Gongshang Confidante

Su Zhinian knew that Su Muxue and Princess Zhaoning teamed up to report Cao Ping's matter to the Holy One, but he did not mention it. However, although Su Muxue understood Su Zhinian's long-term thinking from Chi Yu's mouth, he was disappointed with his behavior of letting Cao Ping go. .

The two grandfathers and grandchildren fell into the cold war for the first time, and Su Zhinian urged Su Muhan and his wife to speed up the visits, and wanted to choose a marriage for Su Muxue from the aristocratic family in the imperial capital. Ruyi Langjun.

At that time, the most pleasing to the Su family was Shi Mao, Shi Sheng's son-in-law of the Shi family.

Shi Sheng is the second son of the Shi family's direct line. He doesn't like the intrigue in the officialdom, and chooses to do business, which disappoints his father, Shi Zhongyu, Minister of Rites.The Zhou Dynasty was contemptuous of merchants. Fortunately, Shi Sheng's eldest son, Shi Mao, entered the officialdom and served as the official secretary.

Su knew that Shi Sheng and his wife were very easy to get along with and gentle, and they would definitely get along well with each other in the future, and they would definitely treat Mu Xue kindly. The Su family gave it to Su Zhinian.

The Shi family was neutral in the court. In the past, Shi Zhongyu, who was an important minister of the late emperor, had taboos. After all, being married to the Su family meant standing in the Su faction.

But not only Shi Sheng, but even Shi Zhongyu are satisfied with Su Muxue, not to mention the talent and learning that are famous in the imperial capital, he is also knowledgeable and reasonable, and the shame of the closed moon, and more importantly, the emperor's suppression of Xue faction in the court, and The attitude towards the support of the Soviet Union.

Shi Zhongyu is not a fool on the wall, he is upright, he followed the empress dowager and established a new emperor, and his contribution is indisputable.But a few days ago, news came from the palace that his young daughter Shi Qing'er, concubine Yu who gave birth to the fifth prince, slapped Concubine Xue Gui in the face.

Concubine Yu loves incense and is better at mixing it. Concubine Xue Guifei accused her of lighting aphrodisiac incense on the emperor to harm the body of the dragon.

Concubine Yu is gentle and elegant, indifferent and indifferent. The fifth prince is young, shy and timid. Therefore, the court is optimistic about the second and third princes. The fifth prince is not a good candidate, and Shi Zhongyu thinks the same way. Although the fifth prince was not the emperor's order, but seeing that he assisted the late emperor back then, and the fifth prince did not fight or fight, he only wanted to keep his mother and child safe.

But Concubine Xue couldn't tolerate the sand in her eyes. After all, she was attacking Concubine Yu and the fifth prince. The second prince had the Su family behind him. Now that the two factions were balancing, she wanted to suppress the fifth prince and give the third prince a greater chance.

In this way, Shi Zhongyu was greatly annoyed.Simply, by taking advantage of Shimao and Su Muxue's marriage, he showed his affection to Su Pai.

Shi Zhongyu nodded, for the two families, the marriage is not far off.The Su family took Su Muxue to the Shi's house twice. After going back and forth, Su Muxue understood her mother's intentions, and then simply stayed in the palace and did not return to the Su's house.

Su Zhinian had a tough attitude, he only said that he was not allowed to make decisions about the marriage, and even played the role of the emperor, so the marriage was settled like this.

The marriage arranged by Su Muxue would spread quickly. If the princes were not young, with her appearance, talent and family background, she would be enough to be a concubine. Shi Sheng blushed and said it was a good marriage, and Shi Mao was equally happy.

Su Muxue, who stayed in the palace for more than a month, didn't know anything about this matter. In the court hall, she was sneered at by Xue faction, and under the calm surface of Su Xue and Xue faction, there was a dark tide raging.

The gradually sinking night engulfed the white belly in the sky, Su Muxue rubbed her eyes, pressed her forehead lightly with her fingertips, in three days, she was going to go south with the second prince, but these letters from Xishu disturbed her too much , must be dealt with as soon as possible before leaving the palace with peace of mind.

Su Muxue put the fragrant cakes made by the cook of the Su family into a food box, put them into the box layer by layer, carried the box in one hand, and held the palace lantern in the other hand, and went to the official house, fearing that it would be late at night.

The imperial capital is in the north, a place of honor, so going north to south is called Nanxia, ​​and going south to north is called Beishang.

This trip to the south will take three months, so I'm afraid I won't be able to see Chi Yu for a few months. Su Muxue's temperament is similar to her name. She was born in snow.

This kind of indifference became more and more obvious on the things she valued more and more, even stubborn, just like her indifferent waiting when she first entered the palace, just like how she avoided seeing at this moment.

The imperial palace at night, the stars in the sky are sparse, the vermilion palace walls, the blue brick pavement, simple and majestic, the snow-melt night is extraordinarily cold, bypassing the walls of the Imperial Academy, Su Muxue paused, listened carefully, tick-tock, Melted snow falls in puddles on the ground.

Turning around the Xihe Hall, not far away is the official residence for female officials.Su Muxue carried the palace lantern and walked towards the Xihe Hall, patter, this time it was heard clearly, Su Muxue turned her head, and there was no one behind.

On the top of the Xihe Hall, four masked men in black quietly fell down, with cloth bags in their hands as hoods for Su Muxue. Su Muxue's face was slightly terrified, the box in her hand fell to the ground, and she hurriedly backed away.

The four of them were as light as a swallow, their movements were quick and accurate, and they knew their martial arts were strong when they shot, and they quickly surrounded Su Muxue.The surroundings were silent, and Su Muxue could clearly hear the long breathing of the four of them. Their internal strength was deep, and they knew they were invincible.

Su Muxue tipped her toes and sprinted back, raising her breath and wanting to shout, "Help...!".

There was only time to let out a sound, the stone hit her throat fiercely, and her voice was instantly hoarse, and then a ghostly figure wrapped her around her, twisted her arm vigorously, let go, and dragged her to the west of Hedian. Go out of the way.

The palace lantern smashed to the ground, the faint light shook twice, and then went out, as if swallowed by a monster in the dark night.

The ink-like night covered everything, only the strong masculine breath surrounded Su Muxue, her rough hands tore her clothes,

"Hiss..." Su Muxue gasped in pain, crystal tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes, someone was pulling her skirt, Su Muxue struggled violently,

One of them raised his hand and slapped her across the face, and snorted, "What will happen to you if you meddle in other people's business, I want you to learn a lesson."

His fair face swelled instantly, and what was even more frightening was that the man untied his belt and lay on Su Muxue's body, her hands and feet were restrained, in the Xihe Hall where no one came late at night.

At this moment, she thought of a lot, thinking of Chi Yu smiling at her by the lake, thinking of Chi Yu dancing his sword, thinking of Chi Yu calling her name, she was disheartened and wishful thinking, but she never thought that this night, shame, In the future, how can I...

There was the sound of the clothes being torn, and the exposed skin was shaken by the cold wind. Su Muxue's eyes were filled with tears, and she stared directly at the man on her body with humiliation and hatred.

The man froze for a moment, Su Muxue opened her mouth, and bit his wrist forcefully, trying her best, wishing to eat his flesh and drink his blood raw.

"Ah!", the man yelled, and slapped Su Muxue's face with his backhand, causing her to fall to the ground.

"Hurry up!" The man holding Su Muxue's hands hurriedly urged, and immediately heard the reason for his urging, scattered footsteps sounded not far away, the man tightly covered Su Muxue's mouth, and listened sideways.

"Your Highness, Lord Su's official residence is in front of you." Xia Ling's voice came into her ears clearly. Su Muxue was overjoyed and surprised, with tears in her eyes. Holding her hands, one person lay on her body and covered her mouth with his hands.

She stopped struggling, and when the sound of footsteps was about to go away, Su Muxue suddenly raised her upper body, bumped into the man's forehead, and said with a bang, "Who?!", Xia Ling's voice sounded, "Go and have a look", the footsteps The sound comes from here.

The man exchanged glances and dragged Su Muxue back. Su Muxue desperately turned her face away, avoiding the hand covering her lips, and shouted in a voice as low as a bellows, "Chi Yu!!",

A weak voice, in the silent night sky, was enough for Chi Yu who was practicing martial arts.

The man poked Su Muxue's key points with his fingers, making her hands and feet go limp. She lifted it on her shoulders, tipped her toes, and swept towards the roof.

I saw a slender figure, as light as a frightened bird, as fast as lightning, and shouted in an astonishing manner, "Stop! Where can I escape!".

The four black shadows dispersed separately, and Zhou Chiyu followed the man who captured Su Muxue. Although the man was good at lightness, he still had a burden on him. Seeing Zhou Chiyu approaching, he swept across the roof, threw Su Muxue down, and turned to run away.

The sound of the hunting wind passed through the ears, scarlet blood flowed from the forehead, against the background of the fair skin, it was shocking...

The falling figure stopped, and then fell into a warm and soft embrace. The faint fragrance of a girl permeated clearly in the nose, and blood flowed from the corner of the eyes. Seeing the shocked expression on Zhou Chiyu's face, Su Muxue reluctantly smiled at her, His eyes were blood red and he lost consciousness.

When Youyou wakes up, it is no longer the cold and dark Xihe Hall, the hall is brightly illuminated by palace lamps, and the earth dragon is burning hot. What you see is the red peony tent embroidered not far away, with gilt tassels hanging from the four corners.

"Master Su is awake", Xia Ling walked in with hot water, the handkerchief in the basin was slightly stained with blood, Su Muxue looked around hurriedly, but did not see Zhou Chiyu's figure, her face was gloomy, she lowered her head, unable to hide her fragile disappointment shed a tear.

"His Royal Highness is changing clothes, she will come right away," Xia Ling said with a flexible mind and quick response.

Su Muxue leaned on the head of the bed in a daze, her forehead was wrapped in gauze, her face was pale, she hadn't recovered from the danger, she remained silent.Seeing her gloomy expression, Xia Ling broke the dead silence and said, "The imperial doctor has seen her, and there is nothing serious."

Xia Ling glanced at Su Muxue, and continued, "His Royal Highness regards Lord Su very seriously, not only as an imperial physician who was sent for, but also..."

Su Muxue made a slight movement, and looked at Xia Ling absent-mindedly,

"His Highness has always loved cleanliness and didn't like to be touched, but he carried Mr. Su all the way back to the palace, his clothes were all stained with blood. His Highness didn't care, and waited until the imperial doctor said there was no problem before going to change."