The starry sky is bright and the Milky Way is silent.
The night was long, but for Xian Li, it was a night that she had longed for and longed for.
As time goes by, the starry sky slowly shifts, the palace lanterns are extinguished along the way, and in the spring of late February, the sound of singing insects begins to echo thickly at dawn.
In the Chongde Hall in the Palace of King Liang, all civil and military officials have gone to court on time.
The golden bells and jade chimes rang in the palace, the prince came to court, and all the officials greeted him.
At this moment, a figure suddenly walked outside the hall. At this moment, it seemed particularly abrupt and attracting attention.
The visitor was dressed in mysterious clothes, and his slightly thin face shone brightly under the long sky of early spring.
He walked up the steps, his silk satin clothes swaying slightly in the wind, making his whole figure even more bright and clean, like a clear cloud.
"Second Young Master Qiao comes to the palace."
With a sharp voice, those ministers who had not yet seen the face clearly knew who this uninvited guest was.
The ministers started talking one after another: "You are too brave, don't you dare to go to court with your body alone?"
"Yes, who doesn't know that Qiao Mansion is now in a difficult position."
"Don't Mr. Qiao always come back in the summer every year? Why did he come back in the spring this year?"
"Why don't you keep a low profile when you come back? Last year at the hunting ground in the eastern suburbs, the prince had a falling out with him, and he was sent back to the palace in advance to be imprisoned and severely punished by the king. This made a big fuss."
"I'm afraid there will be blood splattered on the spot this morning..."
Xiao Mubai turned a deaf ear to the gossip on both sides, walked calmly, and looked calm, showing a graceful and calm look.
"That's rare. I miss you very much." Liang Shaoguang looked at the man walking down the steps in front of him, expressing his joy through gritted teeth with a condescending attitude.
Especially the last five words are particularly emphatic.
Gu Younian was not as happy as Liang Shaoguang, but instead his face became more solemn. Hadn't the Qiao Mansion been under surveillance for a long time? How could this Qiao Mobai appear here
He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and asked him in a deep voice, "When did Mr. Qiao come back?"
Xiao Mubai ignored Liang Shaoguang, but turned to look at Gu Younian, with a half-smile on his face: "When you don't know."
Everyone in the court hissed. Xiao Mubai's answer was a naked provocation. If Gu Younian knew, would he still ask
"Qiao Mobai, you are so brave. In the court, you openly contradict the co-organizer, you should..." Before Liang Shaoguang finished speaking, Xiao Mubai sneered, and the faces of the officials became more and more ugly.
Xiao Mubai looked at him with those sympathetic eyes and asked loudly: "May I ask what should be done if the co-organizer of the university has an affair with the Western Regions and attempts to usurp the throne?"
"It's full of nonsense, pull it down quickly, pull it down!" Huang Fu, the Minister of Punishment, shouted.
There was silence for a moment as everyone waited for someone to drag Xiao Mubai down.
But after waiting for a long time, until Huang Fu felt something was wrong and called out twice more, Baiguan curiously poked his head out of the hall.
Huang Fu stood up and walked to the door outside the palace. Xu Jing held a long sword at his neck, forcing him to retreat step by step.
There were shouts of exclamation in the hall: "Qiao Mobai, how dare you allow your subordinates to enter the hall with weapons and weapons to rebel."
The morning light behind him slanted, and Xiao Mubai couldn't see his expression clearly in the backlight, but his profile was perfectly outlined. A cold voice sounded, with a hint of joking surprise: "What you said, I was the one who was ordered to do it." to stop the rebellion.”
All the officials couldn't help but look at Liang Shaoguang. Now that he was in charge of the country, who else could Xiao Mubai take orders from
Liang Shaoguang tried his best to calm himself, pointed at Xiao Mubai and rebuked: "I never gave the order."
Xiao Mubai never looked at him, and there was obvious sarcasm in his words: "Have you ascended the throne?"
The officials looked at each other in confusion and couldn't help but look at Xiao Mubai again. Did he imply that he was following the king's order
But the King of Liang has not been in court for a long time. The officials know the specific reason, but they dare not say it clearly.
Gu Younian's eyes were sharp and he glanced at Zhan Shizhang Fei beside him.
Zhang took the trouble to understand and retreated behind Wang's case without leaving any trace.
"Master Zhang, don't bother. Everyone outside this palace belongs to me. Can Linhua Palace still allow your people to continue to control it?" Xiao Mubai tilted his head slightly and teased Zhang Fei who was walking away.
The sinister look in Gu Younian's eyes was getting thicker. When he entered the court in the morning, everything was still the same as before and nothing was amiss. Why, in less than half an hour, all the people outside the hall were replaced by Xiao Mubai.
He was frowning, thinking about what went wrong. Remembering Xiao Mubai's accusation of collaborating with the enemy, he glanced around the hall and his pupils suddenly shrank.
Xiao Mubai saw his expression keenly and smiled: "It seems that the ancient academician has also discovered that your son did not come to court."
Gu Younian's eldest son Gu Zisong was still fighting in Khitan, so all officials naturally knew that Xiao Mubai was referring to his second son Gu Xiangpei.
Not to mention, it has not been discovered yet.
At this mention, the officials looked around and found that Gu Xiangpei really did not come to court today.
"What's wrong with you, General Xiangpei?" Gu Younian reached out and wanted to grab Xiao Mubai's lapel, but he couldn't hold on.
Before he could see Xiao Mubai's figure clearly, he had already ducked behind Gu Younian.
The military officer who was facing the emperor was just amazed that he had heard that the third son of the Qiao family liked to travel around the mountains and rivers, when he actually learned martial arts. However, the military officer who was facing the emperor naturally saw the weirdness of his movement skills, and his martial arts achievements could not be shallow.
Xiao Mubai was half a head taller than Gu Younian, so he stood behind Gu Younian, bowed his head slightly, and said in his ear: "It seems that your son really has no backbone. He is from the Western Regions." No one has recruited your Gu family, but he explained everything in detail, even more detailed than what I asked."
Gu Younian turned his head and looked at Xiao Mubai angrily, his eyes seemed to burst into flames, and shouted: "Your Highness, ring the chime!"
Upon hearing this, Liang Shaoguang quickly rushed towards the golden bell and jade chime. He didn't know how many times he should knock it, but he kept knocking it endlessly.
Xiao Mubai didn't bother to pay attention to him, but the officials in the court were shocked.
If the golden bell and jade chime are sounded like this, the Gu family army will definitely gather here regardless.
Even if Xiao Mubai used some unknown method to temporarily control the people outside the palace, is there anyone who can compete with the entire Gu family's soldiers
Gu Younian was so excited by Xiao Mubai that he planned to die together...
Xiao Mubai gently waved his index finger at him, as if regretful: "Don't be angry, there is even more angry news that I haven't told you."
Gu Younian's expression froze when he was furious. Now that the court was being accused, according to his words, the king was already safe, and Liang Shaoguang couldn't count on it.
At the moment, dying together is already the worst situation for him. What worse news can there be
(End of chapter)