Chapter 253 Mysterious Visitor

It was pitch black outside, and a light was quietly turned on in the study room of the Prince Xian's mansion, which had been silent for many days.

Two men with plain looks walked into the study room. They were both about 30 years old, one tall and one short. They were so ordinary that no one would look at them twice when they walked on the street.

However, when the maid brought two basins of water and asked them to wash off their disguises, what appeared in front of them was clearly a young man and a young woman in her prime.

The door of the study room was closed.

Mu Xiuhan looked at the two people in front of him, and for the first time in many days, he felt the taste of escaping from a desperate situation: "My cousin and cousin's disguise is really exquisite. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe that the two people just now were actually you in disguise."

In front of him was a man and a woman. The man was in his early twenties. His handsome and gentle eyebrows revealed a gloomy aura, giving people a feeling of not being able to see the light.

The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and was as beautiful as a flower. Even a plain blue dress could not hide the charm of her eyebrows and eyes. Her skin was so white that it almost glowed under the light.

Mu Xiuhan's eyes fell on her face, and his heartbeat could not help but speed up a little.

He quickly looked away and poured tea for the two of them: "Why did my cousin and cousin suddenly come to the imperial capital? But what did my grandfather and uncle hear?"

Guo Huai said indifferently: "My father heard that your position as the crown prince was abolished, so he ordered me and A Qiang to come and see."

Mu Xiuhan's expression froze, and he walked to the chair in front of the window and sat down in silence. His voice was full of resentment: "My father listened to slander and was simply stupid."

Guo Hongqiang stood silently in front of the window, staring at the dark night outside the window, pursing her lips, like a cold jade sculpture - a jade sculpture without emotion but exuding extreme temptation.

Mu Xiuhan glanced at her quietly, and couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

His cousin is really a weirdo.

She is beautiful and is used as a chess piece by the King of Xijiang. She can attract people and make them infatuated, but her temperament is as cold as a jade sculpture, without any human emotions.

Sometimes she looks attractive, and sometimes she feels creepy.

I don't know how such a contradictory personality can appear in the same person.

"There is another important thing." Guo Huai's voice interrupted Mu Xiuhan's wild thoughts, "Cousin, do you know that the Queen of Jin came to Mu?"

Mu Xiuhan came back to his senses and nodded, "I know. She and the four princes of Jin came here as envoys to take her daughter back to Jin."

Guo Huai asked, "Besides that?"

"Besides that?" Mu Xiuhan frowned and looked at him in confusion, "Do they have other purposes?"

Guo Huai asked calmly, "Have you ever thought about why the emperor dared to abolish your throne at this time?"

Mu Xiuhan's face changed slightly, thinking of the way his father treated him and his mother these days. The attitude of the queen, and Jiang Yi's visit to Mu State, an ominous premonition emerged in his heart: "Is it related to my grandfather?"

"No one knows that Jiang Yi married to Jin State fifteen years ago, which shows that the emperor has kept it a secret perfectly." Guo Huai said coldly, "Father has begun to suspect that Jiang Yi's secret marriage to Jin State may be a trick played by the emperor and Jiang Yi. Their purpose is to lower his defense and wait for the right time to reduce the vassal state."

Mu Xiuhan felt cold in his heart and clenched his hands involuntarily: "No wonder..."

No wonder there has been no news from Jiang Yi in fifteen years.

Everyone thought she was dead, so they didn't take Yan Li, an orphan, to heart.

However, after Yan Li was broken off by him, Jiang Yi brought the princes of Jin State to seek justice-Is Jiang Yi here for her daughter, or because her plan with the emperor has matured?

If they really want to deal with my grandfather and uncle...

Mu Xiuhan's palms were slightly wet, thinking of the letter he wrote to his grandfather last time, wasn't it just the evidence he sent to his father?

The heart of the emperor is indeed unfathomable.

Mu Xiuhan couldn't help but wonder if his father had never thought of making him the crown prince?

"What are you thinking, cousin?" Guo Huai turned his head and looked at him calmly, "Do you think the emperor's heart is as deep as the sea?"

Mu Xiuhan came back to his senses, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "More than that, my father is clearly using me as a pawn!"

Letting him be the crown prince is just to confuse my grandfather.

My father must have had the idea of ​​eliminating my grandfather and uncle many years ago.

"The Queen of Jin has the power of regent, and she will not stay in Mu for too long this time." Guo Huai said in a light tone, "Father plans to set up an ambush halfway, kill the Queen of Jin and the envoys, and directly provoke a war between the two countries."

Mu Xiu Han was surprised: "Kill Jiang Yi?"

"Yes."

Mu Xiu Han frowned and thought deeply, and after a moment, he slowly nodded: "This is a good idea. Let's see if Father still dares to think about reducing the vassal state."

"Our plan needs someone to cooperate." Guo Huai said in a deep tone, "I heard that the Prime Minister's party has also been repeatedly defeated by Princess Nanyang recently."

Mu Xiu Han was stunned: "We cooperate with the Prime Minister?"

"This is the best way." Guo Huai obviously saw his thoughts and explained lightly, "Mu Cang and Princess Nanyang are not easy to deal with. This time we can't ensure that the plan will succeed by ourselves."

Mu Xiu Han nodded slowly: "It's just that I can't leave the Xianwang Mansion for the time being-"

"You don't need to show up." Guo Huai said, "I'll go talk to him."

Mu Xiu Han lowered his eyes and remained silent, as if thinking about a feasible plan.

"There will be a battle report coming from the border in two days. The war is urgent, and the Ninth Prince will definitely leave Kyoto." Guo Huai sneered, "As long as he leaves, won't it be easy to deal with Princess Nanyang?"

Mu Xiuhan held the tea cup and thought of what had happened these days, and he only hated Mu Cang and Yan Li to the core of his heart.

"Tune the tiger away from the mountain and move Mu Cang away." Guo Hongqiang turned around and said, "Ask Prime Minister Gu to cooperate and capture Princess Nanyang secretly. Even if Mu Cang gets the battle report by then and it is false, he will find out when he comes back that his wife is missing. , I don’t have time to pay attention to Jiang Yi and the others anymore.”

Guo Huai nodded: "As long as Mu Cang doesn't personally escort Jiang Yi back, my father will have a way to make the Queen of Jin and all the princes hostage."

Mu Xiuhan's eyes were attentive: "This method sounds really foolproof."

A fake war report sent the tiger away from the mountain, and then Prime Minister Gu was responsible for getting Yan Li into trouble. By then, Mu Cang would be unable to do anything, and Jiang Yi would definitely die on the way back.

Mu Xiuhan smiled coldly. As long as something happened to Jiang Yi, the Mu Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom would inevitably go to war. At that time, his father would only beg the King of Western Xinjiang to protect the border, but would he still dare to cut off the vassal?

What a joke.