go quickly!" ”

The eagerness in Hua Zhuyue's eyes didn't look fake, Luo Wenzhao didn't hesitate any longer, he turned around and ran in quickly, and shouted with a serious face: "Brothers! Something happened in the palace! ”

This moment is still coming.

Outside the gate of Nangong, a large number of Imperial Forest Army armed with torches poured into Nangong under the leadership of Zheng Guan, and he gave another order to a captain beside him, and then the captain immediately galloped away into the distance and disappeared into the night.

At this moment, all the attendants in the Nangong and some officials on duty in various ministries were controlled by the sudden rebels, and the bright steel knives dangled in front of their eyes, and under the rude reprimand, they were all forced to squat on the ground with their heads in their hands.

"What are you doing! Whose orders did you dare to make such a fool of yourself? How will the Cabinet allow you to do anything wrong? An official on duty at the Zhiping Pavilion shouted angrily and dissatisfied.

But as soon as the words fell, a general of the Royal Forest Army directly slashed at the official with the steel knife in his hand, and then pointed at those people with a bloody blade, and said coldly: "Does anyone else ask?" Ask a...... Kill one. ”

Soon, Zheng Guan's people had completely occupied the South Palace, and then he called his henchman and deputy commander Zhang Jue, and pointed to the North Palace with a heavy face, "You take people in, I still have to wait for Your Highness here." ”

"Palace, Shuai......" Zhang Jue's eyes seemed to be asking something.

"Go ahead and do it...... His Highness's meaning is already clear. ”

"Yes!"

A large number of rebels began to flock to the golden jade belt under the leadership of Zhang Jue, and the general guarding the golden jade belt felt that the situation was not good, he subconsciously pulled out the steel knife in his hand, and led his subordinates to block the road of Zhang Jue and others, he trembled slightly and said: "Deputy marshal...... Without His Majesty's will, no one is allowed to trespass on the North Palace! ”

But Zhang Jue didn't pay attention to it at all, with a slight wave of his right hand, the soldiers guarding the golden jade belt became dead souls under the sword, and a large number of rebels rushed into the North Palace for a while.

At this time, Luo Wenzhao with his brothers and nearly 100 horsemen from Ming Xinjiang had also rushed to Chongyangmen.

The Imperial Forest Army outside the gate pretended to be calm and stopped them with their spears, "The palace is a heavy place, and foreign ministers are not allowed to trespass." ”

But the bloody smell in the air and the shouts of killing from inside had exposed everything.

Luo Wenzhao didn't say a word, he directly pulled out the sword on his waist and shouted angrily: "Brothers! Kill me in! ”

For a while, there was blood outside Chongyang Gate, Luo Wenzhao and his party forcibly tore a hole in front of the South Palace, and killed them from Chongyang Gate, those brothers who followed him would never have expected that they had guarded Chongyang Gate for His Majesty for so many years, but in the end they had to protect His Majesty as an intruder, which is perhaps the most ironic thing.