After listening to her son's answer, Shen Zhen looked at Mu Qing firmly on the side and nodded lightly in agreement. Mu Qing smiled back, she knew that from this moment on, she and Shen Hao had become temporary allies.

Shen Zhen then coaxed Liang Xi a few more words, asking him to go back to the house with his subordinates to eat something. After Liang Xi left, only she and Mu Qing were left in the house, and Shen Zhen asked, "What is Concubine Chen going to do next?" ”

"I need to go back and sort everything out before I can plan a way to deal with it." Mu Qing lowered his head and calculated, and then told in a deep voice, "In the past few days, Niangniang has been staying in the palace with the eldest prince, don't go anywhere, and don't have any resistance, it's best to lower your posture to show your fear of the queen, so that they can temporarily relax their vigilance." And most importantly, you should be careful with all food that comes in from outside. ”

Shen Zhen nodded, her nervous feelings could not be calmed down for a long time, and she asked worriedly: "But today you came to Yi Qiangong to save us, will Tang Meiren go back and sue Queen Sù in a blink of an eye?" ”

"I don't think so, I've reached a consensus with her, both sides won't leak half a sentence about today's matter, if she spreads it herself, won't she make trouble for herself?" Mu Qing calmly analyzed, and there was an unfathomable essence hidden under her feather-like eyelashes, "Besides, if she tells Empress Sù about this, won't she show that she is incompetent?" On the contrary, it is easy to attract the queen's blame. However, if Tang Meiren is really loyal to the queen and will report it truthfully when she turns around, then I am not afraid. The more small actions the queen makes, the easier it is to reveal flaws, and the more beneficial it is for us. ”

"Okay, I will listen to you, and I will keep to myself with Xi'er for the past two days, and I will never leave Yiqian Palace for half a step. Other... There is Concubine Lao Chen's mother, who has to worry a lot. ”

"Mother's welcome. In two days, I asked Zhu Yu to bring some charcoal fire, how can I live without charcoal fire on this cold day. Rest assured, what I promised you will definitely be done. ”

The other party's resolute face made Shen Zhen stunned, for some reason she suddenly had a wonderful feeling, Concubine Chen was nosy this time, it didn't seem that she wanted to cooperate with her, it was more like... A kind of protection! ”

Shen Zhen stood straight outside the palace gate, looking at this mysterious woman who seemed indifferent, but people couldn't figure it out. She looked at the woman's slender back, and a burst of unexplained colic suddenly surged in her heart, and the memories that had been sealed for a long time burst into her mind, like a monstrous wave, unstoppable.

"Changyan, you must give this letter to Mu Chen, and you are not allowed to open it yourself, you know?"

The girl patted her chest and promised categorically: "Don't worry! I'm your sister of Changyan, and I will do what I promised you!"

Shen Zhen's thoughts were interrupted by the soft voice of the maid beside her, she took a deep breath, laughed secretly at herself for thinking too much, and turned around and walked back into the house.

Zhu Yu supported Mu Qing all the way, lowered her head, and didn't dare to speak.

Seeing the girl's sad face, Mu Qing couldn't help but smile, and said clearly: "Say it!" It's not uncomfortable to hold it for so long. ”

Zhu Yu said guiltily: "Master, I'm sorry. It's the slave who is not good, and she took you to Yiqian Palace on her own initiative, causing so much trouble, not to mention, and causing you to be misunderstood by Concubine Zhen. Why don't you tell the truth to Zhenfei? We didn't mean to win her over at all, why did you deliberately lie to her and wronged yourself? ”

"If I don't say that, I'm afraid Shen Zhen won't believe that we will really help her. In this palace, coming and going is a matter of interests, if it is not with some purpose, who will be the senseless and good person? Using such an excuse can not only perfectly hide my identity, but also dispel Shen Zhen's suspicions, what can be counted as a few words of irony? Anyway, it's not like I've not been misunderstood. Mu Qing said indifferently, and didn't seem to take Shen Zhen's words to heart just now.

Mu Qing said it lightly, but it was particularly sad to hear it in Zhu Yu's ears. However, Zhu Yu knew that now was not the time to be sad, so she put down her mind and asked in a low voice, "That... Shall we investigate this case? ”

Mu Qing suddenly stopped and glanced at Zhu Yu coldly, "Didn't you already make your own decision and go to check?" ”

Zhu Yu smiled, "Hehe, I really can't hide anything from you." ”

Mu Qing's eyes condensed, and he said, "Did you find anything special?" ”

"The incident of the day was caused by Tang Meiren, so the slave guessed that Tang Meiren was the most suspicious, so she secretly went to investigate Tang Meiren's recent actions." Zhu Yu detailed the results of her investigation word by word, and did not dare to omit any details. "But in addition to asking the Queen Mother and Empress every day, she just stayed in her bedroom and copied the scriptures, which was nothing special."

Mu Qing heard Zhu Yu say this, and then thought that Tang Meiren did claim that she had eaten fasting and recited Buddha for many days, and copied scriptures for the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother praised her for this. Mu Qing thought that she was holding up the guise of great compassion like this, but secretly doing things that harmed people and damaged yin morality, it was really ironic.

"Where is the Queen?" Mu Qing asked.

Zhu Yu lowered her head and replied, "It's the same as Tang Meiren, there's nothing special about it." Although the pot of Qin Hu lotus was cultivated and taken care of by the queen to the inner chamberlain, the queen has never interfered since the flower entered the inner chamberlain. ”

"She deliberately avoided suspicion, she must have known early that there would be a problem with this pot of flowers." Mu Qing's eyes lit up, and he suddenly thought of something critical, and hurriedly asked, "What about the inner guard?" What has happened to the inner eunuch who is guarding Qin Hulian these days? ”

"Niangniang is really clever, although the slave and maid returned empty-handed from Tang Beauty and the queen, but she discovered a big secret in the inner guard."

Mu Qing rolled his eyes and said impatiently: "Since there has been a big discovery a long time ago, why do you want to talk about two irrelevant ones first?" ”

"Isn't it meant to be gradual!" Zhu Yu said with a hippie smile, and after seeing Mu Qing's increasingly unhappy expression, she still obediently regained her serious appearance, "A little eunuch has died in the inner prison in the past few days, and I heard that he fell into the water and drowned in the lotus pond in the imperial garden. And this little eunuch who lost his footing and drowned was the little eunuch who brought Qin Hulian into the main hall in Yunyi Palace that day. ”

Mu Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, with a trace of indescribable excitement on his face. "Oh? So coincidentally? It was only two days after the incident happened, and the little eunuch died suddenly, and there must be something strange in it. Have you checked the background of this little eunuch? ”

Zhu Yu has followed Mu Qing's side for many years, and she has always been extremely efficient, so naturally she should have investigated it. She said in detail: "I have no father and no mother, and I was sold into the palace by my uncle. Since entering the palace, he has been staying in the inner chamberlain, and on the surface, he has nothing to do with the masters of the palace. (To be continued.) )