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At noon that day, a young man who looked like an inner servant hurriedly appeared outside the gate of Yongning Palace. A moment later, a palace maid who came out of the gate greeted the guard.

The chamberlain led the palace maid to avoid a place covered by trees, and asked in a low voice, "Have you figured out the matter of the princess leaving the palace?" ”

"Why didn't you figure it out?" The palace maid frowned suspiciously, "She said it herself, and she left in front of us, what's not clear about this?" ”

"What the hell?" The chamberlain frowned, and his voice became urgent, "Our people have followed the palace maid you said about leaving the palace with the princess for two days and two nights, and they haven't seen the princess herself at all!" And I just investigated the entry and exit records of all the palace gates, and there was obviously only one palace maid who left from Yongning Palace yesterday! ”

"How is this possible?" The palace maid was anxious, "Princess, she is indeed not in the palace." Now the 'princess' in the palace is pretending. ”

"So where the hell did she go? It is impossible to disappear for no reason. The chamberlain's brow furrowed even tighter.

The palace maid also bit her lower lip, "The princess is mainly unattended, and he can't live for a day, how can he be alone and don't know where to go?" ”

"Who are you looking for?"

At this moment, a voice came from the bushes beside the two of them.

In the strict forbidden palace, it was impossible for anyone to risk being considered an assassin and hide in the bushes unscrupulously, and this sudden sound startled the two of them.

The voice was clear and pleasant, with a bit of a childlike voice, which silenced the inner servant who had just lost his voice and shouted "There is an assassin".

The palace maid took a few steps back to see the facial features of the person who came, and then hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed in shock.

At this time, several guards outside the gate also rushed over. When they saw the man who had come out of the bushes, they all knelt down and shouted in unison, "Your Highness Princess! At this moment, even the attendant who shouted "Catch the assassin" just now knelt down with weak feet.

The man who came out of the bushes was dressed as a chamberlain, and was short and slender, and at first glance looked like a young chamberlain who had just entered the palace; But if you look closely, you will find that she has fair skin, delicate facial features, smart eyes, and her demeanor is diametrically opposed to that of a humble servant, it is Zuo Ying.

The corners of Zuo Ying's mouth curled slightly, "I'm asking you something, why don't you answer truthfully?" ”

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, the chamberlain settled down, raised his head and said, "If you go back to the princess, we are looking for a lost palace maid." ”

"Oh, it wasn't looking for me." Zuo Ying sat casually on a smooth stone behind her, Erlang's legs were cocked, and his elbows were supported on his knees, "However, I really lost a palace maid in the palace, and I asked her to go out of the palace to do errands." This palace maid knows the way everywhere, but when she comes to the palace, she will get lost, and it is estimated that she is wandering outside the palace gate but can't get in. Well...... Could you please inform Lord Wei Chi, who is in charge of the Forbidden Guard, and ask him to guide my palace maid? ”

The chamberlain lowered his head and glared secretly, "This ...... The princess is serious, but she ...... I'm afraid that Lord Wei Chi will not see such a lowly person as a villain. ”

Zuo Yingba blinked Shui Ling's eyes, "How many rank officials is Lord Wei Chi's position as a guard?" ”

The waiter choked for a moment, and saw that no one else answered, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, Wei Wei is a third-grade official." ”

"Huh? It turned out to be a third-grade official. I didn't even see the man I sent, and I thought he was on an equal footing with my royal brother! Zuo Ying suddenly stood up, pointed to the attendant who was kneeling on the ground and shouted: "Which palace slave are you that dare to belittle me around the bend?" Call me! ”

Several guards did not dare to hesitate, and immediately received the order, raised the sticks in their hands and fell towards the inner attendants.

Under Zuo Ying's nose, the guards didn't dare to release the water, so they used enough strength to pick up the stick, and in a few strokes, the guard rolled on the ground and howled for mercy, "The villain doesn't dare!" Princess, spare your life! Princess, spare your life! The villain is going! Here it goes! ”

Zuo Ying motioned for the guards to stop, and her face returned, "Very good." If my palace maid can't come back before the lantern, let your master come to Yongning Palace to get your meat sauce and feed it to the pigs. ”

"Yes! Be! The chamberlain trembled and kowtowed a few times with his injured body, and limped briskly in the direction of the palace gate.

The princess's arrogant and domineering behavior was very common in the eyes of those guards, and only the palace maid felt a chill down her spine while guessing whether Zuo Ying knew about their plan or was crooked.

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"Princess, tea, please."

A palace maid respectfully presented a cup of nectar to Zuo Ying, who was sitting on the screen couch in the center of the Moxiang Pavilion and had not yet changed into an inner dress.

"When the princess is away for a long time, she must be tired and tired. The slave maid has asked the diner to prepare the princess's favorite crystal balls, golden crispy duans, purple jade soup, and desert cheese, which will be ready for dinner in a few moments. Another palace maid also hugged her, and said courteously with a smile on her face.

"Princess, do you want to bathe and change your clothes before you eat, or do you want to change your clothes after dinner?"

The palace maids were unwilling to lag behind, and they came up one after another to offer their courtesy.

You don't have to think about it to know that this must be because she is afraid that Zuo Ying will honor the punishment she said before, even if she doesn't really put them to death, a whipping is enough for them.

The better the mood of some people, the worse their memory; Some people are in a good mood and remember that they are very tired. Zuo Ying clearly belongs to the latter. She took the nectar offered by the palace maid, took a sip, and didn't say a word, just a subtle sly smile hung on the corner of her mouth.

At this moment, a guard's voice suddenly came from outside the door, and he said loudly: "The queen has arrived!" ”

Raising her eyes, Empress Li had already strode into the study, standing opposite Zuo Ying with a serious expression, and a large group of attendants poured in behind her, almost circling the study room of more than 100 square meters.

Zuo Ying looked back at her side, and the palace maid who was still circling around her just now had obediently shrunk to the side, slowly dodging out, and the place where there should have been a guard standing outside the door was also empty.

Although something unexpected happened, Zuo Ying was still used to smiling first, and the cup in her hand was still slowly brought to her lips, and she took a sip of tea before saying, "The queen must be worried that my people are clumsy and don't greet me well, so she brought so many people to come." If the queen doesn't like my Yongning Palace, it will be more than enough for these people to tear down and rebuild one. ”

I thought that this posture would definitely make the princess's angry Empress Li have a trace of surprise on her face that she couldn't hide.

But she quickly put away her surprise, twisted her eyebrows, and shouted at Zuo Ying: "Helan Ying, it has been less than ten days since Your Majesty's death, and you actually took off your mourning clothes and didn't say anything, and you put on such a costume that does not match your identity, it is simply rude, there is no royal system at all, and you regard Your Majesty's spirit in the sky as nothing!" ”

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