The state of Chen, known for its aggressive military force, was one of the largest empires in southwestern Kyushu. The first emperor was warlike all his life, led his troops to the east and west, and in order to expand the territory of Chen, he also went to war. Within a few years, the treasury was empty, starvation was everywhere, and the people were struggling to make a living.

The war costs the people and money, and the people complain about it. When Chen Guo's mountains and rivers were broken and in danger, Xue Qian stood up and saved Chen Guo, who was in turmoil.

The first year of Emperor Zhao. Ignoring the opposition of a group of benevolent ministers, the first emperor personally led his troops to attack Nanyun Kingdom, but on the way, the news leaked and was ambushed, Chen Guobing suffered heavy casualties, and the first emperor died in the hands of the generals of Nanyun Kingdom. In his year, the young Emperor Zhao ascended the throne, adopted the advice of Prime Minister Xue Gan, moved to the left a number of brave and ruthless generals, greatly promoted the imperial examination, emphasized literature over military force, solicited domestic dispatch, and lightly punished the people, so that the people had to recuperate. Xue Gan's was also moved from a general to the prime minister above one person and under 10,000 people.

Xue Qian assisted Emperor Zhao and governed the Chen State in an orderly manner, and his achievements were high and praised by the people and respected by all the people.

However, in a high position, Xue Qian was no longer satisfied with the position above 10,000 people and under 10,000 people. So, in order to achieve his ambition, Xue Qian bewitched the young Emperor Zhao and eradicated all the dissidents. Holding half of the talismans, the waist is gold and purple, the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, and one hand covers the sky. In recent years, every time he spoke unscrupulously in the court, he issued a heavenly decree on behalf of Emperor Zhao, although some people were not satisfied, but they had to keep silent, for fear that they would get into trouble if they were not careful.

Emperor Zhao was young and ignorant, cowardly and incompetent, and was played by Xue Gan, and when he realized that Xue Gan might have ambitions, most of the military power in his hands had been handed over to Xue Gan, and it was difficult to take it back. Up and down the court, civil and military officials are all in cahoots. The entire military aircraft department was made into a miasma by Xue Gan's minions, and the young Emperor Zhao couldn't catch any of Xue Gan's handles.

Emperor Zhao was weak, and he always agreed to Xue Gan's opinions, and never dared to say a word.

Some of the loyal ministers of the first emperor couldn't help but be afraid, and the country laid down by the first emperor would have to be handed over sooner or later.

However, recently, it is rumored that Xue Gan's only son, that is, Xue Pingzhi, the general of the town who Emperor Zhao was forced to play the seal helplessly, died under Wuyi City, and Emperor Zhao made the treacherous and cunning Xue faint to death and was bedridden. Some ministers felt that Emperor Zhao was not as cowardly and incompetent as he appeared on the surface.

Xue Qian was in the early dynasty that day, when he heard the report, he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, his face was blue and white, and above the early dynasty, he directly issued the order to hunt down and kill the murderer on behalf of Emperor Zhao. Later, regardless of Emperor Zhao's ugly face, in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, he openly withdrew from the early dynasty.

Emperor Zhao couldn't bear the joy in his heart, stood up from the dragon chair, opened his hands, and at that moment, he was majestic and extraordinary:

"General Xue pulled out the mountain and covered the world, beheaded the general and held the flag, in order to bless the frontier of my Chen country, he was brave and righteous, but unfortunately he died. I feel grief, and the white-haired person sends the black-haired person, which hurts even more. I posthumously gave General Xue Pingzhi to wait for the edge of the town, rewarding 10,000 taels of gold and 1,000 horses of silk......"

A deep smile appeared on the childish face of the sixteen-year-old Emperor Zhao. Growing up in an imperial family, he has never been a pawn at the mercy of others.

And Xue Gan, who had just walked out of the main hall at this moment, was so angry that when he heard Emperor Zhao's words, he blew his beard and glared, a mouthful of black blood spurted out, and he passed out directly.

Why didn't he know that Emperor Zhao was deliberately sarcastic that he had no successor to the Xue family.

......

A carriage, a white-maned horse, a squad of soldiers.

They carried a large black coffin and drove quickly towards Liang Jing's official road. The sweat soaked the armor of the soldiers, and they had already been tired and exhausted after a few days of hasty travel, and if it weren't for Liang Jing close in front of them, I am afraid they would have lost the strength to hold on.

The carriage moving forward is tall and simple, with tassels hanging curtains, which is not too magnificent.

On the official road, the willows are still clinging, the cicadas and insects are singing, and the flowers and plants are dotted.

Mu Yici gently opened the corner of the curtain, glanced at the gradually spacious official road, with a peach blossom smile on his face, turned around and said softly: "Don't return to the Daoist, you don't have to worry." We will arrive at Liangjing soon, and there will be no more assassinations on this road. ”

"What the sixth lady said is true, but the old man thinks that we should be careful!"

Wei Bugui, who already knew that he was being used by Mu Yici, still had an unhappy look on his face at the moment, and following this terrible woman was like sitting on pins and needles.

Along the way, from yesterday night to this morning, there have been five waves of assassinations one after another, all of which came to kill Mu Yici.

Mu Yici guessed correctly, this road is really full of dangers.

For Wei Bugui, this is just some killers with a little strength, and they are completely out of the flow in front of him. But he still felt panicked in his heart, and since that day he was forced to cooperate with Mu Yici, he never dared to take another look at this beautiful woman.

Mu Yici felt that it didn't matter, smiled faintly, and continued to close his eyes and recuperate. will arrive in Liangjing soon, not to mention whether the five sisters will let them go, even entering the Xue Mansion is not an easy task. But she wasn't worried, it would always come. If she can overwhelm Xue Mu, that is her real purpose.

As for the people around her, as long as she can use them, she doesn't care who they are.

Outside the city of Liangjing, the flowing water of the moat flows slowly around the tall city, and the sparkling water waves shine in the sun. The floor was paved with jade, the door was painted with solemn vermilion paint, and the upstairs were majestic patrol soldiers.

The city is two zhang high, one zhang wide, carve the word "Liang Jing" to decorate it, the pen walks the dragon and snake, the momentum is magnificent.

The new willows sprout, and the breeze ripples.

It's midday. The city gate of Liangjing is wide open, the car is like flowing water and the horse is like a dragon, the visitors are like weaving, the cluster of brocade flowers, it is very lively.

But as a carriage came from afar, people stopped moving, stood on both sides, pointed to the big word "dian" hanging on the carriage, and whispered.

The news of Xue Pingzhi's death spread all over Liang Jing overnight, and I don't know who spread it, from the eighty-year-old man to the three-year-old child.

The Xue family's face was gloomy, because of this news, I don't know who deliberately embarrassed it, saying that it was a red face and trouble, and Xue Pingzhi was killed by the enemy in order to marry a woman.

The carriage stopped in front of the moat, Wei Bugui opened the curtain and walked down from the middle of the court, but before he could speak, the officers and soldiers guarding the city directly let them go.

Some people say that Prime Minister Xue was furious because of his son's death, and they were just small soldiers defending the city, so naturally they didn't dare to slack off at all.

Mu Yici quietly opened the curtain, looked at Liang Jing's pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, and smoke willow bridges, and fell into a deep longing......

The smoke willow painting bridge, the wind curtain and green curtain, the difference of 100,000 households, is really a prosperous city.

And the Mu Mansion, which is extremely gorgeous on weekdays, is full of white silk today, and a banner has been erected. Along with the lantern in front of the door, it was also replaced with a uniform white. Entering along the door, whether it is a family member, a maid, or a member of the Xue family, they all wear a plain dress, no thrush, no pretend. Even Xue Pingzhi's five wives and concubines all wore mourning clothes, but because they were too ugly, they secretly smeared a layer of rouge gouache.

Their beauty naturally comes from the embellishment of these rouge gouaches, just like delicate flowers, which need green leaves to set off.

When she heard that the team with Xue Pingzhi's corpse had walked towards Mu Mansion, Xue Mu got up from the room, glanced at Xue Gan, who was still asleep with anger, wiped her tears with a silk handkerchief, and turned to go out.

She was also dressed in a graceful brown silk satin, adorned with golden jewels, and combed in a noble bun. Waist pendant, although the body is fat, but the whole body reveals an arrogant extravagance, which makes people dare not underestimate it.

She is also the only lady of Chen Guo who was awarded the title of Emperor Zhao.

Outside the door, two maids carefully supported her and walked slowly towards the Mufu Gate. Her face is not good, gray and dark, Xue Ping is dead, who can understand her pain. The Mu family has no children and no daughters from now on......

There seems to be another one, but how do you accept her?

It was a lone star. As soon as he was accepted as a concubine by his son, he killed his son.

As soon as she thought of this, Xue Mu was angry and regretted it. She originally disagreed with Xue Pingzhi marrying such a concubine, if it weren't for the child in Mu Yici's womb, she would never agree.

But she didn't expect that Mu Yici was still a lone star, and on the day of marriage, she killed her son.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the Mu Mansion, and the team of soldiers who were hurrying day and night finally couldn't hold on, and fell to the ground weakly, including the white-maned horse pulling Xue Pingzhi's coffin. This horse, following Xue Pingzhi's side, participated in countless battles with him, large and small.

Xue Pingzhi thought that he would watch this horse die in front of him, but this horse saw Xue Pingzhi die in front of it.

Mother Xue stood expressionlessly in front of the door of the Mu Mansion, and the other five wives and concubines of Xue Pingzhi were waiting for her next to her. The main wife is Zheng Feiyan, the daughter of Zheng Chong, the head of the household department, and the other four are also the daughters of ministers in the court.

In this way, Mu Yici's identity as a city lord's daughter is really nothing.

After Wei Bugui entered the city, he did not continue to stay in the carriage, but followed the carriage, allowing the empty sleeve of his left arm, with his heavy heart, to float with the wind a little bit.

"Old Madam Xue!"

Seeing Xue Mu go out to greet her, Wei Bugui made a gesture with his only remaining right hand.

Xue Mu looked a little surprised, glanced at Wei Bugui, hurriedly walked down the steps, and saluted: "It turned out that the Daoist Master of No Return escorted my son all the way back, thank you for your hard work this time!"

"Don't dare, all this is the credit of the Sixth Young Lady. ”

Wei Bugui smiled faintly, turned his head and called out to the carriage: "Sixth Young Lady, the Mu Mansion has arrived." ”

The five ladies on the stage all involuntarily changed their faces and hurriedly moved their eyes to the carriage.

A slender jade hand slowly stretched out from the middle of the court, opened the curtain, and in the sun, it was as white as snow, attracting people's attention.

Mother Xue's eyes immediately became gloomy, she wanted to see how beautiful this woman who killed her son was, was it really a disaster?

Mu Yici opened the curtain, dragged his skirt with one hand, and carefully stepped down from the carriage. Dressed in emerald green like water, he wore a vibrating waist support skirt, and the delicate waist was loosely tied with a light green palace polyester. Three thousand green silk rolled up a loose cloud bun, embellished with a simple but good step. Light eyebrows, slight rouge, red lips like roses, eyes like autumn waves flashing, shoulders if cut into a waist like a prime, skin if condensed like a quiet orchid, graceful into a pair of outstanding style.

Let's see that she is quiet with a bit of weirdness, and there is a bit of seductive temperament in the weirdness, not every man can withstand her attractive appearance. Naturally, not every woman does not like her beauty.

Xue Mu was indeed attracted by Mu Yici's alluring appearance, but it was only for a moment, and she came back to her senses.

"Mu Yici is not filial, meet my mother!"

Mu Yici got out of the carriage, knowing that he would inevitably suffer from Xue's mother this time, so he knelt on the ground without any hesitation, with a sincere expression on his face, and his behavior was dignified and elegant, just like a lady of everyone.

Sure enough, Xue Mu's face changed, she pointed at Mu Yici viciously, and scolded: "You Tiansha Lone Star, you killed my son, what are you doing in my Xue family with the face, you get out of me." ”

Mu Yici knelt on the ground, facing Xue's mother's accusation, his face was pale, he wanted to cry, and begged: "Mother, you can blame everything on Yi Ci, and Yi Ci accepts it." But please also let Yi Ci stay in the Xue family and keep filial piety for Ping Zhi for three years, so that Yi Ci can bring up the child in her belly. Don't worry, three years, just three years, I will leave by myself. ”

Xue Mu was stunned, Mu Yici's statement was so obedient to her inner thoughts, and she had already thought of the wording, but she didn't know how to answer at the moment.

Looking at Mu Yici, who was crying with tears on his face and I saw pity, Xue Mu couldn't bear it, and the anger and hatred on her face gradually subsided.

"Mother, this is a harmful spirit, we must not let her stay anymore, it will harm our Xue family. ”

Zheng Feiyan walked down the steps quickly, supported Xue's mother's body, glanced at the naturally beautiful woman kneeling on the ground, and felt a strong sense of crisis.

Mu Yici has an evil heart, this Zheng Feiyan is the main room, and she can't send someone to assassinate her on the road this time, and she will continue to embarrass her in the future. However, if she wants to fight her, how can Zheng Feiyan be?

Mu Yici remained silent, knelt on the ground and said sadly: "Yi Ci has no father or mother, he has just come to Liangjing, and he is not familiar with life. If my mother doesn't worry about letting me stay in Xue Mansion, it's okay to give me a firewood room. ”

"Alas!"

Mother Xue sighed, and was finally touched by Mu Yici's pitiful appearance. Besides, Mu Yici was still pregnant with the only descendant of the Xue family in her belly, she was really reluctant to force this woman away, even if she didn't like Mu Yici at all, or even hated it.

Mother Xue bowed down, grabbed Mu Yici's hand, gently pulled her up, and said: "That's it, the spirit of peace in the sky, and I don't want to watch you and the child in my womb suffer, I will give you three years of filial piety." ”

Zheng Feiyan was unwilling, and said with a blessing: "Mother, you can't let her into the mansion, she will bring disaster to our Xue family, it's best to drive her away." ”

"Yes, Mother, the eldest sister is right, we can't let her stay. ”

Four other ladies also came over and vehemently objected.

"Or, the five of you, drive me away too!"

Xue's mother was unhappy when she heard this, she glanced at the five people coldly, took Mu Yici's hand, and instructed the family to carry Xue Pingzhi's coffin to the mourning hall, before calling Wei Bugui to enter the mansion to rest.

Wei Bugui followed behind him and nodded politely, but saw Mu Yici twist his head slightly and handed him a beautiful smile, but Wei Bugui felt like a mang on his back, so he was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head.