The author has something to say: I am very sorry for the long wait! ! ! ! Yesterday something unexpected happened, but the computer was locked in the dark room before, so I posted the notice on the copywriting at 11 o'clock. I hope everyone has seen it! I will update as usual tonight (the 17th)! Today the little tender flower will be out!

There were four or five Taoists in white standing in front of them, each carrying a basket, and they seemed to be picking fruits. But now, instead of surrounding the fruit trees, they seemed to be surrounding someone. Although they were far away, with their hearing ability, they could clearly hear the content of the dispute. A young Taoist said, "No wonder I feel that there are fewer fruits in the forest recently. It turns out that someone has been squatting here stealing fruits all day long."

A gentle voice said, "Anyone can pick fruits from the fruit forest on Mount Taicang as long as they are disciples of the temple. How can it be called 'stealing'? Besides, there are hundreds of fruit trees in the forest. Even if I pick fruits alone, I won't reduce the number of fruits."

The voice was Mu Qing. From the corner of his clothes showing from the crowd, it seemed that he had taken off his demonic black clothes and put on the simple Taoist robes he usually wore. The Taoist snorted and said, "If it was just your share, of course it wouldn't be much less, but you not only took your share, but also secretly brought it down the mountain to feed others. It's shameless to take advantage of this."

Xie Lian understood. He was displeased with Mu Qing again and said that his fellow disciple was looking for trouble.

Mu Qing's family was poor. His mother lived in the capital at the foot of the mountain. She could only do needlework to make a living. Later, her eyesight was damaged and she could no longer do needlework. She could only wait for her son to bring back some wages from the mountain to support the family. Sometimes he would pick some fruits from Taicang Mountain and bring them down the mountain for his mother to taste. This was not a big deal because there was no rule prohibiting this, but it was still a bit undignified. It was even more embarrassing to bring it up in public and ridicule it. Mu Qing's voice was a little cold, and he said, "Brother Zhu, I don't interact with you much, but you have targeted me again and again. Yesterday, you didn't let me enter the Four Elephants Palace to report the news to the national masters. I don't know how I offended you?"

The young man surnamed Zhu was a Taoist priest in the Four Elephants Palace who served the Imperial Master. When he heard him mention this, he got angry and said, "You almost missed the important matter by not delivering the message carefully, but you blame me instead? It's your fault for being so secretive yesterday that others thought you were up to no good. If you had just told me what you were doing, would it have been like this? It almost caused His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to miss an important matter today, and I was even called in by the Imperial Master to be scolded!" As he said this, he threw the basket in his hand and called the others to gather around. Xie Lian couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Stop!"

When the Taoists heard the voice, they were startled, turned around and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Xie Lian and Feng Xin came up, and Mu Qing had been grabbed by the collar by Senior Brother Zhu and pinned to a tree, but the fight hadn’t started yet. If a fight really started, Mu Qing would definitely have the upper hand even if he was one against twenty, but if he wanted to gain a foothold in Huangji Temple, he absolutely couldn’t fight.

Xie Lian smiled and said, “Brothers and fellow students, what are you doing?”

Senior Brother Zhu was a fair-faced young man with a respectable appearance. He usually admired the Crown Prince very much. He was stunned when he heard the words and quickly put aside his admiration and said, "Hey, hey, we..."

Xie Lian continued to smile, and said, “Although I don’t know what you are arguing about, Mu Qing is my attendant, and everything he does is usually at my instruction. I didn’t realize that I had committed some crime by letting him come over to pick some fruit?”

Several Taoists bowed repeatedly and said, "No, no! It turned out that you, Your Highness, asked him to come. We misunderstood!" Mu Qing was leaning against a tree. When he heard him say that he asked him to come, he was startled at first, then he straightened his collar and lowered his head without saying anything. The Taoists were sweating profusely and hurriedly apologized to Xie Lian and Mu Qing. Finally, they hurriedly took the baskets and fled from the cherry forest. Xie Lian saw that the pair of baskets brought by Mu Qing were thrown aside, so he bent down to pick them up and handed them to him, saying, "Do you need help?"

Mu Qing didn't take the basket. She just looked up and stared at his face with a complicated expression for a while. After a while, she said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Xie Lian asked, “What?”

Mu Qing asked: "Why do you always show up at times like this?"

Xie Lian: “?”

Feng Xin was unhappy and asked, "What do you mean? Wouldn't it be better for me to come out and help you out at this time?"

Mu Qing glanced at him and took the basket. At this time, Feng Xin stiffened his neck and said stiffly: "Listen carefully, I was wrong for what happened just now. I didn't target you, I just said it casually. You don't have to think too much and doubt this and that. I don't care about other people's affairs except His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and I don't have the interest to gossip. That's all I have to say, don't make a fuss!"

"Pfft!" Xie Lian originally thought that his tone was too harsh, but after hearing the end, he found it inexplicably funny. Mu Qing also glared at Feng Xin, but Xie Lian waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright. Feng Xin was telling the truth. Cut out that part, nothing happened."

After a moment, Mu Qing said gloomily, "I'll go look for the red coral bead later. Maybe it fell on the street."

Xie Lian thought it would be a bad idea to act too indifferent, so he said, “Well, if you’re free, I’ll trouble you. But if it falls on the street, it will probably be picked up by someone.”

Mu Qing seemed to have nothing else to say, and he picked up the few bunches of cherries that fell on the ground and put them into the basket. He didn't pick many bunches to begin with, and was about to walk out of the forest, but Xie Lian looked up and saw many bright red cherries, and picked a few bunches and put them in his basket.

Mu Qing was slightly startled. Xie Lian said, “Next time you pick some fruit and bring it to your mother, just say that you picked it on my orders. Then no one will say anything. The Imperial Master asked me to go back to the palace in the next few days. I plan to leave tomorrow. How about you go down the mountain and take a look tomorrow? Why don’t you go back today?”

After a long while, Mu Qing finally whispered, "Thank you, Your Highness."

The next day, Xie Lian brought Feng Xin and Mu Qing down the mountain.

As soon as they got down the mountain, they saw a golden carriage in front of the tall mountain gate. A young man in brocade clothes with a collar around his neck was holding a whip and lying in front of the carriage, with his legs crossed high, looking very proud. As soon as he saw Xie Lian coming out of the mountain gate, the young man jumped up and ran towards them, saying happily, "Prince cousin!"

The young man was naturally very upset. He was the only one who would come to the foot of Mount Tai Cang to wait for Xie Lian whenever he had time. He jumped over in two steps and said happily, "I finally waited for you!"

Xie Lian smiled, rubbed his head, and said with a smile: "Qi Rong has grown taller again? How did you know that I would return to the palace today?"

Qi Rong said with a grin, "I don't know. I'll just wait. You'll come out eventually. I don't believe I won't be able to catch you."

Xie Lian said helplessly, “You are so idle. Have you studied hard? Have you practiced sword skills well? If the Queen Mother asks me to check your homework again, I will not say anything good for you.”

Qi Rong’s eyes rolled around, and he jumped up and said, “Don’t worry about that for now! Look at my new car! Cousin Crown Prince, get in and take my car back to the palace!” He grabbed Xie Lian’s hand and pulled him towards the car. Xie Lian felt it was very dangerous and said, “You drive?” Feng Xin and Mu Qing followed. Normally, the servants should sit in the front of the car, but Qi Rong frowned and raised his whip, saying, “I asked Cousin Crown Prince to get in the car, not you. You two lowly people want to get on my golden car, why don’t you get out now!”

Xie Lian shouted softly, “Qi Rong!”

Feng Xin had seen Qi Rong several times, and he knew that he was such a bitch. Mu Qing had never been to the palace, so naturally he had never had close contact with this little mirror king. Qi Rong felt very wronged, but seeing that Xie Lian seemed to be leaving, he had to reluctantly agree to let these two lowly guys get on his precious golden carriage.

However, as soon as they got on the car, all three of them regretted it. Qi Rong was driving like a madman, whipping the horse wildly with a whip in his hand, shouting something unknown, making the white horse scream and the wheels spin wildly, rushing around on the street. Xie Lian shouted to stop but it didn't stop, and it almost knocked down pedestrians and stalls several times. Thanks to Feng Xin and Mu Qing who pulled the reins from time to time in front of them to stop the horse, otherwise at least 20 lives would have been lost along the way. When they arrived in front of the palace, the wheels finally slowed down slowly, and Xie Lian, Feng Xin and Mu Qing all breathed a sigh of relief. Xie Lian wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. Feng Xin and Mu Qing had been whipped by Qi Rong more than a dozen times, and their hands were covered with whip marks. Qi Rong stood up and stepped on the tall white horse's butt, and said proudly: "Brother Crown Prince, how about it, I drive well, don't I!"

Xie Lian got out of the car and said, “I’m going to tell my father, the emperor, and my mother to confiscate your car.”

Qi Rong was shocked: "How could this happen!"

The Xianle national style loves gold, gems, beauties, music, and calligraphy and painting. The Xianle Palace is the pinnacle of all the things they love. Walking through the huge square and the vermilion corridor, you will see not only luxurious gold bricks and jade statues. You can see exquisite calligraphy and paintings everywhere, and the sound of floating music can be heard from time to time, just like a fairyland.

The Imperial Palace is Xie Lian's home, where he grew up. Feng Xin was selected as a guard at the age of fourteen, and he was no longer surprised. Only Mu Qing saw such a building for the first time and was shocked. However, the more shocked he was, the more careful he was, the more he didn't want others to see his mood, and the more he didn't want to make a wrong step.

Xie Lian went to see Queen Min first. The Queen was in Qifeng Palace, leaning against a small table and sipping tea. She had already heard someone announce that the Crown Prince had returned. She was so happy that her eyes curved. Before her son even came close, she stretched out her hands and said, "You finally decided to come back to see me?"

Feng Xin and Mu Qing stood guard outside the palace. Xie Lian and Qi Rong entered the palace, walked over and took their mother's hand, saying, "Didn't I just come back two months ago?"

The Queen scolded, "You are such a heartless child. Rong'er still knows how to spend more time with an old man like me, but you still have the nerve to say that you haven't been home for two months."

Xie Lian smiled and said, “How can the Queen Mother be old? She is clearly in her 40s! She looks like she is of the same generation as me.”

The queen was delighted to hear this. Although she had a son as old as Xie Lian, she was well-maintained and looked like a noble lady. However, she still scolded him, "You are just flattering me." Xie Lian saw a jade cup on the small table. The contents inside gave off a strange fragrance. He asked curiously, "What is this?" He picked it up, but the queen said, "Don't drink it! You can't drink it carelessly."