The Evil King's First-Class Concubine

Chapter 72
Time flies, and under the expectation of the world, the New Year has finally arrived!People in the streets and alleys bought firecrackers and posted couplets, their faces full of joy.On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the family stayed at the long-term residence in Liuxiang, and Huigu prepared a very rich dinner, including a lot of chicken, duck and fish.

"Cheers to our good days ahead!"

Xie Xinyue was so happy that she couldn't help drinking a few more glasses for a while, and she soon became drunk.Huigu is also too strong to drink, but on this good day today, no one really cares about it, even Xu Yan was drunk, his face was flushed.Only Mu Yunshen's eyes were still clear, as if he would never get drunk no matter how much he drank.

"It's over, it's over, I can't drink any more. I have to keep watch for a while, I don't want to sleep!" After all, Huigu was older, so she quickly hid the jug and didn't allow them to continue.

"Come on, let's step on the New Year!"

Xie Xinyue stood up, and after taking a few steps, she began to tremble. Mu Yunshen got up quickly and hugged her.

"Be careful dear!"

"Brother, you are so stupid, look at me! I can't shake when I walk!" Xu Yan blushed and laughed, and waddled to the yard like a duck walking, which made Huigu dumbfounded.The so-called stepping on the year is to spread sesame straws in the yard, and the whole family will step on it, so that the coming year will be safe.

The three of them started arguing like children, stepping and jumping on the sesame stalks, their voices became hoarse.At this moment, there was a loud noise in the sky, causing everyone to raise their heads.

I saw blossoming fireworks suddenly appearing in the night, and the sound of crackling firecrackers rang out one after another, and I could vaguely hear someone cheering.

"New Year is here!"

"Look, the fireworks at the Sheriff's Mansion are so beautiful!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, time is up, let's set off firecrackers!" Hui Gu hurriedly said, Xu Yan had already picked up the firecrackers, and the two ran outside the house to light the firecrackers that had been prepared long ago.The crackling sound exploded in people's ears, and the drunk Xie Xinyue couldn't help trembling, frightened.

Covering her ears with a pair of warm hands, Xie Xinyue raised her head to meet a delicate face with a smirk.She bent the corners of her mouth, feeling a warm touch in her heart, it turns out that at this time, you are also by my side.

Mu Yunshen, if you weren't the prince, how great would it be?

"Kiss, look, fireworks!"

Another huge firework spread out in the air, its beauty is breathtaking, although it has only a moment of life, it will become the only one in the eyes of the world at this moment.Just for this moment of watching, even if I die, I will not regret it.

The moment Xie Xinyue raised her head, the corner of Mu Yunshen's mouth curled into a sly smile, and with a squeak, she kissed her cheek hard.Then he turned around as if nothing had happened, as if he had done nothing.

That flash of cunning was obviously not what the stupid Yun Xun had before, Xie Xinyue was slightly startled, and stared at him with puzzled eyes.

"Mu Yunshen? Is that you?"

are you ready?Have you recovered your memory?At this moment, her heart beat uncontrollably.

"Kiss, who are you calling?" She responded with an innocent expression, and Xie Xinyue shook her head slightly, not knowing whether it was a sigh of relief or something else.

"It's nothing, you're right, today's fireworks are so beautiful." She tilted her head, and crooked her fingers at Mu Yunshen, signaling him to lower his head.A certain person immediately put his head obediently, and Xie Xinyue suddenly pinched his face and made a 360-degree turn.

"Oh dear, it hurts so much!"

deserve it!Is sister's advantage so easy to take advantage of!
Beijing.

Amidst the same excitement, the atmosphere in the palace did not appear to be lively.His Royal Highness King Jin disappeared and has not been found for a long time. The empress even fell ill on the bed from worry.Even the annual banquet in the palace this year was handed over to the two noble concubines to assist the crown prince to complete it together.

"Is there still no news about Xiaoqi?" Emperor Xingwen frowned on the dragon chair, his voice full of worry that could not be concealed.

"My son is incompetent, so far I have only found the place where the avalanche occurred, because several heavy snowfalls have covered up the traces of fighting and fleeing. My son has sent troops to search along the way in four directions. I believe it will not be long before they will There is good news."

Prince Mu Yunbin blamed himself, his elegant face looked a little cowardly, but it made Emperor Xingwen feel a little more uncomfortable, and couldn't help scolding: "You also know that you are incompetent! That's your own brother It has been half a month, and there is no news at all! Your mother has fallen ill now, do you want to make me fall ill too?"

Emperor Xingwen disliked the prince's submissive attitude the most. As the future heir, how could he be so weak!The successor in his mind must be both civil and military, courageous and strategic, capable of killing and attacking, and have a certain degree of advance and retreat.However, the crown prince was weak and did not follow his temperament at all.

However, Emperor Xingwen didn't want to think about it. The crown prince had already entered the court. In order to hone his son, he would ask him to come over every day to deal with the memorial. Besides, the crown prince was also responsible for finding people and collecting evidence.If it is the end of the new year, things will become more and more complicated, and the prince has limited energy alone, so there will always be things that he can't take care of.

"Father, calm down! It's all my son's fault, please don't get angry with the dragon body because of this. Although my son hasn't found Xiaoqi yet, I found something in the snow-capped mountains, please ask my father Take a look!" The prince knelt down on the ground with a thud, and spoke in fear.

"What is it, present it!"

A eunuch came forward and presented a long box. When he opened it, he found a rusty arrowhead with a piece of blood-stained rag hanging on it.Emperor Xingwen recognized it at a glance, the arrow belonged to the private soldiers of the third prince Mu Yuntian.

Every prince will have a bunch of private soldiers dedicated to him since he is an adult. The martial arts and strong servants are selected from the royal guards to protect the prince's safety and follow the prince's orders. .And every prince's private soldier also has his own mark, so as long as he observes carefully, he can distinguish it.

But Emperor Xingwen couldn't see anything about the blood-stained rag.Seeing this, the prince immediately explained with some seriousness.

"This is the ice silk forging offered by the Bosh Kingdom this year. It is light and warm, and it will not invade the cold. There is only one horse in the entire Zhou Dynasty. You, the father, gave it to the queen mother, and the mother specially gave it to Xiao Qi before Xiao Qi went out to fight. One was made into an inner coat for Xiao Qi to wear with him."

Having said that, there is still something that I don't understand, Emperor Xingwen's face suddenly changed, gloomy as if he was about to squeeze out water.The only ice silk forging was worn on Xiao Qi's body, and the arrow had rags of ice silk forging on it, which could only show that it was the third prince, Mu Yuntian, who shot and killed Xiao Qi!
Although extremely angry in his heart, Emperor Xingwen did not lose his mind after all, the third prince was also one of his favorite princes, not to mention, this alone could not convict the third prince.

"I understand. Put the things here. Prince, you should step down first." This meant not to pursue it for the time being. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the whole world celebrates, and the royal family cannot tolerate such stains.

Rubbing his forehead wearily, Emperor Xingwen waved to the prince.The prince stood up, responded respectfully, turned around and left the hall.When he returned to the East Palace, the timid look on his face disappeared immediately, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.

In this room, Emperor Xingwen immediately sent someone to summon the third prince. When Mu Yuntian came to Qinzheng Hall with an uneasy mood and just knelt down to pay his respects, something slammed towards him.

Knowing that the emperor did it, Mu Yuntian didn't even dare to hide, and took the blow abruptly.There was a sharp pain on his forehead, his eyes went dark, and he almost fell to the ground.A streak of bright red blood flowed down from his forehead and fell to the ground tick-tock.

"My son, see the royal father."

"Niezi, look at the good deeds you have done!"

"Father, my son is terrified, please show me!"

"What's going on with the things in this wooden box!" Emperor Xingwen said bitterly, his eyes full of condensed anger.

Mu Yuntian raised his eyes and saw that the wooden box not far away was the thing that his father used to smash himself?His heart sank, and he suddenly had a bad premonition, and immediately bent down to pick up the wooden box and opened it.

"This." When he saw the arrow, he couldn't help but change his face. The emperor would not summon him for no reason, let alone get angry for no reason.This arrow is not enough to cause the emperor to be so angry. Then, the only explanation is that piece of blood-stained rag.

Suddenly thinking of something, Mu Yuntian's pupils shrank, and he immediately defended himself: "Father, the bodyguards of my ministers are all buried in the snow-capped mountains, and only Anyi protects my ministers with you. Father, you know that, secretly Once you are good at close combat, you don't know how to use arrows at all! My son would swear on his life that he would never have any wrongdoing towards Xiao Qi!"

Not to mention that Mu Yuntian had no intention of killing at all, even if he had, he would not use such a despicable method, not to mention that by doing so, he left a handle on himself.

Emperor Xingwen also knew that Mu Yuntian could not be directly convicted with this thing alone.When the prince found out about this thing, he didn't hold back and continued to collect evidence to put Mu Yuntian to death. After all, he thought of brotherhood.That's why this object was presented and handed over to Emperor Xingwen for decision.

"Your oath is useless. The crown prince is busy with state affairs, and he still has to find Xiaoqi, so he has no resources at all. I will give you a task. As long as you can bring Xiaoqi back safely, I will believe in you." Sincerely. But if something happens to Xiaoqi, you will be blamed!"

Mu Yuntian's heart sank, his father was forcing him to keep Xiao Qi, in order to remove his suspicion, he had to complete the task no matter what.Otherwise, he will completely lose his heart and be rejected by his father!

"My son obeys the order!"

Prince's East Palace.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty summoned the Third Prince, and he has left now."

"Sure enough, the father loves the third child so much, how could he be willing to convict him! But, I don't know what is more important in the father's heart than the lives of the third child and the seventh child?"

The prince raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes.Royal father, royal father, you are dissatisfied with me a lot, and you have never affirmed my efforts.It’s fine if you like Xiao Qi, and I also admit that you value the third child, but now, you who are so eccentric, how would you choose?
"Gong Xi Fa Cai, bring the red envelope!"

"Good luck, bring the red envelope!"

"Kiss, kiss, bring the red envelope!"

Xie Xinyue took out the red envelopes that she had prepared a long time ago and scattered them out one by one, looking angrily and funny at Mu Yunshen asking for red envelopes just like Xu Yan and his group of children, bouncing and jumping happily look.

(End of this chapter)