Make peace with the Lord of the Prairie

Ming Heng walked closer and saw "Tuoba Hong" thoroughly.The man was wearing a gilded mask that belonged to Tuobahong, and the slightly curved corners of his mouth were also Tuobahong's signature casual smile, and even the lazy voice in the coldness belonged to Tuobahong.But Mingheng can be sure that the person in front of him is not Tuobahong.

Ming Heng glanced at the flat stomach in front of "Tuobahong" calmly, and he knew the true identity of this person—the only one who could imitate Tuobahong so vividly that it was difficult to tell the truth from the fake was He Zexi. Who will it be?

Mingheng didn't know why He Zexi pretended to be Tuobahong and came to the capital, and he didn't know whether it was his own idea or planned by the two brothers, but out of trust in them, he didn't expose it in public.

He looked at "Tuobahong" with a slight smile, nodded calmly, and responded, "I'm fine. Why are you here? Didn't you tell me in advance?"

He Zexi also returned a shallow smile, and replied calmly: "I'll take you home."

Mingheng secretly exclaimed, and he didn't know whether the two brothers were too tacit or too familiar with each other, but the tone of He Zexi's words just now was exactly the same as that of Tuobahong, with a little frivolity in the indulgence.Tuoba Hong usually uses words to tease himself from time to time, so the tone when talking to himself is completely different from when talking to other people.When Tuobahong spoke to him in such a tone, although Mingheng always had a helpless expression on his face, he was actually slightly happy in his heart. However, if He Zexi spoke to him like this, he was only left with embarrassment.

Emperor Qianyuan and a group of ministers were still watching, Ming Heng didn't dare to show any strangeness, and endured the embarrassment in his heart to pretend to be happy.

At this moment, Emperor Qianyuan came over at the right time and interrupted the two people's flirting in the eyes of outsiders. He reached out and patted Ming Heng's shoulder lightly, and said to Ming Heng in a brisk tone: "King Ye Ruo has come all the way from thousands of miles away." I'm tired of rushing to look for you, you should take him back to the palace to rest first. In the evening, I will host a banquet in the Hall of Qinghe to clean up King Yerun."

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor." Tuoba Hong calmly bowed to Emperor Qianyuan without being surprised.

Soon, Emperor Qianyuan left with all the ministers, and Mingheng also returned to Chonghua Palace with He Zexi's Tuobahong in disguise.

Ming Heng arranged for the team of envoys brought by He Zexi to rest in Chenghua Palace, and only brought Tuobahong back to his own Chonghua Palace.

Lin Qiong still dutifully led troops to guard around Chonghua Palace, probably got the news in advance, and did not stop Mingheng from bringing Tuobahong into Chonghua Palace.

The three of them entered Chonghua Palace with a small fan and closed the palace door, and drove all the palace people to the backyard to weed and water the flowers, then they stood at the door of Mingheng's bedroom and started guarding the gate.

Mo Jia went to close the door, and couldn't help but take a deep look at the little eunuch outside the door who looked like no evil, and said to Ming Heng: "Your servant is a clever guy."

Ming Heng smiled slightly.Little Fan has followed him since he was a child, needless to say he is loyal.Although Xiao Fan didn't know the current form, but after looking at it these days, he could somewhat understand Lin Qiong's intentions, so as soon as Tuobahong came, he knew that they must have something important to discuss, so there was no need to discuss it. Mingheng ordered that everything be arranged in advance.

With a small fan guarding the door, they can relax a little while talking inside.

Mingheng endured all the way and couldn't bear it any longer. As soon as he returned to Chonghua Palace, before He Zexi had a sip of water, he hurriedly asked: "Zexi, what's going on? Where is Tuobahong? Where is he now? You And why do you pretend to be him and appear in Anling with such fanfare?"

He Zexi patted him on the shoulder so that he wouldn't be so nervous, took a sip of the tea Mo Jia handed over, and then explained unhurriedly: "He is in Jinghe Garden, guarded by Wumeng, so he is safe."

Mingheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then quietly waited for the answer to the next question.

He Zexi didn't hang on to him either: "It was our idea to come to Anling pretending to be him. Han Huan has been fidgeting since receiving your letter, worried that something will happen to you in the palace, so I sent a letter to His Majesty , came to Anling in the name of taking you back to Yerou. However, Han Huan's current condition is not suitable for showing up, so I came instead of him. In this way, you and I can be taken care of in the palace."

Ming Heng glanced at He Zexi's slender arms and legs, and fell silent.Are you sure it's mutual care?Why did he think it was a double danger instead?Not only is the danger doubled, but even the burden is doubled.Originally, even if something happened, it was enough for Mo Jia to protect him alone, but now he not only has to protect himself, but He Zexi as well.I don't know if Mo Jia is busy or not.

However, seeing He Zexi's calm expression, he felt that he should have already thought of a countermeasure with such confidence.Therefore, in the end, he nodded without saying anything.

And Mo Jia finally recovered from the joy of seeing He Zexi, and asked aloud after hearing He Zexi's words: "Do you have any plans? Something happened outside the palace?"

He Zexi shook his head: "That's not true, it's just that we are a little worried. If it is dangerous, it is probably more dangerous inside the palace than outside it."

Both Ming Heng and Mo Jia fell silent, feeling that what He Zexi said was not unreasonable.

He Zexi asked the two of them back: "Has anything happened in the palace recently?"

Ming Heng and Mo Jia looked at each other, then shook their heads together.

Ming Heng smiled wryly and said: "We are birds in a cage now, even if something happens, it may not reach our ears."

He Zexi paused, and then asked, "How is Your Majesty?"

Mingheng then shook his head: "I heard that the father's condition is much better, and he has returned to the court. But he hasn't looked for me since that day." Speaking of this, he found that He Zexi's expression became a little hesitant to speak. So I asked, "What's the matter? Did you know something?"

He Zexi pursed his lips, with a hesitant expression on his face.

Ming Heng was so blessed that he guessed and asked: "Is it related to my father?"

Seeing that He Zexi's face trembled, Mingheng felt a little better, and for a while, he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

He Zexi was relieved to see that he didn't ask the question to the end, and changed the subject calmly.

"By the way, shortly after the second prince's funeral, the second prince's concubine and several grandchildren were sent to the fief of the Northern Land."

"Fief? What fief?" Mingheng was so shocked that he couldn't help raising his voice, "Second Brother was not conferred the title of king of another land when he was alive, but was expelled from the capital after his death. How can there be such a reason? The place is bitter and cold, the second emperor's wife is weak, and how can the children be able to bear it when they are so young, what exactly does the emperor want to do?"

Mingheng became agitated as he spoke, he really couldn't understand what Emperor Qianyuan did.It is clear that the second emperor brother was also favored constantly during his lifetime, and he also held [-]% of Anling's military power, which shows the trust of his father in him.However, after his death, not only did he die without a whole body, but now even his wife and children were driven to a place of bitter cold.On the other hand, the crown prince and the prince's children still live in the East Palace. It is said that the father visited them in the East Palace a few days ago and rewarded them with a lot of jewelry.With such a huge difference in treatment, even if Mingheng and the second brother are not on good terms, they still feel sad for him.

He Zexi glanced at him calmly, hesitated for a long time before saying in a low voice: "Can't you see, obviously, the second prince is the murderer who killed the prince. His Majesty's actions are obviously to avenge the prince."

Mingheng's face was a little dull, and after a while, he came back to his senses, closed his eyes, and asked awkwardly: "Did you find out anything?"

He Zexi nodded, and slowly talked about their discoveries in the past few days: "The second prince was crowned king as a young man, and he was the first among the several princes to have meritorious deeds. Therefore, when the crown prince was established, the second prince's voice was actually the highest. But your majesty In the end, he overcame all opinions and made the eldest prince the crown prince. The second prince seemed to have no complaints about this result, and he even treated the prince as brothers and sisters, but in fact, he always cared and hated him in his heart, and always wanted to To get rid of the prince and replace him. It is true that he deliberately recommended the prince to His Majesty in order to assassinate the prince when the prince went to the Southwest to deal with disasters, but the plan to assassinate the prince started three years ago."

Speaking of this, He Zexi stopped to look at Mingheng: "Didn't you say that you are the only one who knows about the Queen Mother's life in the palace, except for the Queen Mother and Your Majesty. But in fact, the Second Prince also knew about it, even earlier than you. He also found out that Wang and several other princes were poisoned, so he decided to imitate the method of the past to assassinate the prince. Probably because of the talent of the ghost divination tribe for making poison and raising Gu, he actually developed the poison that poisoned Su. The poison of the king. Since then, he has secretly planned to assassinate the prince. He planted this poison a year ago, and at the same time, just in case, he tricked the prince away a month before the poison was released. In the southwest, where poisonous insects and poisonous gas are everywhere. The prince was chronically poisoned, and then he inhaled a large amount of poisonous miasma in the southwest. Various poisons interacted in the body, and in the end the poisoning was too deep, and he could not be rescued."

Ming Heng frowned when he heard this, he couldn't believe that the second prince who usually looked gentle and gentle could be so vicious.

And Mo Jia also frowned, full of doubts.He looked at He Zexi, and asked the doubts in his heart: "I don't understand, didn't you say that the descendants of the Bugui clan are immune to all poisons? Isn't the prince also a descendant of the Bugui clan, why is he still poisoned?"

Mingheng also reacted: "That's right! The prince and the second brother are both the children of the father. If the second brother can inherit the talent of the divining ghost clan, it is impossible for the prince not to have it."

He Zexi obviously figured out this problem a long time ago, and still explained to the two of them calmly: "Due to the special talent of the Bugui tribe, the requirements for bloodlines are also very high. People of the ghost tribe, the children born in this way will perfectly inherit the talents of the ghost tribe people. If one of the parents is a ghost tribe member and the other is an ordinary person, then the child born will still be an ordinary person, and it is impossible to be a hundred poisons. No invasion."

Mingheng tried to analyze: "According to what you said, Grandma Huang should be a pure Bugui clan member, but after the Bugui clan was exterminated, she became an ordinary folk woman incognito, and later entered the palace as a concubine, and was married to the former emperor. The emperor father was born. The first emperor was just an ordinary person. In this way, the emperor father should also be an ordinary person. If the emperor father was just an ordinary person, no matter what woman he married and had children, the child would not be a divination ghost. Clan members, the crown prince does not have the ability to be invulnerable to all poisons, so being poisoned can be explained. But why does the second emperor brother still have the talent of the ghost divination clan? This is unreasonable."

He Zexi looked down at the table without answering.

At the side, Mo Jia thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Then there is only one possibility left, the second prince is not your father's own."

The author says:

Ming Heng: This is too exciting!

[ps: This article is coming to an end, but I still don’t know how to end it, so Kawen is a bit strong during this period, so the progress may be slower, so I will give you a preventive shot first. 】