Seeing that his son, whom he hadn't seen for many years, was now sitting beside him, Mu Zongmin felt very satisfied, and called out the peerless palace ladies in advance to dance in the center of the venue. To be qualified to dance in front of the emperor, the palace ladies must be outstanding and graceful, and they must all be dressed in neon clothes and painted with strong fragrance and light powder, which can almost hook the souls of the people below.

However, Mu Xize was more difficult, and he could only hear the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestras, as well as the sound of Gong'e's skirts rubbing against each other when she danced, but it was always dark in front of her. Mu Xize carefully touched the table, and found a delicate small wine bottle in the upper left corner of the table, and a small wine glass next to the wine jug. Mu Xize picked up the wine jug slightly awkwardly and put some wine in the glass, seeing that his series of actions were very smooth, the corners of Mu Xize's mouth showed a slight smile.

And all this made Mr. Liu, who was accompanying the emperor beside him, see in his eyes, Mr. Liu is over sixty years old this year, it can be said that he grew up watching Mu Xize, and he also saw with his own eyes that the most outstanding prince of the Great Departure Country, who originally had the ability to astonish the world and govern the world, was now so difficult to even pour himself a glass of wine, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

At this time, the palace maids presented the freshly prepared meals of the imperial catering division to the tables of every prince, noble, dignitary and dignitary who came to the banquet, including Mu Xize's, of course. Manager Liu couldn't bear to see Mu Xize work so hard, so he didn't ask the emperor for instructions, and took the initiative to help Mu Xize pick up the vegetables.

Mu Xize smiled and thanked Mr. Liu: "There is Mr. Liu! Mr. Liu will just put these meals directly into my bowl, so that I don't have to bother you every time I eat." "I think that Prince Xize was also very particular about eating, and he didn't like to mix a variety of foods together, but now he took the initiative to ask Manager Liu to put all the meals into one bowl, which made Manager Liu feel even more sad.

At this time, Wang Guifei took advantage of the emperor's unpreparedness to glance at her son Duanwang Mu Jinghong, Mu Jinghong immediately understood, and took out a delicate gift box with gold rim from under the seat, which contained a wild ginseng that had grown for five hundred years, and then walked out of the seat very respectfully and knelt in front of the emperor.

"This is the five-hundred-year-old wild ginseng that Erchen personally went to Yaowang Mountain to pick for his father, and I wish my father and emperor blessings such as the East China Sea Shoubi Nanshan!" Mu Jinghong said with a smile on his face and a sincere face.

"The place in Yaowang Mountain is dangerous, you are risking your life to pick it yourself, your gift is valuable enough!" the emperor said with a smile.

"The son's life was given by his father, as long as he can make his father healthy for ten thousand years, his son will not hesitate to fight for his life!"

Mu Jinghong's words were moving, and everyone present was deeply moved, and Wang Guifei also smiled with satisfaction when she heard his answer.

It's just that the emperor's reaction was a little weaker than expected, he just nodded slightly with a smile, and then looked at his youngest son, Mu Jingyuan, the ninth prince, and asked with concern: "Xiao Jiu, what congratulatory gifts have you prepared?"

Mu Jingyuan walked out of his seat very respectfully, bowed to the emperor, and then opened the long scroll he had held in his hand before. The scroll was so long that it stretched across the entire banquet venue when it was completely unfolded.

Mu Jingyuan said unhurriedly: "Erchen prepared a longevity chart for his father, this longevity chart is composed of 10,000 ordinary people who asked Erchen to write a longevity character, this gift is not valuable, but it represents my great departure from the people's admiration and love for my father!"

"Good, good, good, it's rare that Xiao Jiu has the heart to benefit all the people, I am very pleased, you can also participate in the court deliberations tomorrow with your eldest brother, and learn to deal with government affairs." The emperor said very happily.

I saw that Wang Guifei suddenly blushed, and she had to try to restrain her emotions, looking very embarrassed, and King Duan heard that his younger brother had inexplicably become a powerful rival for his crown prince, and he was also jealous for a while.

Mu Xize imagined the tragic situation of Wang Guifei's anger and unspeakable, and suddenly became very happy, and a very obvious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This smile attracted the emperor's attention, and the emperor turned his head to look at Mu Xize, who seemed to be a little gloating, and also asked with a smile: "Xize, what kind of congratulatory gift have you prepared?"

Mu Xize's smile froze suddenly, his unfocused eyes faintly revealed some hatred, and then he took a sip of wine, and said very coldly: "What congratulatory gift does the emperor want?" As soon as these words came out, the princes, nobles, dignitaries and dignitaries who were doing it all held their breath and watched the next development of the situation.

Mu Xize turned slightly to avoid the emperor's gaze, and continued inadvertently: "It's better to cut off my neck and give it to the emperor!"

I saw that the emperor was so angry that he stood up directly from his seat, and said angrily: "Mu Xize, you are too presumptuous, don't think that I can't bear to kill you just because I am the son of the queen!"

Mu Xize looked at the emperor calmly, the two were in a stalemate for a while, Mu Xize said with a smile: "I was joking just now, the emperor should not take it seriously! It was only a few days ago that I learned that the emperor had summoned me to attend this banquet, and because of my weak health, I did not prepare a birthday banquet gift. ”

"This is a human saying. The emperor's anger suddenly disappeared, and he did not blame Mu Xize for his disrespectful and rebellious words. This made the princes, nobles, dignitaries and dignitaries present know such a message: Today, the saint still loves this sister-in-law Mu Xize who once assassinated him. In other words, the future crown prince may fall into the hands of Mu Xize, and I am afraid that the direction of the wind in the court will change in the future.

After sitting for a while, Mu Xize felt very bored, even if Qin Xiao didn't return, he really couldn't stay at the birthday banquet anymore, so he left the birthday banquet on the grounds that he was ill.

However, Mu Xize really overestimated his ability, since he was blind, he had never entered the palace once, and now he naturally couldn't tell where he looked like this, just wandering around the palace alone. What's even more tragic is that he can't even smell the smell of people around, which makes Mu Xize regret a little that he didn't wait for Qin Xiao to come out of the banquet alone.

"Hurry up, hurry up, your hands and feet are sharp!" the chief eunuch of the Imperial Diet Department raised his voice and said very anxiously, "If we delay serving food to the emperor, we will all be beheaded!"

Ye Ningxiang and Su Qingqing are currently busy under the control of the chief eunuch, and they are so tired that they are sweating profusely. And Su Qingqing's girlish heart, who originally wanted to see a beautiful man, was also exhausted by this heavy work, and now she only hopes that the banquet will end soon and she will be able to lie down in a comfortable big bed and sleep well.

"Ye Ningxiang, Su Qingqing, you two come here, and go with the food box, don't let this food box be delivered late, it's the same crime as not making the dish, you know!" The chief eunuch said while pointing to the food box that Ye Ningxiang and Su Qingqing needed to hold, and at the end he also advised: "You must be careful, don't make a mistake!"

So Ye Ningxiang and Su Qingqing had a clear division of labor, with Ye Ningxiang holding the food box and Su Qingqing carrying the lantern, and the two of them walked towards the banquet site almost at a trot.

The night in the twilight of autumn was slightly cool, and the slightest cool breeze blew into Mu Xize's cuffs, which made Mu Xize shiver, and then put his arms together and clamped his body tightly. The person who was the least afraid of the cold has now become so cold because of the effect of the Bone Eater Nail, Mu Xize smiled a little helplessly.

Hey, what is it in front of you, it's a step, Mu Xize tentatively raised his foot, carefully climbed the steps, and then groped his hands in the air again, and touched the two stone pillars. Mu Xize thought to himself that this was probably a pavilion, and then Mu Xize carefully found a way down the steps along the periphery of the pavilion.

Originally, it was very smooth, but when he went down to the last step of the steps, Mu Xize felt that he had stepped on something, as if it was a straight, very round and smooth branch, and when he stepped on it, his body was uncontrollable, and he fell down, not on the ground, but on a person's body, or a woman.

Su Qingqing was so frightened that her screams were worse than killing pigs, and the lantern she was holding in her hand also slipped into the grass next to her. Mu Xize got up from Su Qingqing with some difficulty, and apologized very embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." ”

Su Qingqing listened to this man's voice full of magnetism, which had the effect of provoking people's heartstrings, and suddenly his anger disappeared, and then looked at this man's appearance, his face was handsome and exquisite, and his sculpted facial features made Su Qingqing's heart ripple all the time, especially the peach blossom eyes under the long upturned eyelashes and the deep sunken eye sockets, even if there was no focus in the eyes, Su Qingqing's soul was hooked.

When the person got up, Ye Ningxiang was suddenly shocked, the person who fell on Su Qingqing turned out to be her former husband Mu Xize who she wanted to kill with her own hands day and night.

Today's Mu Xize's eye sockets are filled deeper, and his cheeks, which originally had a lot of meat, are now a little thinner, and the peach blossom eyes that were bright before are now no focus, but these still can't affect Mu Xize's already world-famous appearance.

Ye Ningxiang clenched her hands into fists, tried her best to restrain herself to stabilize her emotions, and desperately warned herself that she couldn't take Mu Xize's life now, and she still had more important tasks to complete. Just when she was tormented in her heart, Mu Xize actually looked in her direction, with an unbelievable expression on her face, and her words were full of endless sadness and longing, "Xiao Su!"

What, Mu Xize called himself Xiao Su, could it be that he had been recognized by Mu Xize, it was impossible, he was now in Ye Ningxiang's body, how could he be recognized. Just when Ye Ningxiang was puzzled, Su Qingqing replied for Ye Ningxiang, "How do you know that my name is Xiao Su?"

Mu Xize put away his previous sad look, and asked with some doubts in his heart: "You, also called Xiao Su?" Then he pointed to Ye Ningxiang behind Su Qingqing and asked, "Then who is she?"

Su Qingqing said slightly shyly: "My name is Su Qingqing, and when I was a child, my family called me Xiao Su." Her name is Ye Ningxiang and she is my good sister. At the mention of Ye Ningxiang, Su Qingqing laughed happily, as if she was proud to have such a good sister.

After listening to Su Qingqing's words, Mu Xize's mood seemed to be very low, and he just said the word "oh" as a response to Su Qingqing.

Suddenly, Mu Xize's nose moved, and then said, "What smell?

Ye Ningxiang looked behind Su Qingqing and shouted in panic: "Oh no, Qingqing, the lantern you just slipped fell into the dead grass of this imperial garden, and now this fire has started!"

"Ah, what should I do then? Arson to the Imperial Garden must be a capital crime to lose my head, I don't want to die yet!" Su Qingqing cried while pulling Ye Ningxiang's clothes, hoping that she could come up with a solution.

Xu is patrolling guards saw the sudden firelight and rushed towards them one after another, which gave Ye Ningxiang and Su Qingqing no time to go back to get water.

"Come on, arrest these arsonists!" shouted the leading guard.

I only heard Mu Xize say very calmly: "Chief of the guard, it seems that the important thing now is not to arrest people, but to put out fires!"

The chief guard felt that Mu Xize's words were very reasonable, so he ordered his guards to quickly fetch water to put out the fire, leaving only three people responsible for guarding the three arsonists.

The burning of the Imperial Garden was already in trouble, and at this time they would usher in something even more anxious. Wang Guifei, her nephew, Queen Liyue, and a group of palace maids slowly walked towards the scene of the fire, just in time to see them holding a knife to their necks.