Chapter 12: Turmoil in the court
The night is as dark as ink, a little starlight sprinkles into the courtyard, and the cold and cold moonlit night is silent, calm as water.
A dark shadow stumbled into the courtyard of the Fallen Snow Temple, breaking the silence of the night. Lan Gu picked up the lamp and walked out, saw a woman on the ground lying in the clearing, panicked forward, helped the woman into the inner room.
"She was poisoned and took the silver needle from the palace." Mu Yunqi got up to look, and immediately stepped forward from the soft couch to support the woman in black.
"Crown Princess, outside the palace.. Manpower outside the palace... All destroyed... Mouth......" The woman in black said with all her might, and fell weakly.
Mu Yunqi's calm body shook in vain, and she said in a slight panic: "Why are you poisoned?" ”
The woman in black stiffened herself and said angrily: "The hands placed in the palace... All poisoned and poisoned ......"
Lan Gu took the silver needle bag and handed it to Mu Yunqi, she quickly took it and put it on the square table to spread it out and take the needle, she took a slender needle and gently pierced her pulse, and then took out two of them and inserted them into her person, Baihui, she twisted her two fingers lightly, and the silver needle immediately turned black from bottom to top.
She took out the silver needle and pricked it again in the woman's palace, and after a while, she spat out a mouthful of black blood.
"Crown Princess, the third young master has rebelled." After the woman woke up, she immediately said, and her body struggled to get up from the couch, but was stopped by Lan Gu.
Mu Yunqi sat on the chair and was slightly distracted, the uneasiness in her heart for many days finally calmed down, the dust settled, and she muttered, "It's still here after all." ”
Lan Gu glanced at her, leaned over and said, "The slave maid went to check the situation in the palace." With that, he walked out.
The sound of footsteps outside the door came in, the originally dark and silent courtyard was brightly lit at the moment, and the sound of neat steps was particularly loud in the silent night, and the forbidden army standing in the open space in the courtyard blocked the palace gate, and the commander Su Bei was wearing armor and stepping into the room with a sword in his hand, he walked in front of Mu Yunqi and bowed down and said: "Crown princess, I am ordered to take away the slaves and maids in your room, please forgive the princess." ”
"On whose orders?" She got up and looked at him, her eyes as cold as the bottom of a cold pool, which shocked Su Bei's heart.
"Humble duty is under the orders of the emperor." He said respectfully, slightly admiring the cold aura emanating from the woman's body.
After finishing speaking, she waved her hand with her back to the forbidden army behind her, and immediately entered the door with two sturdy guards, walked to the soft couch and carried the woman on the couch away, "Take care of the crown princess." The woman's dragged body looked back at her, and she looked back as if saying goodbye, a smile of relief on her lips.
Mu Yunqi stood in the room in a snow fox trimmed silver and white suit, his face was as cold as the top of an iceberg, and he looked coldly at the forbidden army who left in an orderly manner at the door of the room. Her heart was blank, like the frozen ice on the surface of a lake in winter, chilling people's hearts.
Yingfu stood at the door of the house and looked at the forbidden army who had left the palace gate, and turned to enter the house.
"Crown Princess, what should we do now?" She walked up to her side and said.
Mu Yunqi's expression was solemn, she turned around and sat down on the red sandalwood chair, and said after some contemplation: "Before entering the palace, my father said that if the third brother raised troops, the palace could escape from the palace. It's not difficult for you and me to get out of the palace, but Aunt Lan..."
Her eyes inadvertently swept under the cushion of the soft couch, as if she was holding a little note, she quickly stepped forward and pulled it out, quickly opened it, and there were two block letters neatly written on the note: If you don't know the situation, you must protect yourself first; If there is no way out, it will be out of the cage. On the back of the notebook is a drawing, composed in the palace.
"It's my father's words, it's he who expected the third brother to come this far......" She sat on the soft couch, and the notebook in her hand was taken by Yingfu.
"The crown princess...," Yingfu shouted in surprise.
"At present, there is still a need to plan outside the palace, so let's arrange it as soon as possible." Mu Yunqi commanded lightly.
Yingfu nodded and gestured to retreat.
Mu Yunche's rebellion shocked NATO, when the Mu family attacked Linchao, he was familiar with its terrain, and today's border belongs to the original Linchao. He led his army of more than 100,000 to easily capture several surrounding cities from the border, and Su Lu led the remaining army to resist with difficulty.
In the imperial capital, the officials and families of the Mu family were all imprisoned, and the prison was full of Mu family relatives.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the Crown Princess is the sister of Mu Yunche's relatives, if she doesn't punish the crime, it will really be bad for the country." The British Gong Xie Zhen knelt in the Kuilong Palace, and the hundreds of officials behind him knelt down one after another, asking the prince to abolish the princess and take the right day.
"I don't know how the crown princess and a woman can endanger the country?" Gu Hanxuan looked at Xie Wei and said, his eyes revealing the coldness of glacial meltwater.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must not be confused, the Crown Princess is equipped with martial arts, and it is really difficult to appease the hearts of the ministers by your side." Xie Wei's words were intense, and his body trembled slightly.
"The British princess should be confused, the crown princess has married into the royal family, and she is the wife of the palace, are you beaking the royal family?" He stood up and looked at the kneeling ministers at his feet, his eyes revealing cruelty.
"Wechen doesn't dare." Xie Wei's tone was calm, his confidence was insufficient, he had assisted the emperors of the three dynasties, and assisted every emperor to ascend the throne, but at present, the prince's mother family is strong, and there is no need for any court power to balance it, so his road to the throne must be smooth.
"The British Duke is old and can no longer afford to participate in state affairs, so the second son Xie Ji will be the lord and the Numerology Princess." After he finished speaking, he walked down the jade steps with his sleeves and calmly left from the middle of the ministers, ignoring Xie Jin's almost collapsed body.
The officials smacked their tongues one after another, feeling helpless at the prince's resolute and resolute behavior.
He sat in the study with one hand on his forehead, and threw the recital in his hand into the hall, and the ground was full of musicals.
"Your Highness, Subei went to the Snow Dumping Hall last night and took away a maid." Cheng Huan bowed his head and whispered beside him, afraid that the words he said would make him angry.
"How was the crown princess then?" He asked impatiently, and now there were many complaints in the court, which gave him a real headache.
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"Uh..."He said in a trailing voice, deeply surprised by this, with Mu Yunqi's temperament, it was not easy to take people away from her.
He suddenly felt that he hadn't seen her for a long time, as if his heart was full of uneasiness and worry, he didn't know what the mood was in his heart, but he knew that he would protect her with all his might, and protect her by his side.
He got up and walked out, walking in the direction of the Snow Dumping Temple. Cheng Huan shook his head lightly behind him, the prince treats the crown princess, don't mention it, that is the affection he can never understand.
The sky is clear and the sky is blue, the sunlight shines through the clouds to shine brightly and warmly, and everything in the cold and biting winter is full of warmth because of the clear sky, shining with a sense of warmth like spring.
Mu Yunqi sat down on the chair behind the table in a red brocade dress, holding a medical book in her hand, her expression was focused, and her face was calm.
Gu Hanxuan stood up at the door and looked at it, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, he walked into the room lightly, alarming her, she put down the book in her hand and raised a smile at him, warming his body covered with ice and snow, and tugging at his deepest heartstrings.
"Why is Your Highness here, is it available for dinner?" She asked, her voice as soft as flowing water.
"Not yet." He sat down on the couch and whispered.
"That's going to leave for dinner."
"Okay." He rejoiced in his heart and left himself for her for the first time.
She went to the door and gave orders, then walked back into the room and sat down across from him.
"His Royal Highness is melancholy, but it's for the court?" She looked at him and asked, a chuckle tugging at the corner of her mouth.
"It's okay, there's nothing to worry about." His tone was pretending to be brisk, with imperceptible cover, and he took a drink from the teacup on the square table.
"The concubine knows that His Royal Highness is in trouble, and now the Mu family is a traitor, and the concubine is not affected in the palace at all, and it is all under the protection of His Royal Highness." She said calmly, with gratitude in her tone.
"This palace has already said that the Mu family has nothing to do with you." Gu Hanxuan looked at her with a deep gaze, so that she couldn't ignore the indescribable emotion in his eyes.
She lowered her head and smiled, silent. She was really grateful to him, and since she entered the palace, she gradually understood a lot, Gu Hanxuan may have really fallen into herself because of the snow past.
No matter how sincere he was with her, he had to admit that she did rely on his protection in the palace, and if he didn't take care of everything, she would never have lived so well.
Gu Hanxuan got up and walked behind the table, picked up the book she had just put down and flipped through it.
"Last time I flipped through this book, I stumped the main palace." He said as he flipped over.
Mu Yunqi chuckled and got up, walked to his side, stood on tiptoe and looked at the pages he was flipping through.
She glanced at it and chuckled: "Of course Your Highness can't understand it, and there are many places where the concubines can't see clearly. ”
At this moment, Cheng Huan had quietly withdrawn from the room.
Mu Yunqi snatched the book, sat on the chair, and Gu Hanxuan leaned down.
"Look here, if the meridians here are sealed, if you want to lift the seal, you have to block the two veins of Rendu on your body, but the two veins are not connected, but they can't be broken." She pointed to the book and looked at him.
Gu Hanxuan couldn't help but smile and said, "The meridians in your body are still solved, because of this?" ”
"No, the concubine won't understand."
"Why?"
She looked at the painting in the book, pondered slightly, then looked up at him and said, "Your Highness, how do you know that the meridians on my body are sealed?" Her eyes narrowed slightly with confusion in her eyes.
Gu Hanxuan reached out and stroked her hair, looked at the corner, and was silent.
Seeing that he was silent, Mu Yunqi stopped entanglement, got up and put the book in his palm, spread out the picture in the book and pointed to one of the places and said, "Your Highness practices martial arts, you must know the meridians here." ”
Gu Hanxuan straightened up, looked down, confused, and said confidently: "Not everyone who practices martial arts knows. ”
Mu Yunqi looked up in surprise, her face undisguised her disdain, and the corners of her mouth hooked up and said, "It seems that it is no coincidence that the concubine was able to knock His Highness unconscious. ”
"This palace is humble to you." He retorted.
"Your Highness is reluctant to hurt your concubines." Mu Yunqi said proudly on his back.
The corners of his mouth twitched, and he said helplessly: "This palace really couldn't beat you at the beginning..."
"Haha, Your Highness is finally willing to admit it." She smiled like a flower, her cheeks were crimson, and her eyes were like bright stars, exuding a mesmerizing aura.
Gu Hanxuan smiled at the corner of his mouth, and looked at her dotingly.
Mu Yunqi stopped smiling after a moment, she looked at him with a happy face, and the corners of her mouth couldn't stop being proud.
His heart became hot, and he involuntarily lifted her chin and kissed it.
Mu Yunqi was stunned, staring at his slightly closed eyes, forgetting to struggle.
His hand unconsciously put his arm around her shoulder and stroked her neat and beautiful hair.
Mu Yunqi's blank thoughts suddenly jumped out of Gong Huan's face, she pushed him away in a panic, as if she realized her own abnormality, she covered her reddish lips, turned around in a daze, and sadness rose in her heart.
Gu Hanxuan was annoyed by his behavior, she treated him today without the indifference and perfunctory of the past, which made him ecstatic and almost lost his mind.
Mu Yunqi turned around and smiled at him reluctantly, the ambiguous atmosphere in the room made her uncomfortable, walked to the window lattice and pushed open the window sash, leaning against the window railing to look at him, a sense of guilt filled her face.
The cold wind blew in from the window, raising her thin gorgeous coat, and a smile sipped at the corner of her mouth, like Feifeng, who was about to leave decisively, with farewell and gratitude.
Gu Hanxuan couldn't help but feel a dull pain in his heart, quickly stepped forward to hug her, hugged her tightly, sniffed the fragrance emanating from her bun, and deeply caressed the squirming uneasiness in his heart.
Mu Yunqi's face turned pale, and the guilt in his heart became stronger and stronger. His body was warm by his embrace, and his eyes were closed, allowing himself to cherish the warmth in his arms.
Yingfu slowly entered the house, looked at the window lattice, and the two immediately bowed their heads and said, "Princess, lunch has been served." With that, he turned and retreated, as if fleeing.
Gu Hanxuan let go of her body, raised a gentle smile, closed the window sash behind her, and took her green jade fingers and walked outside the hall.