I heard that Bai Lichen's face was not very good-looking after Mu Qing came back, but he reluctantly left his bedroom and went to visit Mu Qing.

At that time, Qing Ziran was still by Mu Qing's side and saw her for her.

The effect of the medicine has passed, and the pulse has gradually eased a little, and Qing Ziran knows very well that Mu Qing is not infected with the plague.

But Bai Lichen didn't know, he looked at Qing Ziran with a stiff face, waiting for the answer that came out of his mouth.

Qing Ziran deliberately wanted to tease Mu Qing and Bai Lichen in front of him, and deliberately lowered his face to reveal an unspeakable look.

Mu Qing's heart chuckled and he withdrew his wrist.

"Xin'er, please leave."

Xin'er heard Mu Qing's voice and walked in, her face was not very good-looking, but she couldn't disobey her mother's will.

Bai Lichen was reluctant to leave, so he stood there and looked at Mu Qing with a slightly solemn expression.

"You don't even leave anyone to serve you, do you plan to wait here alone to die?"

The words are ugly, but the meaning of concern is true, Bai Lichen knows that Mu Qing wants to drive his heart out together.

"You don't have to worry about me, it's my own business, and the plague is contagious, don't you go out now, wait until I infect you."

With this kind of disease, it is impossible not to be afraid, but Mu Qing still pretended to be calm, she was already prepared when she came back, and this time the matter was not so simple.

“…… I'm staying here. ”

Bai Lichen's attitude was as tough as hers, and the two of them sat facing each other, and no one wanted to give up half a point.

On the contrary, when Qing Ziran saw this scene, he felt that his joke was too big.

"You two are ...... I'm just kidding, the Third Imperial Concubine didn't catch the plague, and she's in good health......"

Before he finished speaking, Bai Lichen was the first to react, he walked in front of Qing Ziran in two steps, and his eyes revealed a bit of banter.

I don't think you want to live anymore.

I don't know why, Qing Ziran read these words from the other party's eyes.

He hooked the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, and slipped out of Mu Qing's room when he found an opportunity.

Xin'er was very happy, her own young lady was not infected with the plague, and she happily walked to Mu Qing's side.

"Great, mother, are you okay...... The slave is really worried about you. ”

"If you're fine, let's get some rest."

After finishing speaking, Bai Lichen left, and the look on his face had already revealed Qing Ziran's ending.

"Niangniang, look at Your Highness to care more about you."

Xin'er said softly in Mu Qing's ear, making Mu Qing a little embarrassed.

"Your Highness still values you."

Regarding the relationship between Bailichen and Mu Qing, Xin'er has always hoped that his mother can understand His Royal Highness's intentions.

His Royal Highness is cold to other people on weekdays, even if he is a little cold to the emperor, but he is so attentive to Niangniang, this must be in his heart, Niangniang's status is not ordinary.

It's just that Mu Qing is not open-minded, and he looks at others to be extra anxious.

"I know he cares about me, and you don't have to say the rest."

Mu Qing stopped her words, it was a complete coincidence that she came to this world, she only wanted to get a good sum of silver and live happily for the rest of her life, without thinking about getting married.

Even if she is married, the soul of a modern person, how can she accept three wives and four concubines in this era?

Bai Lichen is going to be the emperor, and his ambition Mu Qing understands.

If it is said that ordinary people still have the possibility of wanting to be single-minded, the royal family is absolutely impossible.

Even if it is for the sake of political and political marriage, Bailichen will have countless three palaces and six courts in the future.

There is really no fit between them.

"Mother's ......"

"Go down, I'm a little tired today, you don't have to stay in front of me."

Mu Qing waved his hand, and his heart was not easy to say, so he had to retreat.

The night was deep.

In the bedroom of the inn, on the table in front of Bai Lichen, a map of the town was spread out, which recorded in detail how many buildings there were in the town in front of him, as well as the distribution of various buildings.

"According to the news that Mu Qing brought back, these people are hiding here."

Bai Lichen pointed to a place in the suburbs, located in the middle of the mountain, which looked very hidden.

This is a thatched hut built by hunters who used to hunt, and during the hunting season, frequent going up and down the mountain will lose a lot of prey and opportunities, and the best way is to live directly on the mountain.

Unexpectedly, now that hunting is no longer in the town, these huts have become a place to house plague patients.

"The terrain here is not easy to send people to explore the past, I always thought that those people were hiding in the town, but I didn't expect to be placed in such a place...... And according to the meaning of the third princess, the purpose of the crown prince is not to spread the epidemic in the capital, as said before, but to be the one who cures the epidemic. ”

Even if it doesn't involve politics, Qing Ziran also knows that the prince's approach is really risky and petty.

If the epidemic infects the people in the capital, it will inevitably cause an uproar, not only the people's hearts are unstable, but also Fanbang and other foreign tribes will take advantage of the situation to invade, where is it as simple as the prince thinks.

"He is really not suitable for the position of the prince, and the emperor seems to have no way to hand over the position to him back then."

Qing Ziran shook his head.

"The mother family behind the queen has made a lot of effort, but the queen must not have thought that her good son would be so disobedient now, if I were the queen, I must have been angry."

A cool smile appeared on Bai Lichen's face, he could already think of how the queen sat like pins and needles in the palace, but the prince refused to see the queen because he was sick.

In order not to arouse the emperor's suspicion, the queen could only smile perfunctorily.

The infighting between the mother and son is good news for Bailichen.

His opponent has always been just a queen, the prince is indeed a mediocre person, and even his own queen mother has paved this road of Zhuangkang for himself, but he still does not go smoothly.

Even this kind of thing is naturally simple.

"It's not difficult to catch these people, it's important to expand the impact of this matter."

Bai Lichen pointed to the location of the palace.

"The father has always been a soft-hearted person for children, otherwise the previous thing would have severely punished the prince, not as simple as just grounding, but the father did not do this."

Although this made him dissatisfied, the emperor was also tolerant of him, which somewhat balanced Bailichen's mind.

"You mean, it's not enough for the emperor to know about this incident alone? In that case, what should be done. ”

Qing Ziran looked at the man in front of him with some doubts, and two words slowly spit out from Bai Lichen's mouth.

"Song Ci."

Song Ci is a well-known official in the capital, and his three-inch tongue can be said to be the most powerful military attaché, and the most powerful civil servants are unwilling to provoke.

It's just that he doesn't stand on any faction, as long as he encounters something that he can't see, he has to pull it out and criticize it once.

The emperor also admired his temperament and indulged him, and no one in the court wanted to provoke him.

"You want to win over this Song Ci? He's notoriously hard to mess with. ”

Qing Ziran frowned, obviously this method was not reliable.

But Bailichen is already confident.

"I heard that Song Ci married a wife in his early years, and his wife was a daughter of the villagers, but the husband and wife were very affectionate, especially this Song Ci, I don't know if you have heard it, there was a military attache who spoke a little before and offended his wife, and he pointed his nose and scolded him until he resigned and returned to his hometown."

This Song Ci is famous for loving his wife, and there is not even a concubine in the house, if he wants to win over Song Ci, he has to start with her wife.

"As long as Song Ci's wife is infected with the plague, do you think Song Ci will easily let the prince go?" Bai Lichen smiled, "But this can't be done too obviously, and it's very risky, so I still need you to take action." ”

After a sigh in his heart, Qing Ziran replied very dissatisfied.

"You know how to use me, why, do you want me to think of asking this Song Ci's wife to pretend to be infected with the plague?"

Qing Ziran has a way, and with his friendship with Bai Lichen, this favor will naturally help.

The efficiency of Bai Lichen's secret guards was naturally fast, and soon Song Ci's wife, Lin Xiaoniang, added the medicinal materials prepared by Qing Ziran to her meal, and then Lin Xiaoniang fell ill.

At this time, the divine doctor Qing Ziran returned to Beijing to visit his old friend, and Song Ci was very anxious, so he naturally went to invite him in person.

This Qing Ziran did a full set of plays, Song Ci came three times, and his attitude was so humble that people couldn't recognize that it was the fiercely spoken official in the court, and this Qing Ziran resigned with Song Ziran.

"What kind of reaction will you make when you say this song ci?"

Mu Qing picked up a piece of pastry boringly, and ate it in small bites, with a veil on her face, leaning on the fence on the second floor of the teahouse, she looked like a lazy beauty.

"Naturally, I won't let go of the prince easily."

Bai Lichen had three points of certainty on his face, his plan would never fail.

Sure enough, the tea cup in front of him was not cold yet, and he saw Song Ci respectfully sending Qing Ziran out, but Qing Ziran showed a caring look.

"Madame Zun has this disease...... Lord Song must follow what I said, smoke wormwood in the house every day, and remember not to touch Mrs. easily, so as not to spread the disease. ”

Song Ci nodded.

He knew that Qing Ziran was Bai Lichen's friend, and he vaguely heard a little rumor about the recent court.

"I heard that His Royal Highness the Third Prince went to the town of Linxian County to investigate the plague?"

"I didn't expect this news to come out." Qing Ziran sighed, and replied seemingly helplessly, "For the sake of Lord Song's integrity, I will tell you quietly, this plague was discovered early, but the patients were hidden, which led to a part of the flow into the capital, and Mrs. Zun may have been infected in this way." ”

"His Royal Highness is planning to go to the palace tomorrow and report this matter to the emperor......"

Song Ci didn't know, even the rumor he knew was deliberately revealed by Bai Lichen.