Concubine falling from heaven

Chapter 60
Mu Xuanyi asked Meng Qian in a nonchalant manner: "Just now Princess Chen said that she was going to pretend to be the county magistrate, but now you say it's your fault, why?"

"If you go back to the emperor, it's just because the lower official was unwilling to die that day, so you asked Princess Chen to take up the post in Ganlin County instead of the lower official. It's all the lower official's fault."

Meng Qian's words made Meng Zihan's nose sour. It turned out that she could take the blame for protecting him, and it turned out that he did the same to her. She didn't recognize this big brother in vain.

"I see..." Mu Xuanyi nodded thoughtfully.

"Your Majesty! This wind can't last long, and you must never forgive Princess Chen for such a great crime." Prime Minister Hua seemed to sense that Mu Xuanyi wanted to forgive Meng Zihan, and immediately knelt down on the hall and shouted, "Your Majesty, Princess Chen did not commit a crime this time. She committed one crime, but multiple crimes! She not only disguised herself as a man, but also pretended to be an official of the imperial court, and now she disobeyed the order and disrespected it.

Seeing him kneeling, the officials from Prime Minister Hua's faction immediately knelt on the ground to ask Mu Xuanyi to commit the crime to Meng Zihan. At the critical moment, Meng Zihan finally saw who belonged to Mu Xuanchen and who belonged to Prime Minister Hua. Man, this kind of situation must have been faced by Mu Xuanchen alone, but it was she, the person who kept causing trouble for him, that caused this kind of situation.

She didn't know how much Mu Xuanchen had endured when she left, and how he resisted alone.

Seeing this situation, Mu Xuanchen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly turned around and walked in front of Prime Minister Hua, his bottomless eyes were ablaze with raging anger, his face was not disturbed, but it still made the officials around Prime Minister Hua unconsciously He leaned back.

"Prime Minister Hua didn't tell me that I forgot. If you want to pursue responsibility, it's all because of Prime Minister Hua." Mu Xuanchen's calm tone made Prime Minister Hua stunned.

"What does this have to do with the officer?"

"When she was in Ganlin County, Princess Chen brought Cao Rong, who murdered the former official, to justice, but under the sponsorship of Prime Minister Hua, he just lost his official position. Not only was he not executed, but he was still able to walk around the county government. I heard that this person is the prime minister. Your Excellency’s students, if it weren’t for the Prime Minister’s lord’s teaching and helpless evil, how would things like this happen?”

With one sentence from Mu Xuanchen, not only did Meng Zihan and Meng Qian be blamed for their crimes, but he also attributed the responsibility to Prime Minister Hua. Naturally, the situation where Prime Minister Hua was an official for three dynasties would naturally be dealt with quite a lot, even if Meng Zihan felt guilty in his heart. The guilt was not as big as it was said, but it didn't show on his face. Instead, he asked Mu Xuanyi to commit the crime on her with the excuse of disrespect.

Meng Zihan suddenly forgot his fear, couldn't help laughing and retorted: "Could it be that the Prime Minister wants me to marry Ling Qianjin as Meng Qian?"

Prime Minister Hua's face turned blue and purple, and he knelt on the ground and straightened up to Mu Xuanyi almost crying: "Your Majesty! Look at this Concubine Chen, she has been spoiled by His Royal Highness Chen Wang. My minister, if the emperor does not condemn the concubine Chen, I would rather retire from my old age and return to my hometown and never enter the court."

Prime Minister Hua's harsh words made the atmosphere tense again.Meng Zihan originally thought that it would be a good thing for him, a stubborn old man, to resign and return to the field, but the other officials kneeling in the hall all said that they would resign. Some can't do anything.

In desperation, Mu Xuanchen knelt down in front of Mu Xuanyi again and asked him to forgive Meng Zihan for his innocence. Meng Zihan hurriedly knelt down too, and at the same time, the people from Mu Xuanchen's group also knelt down and begged Mu Xuanyi to let Meng Zihan go .

For a moment, Mu Xuanyi was the only one standing and looking down at the group of ministers in the entire hall. He couldn't convict the two gangs, nor was he convicted, nor was he not convicted. He was suddenly caught in a dilemma.

"Please forgive Han'er for his innocence, and my brother wishes..."

"You want to exchange the city again?" Mu Xuanyi suddenly interrupted Mu Xuanchen, but it made Meng Zihan not understand, what is "again"?Did he do the same thing to someone else before or to her...

Looking back at Mu Xuanchen who didn't say a word but nodded slightly, Mu Xuanyi frowned and said: "Is the city really so unimportant to you? Last time you refused to marry Princess Chu Yun with five cities as compensation. Is it still like this now? If Wuzuocheng is handed over again, Prince Chen will have nothing."

"Brother, please complete it."

A simple sentence made Meng Zihan's tears flow down like broken threads.Her heart seemed to be pulled by something, which made her unable to breathe normally at all.Mu Xuanchen ignored the strange gazes cast by the officials, gently stroked her cheek, wiped away her tears, and hugged her tightly in his arms.

"My minister sees the emperor." At this time, Hua Yankang suddenly appeared at the gate of the main hall, he was not surprised to see the situation in the main hall, but he seemed to know what happened and then knelt down in front of Mu Xuanyi.

Hua Yankang is the son of Prime Minister Hua, Mu Xuanyi naturally thinks that he is on the side of Prime Minister Hua, who knows that Mu Xuanyi should not blame Meng Zihan and Meng Qian, father and son have two hearts, which makes Mu Xuan Wing was stunned.

Mu Xuanchen didn't expect that he would stand by his side at the critical moment, no matter what his real purpose was, as long as Meng Zihan was safe and sound, he would be grateful from the bottom of his heart.

"Your Majesty!" The eunuch at the gate suddenly sent a message, "All the people in Ganlin County are kneeling at the gate of the city."

Mu Xuanyi and the others came to the viewing platform at the gate of the city, and they saw hundreds of people kneeling at the gate of the city. I don't know who they learned from that Meng Zihan was Princess Chen, but every word and every word of them made people feel like they were in the city. Meng Zihan's heart twitched suddenly.

"Please forgive Princess Chen. Princess Chen not only used her own money to donate porridge and clothes for the benefit of the people in Ganlin County, but also allowed the poor in Ganlin County to live a life of adequate food and clothing. Not only that, Princess Chen Countless cases were solved during her tenure as county magistrate, so Princess Chen not only has no faults, but also has merit."

It was Zhou Fu who spoke, and when he learned from Hua Yankang that their adult was Princess Chen, Zhou Fu was stunned and surprised.But the crime of disrespecting the order is not small, and impersonation is an inevitable crime. Even so, he and Hua Yankang summoned all the people in Ganlin County to plead for Meng Zihan's life.

"Please forgive the innocence of Princess Chen. If not for Princess Chen, the poor people in Ganlin County would have starved to death on the streets. Please forgive me!"

When the people under the city gate saw Mu Xuanyi, they all pleaded for Meng Zihan.

"This group of unscrupulous people must have been bewitched by the concubine Chen. I beg the emperor to issue an order to punish them immediately."

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Prime Minister Hua and his henchmen kept agitating, and the people under the city gate kept begging, but Hua Yankang asked Mu Xuanyi to forgive him when his father asked for a crime. Mu Xuanyi had never encountered such a problem since he came to the throne.

"Your Majesty!" An Lingfei hurried over from the other side of the viewing platform.

"What's the matter?" Mu Xuanyi felt a splitting headache. Although he could postpone the trial, he didn't want Meng Zihan to be wronged and sent to jail.

After presenting a note, An Lingfei said: "Your Majesty, Prince Chu Rui of Xueyue Kingdom sent a letter to Feige, begging His Majesty to forgive Princess Chen's innocence. He is willing to exchange the five cities that His Royal Highness Chen had originally owned."

Back then when Chu Rui saw Meng Zihan pretending to be the county magistrate, he knew that sooner or later it would be revealed, so he kept begging his father to give him the five cities and let him control them as he pleased, just for today.

An Lingfei knew that Prince Chu Rui was interested in Meng Zihan, so he wanted to send a letter to him for help, but he didn't expect that Prince Chu Rui knew everything beforehand and sent the letter in time.

Mu Xuanyi finally laughed out loud after seeing the pigeon passing the letter for a while, and Prime Minister Hua was so angry that he was already furious.

"Eunuch Liang, do you think this is a business, am I losing money or making money?" Mu Xuanyi asked knowingly, because he wanted to use others to pardon Meng Zihan's crimes later.

Eunuch Liang took a step forward, and the worry on his face finally dissipated: "Of course the emperor has made money. Princess Chen's benevolence not only won the hearts of the people, but also convinced Xueyue Kingdom, and Princess Chen is also the emperor's lucky star!"

"Oh? Lucky star?" Mu Xuanyi's eyes deliberately swept towards the prime minister and his henchmen.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Princess Chen not only solved the problem of Ganlin County for the Emperor, but also didn't need a single soldier to weigh the lost city. Isn't this the lucky star of the Emperor, the lucky star of Lord Chen, and the lucky star of our Baihu Kingdom?"

"Hahaha...well said!" Mu Xuanyi laughed again.

Meng Zihan looked at Eunuch Liang gratefully, remembering that she was so angry with him when they first met, she never thought that he would speak for her at this moment.

"Since he is a lucky star, shouldn't he be punished?" Mu Xuanyi asked with a smile.

Prime Minister Hua was in a hurry, and immediately stepped forward and cupped his fists to remind: "Your Majesty... but my little girl..."

Mu Xuanyi also interrupted him at the right time: "Master Prime Minister, this time Ling Ai is going to marry Mengqian, the county magistrate of Ganlin County, and it is also Mr. Prime Minister who asked for the marriage. After all, it is up to you to resist the decree this time." Father and daughter rise."

"Your Majesty... old minister..." Prime Minister Hua was so embarrassed that he couldn't bear it.

I thought that Mengqian was an individual who wanted to take it for his own use. When "he" became his own son-in-law, he asked the emperor to let "he" be the grand tutor. Who knew that "he" turned out to be Princess Chen disguised as a man, no wonder At that time, she was so familiar, and when checking her identity, she always looked in the direction of the real Meng Qian. I blamed myself for being too careless, and was played by her in the applause.

"Your Majesty, if you let Princess Chen off like this, it would be really unfair to the old minister and unfair to the little girl."

Prime Minister Hua's words are not unreasonable. Regarding the customs and habits of Baihu Kingdom, Hua Yanjing will find it difficult to be a human being after being rejected twice. If she can't follow the imperial decree to get married this time, it will become a joke in Lengdu City.

Meng Zihan became anxious when he saw Mu Xuanyi turned his head and looked at her like this, he wouldn't let her marry Hua Yanjing by mistake, right?If that's the case, she might as well wipe her neck.

"It's reasonable for the Prime Minister to say so. Although Princess Chen has made merits this time, she has also made mistakes. Although the merits and demerits can be offset, they have indeed caused harm to Jing'er."

"Your Majesty..." Meng Zihan muttered and complained quietly, "She was the one who asked to marry me, not I who asked to marry her. How could it be that I hurt her?"

What a conscience, she wouldn't want to play with other people's feelings, right? She did use her at the beginning, but that was just to enhance friendship and let Hua Yanjing give her some good words in front of Prime Minister Hua, but she never thought of It has developed to this point, is it a mistake to be popular?This time it's clearly Hua Yanjing's self-indulgent sentimentality, and she's in love with herself!

Mu Xuanyi coughed dryly as a reminder: "Han'er! Although you didn't ask for the order, there must be some factors on your part for Jing'er's behavior, so you can't escape your punishment."

"emperor……"

Mu Xuanchen, An Lingfei, Meng Qian, and Hua Yankang whispered in unison, but Mu Xuanyi stretched out his hand to signal to silence, and the four could only hold their breath and listen.

"The concubine Chen will be punished for three months in the palace of the Prince Chen. The Prince Chen must take good care of her and don't let her go out to cause trouble again."

Mu Xuanyi's words made Mu Xuanchen happy, and also relieved the rest of the people, but Meng Zihan kept complaining and couldn't go out for three months. How is this different from going to jail?
With a bitter face, she began to negotiate terms with Mu Xuanyi: "Your Majesty, isn't three months too long, so please be merciful and change it to three days!"

"Three days? Your calculations are very loud. If you continue to negotiate terms with me, you will be fined for three years." As soon as these words came out, Meng Zihan immediately covered his mouth, and Mu Xuanyi couldn't help it. laughed.

"As for Jing'er's matter...if the Prime Minister and General Hua don't mind, let's discuss it in the Imperial Study Room."

Mu Xuanyi's words were actually for their sake. With so many people present, if the discussion continues like this, Hua Yanjing may suffer even more.

In addition to Mu Xuanyi calling Hua Yankang and Prime Minister Hua in, Mu Xuanchen, Meng Zihan and Meng Qian also came in, Meng Zihan was puzzled, all the punishments were fined, could it be her business?
She raised her head to look at Mu Xuanchen, only to see that he just looked back with a slight smile and said nothing, he seemed to be all right, seeing his smile, Meng Zihan's whole heart was relieved.

After Mu Xuanyi sat down, the five of them stood in a row and listened attentively.

"About the matter of resisting the decree... As I said before, Princess Chen cannot be entirely blamed. This decree was invited by Jing'er herself, Mr. Prime Minister. There is only one way to save this situation now." He took a sip of tea, looked at Mengqian and said, "Let Jing'er marry Mengqian, the magistrate of Ganlin County."

"Ah?" Meng Zihan was stunned for a long time, and then suddenly realized when he saw Mu Xuanyi's eyes looking at Meng Qian.

"Please think twice, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Hua and Hua Yankang knelt down again. They knew what Mu Xuanyi was referring to, and they also knew that Hua Yanjing didn't like the real Meng Qian. If they married just like this, they might wrong her.

"Yes, Your Majesty, my elder brother doesn't like Hua Yanjing." Meng Zihan was also afraid that Meng Qian would be wronged, so he went to Hua Yanjing, maybe he would be bullied by her every day, without her protection by his side, when the time comes Meng Qian still doesn't know how to be angry.

"Han'er!" Mu Xuanyi stopped him again with a look, and then continued, "This imperial decree has been issued, if it is withdrawn, not only will I lose face, but Jing'er will suffer a lot of grievances in the future."

"But your majesty, it's not this Meng Qian that Jing'er wants to marry." Hua Yankang stepped forward to remind her, but Meng Zihan gave her a sideways look and scolded softly, "You want to die, do you want her to marry me?"

Hearing Mu Xuanchen's light cough, Meng Zihan was rarely obedient to shut up.

Mu Xuanyi continued: "It is written in the imperial decree that Hua Yanjing, the youngest daughter of the prime minister, married Mengqian, the magistrate of Ganlin County. Now that Princess Chen and the real Mengqian have recovered their identities, Jing'er should follow the imperial decree to get married, and I see that Mengqian has a dignified appearance and is full of knowledge, and Jinger and Jing'er are both talented and beautiful, so I can't be wronged, what do you think about Mengqian?"

"Your Majesty..." Knowing that the other party doesn't like him, if he agrees now, wouldn't it be a wedding for someone else?He never thought that he would have a political marriage.

"Brother, if you don't want to, just tell the emperor." Meng Zihan hurriedly reminded him.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Mu Xuanyi added: "If you disagree with Mengqian, Princess Chen will not be able to restore her identity for life, and she will continue to be the county magistrate of Ganlin County, and she will marry the prime minister for three thousand gold at a certain date."

Meng Zihan turned his head to look at Mu Xuanyi in disbelief, his move was ruthless enough, he did not expect such a ruthless method under his gentle appearance, he was thinking before, with his gentle How did the method become the emperor and sit on the throne? From this point of view, it is reasonable for him to be the emperor.

What Mu Xuanyi said with a smile just now, not only did Meng Zihan not feel relaxed, but it made her stunned, because it was impossible to tell whether he was joking or serious in the moment just now.

Both Mu Xuanyi and Mu Xuanchen are talented kings, but Mu Xuanchen values ​​the affection of his beloved relatives too much, so he is destined to hand over the country to his dear ones.

Meng Qian didn't want to marry Hua Yanjing, even if she was the prime minister's daughter, it didn't matter. He had a noble character since he was a child, and he would never follow others or do anything to cling to the powerful. The reason why Meng Zihan and Meng Zihan hit it off was because their personalities were too similar.But now he can't ignore Meng Zihan, she is kind to him and also righteous to him, how can he only care about himself at this moment?
He turned his head to look at Meng Zihan, only to see that she shook her head to him to tell him not to agree. She really knew what he wanted, and she didn't care about his situation at all. She just didn't want him to be wronged. He turned his head and smiled, and then Kneel down on the ground.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the marriage."

Meng Qian said his thanks calmly, and Mu Xuanyi smiled heartily, but it made Meng Zihan understand even more that no matter what the ending is, the biggest beneficiary in the end is him...Mu Xuanyi.

The next day, Mu Xuanyi just made an imperial list to find out about this matter.

The emperor's list said: Since the emperor couldn't get out to investigate the people's sentiments in Ganlin County, he asked Princess Chen to do it for her. Although Princess Chen was a girl, she was extremely intelligent and a woman would not let a man down, so she entrusted her with an important task.However, when he first arrived in Ganlin County, he met Mengqian, the later magistrate of Ganlin County, who was in danger. After receiving the emperor's permission, Princess Chen used Mengqian's identity to investigate and solve the case skillfully, bringing Ganlin County back to life.According to Princess Jingchen, Mengqian has been assisting during the investigation of the case. His contribution is indispensable and he is upright. He is a rare talent in the Baihu Kingdom. The emperor loves talents and is thirsty. Today, Mengqian is restored as the county magistrate of Ganlin County. The prime minister's young daughter, Hua Yanjing, and Liangcai Mengqian agree in love, so a marriage is specially given to the two of them. The concubine Chen is successful and retired, and everyone is happy.

An imperial list not only restores Meng Qian's status as the county magistrate, Meng Zihan does not have to bear the charges of resisting the decree and pretending to be the county magistrate, Hua Yanjing does not have to bear the grievance of being criticized by others, but Mu Xuanyi also advertises himself as a person who knows people and is good at responsibility. , a good emperor who loves talent and is thirsty, and governs the country with virtue.

Not only that, but he didn't have to offend the forces of Mu Xuanchen and Prime Minister Hua, and he also made them think it was his great gift. In this way, if they rebelled one day, they would be rebellious officials and thieves after all. popular support.

Mu Xuanchen and Hua Yankang looked at each other and smiled after seeing the imperial list, they knew it well.

Five days later, Hua Yanjing married Meng Qian according to the imperial decree, and Meng Zihan was ordered to ground her feet, so she couldn't even attend Meng Qian's wedding banquet, so she didn't know what the wedding day would be like, and the wedding night was another one. what kind of situation.

In the past five days, Mu Xuanchen's ears have never been clean, and what he hears the most is "I want to go out, I want to go out", it's like she's in a prison.Sometimes when he was reading a book in the study, even if she was not by his side, this voice would still linger in his ears, making Mu Xuanchen smile bitterly.

Now that Mu Xuanchen wanted to put an end to such miserable mutterings, he really wanted to take her out, but the emperor issued an order, and there were guards sent by the palace at the door, so he couldn't resist the order. She also thought about acupointing them, but she was afraid that the guards Mu Xuanyi would send would watch in the dark. In this way, she would not be confined for three months.

Today, as Mu Xuanchen expected, she would run to him after getting up at Si time, and that voice sounded again.

"Xuanchen! Xuanchen! I want to go out, I want to go out."

Xiao Hai stared at him in astonishment with his eyes widened in shock. After a while, he finally blushed and lowered his head and turned his back to snicker, but for some reason, he didn't know how to leave. I paid attention to him, maybe didn't notice his existence.

Mu Xuanchen closed the book and brought her into his arms, stroked the blue hair on her forehead behind her ear with one hand, kissed her gently on the forehead, and said softly: "If Han'er can go out, I will never stop her." .”

Meng Zihan pulled her lips speechlessly, if she could go out by herself, would she still ask him?Knowing that it is impossible to say that is really disgusting.

She suddenly straightened up and played with her temper, staring and throwing the book, the little bird's obedient appearance just now disappeared without a trace, Mu Xuanchen didn't say anything to blame, but his eyes were full of pampering.Seeing her throwing a book, she even took a book from the side and handed it to her. She was so angry that she smashed the book on the table and stomped her feet angrily.

"Don't you lose it?" Mu Xuanchen smiled.

"Mu Xuanchen! You are so annoying!" Once she gets angry, she will call him by his full name.

Mu Xuanchen said with an innocent face: "It's not me who grounded you, so should I be blamed for the emperor's account?"

"It's you, it's you! Don't worry about whether he takes me out or not." She flushed with anger.

Mu Xuanchen nodded her nose with a doting face and said with a smile: "Han'er, Han'er, are you taking courage from the sky? You even said that you don't care about the emperor's will."

"I don't care, I'm going out, and if I stay any longer, I'll be moldy and smelly."

He leaned close to her and smelled it on purpose, and then he had a look of enjoyment: "Well... the fragrance is overflowing, how can there be a stink?"

Meng Zihan really felt that he was maddened by his calmness, and finally used her new trump card, broke free from his embrace, walked to the door, turned around and threatened: "Since His Royal Highness Chen Wang likes the study so much, tonight You can spend it in the study, see you at night!"

When you're done, open it.The door closed angrily, leaving Mu Xuanchen with a face full of helplessness but a warm smile. Although she was always so vexatious, it made him feel that his life was alive, and he couldn't imagine losing her again. How will the day be.

After Xiao Hai heard Meng Zihan's words, he opened his mouth wide and froze in astonishment. He turned his head to look at Mu Xuanchen who was smiling at the corner of his mouth.what's the situation?
At this time, Ye Feng's voice came from the door: "Master!"

"Come in."

"Master, the Ministers of the Ministry of War and Ministers of the Ministry of Punishment sent word that a banquet was held at Penglai Restaurant, and they would like to invite Master over to have a gathering."

Mu Xuanchen wondered, how could there be a banquet for no reason?

"Master, do you want to..." Seeing Mu Xuanchen frowning in thought, Ye Feng wanted to ask him if he wanted to retreat, but to Ye Feng's surprise, he agreed.

"It's okay to be idle, and it's okay to go."

In fact, Mu Xuanchen always liked to come to parties with these veterans, but just now he suddenly thought of Meng Zihan who had been bored in the mansion, and thought of going to see it by himself, so as to tell her some new things to relieve her boredom.

As soon as Mu Xuanchen stepped out, Meng Zihan couldn't help but think of a way to go out with him.

"Mengyun! Mengyun!" Meng Zihan secretly watched Mu Xuanchen leave and began to yell furiously.

Since her return, Caiyun has taken Meng Zihan's surname, the only person with the same surname as the concubine, all the servants and maids in the palace envy her, and her value has naturally risen rapidly.

"Did you dig the hole I asked you to dig a few days ago?" She asked in a low voice.

Meng Yun's hair was full of black lines: "That's good, but...you are a princess, how can you dig into a dog's hole?"

"As long as I can get out, it doesn't matter if it's a dog's cave or a cat's cave. If you don't tell me, I really forgot that I am a princess, and I thought I was a prisoner." She couldn't help but began to complain again.

(End of this chapter)