Chapter 70: Ulterior motives

Mo Ziqi was slightly stunned for a moment before standing up: "She ......"

Fortunately, Yuan Bao didn't need his master to ask more, and he had already reported the situation to himself: "We sent someone over when we got the news, Miss Jiang didn't have anything to do, and the group of people in black didn't seem to be rushing to her, they were only driving around the emperor and Concubine Niangniang's car, ouch I heard it......"

He was babbling about to say more, but was interrupted by Mo Ziqi raising his hand: "Have you found out who it is?" ”

"Ah," Yuan Bao was stunned, "this, the waiter didn't say it, just sent someone to report the letter and left again, I'm afraid it was to investigate." ”

King Qi's birthday is a rare event, he didn't like to be lively in the past, and he has never held such a large-scale banquet.

At this moment, Prince Li's Mansion is as lively as a festival.

The originally spacious vestibule and garden orchard were full of people standing everywhere, and it turned out to be a little crowded.

The heads of several families, their wives, ladies and sons have arrived, laughing and laughing, and a few people who love poetry and songs have come together again, and called the little maid to take a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to write.

The weather is getting hotter, the flowers in the backyard are blooming, and the fruit trees are bearing heavy fruit.

The steward had given permission, and everyone could pick some ripe fruits to taste, but those that were not yet ripe were not to be touched.

Several young ladies gathered together excitedly, discussing which one should be better.

Qin Shuyan stood under a fruit tree in a daze, her face gloomy.

Before leaving, her mother repeatedly told her not to think nonsense, and asked her to act according to the plan, but when she actually arrived at Prince Li's mansion, she could see Mo Ziqi immediately, and she couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

If she really gave up on him so well, would she regret it in the days to come?

The light of the morning sun sprinkled down, illuminating Qin Shuyan's bright face more and more white, with a soft and small nose bridge and a pink cherry mouth, she was indeed a heart-warming beauty.

The beauty is sad, which makes everyone look sideways.

But Qin Shuyan didn't dare to act rashly, although Mrs. Qin was sitting far away, talking and laughing with several other ladies, but her eyes looked at her from time to time, if she didn't act, I was afraid that it would be impossible.

Biting her lower lip tightly, she leaned against the trunk of the tree and slowly closed her eyes.

Not far away, the second prince and Prince Rui were talking.

They haven't seen each other for two days, and in recent days, Concubine Xie has been seriously injured, and often wants to eat some small snacks that are not available in the palace.

It was not good to leave the palace immediately after delivering the snacks, so I simply stayed in the palace for two days, and did not go out early until this morning.

Prince Rui Mo Ziling lowered his voice, paced slowly, and said to Mo Beichen: "Second brother, there was news from the border pass yesterday, and there seems to be some movement on the Ning Guo side, and the previous guards and horses seem to have changed. ”

Mo Beichen was looking at a blooming begonia, and he didn't pay much attention to it when he heard this: "Change? A change is long overdue. ”

Lowering his head and smelling the fragrance of flowers, he said disdainfully: "At the beginning of the civil strife in Ning, then Zhu Qichao suddenly went crazy and transferred Jiang Zhengdao back to Beijing, and the border passes were leaderless, if it weren't for the fact that Wu State suddenly made trouble at that time, this king would have taken the opportunity to capture their Kyoto in one fell swoop, and let them be arrogant until now?" ”

He beckoned and asked Mo Ziling to smell the many begonia flowers, and then said: "Let's be at peace now, that's because my father wants to cultivate himself for a few more years, but it gives them a chance to breathe." ”

"Well, it's really fragrant," Mo Ziling sniffed, "The flowers in King Qi's mansion are blooming well, much better than mine, you don't know, even a pine tree can grow and die there." ”

The two chatted a few more words.

Mo Beichen stood up and continued to walk forward: "Now that Jiang Zhengdao is dead, there is only one single seedling left in the Jiang family, and he has fled to our Daliang, Ningguo, then Zhu Qichao will definitely hold the military power in his own hands." ”

He leaned sideways and smiled: "Otherwise, he took so much trouble to frame him, what is he trying to do?" ”

Stopping slightly, Mo Beichen hooked the corners of his lips: "Is the picture fun?" ”

The perennial battle on the battlefield made his whole body faintly reveal a sense of slaughter, so it was obviously a joke, but it didn't look like a joke at all.

Mo Ziling was used to hearing it, knowing that he was just joking, thinking about the news he had gotten, he still persuaded in a deep voice: "No, second brother, you don't know, our spies went to investigate, and it was not Zhu Qichao's people who came to take over at all!" ”

"How so?" Mo Beichen paused for a moment and his face sank.

"Really," Mo Ziling frowned, unable to figure it out, "If it weren't for that, what would I have come to tell you about?" Second brother, our spies pretended to be ordinary people, and the guards were very arrogant, saying that they were under the command of General Cui......"

Mo Beichen stopped abruptly, with an inexplicable expression: "Who?" ”

"General Cui," Mo Ziling frowned, "I don't know which General Cui it is, we have been fighting in this Ning Kingdom for many years, and I really haven't heard of a general with the surname Cui." However, it can be determined that it is not Zhu Qichao's person. ”

He paused, and said with certainty: "It's definitely not Zhu Qiming's person." ”

The two of them talked, moving on.

Mo Beichen asked, "What do you say?" ”

Mo Ziling tilted his head: "Because when we knelt down and asked the prince to spare his life, the other party sneered, and when he came again, he pretended to beg the four princes for mercy, but the other party became impatient and said what are they...... The second prince or something......"

"Second prince?" Mo Beichen was a little stunned this time, "As far as I know, their second prince is a treasure, and their queen is the most distressed and cherished, he ...... In charge of the army? What does Ning Guo want to do? ”

"Who knows?" Mo Ziling said, and suddenly stopped with some shock, "Could it be that they want to ......?"

"Not good," Mo Beichen's face suddenly turned cold, "Border ......"

Before he could finish speaking, a figure suddenly walked in front of him and almost bumped into him.

Mo Beichen was talking about something important, almost instinctively feeling that the other party had bad intentions, and suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the other party's neck, about to use force.

Mo Ziling on the side was startled, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait, second brother, second brother let go, let go!" ”

He could see clearly that the other party seemed to be leaning against a large tree before, and when they approached him, they happened to raise their heads to leave, and then accidentally bumped into them.

If memory serves, it seems to be the eldest lady of the Qin family.

Although Mo Ziling is not a woman, it would be a pity for such a delicate beauty to be choked off for some reason.

He said something to stop him, but Mo Beichen was slightly stunned.

The strength in her hands loosened a little, and Qin Shuyan immediately collapsed to the ground like a rag soaked in water.

She desperately covered her neck and took several greedy breaths before she came back to her senses slightly.

At that moment, Mo Beichen's palm was almost like an iron hoop, and she felt that her neck was almost broken.

There were tears in her eyes instantly, and Qin Shuyan was panicked and scared in her heart.

She just acted according to her mother's previous explanation, and wanted to use the hair method to meet the second prince alone first, talk, and talk about her heart.

If there is friendship in private, when the emperor asks, it will be foolproof.

But she never expected that it would be such a dangerous thing to want to contact Mo Beichen, she didn't do anything yet, and she was almost strangled to death by him when she came out!

Such a person, so rude, if he really lives with him in the future, will he raise a sword and kill her if he is unhappy one day?

After all, Qin Shuyan is still the eldest lady in the boudoir, no matter how smart she is on weekdays, the place she uses is nothing more than cabinet battles.

What is important is that the soldiers are not bloody, and it is to defeat the other party in a joke.

When have you ever seen such a person who lives without warning?

She covered her neck, and when she raised her head again, Mo Beichen was stunned for a moment: "Aren't you the eldest lady of the Qin family?" What are you doing here? ”

Qin Shuyan felt more and more that this person was unreasonable, she first respectfully asked An, then coughed and cleared her throat, and gasped slightly: "I have been leaning under the tree, and I am ready to leave at this moment, I don't know that the second prince is here, I collided with the second prince, please forgive the second prince." ”

"Don't know?" Mo Beichen didn't believe it, "Ziling and I have been talking, haven't you heard anything?" ”

These words made Qin Shuyan frown slightly.

She just said that, how could she really not know, but now that he is chasing after her, she is speechless.

To be honest, she did hear some of them, but they were just "borders" that were not in her scope at all, so she didn't listen to them carefully.

Qin Shuyan pinched the handkerchief a little annoyed, and shook her hand and her eyes were red: "I didn't hear it, I really didn't know you were here, otherwise...... Otherwise, why would I come to be regarded as a wicked person by the second prince, and I almost lost my life! ”

This is not an exaggeration.

If there was no Prince Rui shouting beside him, Qin Shuyan would have become a dead person at this moment.

If the first beauty of Daliang becomes a dead person, many people will be heartbroken.

I have to say that she was indeed born extremely beautiful, not like Jiang Mengyun's little jasper, she looks extraordinarily generous, and her gentle speech is dignified and temperamental, but at this moment, she is soft and weak and crying, and she looks pitiful again.

Mo Ziling couldn't stand it, so it was not a good thing to say that the second brother had been fighting on the battlefield all year round.

Look, such a big beauty is obviously coquettish with him, and he still has a tiger face.

Just about to persuade two sentences, Mo Beichen had already snorted with a cold face: "I hope so." ”

It doesn't matter if the other party whimpers and cries, lift their feet and leave.

Mo Ziling raised his arm and wanted to pull it, so he had to turn around and persuade Qin Shuyan twice: "Oh, second brother, he is like this, don't you mind......"

Only then did he catch up with Mo Beichen's pace.

There was a faint sound of sobbing behind him, and Mo Ziling couldn't help but ask, "Second brother, what are you doing here?" A weak woman, what are you angry at her? ”

"Weak woman?" Mo Beichen hooked his lips slightly, and glanced at Prince Rui, "She is a weak woman, but she is not deaf, she has been hiding by the tree for so long, we have all spoken to her, she said she didn't hear?" If it weren't for the fact that she was also the lord of the county after all, this king would not be so easy to spare her today. ”

Having said that, what if someone is ......

Mo Ziling had a bold guess: "That one, could it be that he has taken a fancy to you?" I've heard that some young ladies are like this, and they have a good impression of you, so they will secretly watch from the sidelines. ”

He lowered his voice and said: "Second brother, you are too incomprehensible, the concubine is sad to death for you, by the way, I heard from my mother two days ago, it seems that they have a favorite candidate." ”

Mo Beichen didn't care: "What do they want to do with me?" The princess of this king has her own decision, and I think there is someone who is very suitable. ”

"Who?" Mo Ziling asked.

Before Mo Beichen could answer, someone from outside came to report that the emperor had arrived.

They took the topic.

The Holy Lord came, and His Royal Highness King Qi finally came out of the inner room, and the entire Prince Li's Mansion became more lively.

Everyone first greeted each other, and then arranged to be seated, because it would take some time for the official banquet to begin, Prince Li's Mansion specially arranged a troupe.

The stage was set up early, and at this moment, the top was singing happily.

Emperor Liang also swept away the gloom halfway before, and took the play book to order the play.

Concubine Xuan snuggled up to him with her belly, obviously still frightened by what had happened, and her face looked a little pale.

Because she was pregnant, she didn't dare to put too much fat powder on her face, and her white face at the moment looked more lovely than before.

Jiang Mengyun sat far away, and Mingyue stood behind her, also watching the play excitedly.

This is not common in the palace, sometimes it is rare for the masters to let the stage be built, and she has no chance to watch it as a little palace maid.

His Royal Highness King Qi brought people up to greet Emperor Liang, but he was not a person who liked to be lively, so he sat with him for a while and then retreated.

However, the second prince and Prince Rui came over, accompanied by Emperor Liang, laughed for a while, applauded for a while, and sometimes turned sideways to talk to him, and looked happy, Mo Ziling even called the little guy next to him to reward His Majesty, and threw a lot of copper coins out.

Everyone laughed and coaxed, and the people on the stage in front of them knelt down to thank the emperor for his grace.

finally made Emperor Liang smile with satisfaction.

Jiang Mengyun watched quietly for a while, then stood up and asked Mingyue, "Do you still want to see it?" If I want to see it, I can stay here and go to the backyard by myself. ”

Of course, Mingyue still wants to see it, but if she lets the girl go to the backyard alone, she is afraid that something will go wrong.

After hesitating for a moment, she still followed out: "The slave still follows you, you are not here, and the slave and maid are not like here." ”

The two left their seats one after the other, Jiang Mengyun faintly felt that something was wrong, and subconsciously tilted his head.

The second prince, Mo Beichen, didn't know what he was thinking, and a pair of eagle-like eyes followed her like a shadow, locking her tightly.

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