Because these four women had been living in Yixia Hall before, and Ye Ningxiang had been responsible for taking care of and treating them, Ye Ningxiang was naturally asked to go to King Ning's Mansion to find out what was going on, Qi Mengyao was afraid that Ye Ningxiang would be involved in this unsolved case, so she went with Ye Ningxiang.

When they came to King Ning's Mansion, Mu Jingyuan and the Queen Mother had already arrived there first. The entire Ning Wangfu was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside the Yulin Army, for fear of letting out the murderers of the princesses.

In the main hall of the palace, four stretchers covered with white cloth were neatly placed, and under the white cloth were the bodies of these four people. Anyway, they have been together for a month, and a few days ago, they were all happy, ready to embrace their new life, but at this moment, they are all lying here motionless, and even their bodies are cold and even stiff. Ye Ningxiang felt uncomfortable and couldn't help crying.

Qi Mengyao was still an official lady after all, how could she have seen such a scene, she was scared and heartbroken, and she cried even more than Ye Ningxiang.

The Queen Mother was already upset that Mu Xize might be implicated, and she was even more upset when she heard Qi Mengyao's cry, so she said with no good face: "Queen, there's nothing to do with you here, go back." ”

Qi Mengyao looked at Ye Ningxiang with some uneasiness, and reluctantly left King Ning's mansion.

At this time, Mu Xize was confined to his living room, and there were fifty or sixty soldiers guarding the door. When Ye Ningxiang saw him, he had the illusion that he was the murderer, because he looked like he was lost and depressed, and he was not the slightest dissatisfied with the surveillance of these soldiers, let alone the slightest intention of escaping.

Obviously, there was a bed in the house, and there was a soft collapse, but he curled up and sat on the ground with his back against the wardrobe, holding the wooden box containing the wooden dagger that Ji Lingchen gave him at the funeral of the national teacher that day.

Mu Jingyuan seemed to be very happy when he saw this appearance, but he pretended to be very worried on his face, squatted down and stroked his shoulder, and said: "If King Ning doesn't like these women, you can tell me in advance, now that the trouble has reached this point, even if you didn't kill them with your own hands, but they died in your mansion after all, I have to give an explanation to their parents after all." ”

The meaning of Mu Jingyuan's words is obvious, that is, Mu Xize is determined to be the murderer, but now the evidence is insufficient, and when the evidence is found, Mu Xize will be sentenced again.

Mu Xize didn't do anything to resist, and seemed to agree with Mu Jingyuan's approach, and nodded at him very obediently.

"King Ning, you take a short rest here first, I have ordered Wei Xun to send a servant to conduct autopsies on the four of them, and I think I will give you an explanation soon. As for the peachwood dagger in your hand, you should leave it to me for safekeeping, this kind of thing is too dangerous in your hands. After speaking, Mu Jingyuan reached out to grab the wooden box in Mu Xize's hand, and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

However, as soon as he made this move, he was fiercely stopped by the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother forcibly grabbed Mu Jingyuan's arm and said in a very stern tone: "The palace has its own decision on King Ning's affairs, and the emperor must not waste too much time on this matter, and ask the emperor to return to the palace as soon as possible." ”

"Queen Mother, you are refuting my face in public, and you are excusing King Ning in public!"

"Even so, the emperor will disobey me in public!"

"Okay, I want to see how the queen mother exonerates King Ning!"

Then Mu Jingyuan snorted, flicked his sleeves and walked out of Mu Xize's room angrily.

Just as Ye Ningxiang was debating whether to leave with Mu Jingyuan, Mu Xize, who had not spoken, suddenly opened his mouth.

"Queen Mother, I want to talk to Xiao Yezi for a while. ”

The Queen Mother didn't embarrass him at all, and glanced at Ye Ningxiang, meaning to let her hurry to Mu Xize's side. After that, the Queen Mother said to the guards at the door: "You are all waiting outside the house, and you are not allowed to approach King Ning's bedroom for half a step without the orders of the mourning family." ”

"Wow. ”

There were only two people left in the bedroom, Ye Ningxiang and Mu Xize, and the surroundings were terrifyingly quiet. Ye Ningxiang wanted to talk to Mu Xize, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed them back.

What should you say? Comfort him, say it's okay, you will be innocent, even a fool can hear how false this is! Let him accept the reality and say that it doesn't matter, even if you are a murderer, but you have great power, the emperor will not dare to take your life.

Ye Ningxiang was thinking about how to start a topic, when she saw Mu Xize suddenly get up and walk towards her, with a slight smile on her pale face.

"Xiao Yezi, if I am not by your side in the future, you have to take good care of yourself. Then he pulled out from his waist a delicately crafted bronze token, engraved with the word "bright moon". "If you encounter any problems in the future, you can take this token to Mingyue Pavilion to find my master, and he will help you. ”

"Lord Wang, you didn't kill people, right?" Although Mu Xize's various practices made Ye Ningxiang feel that he was really the murderer, she still couldn't help but ask.

Mu Xize shook his head, then looked at Ye Ningxiang very affectionately and said, "Do you believe that I did it?"

If the murderer was not him, he could have denied it, so he made Ye Ningxiang feel very uneasy, which made her suspicion of Mu Xize even heavier, but she couldn't say the word believe in it, so she said with a smile: "Ning Xiang naturally doesn't believe that the prince is the murderer." I think that back then, the prince was also hugged left and right, and dozens of beautiful women embraced him, but now even if these princes don't like it, they will never kill them personally. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Ningxiang felt that she seemed to have said the wrong thing, when Ning Wangfu was as beautiful as a cloud, it was when she had just married Mu Xize in her previous life. According to common sense, how could a little girl like Ye Ningxiang, who was only nine years old at the time, know so much about the inside story of Ning Wangfu. If Mu Xize delved into her words, how could she answer to avoid his suspicion?

Unexpectedly, what was waiting for Ye Ningxiang was not Mu Xize's question, but his slightly ridiculous smile.

"Oh, so you're jealous!"

"No, no, where does the prince want to go!" Although she said this, Ye Ningxiang secretly scolded in her heart: Mu Xize, are you a human being, this thinking structure is too much worse than a human being, and in this case, she is not serious about making her happy.

"Back then, I was young and ignorant, and I didn't see my heart clearly earlier, which caused her to suffer so much. Mu Xize's expression suddenly became very sad, and the circles under his eyes and the tip of his nose seemed to be slightly red. When he said this, Mu Xize also deliberately took two steps in the direction of Ye Ningxiang, and it felt as if he had said this to Ye Ningxiang on purpose.

Ye Ningxiang smiled bitterly in her heart, there has never been a medicine called regret in the world, no matter how guilty he is today, but after all, he caused her family to be ruined, how can such a revenge not be avenged! For a while, Ye Ningxiang was full of hatred, and her hands were clenched into fists so that she could endure the tears of resentment and not flow out.

Although her emotions were already fluctuating violently, she risked being discovered by Mu Xize and asked, "Since the prince really likes the first princess, why did he divorce her with a letter of resignation, and finally caused her family to die with rebellion?"

"The book of resignation is fake. After speaking, Mu Xize turned around and no longer faced Ye Ningxiang, his voice became more muffled, and he continued: "I'm tired, you go back first." ”

"What about the other things, are they also fake?" Ye Ningxiang continued to ask Mu Xize, but she didn't notice that her voice was trembling to the point of slurring words at this time.

"Even if you have the power to control the world, there are always things that you can't control. Mu Xize sighed and said in a very small voice, but this voice seemed to be mixed with strong guilt and helplessness.

Even if the letter of resignation is fake, but listening to Mu Xize's intention to murder Su Fu is true, after all, it is not her misunderstanding of him, but the fact, Mu Xize's murder of her whole family is not a misunderstanding but a fact! Although she has been strictly trained for seven years, in the face of such a situation, Ye Ningxiang still couldn't help crying, and she couldn't help but turn around and run out of Mu Xize's room, crying while running under the suspicious eyes of the guards.

Mu Xize carefully opened the wooden box and took out the delicately made mahogany dagger.

"Queen Mother, my existence will always be a threat to the emperor. Mu Xize said as he handed the dagger to the Queen Mother.

"What do you mean by that?" the Queen Mother reluctantly took the dagger, her heart full of questions.

Mu Xize held the Queen Mother's hands holding the dagger, and did not answer her question, but showed a relieved smile, and then stabbed the dagger towards his heart.

As soon as the dagger pierced through his clothes, countless golden-red ashes rose around his heart in an instant, as if the skin on his chest was burning.

The Queen Mother looked shocked, tried her best to break free of Mu Xize's hands, pulled out the dagger she was holding in her hand from Mu Xize's skin and threw it aside. Then the Queen Mother slapped Mu Xize with her backhand, and was injured by the peach wood dagger and the Queen Mother's sudden injury, Mu Xize stumbled backwards and retreated a few steps, and finally fell to the ground.

Mu Xize leaned against the wardrobe, his face was as pale as snow, and his forehead was still soaked with a layer of sweat, panting heavily, and said in a voice that was so weak that it was almost difficult to be heard: "If I die, it will be a good thing for everyone, why should the Queen Mother save me." ”

The Queen Mother picked up the dagger that had just been thrown aside by herself, and then looked at Mu Xize very sadly, and said after a long time: "I thought you were not a coward who evaded responsibility, and today I see that you are no different from ordinary people." I'll keep this dagger for you first, and without my permission, you'll have to give me a good life!"

After speaking, the Queen Mother pushed open the door and said sternly to the guards: "You guys show me here, if something happens to King Ning, you can take your head and ask for guilt!"

Late at night, Dali Temple prison.

Song Tianweng was lying weakly on the messy dry grass in a wide and dirty prison uniform, if he hadn't faintly seen him still faintly panting, he would have felt that this miracle doctor who had been unbeatable for his outstanding achievements a few days ago had already died of anger.

"Open the cell door. Wei Xun said coldly to the jailer.

"Lord Wei, the Queen Mother ordered that this Song Tianweng is a felony who murdered Princess Ning, and no one is allowed to visit. The jailer looked at Wei Xun, who had always been pleasant, suddenly with such a gloomy face, and he didn't dare to make a sound, and replied timidly.

"Open the cell door. Wei Xun repeated his previous words, but at this time, in addition to the coldness, there was also a strong killing intent, as if he disobeyed his intentions, he would immediately end the life of the disobedient.

The jailer didn't dare to insist, took out the key from his waist with a trembling hand, handed it to Wei Xun tremblingly, and then lowered his head and quickly walked out of the cell.

Probably hearing the sound of Wei Xun unlocking, Song Tianweng slowly opened his eyes, looked at Wei Xun, smiled a little self-deprecatingly and said, "It seems that my Song Tianweng is not bad, and at such a point, there are still people who risk their lives to come to see me." ”

"Doctor Song, don't worry, give me two more days, and I will definitely rescue you in two days." Seeing Song Tianweng, Wei Xun's expression was complicated, but he wanted to save Song Tianweng's life from the bottom of his heart.

"Save me? How can you save me? Are you going to disobey the Queen Mother? You have climbed to this position with great difficulty, and it is not worth it to bury everything you have worked so hard for me, a centenarian. ”

Wei Xun suddenly knelt in front of Song Tianweng, and there seemed to be tears in the corners of his eyes.

"The divine doctor is Wei Xun's life-saving benefactor, even if Wei Xun tries his best, he will save the life of the divine doctor, besides, the divine doctor is not the murderer of those four people, as long as I explain the situation to the emperor, the emperor will definitely cure Mu Xize's crimes, and then release you." ”

Song Tianweng waved his hand weakly at Wei Xun, and said very calmly: "Forget it, I have lived for a hundred years, enough, really enough, you go back." ”

At this moment, a man suddenly broke into the prison, the man was dressed in black and wore a delicate silver-gray mask, and everywhere the man passed, all the jailers around him passed out and fell to the ground without exception.

Wei Xun clenched his hands into fists, looked desperate, and said, "Who are you, you dare to break into the prison at night!"