assassin

After three days, Si Yiang really couldn't recite it, and the prince Taifu slapped his palms three times with a ruler, and Jian Qisi was also fined one month's salary.The days seemed to go on in a normal way, and in the blink of an eye, it was July, and Tuyuhun's chariots and horses went to Beijing to write to the court to ask to see the emperor.

It was rare for Murong Jing to stand beside the emperor, with mixed feelings in her heart.Although she has a grumpy temper, she is not stupid. Her husband is addicted to Long Yang's goodness, and she has no possibility of being favored at all.

Murong Zhen brought two guards into the hall, knelt down and said, "I greet His Majesty the Emperor Si Chao."

"Please rise, prince." Si Lixiao said calmly.

"My father admired His Majesty's majesty, and sent me here to offer it." Murong Zhen took out a booklet from his pocket and handed it to the attendant, "This is the list of tributes, Your Majesty, please have a look."

The attendant bowed and offered the notebook, and the eunuch took it and handed it to the emperor.Si Lixiao opened the booklet, glanced at it, and closed it calmly, "Please thank King Tuyuhun, Prince."

"Yes." Murong Zhen clasped his fists.

"The prince must have worked so hard to come here, why not go down and rest first." Si Lixiao raised his hand, "I have already hosted a banquet for the envoys of Tuyuhun tomorrow."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Murong Zhen glanced at his aunt, then retreated with his attendants.

Following the eunuch back to the Lai'an Palace prepared for them by the emperor, Murong Zhen immediately asked his attendants to give the eunuch a few ingots of silver.

"Little eunuch, I don't know where Concubine Jing lives, maybe I can go and see her?" Murong Zhen asked.

"Your Highness, this is not allowed." The eunuch said with the money in his pocket, "Concubine Jing lives in the harem, and you cannot enter without His Majesty's order."

Murong Zhen thought for a while, then asked: "Then can I leave the palace?"

"Oh, Your Highness, the palace is full of beautiful flowers, why do you want to go out?" the eunuch said with a smile.

Murong Zhen couldn't help frowning, his aunt couldn't see him, and neither could Xiao Heng, so should he just wait?

"Does the prince have anything else to ask?" the eunuch asked.

"It's nothing, father-in-law, please go back." Murong Zhen's voice lowered a bit.

The eunuch bowed and retreated, Murong Zhen sat on the chair sullenly.

"Prince, what should I do?" the attendant Longgu asked.

"The Emperor will invite me to a banquet tomorrow, so I must be able to see my aunt." But Xiao Heng might not be able to meet until he leaves the palace, Murong Zhen remained silent.

After a while, I saw another eunuch walking over with small steps, "See Prince, Concubine Jing invites Prince to the Imperial Garden for a talk."

Murong Zhen's eyes lit up, he cupped his fists and said, "Please lead the way, father-in-law."

Through the long stone path and several arches, Murong Zhen finally met his aunt with the dragon drum.

"Xiao Zhen!" Concubine Jing hurriedly stood up, stepped forward to hold her nephew's hands.

"Aunt!" Murong Zhen also held her back, with a lot of words in his mind, not knowing where to start.

The two looked at each other speechlessly, Concubine Jing's eyes were a little moist.

"Sit down first." Concubine Jing pulled her nephew to sit beside the stone table, "You were only three years old when I saw you last time, and you couldn't even get on the back of a horse, and you've grown so much now."

The young Murong Zhen couldn't help but sigh, he once thought everything was so beautiful, but the world is changing and no one will always stay by his side.

"How have you been in recent years? Where's Brother Wang?" Concubine Jing asked hurriedly.

"I'm fine," Murong Zhen turned his eyes to one side, "but since my mother passed away, my father was devastated, and my health has deteriorated day by day."

Concubine Jing let out an "hey", grabbed her nephew and said, "It's hard for you too."

"I'm not bitter," Murong Zhen shook his head solemnly, "How has my aunt been living in the palace these years?"

Concubine Jing began to sigh again, "It's rich clothes and fine food, but it doesn't change day by day. A few years ago, the little prince quarreled with me, and His Majesty separated me from the prince because he was worried about his son's accident. Life became even more boring."

"My father has been thinking about my aunt," Murong Zhen frowned, "I am worried that my aunt will have no heirs, and there will be no one to serve her in the future."

"It's impossible for me to have an heir." Concubine Jing was only halfway through, when the servant girl Yunhe immediately interrupted, "Your Majesty!"

Concubine Jing paused for a moment, then turned the left and right screens back.

"Why did my aunt say that?" Murong Zhen's expression was slightly grave.

"I don't know if you've heard that there is a Concubine Qin in the palace?" Concubine Jing had a hint of hatred in her eyes.

"It is said that she is His Majesty's favorite concubine, the only concubine in the palace who has a concubine." Murong Zhen replied.

"He's a man." Concubine Jing snorted.

Murong Zhen was shocked, "What?"

"He is a man." Concubine Jing repeated, "Even if His Majesty seals every mouth in this palace, anyone with eyes can see that he is a real man. The prince and the two princesses are also called His father made me even more convinced."

"Since he is a man, why does he have three children?" Murong Zhen was even more confused.

"I couldn't figure it out in the past," Murong Jing put his arm on the stone table, "I guessed later that he should be from Taoyuan."

"Taoyuan?" Murong Zhen stared wide-eyed, "The Taoyuan that was swept away by the late emperor?"

Concubine Jing nodded.

"Didn't the Si Dynasty order that the fire be extinguished when they see Taoyuan? With such hostility, Concubine Qin can live safely in the palace?" Murong Zhen really couldn't figure it out.

"It's good to survive, who can remember what happened more than 20 years ago?" Concubine Jing looked aside with contempt.

Murong Zhen took a long breath, "I really want to meet that Concubine Qin."

"Let's not talk about him," Concubine Jing put on a smiling face, "Tell me about Tuyuhun, but the sky is still as high as when I left?"

Murong Zhen looked at the golden flower on his aunt's head, smiled lightly and nodded.

After reminiscing with his aunt, Murong Zhen strode back and forth to Andian.

There was a noise from behind the arched door, Murong Zhen passed by, and saw a boy about five or six years old crawling towards the bird's nest with his hands and feet grasping the trunk of the tree.A group of attendants surrounded the tree, probably afraid that he would fall, and generally stretched out their hands to catch him.

"Your Highness, come down quickly!" A scholar-like boy shouted.

Not only did the little boy not listen to the persuasion, he made a face at the little scholar and continued to climb up.

Murong Zhen walked over, pointed to the child on the tree and asked the scholar, "I am Murong Zhen, prince of Tuyuhun, who is that?"

"The villainous prince accompanied Jian Qisi to read, and that was my courtship to His Royal Highness." Jian Qisi bowed.

Murong Zhen looked at the thin child and curled his lips. Is this Concubine Qin's son?He looked quite stubborn, except for the accompanying student, all the attendants seemed to follow him, and he probably wouldn't be able to achieve great things in the future.

Si Yiang stood up holding the branch with one hand, and reached for the chicks in the nest with the other.The bird's nest was built quite high, no matter how hard Prince Ren tried, he couldn't touch it.Si Yiang simply let go of the branches and squatted down, trying to climb over, but only heard an "ah", and the little prince lost his grip and fell from the tree.

Murong Zhen and Jian Qisi watched the child fall into the pile of attendants, their expressions of indifference were surprisingly the same.

"Your Highness, is Your Highness hurt?" Zhang Youqing helped the prince up and asked.

Si Yiang yelled, and stared at the two onlookers, "You two, why didn't you catch the prince?!"

Murong Zhen looked at that small face, feeling inexplicably familiar.

"The villain has a hard bone, and he is afraid of hurting His Highness." Jian Qisi slapped a thousand.

The little prince was so angry that he came over a few steps and kicked the companion's leg.

Jian Qisi clutched her leg and "hissed", Murong Zhen was expressionless, but in his heart he already regarded Concubine Qin's son as flat as rice paper.

"What about you, who are you?" Si Yiang turned his gaze to the stranger.

Murong Zhen slowly cupped his fists, "Prince Tuyuhun, Murong Zhen, has met His Royal Highness, Prince Sichao."

"Tuyuhun? Where is Tuyuhun?" Si Yiang asked suspiciously.

Murong Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "In the northwest of the Si Dynasty, the concubine Jing in the palace is from Tuyuhun. Does the Crown Prince not know?"

Si Yiang wrinkled his little nose, "Who would know this?"

Murong Zhen became more and more speechless, this person is really a little idiot.

"I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave first." Murong Zhen didn't want to get entangled with him, and saluted with cupped fists.

"Retire." Si Yi said proudly.

Murong Zhen snorted secretly, and left with the dragon drum.

As soon as the two of them left, Si Yiang immediately asked: "I'm so mad, isn't it only our Si Dynasty in this world? Why is there a Tuyuhun?"

Jian Qisi raised his forehead, "In this world, apart from our Dynasty, there are Tuyuhun, Gaochang, Nanzhao, and many other countries and tribes. Tuyuhun is the closest to our Dynasty. A few days ago, he made great contributions in helping our Dynasty resist Gaochang. His Highness will tell Prince Tuyuhun Better be polite."

"Oh." Si Yiang nodded with a half understanding.

"Your Highness, let's go back. Let the guards catch the baby bird." Zhang Youqing bent slightly and said.

Si Yiang looked at the bird's nest angrily, and said, "Let the guards crush all of them to death!"

"Your Highness!" Jian Qisi stared, "That's Big Bird's child, how could Your Highness kill such a young life so cruelly?"

Si Yiang glanced at Jian Qisi several times, then waved his hands and said, "Forget it." Then he ran away again.

Jian Qisi breathed a sigh of relief looking at the back, and stared at Zhang Youqing coldly.

"Hey, I didn't encourage His Highness this time." Zhang Youqing raised his hand.

"If you hadn't seduced His Highness all the year round, how could His Highness be so tyrannical?" Jian Qisi frowned.

"We servants, as long as the master is happy." Zhang Youqing raised the corner of his mouth.

Jian Qisi snorted, put her hands behind her back to look for the little prince who had gone to nowhere.

After walking a little further, Longgu whispered: "The emperor won't have more sons, I'm afraid Si Chao's future will be worrying."

Murong Zhen hooked the corners of his mouth, but did not answer.

"But the prince doesn't think this little prince looks like a person?" Long Gu asked.

"Who?" Murong Zhen asked.

"His Royal Highness Xiaoheng." Long Gu blinked.

Murong Zhen stopped suddenly, thought carefully and said, "It's really similar."

"They are cousins." Longgu explained.

"But Xiao Heng is not like his twin brother." Murong Zhen continued walking.

"That's His Highness Xiaoshou with a round face." Long Gu covered his mouth and smiled.

"You might as well just call him fat." Murong Zhen rolled his eyes.

Longgu chuckled, "Let His Highness Xiaoshou hear that he is going to fight for the prince with a small wooden sword again."

"If he can beat me." Murong Zhen's tone was full of complacency, but then his expression darkened again, "Now I miss the time when he asked me to fight."

"That's right, the Northern Border Palace is not as heavily guarded as this palace, and the Northern Border King is also generous." Long Gu nodded.

"Xiaoheng is sitting in the yard reading, and Xiaoshou is holding a wooden sword and gesticulating there." Murong Zhen has a smile on his lips, "Sometimes the princess will invite us to eat, and the princess likes to make dishes, which are delicate and delicious. .”

"The prince made me hungry." Long Gu sucked in his saliva.

"Let's go, let's go and taste the imperial food in this palace." Murong Zhen put one hand on Longgu's shoulder, and the two of them walked back and forth in peace.