Chapter 171 [Alien Species] Prince Mu Xiuwen
Mu Chi took out a token from his sleeve and put it on the soldier.
When the soldier saw the words on the token, he quickly picked it up respectfully and returned it.
"I was blind and didn't recognize the great man. I offended you," he said, slapping himself several times. "I deserve to die, I deserve to die!"
Mu Chi didn't say anything, gestured for Hua Jin to pick it up, and left.
Someone recognized the token as belonging to the "Mu" family.
"Today, the sun has really risen from the west. Someone from the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion has actually come. You know, the Zhenbei Marquis holds military power and has high prestige in the court. The Queen Mother is a daughter of the Mu family, so even Your Majesty has to be humble to him."
"It's better to say it's fear than humility. The Marquis of Zhenbei never attends banquets, but Your Majesty hasn't done anything to him, has he?"
The sound gradually faded away.
Hua Jin returned the thing in his hand to Mu Chi and looked at him with curiosity and doubt.
"I'll tell you after I leave the palace."
"Yes, Master."
Mu Chi looked at everything around him that was familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar, and he felt unsettled after all. He had not been home for many years and did not know what the situation of his family was in the court. According to those people, it seemed that they were even more prominent than when he left home.
I don’t know what will happen if I rashly enter the palace this time, so I still need to make plans.
Thinking of this, Mu Chi raised his fingertips, and the spiritual power lingered in his hands for a moment before dissipating. He frowned slightly and tried again, but it still dissipated.
"Young Master, what's wrong with you?" Hua Jin was puzzled and a little worried. He spread out his hands, and the spiritual power in his hands appeared before his eyes.
"Do you feel unwell?" Mu Chi asked.
Hua Jin withdrew his hand and said, "No."
Mu Chi pondered for a moment, and a general understanding dawned on him. Someone or something within the palace was suppressing him, but not the alien species. This meant the disciples who had entered the palace were also suppressed, and their spiritual power was no longer available for investigation.
Mu Chi stretched out his hand, and Hua Jin understood and took it.
"Place a tracking spell on me."
"Yes," Hua Jin did as he was told, and then, in a voice only audible between the two of them, he asked, "Master's cultivation isn't working?"
"Well, something is suppressing me."
"Then I..."
"You're fine. Now that we've entered the palace, we've entered a den of wolves. You must not leave my side for a moment. Do you understand?"
Mu Chi was afraid that something might happen to Hua Jin and that he might fall into the hands of someone with ulterior motives. Therefore, he never revealed any of Hua Jin's identity, even to Zhu Yingyan.
"I understand. I'll listen to Master." Hua Jin smiled, and two deep dimples appeared, looking very attractive.
Not long after the two of them talked, they saw a group of people walking towards them from a distance.
The leader was an old eunuch, who looked at Mu Chi in a servile and fawning manner. He saluted Mu Chi, and a group of people behind him followed suit.
"Greetings to Prince Xiuwen. His Majesty heard that the prince had arrived, so he specially ordered this old servant to receive you." The old eunuch said with a smile.
"Thank you."
Mu Chi's answer surprised the old eunuch. Mu Xiuwen was the eldest son of the Marquis of Zhenbei. Relying on his status, when had he ever been nice to disabled people like them?
"I dare not, I dare not. Please take off your mask and face the emperor, Your Highness?" The old eunuch looked at him carefully and felt that the voice was not right, and the feeling he gave people was also not right. Could he be an impostor?
He asked why the Marquis of Zhenbei suddenly sent someone over, and why Mu Xiuwen attended the banquet in person.
Mu Chi hesitated for a while, but finally took off the mask.
He and the Prince Xiuwen mentioned by the old eunuch are of the same mother. He is the younger brother Mu Xingzhou. They look exactly the same. If it were not for someone who has been with them all year round, there would be no mistake about who is the elder brother.
They looked the same when they were young, so they wouldn't be much different when they grew up. But Mu Chi was not sure. They hadn't seen each other for many years, and he didn't know what Mu Xiuwen looked like or what kind of person he was.
He took off the mask with some trepidation.
The old eunuch knelt humbly, looked at him out of the corner of his eye, then made way and said, "This way, my lord."
Mu Chi walked in front, but when he arrived at Shengchen Palace, Hua Jin could not enter.
"Prince, His Majesty is waiting for you inside."
Mu Chi glanced at Hua Jin, then walked into the palace.
The hall was brightly lit and very quiet; one could faintly hear the sound of turning pages.
He walked a little further in and saw a man in bright yellow, with a slightly spread chest and loose black hair, as if he had just stepped out of the bath.
"Coming?"
"minister--"
Just as Mu Chi was about to kneel down and salute, he heard the man who was reviewing the memorials say, "When did Xiuwen become so polite?"
"As a minister, I must abide by my duties and observe etiquette."
The emperor frowned, put down the memorial, looked at the person in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "Come closer and let me take a look."
Mu Chi approached and stopped three meters away from the emperor.
"Does Xiu Wen really think so?"
"yes."
The emperor thought for a while, but ultimately said nothing.
The emperor didn't speak, and Mu Chi didn't speak either. The hall was quiet for a long time before the emperor's voice was heard again.
"Grind the ink."
Mu Chi did as he was told.
"What do you think of those monks?"
Mu Chi's heart skipped a beat, but he remained calm on the surface.
"What do you think, Your Majesty?"
"Don't you understand what I want, Xiu Wen?"
Mu Chi was confused and had no idea what was going on between the emperor and his brother, so when the emperor asked this question, he felt vaguely that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
Although he appeared expressionless, the emperor was a good observer of people's hearts. He grabbed his hand and looked him straight in the eye.
"Why won't you call me He An again?"
Mu Chi seemed to understand, and he quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty, I am terrified!"
He was really frightened. One was the emperor and the other was the son of the Marquis of Zhenbei. They were cousins.
"I have found a way to achieve immortality. You will help me fight against my mother, right?"
"Your Majesty, there is no such thing as immortality. Don't be fooled."
Mu Chi tried to persuade him with good intentions, but was met with suspicion from Ye Hean.
Ye Hean looked Mu Chi up and down. Although the two looked almost the same in appearance and figure, their voices were different. Moreover, when he said such words, Mu Xiuwen's reaction was not the same.
Yes, he had transferred Mu Xiuwen out of the city and sent wave after wave of assassins to kill him, but to no avail. He was either dead or seriously injured and recovering somewhere. While the Zhenbei Marquis's residence appeared calm on the surface, the inside was a turmoil.
So the person in front of me is definitely not Mu Xiuwen.
"You haven't been home for many days. The Crown Prince's wife must be worried sick. After the banquet, go back to the mansion to check on you."
He thought it was a good idea this way. A fake Mu Xiuwen could be controlled by him, so Xiuwen could stay by his side.
"yes."
Just like that, Ye He put Mu Chi aside and left.
When Mu Chi walked out of the hall, the old eunuch looked at him in confusion, thinking that it was not right for him to come out so soon. So after Mu Chi and Hua Jin left, he quickly entered the hall.
"Manager Li has arrived just in time. We're going to the suburbs to look for Xiu Wen. I want to see him alive or dead."
The old eunuch understood.
After Mu Chi and Hua Jin left Shengchen Palace, they were led by a palace maid to the banquet.
Mu Chi has been worried ever since he came out. What is the method of finding immortality that the emperor mentioned? Is it related to the disappearance of various sects?
After an unknown amount of time, they arrived at a palace, which was much busier. Today was the Queen Mother's birthday, and the attendees were all children of prominent and influential families in the city. Their behavior was elegant, very different from Mu Chi who had just entered.
"The son of the Marquis of Zhenbei."
Mu Chi never wore a mask again after meeting the emperor. His outstanding appearance and figure were soon noticed by the girls.
"Since the prince has come to the banquet, could it be that he regrets what happened that day?"
Mu Chi didn't understand.
The girl became dissatisfied when she saw Mu Chi didn't say anything. Before she could get angry, she caught a glimpse of a very special round jade hanging on Mu Chi's waist, which was actually surrounded by fairy air.
"you……"
"I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about. I hope you'll forgive me if I've caused any trouble to you."
"You are not Mu Xiuwen. He never speaks like that. Where did you come from, a cultivator?"
Mu Chi was shocked. The person before him actually knew Mu Xiuwen so well. Could she be one of Mu Xiuwen's confidantes? Or...
He didn't know how to respond for a moment.
"I am Mu Xiuwen."
As Mu Chi finished speaking, the eunuch outside the palace wall whispered, "Your Majesty has arrived!"
Immediately, everyone knelt down and saluted, except the girl who had just talked to Mu Chi.
"Stand up."
"Ying'er, have you found a satisfactory candidate?"
Ye Hean looked at his niece Ye Ying'er, who glanced at Mu Chi and then at herself before she said, "Your Majesty, he is not Mu Xiuwen. He is a cultivator pretending to be one."
"Oh?" Ye Hean's eyes suddenly became deep, as if he was thinking about something. His gaze fell on Mu Chi, "Monk? What evidence do you have?"
Hearing this, Ye Ying'er strode forward, pulled the round jade hanging on Mu Chi's body, and presented it to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, this person has ulterior motives. I don't know what his intention is in impersonating Prince Mu. I hope Your Majesty will punish him severely."
Ye Hean looked at the jade in his hand and smiled. He walked up to Mu Chi, took Mu Chi's hand, put the jade in his hand personally, and said something ambiguous.
"It's always hard to guess what's real and what's fake. This jade was just given to Xiu Wen by me. Does Ying'er think there's something wrong with it?"
Mu Chi held the round jade in his hand and looked at Ye Hean who had rescued him. He had just decided to let things take their own course, but he didn't expect...
"A grant from His Majesty?" Ye Ying'er was puzzled for a moment, then thought about how Mu Xiuwen was transferred from Yandu half a month ago and no news had been sent back yet. In addition, the cultivators who had come a few days ago disappeared inexplicably, and the fact that the Marquis of Zhenbei was the empress dowager's mother's family, she probably understood that Ye He'an was going to start dealing with the empress dowager.
"Yes, it's a gift from me. Does Ying'er want it too?"
"Your Majesty, you are trying to make me a target of public criticism."
"How could that be? You are my eldest sister's bloodline and the noble princess of Yandu. Who would dare to attack you?" After saying that, Ye Hean pinched Ye Ying'er's cheek lovingly. "Well, if you don't want it, then don't. Today is the day for you to choose your husband. Whichever man you choose, I will grant you the marriage."
Ye Ying'er didn't say anything, but just stared at Mu Chi's face, as if she wanted to see through him. She pointed at Mu Chi and then said loudly, "It's him."
Hearing this, Ye Hean's eyelids twitched.
Everyone in Yandu City knows that Ye Ying'er likes Mu Xiuwen, but Mu Xiuwen is already engaged to Miss Qiu and now has a son.
"Your Majesty, I already have a wife. Besides, the princess would never be willing to be a concubine with her status." After hearing what Ye Ying'er said, Mu Chi knelt on one knee in front of Ye Hean.
"Well, Xiu Wen is right. We must not let Ying'er suffer any injustice. Otherwise, even if Ying'er doesn't feel wronged, my mother will blame me."
Ye Hean also didn't want Mu Xiuwen to marry Ye Ying'er. No, he didn't want Mu Xiuwen to marry anyone.
No one present dared to speak. They all knew that Ye Ying'er's biological mother was the biological daughter of the emperor's adoptive mother, the eldest princess of Yandu, and her father was a demon from the world of cultivation. She was raised in the empress dowager's palace since childhood. She was not a princess but acted like one, with a spoiled and domineering personality. But they did not expect that the emperor would indulge her, and for a moment they dared not breathe.
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