Ten days later, Mu Beimo and Gu Yunyue returned to Xiling Shengjing.

After the two rested for the night, on the morning of the second day, Mu Beimo took Gu Yunyue to the court.

"Returning to my father, my son was fortunate not to be dishonored, and successfully brought back Wang Mei."

Gu Yunyue stood up from behind Mu Beimo, knelt down and kowtowed to Mu Yicheng on the throne: "Unfilial daughters see their fathers." ”

Mu Yicheng narrowed his eyes with a smile, and hurriedly stepped off the throne to support Yunyue: "Good boy, good boy, just come back." ”

When the ministers in the court saw Mu Yicheng so excited, they all congratulated him, and the hall was full of congratulations.

Only Prime Minister Yao Hong took two steps forward and bowed his hand to Mu Yicheng: "It is a great thing for my king to find the heir who has been lost for many years, but the royal bloodline cannot be confused in the slightest. ”

Mu Yicheng's face sank, but before he could object, Mu Beimo opened his mouth first: "Father, what Yao Xiang said is very true, and the sons and daughters also think that they should recognize their relatives with blood, and verify the identity of Wang Mei in public, so as to block the world's public mouth, and let Wang Mei be less criticized in the future." ”

Mu Yicheng's face changed at this time, and he waved his hand: "This matter is very important, and it is a private matter of the royal family, so I will leave this matter to you." ”

Mu Beimo kowtowed to receive the order and immediately went down to prepare.

In less than half an hour, everything was ready. Zong Zhengguan used a golden needle to take a drop of blood between the fingers of Mu Yicheng, Gu Yunyue, and Mu Beimo, and put it in the golden dragon basin with the crane pattern, and within a moment, the three drops of blood had blended with each other.

Zong Zhengguan held the basin in both hands, first showed it to Mu Yicheng and the three of them, and then walked slowly around the ministers to show it to all the officials, and finally recorded Gu Yunyue's bloodline on the jade plate.

After seeing the results, the ministers bowed down again and congratulated in unison.

Mu Yicheng was naturally very happy, and took Gu Yunyue's hand: "My son, you have suffered in the past fourteen years, and now that you have returned home, it is just like the leaf of returning to the roots, I will give you the name of Mu Ye, the princess." ”

Without waiting for Konoha to thank him, Yao Hongzhi stood up again: "Your Majesty, forgive the crime of disrespect, it's just that the girl's biological mother has a low status after all, and she is not the king's harem concubine." Although the girl is undoubtedly of royal blood, she can only be regarded as the illegitimate daughter of the king. Although her status is respected, she can't be crowned a princess. This is my Xiling's etiquette since ancient times, and I ask Your Majesty to think twice. ”

Among the ministers, a few more people stood up: "The prime minister's words are reasonable, and the law must not be obeyed, please think twice about Your Majesty." ”

Konoha glanced around, remembered the few people who stood up one by one, and then took a step forward and said loudly: "Father, your lords are reasonable, Konoha can recognize that it is a great blessing to be under the knees of his father, and he will never dare to be a princess." ”

Mu Yicheng nodded: "I was so happy today that I forgot the law of my ancestors." Fortunately, Konoha is also a general knowledge, and I am very relieved. That being the case, then he was named the Lord of Ye County. ”

Konoha bowed down and thanked him, and the ministers also saluted: "See His Royal Highness the County Lord." ”

Mu Yicheng arranged for someone to repair the county lord's mansion again, and Mu Beimo proposed that the East Palace now has no concubines and no concubines, and there are few people coming and going, so it is better to temporarily live in the East Palace before the county lord's mansion is repaired.

After the next dynasty, Mu Ye was called to the imperial study by Mu Yicheng, and Mu Beimo went back to the East Palace by himself first.

As soon as he entered the door, Yin Kang greeted him: "Thanks to His Highness, His Highness has tested the bloodline of Konoha in advance, we know that we have to do something in that water." Otherwise, if it is found out in the palace that Konoha is not the blood of the royal family, our plans will be in vain. ”

Mu Beimo chuckled: "Whether we move or not will not affect the result, the water was prepared by my father's close attendant, and I saw him add alum to the water with my own eyes." ”

A few days later, Konoha was bored in the East Palace, so he simply asked someone to lead the horse and lead her to the street.

Xiling and Nanwan folk customs are very different, after all, Konoha is still young and likes to be lively, Mu Beimo arranged for her to be very clever, and after seeing Konoha's preferences, he specially took her to a lively place.

Konoha had sharp eyes and saw that there were many people on the road in front of him, shouting and shouting, mixed with the cry of a woman.

Konoha was curious, and urged him to step forward, and saw a rich boy wearing silk and satin, who was directing his soldiers to tie up a beautiful girl. The girl's parents were knocked to the ground, with a blue nose and swollen face.

The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked gentleman walked to the girl's parents with a duck step, and picked up the girl's chin with the folding fan in his hand: "The master sees that you are beautiful, so he wants you to follow the master, this is because you have accumulated virtue in your previous life, so you have such an opportunity." Your family is crying and crying, and you don't know what to do. But sir, I'm in a good mood today, so I don't bother with you. ”

This man led about 20 soldiers, and about 200 people gathered around him, but none of them dared to come forward. Obviously, this person often oppresses the people, and it may not be the first time that he has done such a thing as robbing the people's daughters.

Konoha looked at it, and his brows furrowed fiercely. The little attendant was afraid of Konoha being impulsive, so he hurriedly wanted to tell Konoha that this person's identity was not ordinary, but Konoha had already tiptoed and flew over the crowd in front of him.

"Robbing people's girls on the street in broad daylight, you are so bold."

The soldier behind the man scolded first: "Where did you come from, don't you know that my son-in-law is Zhang Ji, the son of Master Zhang!" ”

Konoha said in his heart, Zhang Changshou was one of the few people who embarrassed her in the court that day, and he was really a narrow enemy: "Why, the son of an important minister in the court can see no king's law?" ”

The man followed the prestige, but he was not annoyed, he put away the folding fan in his hand, and walked towards Konoha with a smile: "Yo, today's master is not shallow." Although you don't know the name of the master, the master doesn't care about you. As long as you follow me, I will forgive your sins. ”

Konoha sneered: "You are the son of a permanent servant, and you have a big face, and you can forgive me for the sins of the county lord." ”

Zhang Ji was stunned for a moment, and finally remembered that his father had told him a few days ago that the king had made the newly recognized illegitimate daughter the county lord. But when he thought about it, he remembered what his father said about how easy it was to bully this girl, and as soon as the courtiers said it, they asked themselves not to be crowned princesses, and they did not dare to refute it at all. and the courage was strengthened again.

"You're that bastard daughter of Your Majesty? I heard that your mother is a slut, I don't know if you have learned from your mother how to serve people. Zhang Ji made a mockery of Konoha with his words.

Konoha's face remained unchanged, but he pulled out the saber at his waist, only to see a flash of silver light, the lewd smile on Zhang Ji's face had not faded, but a thin red line appeared on his neck.

Zhang Ji stretched out his hand to cover the wound, and blood was already gushing out. He threw his limbs backwards, and after a few convulsions, he didn't move.

Everyone present was stunned, and there was silence for a while.

Konoha slowly wiped the blood stains from the knife on Zhang Ji's precious satin clothes.

The soldiers of Zhang's mansion reacted and rushed forward to surround Konoha, Konoha put the knife back into the sheath, and tilted his head slightly at Zhang Ji's corpse: "Tell your family, Lord Zhang, before sunset today, prepare a generous gift and come to the East Palace to apologize to me." I won't see anyone until dark, and I'll make the whole Zhang Mansion the same as him. ”

The family soldiers relied on the power of Zhang's Mansion to bully and bully the people at most, where had they seen someone like Konoha, they were frightened by the murderous aura on her body, not to mention avenging their master, they didn't dare to collect Zhang Ji's body, and ran back to Zhang's Mansion to report the news.

Konoha waved his hand to let the people disperse, and was about to go back, when the girl suddenly rushed over and hugged her legs: "The little girl is grateful for the life-saving grace of His Royal Highness the county lord, and is willing to serve His Highness from now on, and beg His Highness to accept me." ”

Konoha shook his head: "Girl, I don't accept maids by my side. You don't have to worry about today's events, just go home and go about your life as usual. ”

The girl looked at Konoha and refused firmly, leaving no room for anything, and after a long time, she decided to gamble: "Your Highness has been a great favor to save me today." It's just that if the county lord goes away, Zhang Fu will not dare to find trouble with His Highness, but it will be easy to kill my family. The little girl's life is cheap, and it is not a pity to die. Poor my parents brought me up, and before I could enjoy a day of family happiness, I suffered this misfortune. I beg the lord of the county to show mercy and protect my family. ”

When Konoha heard this, he felt that these words were reasonable, and then he saw that this girl was also smart and bold, and it was not difficult to raise a little maid by his side, so he simply agreed.

Konoha returned to the East Palace with the rescued girl, summoned the head of the East Palace, and asked him to arrange an errand for the girl.

After arranging, Konoha went to the main hall of Mubeimo by himself. The little attendant beside her was Mu Beimo's person, and the time she had arranged for that girl just now was enough to let Mu Beimo know what she had done when she went out today.

Mu Beimo heard the sound of the temple door opening, knew that it was Konoha who came, took the cup on the tea tray, and gave Konoha a cup of tea: "You are so angry today, drink tea to extinguish the fire." ”

Konoha was also polite, sat next to Mu Beimo, drank the cup of tea in one gulp, and pushed the cup in front of Mu Beimo.

After drinking a few glasses in a row, Mu Beimo saw that Mu Ye had no intention of speaking, so he had to break the silence first: "You don't have to be so tempted, I promise you unrestricted power, and naturally I will do what I say." ”

Konoha replied to him: "Although Brother Wang said so, I see that Xiling Chaozhong's contempt for me is better than Nanwan's, and today's incident is a coincidence, how can I not try, how far can Brother Wang allow me to make trouble." ”

Mu Beimo stretched out his hand and rubbed Mu Ye's hair, as if to appease the fried kitten: "The people who embarrassed you that day, especially Yao Hongzhi, are hereditary old nobles. They are stubborn and rotten, and they are disgusted with anything new. It's not against you, it's by their nature. ”

Konoha turned his head sideways, dodging Mu Beimo's hand. Mu Beimo didn't embarrass her, and withdrew his hand: "Don't say it's Zhang Ji, you just killed his father, and my father and I will also make decisions for you." ”

At this time, the chief steward came in and announced: "His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the County Lord, Lord Zhang has arrived." ”

"Call in," Konoha said.

The manager looked at Mu Beimo, Mu Beimo nodded, and he trotted out.

After a short time, Zhang Changshou walked into the main hall with the chief manager. As soon as he came in, he knelt down and bowed: "Weichen see the two highnesses." Today, the dog offended His Royal Highness the county lord and committed an unforgivable crime, which should have been punished by a thousand knives, but His Royal Highness was merciful and left his whole body. The minister came to the door to thank him. ”

Although Konoha listened to his humble words, there was hatred in his voice that could not be concealed: "Lord Zhang, I am a vulgar person who grew up in the army, and I can't listen to such high-sounding words, you might as well say it directly, you are forced by my threat and have to come to the door." ”

"The minister doesn't dare"

Mu Beimo raised his hand and signaled Mu Ye not to stimulate Zhang Changzhi anymore: "Master Zhang has no way to teach his son, and today is a lesson." Lone and forgive you the sin of disrespect, if there is a next time, Lone will not be spared. ”