Chu State, Qingyang Palace.

Since being demoted, Mu Xuanzhan's life has been very casual, he has to go to the Hualou restaurant almost every day, and he has made friends with Qingyang's gentlemen, and he is a merry prince.

Not long after Mu Xuanche ascended the throne, he asked him to marry Shen Ruxi, the daughter of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and he had no objections, so he happily married. has a beautiful wife and concubine in her arms all day long, and the days are really pleasant.

And today, it is his twenty-first birthday, and almost all the officials and gentry in Qingyang have come to Qingyang Wangfu to celebrate his birthday.

Mu Xuanzhan and Shen Ruxi sat on the top, smiled and took the congratulations one by one, smiling and smiling.

However, just as everyone was rising, a masked man suddenly flew down from the top, holding a sword and heading straight towards Mu Xuanzhan.

"Your Highness!" Shen Ruxi exclaimed.

Mu Xuanzhan dodged sideways, but he was still scratched on his arm.

Shen Ruxi's face turned pale with fright, and he shouted: "Come on, there are assassins!" There are assassins! ”

Everyone was shocked, Mu Xuanzhan instinctively overturned the desk in front of him, and then pulled out the sword at his waist and quickly fought with the assassin, and the guards outside immediately rushed in to arrest the assassin.

In an instant, the assassins hiding in the shadows also appeared, and the hall was in chaos, with the guests screaming and blood splattering.

Mu Xuanzhan also felt more and more physically exhausted, the wound on his arm was still bleeding, his eyes were a little black, and he was about to collapse.

"Your Highness, be careful!"

Mu Xuanzhan came back to his senses slightly, and was shocked to find that Shen Ruxi was blocking in front of him, and the sword in the assassin's hand was about to stab him, but at this moment, the assassin was suddenly stabbed from behind, and the assassin fell directly to the ground and died.

Mu Xuanzhan hurriedly hugged her: "Ruxi, are you okay?" ”

Shen Ruxi forced a smile, "Your Highness, the concubine is fine." ”

"Your Highness, take the princess away!" Mu Xuanzhan's personal guard shouted as he responded to the enemy.

Mu Xuanzhan nodded solemnly, and pulled Shen Ruxi all the way to the courtyard, and more than a dozen sharp arrows suddenly shot down on the courtyard wall, he pulled Shen Ruxi to quickly dodge these arrows, and then protected Shen Ruxi while facing the enemy.

Suddenly, all the people on the courtyard wall fell to the ground and died.

Mu Xuanzhan was stunned, what is going on?

And the sound of fighting in the hall became smaller and smaller, and he breathed a sigh of relief, this assassination was finally over. But at the same time, he is also thinking in his heart, he is now at ease to be an idle prince, who is it that still doesn't let him go?

Suddenly, more than a dozen people flew in from outside the courtyard wall, Mu Xuanzhan couldn't help but take a few steps back, and protected Shen Ruxi behind him, looking at them vigilantly.

The leader was dressed in blue, stepped forward and arched his hand: "I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Qingyang." Your Highness don't worry, we are not here to assassinate Your Highness. ”

He pointed to the corpses on the ground, "These people are still solved by us for His Highness." ”

Hearing them say this, seeing that they really didn't mean to do anything, Mu Xuanche was slightly relieved, and heard them say that these assassins on the ground were all killed by them, and saluted back: "Thank you knights, but why do you want to help me?" ”

The leader smiled, "Your Highness doesn't have to worry too much, we came to save Your Highness, and naturally it was not in vain." ”

Seeing that he said so bluntly, Mu Xuanche was slightly stunned, and smiled: "The prince is honest, but this king is just a degraded prince, what can he do for the son?" ”

The man smiled, looked at his arm and said, "Your Highness's wound is still bleeding, let's go and deal with the wound first, and we will talk about it later." ”

Mu Xuanzhan looked at him suspiciously, bowing slightly.

These days, Nangong Jinchen still hasn't sent troops, but Mu Xuanche couldn't hold it anymore and began to send troops to attack Anyang, but as everyone knows, this is exactly the trap set by Nangong Jinchen.

Nangong Jinchen ordered Yu Hua to defend in Anyang, and he brought an elite team around Yiyuan to the west of Anyang at this time.

After Mu Xuanche got the news, he was almost so angry that he vomited blood, Anyang couldn't attack it for a long time, and now even Yiyuan couldn't hold it.

He said why Nangong Jinchen hadn't made a move for a long time, it turned out that he was thinking of occupying Yiyuan by surprise.

Half a month later, Yiyuan was lost, and Anyang was not captured, and the Chu army was almost completely annihilated.

Mu Xuanche had no choice but to retreat to Min Yue, he really couldn't figure out why this battle was so tragic, but he would never have thought that Nangong Jinchen had the Xuanwu Army known as a divine soldier in his hands.

And the Yan Kingdom in the northwest has captured another city, which is undoubtedly worse. After hearing the news, Mu Xuanche really couldn't help but squirt a mouthful of blood.

In this war, the state of Chu has spent too many troops, if it continues to fight, the state of Chu will definitely lose, do you really want him to hand over the letter of surrender to the two countries?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something is wrong......

Before Mu Xuanche could recover from his recovery, he saw another guard running in sweating, and with that expression, something must have happened again.

Mu Xuanche took a few deep breaths, after going through so many things, what else could he not bear?

He said wearily, "Say." ”

"Your Majesty, King Qingyang...... King Qingyang ascended the throne as emperor under the banner of overthrowing the tyrant in Nanling. ”

Mu Xuanche just snorted, and didn't have any big reaction.

The guard looked at him suspiciously, His Majesty didn't react to such a big matter?

Suddenly, Mu Xuanche's face froze, "You just ...... What was said? King Qingyang ascended the throne and became emperor? ”

The guard nodded blankly.

Mu Xuan stood up resolutely, "King Qingyang? Mu Xuanzhan? Enthroned as emperor? ”

The guard was so frightened by his eyes that he hurriedly lowered his head: "Yes." ”

only heard a "bang", and the table in front of Mu Xuanche had been overturned on the ground.

"Your Majesty is angry!"

"Your Majesty? Everyone has already entered Nanling, what is my majesty? Mu Xuanche's eyes were red, and his whole body was already red with anger.

Mu Xuanzhan, he has been demoted to Qingyang, and the secret guard he sent also said that he was just a wind and snow all day, and he didn't have any other abnormal actions, and he always felt that Mu Xuanzhan had no ambition and couldn't make any waves.

Now that I think about it, sure enough, a dog that can bite doesn't bark.

Now that Nangong Jinchen is eyeing Anyang, the war in the northwest has not stopped for a long time, and Mu Xuanzhan actually took advantage of this time to seize his throne! Did he expect that he wouldn't have time to go back and clean him up now?

And Mu Xuanzhan, a degraded prince, where did he get the soldiers in his hands? Could it be that he kept it privately? But if so, how could the people he sent not notice it?

Well, there's no point in thinking about it now. If he had known that Mu Xuanzhan had such ambitions, he should have killed him when he was demoted. It's just that he really hides it deep enough.

He was angry in his heart, took a deep breath, eased his mind slightly, and said, "What about the people in the palace?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother and the Queen are still in the palace, but the rest of the ladies have all been sent to Jinghe Temple to practice."

Mu Xuanche waved his hand slightly, "I know, you can step down." ”

Chu Imperial Palace, Weiyang Palace.

Han Susu sat on the bed depressed, his face bloodless and his eyes glazed.

The maidservant Chunchan came over with a bowl of porridge, "Niangniang, you haven't eaten for several days, how can you stand it like this?" Why don't you eat a bit? ”

Han Susu said expressionlessly: "Take it down, I can't eat it." ”

"Mother, you can't do this to your body. You still have Your Highness. Chunchan persuaded.

"Mother? Your Highness? Han Susu smiled bitterly, "The country has changed hands, am I still a mother?" Is Zhang'er still His Highness? ”

Chunchan was stunned and persuaded: "However, you can't give up on yourself like this, Your Majesty will definitely return to the palace to regain the throne." ”

There was a sneer from behind, "Take back the throne? ”

Chunchan was startled, turned around suddenly, and suddenly saw Mu Xuanzhan walking inside, but his face was gloomy.

She hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty forgives your sins, Your Majesty forgives your sins." ”

Mu Xuanzhan looked at Han Susu, but said to her, "Get out." ”

"Yes, slave and maid, thank you for your grace not to kill." Chunchan glanced at Han Susu worriedly, put down the bowl and hurriedly ran out.

"Susu, I heard you haven't eaten in a few days?" Mu Xuanzhan frowned.

Han Susu turned his head, "It has nothing to do with you." ”

Mu Xuanzhan picked up the bowl, scooped a spoonful and brought it to her mouth, and said, "Susu, no matter how you look at me now, you can't joke about your body." ”

Han Susu still ignored him.

Mu Xuanzhan said helplessly: "Susu, don't force me to pour you personally." ”

Han Susu's heart jumped, and then he turned around and took the bowl and drank it in one go, but he choked because he ate too quickly.

Mu Xuanzhan patted her on the back to ease her, feeling a little uncomfortable in her heart, and said, "Susu, I know that you hate me for taking away Mu Xuanche's throne, but I have no choice but to do so." ”

He sighed and continued: "You know, Shu has never had the intention of seizing the throne before, and for this reason, that Chinese New Year's Eve banquet knew that he was framed and did not want to defend himself, just because Shu really wanted to leave this place of right and wrong and live a dashing and comfortable life. But even so, Mu Xuanche still refused to let me go. ”

Han Susu was still silent, as if she didn't want to hear a word from him.

Mu Xuanzhan continued: "Do you know why I was so determined to separate from you that day? ”

Han Susu said in a cold voice: "The events of the day are in the past, so there is no need to mention it again." ”

Why? Isn't he himself cowardly and timid? At that time, she was a pearl in Nanling City, and in order to keep him, she also gave up all her dignity, but he still abandoned her ruthlessly. What's the point of talking about the past now?

Mu Xuanzhan insisted: "No, I have to tell you the truth today. And you are the pearl of the Yasukuni Mansion, but I really don't have the heart to use you, I thought at that time, if I can marry you, I have no regrets in this life. Later, I decided to abandon you because I was threatened by Mu Xuanche, at that time I was the son of a criminal concubine, and I was not favored by my father...... Had to compromise. ”