Chapter 50：

At the end of April, it is a good time for the flowers to bloom. Luoyang ground vein flowers are the most suitable, and peony is especially strange in the world. [1]

King Mu’s mansion is magnificent and magnificent, covering a huge area, and the back garden is beautifully built. The rockery and strange stones are all Taihu stones transported from the south of the Yangtze River. Various types of precious flowers and trees are guarded by top gardeners. The pond is clear and green, and the golden-red koi is big and fat. The fish of the rich are stronger than the children of the poor.

When Tao Ti's carriage arrived at Mu Wang's Mansion, a group of officials and female family members in Luoyang City, led by Princess Mu, greeted each other neatly and uniformly at the door.

Today Tao Ti’s dress is very dignified and gorgeous, with a jeweled blue woven silver silk peony flower tress, and a creamy white silky long skirt, with long hair rolled up in a cross bun, and wearing a set of water colors. In her jade jewelry, a gold pinch jade and red gold double-headed phoenix was swayed obliquely, and the fine tassels swayed with her movements, rippling with golden light.

She is young, but the indifferent attitude between her eyebrows can hold down the jewel-colored cyan clothes on her body.

When she stood still, all the female relatives respectfully saluted, "The minister's wife / minister's daughter etc. pay respects to the princess, the princess Jinan Wanfu."

Tao Ti was held by Linglong, raised one hand falsely, and smiled gently, "You don't have to be polite, all get up."

Everyone got up, Princess Mu also wore a deep red dress with a peony pattern today. She greeted Tao Ti with a smile, and said warmly, "The crown prince can come to our house. Good tea, please come in quickly, let's sit down and talk slowly."

Seeing her so kind, Tao Ti smiled and nodded towards her, and slowly arrived at the backyard flower hall surrounded by a crowd of beautifully dressed women.

Along the way, Princess Mu and several high-ranking officials’ wives were chattering in their ears. For a while, Kawata Ti’s dressing, and later Kawata Ti’s honor to come to the banquet, and later they praised how many Luoyang peonies are blooming. tender and beautiful…

Tao Ti always smiled politely, echoing twice from time to time, but his eyes calmly looked at the decoration of Prince Mu's Mansion.

Hey, it's really magnificent, not losing to Luoyang Palace.

I heard that Prince Mu has been a pastor in Luoyang for 20 years. In the past 20 years, he has searched a lot of people, so that he can have everything that is extremely luxurious and carved in front of him.

After arriving at the Flower Hall, Tao Ti and Princess Mu sat in the upper seat, and the people next to them were seated in a row according to the official position of their husband or father and brother.

Facing a strange woman in a house, Tao Ti was a little frightened.

Fortunately, she was mentally prepared before coming, barely able to maintain a gentle personality, and chatted with them.

After drinking a refreshing Lushan Yunwu tea in the flower hall, Princess Mu led a house of people to the back garden to enjoy the flowers.

Among the clusters of flowers, butterflies danced gracefully. The weeping willows by the lake, when the wind blows, the green reflections spread out on the lake surface, causing layers of ripples.

I have to say that Luoyang's peonies are indeed beautiful, with huge flowers and beautiful flowers.

Moreover, there are extremely outstanding treasures in the Mu Palace Garden, such as the four famous products of Yao Huang, Wei Zi, Zhao Fen, and Obi. Needless to say, the most strange thing is that the Mu Palace also has a bowl of snow-white peony. The flower has a faint golden stamen, and layers of petals are piled up like snow. The whole flower is beautiful and beautiful, and it is a group of plants.

Tao Ti was happily admiring. In her previous life, she traveled to Luoyang and also visited the local peony fair, but there were too many people in the scenic spots, taking photos, recording small videos, posting to circle of friends...shouldering, noisy, There is no leisurely state of mind at all.

After all, the ancient nobles would enjoy it.

She thought this way, the young ladies not far away had organized various entertainment activities, hitting the ball and shooting willows, throwing pots and grass, and bursts of silver bell-like laughter drifted in the wind.

Princess Mu is thirty-five years old this year, with a long face, she looked a bit bitter, but the smile on her face didn't disappear after Tao Ti entered the door.

She took Tao Ti's hand to enjoy the flowers affectionately, and she looked like a good aunt, chatting enthusiastically about her parents.

Seeing that it was playing over there, she kindly asked Tao Ti, "Princess, do you want to play together?"

Tao Ti didn't have much interest in those, and smiled and declined, "No, let them play. If I pass, they will be restrained, but they are uncomfortable to play."

Princess Mu did not force her to continue chatting with her.

At noon, Princess Mu prepared a table of peony banquet. The dishes on the banquet were exceptionally exquisite, and the dishes were arranged like a piece of traditional Chinese painting.

These dishes were either made in the style of peony flowers, or directly served with peonies, and when they were served, the female family members looked amazing and full of praise.

There was a flash of color in Princess Mu's eyes and a humble smile on her face, "You come to my house, naturally you have to entertain you, not to mention that the prince came from afar, and the first time you came to my house as a guest, you can't neglect... "

Having said that, she turned her head to look at Tao Ti, "I don't know these dishes, is the princess still satisfied?"

Tao Ti smiled slightly and said softly, "The princess is interested."

She picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of yellow peony made from fish fillets. The fish fillets were sliced ​​as thin as cicada wings. After being fried, they were golden in color and served with a fragrant and oily sauce. They were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It's heavy and delicious.

Seeing that she moved the chopsticks, the rest of the people also picked up the chopsticks and ate.

After using this carefully prepared peony banquet, the group moved to listen to the play.

Watching the babbling performance on the stage, Tao Ti held her small head boringly, thinking, she didn't know what Pei Yan ate at noon. The sun outside is quite big. Will he get a tan in the suburbs?

Before going to bed yesterday, he seemed to tell her something...

She was thinking about it. Princess Mu, who was behind a small table, turned her head, smiled in her eyes, and asked with concern, "The princess doesn't like watching this play, why don't you change it?"

Tao Ti was startled slightly, then recovered, and smiled, "No, this play is pretty good."

Hearing what she said, Princess Mu also understood, put the play list slowly, looking annoyed, "I was negligent. If you knew that the princess did not like to listen to play, I should arrange a polo match."

She paused, her annoyed expression moved freely, and turned into a gentle smile, "But I arranged a boat tonight, and I also ordered a table of banquets at Yipinzhai, while enjoying the night view of Luohe River. It’s definitely more interesting to taste the delicacies and fine wines, and then find a few outstanding musicians from the Jiaofang Division to play the piano and sing."

At first hearing the description of Princess Mu, Tao Ti was still looking forward to it, but—

Her thin eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and she smiled embarrassedly, "Thank you, the princess for her kindness, but I might not be able to make it this night."

The smile on Princess Mu's face suddenly froze, and her pupils shrank twice.

But soon, her expression recovered, but the smile on her face was obviously faint, "Why didn't you go there? Don't have fun at night in Luohe. You don't know when and when you come to Luoyang next time. If you missed it this time, What a pity."

Tao Ti felt a little embarrassed when she saw her face change. After considering it for a moment, she explained in a soft voice, "There are still some affairs in the palace waiting for me to go back to deal with it. It is really inconvenient today..."

Princess Mu squinted her eyes and smiled without reaching the bottom of her eyes, "What matters is so important? This painting boat was specially prepared for you, the princess. It really took a lot of effort."

Seeing her so kind, Tao Ti felt a bit numb in her scalp, thinking of Pei Yan's explanation last night, she could only bite the bullet and perfunctory.

Princess Mu wanted to persuade again. Suddenly, a well-dressed woman rushed over and shouted, "Wang Hao, Wang Hao, it's okay!"

Concubine Mu's face was erected, and she was very dissatisfied with the rude appearance of the servant. Her face sank, and she scolded coldly, "Zhao Erjia, how decent you are in such a rush, you don't have to lose the face of King Mu's mansion!"

The woman ran out of breath, and bowed to Princess Mu, crying with an old face, "Wang Hao, it is the son of the elder... the son of the elder is not well!"

Upon hearing the words "Shi Zi Ye", Princess Mu suddenly changed her face, her beautiful eyes widened, and she asked, "What's wrong with Shi Zi Ye, what's wrong with you, you can make it clear!"

The mother-in-law stammered, "The son of the world brought a woman back from outside, but she didn't know that the woman was an assassin. She took scissors, scissors..."

The mother-in-law stopped talking and glanced at all the nobles present in a panic.

The drama on the stage had already stopped. At this moment, the noble ladies and ladies of various prefectures were all eagerly watching the excitement here.

When Princess Mu heard the words "Assassin" and "Scissors", she couldn't bear it. Seeing the woman's unspeakable appearance, many terrifying conjectures suddenly appeared in her mind.

"Where is Xuan'er now?!"

"The son is in his own yard."

"Go, go..." Princess Mu was pale, ignoring the group of distinguished guests in Xiyuan, and walked out staggeringly.

She is the only such a precious son. She almost sacrificed her life in order to give birth to him. She has been in love since she was a child, and he is the only hope in her life!

If her Xuan'er had any shortcomings, she wouldn't be able to survive!

In the Xiyuan, the guests looked at each other.

In the end, they unanimously turned their attention to Tao Ti, who is the highest standing.

Tao Ti, "..."

This happened suddenly, and she was a little overwhelmed!

She squeezed her fingers, encouraging from the bottom of her heart, don't panic when encountering things, calm down first...

Don't leave at this time, the host has no time to talk to them.

But if he left straight away, he didn’t say goodbye to the host’s family, it would be impolite; secondly, he had a relationship with Prince Mu’s mansion. The cousin of the "assassinated" youngest son Pei Yan was also her nominal cousin. You should go and see if you are in the mood for reason.

After a quick turn of his brain, Tao Ti slowly raised his head and said in a calm tone, "The princess has housework to be busy, I am afraid it will be difficult to entertain you... It's not too early now, everyone, please go back..."

When the ladies and noble ladies heard this, they all responded and dispersed in twos and threes.

On the contrary, there are a few high-ranking officials' wives, who should have had a good personal relationship with Princess Mu, and did not leave, but greeted them with a worried expression.

Among them, the slightly rich man wearing a silver-gray tunic is Mrs. Fu Yin, who sincerely said to Tao Ti, "Prince princess, let us go and see what is going on with you? If there is anything really going on, we It can also comfort the princess."

Tao Ti thought to himself, whether he brought them, he didn't know how to appease Princess Mu after he went.

So nodded and agreed, "Okay, let's go and have a look."

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The Huiya courtyard is extremely noisy.

The painful shouts of men, the vicious curses of women, repressed crying and wild laughter, the scene was very chaotic.

As soon as Tao Ti and the others arrived at the door, they saw a mess in the house, with a strange sweet fragrance in the air, and a vague blood.

As soon as Linglong smelled the smell, her face was alert, and she immediately took a veil and handed it to Tao Ti, "Prince Princess, the house is burning with aphrodisiac incense."

As soon as this was said, the other ladies immediately covered their mouths and noses, frowning tightly.

"Ah, mother concubine, it hurts me so much—" This was a weak man's voice.

"Xuan'er, mother's child, if you bear it, the doctor will come soon!" This is the voice of Princess Mu.

Suddenly, this tone changed and it became extremely vicious, "You **** who kills a thousand knives, dare to do such a bad hand on my son! You guys tie this **** tighter for me, and I will divide her by five horses. Knife and knife, to relieve the hatred in my heart!"

Afterwards, a crisp and delicate laughter rang out, "Come on, kill! Since I dared to enter the palace, I have already put my life and death out! Although I can't take the life of this beast, I castrated him, and from then on he will be A useless person...hahahahaha, the dignified King Mu has become an **** since then! Happy, really happy!"

"Bitch, you **** bitch!"

Princess Mu was furious, she stepped forward and slapped both left and right slaps, making two snaps, which was particularly loud.

The woman was still laughing, laughing wildly and fearlessly.

Princess Mu's chest was ups and downs violently, her hands were sore, she pointed at the woman who was pressed on the ground, and shouted hysterically, "Come on, come on! Now, immediately drag this **** out of me, beat, give I'm smashed to death!"

Tao Ti, who stood at the door and listened for a while, also heard some clues.

As she was about to step forward, Mrs. Fu Yin's expression was erratic, and she said in a low voice, "Prince Concubine, or, let's go first."

The other ladies also nodded one after another, "Yes, yes."

At first they wanted to see it. Seven points were curious, and three points were to see if they had a chance to sell well in front of Princess Mu. As for "really caring", that was nothing.

I thought it was just an ordinary assassination, but I didn’t expect to hear the big secret “Mu Wang Shizi became a waste”—

This is not what they can listen to!

Tao Ti glanced at them faintly, and said, "If you want to go, go, I have to go in and take a look."

With that, she strode in.

The more you go inside, the more the **** smell becomes stronger, the windows on both sides are wide open, but the **** smell still doesn't dissipate.

There was a disheveled young man lying on the bed. He looked at his twenty-year-old. He looked good, but his face was pale. He looked black at the moment. He was addicted to wine and hollowed out his body.

Of course, excessive blood loss is also an important reason. Tao Ti glanced at the blood-stained quilt on his body.

Princess Mu sat on the edge of the bed, she didn't start to look dignified and gentle at all, her eyes flushed and her face looked savage.

On the ground on the side, two strong servants pressed a young girl firmly.

The girl looked like she was only fifteen or sixteen years old. Although her cheek was swollen and red from the slap, she could still see how beautiful she was. Her black hair was messy, she was wearing only a thin coat, and her hands were stained with blood.

Seeing Tao Ti coming in, Princess Mu was a little surprised, and she was ashamed that she was aware of this scandal, and was upset that she hadn't had time to take action against her. Instead, her family did it first.

The double blow made her feel terrible!

She looked at Tao Ti and didn't bother to pretend to be polite. She frowned and said with some impatientness, "Prince Princess, the house is filthy and bloody. You should go out first if you have a golden body, lest you run into you. Today is our house. The reception was not good, and I will come to apologize next day."

Tao Ti glanced at the son on the bed and said to Princess Mu, "Wang Hao, this hurt son..."

Princess Mu didn't want to talk more, she said Shen Shen, "Thank you for your concern, the doctor has already been called."

Tao Ti gave a faint hum, and his eyes fell on the **** the ground again, frowning, "How does the princess plan to deal with this... assassin?"

Princess Mu gritted her teeth and said, "This kind of bitch, dare to hurt my son, the crime is so heinous, naturally it is dragged out and killed!"

"It's a terrible crime? Hahahahaha, I'm a terrible sin? It's the animal on the bed!"

The girl who was pressed to the ground was still bleeding from the corner of her mouth, but she didn't know the pain, and yelled, "Murder pays for my life, this beast has robbed my sister and killed her alive, he deserves to die! His hand! There was more than a single human life. In the past few years, I don't know how many innocent girls have died in his hands. It would not be a pity for him to die a hundred times for such an inferior animal!"

Princess Mu was like a cat with its tail stomped on and exploded, "Shut up! Hurry up, drag her down for me and cut her tongue!"

The girl was still scolding, "I just hate, I hate my hands and feet not fast enough, the scissors didn't get into his throat! Pei Jianxuan, you sinful beast, even if I turn into a ghost, I won't let you go! "

The man who had lost too much blood on the bed yelled angrily and weakly, "Bitch, bitch, mother concubine, you should kill her for me!"

Seeing the two servants dragging the girl down, Tao Ti winked at Linglong.

Linglong immediately understood, and stopped the two servants.

Princess Mu was startled, and the young **** the ground was also startled, everyone in the room fell on Tao Ti.

Princess Mu said with a cold face, "Prince Princess, what do you mean?"

Tao Ti’s small face, which is always gentle and gentle, sank at this moment, and said seriously, "Wang Hao, if this woman is really a vicious assassin, then I will not intervene. But at present it seems that , This is not a simple assassination, but another hidden story."

She lowered her eyes, looked straight at the **** the ground with a pair of clear eyes, and asked aloud, "He really killed your sister? And you just said that he killed other girls? What do you have? Evidence?"

The girl opened her eyes wide, looking at the gentle and bright woman in front of her, as if she saw a beam of light shining into the dark hell.

She recovered and nodded hurriedly, "Really, it is true! My name is Xia Sang, and my sister is Xia Wei. We are from Hexin Village outside Luoyang City. My parents died young, and our sisters depended on each other for life. I make a living by selling embroidery. On the eighth day of last month, we went to the city to sell embroidery. My sister was caught by this beast and snatched the Fuzhong back from the street... I went to report to the official, and the government didn’t care, and kicked me out. I came to the door. Looking for someone, they all kicked me out..."

"I spent much trouble inquiring, and finally I found out that on the night my sister was snatched away, because she refused to let the beast, she was beaten to death with a whip alive!"

At this point, tears rolled from the girl’s dark eyes, and she sobbed, “My sister died so miserably. I heard that her whole body was smashed, and there was no good meat. The corpse was thrown in the dry well in the backyard of the palace. Here! Princess, what I said is true. If there is half a lie, I will be struck by lightning, and I will not die!"

Tao Ti's heart became heavy when she heard this cry of blood and tears.

She squeezed her fingers, if it was what this girl said, then this world deserves it! retribution!

She glanced at the girl, then looked up at Princess Mu, and said in a calm tone, "Wang Princess, I'm afraid you can't deal with this person privately."

Princess Mu's eyes fell cold suddenly, "Prince Princess, I advise you not to interfere in this matter..."

Seeing the gloomy look of Princess Mu, Tao Ti couldn't help squinting her eyes. It seems that Princess Mu is not a good person. Maybe she knew about the wicked things her son did?

The mother takes care of the child, she can understand that this is the mother's nature.

But a mother who protects her child to the point where black and white are reversed and right and wrong is indifferent indicates that there is a problem with the mother's own character.

Tao Ti took a deep breath, and her tone became cold. "If I didn't meet this, I don't care about it; but if I meet, if I don't care, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight!"

An icy killing intent flashed across Princess Mu's eyes, and she sternly said, "If the prince concubine insists on going her own way, don't blame me for not giving you face. Come, send the prince out!"

As soon as the voice fell, a bunch of servants and scumbags rushed in outside the door.

Princess Mu squeezed a smile on her face and gave her final politeness, "Princess, please, I won't send you off-don't toast or eat fine wine."

Seeing the unkind people in the room, Tao Ti bit his lip nervously, and the heart in his chest was beating fast.

She felt that a strong dragon could not beat a local snake. Although she was a high-ranking princess, she was too passive in her turf.

What to do, what to do now?

She and Linglong are two people, and it is really difficult to take this girl away.

But if she left first, and then brought the rescuers back, the girl would have died long ago.

Just when she was distraught and at a loss, a familiar voice suddenly sounded at the door, "Who is the princess going to invite to drink fine wine?"

Everyone in the house was stunned, all staring at the door.

In the backlight, Pei Yan, dressed in a black silk brocade robe, walked in strode, with a smile on his face that looked like a smile.

When she saw him, Princess Mu's face turned pale.

Pei Yan walked straight to stand beside Tao Ti, lowered his head, his deep black eyes filled with tenderness, "Ati is not afraid, there is loneliness."