Yan Rou looked at the direction of the door, and after a while, Mama Xu walked in with water.

After coming in, Mama Xu untied the rope on Yan Rou's body, dipped the handkerchief with water, and gently wiped the dirt on her body. After seeing the criss-crossing scars on Yan Rou's skin, Mama Xu raised her head and glanced at Yan Rou meaningfully.

Seeing Mama Xu's eyes, Yan Rou was furious in her heart, and with a force on her hand, she waved Mama Xu's hand away. The handkerchief in Mama Xu's hand also flew out of Mama Xu's hand because of this wave.

Mama Xu was not annoyed, turned around and picked up the handkerchief, washed it again, and handed it to Yan Rou. Seeing that Yan Rou didn't answer, Mama Xu put down the handkerchief, turned around and walked out of the door.

Yan Rou saw Mama Xu leaving, stood up from the side of the bed, and followed Mama Xu to the door. But when he walked to the door, he heard the sound of locking the door.

"What are you doing? Why are you locking me up? Where is this and who are you? Yan Rou banged on the door vigorously and asked loudly outside the door.

But there was no sound outside the door, and she didn't hear a word of answer.

Yan Rou slapped for a long time, but still didn't get any reply. In desperation, Yan Rou had no choice but to walk to the side of the bed, leaning on the edge of the bed and closing her eyes to rest.

At the same time, the atmosphere in the Taiqian Hall also took a sharp turn for the worse.

On the floor of the main hall lie a few books that have been marked with a red pen, as well as a few pieces of fine broken porcelain. The civil and military officials knelt on the ground, their heads bowed, and they didn't dare to breathe. Xiao Zhihan stood among the hundred officials, looking at Xiao Deyong sitting on the dragon chair above the hall with a cold face. Xiao De's face was flushed with anger, and the palace maid who was waiting took the handkerchief and gently wiped the tea stains on his hands and clothes.

"King Ming, you are so arrogant, do you still have my father in your eyes?" Xiao Deyong looked at Xiao Zhihan and asked angrily.

He was just about to ask this plague star for the crime of incompetence, but who expected that as soon as he opened his mouth, this plague star directly blocked his words. If it weren't for the sacrifice to the sky when the Nine Stars were aligned, he would have pushed this disaster star out and executed Ling Chi a long time ago!

"This king also wants to ask the emperor, in your eyes, do you still have this king's son?" Xiao Zhihan met Xiao Deyong's gaze, and a touch of coolness crossed his eyes.

"Presumptuous!" Xiao Deyong was furious.

"The emperor is angry!" The officials looked frightened and persuaded in unison.

"Third brother, don't say a word!" The crown prince Xiao Chenyu, who was kneeling at the head of the hundred officials, quickly flashed a touch of schadenfreude in his eyes, looked sideways at Xiao Zhihan who was standing in the main hall, and dissuaded in a deep voice.

When he and his father used the ministers of the court to calculate Xiao Zhihan, a disaster star, they had already calculated all the future affairs.

If Xiao Zhihan can't find out the real culprit behind the scenes, then directly follow what his father said in his father's will, and dismiss him for investigation. But if he is lucky enough to find out the case, he will also be charged with incompetence. Those adults, but during his tenure, he had an accident, no matter what, he, the general of the city defense battalion, could not escape the blame.

It's just that the courage of this disaster star is getting bigger and bigger day by day, and when he learned that his father was going to be grounded in him, he dared to openly resist.

Before, he thought that his father was favoring Xiao Zhihan, but now that he knows that Xiao Zhihan is just a sacrifice, he wants to see how Xiao Zhihan can escape this calculated catastrophe this time!

"Come on, send King Ming back to King Ming's mansion! Since he is so ignorant of what to do, let him be grounded in the house, when will he reflect, when will he come out again! Xiao Deyong glanced at Xiao Zhihan and commanded angrily.

Several guards walked in, walked to Xiao Zhihan's side with expressionless faces, looked at Xiao Zhihan and said, "His Royal Highness King Ming, please." ”

Xiao Zhi laughed coldly, turned around and walked towards the outside of the hall. Several guards didn't dare to slack off, and followed behind Xiao Zhihan step by step.

After returning to the Ming Palace, Xiao Zhihan had just entered the palace with his front foot, and Wu Wei followed a team of Praetorian Guards to the outside of the Ming Palace.

"The brothers are all guarded, and if anything goes wrong, they will take your heads and give them an errand." Wu Wei deliberately amplified his voice, coupled with the gloating on his face, the people around King Ming's Mansion knew that King Ming was punished by the emperor.

After a while, the news spread. There was a person who didn't believe in evil, quietly approached the Ming Wangfu and took a look, and saw that the Ming Wangfu was really surrounded by the people of the Janissary Camp, and the person who led the team still had a deep relationship with Xiao Zhihan Wu Wei, they couldn't help but applaud.

The fierce and vicious King Ming was grounded, and they, the people of the capital, finally didn't have to worry about going out.

In the Ming Palace, the subordinates of the Ming Palace, when they learned that the palace was surrounded by people, they were all worried.

"You say that the prince has created some kind of evil, no matter what he does, there will always be people who hold on to his mistakes and make it difficult for him everywhere." Mama Zhang looked at Steward Chen beside her, and whispered for Xiao Zhihan.

"Mama Zhang, you are an old man in the house, what to say and what not to say, you should be clear." Steward Chen glanced at Mama Zhang with a calm face and said remindedly.

He didn't feel sorry for the prince, but after so many years, what those people did had already made him no longer have half hope. Those royal nobles throughout the ages, how much of the family affection of ordinary people can have?

"It's all gone, what to do and what to do. If anyone dares to talk long and short behind his back, he will pack up his things and leave as soon as possible, and when the time comes, he will annoy the prince and lose his life in vain. Steward Chen's eyes scanned the people gathered in the Ming Palace, and said warningly.

Hearing Steward Chen say this, the subordinates who had originally gathered together to whisper immediately dispersed.

In Mufeng Garden, Yan Xi looked at Xiao Zhihan, and her delicate little face was full of indignation. "Xiao Zhihan, what's the matter with your emperor's father, this murder case, you can't find out and you have to be dismissed and investigated, and if you find out, you still have to ask for your crime! Isn't this a sincere calculation of you? ”

Xiao Zhihan looked at Yan Xi's angry appearance and let her say.

"Xiao Zhihan, what's the matter with you, do you really not mind this kind of thing at all?" Yan Xi looked at Xiao Zhihan without saying a word, and felt sorry for him for a long time when she was here, but he didn't react at all?

Xiao Zhihan took Yan Xi's hand, pulled him to his side and sat down, and said softly, "It's been so long since you been in the capital, haven't you even understood it?" ”

Yan Xi was infected by the coldness in Xiao Zhihan's words, and in an instant, the grievances that rose in his heart for Xiao Zhihan gradually dissipated. At this time, she was extremely curious to know what had happened between the father and son of the Heavenly Family that had brought them to where they are now.

"If you want to know, it's okay for you to speak." Looking at Yan Xi's eyes, Xiao Zhihan chuckled, "The year I was born, there was a disaster in various places that was rare in several years. The Xiao State was also in chaos, and several cities were lost at the border. Therefore, they all said that I was a disaster star from the sky and a scourge of Xiao Guo. ”

Yan Xi felt a pain in her heart, and stretched out her hand to hold Xiao Zhihan's palm.

In this era, those in power believe in those oracles the most. If Xiao Zhihan was born as a disaster star, with the virtue of his emperor father, how could he be allowed to live until now.

"Later, it took a few years for the national teacher to come up with a way to solve the doom of Xiao Guo." Looking at the thoughts in Yan Xi's eyes, Xiao Zhihan continued, "The national teacher said that there will be a nine-star star in the near future, as long as I use my calamity star to sacrifice to the sky when the nine stars are in a row, I can protect Xiao Guo, and even make Xiao Guo go one step further and become the overlord of the world." ”

Xiao Zhihan paused and continued, "So, I was lucky to have survived until now. ”

"Nine stars? Worship the sky? Your national teacher is a god, right? Dare to say any bullshit and nonsense, it's just a lie. Listening to Xiao Zhihan's words, Yan Xi directly exploded, and scolded angrily regardless of his image, "You ignorant ancients are simply terrifying, the Nine Stars Alignment is just nine planets turned into a line, what's so strange?" It's also a wonder, and it uses people to sacrifice to the sky, what kind of bizarre ideas are they......"

Yan Xi said and suddenly fell silent. Just because when she was scolding, she saw Xiao Zhihan looking at herself with interesting eyes. Seeing Xiao Zhihan's eyes, Yan Xi was shocked to realize that he was about to miss out for a while.

"You don't have the same idea as the emperor and that national teacher, and plan to sacrifice yourself when the nine stars are aligned, right?" Yan Xi rolled her eyes and immediately changed the topic.

"What if I had the plan?" Xiao Zhihan saw that Yan Xi was reluctant to speak, and he didn't force her, so he followed her words.

"Then I'd better leave as soon as possible, lest I become a widow at a young age." Yan Xi shook off Xiao Zhihan's hand and looked at him with disgust.

Xiao Zhihan's face darkened, and he picked up the teacup on the table and calmed down his mood at this time.

This damn woman can always provoke him with different tricks.

"Come on, don't stare at me, knowing that I'm kidding you." Yan Xi looked at Xiao Zhihan and asked with a straight face, "I'm in the same boat as you now, shouldn't you tell me your plans?" ”

said that Xiao Zhihan didn't have any ideas, Yan Xi absolutely didn't believe it. This man, from head to toe, did not have half a point willing to believe in the appearance of fate. The jade pendant that was given to her before that could command the eight departments of the Ming Palace, as well as the paper voucher that she wrote to her when she followed her back to Beijing, all showed this man's ambition.

"I was going to tell you when I took you back to Beijing, but there have been a lot of things recently, and I haven't found a chance." Xiao Zhihan said, "Wait and say hello to Wu Wei later, and I'll take you to a place." ”

When he was in Fengcheng, when Yan Xi pulled his life back from the Ghost Gate, he had already identified this woman. If not, he would definitely not tell her the secret of the jade pendant.

Now that he is confined by the emperor, he doesn't have so many trivial things to bother him, and he has free time, and it's time for his subordinates to meet their princesses.