Chapter 173 – Zhong Xuan’s Calculation Fails (Second Shift) (1 / 2)

“I,” Mu Qinglin was silent for a moment and raised his eyes to the old madam, “Mother, I”

“Aigoo, Third Master this can’t wait.” Seeing this, the stabilizer hurriedly urged.

“You can’t break your back.” The old lady said, and made a decision right then and there, “Keep the little one.”

“En.” After hearing this, the stabilizer rushed into the house before Mu Qinglin could reply.

Mu Qinglin stood in the doorway, only to feel his lips tingling, wanting to open his mouth again, but he was already powerless to do so.

Lying on the bed Zhu Yue since heard the old lady and Mu Qinglin’s conversation outside, she forced to hold back the pain, the heart of Mu Qinglin’s trace of guilt has disappeared, Paul Xiaohua, really, even if he favors her again, but also can not withstand the child in the abdomen.

She clenched her teeth and fought, she could never do what the old pious woman wanted, she must not die.

Steady woman see her again have strength, rejoice, hastily at the side to let her adjust breathing, so and after a long time, straight until the head of the house came a loud baby crying, Zhu Yue also exerted the last ounce of strength, since half a sentence can not be said.

She took a deep breath, and the steady woman had already wrapped the baby and whispered, “Aunt Zhu, it’s a brother.”

“En.” Zhu Yue then nodded in satisfaction, barely pulling out a smile.

Mu Qinglin, who was waiting anxiously outside, heard the child’s cries and rushed in, but was blocked by the stable woman outside the inner room, holding the baby out for him to see, “Third master, look at it.”

“Let’s see.” Mu Qinglin carefully carried it over, clumsily unsure of how to hold it, looking unusually pleased, “Where’s Auntie.”

“Don’t worry, Third Master, the mother and child are safe.” The stable woman said with a smile, “Do you want to go in and take a look?”

“Go, go.” Mu Qinglin carefully carried the baby into the inner room.

The old lady froze outside, her eyes did not half joy, but through the cold, “live”

“Old Lady, Old Slave,” whispered Sister From as her heart cried out in dismay.

“Humph.” The old madam coldly snorted, and then raised her steps and entered the house, where there was half a bit of gloom on her face, but rather tears of joy.

Zhu Yue lying on the bed, looking at the front holding the child sitting next to her Mu Qinglin, the heart through the piercing cold, although she is clear, the woman in labor is difficult, regardless of which family, the last want to keep will be the child, but, after all, she is a woman, this heart where can not grudge especially old pious old woman, she is at the moment more and more hate.

Mu Qinglin was blissfully unaware of this, seeing that she just looked at him with a smile, this heart was guilt-ridden, and whispered, “Yue’er, this is our child.”

“En.” Zhu Yue nodded in response.

“I’ve already thought of a name.” Mu Qinglin continued, “It will be called Ful Er.”

“Good.” Zhu Yue responded with difficulty.

“You rest well.” Mu Qinglin said as he looked at her.

At this moment the old lady entered, delighted, “Let me see.”

Mu Qing Lin raised his eyes to look at the old madam, and then he was about to hand the child over, but he heard Zhu Yue suddenly let out a cry.

At this Mu Qing Lin’s hand lurched, so he withdrew the hands he had handed out and hurriedly sat down, “Yue’er, what’s wrong”

“Your lordship must not forget what he promised his concubine.” Zhu Yue looked at him tearfully and said.

Mu Qinglin raised his eyes to look at the old madam, and then to Zhu Yue’s pale face, cleared his throat, and said in a low voice, “Mother, Yue’er has given birth to a brother, and now the third house can’t be without a first mother, and what my son has mentioned to mother before, he wants to right Yue’er, so now let’s take advantage of this joyous occasion and do it all together.”

The old madam immediately put down her hands, turned her eyes to Zhu Yue lying on the bed, and then to Mu Qing Lin, her eyes flashed through a cold killing intent, turned around and went out of the inner room.

Zhu Yue weakly raised his hand and tugged on Mu Qing Lin’s sleeve, “If old madam doesn’t agree”

“Since it has been said, and there is no change, I can’t marry you back in a palanquin, but the name of this lady is since going to be given to you.” Mu Qinglin said in a deep voice.

“En.” Zhu Yue obediently responded, touched.

The old lady saw Mu Qinglin did not follow out, she was so angry that she immediately blackened her face, raised her steps out of the Orchid Garden, and when she returned to the Long Pine Courtyard, she said in a cold voice, “What are you doing about it?”

“Old madam, the old slave doesn’t know.” Sister Cong was puzzled, “This matter was personally handled by the old slave, how could it be useless?”

“This bitch, when it comes to life.” The old madam said in a deep voice.

“Old Lady, Third Master’s move is too chilling to your heart.” From Sister continued.

“Hmph, where does he still have me in his eyes nowadays” the old madam’s eyes narrowed slightly, “Prepare to prepare, she wants to be righted, don’t think about it.”

“Yes.” From Sister answered, knowing the meaning of the old madam’s words.

Zhu Yue was too tired, so he rested, and Mu Qing Lin handed the child over to Ruqin, and then rushed to the Long Pine courtyard.

Mu Zi Jing stood in the courtyard, neither in nor out, very embarrassing, but since the beginning, Mu Qing Lin never looked at her, her eyes penetrated with hatred, turned around and went back to her own courtyard.

Qi had since learned that Zhu Yue had given birth to a brother, the corner of her mouth hooked, “This Aunt Zhu is afraid that her future days will be even more glorious.”

“According to the Old Madame’s nature, she will not easily let Aunt Zhu have her way.” Sister Cui said in a low voice, “Third Master wants to correct Aunt Zhu.”

“Oh,” Qi sneered, “it seems that the old madam will have to make more effort.”

“Madam, this Aunt Zhu is an uncomplicated one.” Sister Cui continued, looking down at Qi’s protruding belly, and whispered, “Your Ladyship, is it alright to tie this soft pillow”

“It doesn’t matter.” Qi responded with a light smile, “How is that child”

“Missy said that the child has been at the Hot Springs Manor and has grown pink and cute.” Sister Cui spoke in a low voice.

“I’m not picking up a daughter for nothing,” Qi’s self is open-minded, a woman has given birth to a child in nine deaths, the hardship of which only they can understand.

Sister Cui smiled lightly and said, “Yes, this is also a blessing for the Lady.”

“En.” Qi nodded and responded, “How is it going at Smokey’s place?”

“These days are peaceful, the only annoying thing is the third prince.” Sister Cui had heard about it, and was inevitably a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Qi sighed, “This Third Prince doesn’t know exactly what he’s playing at, and now we can only take one step at a time.”

“Yes.” Sister Cui continued, “Don’t worry, ma’am, Missy has her own ideas.”

“En.” Qi’s nodded and responded, “This turn of the eye ah, another March smoke child is also twelve, so next year after the Su family’s eldest young lady and maturity, this Mu Houfu should also be a good lively.”

“Eldest Miss Su has a mellow nature, since she is a good one.” Sister Cui whispered back.

“The more I look at it, the more I like it.” Qi said with a smile.

Beijing Zhaoyin’s government office, Mu Ziyan listened to Hidden One’s report, the corner of her mouth hooked up with a faint smile, “The old madam is going to make a move”

“Yes.” Hidden One hung his head and answered.

“Then give Aunt Zhu a reminder.” Mu Zi Yan’s eyes hooked up with a touch of coldness and whispered.

“Yes.” Hidden One hung his head and answered, then flashed away.

Empress Lu knocked on the door and then entered the room, seeing that she was leaning back on the soft couch, she smiled and opened her mouth, “These past few days, I’ve seen a lot of laziness.”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan nodded her head and responded, “Perhaps the days are too comfortable.”

“You, you still think that your days are too comfortable” Niangzi Lu then sat down, “By the way, I don’t know what he was thinking these past few days, turning over some old cases.”

“Old cases,” Mu Zi Yan couldn’t help but be a little curious, “There are some old cases that have accumulated in the capital.”

“Yes.” Lady Lu continued, “One of them is related to the Marquis Mu.”

“Marquis Mu,” Mu Zi Yan’s eyes flashed a flash of cold light, “Tell me about it.”

“I don’t know exactly, why don’t you go and take a look,” Nyonya Lu said with a smile.

“Good.” Mu Zi Yan nodded her head and replied, then she got off the soft couch and raised her steps towards the public hall.

Zhang Zong was sitting upright at the moment, and when he saw Mu Zi Yan come, he didn’t beat around the bush, and then he handed her the dossier in front of him, “Take a look.”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan raised her hand to receive it, and after reading it, she was obviously stunned, “This matter is related to my grandmother.”

“Yes, your grandmother is the year famous talented woman, and the old lady compared to better, I heard that the fame of the year, and then married to your grandfather, that is, after the old Marquis Mu, will be living in deep simplicity, until the final death, but only a few years of light, is also regarded as a red face thin life.” Zhang Zong looked at Mu Zi Yan said.

“What is the origin of my grandmother” Mu Zi Yan could not help but ask curiously.

“You are a member of the Marquis of Mu, how could you ask about me,” Zhang Zong said with a low laugh.

“I don’t know much.” Mu Zi Yan continued, “Only that it was the daughter of a prince who was left behind, but I don’t know which prince it was, and the late emperor even agreed to it back then”

“En.” Zhang Zong nodded his head and responded, “Therefore, this has become an unsolved case.”

“But now that nearly thirty years have passed, this matter, even if it is to be investigated, I’m afraid that there is no way to investigate it.” Mu Zi Yan said indifferently, and then closed the dossier, “But this matter does make my mind wonder.”

“I only feel that this matter is permeated with oddities.” Zhang Zong said as he looked at her.

“Yes, grandmother is also the legendary person of that year.” Mu Zi Yan so think, would like to go to the border gate town a trip, but she knows that now is not the time to move around freely, she can go to the capital, the empress dowager where there is no not know, if she left the capital, for fear that will attract the empress dowager’s suspicion, so now is still prudent for the best, not to mention that there is also a more entangled by the side of the Jun Qian Hao.

Mu Zi Yan was not overjoyed with Jun Qian Hao, thinking about this, she raised her eyes to Zhang Zong, “I will think about this matter.”

“En.” Zhang Zong nodded his head and responded, then said, “I also saw it when I was occasionally flipping through the dossier, if you are able to think of anything, I will be the one to do so at that time.”

“Good.” Mu Zi Yan readily answered, then turned around and left the public hall.

Just stepping out of the public hall, he saw Jun Qianhao come slowly, with a few glowing eyes, as if he had encountered a good thing.

She faintly raised her eyebrows, so she stood still and waited for him, waiting for him to come, Mu Zi Yan had not yet opened her mouth, he had already taken the lead and said, “I have something to say to you.”

“Speak.” Mu Zi Yan felt that Jun Qian Hao had been too diligent in coming here, and if he continued like this, he was afraid that he would arouse the emperor’s suspicions.

Jun Qianhao continued, “This matter must be of interest to you.”

“I,” Mu Zi Yan guffawed, “don’t have many things that interest me in this world.”

“Go in and talk about it.” Jun Qianhao said and took the lead in lifting his steps inside, just as if treating the Beijing Zhaoyin’s government office as his residence.

Mu Zi Yan froze for a moment, lifted her steps to follow, and the two of them traveled to the back hall, where Jun Qian Hao looked at her and said, “Look at this object.”

She looked at Jun Qian Hao with her eyes downcast and handed her a letter, she raised her hand to take it, after she displayed the letter and read it, her eyes flashed with a flash of surprise, but it was fleeting, then she put it away, “How did Your Third Highness come to have this letter”

“I have my own method.” Jun Qianhao looked at Mu Zi Yan, “Looks like Yan’er is interested”

“Third Highness can understand, if this letter is passed on to the Emperor, the Marquis Mu House will certainly suffer a disaster, the State Duke’s House is also inevitably implicated, which for the Third Highness is a hundred advantages and no harm.” Mu Zi Yan looked at him and said.

“I do understand, but to give it to you, isn’t it more useful” Jun Qian Hao said and turned to leave, not waiting for Mu Zi Yan to continue speaking.

Where could Mu Zi Yan let him go like this, lifting her steps forward to stop his way, “Conditions.”

“Smokey really doesn’t want anything to do with me.” Seeing Mu Zi Yan like this, Jun Qian Hao said with a smile.

“En.” Mu Zi Yan responded frankly.

“Then it is Smokey who owes me a favor, wait until I think about it and then come back to ask for it.” Jun Qianhao said as he looked at her.

“I won’t agree to unreasonable conditions.” Mu Zi Yan said in a cold voice.

“It’s not necessary since, it’s just that Smokey can push a hand in times of trouble.” Jun Qianhao said with a smile.

“Good.” Mu Zi Yan responded cheerfully.

“It’s good to have something to do with Smokey.” Jun Qianhao smiled brightly and lifted his steps to leave.

Mu Zi Yan turned around and went back to the house, and as soon as Hidden One landed, “Master.”

“This matter is Zhong Xuan’s doing,” Mu Zi Yan said in a cold voice.

“Exactly.” Hidden One hung his head and said, “This letter happened to be intercepted by the Third Prince, and fortunately did not fall into His Majesty’s hands.”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan raised her hand and destroyed the letter, “Zhong Xuan really doesn’t die.”

“Master, what should be done about this matter” Hidden One asked in a low voice.

Mu Zi Yan was silent for a moment, then said, “Things are far from as simple as I thought, there must be someone else involved here, and wait.”

“Yes.” Hidden One answered, and then flashed away.

Mu Zi Yan slowly sat down, the secret in that mountain in Funan was surprisingly known by Zhong Xuan, that place wasn’t safe either, it seemed like she had to choose a safer place.

Niangzi Lu walked in, “What is the reason for the Third Prince’s visit”

“It’s just making a deal with me.” Mu Zi Yan raised her eyes to look at Niangzi Lu and said with a light smile, “Sister Lu, I’m going out.”

“Where to,” Nyx Lui asked in a low voice.

“Take a trip to Funan.” Mu Zi Yan continued.

“But if you go out of the capital now, there’s no guarantee that you won’t be watched.” Niangzi Lu said worriedly.

“It doesn’t matter, anyway, it’s already being watched, Funan must be the place to go.” Mu Zi Yan felt that there must still be Zhong Xuan’s hidden stakes hidden there that hadn’t been pulled out, or that her second uncle’s decrepitude was merely confusing her.

“Then be careful in all things.” Lady Lu continued.

“En.” Mu Zi Yan then turned around, so she went into the inner room, and after changing her outfit, she went out of the Beijing Zhaoyin’s government office.

She did not leave the capital, but went to a trip to the State Duke’s residence, Qi Xuan just back from duty, see her come to rejoice, to see her look quite grave, the corner of the mouth gradually convergence of the smile.

“Cousin.” Qi Xuan stepped forward and called out in a warm voice.

“Cousin.” Mu Zi Yan got up and bowed towards him before saying, “The secret in Funan Mountain was discovered by Zhong Xuan, and she even sneaked the evidence into the palace, which was fortunately intercepted by the Third Prince and given to me.”

“Third Prince,” Qi Xuan’s eyes flashed with a flash of doubt as he said in a low voice, “If Third Prince’s move is known by Zhong Xuan, between these two”

Mu Zi Yan said in a low voice, “The Third Prince is no longer as trusting of Zhong Xuan as he once was, and Zhong Xuan will surely not allow the Third Prince to be out of her control, so these two will inevitably tear their faces off.”

“It’s just that if the Third Prince really tears his face off with Zhong Xuan, then he will have no favorable helpers.” Qi Xuan said in a low voice.

“Yes.” Mu Zi Yan also felt strange, “What exactly is he going to do”

“He wants to pull you in,” Qi Xuan guessed.

“I am not going to stand at his place.” Mu Zi Yan said flatly.

“Then, besides Zhong Xuan behind him, could there be other boosters” Qi Xuan was silent with him, and only after a while did he speak in a warm voice.

Muzzy Smoke thought for a moment, then said, “Maybe.”

“Cousin has come this time” Qi Xuan seemed to have seen Mu Zi Yan’s intentions.

“I’m going on a trip to Funan.” Mu Zi Yan looked at him and said.

“The grain and grass there at the border has been settled for the most part, and Grandfather said for you to be careful in everything.” Qi Xuan said as he looked at her.

“En.” Mu Zi Yan nodded her head and responded, then said, “Cousin, you also need to be more careful, after all, the State Duke’s Office is now both a help and a hindrance to the princes.”

“Good.” Qi Xuan answered with a smile.

Mu Zi Yan got up and left the State Duke’s Mansion, rushing back to the Imperial Mausoleum in the night.

Yunxiang hung her head and stepped forward, “Eldest Miss, something has happened in Funan.”

“En” Mu Zi Yan raised her eyes to look at Yun Xiang, “What happened”

“Assassins were encountered within the mountain villa, and those assassins burned ten thousand quilts.” Yun Xiang whispered back.

“Find out who did this,” Mu Zi Yan asked in a cold voice.

“Not Zhong Xuan’s people.” Yun Xiang looked at Mu Zi Yan, “Nor is it the Third Prince and Crown Prince’s people, much less the Emperor’s people.”

“Who is it,” Mu Zi Yan said in a cold voice.

“It hasn’t been found out yet.” Yun Xiang carefully looked at Mu Zi Yan, “Eldest Miss, these people are very familiar with the terrain in the mountains, their martial arts skills are unbeatable, but their movements are fast, as if they ambushed them early in the morning.”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan’s eyes flashed with a flash of ghostly light, “I know who it is.”

“Eldest Miss knows,” Yunxiang’s eyes flashed with a flash of surprise, then she hung her head and said, “But Eldest Miss is going to Funan.”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan turned her eyes to look at Yun Xiang, “This girl of yours is more and more resourceful nowadays.”

“Eldest Miss, let the slave girl go with you,” Yun Xiang said as she knelt down.

“No, it’s cheaper for me to act alone.” Mu Zi Yan waved her hand and said, “You just stay in the imperial tomb.”

“Yes.” Although Yun Xiang was uneasy, there was nothing she could do.

After Mu Zi Yan changed into men’s clothes, she rode her horse to Funan, and was halfway out of the imperial tomb when she saw someone waiting for her.

She raised her eyes to look at the man sitting on his horse in the distance, her eyes flashed with a flash of ghostly light, and when she stepped forward, “Jun Qianhao, why are you here”