This day is destined to be an extraordinary day, because Xiao Qingyu, who has been paralyzed and has difficulty even speaking, once again went to the early dynasty for the first time, unlike the crown prince three years ago, today he has no reason for this early dynasty.

The civil and military officials standing below looked at each other, unable to understand Xiao Qingyu's intentions. Ye Ningxiang, as Xiao Qingyu's closest person, is sitting next to Xiao Qingyu right now, serving Xiao Qingyu who has difficulty moving at any time. However, even people like Ye Ningxiang, who had close contact with Xiao Qingyu, didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Xiao Qingyu's gourd, who was like a torturer every day he lived.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Although facing Xiao Qingyu, the half-dead emperor, the civil and military officials still respectfully knelt down and bowed. However, just when the ceremony was completed, a tall but very thin man suddenly walked into the Chongming Palace.

Although the man wore a dark black mask, he still couldn't hide his calmness and arrogance that radiated from the inside out.

The moment she saw Mu Bai, Ye Ningxiang lost control and stood up directly from her seat, her eyebrows locked, and she looked at Mu Bai with puzzled eyes. She didn't understand why Mu Bai was showing up at this inopportune time when he shouldn't have been.

What was his intention? Did he simply fall into Feng Jingzhi's camp and put pressure on Xiao Qingyu, or did he follow Ye Ningxiang's wishes to denounce Feng Jingzhi? If he denounced Feng Jingzhi in public, would he himself be unable to escape responsibility? Could it be that he was ready to sacrifice himself a long time ago?

In an instant, countless questions rose in Ye Ningxiang's brain, and these questions kept colliding in Ye Ningxiang's brain, making her mind chaotic and restless.

"Mr. Mu. ”

At such a moment, as the queen Ye Ningxiang, who was beside Xiao Qingyu, there was no reason for her to be the first to speak, but Ye Ningxiang opened her mouth uncontrollably. Despite her best efforts to restrain herself, she clearly felt the uneasiness that was palpable in her heart.

She was uneasy because she was afraid that something would happen to Mu Bai, and Ye Ningxiang, who originally planned to get rid of Mu Bai completely, was so worried about him when Mu Bai's life was really likely to be in danger, and she didn't want him to reveal the guilt he and Feng Jingzhi had committed.

For a while, all Ye Ningxiang thought about was Mu Bai's kindness to her over the years. The words of concern he uttered intentionally or unintentionally, his peach blossom eyes that would become affectionate as long as he looked at Ye Ningxiang, and the warm smile under his mask that could be felt deeply.

Everything about him became more and more in Ye Ningxiang's mind. What she thought she had forgotten, what she thought she wouldn't care about, all the things related to Mu Bai, she remembered them, and they all entered the depths of her soul unconsciously.

"This is not the place you should be. ”

Ye Ningxiang solemnly, and even with a sense of persuasion, she continued to say to Mu Bai, who had entered the Chongming Palace.

Mu Bai ignored Ye Ningxiang's words, but he didn't salute Xiao Qingyu, just stood calmly in the center of the hall and opened his mouth unhurriedly.

"Your Majesty, the grass people are here to confess their sins. ”

A civilian without any official position, even if he has some power in his hands, if he doesn't get Xiao Qingyu's permission, he can't even enter the gate of the palace, let alone the main hall of the early dynasty of this Darui hundred officials. So everything that is happening now is just a drama arranged in advance by Xiao Qingyu and Mu Bai.

The officials who were able to participate in the early dynasty were also the best among the officials, so they could naturally see through the mystery of this matter at a glance, standing quietly on both sides of the main hall, observing the development of things.

However, Feng Jingzhi's face became extremely ugly at this moment, because he had cooperated with Mu Bai, the most loyal friend he had ever considered, too many times, and he had also profited too many times. If Mu Bai sacrificed his life to expose him, it would be a fatal blow to him.

Feng Jingzhi forced himself to calm down, and he always comforted himself in his heart, and Mu Bai would not make the illegal things between them public. Because in that case, he would not be the only one who died, Mu Bai would also die without a place to bury because he committed the same crime as him. And no one in this world will exchange their lives for a defeat in the other party's career.

However, the truth was different from what Feng Jingzhi expected, because Mu Bai planned to die with him, and he planned to use his life as a bargaining chip to pull the old fox Feng Jingzhi off the horse.

"For many years, the grass people have cooperated with Prime Minister Feng Jingzhi to seek money, control the government, and disrupt the discipline, so that the officialdom of the Rui Kingdom has been in a situation of no recovery for a long time. ”

Mu Baicai roughly described the guilt between him and Feng Jingzhi, and the officials on both sides of the hall had already begun to discuss. has even pointed at Feng Jingzhi's back.

And those officials who were forced to submit to Feng Jingzhi because of Mu Bai and the Great Ming Moon Palace were already so happy that they were about to laugh at this moment. Because they never thought that these two people who threatened them would now turn against each other, and even make trouble to the point of life and death.

After all, he is an old fritter who has been galloping in officialdom for decades, and Feng Jingzhi knows that the more he is in such a situation where everything is not in his favor, the more calm he must be. Therefore, he deliberately smiled kindly and kindly, and even spoke in an extremely gentle tone.

"The old man heard that your name is Mu Bai, and you are a person from the rivers and lakes. After speaking, Feng Jingzhi stroked his beard, laughed twice, and continued to say calmly: "The old man has been an official for 30 years, and he has been conscientious and loyal to his duties all his life, and he is always accompanied by government affairs on weekdays, how can he know you as reckless?"

Mu Bai ignored Feng Jingzhi's well-founded words, looked like he was bound to win, and continued to speak: "Human and physical evidence Mu has already sent people to the Tingwei Mansion in advance. ”

As he spoke, Mu Bai deliberately glanced at Feng Jingzhi, and there was a strong coolness in the corner of his eyes, as if a sharp blade was carving Feng Jingzhi's heart that was already too strong.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has been wronged! This person is spewing blood, he deliberately framed me, and the old minister has never done anything to endanger the Rui Imperial Court!"

Xiao Qingyu didn't speak, but glanced at Ye Ningxiang, and then looked at Feng Jingzhi, who was already kneeling on the ground. Ye Ningxiang, who was delicate, immediately understood Xiao Qingyu's intentions, and said loudly in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces: "Escort Prime Minister Feng Jingzhi and Mu Bai to Tingwei first, and make a decision after finding out the truth of the case." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Qingyu blinked with difficulty, and nodded slightly, which could be regarded as expressing his approval of Ye Ningxiang's words just now to the hundred officials.

In the Tingwei Heavenly Prison, Feng Jingzhi knelt on the dry grass, his hands clenched, and he was furious. He has been in the officialdom for more than 30 years, climbing step by step to the position above and below 10,000 people, but now he is defeated by a madman of unknown origin, and he is still defeated.

Feng Jingzhi, who was so arrogant that he had long forgotten how to write the word "humble", now has only one word of hatred in his heart, if he planted it this time, the man named Mu Bai, the man who believed wrongly, he would not let him die.

"Your Excellency. ”

Feng Jingzhi's ears sounded with the words of a young woman, and this voice was made by Ye Ningxiang.

Feng Jingzhi raised his head and saw that it was Ye Ningxiang, and sneered: "Empress Ye really thinks that she can put the old man to death with a reckless person?"

"What did Lord Feng say, you are the pillar of the country, and you have made great contributions to the Rui country, how can this palace think of putting you to death?"

Ye Ningxiang pretended to sigh sadly and continued: "However, this Mr. Mu is prepared, and the human and physical evidence provided by him is enough to convict you of dozens of illegal crimes." I'm afraid that this time, you will not be able to escape this fate. ”

"Ye Ningxiang, you don't have to cry and fake mercy, even if I, Feng Jingzhi, lose today, I can afford to lose, and I don't need you to show off to me here. ”

Ye Ningxiang took a few steps closer to Feng Jingzhi, showed a sinister smile, and said in a low voice: "I just stopped by when I saw you today, but seeing Lord Feng's embarrassed appearance right now, Ning Xiang's heart is really extremely comfortable!"

After speaking, Ye Ningxiang turned around, waved her sleeves, and walked deeper into the prison.

Because he was afraid that Mu Bai, a Jianghu man who knew some crooked arts, would escape from the prison, the prison guards specially tied him to a thick iron pillar with an iron chain.

When Ye Ningxiang saw Mu Bai, the mask on Mu Bai's face had been removed, revealing hideous and shocking dark red scars. However, Mu Bai kept smiling at her, and the kind of warm smile that made people's hearts hot made Ye Ningxiang shocked and surprised.

Didn't this man know that he was going to die? How could he smile at her so calmly at such a life-and-death moment?

"Don't you know that you're going to die, and no one can save you!"

Ye Ningxiang rushed to Mu Bai, unconsciously touched Mu Bai's shoulders with both hands, and her words were excited, as if her heart was constantly surging.

"I'm glad you care about me. ”

Hearing Mu Bai's words, Ye Ningxiang hurriedly let go of her hand, turned around, and tried to respond in a low tone: "I don't, I ...... I just don't think it's worth it for you to die like this. ”

"Queen Ye, I want to see you more before I die, okay?"

For Mu Bai, who has done too much for her, and even had to put her life on the line, Ye Ningxiang owes too much, and right now, no matter what kind of request Mu Bai makes, Ye Ningxiang wants to do her best and complete it wholeheartedly. But what she didn't expect was that Mu Bai's wish before he died was just to see her.

Ye Ningxiang turned around and looked at Mu Bai, her eyes shrouded with intense confusion. She was puzzled why Mu Bai had become so old back then, why Mu Bai's body was covered with dark red shocking scars, and she was even more puzzled why Mu Bai would sacrifice his life for her without regrets.

"You...... You ......"

Ye Ningxiang didn't know how to ask Mu Bai about the confusion in her heart, and how to say it to be a reasonable and effective question.

After stammering for a long time, Ye Ningxiang finally continued: "Why are you covered with scars?"

"Cultivators, there are always some secrets that outsiders don't know. ”

Mu Bai's meaning by this was undoubtedly that this was a secret within the people who practiced the spell, and it was impossible for Ye Ningxiang to know. However, although Mu Bai was very calm on the surface at this time, his heart was pounding, because his words were completely nonsense, and they were completely groundless.

He would never tell Ye Ningxiang that the scars on his body and the appearance that took him seven or eight years to recover were all due to Ye Ningxiang.

He can sacrifice his life for Ye Ningxiang again and again, and help Ye Ningxiang again and again, but he never wants Ye Ningxiang to blame himself and mourn because of him, as long as Ye Ningxiang can be forever safe and happy, no matter how much he pays, it is worth it.

This is probably his unrequited, selfless, deep love for her.