The prince is hard to serve

Another few days passed.

One day, after taking the medicine, Mu Ziling leaned against the head of the bed. Seeing that he did not lie down again, Ah Lin hurriedly took a coat, put it on for him, and asked at the same time: "My lord, do you want to see me later?" Book?"

"No need." Shaking his head lightly, after a moment of silence, Mu Ziling suddenly raised his eyes to look at him, "Are you 21 today?"

"It's 21." Ah Lin replied.

After a while, Mu Ziling asked again: "What time is it?"

"It's just after noon." Ah Lin looked at his young master with some doubts, and couldn't help asking: "Young master, do you have something to do?" Otherwise, why did you keep asking about the time.

"It's nothing." After saying that, Mu Ziling suddenly lifted the quilt, got up from the bed, and then ordered: "Get ready, I want to take a bath."

Hearing this, Ah Lin hurriedly took a few servants to prepare for the bathing needs.

After they had prepared everything they needed, Mu Ziling took off his hairpin, and with his long black hair wrapped around, he walked slowly towards the bathroom.

After the time passed, His Majesty's imperial decree to bestow marriage on him should enter the mansion, and he remembered clearly when the imperial decree was delivered.

In the previous life, when the eunuch who delivered the decree finished reading the imperial decree, he only felt a thunderbolt from the blue sky, extremely humiliated, and the anger in his heart was overwhelming. Should be silent.So when Xu Ziqi came to comfort him and told him that there was a plan to escape, he readily agreed without thinking about it, and was very grateful.

At that time, he only had humiliation and embarrassment in his heart, and felt that it was absolutely impossible for him to marry another man as a man, and it would be good if he could get away... But he never thought that if the person who married him was found out, he would be a fraud Jun, it is impossible to escape the death penalty, and his father will also be implicated in this.

Thinking back now, Mu Ziling suddenly realized that Xu Ziqi's plan not only harmed him but also his father. It was easy to explain why she wanted to kill herself, but it was really strange to attack his father.

He felt that he needed to think carefully about what Xu Ziqi's purpose was for doing this!

After taking a bath, Mu Ziling put on his clothes, then sat in front of the bronze mirror, closed his eyes, and let the dexterous maid tie his hair.

After tying his hair, Mu Ziling got up, then took a book from the bookshelf and sat down to read it quietly.

Ah Lin saw that his son seemed to be concentrating on reading, so he simply waved away the other waiters, and he himself stood aside, serving.

Counting the time in his mind, when it was almost time for Shen Shi, Mu Ziling put away his books, stood up, walked out of the room, and came to the courtyard.

Standing with his hands behind his back, Mu Ziling raised his head and squinted slightly to look at the sky above his head. The sun shone on him, coating him with a layer of golden light, dazzling and bright.

A Lin looked blank, he tilted his head, looking at such a young master, he suddenly felt very strange, he always felt that since he woke up from the poisoning, his young master has become very different from before.

Standing like this for a cup of tea, Mu Ziling seemed to be fascinated by the sight. He didn't come back to his senses until a servant called him and came running quickly.

The servant ran up to Mu Ziling, bent over and said to him, "My lord, someone from the palace has delivered an order, and the master asked you to go and receive it."

"Well, I'll go right now."

Now that he knew the content of the imperial decree, this time, Mu Ziling no longer felt angry, his heart was very calm, and there was no slightest disturbance.

After experiencing death once, what fear does he have?

Walking through the promenade, through the garden, and over many arches, after walking for half an hour, I finally arrived at the main hall.

Walking into the main hall, Mu Ziling walked up to Mu Jiyan, and called out respectfully, father, and then, looking at Xu Ziqi, who was at the side, he called out lightly, mother.

"Good boy." Xu Ziqi couldn't figure out why there was an imperial decree issued to Mu Ziling at this time, so he didn't notice Mu Ziling's perfunctory attitude towards her, and when he heard him calling himself, he responded casually.

Mu Jiyan heard it strange, so he turned his head and glanced at Xu Ziqi. Seeing Xu Ziqi's absent-minded appearance, he frowned slightly. After a while, he turned his head back and looked at Mu Ziling with concern in his eyes. ?”

"It's done, I'm worried about you." Mu Ziling's heart warmed, and he couldn't help but smile.

"Okay, that's good," Mu Jiyan nodded, with a trace of worry in his brows, he said: "Your Majesty has delivered an order to you, and accept the order first, don't keep Eunuch waiting for a long time."

At this time, the father-in-law who was sitting next to drink tea put down the tea, stood up, and a shrill voice sounded: "In this case, please accept the decree. It doesn't matter if the old slave waits for a while, but this decree cannot wait." .”

It was said that in the main hall, Mu Jiyan took the lead, and everyone knelt down in unison.

Seeing this, the father-in-law nodded, and then opened the imperial decree, and began to read in a shrill voice: "By God, the emperor said—"

After reading the imperial decree, Mu Jiyan frowned, while Xu Ziqi's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief, and the handkerchief had been deformed by her.

Of all the people present, only Mu Ziling was the most calm and indifferent.

He accepted the imperial decree indifferently, and then kowtowed to the emperor for his favor, as if the imperial decree for him to marry the second prince was just a change in the weather, it was nothing special, nor surprising.

After seeing off the eunuch who passed the decree, Mu Jiyan waved away the crowd, looked at Mu Ziling silently, frowning, his eyes were full of worry.

Xu Ziqi originally wanted to say a few words to Mu Ziling, but just as she opened her mouth, she saw Mu Jiyan's expression, so she could only swallow what she wanted to say, and led the maid and servants back to the room first.

After a long silence, Mu Jiyan opened his mouth first: "Don't worry... I will enter the palace later and ask His Majesty to take back this decree."

Mu Ziling was moved, and regretted that he had complained about his father in his previous life, so he felt ashamed.

After a while, he withdrew his thoughts and said slowly: "Father, you can't go. The second prince is seriously ill, and the medicine stone is useless. If there are other methods, it is extremely absurd that His Majesty would not agree to this. Let the second prince marry a Having a man become a concubine makes the Tian family a laughing stock... But this is the words of the national teacher, and it is the last hope, so this imperial decree, His Majesty will never take it back."

"I know, but you are my child, how can I have the heart to let you..." Mu Jiyan was both angry and sad. He naturally knew the reason and knew that the imperial decree would not be retracted once it was issued, but he How can the child of the girl, who is stunningly beautiful and elegant, marry as a man, or marry another man?

"Father, since the imperial decree has been issued, it is a foregone conclusion. Why not accept it calmly? What's more, I heard that although the second prince has been bedridden for a long time, he is a rare and talented person with a gentle personality. He can talk about knowledge with him and learn from him. Learning one or two is not unacceptable."

In the last life, after receiving the decree, although he felt resentful and resisted very much, the marriage on behalf of him had to be kept secret, so he could only go to the palace to spend an hour with the second prince every day according to the imperial decree.

At this moment, His Majesty actually wanted him to develop a relationship with the second prince. After all, they are both men, and this marriage is not something that the two of you would like to do. Therefore, I can only hope that we can accumulate some friendship by spending more time together.

Mu Ziling remembered seeing the surprise of the second prince when he entered the palace for the first time.

He still remembered the elegance of the second prince. Even though he was sick and pale, his demeanor was still as cold as jade, which made people unable to take their eyes off him.

Not only that, but the second prince was also extremely polite in his dealings with others. Even though he held grudges against him because of the inexplicable imperial decree, and always spoke sarcastically, with guns and sticks in his words from time to time, he still treated him extremely gently and never forgot Every day when he goes, he asks his servants to prepare his favorite books and tea...

Thinking back now, Mu Ziling feels that this second prince is really not a bad person, and it would be a pity to die. If it is true as the national teacher said, he was born in the sun, the sun, the moon, the sun, and the sun. After marrying him, he can really be married. Saving his life is also a good deed.

At that time, he was merciful and reborn, and now he saved a life, which is also a good deed.

After speaking, Mu Ziling felt his throat hurt, couldn't help coughing twice, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, unexpectedly, it was he who came to comfort his father in the end.

Seeing that Mu Ziling was coughing badly, and then he was lost in a daze, Mu Jiyan asked concerned: "But it's uncomfortable again?"

"I'm fine." Mu Ziling came back to his senses and shook his head lightly.

Knowing that his child was recovering from a serious illness, he should continue to rest in bed, so Mu Jiyan didn't want to keep Mu Ziling any longer, and raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder, "Forget it, you go back to rest first, I will discuss this matter again." Find a way." He wanted to try anyway.

Mu Ziling wanted to say something more, but before he opened his mouth, Mu Jiyan raised his hand to stop him: "Stop talking, dad knows what to do, go back and rest."

After looking at Mu Jiyan for a while, Mu Ziling nodded slightly, called Ah Lin, and left the main hall slowly.

On the way back, Aji took a sneak peek at his young master from time to time, his round face almost wrinkled into a bun.

He also listened to the imperial decree just now, and he just felt that it was really annoying. His young master is amazing, he is proficient in chess, calligraphy, painting and calligraphy. To be a wife to others?

Even the Son of Heaven shouldn't be so confused.

Ah Lin is really not worth it for his son.

"You hesitated to speak so many times, what do you want to say?" After being peeked at countless times, Mu Ziling finally stopped and turned to look at Ah Lin.

"I..." Ah Lin actually had something to say, but in the end, he only asked, "Master, do you really want to marry the second prince?"

Mu Ziling glanced at him, "A Lin, you are going to follow me to the palace, remember that the palace is not the prime minister's palace, so please be careful in your words and deeds."

Ah Lin was startled, and quickly lowered his head when he came back to his senses. He knew that his question just now was too out of line, "I see, young master."

Looking away, Mu Ziling continued to walk slowly, and asked casually, "Have you found out who is going to poison me?"

A Lin said: "The butler found out that there is a servant named Wang Qi who is the most suspicious. He was one of the servants who were in charge of cleaning the young master's room that day."

Mu Ziling's eyes flashed, "Then where is he now?"

In the last life, this matter ended up being nothing, because after the imperial decree came down, he was in a daze, and then there was a surrogate marriage incident, His Majesty was furious, he was arrested not long after he fled, and his father was also demoted , so in the end it was not found out who was trying to harm him, but this time, the same thing will not happen again, he will definitely uncover Xu's mask.

Ah Lin said angrily: "The night the son had an accident, he ran away."

Mu Ziling lowered his eyes and sneered in his heart. It was true. His stepmother really did not leave any traces of her actions. I am afraid that this servant named Wang Qi is already in danger. After all, only dead people can Will shut up forever.

"My lord, why do you think Wang Qi poisoned you?" Ah Lin cursed Wang Qi with all the words he could, before he couldn't help asking his doubts.

Hearing this, Mu Ziling sneered, "I'm afraid it's not him who really wants to harm me."

Ah Lin scratched his head, thinking it made sense, "That's right, he is a servant, he has no grievances or enmities with the young master, and he really has no reason to harm you, but who is he taking orders from?" He stroked his chin and thought for a long time, After a while, he suddenly widened his eyes and exclaimed: "Since there are people behind the scenes, aren't you very dangerous, young master?"

"She won't make any further moves for the time being." This incident has not yet passed, and everyone in the mansion is still in danger, not to mention just now His Majesty ordered him to be promised to the second prince, and the wedding date is set for next month. If there is another problem with him, I am afraid that not only the Prime Minister's Office will investigate to the end, but His Majesty will naturally order a strict investigation.

Ah Lin looked blank, "Young Master, do you know who that person is?" Why did he feel that his Young Master seemed to know.

Mu Ziling didn't answer, but turned a corner, deviated from the way back, and walked towards the gazebo on the lake instead: "Come and sit with me, I haven't been to the garden for a long time, go back later .”

Did not hear the answer, Ah Lin secretly glanced at his young master several times, puffed up his cheeks, and finally swallowed what he wanted to say.

Sitting down in the gazebo, Mu Ziling set his sights on the rockery not far away, but thought about how to take off Xu's mask.

Wang Qi disappeared, and the clues to this incident were broken.If Wang Qi cannot be found, or if Wang Qi is already dead, it will be very difficult to prove that Xu Shi ordered it.

Mu Ziling harbored hatred in his heart, and was extremely unwilling to accept this result.

Ah Lin stood beside Mu Ziling, seeing him staring at a certain place intently, so he also looked over curiously.

"Hey, it's Madam Xue, the other person seems to be..." Ah Lin looked at the two people standing on the rockery not far away, with a puzzled expression at first, but after a while, he remembered who it was, and couldn't help but go Taking the first few steps, he put his hands on the fence and said in surprise, "Wang Qi."

Called back from his thoughts by this sound, Mu Ziling stood up, walked quickly to Ah Lin's side, and asked in a deep voice, "Who did you just talk about?"

"My lord, the person standing on the rockery with Madam Xue across the street is Wang Qi, and he is still in the mansion!" After saying that, Ah Lin rolled up his sleeves and ran out angrily. This time he must catch this man. murderer.

Seeing that Ah Lin ran away by himself, Mu Ziling hurriedly asked people to go with Ah Lin.

Slightly squinting his eyes, Mu Ziling turned around again, looked at the two people opposite who hadn't noticed yet, and showed a smile on his face.

Since Wang Qi did not die and came back from a trap, this time he wanted to see how his stepmother would continue to play the role of a loving mother and a virtuous wife.