It's a pity that the emperor's family should have always been ruthless......

Chu Nian seemed to have a trace of warmth on the hand that was being held tightly by the queen, and when she raised her eyes, she looked at the queen's eyes with a kind smile, and her face was stunned.

"Nian'er, if I recognize you as my goddaughter now, is it too late?"

The queen looked at Chu Nian expectantly, but Chu Nian couldn't speak for a while, and after a while, she sighed and continued: "I have no regrets about being born in the Wang family in this life, after all, because of the Wang family, I got to know Ming Qian, who regards me as a treasure, but unfortunately, we have too many bonds." ”

"Nian'er," the queen's body was weak and couldn't move, only a pair of affectionate eyes were shining, although the eye sockets were deep, but she never covered half of this woman's beauty. "When people are dying, they want to open everything, what the throne, what the glory of the family, those are all nothingness, only one person who can hold his hand for a lifetime, and the person who can hand over his back to him is what everyone needs most in his life."

Chu Nian's eyes were pantothenic, she lowered her head, and quietly listened to the queen's instructions as if she were dying: "This palace heard about it, and the Shen family reached out to harm you, but Mu Niangzi is still unconscious." ”

"I was born with a ...... Clever son, right? ”

Chu Nian suddenly raised his eyes, and crashed into the queen's weak but somewhat daughter-like smug eyes, "Niangniang, you ......"

The queen shook her head: "Of course the palace knows, but if it is not broken, it cannot be broken." ”

She suddenly looked serious: "This palace said that I have too many ties with Ming Qian, and I must not talk about emotions in vain, as long as Ming Xiu is not able to inherit the unification and break the cage locked in the imperial court, I will not be able to come down from this throne for a day." ”

"As long as I'm still the queen...... the queen's eyes flashed with a little unwillingness, "As long as I'm still the queen, Ming Xiu can't be a smart child." ”

Chu Nian already knew in his heart that in the end, both sides were inseparable blood and family affection...... If Ming Xiu is openly hostile to his mother clan now, the name of unfilial piety on the emperor's head will not be washed away forever.

She said softly as if she remembered something: "The courtier knows, and asks the lady to take care of her body." ”

The queen lay back on the couch and looked at a shadow overhead: "The palace won't last long, you have to hurry." ”

Chu Nian's heart tightened, and he saw the red-eyed grandmother on the side step forward, "County Lord, the queen is tired." ”

She led Chu Nian to get up, and the two walked towards the outside of the Zhengyang Palace, Chu Nian seemed to hear the queen's dream in his ears: "Ming Qian......"

Chu Nian lowered his eyes, and there was a burst of fragrant peach blossom fragrance on his side.

……

A few days later, news came from the palace that Mingyue collided with the queen, and the queen was so angry that the queen's old illness recurred, so the queen mother was even more angry, and punished the concubine and her daughter to be grounded in the palace, and no one was allowed to communicate with them.

When Chu Nian arrived, King Huainan was furious in the house, and even Xiaolan couldn't stop his hand from smashing things. Chu Nian stood at the door, motionless and watching, anyway, it wasn't her family's thing, what was she in a hurry?

It took a long time for Xiaolan to persuade the impulsive King of Huainan, and when she caught a glimpse of Chu Nian standing at the door, King Huainan was even more angry and his hand pointing at Chu Nian's nose trembled.

"I won't say what happened in the palace, this king won't say, a Tingchuan, what are you doing with it?"

Chu Nian looked at King Huainan coldly, silent.

Xiaolan glanced at Chu Nian quietly, and then whispered comfortingly: "Lord Wang, the county lord is also from our side, who is in charge of Tingchuan, isn't it the same?" Besides, the concubine has seen the prince elected, that person is simply half a gentleman, don't look at the person in front of the person who looks like a dog, if you go to Tingchuan, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and you won't give the prince trouble? ”

It seemed that the words of the favored concubine had an effect, and King Huainan's undulating chest gradually subsided, but he still gritted his teeth.

Chu Nian knew that he was stretching out his hand to ask for the steps, so he strolled in: "Lord Wang, don't be angry, anyway, now that Tingchuan has been included in our pocket, and he has also won a little trust from the Queen Mother, why not?" ”

King Huainan looked at her inexplicably, as if he didn't understand her words.

Chu Nian hooked the corners of his lips: "The prince forgot, the more fierce you and I fight, the more the Queen Mother trusts me, you said that if I stand behind the Queen Mother, give her such a knife......"

Hearing this, King Huainan was completely silent, and looked at Chu Nian with gloomy eyes, "How does this king know, whether you are giving the Queen Mother a knife or giving me a knife?" ”

But he didn't want to, Chu Nian smiled even more. She stretched out her hand to take the teacup in Xiaolan's hand, drank it all, looked at King Huainan, and sneered a little inexplicably: "Don't forget, if the courtiers and the Wang family want to give the prince a knife in the back, the time when the young marquis of Zhenning disappeared, this knife didn't even go in." ”

King Huainan's face was cold, and he saw Chu Nian turn around and walk towards the door, and said far away: "Lord Wang, don't use suspicious people, don't doubt people, if you really want to achieve great things, you should always be calm, and you shouldn't be provoked by someone to fall for a trick!" ”

Xiaolan looked at Chu Nian's back, and then turned her gaze back to King Huainan, seeing King Huainan's pensive appearance, she couldn't help but sigh Chu Nian's mind in her heart.

If he is really suspicious, the more he shows his heart, the deeper his doubts will be, but when Chu Nian is suspected, this appearance of neither humility nor arrogance makes King Huainan's heart think more, and this doubt is gradually dispelled.

Sure enough, after a while, Xiaolan heard the sigh of King Huainan, and she pursued after the victory according to the words that Chu Nian taught her, "Lord, the concubine feels that the queen mother has grounded the concubine Niangniang just to stimulate you and test your bottom line, if you are angry about this little thing, I am afraid that they will still have a back hand to wait!" ”

As she spoke, she leaned down again, her weak and boneless body was almost attached to the King of Huainan, and Rulan's breath was sprayed on the root of the Huainan King's ears, "The county lord has been in the capital for so many years, if he really just wants to take the throne, why wait until we come before starting to do it?" ”

King Huainan frowned, but he didn't forget to hold Ying Ying, who was close at hand, in his palm, and listened to Xiaolan's mutter, before pulling the corners of his lips and saying, "Girl, what do you mean?" ”

"The concubine heard that the Su family was wiped out that year, the Su family Liuniang had some friendship with the county lord, the county lord had a hard time when he was a child, just that one friend, and now the county lord is also taught by Su Liuniang, maybe...... Yes! Rajah! ”

King Huainan was panicked in his heart, he had also heard about the Su family, presumably this Chu Nian must be because of the Su family's affairs, so it was not impossible for her to cling to herself to avenge the Su family, but when he thought of Chu Nian's lofty appearance, he felt uncomfortable, and he still had to put out the fire in the end.

In the early morning of the next day, Chu Nian sent Ye Yuan and Mu Qianqiu to the carriage back to Tingchuan, since gunpowder was to be used on the army...... Mu Qianqiu, who was dealing in gunpowder, naturally wanted to follow Ye Yuan back to Tingchuan together.

This line of Chu Nian did not forget to stuff into their team a few trustworthy wandering magicians they knew before - these people only knew money, which was much more credible than those with evil intentions.

Everything is ready, just wait for Ye Yuan and Mu Qianqiu to arrive in Tingchuan, completely solve the drought in Tingchuan, and then build a gunpowder field...... Everything seemed to be going according to Chu Nian's expectations, but Chu Nian still felt his chest clogged.

went to Mu's house as usual, visited the sleeping Mu Qing and Mrs. Mu were about to leave, but bumped into a Xichu girl head-on.

Seeing those familiar eyes, Chu Nian frowned suddenly, and before the girl could react, she bowed down first: "I've seen Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Since the first time she met on the street, Chu Nian guessed that her identity was not simple, and it happened that Ming Xiu wrote a letter the night before yesterday, saying that the heir to the throne of Western Chu was coming, and Chu Nian immediately thought of the glamorous girl who glanced at her in a hurry that day.

The emperors of Western Chu were all women, as the heir to the throne who was accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, seeing that Chu Nian guessed her identity so quickly, she was only surprised for a moment, and then accepted the truth with a light smile: "It is worthy of being the unequaled county lord." ”

She quietly pushed back the almost unsheathed knife of the guard beside her.

Chu Nian didn't look up to take a second look, in the end, it was the most noble person in Western Chu, Xi Chu Yue Ling covered up his identity and came to Daliang in advance, obviously wanting to catch up with his cousin and aunt in a low-key manner, Chu Nian had heard that before Mrs. Mu married Zhenyuanhou, this princess lived in Mrs. Mu's house for many years.

As for the various reasons, Chu Nian, who has nothing to do with Chu Nian, naturally does not want to delve into it, but now that she has broken the identity of West Chu Yueling, if she continues, she will be a little flattering.

After a few more polite words, Chu Nian was about to turn around and leave, but when he was leaving, he was stopped by Xi Chu Yueling.

Her gaze was always faint, but there was a bit of coldness in her voice: "Does the county lord know who injured my cousin like this?" ”

Chu Nian paused as he walked towards the door, turned around, lowered his eyes and said respectfully: "Princess, this is a matter of Da Liang, the courtier's daughter is a friend of Ah Qing, so she will naturally deal with the person who injured Ah Qing, not to mention that this matter was caused by me." ”

It was because Mu Qing blocked Shen Ruan's knife for her, because of her negligence that Mu Qing was injured, she had nothing to avoid, and she had to take this responsibility, if Xi Chu Yue Ling was upset with her because of this matter, she would also admit it.

There was a sneer in the ears of Xi Chu Yue Ling since he met Chu Nian: "Of course this palace knows that this matter is related to you, I hope that His Excellency the county lord can do what he says, otherwise ......"

"If this palace takes action in person, it is not only the person who hurt Ah Qing who is responsible."

Chu Nian didn't say a word, only to feel that the two eyes on the other side were staring at her tightly, like a sharp sword, piercing her heart fiercely.

It wasn't until Mrs. Mu's voice calling for Xichu Yueling faintly came that the two eyes moved away, and the sound of neat footsteps sounded, and they gradually drifted away.

Chu Nian straightened up, his eyes were full of mist.

……

Out of the gate of the Mu family, a person dressed as a junior at the door greeted him, Chu Nian looked sideways at the square scarf pinned to his waist, with the word "peach" on it, and a trace of understanding flashed in his eyes.

"The county lord, the shopkeeper said that he has a big gift for you."

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, big gift? Tao Jinyan said that it was a good gift, what kind of moth did he have?

After following the little two to the Walnut Tavern, Chu Nian knew what Tao Jinyan's "big gift" was.

In the private room on the second floor, the door of the private room was cleverly opened, and a man wrapped in gauze was raising a glass in the room.

He was the only one in the huge private room facing a table full of wine and food, and his handsome face was still a little drunk, looking like he had been sitting here for a short time, and the five wine jars around him were empty.

Chu Nian looked back at the shopkeeper standing behind him: "What about Tao Jinyan?" ”

The shopkeeper was stared at by Chu Nian's fierce gaze: "County Lord, the shopkeeper is in the backyard, he said, ......"

Xiao Er couldn't talk anymore, and couldn't help but slander in his heart, his own master was too tricky. It's not that he doesn't say it, if he really learns what the master says, won't the county lord eat him alive first?

Chu Nian sneered, looked at Xiao Er's embarrassed face and said, "Did he say that the gift was given to me for free, and told me not to rush to thank him?" ”

The shopkeeper couldn't help but give Chu Nian a thumbs up: "County Lord, you are too godly, you can guess this." ”

"Heh," Chu Nian narrowed his eyes dangerously, and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Let him wait for me in the backyard to thank him!" ”