When Huai Mo entered the palace gate, a man wearing a dark red robe embroidered with cloud patterns was walking out of the palace. The man was described as gentle, with an elegant demeanor and clear eyebrows, but he exuded an aura of beauty, which was somewhat... Male and female faces. Shu Fuhu and Huai Mo looked at him, and he also looked at Huai Mo. Their eyes met for a moment.

The corners of the man's lips curled up slightly, while Huai Mo's eyes were indifferent. The two of them passed each other without leaving anything behind, as if they were just two strangers on the street who couldn't help but take a second look. The man came out. He left the palace and entered the palace Huai Mo.

Later, Huaimo asked his eldest son Changfeng quietly, "Who is that?"

The eldest grandson, Changfeng, stared intently, "I don't know."

Huai Mo looked at his eldest grandson, Changfeng, and without saying anything else, he went straight to Emperor Wen's Hall of Cultivation of the Heart to see his wife.

"Where have you gone?" Emperor Wen stood in front of Huai Mo with his hands folded. The two faced each other, and Emperor Wen asked coldly.

Huai Mo lowered his eyes and said, "Leave Beijing."

"Huh!" Emperor Wen looked at him fiercely and snorted coldly, "I thought you would never come back!"

Huai Mo said respectfully, "I will come back when I find Shen Zui."

"Did you really find her?"

Huai Mo nodded, "If I didn't know about such important events as the Jiuqing Palace, my life would have been in vain."

Emperor Wen narrowed his eyes at him and asked, "Where is she? Why don't you bring her back?"

"She doesn't want to go back, and I can't take her away now." Huai Mo's voice sounded a bit lonely.

Emperor Wen was silent.

"I know that I left the capital for many days without any reason and neglected my duties. I have neglected my duties. I beg the emperor to punish me." Huaimo paused and said, "No matter what the emperor decides, I don't have a word of complaint. "

Emperor Wen's eyes were dark, and he looked at Huaimo quietly. After a long while, he said: "In the days since you left Beijing, I announced that you were ill, and now you have just recovered. But Huaimo, if you get sick once, I will be considerate. If you get sick one after another, Go, you are too weak to take on such a big responsibility, so don’t blame me for not thinking about love when the time comes."

Huai Mo nodded, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Wen didn't speak any more.

"If you have nothing else to do, Your Majesty, I will retire."

Those eyes that have been smudged by the years have become more profound, as if they are enough to understand the world. He raised his eyes and looked at Huai Mo, "You were too presumptuous that night when you left. You made a big fuss with me. Don't believe that I haven't done anything yet. Now, you yourself Tell me, who is the girl playing the piano in the west building?"

Sure enough, I am still thinking about this matter... Huaimo said frankly, "Shen Zui."

"Intoxicated?" Emperor Wen repeated, his voice slightly disappointed.

"Your Majesty should know." Huai Mo said expressionlessly.

Indeed, Hua Yueru ordered someone to draw the portrait that night, and it was indeed intoxicated. But... for some reason, his heart felt empty after looking at it. In fact, he didn't know that it was intoxicated. He was originally intoxicated. .

But suddenly, the sound of the piano sounded like an old friend, and some inexplicable emotions arose in his heart. What emotions? Maybe even he himself didn’t know. He only knew that when he listened to the piano through the screen, his heart was full; after seeing the portrait and meeting the person, his heart felt full. is empty.

"She..." the emperor pondered slowly, "Where did she learn from her?"

Huai Mo suddenly raised his lips with a rather mocking expression. He did not answer directly, but said, "Shen Zui is now seventeen."

"Seventeen..." Emperor Wen's eyes were far away, and his heart was spinning. That man had been away for eighteen years.

Not that person.

Emperor Wen stopped talking.

Huai Mo was silent, "Isn't it her mother who taught her piano skills?"

When Emperor Wen heard this, he raised his eyes and looked at him mockingly, "You got the news quickly. It's been one month since I left the capital, and you haven't lost anything you should know."

Huai Mo was not secretive, "Have you forgotten, Your Majesty? The people guarding outside Shen's Mansion were my people. I will naturally know who you sent to arrest."

"Then you should know the reason why I did this," Emperor Wen snorted coldly, "go tell Shen Zui when she will come to see me and when I will let her mother go."

"I will not tell her. If the emperor is able, he will tell her himself."

"Huaimo, how dare you speak to me like that?" Emperor Wen Longyan was furious and pointed at Huaimo.

Huai Mo smiled mockingly, "She doesn't want to come back. Now I can't force her. I don't want to threaten her anymore and make her resentful towards me even more."

"Don't want to come back? You really have spoiled me." Emperor Wen snorted coldly and waved his hand impatiently, "Go back."

"Yes, I will retire."

Huai Mo left the Yangxin Palace and went straight out of the palace. On the way, he was suddenly bumped into by a young palace maid. The palace maid hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, please forgive me. Please forgive me."

Huai Mo looked coldly at the woman who was kneeling on the ground like a shrimp. Without saying anything, he walked around and left. Unexpectedly, a crisp joke suddenly came from the side, "We haven't seen each other for many years. Your Prime Minister's charm has not diminished. Wherever you go, people will think of you."

Try to hook up."

Hearing the words, Huai Mo frowned almost imperceptibly. Following the sound, he looked to the right and saw a woman in a purple-red brocade robe smiling at him from a distance. She was surrounded by green beads, brightly dressed, and had a small face.

Pointed, a pair of eyes as bright as the sun.

"I pay my respects to the fifth princess." Huai Mo bowed slightly.

That woman is none other than the fifth princess, Xiao Yunluo.

Xiao Yunluo walked slowly towards Huaimo, her bright and charming eyes staring at Huaimo without any hesitation. With every move she made, her beauty was fully exposed, without any restraint.

"Huai Mo, long time no see."

Huai Mo nodded, "I haven't seen you for three years. The princess has grown up."

"Well, when I grow up and get married, I will come back and ask my father to find a man for me." Yun Luo smiled.

"The princess is noble and beautiful. I think the emperor will definitely find a good son-in-law for the princess." Huai Mo said solemnly.

Yun Luo raised his eyebrows and said, "There are many good sons-in-law, but I want to like them. Huaimo, do you want to marry me?"

Although Xiao Yunluo spoke boldly, Huaimo remained calm, "Huaimo dare not wrong the princess."

Xiao Yunluo chuckled, "I knew you would say that. Huaimo, you don't want me today. Don't blame me for not giving you a chance in the future."

Huaimo raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Yunluo quietly, "The princess still loves to joke. Even if Huaimo wants to marry the princess today, the princess may not choose Huaimo if she wants to come."

"That's true." Xiao Yunluo nodded, "You are as beautiful as Xiao Yao, so it's really difficult to choose between them. You took the initiative not to marry me, which saved me trouble and trouble.

"

Xiao Yunluo said and waved her hand, "Okay, you can go and go back to see your beautiful lady." As she said this, she left the way she came.

Huai Mo glanced at the back as if casually.

At first glance, Ruoyang Liu's posture appears, but if you look closely, it is obvious that Yang Liu will never be as firm as hers.

Xiao Yunluo...

Huai Mo slowly left the palace, holding a piece of paper in his hand.

The note was thrust into his hand the moment the imprudent palace maid bumped into him.

Moving to a quiet and uninhabited place, Huai Mo unfolded his sight and looked at it - Your Excellency, the Prime Minister, by the Zhichun Lake. He said goodbye, here is the person you most want to see, and I will not let you go in vain. Cen Wuzhi.

Huai Mo's pupils shrank, his hands tightened, and the paper instantly turned into ashes...

The lake is frozen in winter, and the cold wind blows across the lake, bringing with it a layer of coldness. The lakeshore is chlorotic, and it looks austere at first glance. Almost no one has come here since the beginning of winter. The pavilion on the shore is a rich family's daughter.

Send people to build it so that it can be used for flower viewing in spring. This time is under the sky.

A woman was tied with hemp ropes all over her body and tied to a beauty couch, but her head was covered with a sack, covering her entire face. Another woman was sitting on a stone bench, her fingers leisurely clasping the stone table, her eyes falling.

On the frozen lake, it seemed as if the lake was not frozen, and she was enjoying the spring at the moment.

Until someone approached, the woman on the stone bench slowly raised her head and smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is here quickly."

Huai Mo's footsteps landed almost silently. He saw the woman in front of him, wearing a light-yellow shirt and dressed plainly. Although she was smiling, her face was thin and her complexion was pale. It was obvious that she had not been having a good life recently.

Of course it shouldn't be bad. The nest is overturned and the eggs are not intact. Although Cen Wuzhi and Cen Xiaozhi secretly compete with each other, it is just a usual battle between the direct descendants and the concubines. However, once the Cen family is ruined and the prince is deposed, Cen Wuzhi will not be able to please him.

Emperor Wen had issued an edict and granted a fiefdom. The prince had brought Cen Xiaozhi out of the capital a few days ago, but he did not expect that Cen Wuzhi was still there.

"What do you want from me?" Huai Mo asked quietly.

After Huai Mo finished speaking, the woman who was tied to the beauty's couch immediately let out a low cry. She was delicate and frail, dressed in a crimson brocade robe, and struggled hard. Even though her whole body was tied, she struggled in vain for two seconds.

Down.

Huai Mo looked over, his eyes a little panicked.

"Master Prime Minister, don't you want to guess who she is?" Cen Wuzhi asked with a smile.

Huai Mo clenched his fists in his sleeves slightly and sneered, "I've never liked nonsense. If I kill you, I'll know it."

"Now that I'm here, I have no intention of going back alive." Cen Wuzhi looked at Huaimo fearlessly. Then, with a few taps of his palms, hundreds of men in black suddenly sprang out from the surroundings. Each man in black held a hand in his hand.

The broadsword, with its cold light in the wind, quickly approached and surrounded the place. Cen Wuzhi also dodged to the side of the tied woman, and suddenly aimed a slash at the woman's face with the dagger in his hand.

"stop!"

"hiss……"

Huai Mo stopped in a panic, but only heard the sound of a dagger cutting through the sack. The sack was separated from the middle, and the woman's beautiful face was revealed. She had slender autumn eyes, a fair face, and skin like gelatin. But she was stuffed in her mouth at the moment.

He couldn't speak after taking off the veil, he could only look at Huai Mo and make a struggling sound of "woo woo".

"Shen Zui!" Huai Mo roared, his figure swayed, and he was approaching.

Ahead, several men in black stopped him.

"If the Prime Minister takes one more step, we will die together!" Cen Wuzhi threatened, with the dagger in her hand already aimed at Shenzui's neck.
To be continued...