Zeng Rong was indeed stopped by Liu Chunmiao.

Seeing that she was stunned, Liu Chunmiao said directly: "You can make it up after you think about it." ”

"What's there to make up, I also mentioned this matter to you, that night I said that you would take me to see the fireworks, and then you had something to go out, and when I went back to the dormitory, the dormitory was empty, I didn't dare to go to the harem alone, to find Sister Xiaocui, but Aunt Qin was nobody, I walked around Aunt Qin's house, and I saw that I hadn't come back yet, I was too cold, I didn't wait any longer, and went back to the dormitory."

"You really didn't go to the harem? Then why did some people say that they saw you near Cining Palace? ”

"How is that possible? Auntie, think about it carefully, it's almost dark when the two of us are separated, I'll go back to the dormitory, go to Xiaocui again, and then walk to Cining Palace, it won't be dark that day, who can see who is who? It can be seen that someone is lying, but what I don't understand is, why do you want to spread rumors that you have seen me there, what do you want to confirm? Force me to admit that I've seen the second prince? ”

Liu Chunmiao opened her mouth and closed it again.

This is indeed a rumor, she is deceiving Zeng Rong, but she ignores the most critical time node.

Zeng Rong saw that the other party still did not let go of his suspicions, so he had to say again: "Okay, even if as you said, aunt, someone has seen me near Cining Palace, and I ask you, is it true that it was the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve?" How can I meet the second prince? Will the second prince run out on his own, or can I enter and leave Cining Palace at will? Don't forget, what is Cining Palace, and who is the second prince, I'm afraid that before I get close, those eunuchs and guards will be arrested as assassins? ”

"That night, the second prince ran out alone."

Liu Chunmiao also knew that early in the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the imperial concubine sent someone to check the place where Zhu Heng was found the day before, and found traces of the wheelchair being stuck in a nearby bush, and also found the marks of someone falling on the muddy ground and a bunch of messy footprints, one of which had very small footprints.

That is to say, someone helped him up after Zhu Heng fell that night, but before the imperial concubine could find out who the person who helped him was, the news that Zhu Heng was seriously ill came out, and then Zhu Heng was taken into Cining Palace to recuperate, and the queen mother sent a new palace maid who had been in the house for a few days to serve him.

It was precisely because of Amei's appearance that the imperial concubine let down her guard, thinking that Amei saved Zhu Heng, but it happened that the news from Cining Palace also said that Zhu Heng was very good to this new palace maid, and the two also put Kong Ming lanterns together on the day of the Lantern Festival.

But yesterday's appearance of Zhu Heng shook the judgment of the imperial concubine, if it was true that Zhu Heng forced himself to come out because of Zeng Rong, there is only one explanation, Zeng Rong is very important to Zhu Heng, so that he has to force himself to become stronger, so that he can protect the person he wants.

That's a little wrong.

Even if the queen mother is in love with Zeng Rong, there is no reason for Zhu Heng to be so serious about a little palace maid who has never met, right?

The imperial concubine re-examined what happened during this period of time, and found that she might have misjudged one thing, it was not Ah Mei who saved Zhu Heng that night, but someone else, only in this way can it be explained why Zhu Heng accepted Zeng Rong so quickly.

Of course, it is not excluded that Qin Chuxue also played a role in building bridges in the middle, such as the longevity character on the Queen Mother's regular clothes, Zhu Heng must be able to recognize it as his pen style, and learned that Zeng Rong was the person Qin Chuxue strongly recommended, and he was the girl who saved him, or the person who was in the Queen Mother's picture, and it was logical for Zhu Heng to try his best to keep Zeng Rong.

Liu Chunmiao originally didn't believe that there was such a coincidence, and she also remembered that Zeng Rong said that she didn't go to the harem that night, but the imperial concubine's speculation was also reasonable, so she thought about deceiving Zeng Rong.

How do you know that Zeng Rong didn't cheat but she was persuaded by Zeng Rong, there was no way, she could only tell the truth and want to test Zeng Rong again at the end.

"What did you say, the second prince ran out alone? How did he run by himself? His legs are fine, he can walk, is it pretended? Zeng Rong's eyes widened and he asked incredulously.

"You? Forget it, don't talk about that. Liu Chunmiao sighed slightly, and asked instead: "Then what do you think of the second prince to you today?" ”

"Auntie, I don't even know him, what can he do to me? If I have to force me to say something, I can only say that I sympathize with him, especially when I saw him being pushed to a higher level and found that he couldn't reach the stage, so I had to let the guards carry him to the lower ones, then I really sympathized with him, but that's all. I came to you to ask you, how is the matter of the harem selection, and what should I do now? Zeng Rong took the initiative to change the topic.

Liu Chunmiao and Zeng Rong looked at each other for a moment and asked, "Have you thought about it, don't waver?" ”

"Of course, but the premise is that the inner chamberlain, I don't want to go to the imperial concubine, I don't want to be sandwiched between her and the queen. In that case, I might as well go to Cining Palace. Zeng Rong made his position clear.

"Have you thought about it, going to Cining Palace is to serve the second prince, are you really willing to guard a waste person for the rest of your life?"

"This?" Zeng Rong was silent.

She understood Liu Chunmiao's hint, but what she cared about was not his disability, but his self-isolation, such a person could not give Zeng Rong a sense of security, and could not help Zeng Rong protect the person she wanted to protect.

But yesterday's appearance shook Zeng Rong, it was she who mislooked at him, he couldn't do it, he didn't do it, as long as he wanted to, he could also become stronger.

No, his appearance yesterday at least broke a rumor, he is not rumored to have a hidden disease and can't see people, but his legs are not good at walking, in the meantime, people who have a heart will figure it out.

Seeing that Zeng Rong was silent, Liu Chunmiao lifted her skirt, revealing a pair of bruised knees, "Because of you, I was also punished." ”

"Because of me?" Zeng Rong said indignantly: "Because I went to that pit? Why? When you meet the Queen Mother, you and I can't control it? ”

"You think so, I think so, but others don't think so, to put it bluntly, in this harem, we are all poor worms at the bottom, how can we have any right to speak?" Liu Chunmiao suddenly bared her teeth after speaking, she wanted to move her position, and accidentally pulled her knee.

"Auntie, how long have you been kneeling?" Zeng Rong remembered Qin Chuxue's legs, and also remembered that Amei had said that she had also been punished for kneeling for two hours.

"It's better to say something if you kneel directly on the mat, I'm kneeling on the tile, and blame me, I'll just send you over yesterday."

"On the tile?" Zeng Rong was shocked again, and once again realized a word, people can't look good.

This imperial concubine looks soft and weak, and she speaks coquettishly, but she didn't expect to be ruthless at all.

But then again, this woman can not fall in the harem for decades, and in the end, she can avoid the queen and the cabinet to join forces to send her son to the throne, this intelligence is absolutely unattainable, as the so-called winner and loser Kou, the process is not so important.