Unlike the last time he entered the palace, this time he went to the emperor's dormitory, and Mu Xize found that there were people outside the palace, most of them were the emperor's concubines, as well as his seventh and eighth brothers.

Although the seven princes Jing Wang and the eighth prince An Wang are crowned with a prince, but because of their limited talents, they rarely have the opportunity to participate in political affairs, and their chances of winning in the prince are not great, although they both recommended themselves to the emperor during the Zhaoyang Palace to express their ideals and hopes. However, the two of them are also self-aware, knowing that no matter what, the throne will not fall into their hands without real power, so they have more leisure time, hoping to see their father and the emperor a few more times.

When the two of them saw Mu Xize walking towards him, their faces showed a slight displeasure, and they felt unbalanced in their hearts: their third brother almost took the emperor's life seven years ago, but now the emperor has entered the countdown of every second, but he left behind this true filial son who was waiting to see him in the harsh winter, and went to summon a rebel who regarded him as an enemy.

The eighth prince didn't speak, and when he saw Mu Xize coming over and deliberately twisted his face to the side, the seventh prince felt that it was not good to be so cold, so he pretended to be very respectful and said: "Third brother, come on! The emperor has been waiting for you in the palace for a long time." ”

Mu Xize nodded, and quickened his pace into the emperor's bedroom. Mu Xize felt that there seemed to be a lot of people in this palace, and they didn't know what they were busy with in and out, and they felt that they should be the attendants in the emperor's bedroom, and they were busy trying to maximize the emperor's life. There seemed to be seven or eight middle-aged and elderly men beside the dragon bed, and Mu Xize guessed that they were probably the imperial doctors of the Imperial Doctor's Department. Listening to their very anxious breathing, Mu Xize speculated that they couldn't think of any way to save the emperor's life.

As soon as Mu Xize approached the emperor's dragon bed, the emperor, who was originally asleep, suddenly woke up, opened his eyes slightly and said, "Xize is here!" Then he waved his hand hard and continued: "The others go down first, I want to talk to Xi Ze alone for a while." ”

The rest of the people respectfully retreated outside the dormitory one by one.

I saw that the emperor's eyes were filled with tears, and his left hand struggled to touch the corners of Mu Xize's eyebrows, Mu Xize did not dodge this time, probably because he was deeply sympathetic to the emperor's current situation, or it may be that deep in his heart he had already forgiven this father who had lost his conscience and done all kinds of bad things.

Mu Xize closed his eyes slightly, and let the emperor touch the eye sockets from the corners of his eyes, and then his eyes wrapped in eyelids.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. After that, the emperor couldn't say anything else because he was choked.

"I'm fine now, and my life hasn't been affected much. You don't have to blame yourself, if it weren't for Ji Beiyuan sprinkling peach ashes on my eyes, I'm afraid you would have been strangled to death by me at that time. Mu Xize's tone was very flat, as if he was telling a very ordinary thing.

The emperor's mood calmed down slightly, and continued: "Xi Ze, it is helpless to send you to the heavenly prison, at that time, you were hit by Su Huang's death and the anger left by Ruge before his death, if you don't control it, you will lose your mind and enter the demon path. ”

"The emperor doesn't have to blame himself for imprisoning me, I know very well what I have done, and I know very well who helped me clean up the mess in Wuling and Rinzhou, even if you really lock me up for the rest of my life, I have no complaints. Mu Xize actually had some consoling tones in his words, as if he wanted the emperor to relax and not feel too guilty about the past.

At this time, the emperor suddenly changed the topic, "I know, you hate me not only because I knew that Su Zhiwu was framed for the sake of imperial power, but still sentenced him to the crime of rebellion. After speaking, the emperor's eyes widened, his body leaned towards Mu Xize, and he said very clearly: "I know, that night, you were present, and you saw with your own eyes that I ordered the execution like a song." ”

"If you were asked to make a choice again, would you still do it?" asked Mu Xize.

"If I can really do it all over again, I will stay with Ruge in Qingming Mountain until I grow old and love each other for the rest of my life. The emperor closed his eyes slightly, and his voice became weaker and weaker, and he could barely hear what he was saying, and then he fell asleep.

Ye Ningxiang watched Mu Xize go to the palace alone, Princess Danyang did not return to the palace for several days, Qin Xiao was also busy with his little things in the rivers and lakes, several heavyweights in the palace were not in the palace, this was a good opportunity, a good opportunity to meet Xiao Qingyu in the open.

Ye Ningxiang deliberately dressed up, and then told Ma Zhong that there was not much peach blossom tea in the house, and he was going to buy some back, if the third prince came back, don't let him worry because he can't find him.

Ma Zhong said with a smile: "Sister Ningxiang, you can go, I'll explain here!"

So, Ye Ningxiang swaggered and didn't go right along the way, and on the way, she saw that there were people selling sugar gourds who were greedy, and bought a large string of sugar gourds. She secretly rejoiced in her heart: it seemed that since she entered the palace, she had never gone to Yipinju to find Xiao Qingyu with such a justification and swagger as today. Whether she saw Xiao Qingyu or Xiao Qingyu saw her, most of them were like thieves, and now that this thief has become a guest, Ye Ningxiang couldn't be happier in her heart.

Yipinju, still a very eye-catching three big characters, is still elegant and luxurious wooden building, before entering the teahouse, Ye Ningxiang felt that her style seemed to be improved, and there were celebrities of the scholar clan coming in and out from time to time around her.

However, this noble and elegant style was interrupted by the noise of the street opposite.

Somehow, a group of people gathered on the street opposite Yipinju, and people seemed to be talking and pointing. Ye Ningxiang was a little curious and walked over to take a look, it turned out that people were surrounding a beggar, because there were too many people, Ye Ningxiang couldn't see the beggar's face, only to see the person prostrate on the ground, relatively petite, wearing a patched torn cotton jacket, there are a few places where the cotton has been turned out, and there seems to be a little blood stain on the torn cotton jacket. In front of the beggar was a broken bowl with a few copper coins in the bowl.

Ye Ningxiang has never had a good impression of such beggars, because nine out of ten beggars seen on the street are fake beggars, fake beggars have hands and feet, but they pretend to be either seriously ill or disabled, deceiving people's sympathy.

In the long run, the beggars became richer than the almsgivers, begging in tattered clothes during the day, and then using the begging money at night to live happily without knowing where to go. Ye Ningxiang, such a person, just wanted to say two words to them: damn it.

So Ye Ningxiang didn't want to stay there any longer, turned around, and walked into Yipinju quickly. Yipinju is still the same, as soon as you enter the house, you can smell a faint fragrance of tea, and you can see the children of the family in elegant clothes drinking tea everywhere, but this time they only drank tea and did not chat, because they are now intoxicated by the sound of the piano like flowing water.

The woman who played the piano was named Mo Xiaoqin, about eighteen or nineteen years old, and she was a piano girl hired by Yipinju, and her piano skills were among the best in the entire country, so many guests who came to Yipinju to taste tea were largely not to come to drink tea but to listen to the sound of the piano that had never been seen before or since.

"Wonderful, really wonderful!" A person beside Ye Ningxiang turned his head with his eyes closed, and a folding fan in one hand drew circles in the air, as if he was completely immersed in this music.

Ye Ningxiang only felt that the sound of this piano was good, I don't know how many times stronger than herself, but she didn't feel so wonderful, how could she be fascinated by the sons of the family here. Later, Ye Ningxiang took a closer look at the woman who played the piano, hey, this person seems to have seen it somewhere before, but then this question was dispelled. Because there are so many differences in ugliness, there will be some similarities in those who are beautiful. And the woman who plays the piano is an out-and-out beauty.

Ye Ningxiang couldn't help but smile, thinking: It turns out that these people listen to the piano on the one hand, and the more important thing is to look at beautiful women. If the person who plays the piano is an old man in his seventies and eighties, it is estimated that everyone who originally wanted to come to drink tea will have to listen to it!

Ye Ningxiang skillfully went up to the second floor, and in front of Xiao Qingyu's living room, she first knocked politely, and then heard Xiao Qingyu's gentle and magnetic voice, "Please come in." ”

Ye Ningxiang smiled and waved at Xiao Qingyu. Xiao Qingyu was stunned for a moment when she saw Ye Ningxiang, and then smiled slightly: "Ningxiang is very bold today, she dares to come to me in broad daylight." Xiao Qingyu said as he poured tea for Ye Ningxiang.

"Childe, Mu Xize went to the palace alone today, and it just so happened that there were not many peach blossom teas in King Ning's mansion, so I just bought some from here. Ye Ningxiang said with a smile, as if she was very proud of the fact that she could come to Yipinju openly.

Suddenly remembering that there was still something serious to tell Xiao Qingyu, Ye Ningxiang smiled away, and said seriously: "Childe, I successfully persuaded King Duan to rebel last night, and I believe that he will make a big move in the next two days." ”

Xiao Qingyu nodded, "Yes, early this morning, he secretly changed the main affairs of the palace guards to his own people, and his own personal soldiers also seem to have some changes outside Jing'an City. ”

After Xiao Qingyu finished speaking, he handed the teacup to Ye Ningxiang, "This is my newly developed, mixed with a variety of tea powders, you can taste it!"

Ye Ningxiang took the teacup and continued to listen to Xiao Qingyu's speech while tasting it.

"Now we only need to quietly reveal the clues of King Duan's rebellion to King Xin and Concubine Li, and our plan will be successful. Xiao Qingyu said softly.

"But this Duan Wang is strong in the court, and now he is in charge of the 100,000 Praetorian Guards under the control of Mu Xize before, will King Xin and Concubine Li be the opponents of Duan Wang?" Ye Ningxiang asked in confusion.

"You will think like this, King Duan will also think like this, at this time, King Duan must feel that he is bound to win the throne, so he will definitely underestimate the enemy. Then Xiao Qingyu looked at Ye Ningxiang very seriously, and her eyes suddenly became deep, "Don't forget one person." Mu Xize will not let King Duan ascend to the throne smoothly. ”

Ye Ningxiang sat in Yipinju for a while, listened to the music of the little qin girl, and then left.

The beggar on the opposite corner of Yipinju is no longer in place, and the people who gathered before have dispersed. Ye Ningxiang shook her arms while jumping towards the palace, just after walking a few steps, Ye Ningxiang felt as if something was following her behind her, and the speed was still very slow.

Ye Ningxiang stopped vigilantly, turned around suddenly, only to find that the person who was following her turned out to be the beggar. The beggar lowered his head slightly, his limbs seemed to crawl forward with some difficulty, and Ye Ningxiang stopped moving forward, thinking that it was difficult for this beggar to come for himself.

When the beggar crawled in front of Ye Ningxiang, Ye Ningxiang suddenly felt as if she was wrongly blaming her, because this beggar was covered with blood, and judging from her long hair, this beggar should be a woman, or a seriously injured woman, and it was really not the ordinary fake beggar who cheated people out of money.

I saw that the beggar cried bitterly when she saw Ye Ningxiang, because she cried so violently that she unconsciously opened her mouth, and there was no tongue in that mouth. Probably not long after the tongue was cut, the wound in the mouth had not healed, and a little blood was oozing from time to time.

Even if Ye Ningxiang had seen the world like this, she couldn't help but be surprised when she saw this terrifying scene.

"Don't cry, don't cry, I went out in a hurry today, and I didn't bring much silver. Ye Ningxiang took out all the silver taels from her arms with some difficulty, and then squatted down and personally handed the silver taels to the man, "These silver taels are all for you, go find a good doctor to treat your illness!"

After saying this, Ye Ningxiang felt that there seemed to be something wrong with her hand, just like a fake hand without half a bit of strength, Ye Ningxiang grabbed her wrist and flipped it outward, the tendons of that hand had been broken by someone, and the same was true of the other hand. Needless to say, the same must be true of those feet.

Ye Ningxiang's heart trembled even more, who would abuse a woman so viciously. At this time, the woman was even more emotional, and she kept making sounds in her mouth, as if she was constantly saying two words, and the tone of those two words was the same as the word Ningxiang.

Ye Ningxiang was suddenly shocked, and more carefully identified the person lying in front of him, who was picked off his hands and tendons, cut his tongue, and his face was covered with blood and it was difficult to recognize his face.

Although Ye Ningxiang didn't want to believe it in her heart, she knew that this person was her.

"Qingqing, are you Qingqing, right?" After saying this, Ye Ningxiang hugged the beggar in front of her tightly, and tears were already welling up on her face.

Because the beggar in front of her is her good sister Su Qingqing.