Concubine falling from heaven

Chapter 67 I Can't See You, I'm Scared

The fourth prince leaned closer to listen, and the admiration in his eyes showed unabashedly: "Mother and concubine are really amazing, my child must study hard."

After speaking, the two smiled at each other.

After playing chess with Mu Xuanyi, the rain stopped for a while, and Mu Xuanchen didn't stay any longer. He left the Lotus Appreciation Pavilion with Ye Feng and walked on the road in the palace. Looking forward from behind, he asked Ye Feng.

"Did you see clearly?"

Ye Feng also looked forward and replied: "The little eunuch has entered Changde Palace."

"Changde Palace?" Mu Xuanchen's eyes turned cold.

He knew very well that it was the fourth prince's palace, that is to say, the little eunuch who eavesdropped on his conversation with Mu Xuanyi just now belonged to the fourth prince, not the eldest prince.But the fourth prince's mind is not so meticulous, how could he do such a thing of framing?
After thinking about it, she is the only one, Hua Yanhui!

For so many years, she has been fanning the flames in front of the fourth prince, inciting the fourth prince to be his enemy.The fourth prince's nature is actually not bad, it's just that he is a bit arrogant and domineering when he doesn't want to make progress, but he doesn't have such bad intentions to beat around the bush.But under the "teaching" of Concubine Hui, it became even worse.

"Ye Feng, have our people been paying attention to every move of the Fourth Prince and Concubine Hui?"

"I have already explained that if there is any movement, I will report back."

"very good!"

Although the two were talking, no one saw their strangeness, they just saw them leave in a hurry.

Mu Xuanyi stood at the Lotus Appreciation Pavilion, looked at Mu Xuanchen and Ye Feng who had gone away, and asked Eunuch Liang next to him: "How was the investigation last night?"

Eunuch Liang bowed and replied: "Back to the emperor, the person who went to secretly handle the case said that besides the eldest prince and Princess Chen, there was indeed a third person present that night."

"Have you found out who it is?"

"Uh..." Eunuch Liang seemed a little embarrassed.

"Say!"

Mu Xuanyi seemed to have someone to suspect in his heart, but he just didn't want to believe it.

"In Guanyue Tower, I found a silk handkerchief with the word 'E' embroidered on it. The person investigating the case came to report this morning, saying that this silk handkerchief belonged to a palace lady, and that palace lady belonged to... Concubine Hui people."

Mu Xuanyi's originally soft eyes narrowed slightly, he didn't want to believe it, but why was it her?

Her wisdom is indeed better than that of many men, and she often has unique opinions on government affairs. She was chosen as a concubine because of her intelligence, which is very similar to the late queen.Even if she doesn't need his protection, she can still dominate the palace with her means.Coupled with her family background, he can condone her arrogance and domineering, and her unreasonableness, but... why did he have to count on two important people to him?
Standing behind Mu Xuanyi, Eunuch Liang clearly saw that his hands behind his back were tightly clenched into fists, and then peeked at his expression, his brows were furrowed, his eyes were slightly narrowed and his lips were slightly parted. It could be seen that Mu Xuanyi had a hard time making a decision on this matter.

Just when Eunuch Liang was guessing, Mu Xuanyi suddenly turned around and gave an order: "Show the Jinhua Palace"

The day changed as it said, and the light rain that had stopped just now started to fall again.Sitting in the carriage and listening to the sound of rain outside, Mu Xuanchen felt extremely complicated.

Being in the royal family is not as carefree as ordinary people. The scenes of brothers and friends respecting each other will never happen to them in the emperor's house. He doesn't want to put eyeliner in front of his emperor brother, but he has to do it.

He never wanted to doubt his relatives, but the reality forced him to build a thick wall in his heart, as if this would make him feel enough to protect himself.

The gate of Chenwang Mansion

Meng Zihan paced back and forth anxiously, always feeling like a thread was being drawn in his heart.

It stands to reason that he would never come back so late in the court. She was worried that something would happen, worried... that he would be condemned by Mu Xuanyi for hurting the eldest prince.

She now believes that the eldest prince is still alive, otherwise the palace would have sent someone to arrest Mu Xuanchen, even if he is a prince, how could the emperor stop if he killed the emperor's son?Even if no one saw him, he would be the prime suspect.

"Princess! It's raining outside and it's cold, so go back to your room and wait!"

Meng Yun looked at the anxious Meng Zihan, and wondered what she was worried about. She had never been like this before, and wished that His Highness Chen Wang would not come back when he was away, but it was really different now.

Meng Zihan kept looking around distractedly, whether she poked her head out to look into the distance, the rain drenched her hair, and Caiyun was so frightened that she hurriedly pulled her back. If His Royal Highness Chen Wang saw it, she might not know What kind of punishment is this little girl going to receive?

"Princess, you should spare this servant, if you get gonorrhea, I will definitely kill this servant." Meng Yun begged with a bitter face.

Meng Zihan scratched his head and scratched his cheeks for a while, frowned and bit his lips for a while, lost his mind and was a little bit at a loss.

"Or, put on this cloak."

Steward Zhang watched from the sidelines and began to worry that if their concubine Chen made a mistake, His Royal Highness Chen Wang would not spare him, so he also began to persuade: "The concubine should put on the cloak."

Meng Zihan waved his hand and asked anxiously, "Xiaoyun, why hasn't he come back yet? Is there something wrong?"

"Ah?" Mengyun didn't understand why she asked such a question, "My lord just went to court and will be back soon. What is the princess worried about?"

"I'm worried..." Meng Zihan hesitated to speak.

Seeing this, the two doormen also began to persuade: "Yes, my lord, my lord will be back soon, my lord, don't freeze."

"Leave it alone."

She blocked her back with words as if she was playing with her temper, and they had no choice but to give up. Even their Royal Highness Chen Wang couldn't do anything to her, so they naturally didn't dare to say anything more.

At this time, Meng Zihan suddenly heard the sound of a carriage, and suddenly turned around, and saw Mu Xuanchen's carriage.

Seeing Ye Feng get off the horse, watching Xiao Hai take out the pedal and put it on the ground, Meng Zihan's gaze was fixed on the curtain, but she didn't see anyone, her whole heart was still hanging in the air.

It wasn't until Xiaohai held an umbrella in front of the curtain, and Mu Xuanchen frowned and bent over to lean out from the carriage, that Meng Zihan heaved a long sigh of relief. It seemed that she was really worrying too much, so how could something happen to him?How could she question his ability?

When Mu Xuanchen got off the carriage and saw Meng Zihan standing at the gate of Prince Chen's Mansion, he was stunned.

In his memory, Meng Zihan would never greet her at the gate of the mansion. He also knew that she didn't like being restrained, so he had already ordered the people in the mansion to let her out if she wanted to go out. Don't try to stop her, just follow her secretly to protect her, but he never thought that one day, she would wait for him to go back, but this seemingly ordinary behavior in the eyes of others has already made her He couldn't help his heart palpitations.

"Han'er... why are you here?" He walked towards Meng Zihan slowly, and asked hesitantly.

When Mu Xuanchen walked up the steps, Meng Zihan couldn't restrain the joy in his heart anymore, and threw himself into Mu Xuanchen's arms, and the people around him either bowed their heads or turned their backs automatically.

"What's wrong?" Mu Xuanchen was confused by her enthusiastic actions.

Meng Zihan pressed her face tightly against his chest, at this moment, she finally felt at ease.

"Why are you back so late today? I thought something happened to you."

Mu Xuanchen was stunned again.

He has never had such an intimate act with anyone in front of outsiders, even before, he was not as close as he is now with her, because she doesn't like it, but now she shows her love so boldly regardless of other people's eyes, and also said worry about him.

Mu Xuanchen tightly placed her on his chest, feeling a little unreal.

"It's just that Brother Huang must play chess with me. He can only leave after winning three rounds, so it's a bit late."

"Playing chess? Is it just playing chess?" She still couldn't understand all the ancient vocabulary, and looked up at him suspiciously.

Mu Xuanchen lowered his eyes and smiled, then nodded.

Meng Zihan was not happy now: "Is the emperor so pitiful and no one to accompany him? Why do you have to play chess with him?"

"The emperor's life is hard!" He took the cloak in Mengyun's hand, gently put it on her body, and tied it carefully.

She curled her lips and kept complaining about her dissatisfaction with Mu Xuanyi: "The emperor is really, with so many sons, daughters, concubines and ministers, why does he always ask you to do things with him, can you stop playing chess with him next time? "

Mu Xuanchen smiled softly: "Okay!"

Only then did Meng Zihan smile in satisfaction, and walked inside holding Mu Xuanchen's hand.

But it was raining, and there was still a long way from the gate of the mansion to Zimeng Pavilion, if you didn't hold an umbrella, you would have to get wet.In desperation, Xiaohai had no choice but to follow up with an umbrella.

Before everyone could react, Mu Xuanchen quickly took the umbrella from Xiao Hai's hand, hugged Meng Zihan with one hand, held the umbrella with the other, and walked forward side by side with her.

Meng Zihan lowered his eyes and smiled, then raised his head to look at Mu Xuanchen, with a deeper smile.

Xiao Hai came back to his senses, the umbrella in his hand was gone, looking at the backs of Meng Zihan and Mu Xuanchen going away, he muttered, "Uh... lord..."

Ye Feng slapped him behind him when he didn't respond, and immediately asked with his arms crossed, "What do you want to do?"

Xiao Hai rubbed his head in confusion and said, "How can I let Grandpa hold an umbrella by himself?"

Butler Zhang finally couldn't see it anymore, tugged at his ears and said angrily: "You are really stupid if you say you are stupid. After following you for so long, why don't you even know how to be a slave? You have to hold an umbrella for the princess yourself. , what are you doing to make fun of it?"

"Ah? Oh!" Xiao Hai finally nodded in understanding.

Ye Feng turned his head to look at the smiling Mengyun, rolled his eyes, opened the "coir raincoat" on his body, and smiled at Mengyun...

Meng Yun blushed and looked at the people on the side, finally lowered her head and got into his chest, hid in his arms and walked towards the mansion.

Seeing this, Xiao Hai shouted anxiously from behind: "Hey! Wait for me..."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Hai only took a step, but Steward Zhang grabbed his ears: "You boy, why are you so ignorant at such an age?"

"What's wrong with me?" Xiao Hai felt puzzled.

Butler Zhang rolled his eyes: "They are loving couples, what are you messing with? I just taught you a lesson, why don't you have a long memory?"

After hearing this, Xiao Hai had no choice but to curl his lips and say nothing, now he can only be envious and jealous.

The next night, Mu Xuanchen waited for Meng Zihan to fall asleep and quietly got up and walked out of the room. He heard Ye Feng calling outside just now, so he knew that the spies must have come to report.Since they are investigating secretly, they are reporting at night now.

When he came to the study, Ye Feng was already waiting there.

After the two entered the study room one after the other, Mu Xuanchen asked in a deep voice, "How is it?"

Ye Feng gently closed the study door, turned around and clasped his fists and replied: "Master, the person sent by my subordinates just sent a secret letter, saying that the First Prince has not had any contact with Concubine Hui or the Fourth Prince, and there is no collusion between them. And these few days the First Prince has been recuperating in his bedroom."

Although Ye Feng was curious about the reason for the eldest prince's injury, he didn't ask, because according to his speculation, he had basically understood it already.

Mu Xuanchen leaned on the back of the chair and frowned in thought.

This was the answer he had always wanted, because not only would it prove that he had not misjudged the person before, but he could also safely believe that nothing happened between the First Prince and Meng Zihan that day.

"Is there any move from the emperor?" He was still guarding against his brother.

But Ye Feng was not surprised when he asked such a question, he seemed to have expected his question: "The emperor went to the Chonghua Palace after the Lord and his subordinates left. It seems that he interrogated Concubine Hui, and it seems that the emperor is also suspicious of her."

Mu Xuanchen didn't say much, but his eyes gradually turned cold.

"How did Concubine Hui and the fourth prince find out?" Concentrating his thoughts, he looked at Ye Feng with a serious expression.

"The fourth prince is not unusual today, and he is still living a romantic life, with beauties and wines attached to him every day, and Concubine Hui has not done anything other than rewarding a maid."

"Who is the reward for?" Mu Xuanchen didn't want to let go of even the slightest movement.

Ye Feng didn't understand why he was so nervous. It's normal for a lady to reward a maid, but a master rewards a slave, especially in the palace. Exhale.

But the doubt in his heart was only momentary, fleeting.

"I heard from the spies that they rewarded a court lady named Su'e."

"Su'e? What did you reward?"

The reason why Mu Xuanchen asked this was because when he asked Meng Zihan why he went to the forbidden area with the eldest prince today, Meng Zihan said that a court lady took them there, and he followed the emperor's orders.It is a capital offense to falsely preach the imperial decree. If someone did not instigate it, how could a little court lady be so bold.

"I heard that it is a string of necklaces, and it was a reward from the emperor."

"Do you know why?"

Ye Feng approached Mu Xuanchen and replied: "Our people said that they only heard Concubine Hui tell her that 'what you explained was done very well'."

Mu Xuanchen was startled, and immediately started to walk out.

"Master, where are you going?" Ye Feng followed immediately.

It was only then that Mu Xuanchen realized that the time had passed, no matter how urgent it was, he could not enter the palace now.

"Ye Feng, send someone to keep watching Concubine Hui and that court lady named Su'e."

His intuition told him that there must be a problem between the court lady named Su'e and Concubine Hui, otherwise, with Hua Yanhui's temperament, how could he give her the necklace given by the emperor because the court lady has done something for her?
It must have something to do with what happened that day.

After the discussion, the two went back to their rooms to rest, but after Mu Xuanchen closed the door, he saw that there was no one on the bed.

"Han'er!" He rushed to the bed, seeing that there was no sign of her in the corner of the bed, he panicked.

Without thinking about it, he raised his footsteps and rushed out the door.

"Where did you go?"

An angry question gathered Mu Xuanchen's gaze.

In the courtyard in front of him, Meng Zihan was wearing unlined clothes, pouting and akimbo, staring at him displeasedly, his expression full of accusations.

Mu Xuanchen strode over to hold her in his arms, but his heart was still beating irregularly, it was because of fear.

Yes, he was afraid just now, afraid that she would disappear again, afraid that she would leave eventually, afraid that she would not want him...

"Why didn't you answer me, where did you go in the middle of the night?" Meng Zihan was still angry.

She has always been a heavy sleeper, but just now she couldn't feel his breath or his temperature. She suddenly woke up from the dream, seeing that the seat beside him had long been vacant, and felt flustered in her heart.He didn't have time to put on his clothes, and rushed out wearing only a single shirt. After running to Tianao Pavilion, he found that there was no sign of him at all.

At that moment, she panicked.

She thought that he was secretly called into the palace by Mu Xuanyi, she thought it was because of something happened to the eldest prince, and she thought that Mu Xuanyi wanted to execute Mu Xuanchen because of this.

The horrors in the palace in TV dramas and movies kept appearing in her mind, and she really did have those people's encounters.

"I just can't sleep and come out and walk." He lied because he didn't want her to think too much, he just wanted her to live a carefree life.Seeing her frail body, he leaned over and carried her into the room.

"Why did Han'er go out so late?" He whispered with his arms around her, but she hugged him even tighter.

"I woke up and saw that you were gone. I thought you were taken away by someone from the palace." Her voice was full of uneasiness and grievance.

But Mu Xuanchen's heart was shocked. It turned out that she was looking for him because she was worried about him.

He gently caressed her back, breathing loosely in her hair: "Silly girl, no one will ever catch me, don't worry!"

These words are not just words to comfort her, they are also true. Who else in this White Tiger Country would dare to touch him?Even Mu Xuanyi should be in awe of him.As early as several years ago, even if he wanted to be the emperor, it was easy, but he didn't want to make a move.

When he came back to his senses, the person in his arms had stopped moving. Looking down, Mu Xuanchen couldn't help but raise his thin lips.

she fell asleep...

Mu Xuanchen gently tucked her in the quilt, even in her sleep, she still only held his unlined clothes with her hands, as if she was afraid that he would leave.

But he feels that such a warm moment will soon become a flash in the pan, and tomorrow... something will change again.

After the morning court, Mu Xuanchen planned to go to Mu Xuanyi and wanted to ask him how the matter was handled, but Ye Feng rushed over as soon as he stepped out of the Golden Palace. Mu Xuanchen felt that the situation was not good, so he exchanged a glance with him After avoiding the crowd, he walked aside.

"Master, something is wrong." Ye Feng reported with a suppressed voice.

Hearing this, Mu Xuanchen frowned even tighter: "What's the matter? Could it be that something happened to the maid?"

Ye Feng nodded.

"This morning, a palace lady was found floating in the well. After verification, this palace lady is Su'e next to Concubine Hui."

Sure enough, Mu Xuanchen clenched his fists angrily, the thing he was worried about yesterday still happened.

"How did you die?"

"I heard that he committed suicide by throwing himself into a well."

Throwing himself into a well?Mu Xuanchen snorted coldly.You just got such a big reward from Concubine Hui last night, and you threw yourself into a well today?

There was a dangerous gleam in his eyes, and he turned to Ye Feng and said, "Is the body of that court lady still by the well?"

"Yes, Wu Zuo is doing the autopsy, and Concubine Hui is beside me."

"Take me to have a look."

The two rushed there in a hurry, thinking that a dead maid would not attract too many people's attention, but they didn't expect that the surroundings were full of people, and when they saw Mu Xuanchen, they all took the initiative to make way.

An Lingfei came forward, seeing Mu Xuanchen's expression, he seemed to want to know the whole story, so he explained the situation to him:

This morning, when the maid felt something in the well when she was fetching water, she leaned over to check, but was horrified to find that a maid had drowned in the well. Shi Chen showed no signs of poisoning in his body, and there was no quarrel before. The only inference was suicide.

After hearing this, Mu Xuanchen narrowed his deep eyes. He still doesn't believe that the maid committed suicide, but he never thought that Concubine Hui would do it so seamlessly that she couldn't even detect any abnormalities in the maid's body.

"Master, what should we do now?" Ye Feng asked in a low voice from the side.

Originally, he wanted to use this court lady to get Concubine Hui to confess, but he didn't expect that she would die like this, and the people he sent to monitor them didn't even notice.

Mu Xuanchen looked at the palace lady's body and saw the chain around her neck. It was a string of hundred-year-old pearls and several emeralds connected together. Although it was not very precious, it was handmade and unique. Precious, but hanging around the neck of a court lady is a bit out of tune.

Don't think too much, it must have been sent to her by Concubine Hui.

Kneeling down to see what happened, she suddenly heard Concubine Hui sobbing: "Su'e...this girl, why are you so overwhelmed!"

The maid beside her also began to cry, but her expression was completely different from Concubine Hui's.

"I didn't expect Concubine Hui to come too." Mu Xuanchen stood up and asked Concubine Hui expressionlessly.

Concubine Hui wiped the corners of her eyes, raised her head and choked with sobs: "Su'e is my maidservant, although she is only a court lady, she has followed me for many years, of course I want to take a look."

Mu Xuanchen didn't want to see her hypocrisy, so he directly asked straight to the point: "I don't know what the concubine Hui just said about 'can't think about it'?"

"This... involves personal privacy, how can I ruin the reputation of the deceased."

Concubine Hui's answer made Mu Xuanchen narrow his eyes, as if he wanted to see what she was planning.

"What if the king must know?" Mu Xuanchen threw out a sentence coldly, which not only made Concubine Hui slightly taken aback, but the surrounding officials and maids immediately lowered their eyes and held their breaths, not daring to make any noise.

"Why is His Royal Highness Chen so interested in the maids of this palace?"

"Speak, or not?"

He slowly approached her, Concubine Hui felt that his whole body was covered by his shadow, and the strength from his whole body seemed to hit her heavily, causing her feet to retreat involuntarily.

"His Royal Highness Chen, are you threatening me?" As soon as she opened her mouth, she found that her tongue was tied. Concubine Hui couldn't imagine how her younger sister would fall in love with this man in front of her before. She couldn't see tenderness, couldn't hear When it comes to soft words, there is no feeling of pity and sympathy.

"Why is it so lively here?"

While speaking, a voice came slowly, Mu Xuanchen and Concubine Hui looked at the same time, it turned out to be Mu Xuanyi.

(End of this chapter)