Raiders of the demon concubine who crossed

It was the first time that Mu Chenglan was summoned into the palace in such a state of embarrassment. Li Sixian didn't even give him the time to tidy up. He just asked Zhang Quan to invite him out of Mr. Hehuan's room in Lanyuan, and hurriedly changed into that suit. Prince Nine Mang was dressed, so he was invited to get on the sedan chair that came from the palace.

Unlike usual, Li Sixian was followed by a few people dressed as hidden guards. The emperor actually sent a hidden guard to invite him. Mu Chenglan was unavoidably a little worried. What happened?

Since Yang Shi reconciled with him, he somewhat restrained himself under Gu Zhen's persuasion, and he did not recruit concubines to sleep with him, lest he would get angry and beat them again when he saw them.For the past few nights, he stayed in Hehuan's house and got a moment of tranquility. It can be said that this is one of the few days he has lived with peace of mind since Hehuan left, so there should be no problems.

Could it be that Jing promised and was tossing again?

For this mother who gave birth to him and raised him, Mu Chenglan is also very helpless, he has been dragged down by Jing's promise, and has pleaded for her, what else does she want, does she really think she is still the empress of Changchun Palace?

He knew that she was his own mother, and he had listened to what she said all his life, but right now, it's better for the two of them to be colder.He also knew that he was not as good as before in the eyes of the emperor, otherwise the emperor would never have lifted Prince Rui up.

When he was thinking wildly, Li Sixian had led him into the palace, where the emperor was sitting upright, his eyes slightly red.

For some reason, seeing such a royal father, Mu Chenglan felt inexplicably uneasy.

The emperor stared at him fixedly, as if he had never seen this son before, and there was a little strangeness in his eyes. After he stood for a while, he said: "Chenglan, I called you into the palace early in the morning, and let you Startled."

Mu Chenglan shook his head.It was usually morning at this time, but there was still no movement in Xuande Hall.Mu Chenglan looked around curiously, only seeing some hidden guards.

Mu Chenglan said: "Father doesn't have to go to court today?"

He was fined not to enter the court for three years, and he was idle in the prince's mansion every day, and he had forgotten that this day happened to be a rest.

The emperor didn't bother to correct it, he just said: "I won't go to court, I have something very important to ask you."

Mu Chenglan said: "Father, may I ask you."

The emperor said: "Chenglan, Zhang Quan, the servant beside you, has been serving you for a long time... How do I remember that when you first opened the mansion, you didn't bring him with you?"

Mu Chenglan said: "In the past, my minister's chief servant was a father-in-law surnamed Yao. Later, when I got older, my minister allowed him to leave the house."

The emperor said: "Do you still remember which year it was?"

Mu Chenglan obviously paused, and then said: "I don't remember. Father, could it be that Zhang Quan provoked you? If that's the case, father will deal with it directly, and you don't need to ask me."

The emperor said: "It has nothing to do with Zhang Quan. I just want to inquire about the whereabouts of that Eunuch Yao. Regarding the fire in the Yongshou Palace, I have found some things and I want him to confirm. Do you know where he is now?"

When the emperor mentioned Eunuch Yao and asked what year it was, Mu Chenglan was a little startled, and only hoped it was a coincidence.Now, the emperor openly mentioned the fire in Yongshou Palace again, and Mu Chenglan knew that it was not a coincidence, the emperor specially summoned him into the palace because of the fire.

Back then, even if the emperor learned about the Empress taking advantage of the Yongshou Palace fire to assassinate the Fifth Prince, he didn't call him specifically for questioning, which means that the emperor still trusted him at that time and felt that it had nothing to do with him, but now he is specially called into the palace...

Mu Chenglan's palms were already sweating. It was impossible for him not to remember Eunuch Yao who had been with him since he was a child, and it was even more impossible for him to forget when Eunuch Yao left. Changed the color to fabricate lies.

Mu Chenglan tried to speak in an ordinary tone: "Eunuch Yao has been away for many years, and I don't know where he is going."

"Really." The emperor sighed very lightly: "Fortunately, my secret guard found him for me. Chenglan, would you like to meet this person?"

what? !

Mu Chenglan's face was full of shock, but this expression was not faked.

Eunuch Yao obviously didn't return to his hometown back then, even he didn't know where this person was, so why was he found by the secret guard?

"My son, my son..."

Mu Chenglan was a little anxious.

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, the emperor nodded to a hidden guard who had been kneeling. Not long after, the hidden guard brought in a person from outside the hall.

A white-haired person with scars covering most of his face. The scars on this person's face are not quite the same as ordinary sword wounds, but a kind of bumpy bumps.Although most of the face is covered with scars, the eyebrows and eyes can still be distinguished.

What's more, as long as Mu Chenglan saw the scar on this person's face, he would recognize who it was, because the scar was exactly the same as his body, and it was left after healed from the fire.

Father, why did you suddenly think of looking for this person?

The man knelt down to salute the emperor, looked at Mu Chenglan again, and called out timidly: "His Royal Highness..."

Mu Chenglan's eyes flickered, and it took a long time before he responded, "Eunuch Yao, long time no see."

Eunuch Yao's muddy eyes were filled with tears, and he kept kowtowing to Mu Chenglan: "Your Highness, I'm sorry for you..."

Just a word of sorry, and Mu Chenglan knew that the emperor knew everything. The truth that he had concealed so hard for all these years, was like a raging fire day and night, and was finally discovered.

Is it a blessing or not a disaster, it is a disaster that cannot be avoided, it seems that even he, the crown prince, cannot be spared.

Mu Chenglan closed his eyes and smiled miserably.

"Chenglan, I already know." The emperor's voice was also trembling: "Do you want to say it yourself, or let Eunuch Yao say it for you?"

"My son... let me tell you, my father called my son here for this, right?"

Now that he could no longer hide it, Mu Chenglan knelt down, kowtowed to the emperor, and then talked about an old event that had been repeated countless times in his mind.

Back then, the Yongshou Palace fire was not caused by the queen's carelessness, but a deliberate drama.The empress dowager adopted the fifth prince in that year, and Prince Rui made a lot of achievements in battles abroad. The empress was afraid that the prince's status would be lost, so under the instigation of her elder brother Gu Zhen, she came up with a vicious plan to keep her favor In exchange for the prince's kindness to save the emperor, the prince's unique position in the emperor's heart, and the favor of the Gu family and the empress in the next dynasty!

Yongshou Palace did not have a seat at that time, and the empress tried every means to move the emperor to Ganquan Palace, which is the closest to Yongshou Palace, to recuperate when the emperor caught cold and was not feeling well.

Then, the queen passed by the Yongshou Palace, pretending to be uncomfortable, and went into the Yongshou Palace to rest for a while.She ordered people to light a fire in a palace room. The original palace servants in Yongshou Palace were almost transferred away in advance, and some flammable objects were specially placed. When the few on duty were going to fight the fire, However, it was found that there was no water in the auspicious tank of Yongshou Palace... In this way, Yongshou Palace failed to put out the fire in time, and the fire became bigger and bigger, and finally spread to Ganquan Palace where the emperor was.

The prince naturally ordered the people around him to put out the fire first, and when there was no one around, he carried the emperor on his back and escaped from Ganquan Palace. He had another idea, but missed the prince's rescue.

It's just that the queen's affairs went smoothly according to plan, but the prince's affairs repeatedly went wrong.First, the emperor talked with the prince for a while, and he drank the medicine a little later, and fell asleep late.Mu Chenglan was guilty of being a thief, afraid that the emperor would not fall asleep, so he waited for a while, finally waiting for the emperor to fall asleep, only to find out a horrifying fact, he couldn't recite the emperor by himself, he couldn't even walk when he recited it by himself!

The prince is usually pampered, and he has never even done anything himself, and the emperor is tall and in his prime.The fire gradually escalated. In desperation, the prince found his confidant Eunuch Yao who entered the palace with him. Eunuch Yao carried the emperor on his back without saying a word, and ran out of Ganquan Palace with the prince.

Of course, when he left the palace, Eunuch Yao still put the emperor on the prince's back, so that the prince could put on a show.Those who were anxiously waiting outside would not take care of a servant, the crown prince came out with the emperor on his back, and it was His Highness the crown prince who rescued him, and the queen left the Yongshou Palace and has been guarding outside the Ganquan Palace, and even admitted this statement with her own mouth .

It's just that the prince escaped a little late, he and Eunuch Yao were both burned by the fire, but the emperor was unharmed.According to the queen's thinking, the prince and the emperor shouldn't have been injured. The queen was restless outside, but she didn't pretend to be. Although she felt sorry for the prince afterwards, she seized the opportunity to add jealousy and said that the prince was seriously injured because of the emperor. .

"...Even though my son's injury looks serious, there is no danger of his life. Since then, the emperor has been kind to my son, and even suppressed Prince Rui everywhere for his son's sake. So what if Prince Rui has countless military exploits? The fifth prince who was favored by the emperor's grandmother was also tricked into the Yongshou Palace by the empress... who Jing promised, and burned to death together."

As the prince spoke, he raised the corners of his lips and smiled mockingly. This was the first time he had brought up the Fifth Prince in these years.

Even though the emperor knew the truth in advance, he was still furious after hearing him say it again. He looked everywhere for things that could be smashed at hand. The things on the case had been smashed before. Kick it down!

"How dare you, how dare you deceive me like this, burn down two palaces, and kill the fifth prince, just to gain my favor? I am really blind, and I have always trusted you!"

"emperor!"

Li Sixian rushed to the emperor's side, fearing that the emperor's wrath would hurt the dragon's body.

Another figure stood in front of the prince, and the dragon that flew out directly hit this person.

Mu Chenglan raised her eyes and looked at Eunuch Yao who was protecting her. The Empress was going to deal with Eunuch Yao the same way she dealt with the people on duty in Yongshou Palace. Eunuch Yao.It was Mu Chenglan who begged the queen to let him do it himself, but in private, thinking that Eunuch Yao had taken care of him for many years, he let him go quietly.

At the beginning, it was this person who helped him at a critical moment, but it was also this person who sold him out in the end.

"Your Highness, I am sorry for your Highness..." Eunuch Yao's tears flowed down with the blood on his head, "Your Highness let this old slave live, but this old slave turned to identify His Highness... This old slave didn't want to, didn't want to ...But Lao Nu's relatives have been captured by the hidden guards, there is no other way..."

Mu Chenglan was stunned, and there was a flash of water in his eyes: "After all, this is the fault of the prince. I have hidden it for these years, and one day sooner or later... the prince has always known it, so you don't need to talk about it."

"Fifth prince...Cheng Xun...The imperial grandmother likes him and keeps him by her side. I used to go to Shoukang Palace often, and he also likes to pester me. He is still so young and doesn't understand anything. I knew that the queen mother wanted to kill him, But I... didn't say anything..."

After Mu Chenglan struggled to talk about the secret buried deepest in his heart, he let out a long breath. No one understood the taste of it better than him. When he dreamed back at midnight, the sound of the wind blowing across the roof always made him mistakenly think that it was Cheng Xun's cry when he was trapped in Yongshou Palace.

That voice kept beating his heart. He hated the self who always obeyed his mother's orders, and also hated the self who couldn't stand a little storm and could never forget a child. The ugly burns on his body reminded him all the time what he had done. What, if the wives and concubines see him showing a little bit of strangeness, they will make him irritable and angry, lest they see a clue.

He could only excuse that they all disliked his scars, and only by teaching them a lesson, letting them know that His Highness the Crown Prince is not to be offended, and seeing them suffer as much as him, can he resolve the torrent of emotions in his heart.

There is another accident, that is Acacia.Mu Chenglan likes Hehuan, Hehuan has never shown an expression that disgusts him, nor is it because of his status that he is good to him, he will not tell anyone that there is a red mole on Hehuan's palm, the fifth prince who has gone There are also.

I still remember the day when we first met, He Huan extended his friendly hand towards him under the sun, at that time he felt in a trance that if this person was willing to smile at him, it meant that Cheng Xun's spirit in heaven forgave him.