No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 106 Princess Mu! (two more)
Xie Yan walked out of the hall to the outside of Prince Mu's Mansion, but was blocked by someone before reaching the second gate.

"I have seen the king."

Xie Yan looked at the person who came, she was a middle-aged woman in her fifties who looked a bit rich.Although she was dressed better than ordinary servants of Prince Mu's Mansion, she was obviously not the master.

"Grandma Jiang, what's the matter?" Xie Yan asked.

This woman is the person next to Princess Mu. She was originally Princess Mu's dowry girl. When she was a little older, she simply combed her hair and refused to get married, so she stayed until now.

Xie Yan was not valued by his parents since he was a child, and if it wasn't for her to take care of him before the age of eight, he might not have survived to enter the palace, so Xie Yan has always been polite to this mother Jiang.

Mother Jiang looked at the tall and indifferent man in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

But the master's confession still has to say that no matter how much she loves the young master, he is just a slave in the end.

"The concubine said to invite the prince to come over." Mother Jiang said in a low voice.

Xie Yan lowered his head, a very light smile spilled from his lips.

"Wang... my lord?" Mother Jiang asked with some concern.

"Let's go." Xie Yan said, turned around and walked towards Princess Mu's courtyard.

Princess Mu, as the head mother of Prince Mu's Mansion, should have lived in the main courtyard of the Palace.But this is not the case in fact. Ever since Xie Yan could remember, Princess Mu has been living in the garden in the northwest corner of Prince Mu's Mansion.

The area of ​​this garden is not small, but there are not many houses.The garden is just a small two-story embroidered building and a few scattered houses around it. It is deserted and deserted, and it doesn't seem like a place where a princess lives.

After Xie Yan became King of Chu, there were more furnishings and servants in the garden, but Princess Mu still did not move out from here.

Xie Yan was not dissatisfied with this, he felt that even if his mother was allowed to live in the place where servants lived, she might not be dissatisfied.

Since she is willing to do it herself, why does he care so much?
In the past 30 years, Xie Yan claimed to have met many people, loyal and treacherous, brave and cowardly, sincere and hypocritical, self-sufficient or ambitious, but Xie Yan felt that the most incomprehensible person in his life was his mother.

He could even understand the thoughts and actions of Bai Jingrong, who was the enemy of Dasheng, but he still couldn't understand Princess Mu.

Princess Mu is an extremely beautiful woman, otherwise she would not have received the title of Dongling Shuangshu back then.

If it is only about appearance, she is even better than Bai Jingrong who is as famous as her.

For those who have never seen her, it is hard to imagine such a beautiful face in this world.

Although she is now in her late forties, she looks as if she is just in her early thirties.If they stood together with Xie Yan, no one would guess that she was Xie Yan's mother, and most of them would think that she was Xie Yan's sister.

The appearance of the two is five or six points similar, but Princess Mu's eyebrows and eyes are more delicate and beautiful.

Every part of that beautiful face seemed to have been carefully polished by a famous craftsman thousands of times, and there was no imperfection.

When Xie Yan walked in, Princess Mu was kneeling in front of the Buddhist altar and chanting scriptures. She heard footsteps and turned around slowly to look at him.

She was only wearing white clothes, and her hair was only pulled up casually, without even a hairpin on her head.Even so, her skin is still as beautiful as the snow.

It is exactly in line with the old saying: If you increase it by one point, it will be too long, and if it is reduced by one point, it will be too short;

It's a pity that such a stunning beauty...but puts all her heart on a man who doesn't love her.

When Xie Yan was young, he even secretly mocked that King Mu is not without merits.

At least—he's definitely not lewd.

"Mother." Xie Yan called lightly, standing with his hands behind his back, without any intention of stepping forward to help his mother.

Princess Mu seemed completely unaware of her son's indifference, "Your father asked you to hire the daughter of the Ruan family as a wife for Chengyou, why didn't you agree?"

Xie Yan was not surprised when she asked this question, but replied calmly: "The Ruan family refused."

Concubine Mu frowned slightly and said, "Your sister-in-law's status is a bit low, and it's inevitable that people will feel insincere when you come to ask for marriage. Since you are Chengyou's father and king now, why don't you take care of him for him."

Xie Yan looked up at the stunning woman with a dull expression in front of him, his eyes were cold.

Princess Mu is not a dead person either, how could she feel nothing when she is looked at by her son like this.

She frowned slightly, seemingly displeased, "What's wrong?"

Xie Yan said: "Since mother knows that sister-in-law's status is low, why didn't she give up the position of princess to Fan?"

The Fan family is Xie Heng's biological mother and King Mu's side concubine.

"What did you say?!" Princess Mu was taken aback, as if she thought she had heard it wrong.

Xie Yan calmly repeated the words again, Princess Mu trembled, and hurriedly took two steps back, "Yan'er, you...how could you say such words?!" The expression seemed to be what Xie Yan said It's normal to be rebellious.

Xie Yan looked at her, "What's wrong with what I said? Mother loves Xie Heng and Xie Chengyou so much, why can't she feel sorry for their difficulties as bastards? If he becomes a son, who would despise his lack of status?"

"I..." Princess Mu said in disbelief, "You want me to retire to my concubine's room?!"

Xie Yan asked: "What's the difference?" Did she think she wasn't like a concubine?
"But……"

Xie Yan said: "Mother doesn't have to look for me again and again for that family. I am very busy. I will tell my father now that my mother is willing to abdicate and make side concubine Fan the rightful concubine. From then on, he is the eldest son of Prince Mu's family. A fight for the position of the son. I will also return Xie Chengyou to the Mu Palace, so wouldn't it be the best of both worlds."

Princess Mu said: "Dasheng...the concubine's room cannot be righted."

Xie Yan said coldly: "This king personally asks the Empress Dowager to be extra merciful."

"No! No way!" Princess Mu hurriedly said.

Xie Yan looked at her coldly.

Concubine Mu was startled, and finally found out that something was wrong.

It's not that Xie Yan never contradicted her before. In fact, Xie Yan had a bad temper when he was young, and sometimes he would speak rudely.

But no matter what, Xie Yan would still do things according to her heart in the end, and he had never spoken to her in such a cold and mocking tone.

It was not a son angrily contradicting because of his mother's partiality, but more like the indifferent mockery of an unrelated person watching a joke that bored him.

In the past, Xie Yan still cared a little bit about his mother, but now he seems to be a real stranger.

Although he called her mother, he had no emotion at all.

Princess Mu's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly panicked.

Not caring much, she stretched out her hand to pull Xie Yan's sleeve.

With a flick of Xie Yan's long sleeve, Princess Mu was pushed away by an invisible force, and she fell into a chair beside her.

"Knowledge, know not."

Xie Yan said lightly: "Give up the position of Concubine Mu or let me handle Xie Chengyou's marriage, mother chooses."

Concubine Mu's eyes showed disbelief, "I am your mother! If I... give up the position of princess, you..." You will be a bastard.

Xie Yan said: "Yes, you are my mother." His tone was full of sarcasm.

Seeing that he had no intention of backing down, Princess Mu couldn't help covering her face with her hands and weeping in a low voice, "I don't want to care about this, but... your father must do it, what can I do? Yan'er, it's just a It's just a marriage, Chengyou is a good boy, so why is it difficult for you to fulfill him? You clearly know that your father doesn't like me, so... are you trying to force me to death?"

So you know he doesn't like you, I thought you didn't know.

Xie Yan thought absently, this is the first time he has heard such words.

"Being angry is punishing yourself with other people's mistakes. In this world, no one has the right to make you unhappy except yourself." The girl's clever and sly eyes suddenly flashed across Xie Yan's mind, accompanied by the crisp and bright eyes. Xie Yan's lips could not help but evoked a faint smile.

This smile scared Princess Mu a little, she exclaimed in astonishment: "Yan'er?"

Xie Yan came back to his senses, because he was stunned in front of people, looked at Princess Mu and said plainly: "You are dead, I killed him to bury you with you, I think my mother will be able to rest in peace."

Concubine Mu's expression was a little dull. In fact, she didn't have any means to manipulate Xie Yan.

In the past, she always succeeded because she was Xie Yan's mother, and Xie Yan was still young at that time.

Young people are always a little obsessed with feelings, and no one wants to admit that they are not seen by their biological mothers.Because it seems to be telling everyone that it was a mistake for you to come into this world.

Xie Yan who came back this time has reached his thirties, and he gradually realized many things even if no one taught him.

It's just that he just came back not long ago, and he didn't actually see Princess Mu a few times, so Princess Mu didn't notice Xie Yan's change.

What's more, it's not like no one calls, is it?

"What are you talking about?!" Princess Mu said, "How dare you..."

Xie Yan was not in the mood to continue talking to her, but just said, "Since you can't bear it, just be your Princess Mu, guard your husband, and don't care about things you shouldn't care about."

Concubine Mu stared blankly at Xie Yan's leaving figure without turning her head, and after a while she fell on the armrest and sobbed.

Mother Jiang couldn't help but sighed when she came in and saw her like this, and walked over to persuade her in a low voice: "Princess, you can just listen to the young master's advice. The young master is now the regent, and no one can pass by him in the Mu Palace." You go. Why do you bother with those things?"

Princess Mu hugged Nanny Jiang and burst into tears, "What's the use of just guarding the position of a princess? My lord, my lord... Isn't it enough for me to give in all these years? Why is my lord still so indifferent to me?"

Jiang Momo said: "My lord...has treated my concubine well in the past few years."

Princess Mu collapsed even more, "It's all fake! I know, it's all fake!"

Nanny Jiang was speechless. In recent years, King Mu has been really kind to Princess Wang, and he would often come to chat with her and stay here overnight.But they all knew in their hearts that it was because Xie Yan's power had grown stronger these past few years, and King Mu wanted to use his concubine to restrain this disobedient son.

Seeing the beautiful woman in front of her crying uncontrollably, Mother Jiang didn't know what to do except to accompany her silently.

(End of this chapter)