On How a Sworn Enemy Becomes a Lover

"If all matters in the city are left to the king to decide, the king will be exhausted to death." The princess turned her eyes, raised her hand to stroke the flower tassels on her sleeve robe, and said with a light smile: "Why, can it be possible? Does the second prince feel that this palace has dealt with it unfairly?"

Mo Er chuckled, met Wang Hao's gaze, noncommittal: "Fair or unfair, I dare not judge, but if my memory is correct, the harem must not interfere in politics!"

The concubine who was poked by Mo Er on her sore foot became even more indifferent, and her bright red nails almost penetrated into her palm.

The people present did not even dare to take a breath.

Everyone thought that the princess would be furious, but they didn't expect her to easily dispel this sentence: "The second prince is right. I don't know how a woman can interfere with the government. This matter will be investigated and dealt with by the Criminal Department according to the rules." Bar."

The princess seemed to give in, but in essence she refused to give up an inch.

It is not a matter of one day for the criminal punishment department to obtain evidence and investigate. During this period, the princess has a way to kill him without involving herself.

"This matter is extraordinary." Mo Er also refused to budge.

The princess slapped the table angrily, causing the tea bowl to fall to the ground, and there was a crisp sound: "Unusual? Tell me, where is it unusual?"

Following this crisp sound, came the sound of the guards drawing their swords out of their sheaths.

For a moment, the room was terribly cold, and the gleaming sword pointed directly at Mo Er and Xi Xian.

At this time, Mo Er realized that too much entanglement with the princess was just a waste of time, and no good ones would be left behind.

"Mo Er made a slip of the tongue, everything is still up to the princess." Mo Er retreated technically, subdued his temper of penny-pinching just now, and bowed his head in a polite manner.

The concubine snorted softly: "As expected of the Han people, the virtue of greed for life and fear of death has been learned exactly the same."

Mo Er just smiled, didn't speak, and lowered his head, concealing his flash of resentment.

At the same time, the guards went to catch Xixian.

Xi Xian originally had the thought of resisting, but when Mo Er gave him a look, he froze, and obediently let him go.

For some reason, Xixian was able to tell his intentions from Mo Er's many eyes.

Just for a moment, Mo Er was obviously telling him not to resist, just stand obediently.

Mo Er was never a simple character.

It's just that he didn't believe him before, but now he believes him somewhat.

When Xixian was taken out, he said with obvious mouth shape: "Don't let me down."

Mo Er's smile was somewhat bitter. He had an idea that was not formed. As for whether it works well, it depends on fate.

"I wish my brother my condolences. People who die cannot be resurrected." The princess patted Han Xiang on the back, comforted him lightly, and then got up and left.

In an instant, Han Xiang's hair was obviously a lot grayer, and it seemed that the grief of losing a son in old age completely crushed him like the last straw.

When Mo Er left, he saw Han Xiang hunched over from a distance, standing in the wind, his figure almost shrunk, and he felt uncomfortable. Mo Er didn't have a deep friendship with Han Lin, but he seemed not bad.

Yet all he could give was a sigh.

After leaving the Han Mansion, Mo Er walked towards the palace, and at the same time sent someone to bring a message to the steward of the Xi mansion, asking him to send someone to call the owner of the Xi mansion back immediately if possible.

When Mo Er rushed to the palace, he found that the gate of the palace was under martial law today.

On weekdays, the gate of the palace, which was guarded by four people, became eight people, and even inside the royal city, it became a guard post every ten steps.

But Mo Er was naturally blocked at the gate of the palace, and the guards guarding the city were respectful: "Second prince, no one is allowed to enter without the king's imperial order today."

It is useless to do more entanglement, it can be seen that the princess must kill and show her words.

Mo Er racked his brains, but he never figured out how to get into the palace.

But time is passing by every minute.

The longer you wait, the more dangerous you will be.

He stamped his feet back and forth outside Miyagi, which was useless except to make himself anxious.

However, there is no unparalleled road, and Mo Er saw a group of people from a distance. Judging by the appearance of the big carts and small carts, they should be the convoy providing food for the palace.

Generally, this kind of convoy is not allowed to enter through the Xuande Gate, but to enter through the west gate.

Mo Er immediately followed the convoy.

Before walking to the west door, you have to pass through a forest.

When the convoy turned a corner and entered the woods, Mo Er stopped the convoy.

"Hello, big brothers!" Mo Er cupped his fists and saluted.

The person in charge of the convoy who was stopped was a man in his thirties. He had been transporting vegetables into the palace for at least two or three years. This was not the first time he had been stopped.

He made a gesture of money: "something."

Mo Er was also straightforward, he directly took out all his belongings, a small piece of gold, and handed it to the leader.

Xu San, the person in charge of the team, frowned, weighed the weight of the gold nugget, and bit it with his teeth to test the authenticity, and said dissatisfiedly: "It's no way to enter the palace with just such a small amount. "

The other party's greed was almost concrete, and Mo Er wanted to pretend that he didn't see it.But before Mo Er came, he asked the servants of Xixian's family to borrow this piece of gold.

He couldn't take out much of his belongings, so he fell into a dilemma for a while.

Mo Er promised: "Why don't you take me in first, and after the matter is completed, I will definitely repay you with ten gold coins."

Xu Sanzi didn't believe it. Paying the money with one hand and delivering the goods with the other hand is the right way. There is a reason to deliver the goods first and then pay the money. Fetching water, in the end, came to nothing.

"I don't know if what you say counts. If you can't pay, just stay cool and don't delay my delivery time." Xu San rudely drove Mo Er away.

After all, Xu San was a man who was used to rough work, so he pushed Mo Er a little bit with his hand.

Seeing the convoy going farther and farther, Mo Er became anxious. He knew in his heart that if he missed this opportunity, it would be difficult for him to wait for an opportunity to enter the palace.

The jade pendant that was placed next to him suddenly caught his attention.

Suddenly, Mo Er came up with a plan and called Xu San: "Sir, please take a look."

When Mo Er took out the black bird jade pendant presented by Lin Cheng, Xu San's eyes straightened.Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this jade pendant is made of excellent materials, the jade embryos are all milky white, exuding a faint gleam, only the eyes of Xuanniao have two spots of red in the finishing touch, although the whole piece of jade is broken, but it is better than the jade pendant. artistic conception.

Especially the black bird shape, which is the totem of the Wutonglin family, and ordinary people can't use it.

If the guess is correct, the person in front of him is probably inextricably linked with the Lin family. Xu San figured this out, and his attitude softened a lot: "What does the young master mean?"

Since Xu San mistook him for the Lin family, Mo Er didn't explain, and he made the mistake: "I will use this jade pendant as collateral. After the matter is completed, I can redeem it with ten gold."

Xu Santui didn't dare to accept it. His ancestral home was Yangcheng, and he was a Yue from the Biyue branch.

Even though Biyue was defeated and merged into Ouyue, Xu San always believed that he was born as a Biyue man and died as a Biyue ghost, and that he was ordered by the Lin family, and he would never hesitate to die.

"Please, son." Xu San greeted Mo Er, and at the same time told the young man beside him to take off his clothes and put them on for Mo Er.

Mo Er shook his head and declined Xu San's kindness: "I'll just stay in the car."

The environment of the truck transporting melons and fruits was cramped and dirty. After Xu Sanbai’s persuasion, seeing no results, he had to order someone to open the truck. Sure enough, bundles of vegetables almost occupied the entire carriage, and the smell of rotting vegetable leaves It makes people want to vomit.

Mo Er didn't dislike it, so he asked someone to squeeze the bundled vegetables in, and moved a place for him to stand. After he went in and stood up, he asked Xu San to tie up the covering scarf.

From the outside, there is nothing unusual.

Maybe Xu San didn't know him, but the servants in the palace were quite familiar with this dispensable second prince, so Mo Er had to make sure that nothing would go wrong.

Entering from the west side door, Mo Er will definitely go to the imperial dining room with the convoy.

However, the imperial dining room is still far away from the Chongde Hall, so Mo Er needs to find a way to sneak into the Chongde Hall.

Mo Er thought of a way, and the convoy had already entered the west gate.

Entering from the west side door, every ten meters he walked, Xu San was basically stopped by someone and questioned.Relying on Xu San's tongue, the convoy passed the Shangyu Gate smoothly.

After passing the Shangyu Gate, you will arrive at the Imperial Dining Room.

But at this moment, the team was stopped again.

"Eunuch Gao, you are in good shape!" While speaking, Xu Sansai gave the other party a silver treasure.

On weekdays, Gao Xiang would definitely accept it, but now it is different from the past, if he messes up what the concubine told him, then his head may not be safe.

Pushing away Xu San's silver treasure, Gao Xiang's heart was almost bleeding.

I really don't understand, what is the purpose of checking the people in and out of the palace for no reason.

"Xu San, don't do this, open all the hoods on the car, and do a routine inspection." Gao Xiang didn't dare to move if he wanted to take the money he didn't want to spend.

While speaking, Gao Xiang asked the little eunuch to start checking Xu San's subordinates.

Not to mention Xu San was muttering in his heart, even Mo Er was in a cold sweat.

Gao Xiang is not an ordinary person, he is an old dog in the hands of the princess.Although she is greedy for money and lustful on weekdays, what the princess ordered is absolutely unambiguous.

He didn't expect to run into him in the imperial dining room today.

"Eunuch Gao, just a little bit of filial piety, I'll treat you like a little filial piety and drink tea." Xu San added another ingot of silver treasure, trying to stop Gao Xiang from letting someone pull the hood of the car.

But when Xu Sanyue tried to stop him, Gao Xiang felt something was wrong.

He responded with a smile on the surface, but in private he gave the little eunuch a look and told them to pull the hood of the car.

Gao Xiang is a fine individual, Xu Sanban couldn't stop him.

The hoods of the three cars in front had already been lifted, and the little eunuch also arrived in front of the car where Mo Er was hiding.

Seeing that the bonnet was about to be lifted, Xu San's face turned pale, and Mo Er in the car was also anxious, with beads of sweat on his forehead bigger than soybeans.

However, it was a coincidence that someone shouted at this time: "Come on! Come on, someone has sneaked into the palace!"

Naturally, Gao Xiang didn't want others to take the lead, so he glared at Xu San, and beckoned his little eunuch to leave.

When Gao Xiang was far away, Xu San was relieved, patted his chest and didn't say a word for a long time.

After waiting enough to have a cup of tea, the hood of the fourth car was pulled open.

Mo Er was also afraid, the weather in March was not too hot, he got out of the water, and when the wind blew, his underwear stuck to his body almost instantly.

"My lord, Xu San can only send you here!" Xu San was so benevolent that he almost took his own life with him. Mo Er should be content, but there is still a long way to go from here to Chongde Hall. And if he went out like this, he would be recognized within ten meters.

So he needs Xu Sanzai to help him.

"Sir, there are good friends in the palace." Ouyue has been fighting for years, and many families are struggling to make ends meet. In order to make a living, there are not a few of them who sell their daughters into the palace as slaves.

And girls are always full of love. In order to relieve their loneliness, many of these girls will form fake couples with men who go in and out of the palace.

Now that it's time for Mo Er, Xu San didn't hide it: "There is one, and I'm here to help cook in the imperial dining room."

"Also ask sir to help."

Seeing the Xuanniao jade pendant, Xu San agreed.

According to Mo Er's request, he brought over the woman he was dating. The woman who came here didn't look big, at most twenty years old, but her eyes were bright and capable. She didn't look like an ordinary woman, but a woman. heroes.

"Hi girl, I need my help with something." Mo Erqiao smiled.

Mo Er inherited the appearance of his Han mother, and there is a big gap between him and the Yue people. He is gentle and fragile in his bones, especially when he smiles, with a pair of peach blossom eyes with the tails of the eyes slightly raised, which has a sense of romance.

"Why should I help you?" The little woman was just stunned for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, her tone was very unkind.

Before Mo Er could speak, Xu San took over the conversation: "Didn't I talk to you when I came?"

The little woman rolled her eyes, glanced at Mo Er suspiciously, and kicked Xu San very rudely: "I'm not from Biyue, why should I risk my life for a jade pendant? Knowing whether he has anything to do with the Lin family, what if he picked up this jade pendant? Just be a fool and take advantage of it!"

Xu San was humiliated in public, a little embarrassed, scratched his head: "Yunniang!"

Yun Niang snorted softly and ignored him.

Since Xixian was taken away, it has been at least an hour. Mo Er was anxious, but the more anxious he became, the calmer he was, and he was still personable: "May I ask if Yunniang is from Dongyue?"

In fact, depending on his temper, Mo Er felt like it, but he didn't expect to be asked by him.

"Yeah! Why, you still want to get married with me, I've never seen you like this."

The Dongyue branch from which the Xi family came from is the leader of the Xi family, and Yunniang is no exception. When Mo Er mentioned: "Everything I plan is to wash the eldest son, and I ask Yunniang to help."

"What's wrong with the eldest son?" Hearing Xixian, Yunniang was a little excited, and increased the volume, almost failing to attract the eunuchs in the imperial dining room.

Xu San quickly covered her mouth, even though her mouth was covered, Yunniang was still hesitating to ask about Xixian's condition.

Mo Er just smiled and said nothing, but looking at Mo Er's face, Yunniang actually believed his words.

In fact, even if she doesn't believe it, she will hesitate for a while because it has something to do with her appearance.

"I'll act like a girl and agree. I want to ask the girl to borrow a set of clothes." Dressing up as a court lady and going to the Chongde Hall was the last resort I came up with.

Yunniang was startled, but went back to get a set of her own clothes.

Fortunately, Mo Er was not strong, and Yun Niang was tall and strong. With some reluctance, Mo Er finally managed to fit into the suit, but it was somewhat tight. After all, Mo Er was thin and of a man's build.

In order to pretend, Yunniang also brought a set of rouge and gouache over.She has lightly applied makeup and powder, which seems to be so interesting, and Yunniang also tied a ponytail for Mo Er to cover it slightly, and it seems that it is not very clear that Mo Er is coming.

Before bidding farewell to Yunniang and Xu San, Mo Erqian told them to rot today's events in their stomachs and not to speak out.

Pretending to be a maid of honor naturally requires the appearance of a woman, Mo Er purposely shortened the pace, speeded up the frequency, and trotted all the way to Chongde Hall.

When I saw the guards on the road, I bowed my head and drifted past without attracting too much attention. At most, I was stopped by two passing eunuchs and asked a few words, and Mo Er dealt with it.

When he arrived at the Chongde Hall, Mo Er pushed the door directly. The guards guarding the hall mistakenly thought that Mo Er was a maid who came to serve him, so he didn't stop him, and let him in directly.

At this time, there was only King Ouyue in the hall, and he was playing a game of chess.

"Why are you here, second child?" King Ouyue raised his head and recognized Mo Er with just a glance.

Since he was recognized easily, Mo Er simply asked King Ouyue: "Dare to ask the king, is the king clear about Xixian?"

King Ouyue avoided answering Mo Er's question, and concentrated on looking at the chessboard. He held black pieces, but white pieces clearly had the upper hand.King Ouyue knocked on the chessboard, and said with a smile, "Does the second son think that the sunspots are still alive in this chess game?"

Heizi's big dragon has been cut off by Baizi, and he is lifeless.

Mo Er said truthfully: "Not at all."

King Ouyue raised his head and glanced at Mo Er lightly, with lifeless eyes, as if the person standing in front of him was not his son, but an irrelevant stranger.

After a while, King Ouyue said, "Second brother, what do you want from me?"

Mo Er recounted the matter of Xixian to King Ouyue. While speaking, he paid attention to King Ouyue's expression from time to time, but the other party hardly showed any expression.

It has always been a lifeless face, and Mo Er became more and more unnatural as he spoke, the last few words were almost stumbling out with his upper teeth and lower teeth.

At the end of the sentence, King Ouyue didn't express any opinion, and he was still staring at his game of chess.

Perhaps it was because the ground dragon in the Chongde Hall was too hot, Mo Er got water all over his body, and the powder on his face was covered.

"Second, what do you mean?" Finally King Ouyue stopped fiddling with the chessboard and asked Mo Er.

Everyone's thoughts are not difficult to guess, except King Ouyue, Mo Er will never guess him, sometimes even though he smiles Yan Yan on his face, but his heart is full of anger.

Mo Er didn't dare to guess, for fear that if he accidentally guessed wrong, he would ruin his wealth and life instead.

I had no choice but to say honestly: "It's obvious that someone arranged behind the scenes for washing Xian."

He hid this matter and absolutely had nothing to do with the princess.

However, King Ouyue is a fighter among human beings, so how could he not understand what Mo Er meant, and chuckled lightly: "You think you have something to do with the princess."

Mo Er just smiled and said nothing.

In this match between father and son, Ouyue King Chihei was obviously slightly better.

"Other than that?" King Ouyue urged, knocking on the chessboard.

Mo Er hesitated for a while, and said euphemistically: "Wang Xinzhi, it is March again, and Daliang's military supplies have also arrived at the front line. If there is no need to wash the house at this time, it may be a great disadvantage for Ouyue."

"Ou Yue doesn't just clean the house!"

Indeed, Ouyue is composed of nine branches of the Yue tribe, and the Yue people are warlike, and all branches are strong troops. However, after ten consecutive years of war, the vitality has basically been exhausted. The Luoyue Han family has no soldiers to use. , Dianyue, and Minyue are just struggling to support that's all. The only remaining fighting forces are Dongyue Xijia and Biyue Linjia.

And ten Lin families are not worth one Xi's family.

"I know what you want to ask me!" King Ouyue swept away the chess box, spilled the white pieces on the floor, picked up a black piece, and said with a smile: "Ouyue really can't do without Xijia, but you let me let Xijia go!" Is it a big one?"

"Without washing the family, the Lin family and the Han family colluded. It's not the same." Mo Er was rarely irritable. He picked up the white stone that had rolled to his feet, put it on the chessboard, and hit it on the dragon's eye, completely smashing the black dragon. Checkmate.

Mo Er's move made King Ouyue stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, laughed loudly, overturned the chessboard, and the chess pieces collapsed everywhere.

"You're right!" He patted Mo Er's back heavily, and said while patting, "I'm crazy! I'm crazy! I didn't see through!"

"King, what about Xixian?" Seeing the opportunity, Mo Er followed the pole.

"Take the normal way." King Ouyue returned to his original appearance of not being able to see the depth clearly, and threw a white pawn to Mo Er: "Actually, Hei Zi is dead but not stiff, and there is still a chance of life, but you have not discovered it."