The guards wanted to scare off the two poor people who had eaten the gall of the leopard through scolding and the threat of long knives, but they didn't want the man in tattered clothes in front of them to not be frightened, but instead revealed the majesty of a king. The guards didn't dare to act rashly, and stared at Mu Jingyuan for a while, when suddenly one of the guards fell to the ground with a thud and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, please spare your life!"

Mu Jingyuan glared at the guard fiercely, and said coldly, "Go and prepare a first-class carriage for me." ”

"Yes, yes. The guards replied in a panic, and then crawled out of Mu Jingyuan's sight.

Soon the news of Mu Jingyuan's return to the palace spread to all corners of the palace, and all the famous people in the palace rushed to the gate of Zhaoyang Hall early, kneeling and waiting for Mu Jingyuan's return.

Mu Jingyuan carried Ye Ningxiang in the carriage, and then carried Ye Ningxiang into the Zhaoyang Hall in front of everyone. Qi Mengyao saw that Ye Ningxiang, who was so seriously injured, and her previous complaints about Ye Ningxiang had disappeared, and she rushed to Mu Jingyuan's side very anxiously, almost crying anxiously, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with Sister Ningxiang, how could she be so seriously injured." ”

Mu Jingyuan didn't explain too much, and said coldly: "Pass the imperial doctor." ”

Seeing that Mu Jingyuanzi had always looked cold since he returned to the palace, and he didn't see half a smile, the people who were guarding the Zhaoyang Hall in advance lowered their heads, and they didn't dare to make a sound, looking terrified. The imperial doctor of the Imperial Medical Department probably realized the seriousness of the situation, and all the staff rushed to the Zhaoyang Hall as quickly as possible.

Imperial Doctor Zhou, who had the most skilled medical skills in the Imperial Medical Department, was very attentive to Ye Ningxiang's pulse, but his face looked extremely serious.

"Imperial Doctor Zhou, how is it?" Mu Jingyuan grabbed Imperial Doctor Zhou's collar and asked very anxiously.

Imperial Doctor Zhou can also be regarded as an old minister who has gone through the wind and waves, and he was not afraid of Mu Jingyuan's actions, but shook his head, and then frowned and replied thoughtfully: "Strange, according to the pulse of the Ye Palace people, she should not be able to live today, but there seems to be another power in her body that makes her live safely to this day." ”

"Another force—is it the internal force that I transmitted to her earlier?"

"Perhaps, the minister doesn't know much. ”

"It's not clear, it's not clear, what's the use of me keeping you!"

Hearing Mu Jingyuan say this, those imperial doctors who were listening to the examination on the side fell to their knees one after another, and kept begging for mercy: "The emperor spares his life! The emperor forgives his sins!"

"Get out, get out of here!" Mu Jingyuan was furious, yelling as he smashed the teacup.

Ever since Mo Xiaoqin found her benefactor, she seemed to be a different person, with a smile on her face all day long. The fly in the ointment is that when she saw him that day, she only said that she would go to stroke the piano for him next time, but she did not say that she was in Yipinju of Fulai Inn on weekdays, if Rumo wanted to find her one day, I am afraid I don't know where to start.

Realizing this, Mo Xiaoqin rushed to the Fulai Inn the next day after meeting Rumo, but the shopkeeper said that Rumo went out temporarily and was not in the inn, but his room did not leave. Since then, every day, Mo Xiaoqin has one more homework to do, and goes to the Fulai Inn to look for Rumo every morning.

Although there is no trace of ink, she has a new spiritual motivation in her heart, and she is full of motivation these days, and the music she plays is much happier than before.

On this day, she was stroking the piano as always, but she didn't expect that there would be a guest in the middle of this product that she couldn't imagine anyway. At this moment, Rumo is sitting in a secluded corner, drinking tea and listening to music.

Even so, Mo Xiaoqin still saw at a glance this young man in black who was dressed in black but looked extremely beautiful hidden among the sons of the many scholars. Rumo's face was expressionless, but Mo Xiaoqin could see that his face was not as cold and terrifying as when he first saw him, as if the ice had inadvertently cracked a thin slit, and something warm seemed to slip quietly through that slit.

Mo Xiaoqin wanted to rush to him when she saw him, but in the end she resisted her impulse, and just kept smirking at him, her crooked smiling eyes and deep pear vortex were intoxicating to watch.

"Didn't Mr. Mo say that he wouldn't help me anymore, why did he take the initiative to come to Yipinju again?" Xiao Qingyu quietly sat down opposite Rumo at some point, and asked with a smile, but there was no trace of concern in his smile.

Rumo glanced at Xiao Qingyu coldly and said, "Drink tea." ”

Xiao Qingyu laughed twice, patted Rumo's shoulder gently, and said, "There are thousands of varieties of tea in my house, Mr. Mo has to taste it carefully!"

After speaking, Xiao Qingyu put his hands behind his back, revealing a look of imperativeness, and returned to his room with a smile.

Mo Xiaoqin had no intention of stroking the qin, and hurriedly finished the piano song and sat down next to Rumo, her beautiful face still full of smiles.

"Rumo, why are you here? How do you know I'm here?" Mo Xiaoqin unconsciously stroked the back of Rumo's hand and asked very excitedly.

Suddenly being touched by a woman she didn't know very well, a trace of panic flashed on Rumo's face, and even a little shy, she quickly withdrew her hand from the tea table, and tried to maintain her usual cold tone and said, "It's a coincidence to come here to drink tea and see you." ”

I thought that Rumo had made a special trip to find herself, but after listening to Rumo's answer, Mo Xiaoqin looked sad as if she had suddenly been hit by something, and her voice was much quieter, and she said, "Oh, that's the case." ”

Sitting quietly beside Rumo for a while, Rumo was always silent, but Mo Xiaoqin never lost heart, and smiled: "Rumo, you should come here to drink tea more." ”

Rumo looked up at her, as if asking why she was doing this.

Seeing that Rumo finally reacted, Mo Xiaoqin smiled even more and said, "The tea is warm and moist, and it is the most suitable for melting your iceberg." ”

As if Mo Xiaoqin suddenly said the wrong thing, Rumo suddenly got up and prepared to leave without saying a word. However, as soon as he got together, he was pulled by Mo Xiaoqin, and the sudden pull made him unable to move for a while.

"Let go. Rumo's face was gloomy, and her voice was very low.

"Don't let go. If I let go, I don't know when I'll see you again. Speaking of this, Mo Xiaoqin's eyes were filled with tears, and she didn't know why she was so concerned about such a man who had only met three times, so afraid that this person would suddenly disappear from her world. But what she knew was that she was going to stop him at this moment.

Rumo's gloomy face eased somewhat, and he stood there and stalemate with Mo Xiaoqin for a while, and said in a mature old man-like tone: "You are really a difficult child. After speaking, he gently picked away Mo Xiaoqin's hand that was tightly gripping his arm, and then turned around and walked towards the outside of Yipinju.

"Tomorrow, will you come back tomorrow?"

However, when Mo Xiaoqin asked this, Rumo had already walked away and disappeared into the crowd, and did not give her half a response.

In a flash, Ye Ningxiang had been lying on the bed for more than 20 days, probably because the wound began to grow flesh, she felt that her sword wound was painful and itchy, very unbearable, and when she was bored, she walked around the front of the house alone. However, when she came out, she happened to meet a team of eunuchs, and the eunuchs led by her seemed to be holding the holy decree.

Seeing Ye Ningxiang get out of bed, the eunuchs panicked, for fear that something would happen to her and Mu Jingyuan would blame her for losing her life, so they quickly went to support Ye Ningxiang and said with concern: "Ye Gongren, your injury is not healed, you can't move around like this!"

"What are you doing here?"

The eunuch who delivered the decree straightened his clothes, and his words became solemn, "We are here to deliver the decree to the people of the Ye Palace. ”

As soon as Ye Ningxiang heard this, she hurriedly prepared to kneel on the ground to receive the order, but was stopped by the eunuch beside her, "Ye Gong was seriously injured, and the emperor decreed that all Ye Gong people should be exempted from all bowing rituals." ”

Then the eunuch who delivered the decree shouted at the top of his voice: "The palace maid Ye family, virtuous and virtuous, sacrificed her life to save the driver, and specially sealed the second-grade imperial servant, Qin this!"

"The slave and maid are grateful. After speaking, Ye Ningxiang carefully took the holy decree, but saw that there were many more eunuchs behind these eunuchs, but these eunuchs were full of hands, as if they had taken many precious gifts.

The eunuch smiled, showed a look of envy, pointed to those gifts and said: "These are the gifts specially given to you by the emperor, the emperor said to let you see if these things are to your liking, if you don't like it, tell the Internal Affairs Office directly, let them change the new gifts." ”

Ye Ningxiang pretended to be flattered, and thanked him again and again: "I like it, I like it, no matter what the emperor sends, Ning Xiang likes it very much." ”

Sure enough, her bitter trick was not in vain, and now that she has been crowned a female official, she can justifiably follow the emperor at all times, and it will be easier to cause trouble to the palace who has left the country.

Soon after the eunuchs and gift-giving eunuchs left, Qi Mengyao led several palace maids to visit the seriously injured Ye Ningxiang, and the palace maids still had many supplements in their hands.

"Sister Ning Xiang, are you better?" Qi Mengyao said with a smile.

Because she had annoyed Qi Mengyao with Mu Jingyuan before leaving the palace, Ye Ningxiang was afraid that she would still be angry with herself because she didn't tell her in time that Mu Jingyuan was about to leave the palace, so she respectfully greeted Qi Mengyao and thanked her.

Unexpectedly, Qi Mengyao took the initiative to hold her arm, and said pitifully: "Sister Ning Xiang, I was wrong about what happened before, don't blame me, okay!"

felt that Qi Mengyao's anger had completely disappeared, Ye Ningxiang also put her mind at ease, like a caring big sister, and said very gently: "How can Ning Xiang blame the queen mother, Ning Xiang loves you too late!"

Qi Mengyao couldn't stop laughing, held Ye Ningxiang's hands tightly, and said very sincerely: "Then the two of us are still good sisters, right?"

"Yes--" Ye Ningxiang said in a deliberate long voice.

At this time, the palace maid Zhilan walked quickly in front of Ye Ningxiang and Qi Mengyao, although her movements were very hurried, but her face was full of smiles, "Sister Ningxiang, the emperor has sent a message, saying that a family banquet will be held in Zhaoyang Hall tonight, saying that it is specially to reward you, a life-saving benefactor." ”

In the next two hours, Qi Mengyao stayed in Ye Ningxiang's residence, whispering the whispers of her daughter's house, and from time to time she could faintly hear Ye Ningxiang and Qi Mengyao's giggles from outside the house.

It's been a long time since I've been in such a good mood as today, Ye Ningxiang can't help but have the illusion that all this is an illusion, but she can clearly hear Qi Mengyao's laughter, touch Qi Mengyao's palm, and see Qi Mengyao's lively figure like a silly girl, it turns out that everything in front of her is real.

In the Yaohua Palace, Xia Qingqing was dressing up next to the bronze mirror to prepare for the family banquet in the evening. At this time, the figure of another person flashed in the bronze mirror, Mu Jingyuan stood silently behind Xia Qingqing, gently holding Xia Qingqing's soft and slender waist with both hands, and burying his head in her neck, constantly kissing her neck, her cheeks, and then her lips.

After a period of affection, his expression became serious, and he withdrew all the slaves and maids in the Yaohua Palace, lowered his voice and whispered to Xia Qingqing: "How did that matter go." But it's done?"

Xia Qingqing also replied very seriously: "Foolproof." ”

"That's good, that's good. After speaking, Mu Jingyuan's face showed a heavy look of guilt, and he stopped speaking for a long time.

"The emperor doesn't have to blame himself, in the final analysis, you are also for our great departure, for this hard-won throne. ”

Mu Jingyuan nodded tiredly, hugged Xia Qingqing tightly, and whispered, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Ye Ningxiang came to the main hall of Zhaoyang Hall with Qi Mengyao, but Mu Jingyuan, who was sitting on the main seat, had a gloomy face, and an angry look of wanting to eat people, which was similar to the appearance she saw the day before yesterday. Quickly swept the seat on the side, Ye Ningxiang immediately understood the reason why he was so abnormal, because Mu Xize, who had disappeared for almost two months, suddenly returned.

At this moment, he was sitting in the seat closest to the Queen Mother, drinking very peacefully.

It's him, it's him back. Ye Ningxiang never thought that seeing Mu Xize again would be on such an occasion, let alone that her heart would rise with such an uncalming wave. Obviously sitting there alive, Ye Ningxiang unconsciously felt heartache, heartache for his thinner face, heartache for the tiredness he couldn't hide, and finally she turned her head and stopped looking at Mu Xize.

Seeing Ye Ningxiang, Mu Jingyuan's mood seemed to be much better, and he said with a smile: "Ye Ningxiang, come here and sit next to me." ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she seemed to be very dissatisfied, and glared at Ye Ningxiang fiercely, so that Ye Ningxiang did not dare to act rashly, so she knelt down and said timidly: "Your Majesty, this is your family banquet, Ningxiang and her maidservants have come to participate in it is already overdue, how can you sit next to the emperor!"

"Hmph, it's nominally a family feast, but this feast has long since changed its taste. Saying that, Mu Jingyuan looked at Mu Xize hatefully, and continued: "He can come, why can't you sit next to me!"

What kind of logic is this, what does it have to do with whether she Ye Ningxiang sits next to the emperor or not, and whether Mu Xize comes to attend the family banquet? Ye Ningxiang sighed secretly in her heart: This Mu Jingyuan really said that the wind is the rain, and he is more foolish than a child. Although she thought so in her heart, she still sat down beside Mu Jingyuan obediently.

Probably because of Mu Xize, an uninvited guest who shouldn't have appeared here, the entire banquet became very silent, and even a little embarrassed.

But the dullness of the banquet was soon broken. Because Queen Qi Mengyao, who has always been alive, suddenly fainted on the table in the middle of the banquet.