What, the groom official didn't know on the day of marriage, Ye Ningxiang was so shocked that she almost dropped her eyeballs, and Mu Xize, who was standing on the side, also opened her eyes wide, her face full of disbelief.

"Your Majesty, your joke is a bit excessive!" Mu Xize said in surprise.

Mu Jingyuan's face suddenly became serious, and he said seriously: "I'm not kidding, your princesses entered the Ning Palace's Mansion this morning, and they should be waiting for your husband to return to the palace at this moment!"

Mu Jingyuan temporarily sent those people to King Ning's Mansion, the purpose was to stimulate Mu Xize, it was best to make him angry in public, or even rebel, so that he would have a suitable reason to get rid of Mu Xize. But he was wrong again, Mu Xize not only didn't get angry, but thought it was funny and said with a smile: "I am probably the only groom in this world, and I didn't know that I had become a parent on the day I got married." Then he walked out of the Yixia Hall unhurriedly.

After Mu Xize left, Mu Jingyuan said a little mysteriously: "Ye Ningxiang, come with me, I have something to say to you." ”

When the two of them went to a secluded place where only the two of them were, Mu Jingyuan's face was solemn, and he asked in a somewhat deep voice: "Ye Ningxiang, there are only you and me here, I want you to tell me the reason why you go to the Buddha Hall every day to send peach blossom tea to Mu Xize, don't prevaricate me with the reason that he likes to drink." ”

Hearing the meaning of this, it seemed that Mu Jingyuan had secretly discovered something, Ye Ningxiang hesitated for a while, and said: "It is true that he likes to drink it, but that tea has been touched by me, and within March King Ning will lose his mind and become crazy or stupid." ”

Probably seeing the incomprehension in Mu Jingyuan's heart, Ye Ningxiang explained: "I have a common enmity with him, I have been apprenticed to learn art all these years, and I entered the palace by selecting palace people, all of this has only one purpose, that is, to take revenge on him." The emperor doesn't want to ask me what kind of hatred I have with him, even if I ask, Ning Xiang won't say it. ”

As she spoke, Ye Ningxiang's eyes were like ice, and her face became cold and ruthless, making people dare not get close. Mu Jingyuan waited for Ye Ningxiang to finish speaking before he dared to interject: "It turns out that you are the one who stands on my side, I thought you had already become King Ning's person." ”

Ye Ningxiang knelt down, quite determined to Mu Jingyuan, and said in a very firm tone: "Ning Xiang is a person who has left the emperor, and Ning Xiang is willing to go to the soup for the emperor. ”

Mu Jingyuan smiled and helped Ye Ningxiang up, and said, "I see that Meng Yao seems to like you very much, so you can go to Yixia Hall first to help me take care of her." ”

Mu Jingyuan's meaning is very obvious, he wants Ye Ningxiang like this, he thinks that someone who is very close to him can enter the Yixia Palace, so that he can secretly grasp all the information of the Yixia Palace.

The originally deserted Ning Wangfu became lively because of the four ugly girls that Mu Jingyuan chose for Mu Xize. These women originally thought that they would never be able to get married, but they didn't expect to marry a prince this time, and they were all beaming, and they didn't care that there were three other women who wanted to share the same husband with them.

Dozens of large wooden boxes were parked in the courtyard of the palace, which contained the luggage of these four women. When Mu Xize returned to the palace, the four of them and the subordinates in the palace were concentrating on pounding their luggage towards the room.

Feeling that the originally pure and elegant palace was made into a miasma by these people, Mu Xize frowned with some dissatisfaction, and then sighed with some distress.

"Lord, Lord, you can come back!" The daughter of the Dali Siqing, the new concubine of Mu Xize, who spoke first.

When the other three side concubines saw Mu Xize coming back, they also greeted Mu Xize one after another, and in an instant, four women knelt in front of Mu Xize together. I don't know if the grandmother in charge of etiquette in the palace taught in advance, these women introduced themselves one after another, and some of them had to be broken into dozens of sentences in order to show themselves.

By the time they all introduced themselves, more than half an hour had passed. I thought that I should get a trace of favor from King Ning by behaving like this, but I didn't expect Mu Xize to just reply very coldly: "Okay, I know." Just remember one thing, and never enter my house without my permission. ”

Such an answer extinguished the enthusiasm of these older leftover women, four people, you look at me, I look at you, and you can't say a word for a long time.

At night, Mu Xize locked the door in his room, gently twisted the button next to the soft collapse, and then entered the secret room. And there was another person hiding in the secret room. This person seemed to have been waiting in the secret room for a long time, and when Mu Xize first came down, he was still pacing anxiously around.

"Brother Qi has been waiting for a long time. ”

It turned out that this person was Qi Sheng, the squire of the military department, Qi Changyong's only son, and Qi Mengyao's eldest brother.

"Childe, I was too careless and leaked a flaw in the matter of military salary, which caused Childe to spend all his savings for me. While speaking, Qi Sheng knelt down, looking like he was asking for punishment.

"There are still three chests of gold in this secret room, you quickly take them and gamble on the holes in your military pay. In the future, don't use these money to invest in defending the country, although it can make more money for the army, but it also makes the soldiers worry about food and clothing, but it plays a bad role. ”

"Childe, this time is an exception, Boss Ren said that as long as I wait for another two months, the money I invested before will be doubled, not to mention buying new clothes for the soldiers, even if it is possible to eat meat every day. ”

"If you believe me, withdraw the money you have put into it, or in two months your head will be on the ground. At that point, even the Shadow Guard won't be able to save your life. ”

Although Qi Sheng wanted to argue, he didn't dare to disobey Mu Xize's meaning in the end, and said respectfully: "Yes, tomorrow I will withdraw the money and distribute the general's salary to various military camps." ”

"Also, if you have the opportunity to meet Liancheng, please tell him that the person who is the boss can no longer be used. ”

"Yes. ”

This Qi Sheng has followed Mu Xize since he first founded the Shadow Guard, although Mu Xize knew that what Qi Sheng did was against the laws of the imperial court, but he did earn a lot of money for the departing army over the years, and secretly reduced a lot of burdens. In the final analysis, it was all for the sake of leaving the country, so even though he had known that Qi Sheng had embezzled military salaries, he had never turned a blind eye and pretended not to know.

It's just that this time, the other party came prepared, obviously wanted Qi Sheng's life, and took the opportunity to seize Qi Changyong's power again, although he gave Qi Sheng a hint, but whether he could escape this catastrophe was really unknown, Mu Xize also felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Hearing that Ye Ningxiang had become her personal maid, Qi Mengyao was inexplicably excited this night, and even wanted to sleep in the same bed with Ye Ningxiang, but Ye Ningxiang kowtowed three times in a row and refused. In the end, she let Ye Ningxiang sleep in the outhouse, and she slept until dawn because of the company of Ye Ningxiang, a person who was still relatively familiar.

After breakfast, Ye Ningxiang accompanied the new queen to wander around, in fact, she took the new queen to find the way. In the end, she is still young, Qi Mengyao seems to be full of curiosity about everything in the palace, she has to stop for a while every time she goes to a place, and even a dead tree can admire it for a long time, and then she smiled and said to Ye Ningxiang: "This tree is so beautiful!"

I can't imagine that such a flower-like girl has such a unique aesthetic. After wandering outside for a long time, the heat in Ye Ningxiang's body was almost dissipated, she tightened her arms, dragged a shivering body, followed behind Qi Mengyao, and scolded in her heart: This little girl is in such good health, she hasn't been cold at all after freezing outside for so long!

Fortunately, Qi Mengyao was a careful person, and soon discovered Ye Ningxiang's abnormality, and asked with concern: "Sister Ningxiang, do you feel cold, why don't we go back to Yixia Hall today." ”

Ye Ningxiang nodded again and again, hummed twice, and couldn't wait to walk towards Yixia Palace.

Mu Xize was waiting for Ye Ningxiang and Qi Mengyao in Yixia Hall early, and when he heard their footsteps, he almost ran out to meet them, and then said to Ye Ningxiang very happily: "I just made a bet with the Queen Mother, if someone in the palace can turn the four ugly girls given to me by the emperor into beauties within a month, I will obediently marry them, if I can't become beauties, I can withdraw from the marriage." ”

Ye Ningxiang deliberately sneered: "I didn't expect that the prince was an exaggerated person who only focused on the appearance and not the inside. ”

"My Fair Lady, good gentleman, it's not like you don't know what I think about you, and you're still teasing me here!"

When Qi Mengyao heard Mu Xize say this, she deliberately pushed Ye Ningxiang into Mu Xize's arms, and said with a good look: "Everyone shows their hearts to you like this, and you still don't express it!"

Mu Xize even took advantage of the situation to hold Ye Ningxiang in his arms, the corners of his mouth rose, and he looked charming.

At this moment, the Queen Mother suddenly broke into the Yixia Palace, happened to see this extremely ambiguous scene, and said sternly: "What are you doing?"

Ye Ningxiang was a little flustered by the Queen Mother's reprimand, pushed Mu Xize away, knelt on the ground and apologized to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother didn't say anything to embarrass Ye Ningxiang, just glared at her fiercely, and walked in front of Qi Mengyao.

And Qi Mengyao was also frightened enough because of the sudden appearance of the Queen Mother, lowered her head, and didn't dare to gasp. However, the Queen Mother said to Qi Mengyao very gently: "This palace has a task to be handed over to you," the Queen Mother looked at Mu Xize who was standing aside, and a smile appeared on her face, "This palace wants you to turn the four princesses of King Ning's mansion into beauties within a month, don't let this palace down!"

One moment ago, I regarded Mu Xize's bet with the Queen Mother as a joke, but I didn't expect that the next moment this joke turned into a task, Qi Mengyao sighed weakly, and then sensed that Ye Ningxiang was pulling at her clothes, so she said reluctantly: "Yes, Mengyao must not let the Queen Mother down." ”

Hearing that Qi Mengyao and Ye Ningxiang had become the main force in transforming ugly girls, Mu Xize couldn't help but feel a little drumming in his heart, if Ye Ningxiang really completed this impossible task, wouldn't he really have to marry these four people! Although he lacked confidence in his heart, he still pretended to be calm on his face, and said very calmly: "I won this gamble." ”