Chapter 114 – Consort Hui’s Death and Zhong Xuan’s First Showdown (1 / 2)

“Go and take a look.” Mu Zi Yan opened her lips with a bland expression, lifted her steps and walked towards the front hall.

Bi Yun followed with her head hanging down, Jun Qian Hao was seated in the main seat, while Mu Ling Xuan was standing in the center of the hall, the atmosphere at the moment appeared to be a bit anxious, obviously the two of them had just had an argument and it was unusually heated.

Mu Lingxuan’s face was cold, looking straight at Jun Qianhao, “Third Highness, what does this matter have to do with the Marquis Mu”

“Mu Shizi, I am merely coming to take someone by decree, I don’t know anything else.” Jun Qian Hao answered in a low voice, raising his eyes to see Mu Zi Yan coming, he then got up, “Miss Mu, there was a murder in the palace just now, this matter has something to do with Miss Mu, the Emperor ordered me to come and declare you to enter the palace.”

Mu Zi Yan didn’t feel the slightest bit flustered, “Dare I ask Your Third Highness, what is the case?”

“The personal palace maid in front of Empress Hui died, and Empress Hui was also poisoned and unconscious.” Jun Qian Hao said in a low voice, “Based on the hour of poisoning, it is speculated that at that time, Miss Mu and Miss Su were the most suspected, and there was even a palace maid who saw you leave in the middle of the day.”

Mu Zi Yan’s eyes were slightly raised, coming back was waiting for her here, she whispered, “His Majesty is going to personally interrogate”

“No, the Empress Dowager personally inquired.” Jun Qianhao continued.

“Fine, I’ll follow Third Highness into the palace.” Mu Zi Yan was not half afraid and answered frankly.

Jun Qianhao saw her being so forthcoming and then spoke, “Miss Mu please.”

“Sister.” Mu Lingxuan stepped forward and called out to her.

Mu Zi Yan looked at Mu Ling Xuan, “Brother, don’t worry, take care of mother.”

“Good.” Mu Lingxuan nodded his head in response and watched Mu Zi Yan leave the mansion.

Mu Zi Yan looked at the sedan chair parked outside and turned to look at Jun Qian Hao who was following her, “Miss Mu please.”

“The empress dowager wants to declare me into the palace, why make such a big commotion,” Mu Zi Yan said lightly, and then entered the sedan chair.

On the other end, Su Qinru just returned to the house, then saw the palace to come, is the big general manager Zhang Xi, she was obviously stunned, then see Marquis Master Su and Marquis Mrs. Su look at her with a heavy face.

“Elder Zhang, this is,” Su Qinruo asked in disbelief.

“Eldest Miss Su, Empress Hui was poisoned, and it just so happens that neither you nor Eldest Miss Mu were at the Yongle Palace when the poison was administered.” Zhang Xi whispered, “The Empress Dowager specially ordered Sprinkles to come and invite Miss Su to enter the palace.”

“Oh.” Su Qinrou’s eyes moved slightly upon hearing this, and she lowered her head in response, turning her eyes to look at Marquis Su and Mrs. Marquis Su, gently shaking her head to indicate that they should not act rashly.

Marquis Su saw Su Qinrou’s nature is obviously more calm than usual a lot, the heart is quite comforting, if this look to go, he is also not worried.

After Su Qinru left, Mrs. Marquis Su looked at Mr. Marquis Su, “How come this girl isn’t scared at all this time?”

“What’s there to be afraid of” Marquis Su faintly opened his lips, “If she’s afraid, doesn’t that mean she’s in a state of weakness”

“Sohou doesn’t see her like this, she’s usually staggering.” Mrs. Marquis Su muttered.

“Well, isn’t there still that girl from the Mu family,” Marquis Su was very optimistic about Mu Zi Yan, then sighed, “It’s a pity, it won’t be able to become the Su family’s daughter-in-law.”

Once Mrs. Marquis Su heard this, she knew what the reason was, and then laughed, “This eldest Miss Mu family is good.”

The two said so, but in their hearts they were always uneasy.

Mu Lingxuan since Mu Ziyan left, quickly turned to go to the Jiyue courtyard, Qi is leaning on the soft couch, face cold and heavy, see him come, only slightly eased, “good big courage.”

“Mother, but something has happened,” Mu Lingxuan asked in a low voice.

“Young master, just now an assassin broke in, fortunately there was someone to protect him, otherwise,” Sister Cui shuddered at the thought of what happened just now.

Mu Lingxuan sneered, “As expected.”

“You child, do you know something,” Qi said as she looked at Mu Lingxuan.

“There’s no rush.” Mu Lingxuan looked at Qi and said, “My sister has entered the palace, everything will wait until she returns to the house safe and sound.”

“I’m afraid it will be difficult to sleep tonight.” Qi held her forehead, “But I must find out about the assassin tonight.”

“Out in the mansion.” Mu Lingxuan slowly sat down, and then said, “Before my sister left, she said that she asked my child to take care of you, and I’m afraid that there is a deep meaning to this.”

Yunxiang did not follow, and at this moment hurriedly entered the Jiyue courtyard, looking towards the Cui Sister standing outside, she walked forward, “Mother, my daughter wants to see madam.”

“You wait.” When Sister Cui saw Yunxiang appear here, she also thought that something had happened, so she nodded her head in response and lifted her steps towards the house.

Qi saw Sister Cui come, “What is it?”

“Madam, Yunxiang is outside.” Sister Cui reported in a low voice.

“Tell her to come in.” Qi spoke in a deep voice.

Sister Cui then called Yunxiang in, and Yunxiang hurriedly knelt down, “Madam, this is what the eldest young lady asked the slave girl to give to madam before she left.”

Qi raised her hand to receive it, but it was a note that read, “Beware of the old madam.”

Mu Lingxuan’s eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at Yunxiang, “What else did sister say”

“Eldest Miss said that I’m afraid that the old madam’s place is not moving very much.” Yunxiang truthfully returned.

Mu Lingxuan lifted his step to look at Qi, seemingly thinking of something, before saying, “Mother, my sister asked you to use the trick.”

“En.” Qi nodded her head and hurriedly looked at Sister Cui, “You will go and find Doctor Zheng now, and say that my body is not feeling well.”

“Yes.” Sister Cui answered, and turned around and left the house.

Qi looked at Yunxiang, “You will stay here so as not to make the old madam suspicious.”

“Yes.” Yunxiang answered, then retreated to the side.

Qi looked at Mu Lingxuan and said, “Since she wants my life, she will surely move again.”

“Yes.” Mu Lingxuan nodded and answered.

“I’m worried about Smokey instead nowadays.” Qi sighed quietly as she lay on the bed.

Mu Lingxuan held Qi’s hand, “Mother, don’t worry, the fact that Yan’er was able to make such a judgment in such a short period of time means that she will be able to return in one piece even after entering the palace.”

“En.” Qi nodded slightly and said in a low voice, “It would be best if we could eliminate the old madam along with her this night.”

“The person behind the old madam won’t be that simple, wanting to eradicate her today is not the time, wait a little longer.” Mu Lingxuan said in a low voice.

Qi snorted coldly, “If it wasn’t for the Marquis, I would have sent someone to finish her off, where else would she have come to torment us so many times.”

Mu Lingxuan knows Qi’s temper, but being in a family, there is always a lot of helplessness, obviously hate to the bone, but when we meet, we still have to respectfully call an old lady, this mood is self-evident.

Mu Zi Jing feel tonight is really unlucky, Mu Zi Yan and Zhang Staffer’s qin and xiao ensemble, is considered to be this evening’s birthday banquet pushed, even she also followed the fall, just she painstakingly prepared for such a long time, but not yet on the stage, the birthday banquet was dispersed, even more annoying is that Mu Zi Ruoxi actually ran away in the middle of the day, until she went out of the palace to return to the marquis, and also do not see her back.

She was holding her breath in her heart, so she hurriedly went to the Long Pine courtyard, but the old lady had already rested, so she had to go back to her own courtyard in a grayish manner.

Chunyu stepped forward at this moment and reported in a low voice, “Third Miss, something has happened to Eldest Miss.”

“What is it,” Mu Zi Jing’s eyes lit up when she heard that something happened to Mu Zi Yan, and her mood improved a lot.

“I don’t know, the third highness brought people broke into the residence, the big miss took away, madam’s place seems to have a lot of commotion, slave girl secretly went to look, said just broke into the assassin, madam moved the fetus, afraid of” Chunyu carefully reported.

“Hmph, let’s see how long you guys can still be complacent, haha, it’s best if you all die.” Mu Zi Jing only felt that the depressed Qi in her heart dispersed at this moment, and her entire body was refreshed.

“Third Miss,” Chunyu glanced around carefully, “Beware of ears through the walls.”

“Hmph.” Mu Zi Jing snorted coldly, unconcerned, “Nowadays, they don’t have the heart to listen to me about this.”

Inside the Long Pine Courtyard, the old lady leaned back on her bed, and Mu Qinglin sat on the opposite side, “Mother, do you really want to make a move tonight?”

“En.” The old madam nodded her head and responded, “The forces in the palace are not quite balanced nowadays, so we must take the opportunity to eradicate some of them, otherwise, one head will grow bigger and it will be difficult to control it in the future.”

“Mother, what if we lose,” Mu Qinglin asked carefully.

“This fire can’t burn on our heads, so don’t worry.” The old madam continued, “Once you have good news, pass it on to the master.”

“Yes.” Mu Qing Lin continued, “The day after tomorrow Jun Qian Yu will be leaving the capital for the border, and that part of the border is all ready now.”

“En.” The old lady looked at Mu Qing Lin said, “Zhong family second miss is not a simple, although she is young, but on the heart of you are afraid than her, everything to be careful, do not want to fall into her trap, she is a flip-flopping, once there is a danger, the brunt of it is to push you out.”

“Child has taken note.” Mu Qinglin answered in a low voice, and then said, “I hope that this time, I can get rid of Mu Ziyan, and put an end to future troubles forever.”

“Mu Qingyuan is in Funan at the moment, due to that girl’s donation of silver, coupled with Funan being cleansed, now I’m afraid that he won’t be able to set off too much of a storm, so I won’t be able to do anything to him for the time being, however, this inner mansion is a different story, and as for Mu ZiYan, Zhong Xuan will deal with that on her own.” The old madam’s eyes narrowed slightly, and she said in a deep voice.

“Mother, this girl is really evil, how could she suddenly be seen as so powerful” This is what Mu Qing Lin always wondered.

“If it’s not pretending, then it’s enlightenment, in the beginning, I really shouldn’t have cooperated with the Zhang Clan to play that show, otherwise, now it wouldn’t have caused such a passive situation, making the last plan a failure.” The old madam sighed quietly.

Mu Qinglin also can not explain, only feel that this girl suddenly became so powerful, is there a high person guidance

The old lady waved her hand and said, “Well, after this night, everything will return to peace, and it will all go according to our plan.”

“Yes.” Mu Qinglin nodded in response and said no more.

From Sister sprinted into the inner room, “Elder Lady, the assassin sent from the Lady’s place failed, but the Lady has moved her fetus.”

“Defeated,” the old madam’s eyes sank, “It was an underestimation of her.”

“Elder madam, an expert has been sent over from Missy’s place.” From Sister carefully spoke.

“This night must be a success, and it’s time for her to come in handy.” The old madam’s eyes narrowed slightly as she said in a cold voice.

“Yes.” Naturally, Sister Cong knew who the “she” in the old lady’s mouth was referring to, so she turned around and went to pass on the news.

Mu Qinglin looked at the old madam, “Mother, could this be a trap”

“Even if it’s a trap, things must come to fruition, after all, that chess piece is buried extremely deep, how they can’t guess.” The old madam coldly snorted, “This girl must be eradicated, otherwise, in the future, I’m afraid that it will lead to the trouble of killing.”

Mu Qinglin also felt that Mu Zi Yan was too cautious, she was able to send someone to secretly protect Qi, did she know their plan

The old madam saw Mu Qinglin’s face showing doubts, and spoke in a low voice, “This girl, even if she is cautious again, but not to that godly extent, but an eleven year old girl, and can be powerful to what extent.”

“Mother, don’t forget about that Zhong Xuan,” Mu Qing Lin kindly reminded, just now the old madam had said that Zhong Xuan had a deeper heart than him.

The old madam continued, “Zhong Xuan is very evil, but this girl, who has grown up since she was a child and has been pampered, is not deeply involved in the world, so how can she know the evil of the human heart?”

Mu Qinglin nodded his head and responded, “Perhaps the child is overthinking.”

The old lady went on, “There is no harm in that; I have my own mind on the matter.”

“Yes.” Mu Qinglin also did not say more, mother and son each had their own thoughts, so they waited so quietly for news.

Mu Zi Yan sat in the sedan chair into the palace, straight to the Palace of Eternal Life, at this moment the Empress Dowager cold and heavy sitting, sitting aside the emperor, Yun Fei is not present, the atmosphere in the hall seems very strange.

Mu Zi Yan, however, entered the room without being overbearing and saluted in a disciplined manner, “My daughter, see the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty.”

“Smoke girl, the matter of Princess Hui’s poisoning, I think Hao’er has already spoken with you.” The Empress Dowager looked at Mu Zi Yan kneeling on the ground, because of Jun Qian Yu’s relationship, she really did not want to expand this matter, so she had to bring Mu Zi Yan into the palace late at night for interrogation.

Not long after, he saw Su Qinruo also walked in, and after respectfully saluting, the two of them knelt in the center of the hall.

Mu Zi Yan said in a low voice, “Back to the Empress Dowager, my daughter also heard the Third Highness mentioned this matter, however, this matter is by no means my daughter, Consort Huifei is very close to my daughter, although the relationship between the Zhong family and the Mu family is not as good as it once was, but my daughter did not have the motivation to harm Consort Huifei, and what’s more important is that, even if my daughter has the intention of harming her, it is too obvious.”

Su Qin Rou also immediately returned, “Reporting back to the Empress Dowager, the body of my daughter was not feeling well, so I let Sister Mu accompanied my daughter to walk, and did not go elsewhere, not to mention the victimization of Princess Hui.”

The emperor saw the two kneeling on the ground but eleven years old girl, also really can not figure out is her two did, however, at that time, only she was not in the birthday banquet, more importantly, he turned his eyes to Zhang Xi a look, Zhang Xi then over the tray, which placed a hairpin, “This is your”

Mu Zi Yan raised her eyes to look at it and smiled in her heart, this was the vermillion hairpin that she gave to Mu Zi Jing after she came and gave her a gold hairpin that day.

“This item is precisely my daughter’s.” Mu Zi Yan replied in a low voice, “However, this object has already been gifted by my daughter to my daughter’s third sister.”

“The Mu family’s third young lady said she had not seen this object.” The emperor said bluntly.

Mu Zi Yan continued, “Your Majesty, if because of this object that my daughter is the murderer of Princess Hui, it is too far-fetched, you can know, my daughter’s hairpin are all registers, and each will leave a mark, and the hairpin that my daughter gave out, will also be marked, if you give to the third sister’s, will be engraved with the word “Jing”. “

“You do have a heart.” Seeing Mu Zi Yan say so, the Empress Dowager whispered.

“This is my subject daughter’s habit.” Mu Zi Yan said in a low voice, “But I just feel that this is also considered a piece of my subject daughter’s heart.”

“Give me to bring to see.” The emperor heard, did not expect Mu Zi Yan will be so attentive, can know, generally gifted to others, will not personally engraved on the person’s mark, so but later also good to take back, did not expect Mu Zi Yan treatment of the sisters was so generous, and no doubt will be the object completely given to her.

Zhang Xi will hairpin hands to the emperor, the emperor raised his hand and took, really in the hairpin to see a “quiet” word, a look is the new carving up, he nodded slightly, and then handed this thing to the empress dowager.

After the Empress Dowager received and read it, she raised her eyes to look at Mu Zi Yan, “It’s really not bad, in that case, it’s the Mu family’s third young lady who lied.”

Mu Zi Yan said in a low voice, “This ministerial daughter would not know.”

She then took the gold hairpin on her head over, “This is the gold hairpin that Third Sister specially came to give to my daughter that day, and when my daughter saw that Third Sister had sent such an expensive gift, she returned that vermilion hairpin as a return gift to her.”

The Empress Dowager nodded slightly and ordered Zhang Xi to come forward and take it over, to be put into her hands and carefully viewed, and then turned her eyes to the Emperor, “This gold hairpin is finely crafted, it’s not bad.”

“It’s just that I look somewhat familiar.” The emperor stared at the gold hairpin for a long time, seemingly thinking of something.

Zhang Xi stood aside and whispered, “Your Majesty, the old slave remembers that this gold hairpin was rewarded by you to Empress Hui.”

“Concubine Hui,” the emperor’s eyes narrowed slightly, and then stared at the gold hairpin carefully.

Zhang Xi continued, “Your Majesty, this golden hairpin is afraid of another mystery.”

“What is the mystery,” the Emperor asked in a deep voice.