When the Alluring Queen opened her eyes, all the kings in the world knelt down

A maid brought a medicine box and quietly applied ointment on Jiang Jingyue's face. In addition to the unique fragrance of the ointment, the cool layer quickly cooled down the hot cheeks after being applied.

The bedroom was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Jiang Jingyue dismissed the maid and sat alone in front of the bronze mirror, silently looking at the slightly unfamiliar face in the mirror.

Once upon a time, she also had a fair and tender girl's face, with a clear and bright complexion, which made people feel energetic.

But now this face is so unfamiliar that it doesn't look like hers. It is haggard, tired, pale, and even has a trace of imperceptible oldness between the eyebrows.

Jiang Jingyue sat motionless, her eyes were dead like a pool of stagnant water, and a sinister hatred gradually grew in the dead silence.

Time passed bit by bit.

The woman in the mirror gradually became ferocious and distorted, and the hatred in her eyes grew like vines...

"Ugh!" A muffled groan woke up Jiang Jingyue, who was in a daze.

She turned her head to look at the bed, and the distorted luster in her eyes faded like water.

Mu Xiuhan slept for two hours and woke up at 12:30.

Jiang Jingyue stood up, put away all her emotions, put on a gentle and slightly worried expression, and walked to the bed.

"Your Highness is awake?"

Mu Xiuhan slowly opened his eyes, and saw her swollen face, with five clear finger marks on both sides, which was a bit frightening.

Mu Xiuhan frowned: "What's wrong with your face?"

"It's okay." Jiang Jingyue shook her head, and swallowed the grievance alone with understanding, "Your Highness is awake, and my mother came to see it just now. She is very worried about your Highness."

Mu Xiuhan closed his eyes, and his spirit was not very good.

Jiang Jingyue poured water for him to rinse his mouth, and was considerate and virtuous, like a good wife and mother. After he rinsed his mouth, she took all the toiletries away and ordered the maid to come in and pour them out.

Other maids followed in, one maid served warm water to moisten Mu Xiuhan's throat, and another maid served to wipe his face and hands.

In order to avoid hurting him, the palace maids served him carefully, gently and cautiously.

Everything seemed to be the same as before.

But Mu Xiuhan knew in his heart that it was different, everything was different.

He closed his eyes, and couldn't figure out in his heart, how could the letter be intercepted halfway?

"Your Highness." Jiang Jingyue's gentle voice sounded in his ears, "Does it hurt a lot?"

Mu Xiuhan brushed away the gloom in his heart and said lightly: "What else happened in the palace during the few days I was unconscious?"

Jiang Jingyue served him some water and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead carefully: "My mother asked me to take good care of you. Please don't worry about the things outside for the time being."

Mu Xiuhan frowned: "I am stupid. I shouldn't have listened to your elder brother at the beginning."

Jiang Jingyue's expression froze, and the handkerchief in his hand was instantly tightened.

"The prince's affair with the vassal king is a capital crime. I'm lucky that my father didn't kill me." Mu Xiuhan said fiercely, with a tone of resentment, "Otherwise he would still need my grandfather, and I would be dead now?"

Jiang Jingyue pulled the corner of her mouth and smiled reluctantly: "Your Highness, don't be discouraged. The king of Yu has also been confined by the emperor these two days. Although I don't know the reason, it should have angered the emperor. We still have a chance."

"King Yu was confined?" Mu Xiuhan turned his head, "Why?"

Jiang Jingyue shook his head: "I don't know, I only know that King Yu was locked up in the imperial study and reprimanded by the emperor that day, and then ordered to return to the mansion for confinement for a month, and he was not allowed to go out at will."

Mu Xiuhan heard this and fell into deep thought.

Perhaps this is the habit of the princes after they die, especially the princes who are interested in the throne, no matter what they encounter, they have to think about it habitually.

Think about their habits, but whether they can figure it out and what results they can come up with depends on whether their brains are sufficient and whether their abilities are strong enough.

"Your Highness." A beautiful maid came over with bird's nest porridge and said respectfully, "You haven't eaten for several days, eat a little."

Mu Xiuhan raised his hand and glanced at her, with a strange look in his eyes.

I didn't care much before, but today I found that the maids in the East Palace are more beautiful than Jiang Jingyue.

Looking at Jiang Jingyue's face again, it was so haggard and dim that people didn't want to look at it any more.

Jiang Jingyue noticed his eyes, her face was slightly stiff, she took the bowl and spoon from the maid calmly, and said lightly: "You can leave first."

"No."

Jiang Jingyue stirred the porridge gently, raised her head, and used the spoon to send the porridge to Mu Xiuhan's mouth, and said gently: "Your Highness, eat slowly."

Mu Xiuhan didn't say anything, opened his mouth and took a mouthful of porridge.

He hadn't eaten for several days, and he was in poor spirits at this time. He felt pain and hunger, and didn't want to talk much.

After eating a few mouthfuls of porridge, he was sweating all over.

"Your Highness, I'll ask them to call the imperial physician." Jiang Jingyue saw that he was uncomfortable, "See if we can change some less painful medicine."

"No need." Mu Xiuhan was annoyed and rejected her proposal without thinking.

Yan Li's exquisite and refined face appeared in front of him for no reason, and then looked at Jiang Jingyue's haggard, pale, and swollen face with fingerprints in front of him.

After comparing the two, Mu Xiuhan could only wonder if he was blind enough to choose such an unlucky star.

Suppressing his disgust, he asked, "Is it the fifth or sixth day of the first lunar month?"

Jiang Jingyue said, "It's past midnight, it's the sixth day of the first lunar month."

Mu Xiuhan frowned, "Is it the wedding day of the emperor's uncle and Yan Li?"

Jiang Jingyue shook her head, "The wedding date was postponed to the first lunar month."

Mu Xiuhan was surprised, "Why?"

"An urgent report was sent from the border, saying that the Kingdom of Jin wanted to marry Princess Nanyang, and was willing to offer a city as a betrothal gift, and sign a ten-day armistice agreement." When Jiang Jingyue said this, a cold color flashed in her eyes, "The ministers all proposed that Princess Nanyang marry, but Prince Jin disagreed. The emperor ordered that the wedding be postponed for two days."

Mu Xiuhan was obviously in a bad mood, but he was still thinking at this time. Has Yan Li's reputation spread to the Kingdom of Jin?

They are willing to offer a city to marry her?

It sounds incredible, but Mu Xiuhan doesn't know why, but he thinks of everything that has happened in the past few days.

Since he broke off the engagement, he seemed to be haunted by bad luck, even though his life was smooth sailing before.

Although nothing lucky happened, it was because his identity was the prince, and there was no surprise worth his happiness, but at least he lived a good life.

His father had high expectations for him, and the ministers had no ulterior motives. No matter what the brothers thought in their hearts, they were respectful on the surface.

But since he broke off the engagement with Yan Li, he was either punished to kneel or copy, or scolded by his uncle, and now he was beaten in court and deposed from the throne.

In just one month, he suffered all the punishments he had never suffered in his life, as if it was the retribution he deserved after he betrayed Yan Li.

Mu Xiuhan felt very aggrieved.

In the past, he relied on his status as the legitimate son of the empress and his grandfather guarding the western border. He never thought about winning over military power. He only thought that marrying a daughter of the Jiang family would win over the students of the Taifu lineage, gain a good reputation, and make the younger ministers in the court and future students loyal to him.

But after the breakup, the status of the Jiang family seemed to be getting worse day by day, and even its reputation was not as good as before.

Mu Xiuhan lay quietly on the bed, thinking to himself, what benefits can he get from marrying Jiang Jingyue now?

Nothing.

Jiang Tingyi is a brainless person. If he hadn't listened to his advice, how could he have ended up being abandoned?

And Jiang Tingyan, although he has a good relationship with students, he has ruined his career. Those students who used to be friends with him will definitely distance themselves from him in order to protect themselves.

The Jiang family has no one to use, and even the most basic reputation is gone.

What benefits can Jiang Jingyue bring to him?

The more Mu Xiuhan thought about it, the more he felt that it was a stupid decision to break off the engagement and marry Jiang Jingyue.

If he regrets it now, just pretend that nothing happened.

Will Yan Li agree?