As soon as the words "according to the law, she should be beheaded" came out, the whole atmosphere seemed to freeze for a moment. It was New Year's Day, wasn't it too unlucky to kill someone, and the girl was only 16 years old. Although she had coveted someone she shouldn't have coveted, wasn't it too much for the prince to kill someone just because he didn't agree with her
But no one dared to beg for mercy, after all, it was Mu Yexiao who said this. But we can't keep on being deadlocked like this, Xiaoman felt that he still had to perform the performance he had just rehearsed! Just when he wanted to ask what happened.
Gu Xiangning pulled Xiaoman and told her the whole story. Xiaoman immediately understood: "So that's what happened. The little girl is ignorant. It would be too serious to kill her directly. Besides, it's New Year's Day, Your Majesty, please show some leniency."
"This girl likes dancing, so she should stay in the palace and dance. What do you think of this punishment?"
Duke Yuan had long wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy. After all, she was his little daughter, and he doted on her so much that he loved her so much. How could he just watch her die
Now Xiaoman's words gave him some hope. He looked at the emperor, and the emperor was looking at Mu Yexiao. Mu Yexiao was waiting for Qian Jiujiu's attitude. This guy dared to provoke his princess, he deserved to die.
Qian Jiujiu coughed twice and said, "That's true. You are a smart girl. You know that it's not appropriate to shed blood on such a day, so you dare to come up and provoke me. You should stay in the palace and dance in the future."
Duke Yuan quickly stepped forward to thank Qian Jiujiu: "Thank you, Princess, for your magnanimity. Meng'er, why don't you thank me quickly?"
Yuan Meng was shocked. It turned out that it was not jealousy at all, but the prince volunteered. She took a deep breath and looked at Qian Jiujiu: "Thank you, Princess, for your generosity. This is not the same as the rumors. Rumors say that the princess is jealous, but the prince only has you!"
Oh? So there are such rumors? However, there have always been many rumors about Qian Jiujiu, so she didn't care at all: "So that's how it is. If I dance well in the future, maybe I can get married out of the palace!"
After Yuan Meng bowed, she turned and headed towards the dancers' area. Seeing this, the emperor laughed again, "Well, the performance just now was wonderful. What will be the next performance? Hurry up and get on stage."
Then they ate and drank and watched the performance. Xiaoman looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the next performance was written by my sister Princess and I. Can someone come on stage?"
The emperor was a little surprised: "You are also interested in performing. If you had known this earlier, you could have told us earlier. Then we can each perform a program and have a good schedule! But it's too late this year. We have to wait until next year."
Xiaoman listened to the emperor muttering in silence: "Your Majesty, can you come up and perform?"
The emperor then realized that he had not agreed. He quickly agreed: "Of course you two can come up with this. I am looking forward to it."
The next performance was rescheduled to the back, and Xiaoman's skit came on. The first person to come on was a man dressed as a carpenter holding tools. As soon as he came on, he lowered his head and started working.
The emperor watched with interest for a while before asking, "Yongxi, what is he doing? Performing on stage, doing carpentry work on site?"
Don't mention it, this is something everyone present wants to know. But Xiaoman will not easily satisfy these people's curiosity. He smiled and said, "You are really interesting, just watch."
Soon, the man in the field spoke up: "I heard that the friend next door broke his leg today, so I made a crutch and sent it over..."
Hearing this, everyone thought it was quite loving, but the man below said with a sly smile: "It can also help you make some money."
So what good intentions are there? They just want to make money. Sure enough, the good intentions we see are all fake. Soon the man stood up, and at this moment, next to the stage, a woman pushed a man in a wheelchair up.
The man selling crutches pretended to knock on the door and came to the two of them. The woman came forward and knocked on the door: "Who is it?"
"It's me, Xiao Hu. Open the door quickly. I'm here to bring you something."
The woman opened the door and said with a smile: "It's Xiao Hu, come in, come in, what are you bringing? We have everything we need."
Xiao Hu walked inside while talking, and then saw the male owner sitting in a wheelchair. He was stunned for a moment: "Ah, haha, you have already bought this wheelchair, there is nothing else, I'm leaving first."
Holding her crutches, the woman left the two men, shook her head, confused, and pushed her wheelchair off the stage.
Xiao Hu was holding a crutch. At this time, someone lifted up a chair and he sat on it, as if he was deep in thought. Then another man came towards him. Xiao Hu looked at this man, his eyes lit up and he waved to the newcomer.
"Brother, come and sit down..."
The next series of processes was that Xiao Hu directly tricked the stranger into buying the crutch. Everyone was stunned that it could be sold in this way. After the show, everyone seemed to be reluctant to leave.
The emperor looked at Xiaoman and said, "Yongxi, what on earth are you thinking in this little head of yours? You can even think of such a funny thing. If you act well, I will reward you."
The Queen Mother also nodded and said: "There has never been such a performance before. It is very interesting. Yongxi, you can think about it more. If you have nothing else to do, you can have someone perform for me."
Xiaoman nodded with a smile: "Yes, if the Queen Mother likes to see it, I can write more and give it to these palace servants, and let them perform it for you when they are free."
The next performance began. In fact, the dinner was just a gathering for everyone to eat, drink and watch the performances. This year's performance featured two interesting programs, which also attracted everyone's attention. Time passed very quickly.
The emperor looked at the time and said, "It's getting late, we can set off the fireworks. Let's just disperse for today. For the next few days, everyone will take a day off. We will hold the morning court on the seventh day. Happy New Year."
There are holidays during court sessions, which is really humane. When the emperor said that fireworks could be set off, his subordinates started to get busy. Soon, there was a bang, and it was the sound of fireworks flying into the sky and exploding.
Qian Jiujiu looked up at the fireworks in the sky, blinked, and looked at Mu Yexiao: "Happy New Year."
Mu Yexiao also smiled knowingly: "Happy New Year, my lady."
Nan Nan and Bei Bei looked at each other and said, "Happy New Year, Brother."
"Sister, Happy New Year. We are staying in the palace with the Royal Grandmother today. Do you think it's a good idea?"
Beibei nodded obediently: "I think it's feasible, let's do it."
When I told Mu Yexiao about it, he agreed. His child was really sensible. The fireworks bloomed beautifully in the sky, but it was only for a moment. After the fireworks were over, everyone dispersed.
The Queen Mother took the two children away, and Mu Yexiao and Qian Jiujiu left the palace together. Because it was New Year's Day tonight, the curfew was very late. When they left the palace, the streets were still crowded with people.
Qian Jiujiu couldn't help but sigh: "The current Great Zhou is getting better and better. The people are really living a good life. Look how rich they are. Everyone comes out to buy things at night."
Mu Yexiao nodded: "That's good, isn't it? Let's go back and rest."
As he spoke, Mu Yexiao touched his waist and said, "My dear, next time someone expresses his love to me, can you please show some mercy? It must be bruised. If you don't believe me, go back and take a look."
Qian Jiujiu looked at Mu Yexiao embarrassedly: "Did I really hit him so hard? Then I'll go back and take a look."
The two of them stopped shopping and went straight back to the palace. When they got to the room and asked the servants to leave, Qian Jiujiu started to take off Mu Yexiao's clothes. Seeing that there was indeed a large purple patch on Mu Yexiao's waist, she couldn't help but grin.
"Tsk, that's miserable."
Mu Yexiao felt helpless. This was not caused by you, yet you still had the nerve to say it was so miserable. Qian Jiujiu took out the medicine: "How about I apply the medicine for you?"
Mu Yexiao snatched the medicine and put it away: "I don't need it for now. Anyway, there will be more later. There are also scratches. My wife may not be able to control it."
Qian Jiujiu stared at Mu Yexiao with eyes wide open. Wow, he can even drive an invisible car. He coughed twice and smiled at Mu Yexiao: "It's getting late, it's time to rest."
After blowing out the candles, the two climbed onto the bed, and soon, a noise not suitable for children was heard...
On the other side, Gu Xiangning originally wanted to take Xiaoman for a walk on the street, but Xiaoman saw that it was getting late, so he went straight home to rest. As a result, he saw an unexpected person at the door.
The man was dressed in black and looked a little scary. Xiaoman raised an eyebrow and said, "It's New Year's Day and you're not letting me have peace. You're here to cause trouble."
The man in black was somewhat speechless, looking at Gu Xiangning: "This subordinate greets the young island master."
Huh? Dressed in all black, is this someone from Mingyue Island? How come she didn't know that there were people dressed like this on Mingyue Island
Gu Xiangning coughed and said, "Why are you here during the New Year? This is the wife of the young island master."
The black-clothed man's mouth twitched, and he bowed again: "Madam, Young Island Master."
Xiaoman always felt that the person in front of him was not very respectful. Gu Xiangning pulled Xiaoman and said, "Okay, go and rest first."
This was an attempt to get me out of the way. Xiaoman was a little unhappy, but she turned around and left. After all, she still had to give him face.
Gu Xiangning then looked at the man in black and asked, "Why are you here at this time? I asked you to deal with the matter of the Wang family's nine clans being exterminated. How is it going?"
The man in black was somewhat helpless: "I came here just for this matter. When I went there, I found that several important people from the Wang family were missing. I have also looked for them these days, but there is no trace of them, so I want to ask you to bring some reinforcements."
Call for help? Gu Xiangning frowned: "Who do you want to find? It can't be me, I can't leave for the time being, you know."
The man in black was stunned: "It's not you, it's..."