Qin Zeng was surrounded by people at this moment, as if he had not seen him for a hundred years. Everyone was talking endlessly, including compliments and tests.
Due to their status, some senior officials could not bear to curry favor with an eunuch, so they talked loudly with others about good strategies for governing the country, hoping that these words would reach the emperor's ears through Qin Zeng's mouth.
In fact, Qin Zeng rarely appeared on such occasions, and he rarely had personal relationships with court officials.
At first, he had a cold temperament and did not like to be surrounded by others.
Secondly, because of his sensitive identity, the powerful and senior officials were very careful about him, for fear that if they were not careful, their secrets would be leaked to Dongchang.
Nagaze took the time to step forward and whisper a few words. Qin Zeng stood up and nodded to everyone, then followed Nagaze to a secluded place.
No one dared to ask Qin Zeng what he was doing. They all stretched their necks and looked around curiously, wondering if something had happened to the Mu family.
At this time, in the Mu family study room.
The fourth prince stood in front of Mu Yuanchang. The knife wounds that almost penetrated his entire face made his face even more coquettish and ferocious.
He has already figured out everything that happened in the stone room just now, including the fact that he secretly used women to make incense: "Qin Zeng must have known about it."
Mu Yuanchang stood up suddenly, wishing he could beat the evil man in front of him to death immediately!
If anyone else were present, they would be shocked that he had such an attitude towards the prince.
However, the fourth prince really wanted to call Mu Yuanchang "father".
"I think you are tired of being a prince! You want to be reincarnated!"
The fourth prince raised his head coldly and looked at his biological father.
After all, he had grown up in the palace, and his aura as a prince had already been formed. No matter how twisted and perverted he was behind the scenes, in front of others, he was the aloof, respected and feared fourth prince.
When Mu Yuanchang saw the look in his eyes, most of his arrogance was immediately suppressed!
"You...oh!"
Mu Yuanchang sighed heavily!
"You! How could you do such a thing to ruin Qingyu and let others take advantage of our Mu family!"
The fourth prince's eyes were scarlet and he clenched his fists tightly. If he had a chance, he would definitely skin Li Qingyi and cramp him!
Mu Yuanchang was so scheming after all. Even when he was angry, he could calm down quickly. "With such a scandal, we can only..."
Before he finished speaking, someone outside suddenly said in panic: "Master, Your Highness, it's not good. Admiral Qin wants to search our house, and now he has found the courtyard where His Highness lives alone."
The two looked at each other with the same cold expression.
With other people present, the fourth prince called Mu Yuanchang "uncle" and asked, "What are your plans, uncle?"
Mu Yuanchang glanced at him and said with a serious face: "No matter what Qin Zeng finds out, His Highness will insist that he did not know about it!"
The fourth prince's eyebrows were condensed, and he had a bad feeling in his heart, "Uncle..."
Mu Yuanchang raised his hand to interrupt him, waved the boy away, and then said: "You are the fourth prince born by the imperial concubine. You must remember the responsibilities you shoulder! I will never allow you to make any mistakes!"
The fourth prince listened to his scolding, feeling complicated and unspeakable.
If possible, he really doesn't want to be a prince!
Others only see his infinite beauty, but who knows how he has lived in fear since he was a child?
He knows that he is not of royal blood! He also knew that what the Mu family did was a serious crime of deceiving the emperor and exterminating the family.
Fear made him walk on thin ice and he was under greater pressure than other princes!
Everyone in the Mu family placed their hopes on him.
He just felt like he was carrying a huge stone on his back every day, and he was so pressed that he couldn't breathe...
*****
Isatis almost had to jog all the way to keep up with Qin Zeng.
She followed Li Qingyi's instructions and led everyone to the courtyard where the fourth prince trapped Li Qingyi.
Qin Zeng's eyes were so cold that they could almost drip with ice.
He pushed open the courtyard door, squinted his eyes and looked at the exquisite furnishings in the courtyard, snorted coldly, and asked Isatis, "Where is the entrance!"
Li Qingyi had already told him the location of the mechanism, so Isatis almost ran into the room, rushed directly towards the candlestick, turned it hard, and the secret door opened with a sound.
Through the wide corridor, Mu Yuanchang's angry and disappointed voice could be heard faintly from behind the stone door: "Ying'er, the Mu family holds you like a pearl in the palm of their hand, how could you do such a heartless evil thing! How could you still do this to me? The fourth prince is so cruel? Are you going to disregard the safety and honor of the family?"
Qin Zeng and his party stopped behind the stone gate and heard Mu Yuanchang say: "From today on, you are no longer a descendant of my Mu family! Your Highness, Fourth Highness, today you will serve as a witness to remove Mu Ying from our Mu family." Remove the name from the book!"
Qin Zeng's pupils shrank when he heard this.
This Mu Yuanchang is really cunning. Is he actually going to lose his pawn to save his chariot?
As soon as he raised his hand, Siam stepped forward and pressed the button, and the stone door opened with a roar.
Mu Yuanchang turned around in shock: "Master Qin?"
Qin Zeng ignored him and didn't even look at the fourth prince. He went straight up the stone steps and glanced behind the long curtain.
As the heat rises, the confused and sleepy women are soaking in the water, and a warm and light sweet fragrance is exuding in the air.
If Li Qingyi was just an ordinary lady in the inner house, I'm afraid he would have become the "spice" of the fourth prince!
Qin Zeng thought of those eyes that were as bright as morning dew and as pure as autumn water, and he felt as if something was bursting out of his heart.
He suppressed his anger and asked: "Mu Yuanchang, your Mu family is so brave! How dare you capture officials and family members alive to do such a thing! Where are Li Qingyi's people?!"
*****
In the dark and cold stone room, Li Qingyi leaned against the wall and panted weakly and hard. The dagger in his hand was still stained with bits of residual red.
The shoe on her left foot had been taken off, and there were several bloody holes on the instep. The thick poisonous blood slowly flowing out left several dark blood lines on it. This was caused by her bleeding to remove the poison.
She had tried her best to control the spread of the poison, but the numbness was still slowly eroding her flesh and blood. At this time, almost her entire left leg had lost its intuition.
If she never gets out...
Li Qingyi gritted his teeth, raised the dagger and gestured at the base of his thigh.
There was only a small oil lamp in the stone room, burning a weak light.
At this time, the light and shadow overlapped, barely able to illuminate the cruelty on her face.
Could it be that a new life would end in such a muddle?
Those things she swore to keep, those mysteries that troubled her day and night...
She couldn't just die.
Even if she loses one leg, she will still live!
Time stretched infinitely in the darkness and waiting. Li Qingyi could only rely on the sensation of his left leg to judge how much time had passed.
Fortunately, the Mu family did not use poison that could kill anyone with one blow, presumably to keep him alive for interrogation or the like.
One stick of incense, two sticks of incense...
The longer the time went on, the more numb the legs became, but the clearer Li Qingyi's thoughts became.
She gently stroked the dagger in her hand, recalling all the experiences she had experienced in her previous life from the Li family to the Wei family and then to Qin Zeng. She couldn't tell whether this was a dream or reality...
Li Qingyi slowly closed his eyes, and with determination, he held the dagger tightly in his hand, calculating in his mind how to quickly dismember a leg without losing his life.
After a while, she calmed down and opened her trouser legs. She saw that the originally white skin was infected by a faint black air, and knew that she could not delay any longer.
The moment the pain came, there was a loud bang at the stone door, and the dagger in Li Qingyi's hand stopped on his skin.
She squinted her eyes and looked at the door. She saw a peerless man. His jet-black hair blended with his black robe in the backlight. His cold aura that was on the edge of rage burst out the moment he saw her miserable state.
Qin Zeng strode into the dark stone room, squatted down and looked at the wounds on her legs and feet that were almost covered in black blood, and then looked directly into her eyes, his voice was depressed and gloomy: "You have so little confidence in me? !”
Li Qingyi's smile bloomed like a spring flower: "Sir."
Qin Zeng was struck by her dawn-like smile, and there was only happiness and pity in his heart.
I am glad that I did not miss her life, and I pity her strength and determination.
Without saying a word, he took off his cloak and wrapped it around the person in front of him, stretched out his arms to pick her up, turned around and walked out.
Li Qingyi leaned miserably on Qin Zeng's chest, tightly wrapped in his strong and strong arms, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Nagasawa, Isam and others were shocked by the cold air on Qin Zeng's body, and did not dare to say a word. They could only speed up their pace and follow behind, always keeping vigilance.
The women hidden by the curtain have been rescued by people from Dongchang and are temporarily detained in a stone room.
Mu Yuanchang saw Qin Zeng hurriedly returning from the secret passage with Li Qingyi in his arms, looked at each other with the fourth prince, and secretly screamed that it was bad.
The fourth prince felt even more regretful. He didn't know that Li Qingyi was so cunning and hid back in the secret passage instead of escaping at all!
Qin Zeng hugged Li Qingyi and walked up to the two of them with a livid face. He looked at the fourth prince with a meaningful look, "The Mu family's poison doesn't have an antidote, right?"
