Mu Mingtang glanced at Xie Xuanchen and gained a new understanding of how shameless a person can be.
The two of them were talking, and the person in the other seat stood up to make a toast and accidentally bumped the passing maid. The palace maid was holding a wine jug on her plate, but she was suddenly bumped and lost her footing, staggered, and the wine on the plate fell from the end plate and immediately spilled out. Most of the drink was spilled in the aisle, but a small amount was spilled on people around.
The palace maid hurriedly knelt down and apologized to the adults whose clothes were soiled. When the female officer in charge saw it, she hurried over, apologized aloud, and asked a few adults to change clothes in the back. The few people who were affected were very unhappy, but in the palace, no one dared to attack, and they all got up to change their clothes.
There were also a few drops splashed on Xie Xuanchen's clothes, and the female official came to apologize to Xie Xuanchen in person, and the palace maid who accidentally threw the jug was so frightened that she didn't dare to lift her head. Although Xie Xuanchen has a bad temper, he will never show his prestige in front of maids, running halls and the like. At this moment, his clothes were soiled, but he was much better at talking than the others.
Xie Xuanchen went to change without saying anything, and Mu Mingtang didn't think much about it. She sat alone in the seat for a while, and she didn't see Xie Xuanchen coming back for a long time, and suddenly she was stunned.
No, Xie Xuanchen is not a dawdling person. If he just changed his clothes, he would not delay for so long. Mu Mingtang stood up with a squeak. She got up so violently that she startled the people next to her.
A lady next to her tried to talk to Mu Mingtang: "What is Princess An doing in such a hurry? Princess, concubine, toast to you."
Where does Mu Mingtang have the mind to pay attention to others now, she hurriedly shouted "Get out of the way", and quickly chased in the direction where Xie Xuanchen left. Mu Mingtang's movement here is not small, many people are looking in this direction, and even the emperor and empress above are alarmed.
"What's wrong?"
Mu Mingtang also wanted to know what happened. Her heart was pounding now, and suddenly a cold sweat broke out on her back. The road in the palace twists and turns, and Mu Mingtang just saw the direction Xie Xuanchen was leaving, and when he left, he didn't know where to go.
Mu Mingtang pinched the palm of his hand hard, feeling a little calmer before thinking about what happened today. Undoubtedly, it was not an accident that the little palace maid was hit just now, and it was also a long-deliberate "coincidence" that Xie Xuanchen was spilled with wine. She said why the emperor suddenly asked about Xie Xuanchen's physical condition at the banquet just now. It turned out that he had been waiting here from the beginning.
First, an accident was caused to transfer Xie Xuanchen away alone. The emperor didn't need to do anything, just lit a pot of incense mixed with Wu Yufei in the place where Xie Xuanchen changed his clothes. Xie Xuanchen couldn't control it himself. Xie Xuanchen has just returned to the stage. If at this time, in front of all the civil and military officials, he loses control at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and even starts to kill, then Xie Xuanchen will be completely destroyed.
The world will no longer remember that he was actually the original heir to the throne. After that, when the history books mentioned him, they would only say in disgust and fear that he was a lunatic, a war madman, and a murderer.
As for the emperor, he will be completely hidden on the stage of history, and from now on, he will appear in front of the world as a wise and benevolent monarch.
Mu Mingtang was extremely fortunate at this time that Xie Xuanchen had already begun to detoxify, at least not unprepared to be plotted against by the emperor. From the emperor's point of view, he wanted everyone to see the scene of Xie Xuanchen's uncontrollable murder. The place to change clothes must not be too far away from the banquet, and for his own safety, the place must be empty, so that the guards can immediately let the guards. The army is stationed in escort.
Mu Mingtang followed this line of thinking to find the surrounding side halls. She was also lucky. After emptying two places, she was just about to find the third courtyard. Suddenly, she saw someone poking at the door of a cross-yard, sneaking, as if thinking about He didn't dare to go in.
Mu Mingtang was sure in her heart almost immediately. These eunuchs were ordered to inquire about the situation. They didn't dare to go in and see, but they didn't dare to leave.
It seemed to be a little too quiet inside. The eunuchs were arguing about who should go in to see King An's situation when they suddenly heard footsteps approaching from behind. Everyone was taken aback by the solid, they hurriedly turned around and were even more surprised to see Mu Mingtang.
How did she find it? Who leaked the news
Several eunuchs were shocked and suspicious, but one eunuch immediately greeted her with a smirk and said, "Princess An stay, this is the place where men change clothes, and it may be inappropriate for the princess to move forward."
During the Ye Dynasty's Chongming Festival, after saying such things, no woman would come forward. If Mu Mingtang didn't know anything, she would not leave.
Unfortunately, Mu Mingtang is not. She didn't want to care about these people at all, but several eunuchs blocked her together, and Mu Mingtang couldn't get around no matter what. Her face was cold, her red lips were slightly open, and her voice was cold: "Get up."
"Princess An, calm down, this is not a place where female relatives can come. Princess don't make it difficult for your servants."
Among them, the eunuch, who looked like a leader, winked at the attendants on both sides, and the others understood, and immediately half supported and half coerced to hold Mu Mingtang, and they were about to pull her away. Mu Mingtang was very angry, but she was a woman, and this was the palace, how could she beat these eunuchs.
Mu Mingtang took a step back, and the eunuch thought that Mu Mingtang was interested, and was about to pretend to say something apologetic when he suddenly saw Mu Mingtang pull out the hairpin and give it to the eunuch next to him.
The impaled eunuch howled immediately, and his hands relaxed immediately. Mu Mingtang took the opportunity to sprint away and rushed directly to the gate.
This is a large and small yard. There are five Chaoyang Halls in the front, and the cross corridor in the middle is also very flat. It's a pity that no one lives there, the vegetation in the yard is withered, and it looks very depressed.
The eunuch was unprepared and was rushed inside by Mu Mingtang. After the big eunuch reacted, he didn't care about the danger inside, and chased after him: "Stop, stop her!"
After Mu Mingtang ran to the door of the hall, he found that the door was locked. Also, if they knew what would happen from the beginning, how could they not be on guard against Xie Xuanchen. Mu Mingtang tugged hard, but the lock on the door didn't move at all. When she looked up, the window was closed.
I can't see if it can be opened, but in this case, most likely not.
In the blink of an eye, the eunuch behind him caught up. The eldest eunuch was also provoked by Mu Mingtang. This time, he didn't even do anything to show his face, so he rudely pulled Mu Mingtang's arm: "Princess An, please don't ask for a toast or a penalty drink, don't blame me if you don't cooperate. The miscellaneous family is rude to you."
These eunuchs hang out with the court all the year round, and their subordinates are very sinister, and Mu Mingtang was pinched several times by them. Before she could release her hand, there was a sudden loud noise from the room behind her, and Mu Mingtang watched as a small incense burner cover flew out and hit a eunuch on the head. The eunuch fell to the ground immediately, and there was no movement, and he didn't know whether to live or die.
Everyone present was stunned by this change, and the eunuch immediately reacted: "King An has gone crazy again!"
As soon as these words came out, the other eunuchs took a few steps back. The eldest eunuch didn't know whether to be happy or scared, shouted loudly, and ran out: "King An has gone crazy again, and wants to kill people in the palace! Come on someone..."
Before he could finish his second sentence, another thing flew out of the room and hit the eunuch firmly on the back of the head. The eldest eunuch jumped in front of him and stopped moving.
It is the incense burner that matches the incense burner cover just now.
It was already midsummer now, and the palace had replaced the light and thin paper windows. At this moment, two things were smashed together, and the window paper had a wooden lattice, and both of them had a big hole.
From the hole, I vaguely heard the voice of a person: "If you dare to do something to her, I think you are toasting and not eating and drinking."
Mu Mingtang was also surprised and took a step back subconsciously. At this time, Xie Xuanchen's voice moved from far to near, and slowly walked towards the door: "Mingtang, get out of the way."
Mu Mingtang quickly stepped aside, and after she left the door, Xie Xuanchen suddenly kicked the door. Mu Mingtang saw with his own eyes that the door frame was shaking. He just kicked a few feet, and the sturdy and heavy hall door fell off the door frame. With the bright iron lock on the door handle, he fell to the ground with a bang.
For Xie Xuanchen, what's the use of locking the door. Anyway, in his eyes, everything is paper.
The door of the temple smashed to the ground with a loud noise, and a lot of dust was thrown up. Mu Mingtang knew why Xie Xuanchen let her go. She covered her nose and fanned the dust in the air. After she could see clearly, she immediately raised her head to look at Xie Xuanchen.
Xie Xuanchen stood at the door, surrounded by dust. His eyes were red and his face was almost transparent.
Although the situation is not out of control, it is not much better.
Mu Mingtang felt distressed when he saw it. Although Xie Xuanchen was also receiving treatment in the mansion, there were people watching the whole process. implementation. Like this time, the emperor must have added a lot of black feathers directly to the incense in order to be safe.
Xie Xuanchen is indeed on the edge of sanity now, and the next moment may be completely out of control, or it may return to normal, which is already very dangerous. As soon as Mu Mingtang looked at it, he knew that Xie Xuanchen was not very well. During the usual treatment, although Xie Xuanchen was tired after the end, it was by no means such a sense of tension and vulnerability.
Now it's a bit like when Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei got married, Xie Xuanchen accidentally lost control and held back.
Mu Mingtang didn't dare to let him stay in the room with incense, so he quickly pulled him out. When she stepped over the door, she almost fell over the door frame.
Xie Xuanchen didn't look right, but he supported Mu Mingtang very quickly. After he met Mu Mingtang, he immediately held her tightly. Mu Mingtang actually felt a little bit hurt, and Xie Xuanchen's strength was stronger than usual.
It can be seen that his current situation is really not very good, and he can't even control his strength.
Mu Mingtang held back his words and asked in a low voice, "How are you?"
Xie Xuanchen shook his head, he could only say that it was a fortune among misfortunes. Fortunately, he started the treatment a long time ago and can already adapt to a small number of Wu Yufei, but the concentration in the emperor's trap is still too high.
He didn't want to say more, and whispered: "Let's go home."
"Okay." Mu Mingtang didn't want to stay in this disgusting palace anymore. She immediately helped Xie Xuanchen to walk out, the eunuchs just now had long since disappeared, leaving only the two bodies on the ground and the damaged door behind them.
The set of incense burners thrown out by Xie Xuanchen just now was probably the one with added ingredients. Xie Xuanchen had endured a headache while looking for a source of stimulation inside, but he didn't expect to hear a familiar voice in the middle, and he didn't expect that the choppers outside would dare to attack Mu Mingtang.
Just at this time, Xie Xuanchen found it, and threw it out.
They had just reached the door when suddenly many janissaries surrounded them, all fully armed with real knives and guns. Seeing these people, Mu Mingtang's heart suddenly brightened.
The eunuch who reported the letter was killed by Xie Xuanchen before he ran out. Where did the Guards receive the news that Xie Xuanchen was ill, and they found the location so accurately without anyone to lead the way.
It is conceivable that from the very beginning, these soldiers, these swords, swords, and halberds, were ambushed outside the side hall.
Today, the emperor not only wants to let Xie Xuanchen get out of control in front of everyone and completely destroy Xie Xuanchen's reputation, but also make Xie Xuanchen disappear from the world.
Xie Xuanchen was out of control and killed innocent people indiscriminately in the palace. The Guards accidentally missed Xie Xuanchen while subduing him and killed Xie Xuanchen by mistake. It is also a very normal thing, isn't it
No wonder those eunuchs dared to pinch Mu Mingtang directly, because in their plan, Xie Xuanchen would die today, and most of Mu Mingtang would not be able to leave the palace.
When dealing with a dying person, you still have to worry about your status.
Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen saw that the guards' faces were not good, and the guards were also surprised when they saw Xie Xuanchen walking out of the palace well.
what's going on? Why did Xie Xuanchen look in a bad mood, but he didn't look crazy? Now that Xie Xuanchen has not taken the initiative to attack, what are they going to do
The Praetorian Guards were disrupted by unplanned changes, and they were uncertain about paying attention for a while, not knowing whether to advance or retreat. Seeing them sneer, Xie Xuanchen didn't even bother to give one, so he went out with Mu Mingtang.
Xie Xuanchen took the initiative to walk towards the encirclement, and the guards standing in the front row couldn't help but retreat. The front and rear soldiers collided with swords and armor, and the military spirit was immediately disintegrated. Seeing that the situation was wrong, the leader shouted abruptly, "Stop! Your Majesty has ordered that today's Mid-Autumn Festival is under martial law, and no one will be allowed to pass through without review."
When Xie Xuanchen heard this, he finally raised his eyes to look at the leader of the Imperial Guard, and softly spit out a word from thin lips: "Go away."
His eyes were red at the moment, his lips were pale, and he had a fragile and dangerous beauty. When the leader of the Guard was stared at by those eyes, he felt that his whole body was cold, and he didn't dare to move for a while. By the time he reacted, Xie Xuanchen had already gone far.
The rest of the Imperial Guards reacted similarly, they were originally ordered to arrest and kill Xie Xuanchen. However, now that their target is standing in front of them, Xie Xuanchen didn't say anything threatening, just a look, no one dared to reach out to stop him. Layers of armor, like ripples, silently and repressedly gave way to Xie Xuanchen and Mu Mingtang, and watched them go away.
After Xie Xuanchen left, the adjutant approached the leader of the Imperial Guard and said with a little worry: "General, King An is gone. The Holy One clearly has an order..."
The leader of the Guards sighed lowly: "Don't act rashly, don't stop him, and don't do anything. Go and report to the sage first, things will change."
When the emperor saw that Mu Mingtang suddenly ran out of his seat, he knew that things had probably changed. But the emperor was still winning at that time, because he knew that the key to victory was never someone else, but Xie Xuanchen.
So it doesn't matter if Mu Mingtang finds out, even if they know there is a fraud, what if Xie Xuanchen knows it's wrong, he can't resist the manipulation of the drug.
From the very beginning, the emperor is a sure win, the difference is that winning is beautiful or not. When Mu Mingtang left the table, the emperor just thought that the end of the day might not be perfect, other than that, he didn't worry too much.
He didn't think Mu Mingtang could have any influence on the result, so he didn't send anyone to arrest Mu Mingtang at all.
The emperor waited for a while, and suddenly saw someone outside the door hesitating. Needless to say, the imperial eunuch had quietly walked past. However, when he came back, the eunuch's expression was obviously not good.
The emperor had some precautions in his heart, and after listening to the report of the imperial eunuch, the emperor's face became completely gloomy.
Everyone saw that the royal father-in-law went out for a while, and when he came back, he whispered something to the emperor's side, and the emperor's face changed. The change of the emperor is too obvious, not only the people in the harem, but also the courtiers below.
The singing and dancing in the hall stopped for a while. First, Princess An suddenly left the table. Later, the emperor's face was not very good. At this time, even a fool could think of it. I'm afraid something happened to Prince An.
The emperor smiled reluctantly, stood up and said, "During the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the Aiqings have fun, and they won't go home if they don't get drunk. I have other important things, so I will go ahead."
After the emperor finished speaking, he ignored the empress and the others who were hesitant to speak, and turned away with a flick of his sleeves.
Only the crowd remained, looking at each other.
What's wrong
After a while, the servants who went out to inquire about the news came back one after another, and the official circle and the concubine circle gradually spread the news. Just now, King An and Princess An left the palace without saying hello.
I heard that the Guards were also disturbed. I just don't know what happened, but it was able to attract the Guards.
After Mu Mingtang returned to the mansion, as soon as he returned to the familiar environment, he immediately instructed the maid in a series of voices: "Quickly prepare water and open the window to ventilate. If you come, please call the imperial physician immediately."