Chapter 31 The mantis stalks the cicada

Palace entrance

All the ministers gathered at the entrance of the palace with their wives and their legitimate sons and daughters. When the Huan family arrived, almost everyone was already waiting for the emperor to come out.

A middle-aged man who was talking saw Huan Muli arrive and ended the conversation and walked to his side, "Master Huan, this time is perfect. We have been waiting for a long time but His Majesty did not come out. A young eunuch just came to report Your Majesty and the Queen have already left the palace. This is just the right time, sir. Isn't it okay to have sex? "

Knowing that this person was teasing him, Huan Muli laughed, "Master Sikong, please don't tease me. You gathered at the palace early to avoid making His Majesty wait. Compared with you, I am even worse."

"Master Huan, don't be humble. Who doesn't know that you are always a popular person in front of His Majesty? Otherwise, why would His Majesty entrust you with such an important security task? Sir, don't be humble." Sikong Fu said with a smile.

This old fox, no one knows what he said to His Majesty. His Majesty actually gave the military token that was originally kept by his Sikong family to this old guy, and let him mobilize the royal guards at will for this trip. How can the rest of them be willing to do this! If this Huan Muli is really capable, it would be fine. The key is that this person is a timid, cowardly and incompetent idiot. Although the Huan family is one of the three major families in the imperial capital, it is not a real aristocratic family after all. It has only become prosperous in recent years and cannot be compared with the real aristocratic family-the Yan family.

Logically speaking, the Yan family should have been responsible for this mission, but who would have thought that Huan Muli would show up halfway? However, it seemed that the Yan family did not take it seriously. Sikong Fu secretly glanced at Yan Pu, the head of the Yan family, and saw that he was having a good chat with Prime Minister Ling Yun.

Huan Muli ignored Sikong Fu and turned to Yan Pu, while the aunts of the Huan family were busy dealing with the ladies, young masters, and ladies to increase their connections, except for the third aunt, because Huan Qinghuai refused to leave. She had no choice but to stay in the carriage with her son.

Also not getting off the carriage were Liu Ye and Zi Qingge. Because he got up early, Liu Ye kept dozing along the way, so Zi Qingge asked someone to lie on his lap to rest. After a while, Liu Ye fell asleep.

Zi Qingge looked at the third person in the carriage expressionlessly, "You can get out now." This person has been staying in the carriage with him and A Ye since he came out of Huan Mansion. It is really an eyesore.

"I can stay wherever I want, you don't care. Fourth brother didn't say anything, why are you yelling." Huan Qingyao put her hands on her hips and stared at Zi Qingge with her big watery eyes.

Zi Qingge ignored it, gently stroking Liu Ye's silver hair with her right hand, and picked up a strand with her left hand and circled it around her fingers.

Huan Qingyao was shocked, "You, you, you, how dare you do such an action to him without fear of being discovered?" Even his master did not dare to do such a misleading action for fear of being disliked by the Second Young Master. This man How dare you! ! !

"I don't want to talk too much to you. Go back and tell your master that he is mine. Since you are afraid of being disgusted by him, what qualifications do you have to compete with me?" Zi Qingge glanced at Huan Qingyao and saw that the other party was still While in a daze, an idea flashed through his mind, which was just the right time to declare his sovereignty.

So, Lord Snake King slowly bent down under Huan Qingyao's surprised eyes, and took Liu Ye's delicate earlobe into his mouth.

"Hiss!" Huan Qingyao took a deep breath and pointed at Zi Qingge, "You, you, you..." In the end, he even said the words. He wanted to tell his master about this matter, and if he didn't take action People are really going to be robbed. Thinking of this, Huan Qingyao went out immediately.

Seeing that the troublemaker was finally gone, Zi Qingge stood up with a smile on her lips. If he had known that this method was feasible, he would have used it a long time ago, and he would still be able to eat tofu.

"Your Majesty has arrived." A high-pitched voice sounded.

The ministers wanted to salute, but the emperor stopped him, "My dear friends, there is no need to be too polite. This time I am going to worship my ancestors, not in the court, so these courtesy of monarchs and ministers will be dispensed with. It is already getting late, hurry up and start the morning."

The emperor sat in the imperial chariot, and the queen sat in together, along with several noble concubines and other princes and princesses.

"Let's set off!" the emperor's personal steward, Eunuch Hou, shouted in a high voice.

In the front are the escorts and palace guards, in the middle are the emperor and the Huang family, and at the end are the families of the ministers.

Since Huan Muli was responsible for the security work, he rode beside the emperor's chariot, waiting for the emperor's orders at any time.

The group of people set off in a grand manner.

In Liu Ye's carriage, Zi Qingge still maintained the same posture. He knew that Liu Ye was a light sleeper and would wake up at the slightest movement. Unexpectedly, the person on his lap actually moved and slowly opened his silver eyes.

"What time is it?"

"We just set out, let's sleep a little longer."

Liu Ye shook his head, "No, I don't want to miss the show." His silver eyes were faintly shining with excitement.

Zi Qingge looked at Liu Ye tenderly. A Ye was so expecting, how could she let him down?

Zi Qingge made a gesture and patted Liu Ye on the shoulder, "The show is about to begin."

Liu Ye remained calm and silently took out a plate of pastries from the drawer of the table in front of him.

Zi Qingge's eyes were full of smiles. This little thing really loves to watch a show.

Suddenly, the carriage stopped moving forward. There was a commotion from the front, followed by Huan Muli's voice, "Protect the emperor, don't panic!"

Suddenly, many masked men in black jumped out from the front of the team, pointing swords at the emperor. The guards and imperial guards were obviously outmatched, and soon half of them were killed or wounded.

Huan Muli had been protecting the emperor. He saw that the time was almost right and it was time to summon his own men. This was just the right time. If he had called out his own men from the beginning and left the royal guards with no losses, how could he have demonstrated the power of his Huan Family Shadow Guards? It would naturally be different in front of the emperor.

After making a secret gesture, Huan Muli watched the royal guards fall one by one, feeling somewhat happy in his heart, as he would be the one to take all the credit then.

Seeing their master giving the order, the shadow guards of the Huan family who were hiding in the bushes came out one after another. They were also all dressed in black and fought with the masked men in black.

The emperor was confused now. Why did another group of people come?

Huan Muli on the side smiled proudly. He could already foresee the emperor's reward for him.

The well-trained Phantom Guards beat the first group of black-clothed men to pieces. On the surface, it seemed that the latter group of black-clothed men had the upper hand, but if you look closely, you will find that all the injured were injured. It was the Shadow Guards of the Huan family, but the masked man in black avoided the attack.

In the end, the masked men in black were defeated and fled in all directions, but the strange thing was that none of them died.

Looking at the shadow guard who was almost half missing, Huan Muli felt a little distressed, but he still repelled the assassin. Thinking of this, he felt some comfort in his heart.

Liu Ye, who was in the carriage behind, lowered the curtain, picked up a piece of pastry between the two of them and put it into his mouth.

Zi Qingge on the side tapped the table rhythmically with her fingers.

"Your Majesty, it's okay, let's continue on our way." As soon as Huan Muli finished speaking, his eyes widened, and he looked at the scene that happened in front of him in disbelief.