Lan Xi Palace.

Ling Guifei was lazily leaning on the couch, picking at the Dankou on her nails, listening to the report of the people below, and suddenly stood up suddenly: "What did you say, Changning has returned to the palace?" ”

"Yes, Niangniang, if you want to come to Princess Changning, she won't leave the palace this time, Your Majesty has given her Chaoyang Palace." Concubine Ling's personal palace maid Red Sleeves replied respectfully.

Ling Guifei sat down again and rubbed her eyebrows, "Okay, this palace knows, except for the red sleeves, everyone else should go down." ”

"Yes, slave/slave retire."

After the people finished retreating, Ling Guifei's kind and harmless face gradually became distorted, and her palms couldn't help but clench, as if she was about to pinch the blood, and gritted her teeth and said, "This palace has gone so hard to kill her, and she can still come back safe and sound." What kind of good luck did this little-man go! ”

"Calm your anger, don't hurt yourself." Red Sleeves hurriedly persuaded.

"Anger?" With a "snap", Ling Guifei's angry hand rose and fell.

Red Sleeves was beaten and fell to the ground, her face was red and swollen, but she didn't dare to touch it, she just got up and knelt down. I don't know how much this happened, she was almost used to it.

Her mother is always a gentle and virtuous lady in front of people, benevolent and kind, and everyone in the harem praises her, and even the court calls her a generation of virtuous concubines, but only she knows how cruel Ling Guifei is after removing this face in private.

"How do you make this palace angry, I didn't kill her with such a ruthless poison before, but I only killed a Concubine Yun Xian, and now I finally learned her whereabouts, and the killer who spent so much money to hire actually let her escape! How can the life of a be so good! Ling Guifei said indignantly.

"Niangniang actually doesn't have to worry so much, although that little can't die for a while, but since she has returned to the palace, and this harem is managed by Niangniang, why don't you worry about not killing her. What's more, His Majesty has already appointed the eldest prince as the crown prince, so why should the mother worry? Redsleeves cautiously persuaded.

"Prince...... Hmph, are there still fewer deposed princes in these dynasties? If it weren't for another precedent in the history of the Chu State to abolish the crown prince and establish the crown princess, why would this palace be so jealous of that little! ”

Emperor Shengwu, the founding emperor of Chu State, had a concubine, who was favored and favored, comparable to the queen, but he was blushing and thin, leaving a daughter and returning to the west, Emperor Shengwu mourned and chased him as the queen, and then he never forgot it, and he loved his daughter very much.

In the emperor's later years, he was afraid that no one would be able to protect his beloved daughter after he left, so he set a precedent of abolishing the crown prince and establishing the prince's daughter, although most of the courtiers strongly opposed it, but they were deterred by the iron-fisted methods of Emperor Shengwu, and no one dared to criticize it after that.

Fortunately, the princess can not lose to the man, after ascending the throne, she used a strong political skill to clean up those old ministers to be obedient, and the treatment of the government is even more conscientious, never slack, the government affairs are handled in an orderly manner, and the country laid down by Emperor Shengwu is well consolidated, so it has also been willingly surrendered by the subjects.

Although some pedantic scholars were still dissatisfied with the empress, they could not cover up the empress's exploits and her good reputation among the people. It is precisely because of the emergence of an empress that the people of Chu are more open than other countries.

In Ling Guifei's eyes, history is so similar, she is afraid that today, like Emperor Shengwu, will abolish her son Mu Xuanyang's crown prince, so she will spare no effort to get rid of Mu Ranyue.

Ling Guifei's anger gradually subsided, it didn't matter, she didn't believe that Mu Ranyue's life had always been good, and one day she would let Mu Ranyue plant it in her hands. Ling Guifei clenched her fists, and her eyes were fierce.

……

Qiande Palace.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness has been assassinated, and your subordinates have not fulfilled their responsibility to protect, please punish Your Majesty." After Cheng Zhe came back, he came to the palace to ask Mu Ruiyuan for his guilt.

"Get up, I can't blame you for this, I didn't expect that thief to be so cunning that he could come up with this plan to divert the tiger from the mountain." The killing intent in Mu Ruiyuan's eyes flashed, "What marks do those killers have?" ”

Cheng Zhe stood up and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, after the princess left with the person who saved her, her subordinates went to investigate the assassins' bodies, and their subordinates found that they were all branded with ghost flowers, so those killers should come from the Boundless Palace." ”

"Boundless? The Boundless Palace, which is known as the number one organization in the world? ”

"Exactly, the killers and intelligence of the Boundless Palace are known as the best in the world. However, the palace master of the Boundless Palace, Jun Wuji, is a very mysterious person, and no one in the rivers and lakes has ever seen his true face.

In addition to collecting intelligence and killing people on behalf of the money-payers, the Boundless Palace never mixes in the affairs of the rivers and lakes. Therefore, someone must have paid for the life of the princess for the Endless Palace. ”

"Yue'er's itinerary is also secretive, but the thief knows it so well. I think it's either the people around Yue'er, or there are people with bad intentions around Yue'er, and you have been with Yue'er for many years, so I will leave this matter to you, and you must find out what I need. Mu Ruiyuan said undoubtedly.

"Yes, the subordinates must live up to their mission!" Cheng Zhe firmly promised, and then withdrew.

Halfway through, Mu Ranyue was lying on the bed, but she couldn't help but think of Ye Zichen's figure in her mind, lingering.

She thought of his handsome face, of his ruthlessness when he rescued her, and of his indifference in the car with his eyes closed...... For some reason, I felt a little hot in my cheeks.

Suddenly, she was a little irritable, forget it, don't think about it, isn't it just a man who looks like everyone is angry? Isn't it just a life-saving grace for yourself? What is there to think about. She silently recited in her heart, and before she knew it, she fell asleep.

Left Prime Minister's House.

Ye Zichen stood tall, and the bright moonlight sprinkled on him, making him seem to be an immortal who was about to step on the moon and return.

It's just that the cold arrogance exuded by this immortal made the people kneeling below shudder.

"Regarding the assassination of Princess Changning, did Emperor Chu find any clues?" Ye Zichen asked.

"Back to the Lord, not yet."

Ye Zichen frowned, and then instructed the people below: "Find a way to lead his people to find out." ”

"Yes, Lord." The kneeling man disappeared in an instant.

Ye Zichen sat down lazily in front of the bookcase, her slender white fingers unconsciously tapping on the table, as if thinking about something.

Han Sheng on the side couldn't help but speak: "Lord, my subordinates don't understand, why do you want people to help Emperor Chu investigate the case?" ”

Ye Zichen said coldly: "She has value for me, and when I haven't played her value, I have to make sure that she is okay." ”

"But my lord, how can you be sure that Princess Changning knows the whereabouts of that thing?" Han Sheng believed that even if Emperor Chu doted on her daughter again, it would be impossible to tell such an important thing to a woman.

"Because I know the emperor, you don't need to know too much about it. How is Mother doing? Ye Zichen asked.

"Back to the Lord, according to the report from Red Lotus, Niangniang has been fine recently, since the emperor agreed to the transaction with you, he has not fed Niangniang Xue Luo Dan anymore."

After listening, Ye Zichen was slightly relieved. However, there was a terrible hatred in his heart, and one day he would save his mother, and he would make the man want to live, and he would take away all the things he cherished, even if it was his father.

At this time, Ye Zichen's body was no longer arrogant and cold, but domineering in the world.

For the sake of the so-called great cause in his heart, that man can actually make a son who threatens his own woman, he is simply unworthy of being a father and not worthy of being a man.

Ye Zichen thought of this, and thought of the warm scene between Mu Ruiyuan and Mu Ranyue today, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a wry smile. And Han Sheng's words just now reminded him of that scene a few months ago, which was also the reason why he thought Mu Ranyue was useful.

On that day, Mu Ruiyuan secretly summoned Ye Zichen into the palace.

"Zichen, I won't give you a detour, I will summon you into the palace today, just for the prince." Mu Ruiyuan went straight to the point.

Crown prince? The prince hasn't had anything happen recently, Ye Zichen is a little puzzled.

"I don't know, but what happened to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"No, nothing happened to the prince, it's just that my body hasn't been very good all these years, and now I vomit blood from time to time. Mu Ruiyuan's tone when he said this was a little melancholy, a little worried, and some were relieved.

"Your Majesty, why did you say this, you are in the prime of life, and you are benevolent and loving the people, and you will be able to bless the sky." Ye Zichen said.

"Alright, you've always been out of the ordinary, and when will you learn to say something high-sounding to please me? I am not afraid of death, and sometimes I even hope that I can die soon, so that I can accompany the queen. However, the only thing I can't let go of in my heart is Changning. Mu Ruiyuan sighed.

"In that case, how does Your Majesty plan to place the princess?" Ye Zichen didn't say those polite words to him anymore, and the other party didn't want to hear it anyway.

"Changning is the only flesh and blood between me and the queen, and I will definitely protect her for the rest of her life. After I left, although there was Murong Villa behind her, the Murong family was just cloth after all, how could they protect her. I thought about it, only by sitting in the most honorable position in the world can I protect her for a lifetime.

Therefore, I want to emulate Emperor Shengwu. And the prince is mediocre, and he is not wronged if he abolishes him. ”

Ye Zichen listened to these words, even if he was as indifferent as him, he was also a little touched, Mu Ruiyuan, as an emperor, was able to do his best for his daughter like a father in an ordinary commoner's family, which was really not easy.

"Your Majesty has a decision, and the ministers should obey it. What does Your Majesty want your Majesty to do? ”

"I hope that you, after I leave, can assist Changning wholeheartedly. Among the ministers, I believe in you alone! "Ye Zichen is talented and strategic, although he is in a high position, he has a clean sleeve, and he never forms a gang, he has dealt with a lot of tricky things for him over the years, and he never asks for credit, and he dares to give direct advice, and never flatters and bullies. Therefore, Mu Ruiyuan trusted him more and more and valued him.

"Minister, you will live up to Your Majesty's trust!" Ye Zichen solemnly promised.

"Okay, then I can rest assured."

Thinking back, Ye Zichen thought that if that man had Mu Ruiyuan and Mu Ranyue to him, he couldn't hate him so much.

Then he thought of the much-loved princess he had seen to-day, and although he had not been with her for a long time, he could see her character. She was bold and lively, but also simple and kind, unlike any of the girls he had seen before. Although he knows how unbearable it is to use a girl, but for him, as long as he can get his mother out of the clutches as soon as possible, he is willing to do whatever he is asked to do!