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Zhu Qiming kept paying attention to the movement around him, and when everyone had left, he leaned over and said in a low voice, "Lord Xiao is very cunning. You have won the position of prince. Is the next target the dragon chair above?"

Xiao Zhi ignored him, glanced at him coldly, and didn't speak.

His eyes were too cold and fierce, and Zhu Qiming couldn't help being startled. Then he thought that Xiao Zhijin could still make a move in front of all the officials, so he breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Master Xiao, don't worry, tell the truth." , than Mo Yanchi, I prefer you to be my imperial brother, after all, you are different from that idiot, and it is more interesting to play with you."

"I'm also different from you idiot." Xiao Zhijin said slowly: "Without Concubine Jing and the Nie family, you are even worse than Mo Yanchi."

"You..." Zhu Qiming was so angry that he finally endured it and said with a smile, "It's a pity, the concubine mother and the Nie family are all mine."

Xiao Zhijin poured a glass of wine, didn't care much, and said: "Your Highness, you better be careful, maybe someday it won't happen."

Zhu Qiming didn't doubt it, only thought that Xiao Zhi was provocative, raised his wine glass to touch him, and turned back triumphantly.

The two of them were quiet, with smiles on their faces, and the officials saw that they were talking a lot.Having been in the officialdom for many years, they are all fine individuals, they can speculate on everything except the sacred will, no matter what the conclusion is, the most important thing is to pass their boring time.

Today's banquet was set up for all officials to see, so Emperor Hongzhi also arrived early, presumably he felt that bringing the eldest prince's biological mother would make all officials despise Xiao Zhijin, but Concubine Jing did not come with her this time.

Xiao Zhijin raised his head and looked at Emperor Hongzhi, not hiding the displeasure in his eyes at all.

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at him, ignored him, smiled and asked all the officials to stand up, and said, "Do you know the reason for the banquet today?"

An official got up, raised his glass and said, "Your Majesty is hosting a banquet for the second prince who has been separated for many years. I congratulate Your Majesty on getting back his beloved son."

There were also pedantic officials who got up, cupped their hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say. I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"What's the matter?" Emperor Hongzhi asked.

"Since ancient times, princes have to verify their blood before entering the ancestral temple before they can host a banquet for all officials to celebrate. Is the rule broken now?"

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Speaking of the matter of entering the ancestral temple, Jiner, Qin Tianjian said that there are no good days in the near future, and I think this matter will be delayed."

Xiao Zhijin heaved a sigh of relief, fortunately Emperor Hongzhi would not mess around so far, he got up and said: "Yes, I just follow His Majesty's orders."

"Okay, sit down, don't move, get up and salute, I see that you look bad, but are you sick?" Emperor Hongzhi didn't answer the official's words directly, after all, Mo Yanchi will have to go the other way in the future, and it will be blocked. But it's not good.

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi ignored him, the official wanted to speak, but his colleagues around him held him back and said in a low voice: "Now His Majesty is in a good mood, so don't spoil the fun. Let's talk about it after the banquet."

"But……"

"But what? To put it bluntly, are you willing to watch the eldest prince cover up the sky and harm the people?" He said seriously, the official was still dissatisfied, but now he has nothing to say.

The little actions of the two did not affect Emperor Hongzhi's concern for Xiao Zhijin, he looked straight at him with a pair of eyes, and he had no choice but to reply: "I haven't slept well these two days, it's okay, thank you for your majesty's concern. "

When many officials heard this, they suddenly realized that Xiao Zhijin claimed to be a "minister", not a "son". People who didn't really believe in Xiao Zhijin's status as prince, now became more and more suspicious.

It was not easy for Emperor Hongzhi to get Xiao Zhijin to help him tell this outrageous lie, so how dare he change his words, even though he knew the name was wrong, he didn't say anything to correct it, at worst, when someone was impeached, he could just give a reason to cover it up.Mo Yanchi never changed his surname before, so a small title is nothing.

"If I don't care about you, who else can I care about? Now you are too old to live in the palace, otherwise I must make up for the mistakes of the past ten years." Emperor Hongzhi drank the wine glass, full of regret look like.

Mo Yanchi looked like the former empress, but some of his expressions were exactly the same as Emperor Hongzhi's. Xiao Zhi was stunned and thought of him again.

He didn't return home for a few days, so he didn't know what happened to Mo Yanchi.

"Jin'er, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Zhijin looked at the wine glass in a daze, and Emperor Hongzhi was puzzled.

Xiao Zhi regained his composure, braced himself, and said: "I suddenly remembered something, Your Majesty, don't worry. I offer you a toast."

After all, Xiao Zhijin poured all the wine into his stomach, and the spicy wine flowed from his mouth, which made him shiver, but at least it made his complexion a lot better.

This was a banquet for the second prince. Although Zhu Qiming was unhappy, he also drank there with a smile, "Imperial Brother has a good drinker capacity, come, I will toast you a glass."

Xiao Zhijin took a deep look at him, wondering what kind of medicine Zhu Qiming was selling again, "Okay."

The two were harmonious on the surface, which pleased Emperor Hongzhi a lot.Despite the constant fighting in private, it is impossible to lose royal face at such a time.

"Okay, brothers and sisters, come, let's reward each other with a pair of wishful jade, one hundred taels of gold." Emperor Hongzhi said.

Xiao Zhijin and Zhu Qiming got up together to thank each other, looked at each other, and sat back down.

In the palace, there are staggered cups of wine, singing and dancing, and having fun to the fullest.It was quiet outside the palace, and the people had already rested.

Mo Yanchi counted the days and knew about the excitement in the palace tonight, he had an early meal and sat at Xiao Zhijin's door, looking in the direction of the palace.It's not that he yearns for the extravagant life in the wine pool and meat forest, it's just that there are people in the palace that he wants to see, so he keeps watching.

Presumably at this moment Xiao Zhijin was sitting where he usually sat, drinking fine wine, dealing with Zhu Qiming, and slowly surviving until the end of the dinner.

Mo Yanchi propped his chin and sighed.

The night watch guard had just finished his shift, and when he passed by, he heard his sigh, and said to the people around him, "What's the matter, Your Highness, you stay in Master Xiao's room every day."

"Probably there is something to do, but it's also strange. If it's urgent, why don't you go directly to Mr. Xiao?" The other person was also puzzled.

"How do I know, let's go, go back and have a drink or two."

The two whispered a few words before walking away, but Mo Yichi suddenly realized, yes, since he knew that Xiao Zhi was in the palace, why didn't he wait for him outside the palace.

Mo Yanchi ran back to his room, picked out some unremarkable clothes, and sneaked out of the Zhuangyuan Mansion.

There was no one on the road, Mo Yanchi was alone, fearing that Xiao Zhi would be gone, he used lightness kung fu to run all the way, and hurried to the outside of the palace gate.Near the palace wall, the sound of singing and dancing can be heard faintly, it seems that the dinner party is not over yet.

Mo Yanchi was sweating profusely, found a place where he could see the palace gate and sat down, resting while waiting for someone to come out.

He guarded himself, but he didn't know that someone was slowly approaching him, and when he found out, he had already been captured by the hidden guards sent by Xiao Zhijin.

Mo Yanchi was startled when he heard the voice, turned his head hastily, and saw Mo Jiao.

"You... why are you here?" Mo Yanchi asked in surprise.

Mo Jiao didn't struggle, she let the hidden guards hold her down, choked up and said: "Mother heard that you were kicked out of the palace, mother wants to see you."

Mo Yanchi took a step back subconsciously, and said, "What do you see me for?"

"Chi'er, you are the real prince, how could they drive you out." Mo Jiao said distressedly.

Mo Yanchi frowned and said mockingly: "I owe everything to you today."

Mo Jiao cried even more when she heard the words: "Thousands of mistakes, all of them are mother's fault. But don't be afraid Chi'er, mother will protect you."

"No need, let's go. I have something to do later." Mo Yanchi ignored Mo Jiao and didn't believe her words at all.

Mo Jiao tried to break free from the confinement of the hidden guard, but in vain she could only continue crying, begging Mo Yanchi for forgiveness.

Mo Yanchi couldn't eat or sleep well in the past few days, and was even more disturbed when Mo Jiao cried. He waved his hand to let the guard let go, and said impatiently: "What do you really want? Since you keep saying that I am the prince, then you You need to know that the empress died because of you, how could you ask me to forgive you?"

"I……"

"Nursing kindness is more than heaven, but you are also my enemy. I don't know how I will treat you, so don't come to me again. I can't do it, but others can." Mo Yanchi was the first time to say goodbye to someone. I don't know if it's because of the first queen, or because of today's dinner.

He kept all the things in his heart, and he didn't want to bring them out. He wanted to understand them one by one. Sometimes he understood too much and felt uncomfortable instead.

Mo Jiao was stunned for a moment, and said: "So you asked Xiao Zhijuan to kill me, mother thought you wouldn't... I didn't expect..."

Mo Yanchi said: "What?"

"Whoever it is, if it wasn't for my fate, I would have died in these two or three months." Mo Jiao shouted.

Mo Yanchi was a little dazed, seeing the silent guard with his head down, he suddenly understood that Xiao Zhijin sent someone to assassinate Mo Jiao.

Even so, Mo Yanchi subconsciously chose to side with Xiao Zhijin, "So what, you should have expected this kind of result a long time ago."

Mo Jiao obviously didn't expect Mo Yanchi to be so heartless, she looked at him and forgot to cry, she was silent for a long time before she said with a gray face, "Okay, I did it myself. Chi'er, that mother is gone."

Mo Yanchi turned his head and didn't look at Mo Jiao. Hearing her footsteps getting farther and farther away, he turned his head to look.

Mo Jiao is much thinner than before, and she is not as arrogant as she was at Wangxiang Terrace. The two times I saw her, she was always in a mess, as if she had been homeless for a long time and had no time to take care of it.Mo Yanchi looked at that figure from behind, and tried hard to restrain his urge to stop her.

The hidden guards watched Mo Jiao go away, and then relaxed their vigilance, and disappeared into the darkness.

Before they could breathe a sigh of relief and lie back to their original place, a woman's scream suddenly came from a distance, and Mo Yichi, who was still squatting under the eaves just now, ran over immediately, and the hidden guards couldn't stop him.

Mo Yanchi turned into the alley and ran towards the direction Mo Jiao left. The hidden guards quickened their pace, and seeing that they were about to catch up, several people rushed out suddenly and blocked their way.

The hidden guards did not hesitate, took out their weapons and moved forward.

These people's martial arts are not very good, but their lightness kung fu is good, and their purpose is only to hold back the hidden guards, so there is no death fight, and they left after entangled for a while.

The hidden guards rushed into the alley, as expected, there was no one there, they didn't dare to hesitate, they immediately dispersed and started looking for someone.