auspicious time has come

Chapter 234 Making a Deal
After a slight start, the prince said, "Quickly pass on."

"See Your Highness." Xiao Mu bowed to the prince in the study.

In the study at this time, there are Ji Nanxian and two staff members of the East Palace.

Seeing Xiao Mu right now, Ji Nanxian felt quite complicated.

Recently, after thinking about it again and again, he still felt that the other party's words and deeds in the mourning hall that day could not escape the words "beginning in disorder and ending in abandonment"!
As an elder brother, his own sister was bullied like this, so he should be angry and hate him so much——

but……

Looking at the young man who must have not yet come out of the pain of losing his mother, Ji Nanxian felt unspeakable.

Xiaohou this person...

Strong and strong, too far off the mark, miserable and miserable is rare in the world.

For the former, he is inevitably a little afraid...

For the latter, he couldn't help feeling a little soft-hearted...

Therefore, the elder brother of the Ji family who was angry with himself had no choice but to silently turn away his eyes and stop looking at the young man.

"Emissary Xiao doesn't need to be too courteous." The prince raised his hand to support him, looked at the person in front of him, and his mood was a little turbulent: "I don't know why the envoy Xiao came here at this time?"

Xiao Mu said bluntly, "I want to see Jia Que."

The two staff members exchanged glances upon hearing this.

——Is this dissatisfied with His Highness's delay in dealing with Jia Que, and came directly to beg for someone? !
When the staff hesitated to speak, the prince turned around and walked towards the bookshelf beside him, but raised his hand and took down the saber hanging in front of the bookshelf.

Your Highness, this is it?

The eyes of the two staff members were slightly startled.

Marquis Dingbei's act of begging for someone was certainly a bit arrogant, but His Highness wouldn't just strike with a sword, right?
The next moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince handed the saber to Dingbeihou.

"This person, Jia Que, will be handled by the envoy Xiao Jie."

Xiao Mu looked down at the familiar saber.

This sword was once owned by him when he was young, and he rarely left it.

After the accident in Duke Shu's mansion, it must have been confiscated together with the family property in the mansion.

Never thought it would appear here.

He stretched out his hand to take the saber from the prince's hand, and the two passed each other, as if a long time passed.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Xiao Mu raised his hand, lowered his eyes and retreated.

"Your Highness... this is a wonderful move!" After the door of the study was closed, an aide said in a low voice: "Let Naga Que be directly handed over to Dingbeihou, and one is to send a favor to Dingbeihou , expressing the attitude of His Highness... Second, the burden of taking care of the overall situation was handed over to Dingbeihou, so that Dingbeihou might not dare to take such a big offense and insist on taking Na Jiaque's life!"

Another staff member looked at him: "If you decide to be Beihou, you dare to risk such a big disgrace?"

The other party was stunned: "Then..."

Then, this topic...isn't it dead?
The prince seemed to still be able to see that figure through the closed door.

"Since the sword was given to him...no matter what he does, there is nothing wrong with it."

……

"Xiao Mu? What are you doing here!"

In the dark room of the East Palace where Jia Que was detained, as the door of the dark room was closed behind Xiao Mu, the room, which was bright for a brief moment, fell into darkness again.

The candle flickered, reflecting the anger in Jiaque's eyes, and the uneasiness suppressed under the anger.

His eyes fell on the saber in Xiao Mu's hand.

"What, you want to kill me?" Jia Que gritted his teeth and asked in a steady voice, "Do you dare?"

Seeing that Xiao Mu didn't answer, he felt even more uneasy: "... Thanks to Xiao Mu, who claims to be brave and scheming, now it seems that he is just a stupid villain! , someone else! You should go to your Prince Dasheng to ask for an explanation!"

Xiao Mu looked at the fierce-looking man with some amusement, but was silently guarding against retreating: "There is no need to be so afraid——I just want to make a deal with you."

"Stop farting... Who's afraid!" Jia Que puffed up his chest.

"bass--"

The sharp sword came out of its sheath and lay across his chest.

The speed was so fast that he couldn't even react!

"You... didn't you just talk about making a deal!" Jia Que asked with wide-eyed eyes but didn't dare to scold.

"Here's the deal I'm making—"

"..."

Half a quarter of an hour later, Xiao Mu raised his sword and came out from the dark room, and beads of blood condensed and slipped from the sword.

With the long sword back in its sheath, no expression could be seen on the young man's stern face.

The guards guarding the dark room looked a little startled, but they didn't dare to say anything.

The guards returned to the darkroom to check after the evil god had gone far away, only to see Jia Que lying on the ground with a bloody hole in front of him, his eyes closed tightly.

The guard was shocked.

"Quickly report to His Highness...!"

The night is getting darker, the moon is over the branches.

"Teacher, is Aunt really all right?"

On the path in the garden, Princess Jiayi held Hengyu's hand and was about to see the princess.

"Princess, don't worry, Nanny Xiang said that the princess is fine, she just needs to stay in bed for a while."

"That's good..." Hearing the cries of the palace people from nowhere, Princess Jiayi squeezed Hengyu's fingers tightly: "Teacher, I'm a little scared... can you stay with me in the palace tonight?" ?”

Children are still children after all, no matter how lively and bold they are on weekdays, they still have their own tasks.

The death of the saint, the silence in the palace, and the tense atmosphere, this is a scene that Princess Jiayi has never experienced.

Heng Yu held the little girl's soft hand instead, and responded warmly: "Okay."

Princess Jiayi felt a little more relieved.

At this time, following the sound of footsteps, a figure walked towards him.

Seeing the visitor clearly, the female envoy beside Hengyu saw Fushen and saluted: "Envoy Xiao Jie."

Hengyu looked up.

The pale moonlight and the stone lamp complement each other, making that face more and more like a flawless cold jade, lacking the breath of a mortal.

The four eyes meet, Heng Yu's eyes are alienated, as if looking at a stranger, she lowered her eyes indifferently, silently blessing her body.

Xiao Mu bowed his hands to Princess Jiayi and left.

After he walked a little farther, Yue Jian, who had always been steady, changed his face and lowered his voice: "Xiao Jieshi...how did he enter the palace with a sword?! And his hands are still stained with blood!"

Princess Jiayi, who was restless, turned her head in amazement, and looked in the direction where Xiao Mu was leaving: "...that's where my father's study is!"

"Don't be afraid." Hengyu took Jiayi's hand again: "He won't."

Jiayi turned her head and looked up at the teacher, met those eyes, and slowly settled down.

"Let's go to see the princess."

Jiayi nodded slightly.

Yuejian hesitated for a moment, then followed.

……

Soon, news spread that Marquis Dingbei had killed Jia Que in the palace.

It shook all around.

A minister was surprised and angry: "How can His Royal Highness allow Dingbei Hou to handle this matter privately!"

"Your Highness, in order to appease Dingbeihou...you may have gone too far!"

"The bones of the saint are not yet cold, and this kind of thing happened again..."

Sighing again and again, all the officials felt that their heads were battered.

"Go, follow me to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Several officials went to the East Palace, wanting to see the crown prince, but they heard the palace people say: "His Royal Highness is discussing important matters with Xiao Jieshi, it is already late, my lords, please come back tomorrow."

Several people stared at each other when they heard the words, and flung their sleeves away angrily.

　Goodnight everybody

　　
　
(End of this chapter)