Taikang Palace is the residence of the Empress Dowager of the Chu Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager Rongzhi lived in seclusion there. This once commanding old man has long been out of the world for many years, the wheel of history has run over her glory and dissipated into dust, and Taikang Palace has become a forgotten corner, quiet and quiet.

There is a small garden in the northwest corner of dozens of steps outside the palace, and in winter, some evergreen shrubs reflect the clear blue sky, which is not very beautiful, but it is also a view. At this time, the king and Mu Yutao were there, chatting about the past.

"Remember? At that time, you always couldn't sit still when you read a book, shouting that the study was boring, and you had to go to this small courtyard that leaked on all sides to study, and it was even more dishonest when you came, always pulling grass, picking flowers, and the queen mother couldn't do anything about you. ”

Thinking of Mu Yutao's naughty appearance when he was a child, King Chu smiled and teased, "Now that I have grown up, I have become an ice cube face, and I don't even have an expression, who is willing to marry you like this." ”

The people around the palace laughed, and the old people in the palace knew that Mu Yutao had asked the king to marry the daughter of the general, who expected that after the woman knew the news, she ran away directly with her lover, and there is no one so far, and this unrequited love naturally ended without a problem.

After this incident, Mu Yutao has matured a lot, and has always used this as a reason, he did not get married, only said that he had someone in his heart, and he was unwilling to live up to others, but every year the king had to mention it, and he would never give up until he reached his goal.

Mu Yutao was helpless, today is the birthday of the Empress Dowager Rongzhi, and the Empress Dowager Rongzhi had already ordered that no birthday banquet would be held and no visitors would be welcomed. It is the birthday of the queen mother of a country only Qishan and Mu Yutao two people to congratulate, the old man is naturally happy to see the two children, but only left a cup of tea, then said to worship the Buddha, the two of them drove out, but in this short tea effort, the queen mother used almost half of the time to urge marriage.

The gossip was almost over, and Li Li, with the intention of the king of Chu, led the palace people out of the small garden.

"Sit down," King Chu said.

Mu Yutao was not polite, and sat opposite King Qishan, there were already refreshments arranged by the palace people on the stone table, Mu Yutao poured a cup of tea and handed it to Qishan.

Mu Yutao asked, "Have you been worrying about a lot lately?" "Regardless of their identities, the two have always been close friends, and this has never changed whether the king is in power or not.

"You know, Zeguo suffered a flood last summer, covering most of Zeguo, Zeguo monarch did his best to provide disaster relief, but the autumn harvest was bleak, and the people suffered heavy losses, and now it is the season of cultivation again, I hope Zeguo can survive until the harvest season."

There are four countries on the Five Elements Continent, namely Yan State, Chu State, Xiang State, Ze State, the strongest national strength is Ze State, located in the water town, rich in products, the transportation is very convenient, followed by Yan State, Chu State, the weakest strength is Xiang State, but Xiang Country and Yan Country have been the same breath, geographically speaking, Yan Country is east, Ze State is located in the middle of Yan State and Xiang State, Chu State is located in the south of Yan State, the four countries contain each other, although there is a small friction, but because of concerns about the other three countries have also been peaceful, of course, on the surface it is so, But secretly, the four countries are on guard against each other, pulling each other's hind legs, this time Zeguo was affected, and the people of Yan and Xiangguo have taken the opportunity to raise prices, especially Xiangguo in the upper reaches of Zeguo, secretly opened the floodgates and released water, which aggravated the flood in Zeguo to a certain extent.

"Zeguo has been in business for many years, so he should still have this ability" Mu Yutao has not been to so many places like Luoxi, and he is not very clear about the situation in other countries.

"I hope so." Thinking that the report said that the people of Zeguo were hungry and mourning, the king of Chu felt a little stuffy in his heart, and he didn't want to affect Taozi's mood, so he changed the topic and said, "By the way, how is the investigation of the assassination of the evening and the murder of the palace maid?"

"The assassination of the palace maid is still under investigation, but it is very likely that the assassination of Luo Xi was committed by the people of Yan Guo?"

"Yan Guo? Why? ”

"Cause unknown"

Qishan thought for a while, "This matter is really strange, have you asked the queen?" ”

Mu Yutao was stunned, and in retrospect, he had never had the slightest idea of asking about the sunset, even if the two of them were alone.

Keishon knew the answer by looking at his appearance, and there was also some strangeness: "You don't trust the queen?" I have heard some ridiculous things about the queen, she has been pampered since she was a child, and occasionally she is a little willful, but she is still a measured person in general, and she is also reasonable and evidence-based in handling things in the palace, and has a bit of a common demeanor. If you ask her, she will not hide it from you. ”

"It has nothing to do with the queen, it's just ......" Mu Yutao himself couldn't go on.

Mistrust? Indeed, there are too many mysteries about this queen, assassinating a coma, delaying the marriage, leaving the palace wantonly, and acting willfully, but this is only in front of Mu Yutao, but in the eyes of everyone, she is like another person, knowledgeable, dignified and luxurious, and has won the trust of King Qishan in less than two months after entering the palace, and even the queen mother, who has been away from the world for many years, is praising her for being obedient and filial, she is like a multi-faceted person, she can't see through, can't guess, but Mu Yutao faintly feels that distrust is not the root cause.

Thinking like this, the sunset has really arrived, different from the red-clothed girl who does not apply powder on the way to welcome the relatives, different from the heroic and sassy young man, different from the leisurely and lively princess in the Changle Palace, a bright yellow palace dress clearly shows the identity of the visitor, the makeup is elegant and dignified, and the hair ornaments are solemn and gorgeous.

"Luo Xi has seen Your Majesty" Luo Xi saluted slowly, her movements were like flowing water, and she was generous, and the posture of the mother of a country was undoubtedly revealed.

Qishan looked at Luo Xi and smiled, "Why is the queen here?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the concubine heard that today is the birthday of the Queen Mother, and she is here to pay her respects, is it the same for Your Majesty and General Mu?" Luo Xi grinned, even the smile seemed to be measured, one more point is delicate, and one less point is light.

"Well, the queen mother doesn't like to be lively, and she won't hold a birthday banquet for a long time, you just came to inquire clearly, no wonder the queen mother praised you for your filial piety, go in quickly, I'm afraid it's too late for the queen mother to start chanting."

"Yes" Luo Xi said in the direction of Mu Yutao, "If General Mu is free, come to the palace, about the assassination of the palace maid, the palace has some clues to talk to the general." ”

Mu Yutao was surprised that Luoxi suddenly mentioned this, he was stunned for a moment, and before he could answer, Luoxi walked away, looking back at the king, not knowing what to say.

But the king misunderstood, and said with an incredible smile, "How did she toss you on the way to greet your relatives?" Are you so afraid of her? ”