The prince is hard to serve

After leaving the cell of Dali Temple, Mu Ziling remained silent, stopped in front of the carriage, thought for a while, then suddenly turned to Yan Wenhao and said, "I want to go home." He wanted to go back and have a look.

Hearing this, Yan Wenhao turned his head to look at Mu Ziling, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll accompany you."

Although there was a murder case in the shogunate, it was not sealed off after all. It just sent people to guard the courtyard where Mu Jiyan lived, preventing anyone from entering until the case was over.

When Yan Wenhao and Mu Ziling arrived at the Mu Mansion, it was almost You Hour.

In this season, it is already winter in the capital, and at this time, the cold wind is blowing fiercely. Yan Wenhao was worried that Mu Ziling would catch the cold again, so before getting out of the car, he personally put on the cloak for him and held him tightly Holding his hand, through the holding hands of the two, some internal force was passed on.

"Thank you."

Feeling that the chill was gradually fading away, and his body was gradually warming up, Mu Ziling guessed what Yan Wenhao had done, so he turned his head, smiled at him, and thanked him softly.

Pointing Mu Ziling's nose with the other hand, Yan Wenhao kept his face straight on purpose, pretending to be angry and said, "Why did you say thank you again?" After speaking, he laughed again, then lowered his head and kissed She kissed Mu Ziling's hand that she held, and said, "Let's go down."

"Okay." Mu Ziling smiled and nodded.

After getting off the carriage, Mu Ziling stood there for a while, and after a while, he signaled Ah Lin to knock on the door.Ah Lin nodded, then trotted to knock on the door.

The door was quickly opened, and it was Mu Yan who opened the door.

After Mu Yan saw Ah Lin, he immediately raised his head again, and sure enough, he saw Yan Wenhao and Mu Ziling standing not far away. He was overjoyed, and hurried out, knelt down and saluted , "Your Highness, son."

"Excuse me." Yan Wenhao nodded slightly, then took Mu Ziling by the hand and walked past him into the mansion.

Mu Yan stood up and followed closely behind.

After stepping into the main hall, Mu Ziling waved his hand to let the other servant girls leave, then turned to look at Mu Yan, and asked, "How is the family when father is away? What happened?"

Mu Yan said: "Don't worry, young master, everything in the mansion is as usual, and nothing special has happened."

After nodding his head, Mu Ziling hesitated for a while, and then asked: "...Is mother here?"

Mu Yan replied: "Ma'am, she has been in the room and hasn't come out for several days." After a pause, he added: "On the day the master had an accident, Ma'am came out once, and she hasn't come out since then."

After hearing the words, Mu Ziling frowned, and had a vague guess in his heart.

Why did Xu Ziqi not respond when his father was arrested, or even show up?Did she know it a long time ago, or did she do it at all?

In the previous life, Xu Ziqi's actions were not aimed at him alone. The plan of escaping marriage was calculated by even his father.

Mu Ziling's frown became tighter and tighter, but he just couldn't understand why Xu Ziqi targeted his father. The reason why his father married her back then was because she asked Concubine Degui to listen to Emperor Yan's ears. will be given a marriage...

Why?Mu Ziling couldn't understand it all the time.

Seeing Mu Ziling sinking into deep thought and frowning, Yan Wenhao couldn't help but feel distressed. He raised a hand and lightly touched Mu Ziling's cheek. Seeing that he regained his senses and looked at himself again, She gave him a concerned smile.

Feeling warm in his heart, Mu Ziling was like a boat wandering and helpless, finally found a safe haven, he held Yan Wenhao's hand relyingly, and suddenly, there were many things he wanted to say to Yan Wenhao , but he held back, this is not a good place to talk.

Standing aside, Mu Yan looked at Yan Wenhao, then at Mu Ziling, he hesitated for a while, and finally, he couldn't help but interrupted Yan Wenhao and Mu Ziling The atmosphere between the two of them was concerned: "Young Master, you have visited the master. How is the master now? The weather is cold, and I don't know if the master can bear it." His tone was full of worry and concern.

Hearing this, Mu Ziling turned his head to look at him, his eyes softened a lot, "Father is fine, don't worry." He stopped, looked at Mu Yan, and continued: "Mu Yan, my father is not here During this period of time, you have to take care of all the big and small things in the mansion, so that nothing can go wrong."

"Yes, I understand."

Hearing that Mu Jiyan was fine, Mu Yan heaved a sigh of relief, and then responded respectfully.

Picking up the teacup on the table and taking a sip of tea, after quenching his thirst, Mu Ziling was silent for a moment, and then said softly, "Take me to the yard where the murder happened that day."

Since the incident with Madam Xue, Mu Jiyan has never returned to the courtyard where he originally lived. He left the courtyard and the bedroom to Xu Ziqi, and moved himself to a small courtyard not far from the study, which is relatively remote. , but the advantage is that it is quiet, and there is a small garden outside, with a good view.

Mu Yan led Yan Wenhao and Mu Ziling around the corridor, through the garden, and through several arches before finally arriving at the small courtyard. Outside the small courtyard stood four guards with knives. With a cold face, stop people from entering.

Mu Yan said: "Your Highness, Young Master, they are the guards sent by the Third Prince. They said they sealed off the scene to protect the evidence, so no one has entered since that day."

After glancing at the guards, Yan Wenhao nodded and said, "Well, Qian He and I know, you go down first."

Hearing this, Mu Yan raised his head to look at Mu Ziling again, and seeing that he also nodded to him, he bowed to them and then retreated silently.

After Mu Yan left, Yan Wenhao walked over with Mu Ziling. The four guards were transferred from the palace by Yan Wenyuan and they knew them. When they saw Yan Wenhao and Mu Ziling walking over , quickly knelt down and saluted, "I have seen the Second Highness, the Second Imperial Concubine."

"Hmm." Yan Wenhao asked softly, "Can we go in and have a look?"

The four guards looked at each other, and after a while, one of the older ones stood up, showing embarrassment on his face: "This... the third highness is dead, this is a serious murder case, except for the officials of the third division, everyone else Can’t enter, please Second Highness don’t embarrass your subordinates.”

Frowning his eyebrows, Yan Wenhao asked, "Did the officials of the third department go in and search?"

The guard shook his head and said, "No adults have come here yet."

After a pause, Yan Wenhao asked again: "When did you stay here?"

The guard was stunned for a moment, and replied: "One hour after the case happened, His Highness the Third Highness sent us over."

After hearing the answer, Yan Wenhao nodded slightly, and then stopped asking, and didn't ask to go in. He turned his head, shook his head at Mu Ziling, blinked at him again, and smiled soothingly. The family walked around like a stroller.

Walking beside Yan Wenhao, Mu Ziling turned his head to look at Yan Wenhao for a while, but in the end he didn't ask anything, but followed him all the time, watching all the way, taking the surrounding environment into his eyes.

He believed in Yan Wenhao.

They walked for a while, bypassing the small courtyard, and when they reached a garden not far away, they saw a young man in a coarse cloth and short shirt holding a few dead flower seedlings in the garden, crying, Wept very sadly.

Seeing this, Yan Wenhao stopped in his tracks and took a few more glances. His eyes fell on the few flower seedlings in the young man's arms, and a thoughtful look flashed across his face.

Mu Ziling also looked at the young man, but after a few glances, he couldn't help frowning. He recognized the young man.

Noticing Mu Ziling's expression, Yan Wenhao tilted his head and asked, "Qianhe knows him?"

Sighing lightly, Mu Ziling told Yan Wenhao, "His name is Xue Er, he is Madam Xue, the grandson of my stepmother, who burned out his brain when he was young and became foolish. "

After Xue Nanny died, he found Xue Er, and then asked Mu Yan, and only then did he know what Xue Er was doing in the mansion.

Looking away, Mu Ziling continued in a calm voice: "Xue Er has been assigned to tidy up the garden after his brain was burnt out, and now he is crying, probably because of the withered flowers in his arms."

With a faint smile, Yan Wenhao glanced at the garden again, and said with a smile, "Let's go."

It took about another stick of incense before Yan Wenhao took Mu Ziling back the same way, outside the small courtyard, and then returned to the main hall along the way he came.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the house was lit with lights.

Now that Mu Jiyan was not in the prime minister's mansion, it would be difficult for them to stay any longer at night, so Mu Ziling explained a few things to Mu Yan carefully, and then left with Yan Wenhao.

After walking not far, the carriage detoured to another road, arrived at the back door of Mu Mansion, and stopped at a hidden place.

in the carriage.

Lighted a lamp, set up a small low table, and then placed several plates of snacks and tea on the low table. After finishing all this, Yan Wenhao turned to look at Mu Ziling, his eyes were stained with fine grains. With a smile, he said softly, "I'll take you in to have a look in an hour, but before that, you have to eat some snacks to rest your stomach."

Hearing what Mu Ziling said, his heart warmed up, and he felt like his heart was soaking in hot spring water. The warmth swelled up. He stared at Yan Wenhao for a long time, then suddenly straightened up and leaned forward, closing his eyes. Yan took the initiative to kiss Yan Wenhao's lips, and wrapped his hands around his neck.

Squinting his eyes, Yan Wenhao would not let go of this opportunity of intimacy, immediately stretched out his arms to wrap around Mu Ziling's waist, pressed his whole body into his arms, turned his back on the guest, and kissed back vigorously.

After a crazy and sweet kiss, Yan Wenhao hugged Mu Ziling and kissed him for a while. Although he was still very reluctant to part with him, he finally let go of him.

"Let's eat pastries." After speaking, Yan Wenhao picked up a piece of red bean cake and handed it to Mu Ziling, and then made a cup of tea himself, and put it in front of Mu Ziling.

After receiving the pastry, Mu Ziling felt sweet in his heart, but he still had something on his mind, so after eating a piece, he stopped, and then expressed his suspicion just now.

After Yan Wenhao listened to it, he murmured: "Qianhe is suspicious of this matter, is it Xu Ziqi's hand?"

"Yes." Putting down the teacup in his hand, Mu Ziling said expressionlessly: "Based on what I know about her, if she really didn't know, after her father was imprisoned suddenly, she would definitely enter the palace to seek the noble concubine. But Mu Yan said that she only appeared once when her father was taken away, and then went back to the bedroom and never came out again, which is unreasonable."

Tapping the table with her fingertips a few times, Yan Wenhao hypothesized: "Perhaps, someone had already informed her before, and she knew her father-in-law would be fine, so she was so calm?"

After thinking for a while, Mu Ziling still shook his head: "If she really likes my father, then even if she knew about it, she would still be worried."

He couldn't tell Yan Wenhao what happened in his previous life, and Xu Ziqi hadn't done anything in this life, so he could only put it another way.

Glancing at Yan Wenhao, Mu Ziling made another analogy: "If it was me, Wen Hao, you would have known in advance that I would be fine, but seeing that I was in prison, you would still be concerned. Worry?"

After hearing this, Yan Wenhao fell silent, and said in a low voice: "Thinking about it this way, there is indeed something wrong with her. After I go back, I will ask Jing Yu to investigate."