When he returned to the East Palace, he didn't even bother to use dinner, Bai Muguan was more tired than fighting all day today, and he couldn't wait to take a bath and sleep immediately.

But God was joking with her, and it seemed that he was determined not to allow her to rest.

When it was about to fall at night, Xiangyun quietly led a woman dressed in men's clothes to Bai Muguan.

I saw Xiangyun whispering, "Miss, she is the person who is Princess Hemu." ”

Obviously, Xiangyun has experienced identity.

At this moment, Bai Muguan had changed into his bedclothes, and the three thousand green silks were casually draped behind his head, and the smile on his lips gradually disappeared.

"What is the command of Her Royal Highness the Princess so late? Why are you dressed like this? Bai Muguan recognized this person as the female official in charge of Yuwen Murou's side, Linlang.

"Back to Miss Bai's words, today the princess is under house arrest by His Majesty." Linlang spoke quickly and looked quite eager. She is in her twenties and is not an ordinary startled little palace maid, and as a female official in charge, she must have gone out of the palace in disguise late at night, which must have happened a lot.

Bai Muguan frowned, and subconsciously asked, "What's going on?" ”

That day, she heard Yuwen Haotian bluntly say that he believed in his beloved daughter, and the emperor had always regarded the child born to his beloved as a palm bead. Unless it turns out that Yuwen Murou is the murderer, she should not be placed under house arrest.

"Your Majesty sent someone to conduct a thorough investigation for several days without results, and personally summoned several palace maids who were present that day to question them one by one this afternoon. Among them, Li Zhaoyi's side of the decaying pearl and the palace maid Xiang'er who accompanied the new princess had the same confession, they climbed and bit my princess indiscriminately, but no one present can prove the innocence of my princess! His Majesty can only ground the princess in order to serve the public. Linlang finished speaking in a row and added, "Miss Bai, the princess said that you must have a way to prove her innocence. The slave begs you to save the princess, Concubine Chen's mother is just gone, and the princess is really pitiful to suffer this humiliation! ”

After Bai Muguan listened, unknown emotions flashed in his eyes.

It's clearly a plan that has been set up a long time ago!

What makes people's backs chill is that this is complicated, from the whole incident to the present, Queen Tong, who is in charge of the phoenix seal, seems to have chosen to sit idly by and let them make trouble! This person's former loving and considerate mother-in-law, I'm afraid that behind her back, she also longs to get rid of Yuwen Murou and be happy, right? As a queen, she should be virtuous and virtuous, but as a wife, she may not resent Concubine Chen, who has exclusive grace. Facing the daughter left by Concubine Chen, how could the Tong family really love it? How much of the image of a loving mother-in-law that is performed like a drama for outsiders to see is true?

Thinking of this, Bai Muguan stared at Linlang's eyes and asked, "The palace door has long been locked at this time, how did you get out of the palace?" ”

Linlang replied without concealment: "The slave knows some superficial skills. ”

Bai Muguan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled lightly: "It's so good." When I change my clothes, you take me to your princess. ”

Hearing this, Linlang was overjoyed: "Okay, the slave has thanked Miss Bai for the princess." ”

Bai Muguan nodded, turned around and walked inside. The girl in front of the bronze mirror put away her tiredness and silently encouraged herself.

Xiangyun walked over with a white military uniform in his hand, and said with some hesitation: "It's getting dark, and if you are caught by the Praetorian Guards, it will be a capital crime." Is Miss really going? ”

"Crow's mouth, how can I be caught with my skills?" Although there was a little apprehension in his heart, Bai Muguan was still full of confidence, "If she helps Princess Hemu this time, she will owe the Bai family a favor." ”

There are no saints in the world, who would take the risk of not seeing the benefits? Bai Muguan is no exception. Which of the noble girls in the capital does not want to make friends with Princess Hemu, but unfortunately Princess Hemu is cold and proud, and her eyes are dustless and empty. Tonight's opportunity is outdated, and it's worth her gamble.

Xiangyun knows that no one can resist her young lady's stubborn temper, but if she decides something that is difficult to change, she can only help her change her clothes.

Dressed in white, with a hosta hairpin.

Radiant and scorching.

When Bai Muguan changed his clothes and stood in front of Linlang, he had to sigh that this Miss Bai was so good, not much worse than Princess Hemu.

"Miss beware." Xiangyun only hates her own skills, and if she peers, she will drag them down.

Bai Muguan smiled to signal her to be relieved.

Jumping directly over the wall from the Qingyun Pavilion, there is only a half-foot-wide gap between the courtyard wall of the East Palace and the high wall of the Inner Palace, and it is impossible to move forward side by side. Linlang was more familiar with the road than Bai Muguan, she naturally walked in front, and Bai Muguan followed closely and walked along the path. After walking for a while, Linlang stopped and squatted down to open the weeds to reveal the dog hole, and the two looked at each other and quickly drilled over.

It's the Imperial Garden! Linlang didn't care about Bai Muguan's slightly shocked look, and reminded softly: "There is still a way to go before returning to the Lan Palace, and the guards of the forbidden army who patrol the night are scattered in all corners after a while, Miss Bai must be careful later, and she can't look left and right." ”

The girl nodded slightly.

Both of them are unadorned and agile, and on the way they skillfully dodge the Praetorian Guards who patrol the palace every night. Needless to say, Bai Muguan has practiced martial arts since he was a child, even Linlang's skills are also excellent. It turned out that before entering the palace with Concubine Chen, Linlang had been following his father to practice martial arts, and his father was Concubine Chen's most effective deputy general on the battlefield.

The two of them came to the Guilan Hall unconsciously, and sure enough, compared to the guards of the ordinary dormitory, there were at least twice as many people today.

Linlang led Bai Muguan into the apse, and the exquisite palace lamps illuminated every corner, as bright as day. The furnishings in the Guilan Hall are extraordinarily gorgeous, and every object is a rarity. It can be said that white jade is made of soil for the gold. I'm afraid that except for the Kunning Palace where the queen lives and the Quening Palace where Concubine Chen lived before her death, the sleeping palaces next to it are difficult to compare.

There was no one waiting in the hall, and Linlang led Bai Muguan straight in.

"Princess."

Hearing the sound, Yuwen Murou suddenly turned around and looked over, and a trace of relief flashed on her face.

"Miss Bai, thank you for your willingness to come and help me get out of trouble." Yuwen Murou's voice was still cold and pleasant. To be able to say the word "thanks" from her mouth, Bai Muguan should really be honored.

Bai Muguan rolled his beautiful eyes and said lightly: "The princess doesn't have to be polite, you can just call me Muguan." ”

Yuwen Murou asked: "Mu Guan, I am now under house arrest by my father, what should I do?" ”

"In my opinion, His Majesty is not trying to punish you, but he must do so before he can find the real culprit. Your Majesty is protecting you. Bai Muguan finally said what he had thought about all the way.

Before the words fell, a voice full of energy suddenly came: "I can't imagine that Bai Aiqing knows me so well, I should really be gratified!" ”

was so shocked that Bai Muguan and Yuwen Murou looked at each other, and they were at a loss for what to do in an instant, and even Linlang's expressions changed greatly.

The three of them looked at each other, and saw that Emperor Yuwen Haotian was standing not far away at this moment, except for Gao Zhan, who was close to him, and the person accompanying him was the eldest prince Yuwen Cheng.

Yuwen Haotian didn't wear a bright yellow dragon robe tonight, and his long and burly body was wrapped in a dark yellow casual brocade robe embroidered with auspicious clouds and dragon patterns. He is nearly fifty years old, his face is vaguely handsome and extraordinary, his figure has not become bloated, but his temperament is awe-inspiring, noble and breathtaking, and his body exudes a domineering spirit exclusive to the emperor, not angry and self-imposing.

Seeing the hypocritical smile on Yuwen Cheng's fat face, Yuwen Murou couldn't help but tremble when he saluted: "The son asks his father for peace." ”

"Wechen greets Your Majesty."

"Slaves and maids greet Your Majesty."

Bai Muguan and Linlang reacted and knelt on the ground almost at the same time.

Yuwen Haotian seemed to have a gloomy face, but the corners of his mouth were raised high, which was unpredictable.

"It's dark at night, the palace gate has long been closed, why is General Xiaobai here?" The emperor was knowingly asking.

No matter how smart and calm Bai Muguan is, she is only fourteen or fifteen years old after all, and she is a girl who has just come to the world and has never done anything about it. She had seen a mountain of bones on the battlefield, but this kind of scene in front of her was the first time in her life. She hesitated slightly.

Tell the truth, capital offense.

Tell lies, deceive the king.

Of course, Yuwen Haotian would not force her to death, and soon heard him laugh and say, "It seems that I have come to the Lan Hall tonight to come to the right place." ”

The true joy and anger of the Son of Heaven are invisible, and whether he is angry or unmindful at the moment is unknown to others.

Unexpectedly, Yuwen Murou took the initiative to take a step forward, and she actually stepped forward to help Bai Muguan intercede: "Father, tonight it was the son who sent someone to invite Miss Bai to return to the Lan Hall as a companion, don't blame her, if you want to punish the son, punish the son." ”

In fact, this is not surprising, after all, it is because of her that Bai Muguan waded into this troubled water.

"The imperial sister's words are wrong, her feet are on Bai Muguan's body, could it be that you sent someone to tie her up and return to the Lan Palace? can kidnap people from the East Palace, the imperial sister is amazing! Yuwen Cheng deliberately ridiculed and punished his heart, which shows how disgusted he is with Yuwen Murou in his heart.

is also a concubine, his grandiose eldest son is far inferior to a princess in the eyes of his father, how can he not be jealous or annoyed?

Bai Muguan suddenly raised his eyes, and mustered up the courage to look directly at the emperor of the Ninety-Five. Fang Cai's fear was lost, and instead it was replaced by a composure that did not match her age: "Back to Your Majesty, it was Weichen who came voluntarily." ”

Yu Wencheng gritted his teeth and stared at her, his eyes seemed to be examining a monster, and he said unkindly: "You'd better explain to your father how you entered the palace, trespassing into the inner palace is a capital crime, and plotting against the nine clans is implicated." ”

At this moment, he secretly despised in his heart, thinking that he had looked too highly at the girl in front of him before, so stupid and ignorant and not afraid of death, at this time, he didn't know how to shirk responsibility, and dared to open his mouth to admit it. Anyway, even if she doesn't die tonight, she will still be able to escape death when the incident happens tomorrow.

Yu Wencheng had already designed all this, just waiting for them to drill in. If it is said that when Bai Muguan first returned to Beijing, he also thought about getting her and Mobei military power to help him win the heir. It wasn't until later that the spies he arranged in the palace found that she and Yuwen Murou were talking privately in the imperial garden, and it was a curse for him to keep such a stupid woman who likes to meddle, not to mention that she has been living in the East Palace to stay by Yuwen Ye's side! It's not easy to get, so it's better to get rid of it quickly.

The first time he saw him in the East Palace that day, maybe he was almost attracted by her bright complexion at a moment, but her contemptuous words completely angered the arrogant and conceited Yu Wencheng. Today, Yuwen Murou was under house arrest, and he calculated that she would ask Bai Muguan for help, so he tried to deliberately attract the emperor to the Lan Palace, so there was the scene just now. If he hadn't secretly bribed the Praetorian Guards to release water and the airtight palace, how could they easily break into the palace?

"Your Majesty, the courtiers believe that Princess Hemu was wronged, because she has no reason to hurt Li Zhaoyi, and Your Majesty knows this. On the contrary, some people's motives are very unsound. Speaking of the last sentence, Bai Muguan's pointed gaze subconsciously glanced at Yu Wencheng.

Yuwen Haotian really fell into deep thought, as if he thought of something, a dragon face was uncertain.

Condescendingly looked at the girl who was kneeling on the ground, her stubborn and confident eyes made him almost lose his mind, and his heart twitched. The tone couldn't help but soften a little: "I always believe in my heart that Mu Rou is innocent and wronged, but now the evidence is conclusive, I am Mu Rou's father, and I am the lord of the world, what can you say about me?" ”

Yuwen Murou has always had a cold face, especially after the death of Concubine Chen, she became more and more depressed, and at this moment, a pair of beautiful eyes were full of tears, and her appearance was pitiful: "Father, my daughter has really been wronged." ”

Yuwen Haotian was extremely distressed in his eyes, and his fatherly feelings had already replaced Fang Cai's anger.

"Father," Yuwen Cheng faintly began to be anxious, and hurriedly said something to add to the fire, "Mu Rou's matter can be discussed later, and the top priority should be to deal with Bai Muguan, who has the unforgivable crime of trespassing in the inner palace!" ”

What a sin that is unforgivable!

The girl sighed in her heart, she clearly knew that every word she said could affect life and death, and even affect her father who was far away in Mobei. Facing the eldest prince who was eager to cure her to death, Bai Muguan calmly retorted: "The courtiers have confessed their guilt and confessed, how to punish it is up to Your Majesty to decide, isn't the eldest prince so anxious because he is worried that His Majesty's execution is inappropriate?" ”

"How dare you talk nonsense and slander me!" Yuwen Chenghan scolded angrily, and suddenly found that his father's face was a little darker, and he didn't have time to think about it and hurriedly explained, "Father, the son has no such intention!" How to deal with it should be decided by the father, and the son is not qualified to intervene. ”

"You are my eldest son, an example of the royal family, but there are often inappropriate words and deeds." Saying that, Yuwen Haotian sighed heavily, and said unhappily, "That's it, it's too late, you go out of the palace and go back to the house early, and you have nothing to do to reflect!" ”

It's telling him to fuck off.

Yu Wencheng didn't dare to disobey and hung his head.

After he left reluctantly, Yuwen Haotian suddenly spoke: "Bai Muguan, tonight you have no way to refute the inner palace is a big crime, I see that you are young and frivolous, so I will not pursue it for the time being, but you should always give me an explanation." ”

Bai Muguan's eyes flashed, and he knew that instead of begging for mercy at the moment, it was better to put a high hat on the emperor, no matter who loved to listen to good words, the emperor was no exception. Thinking of this, she pondered it and said: "It's late at night, but Your Majesty suddenly came here, and happened to bump into the courtiers here, don't you feel a little strange when you think about it?" The courtiers were bold enough to sneak into the inner palace late at night, knowing that they were guilty of a great crime, and they didn't dare to beg for mercy, but they did come because the courtiers were concerned about Princess Hemu. The courtiers know that you are not only a good emperor who is wise and martial, but also a good father who cherishes the princess. The courtiers only ask Your Majesty to return the princess's innocence as soon as possible! As for the courtier's mistake tonight, I believe that His Majesty is magnanimous and does not care. ”

Her meaning was clear and clear. In fact, tonight's big and small mistakes are all in the emperor's thoughts.

A playful smile flashed in Yuwen Haotian's eyes, and he unconsciously appeared like Concubine Chen when she was young.

is also smart and good at arguing, and the heroic and fearless Bai Muguan is more like Concubine Chen at a young age than their biological beloved daughter Yuwen Murou. No, at that time, his favorite person was not a concubine, but the talented and energetic daughter of the Fang family.

In the blink of an eye, it was beautiful.

He still remembers the day they first met in the barracks, she disguised herself as a man and turned into the adjutant general of her father, General Fang, disdainful of his eloquent talk about leading the troops, and the young people actually started to do it when they were in high spirits, and it was ridiculous that his seven-foot man in Yuwenhao Heavenly Hall was defeated by her! Immediately after that, she was not in a hurry to express her chest about the strategy of controlling the enemy, and he was amazed, and after successfully breaking the enemy, she admired her so much that she couldn't wait to be immediately introduced as a confidant.

Slowly retracting his thoughts, Yuwen Haotian pondered for a moment, stretched out his hand to help Yuwen Murou, and then turned his face to Bai Muguan Zhengse, who was kneeling beside him, and said, "You also calm down first." It is not advisable to leave the palace again in the middle of the night, so you will stay in the Guilan Hall tonight to accompany the princess for one night. ”

As soon as he said this, Bai Muguan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his palms were drenched in cold sweat. The emperor deliberately covered her up, which is equivalent to saying that he will not investigate the guilt again!

His face did not forget to show sincere gratitude at the right time: "Courtier, thank Your Majesty for forgiveness." ”

She hadn't finished thanking her yet, but she didn't expect the emperor's old fox's next sentence to be: "I know that you don't let your women shave your eyebrows, and it is better to thoroughly investigate this matter for me than to be idle in the capital." I give you three days, and when the three days arrive, if you can't find out the real murderer, I have no choice but to believe the words of those palace maids. When the time comes, if you sneak into the palace tonight, I will deal with it impartially! On the other hand, if you find out the real culprit, I will not only no longer pursue today's affairs, but will also reward you. ”

Bai Muguan and Yuwen Murong glanced at each other.

Sure enough, they were too young and too early to rejoice!

"Yes, the courtiers obey." A certain girl didn't dare to say that she was wronged, and she was respectful.

If you really give three days, it should be enough.