Chapter 74 His Identity Who are you?
The emperor was immediately delighted by Mu Qinxin's cultivation. He pointed at Mu Qi from his throne and laughed, "Hahahahaha, my dear Lord Mu, you truly have given birth to a wonderful daughter!!!"
Mu Qi was immediately flattered and bent down and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."
"Hmm." The emperor looked at Mu Qinxin and asked, "Tell me what reward you want. I will grant it to you."
Mu Qinxin took a step forward, knelt down and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask for a favor!"
"Oh? What grace?" the emperor asked curiously.
Mu Qinxin said shockingly: "This subject wishes to be free to marry!"
Suddenly there was silence all around.
The smile on Mu Xingchen's lips gradually faded. "Xiao Qi, I was wrong. I thought she was coveting the position of Mother of the World like everyone else."
Xiao Qi: "Isn't it rare? What does that mean? Why don't I understand?"
Mu Xingchen said with a serious look in her eyes: "What she covets is the position of the head of the Mu family." After saying that, she turned her head and glanced at Mu Qingtian, whose face was now pale.
"Hahahahaha." The emperor laughed loudly. He looked at Mu Qinxin with admiration and raised his hand: "Okay, I agree."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mu Qinxin stood up.
Mu Qi's face grew darker and darker.
Xiao Qi: "Why is she asking for the freedom to marry because she wants to seek the position of Patriarch of the Mu family?"
Mu Xingchen sighed. "Everyone knows that Mu Ziyu was being so public today. Her real intention was to get the emperor to see her and then grant her a marriage to Li Yan. Today's banquet was originally intended to select a concubine for the prince. If Mu Qinxin didn't want to ask for a marriage, she wouldn't have had to come forward today."
"But she chose to step forward, asking not for a marriage to be granted, but for her freedom to marry. This imperial decree prevents anyone from arranging her marriage, so her sole purpose in appearing today... is to take control of her marriage."
After saying this, she glanced at Mu Qinxin and said with a smile, "If you want to overthrow the Mu family, your biggest enemy is not Mu Qi, but her."
Xiao Qi hissed, "You're brave and intelligent, but unfortunately we have different perspectives. We're destined to be enemies now."
Mu Xingchen's smile gradually cooled, "Yes, we are destined to be enemies."
The banquet gradually began and everyone took their seats.
At this time, a eunuch came over and said, "Miss Mu, my queen would like to see you before the banquet begins."
Mu Xingchen raised his eyebrows.
The eunuch explained, "My queen is Concubine Qin."
Mu Xingchen suddenly realized, "Please lead the way, sir."
"Please come with us."
Mu Xingchen followed the young eunuch and asked in his heart, "Xiao Qi, who is this Concubine Qin?"
Xiao Qi manually flipped through Mu Qing's memories. "She is the mother of Prince Yu. Prince Yu is the third among the princes and is usually favored by the emperor. However, the emperor's favor for the third prince is entirely due to Concubine Qin. It can be said that the emperor's love for the third prince extends to Concubine Qin. She is also the only concubine in the palace, second only to the emperor and above everyone else."
Mu Xingchen raised an eyebrow: "He favors Prince Yu, but wants to make Li Yan the crown prince. Tsk, men are realistic."
Xiao Qi said sarcastically, "After the late queen passed away, if Li Yan hadn't shown extraordinary talent, the position of queen might have gone to Concubine Qin."
Mu Xingchen curled her lips and said, "It seems that these two people are sworn enemies. I'm afraid that they are looking for me today..." Suddenly, Mu Xingchen paused. She looked around and said in a deep voice, "Something is wrong." She glanced at the back of the bedroom and said with a smile in her eyes, "There are people hiding in the back."
The young eunuch brought her to the palace gate and pointed at it, saying respectfully, "Miss Mu, please go in and wait. The Empress will be here shortly."
Mu Xingchen nodded with a smile: "Thank you, eunuch." After that, she walked into the bedroom seemingly unguarded.
At first glance, the bedroom looks very empty, and some places are even slightly covered with dust, which shows that no one has lived there for many years.
Suddenly, she stopped and looked towards the corner.
"Something's wrong, there seems to be some smell." After saying that, she walked to a hidden corner of the bedroom with a frown. When she drew aside the curtain, she saw a wisp of light smoke rising from inside.
For a moment her consciousness became blurry and her face flushed deeply.
"It's an aphrodisiac!" Mu Xingchen held his breath and quickly pinched off the spice after he realized what was happening.
At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the door. She turned her head to look at the door, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
The next second, the door opened with a creak and someone came in.
At this moment, Mu Xingchen had fallen to the ground on the other side and was unconscious.
"Hehehe, little beauty, I'm coming!!!" A vulgar male voice came from the bedroom.
The man walked closer eagerly, squatted beside Mu Xingchen, reached out to pick her up, and couldn't wait to kiss her on the face.
Xiao Qi was shocked: "What are you waiting for?"
Mu Xingchen's face flushed red at this moment, but her heart was cold. She said calmly: "Wait a little longer."
Just when the man was one millimeter away from kissing her, a stream of warm blood silently splashed onto Mu Xingchen's face.
"Bang!" The man covered his neck with his hands, his pupils widened, and fell heavily to the ground.
At this moment, Mu Xingchen opened his eyes blurry, and saw a man standing in front of him, wearing white clothes and a silver mask, with a terrifying murderous aura.
Her heartbeat trembled violently, and her fingertips dug straight into her palms.
"Don't come over!" She said vaguely and fearfully, trying to stay conscious. "Who are you? Don't come over! Get away!!!" A tear fell from her eyes. She tried desperately to step back, but she had been drugged and her body was getting hotter and hotter.
"Hmm~" Her eyes went white and she lost all her strength in an instant. Just as she was about to fall to the ground, Li Jing stepped forward to catch her. He gently picked her up, sighed silently, and then disappeared into the hall.
The next second, the palace door opened and a eunuch's scream was heard.
“Ahhhhhhhhh, someone’s dead!!!”
Mu Xingchen was in Li Jing's arms at this moment, but her heart was as cold as an ice cellar.
Xiao Qi hesitated and said, "Is it him?"
Mu Xingchen fell silent. She clenched her palms tightly, her heartbeat quickened, a surge of blood rushed to her head, and she became irritable and restless.
Xiao Qi said solemnly: "It's a good thing, at least the mission is completed this time."
After saying this, Mu Xingchen's irritability intensified again, and his body temperature became even hotter.
Li Jing held her hand and continuously supplied her with spiritual power, "Hold on for a while, it will be fine soon." After saying that, an extremely fearful murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
"Master." A voice sounded from behind.
"Kill them all, leaving no one behind." Li Jing said coldly.
"Yes." Xu Cen hesitated, glanced at the unconscious Mu Xingchen, gritted his teeth and said, "Master, your identity..."
He glanced at him coldly and said, "I know what's going on." Then Li Jing took her to another palace.
Inside the palace, the temperature of the hot spring gradually rose, and the mist enveloped the two people.
Li Jing's hand was on her back, slowly transporting spiritual energy to detoxify her.
"Get out of here!" Mu Xingchen struggled in disgust.
"Be quiet." Li Jing's voice was faint, without any emotion.
"Don't touch me." After saying that, her eyes were red, and she raised her head and subconsciously shouted: "Brother Jing..."
Li Jing behind him paused, his eyes darkening terribly.
"I won't touch you, don't be afraid." He said in a hoarse voice.
After saying this, Mu Xingchen collapsed softly. Her breathing was a little steadier at this moment, but her face became even redder because of the hot spring.
Li Jing tried his best to restrain himself and stopped looking at her.
A quarter of an hour later, the effects of the medicine in her body wore off.
Li Jing covered her eyes with a black gauze from behind, and then carried her out of the hot spring.
"Who are you?" Mu Xingchen asked fearfully.
Li Jing didn't say anything. He carried her to the bed and said coldly, "Change your clothes, and I'll have someone send you out."
After she finished speaking, the gauze on her face fell off and the person in front of her disappeared.
Mu Xingchen tightly grasped the black gauze that fell on her body. Her eyes turned cold as she stood up and began to look around.
The interior of this bedroom was extremely luxurious. Beside it stood a bed and cabinet made of thousand-year-old agarwood, overhead were countless night-shining pearls, and to the right was a hot spring...
In an instant, her brows furrowed to the utmost, and the restlessness in her heart reached its peak. After a silent sigh, she turned back to look at the clothes prepared beside her.
The base color of this dress was pink, and the material was extremely soft and light shark silk. The hem of the skirt was embroidered with light lotus flowers, and the silk thread on it was used with gold. This silk thread changed various colors when it moved in the sunlight, making the lotus flowers on it come alive. And this kind of dress was rare, even in the Imperial Tutor's Mansion.
Mu Xingchen's eyes darkened.
I still remember the first time he gave her a dress, it was also pink...
He thought she was kind and innocent, and liked bright and colorful clothes, but he didn't know that she hated that color the most.
Mu Xingchen's eyes were particularly dark, and he couldn't breathe out the breath in his heart.
Xiao Qi reminded: "Hurry up and change and leave."
"I understand." Mu Xingchen picked up her clothes and changed quickly. Just as she was about to go out, she heard footsteps.
A masked maid walked over lightly and said respectfully in a deep voice, "Miss, I am here to take you out."
Mu Xingchen concealed the strange look in his pupils and nodded.
At this time, the maid turned around and walked behind her, picked up the black scarf in her hand, and said politely: "Please forgive me, young lady." As she said that, she put the scarf on Mu Xingchen's eyes.
Mu Xingchen did not stop her, but let her cover her eyes.
After a moment, the maid reached out and supported her, saying, "Take my hand and I will lead you out."
Mu Xingchen said lightly, "Okay." After that, she put her hand on her arm and followed her out.
A quarter of an hour later, the two of them stopped. The maid took off her scarf, then stepped back two steps and said respectfully, "Miss, that's enough."
After taking off the veil, Mu Xingchen began to look around. This was the road she had just walked on. If she followed this road straight down, she would reach the main hall.
Xiao Qi reminded: "The location just now was in the southwest corner."
"I know." Mu Xingchen frowned.
"Miss, just go straight ahead and you will be able to go back." The maid pointed ahead and reminded.
Mu Xingchen turned around and smiled calmly, "Thank you."
The maid said in a deep voice, "Please don't mention what just happened."
Mu Xingchen nodded: "I understand."
"I'll take my leave." After saying that, the maid walked in the opposite direction.
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