"Wechen was not able to protect him yesterday, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me."

"Yesterday, thanks to Qin Aiqing."

"Your Majesty is really not injured? Even a small injury can't be sloppy. ”

"Qin Aiqing is too worried, I am really not injured." Zhao Chengxi didn't think about it, he just thought that Qin Chongzhou was too worried.

"Then Weichen is relieved." Qin Chongzhou put aside his doubts and said, "Your Majesty, eleven assassin corpses were found last night, all of them were hiding poison, and no clues were found on them. However, in terms of the number of martial arts roads, Weichen feels that it is not the number of roads in the Tanglin Kingdom. ”

"You mean the assassins are from the Northern Zhou Kingdom?"

"It's possible, Weichen doesn't dare to conclude."

"The people of the Northern Zhou Dynasty just came to this incident, saying that it has nothing to do with them, but I don't believe it."

"If it's really the people of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, then they are too blatant."

"Don't make a noise about this, we don't have any evidence. Let's see, no matter how deep the fox's tail is hidden, sooner or later it will be exposed. ”

"Your Majesty is wise."

"Qin Aiqing, is there anything else?"

"Your Majesty, Weichen also brought one more thing." Qin Chongzhou clapped his hands, and the little eunuch outside walked in with something on his shoulder.

"Ahh Zhao Chengxi's eyes lit up, "What kind of sugar is this!" ”

It turned out that Qin Chongzhou carried a handful of sugar gourds into the palace.

Qin Chongzhou smiled dumbly and explained, "Your Majesty, this is called a rock sugar gourd. ”

"Oh...... Rock sugar gourd! Zhao Chengxi took a string of rock sugar gourds handed by Qin Chongzhou and ate them by himself.

Sweet and sour, it goes well with the taste.

After eating one, Zhao Chengxi asked puzzledly: "Qin Aiqing, is this made of gourds?" Why is it called a rock sugar gourd? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this is made of hawthorn and rock sugar, because it is shaped like a gourd, it is called a rock sugar gourd."

Zhao Chengxi carefully looked at the rock sugar gourd in his hand for a moment: "I don't think it looks like a gourd, but like a coral skewer." ”

"Your Majesty is right." Qin Chongzhou did not refute either, bowed his head and said yes.

Zhao Chengxi saw that Qin Chongzhou was so respectful and polite, and saved his life, and his good impression of him increased a little in his heart, okay, for the sake of his life-saving grace, he didn't care about the grievances when he was a child.

Qin Chongzhou thought for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, in order to prevent the recurrence of last night's incident, Your Majesty should try not to leave the palace, if you want to leave the palace, please bring more guards, otherwise it is good to summon Weichen to accompany you." ”

"What Qin Aiqing said is very true, I have written it down." Zhao Chengxi thought about it, too, Qin Chongzhou is so strong in martial arts, it will be okay to go to him next time he goes out of the palace.

Zhao Chengxi had an idea in his heart.

In the station.

"Third brother, have you ever seen that Mu Wan'er?" Hu Yan Qingwu, who was dressed up, bit his lip and turned his face to ask Hu Yanjue beside him.

Hu Yanjue laughed twice and put down the wine glass in his hand: "Fifth sister, why don't you have confidence?" It's not like you! ”

"How can I not be confident, but isn't there a saying that knows oneself and knows one's opponent, and wins all battles?" Hu Yan Qingwu raised his chin, his face full of disdain.

"Don't worry, that Mu Wan'er and you are equal at most. The third brother heard that she was going to perform calligraphy and painting, which was not worth mentioning compared to the fifth sister's dancing skills. ”

"Then I'm relieved of my sister." Huyan Qingwu was relieved.

On the day of the birthday banquet, outside the palace hall.

"Wan'er, I'm thinking about my father, is your performance of calligraphy and painting too boring this time?" Mu Qingzhi has been frowning.

"Father, don't worry, my daughter has her own plans, and she will never lose the face of our Tanglin Kingdom."

Although Mu Qingzhi also believes in Mu Wan'er's talent, he always can't help but worry, especially Mu Wan'er has always been mysterious and secretive, and she doesn't know what to say, which makes Mu Qingzhi's heart go up and down.

Mu Wan'er's gaze could no longer be removed with a casual glance, and her steps slowed down unconsciously.

"Father, you go first, I'll go in later."

Mu Qingzhi just felt puzzled, followed Mu Wan'er's gaze, understood in his heart, and shook his head helplessly, his daughter was too obsessed with the protector, I am afraid that it is not a good thing. But he didn't say much, everything that should have been said in the past few years has been said, and everything that should be persuaded has been persuaded, and Mu Qingzhi stepped into the hall.

Qin Chongzhou, Qin Xu and Qin Zhi were just about to enter the hall, but they were stopped by a "Hou Ye".

When Qin Chongzhou looked back, this woman seemed to have seen it in the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he said, "What's the matter?" ”

"The little woman Mu Wan'er has seen Master Hou." Mu Wan'er gave Qin Chongzhou a courtesy dignifiedly.

Qin Xu didn't know that Qin Chongzhou and Mu Wan'er had met before, so he reminded in a low voice on the side: "Master Hou, it's the young lady of the Dali Temple Qing Mu family who is going to compete with the Northern Zhou Kingdom later." ”

Qin Chongzhou bowed: "Miss Mu, please get up, I don't know what happened to Miss Mu?" ”

"The little girl is going to compete with the princess of the Northern Zhou Kingdom today, but the little girl has never seen the princess, and she knows very little about the Northern Zhou Kingdom. Mu Wan'er said that she was generous, and it seemed that she had come to humbly ask for advice for the sake of the competition, but if you think about it carefully, you are not just a competition to test your talents, why do you need to know about the Northern Zhou Kingdom?

"Qin Xu, this Miss Mu definitely takes a fancy to our Hou Ye." Qin Zhi leaned closer to Qin Xu's ear and said.

Qin Xu resisted the urge to beat Qin Zhi violently: "Can you die if you don't speak?" ”

"I'm sorry, Ben Hou wants to come, but I don't have any useful advice for Miss Mu today's competition." Qin Chongzhou refused bluntly, turned around and continued to walk towards the hall.

Unexpectedly, Mu Wan'er trotted two steps, walked to Qin Chongzhou's side, looked at the gift box in Qin Chongzhou's hand, and said with a smile: "Master Hou, this is a birthday gift for Your Majesty." ”

Qin Chongzhou frowned slightly, slightly displeased, but thinking that this person would compete with the Northern Zhou on behalf of Tanglin later, he didn't want to affect her mood, so he said patiently: "Yes." ”

"Master Hou personally took it, it must be very valuable." Mu Wan'er wanted to leave a good impression on Qin Chongzhou as much as possible.

"I'm sorry, Miss Mu, Ben Hou will go first."

"Okay, excuse me." Although Mu Wan'er was embarrassed, she still replied politely.

"Qin Xu, it seems that our Hou Ye is going to die alone, and such a great beauty can't be looked down upon." Qin Zhi continued to mutter in Qin Xu's ear.

"Qin Rank, I think I'm going to be killed by your mouth sooner or later."

Mu Wan'er lowered her head and smiled bitterly, am I too anxious?

Mu Wan'er dusted off her skirt and walked forward casually.

The birthday banquet began, the ministers first congratulated Zhao Chengxi on his birthday, and then the ministers presented birthday gifts, in addition to the singing and dancing performances in the palace, there were also talent shows for the families of the ministers above the fifth rank in the court. In fact, these are lackluster, and everyone tacitly puts their expectations on the talent competition of the two first beauties in the finale.