The Queen Mother's health improved in three or five days, and her spirit was still acceptable.

Mu Ningxuan, as usual, got up every morning to go to the Queen Mother's palace to say goodbye, and spent most of the rest of the time in Cining Palace to help the Queen Mother copy Buddhist scriptures.

In the past, the Queen Mother recruited Mu Ningxuan every once in a while to accompany her to copy Buddhist scriptures. This time, because of the death of the crown prince, the queen mother asked Mu Ningxuan to copy the Lotus Sutra a hundred times.

Mu Ningxuan has been copying for six days in a row, and her arm has long been sore, but seeing that the Queen Mother on the side has also written a lot, Mu Ningxuan doesn't dare to complain, so she can only continue to write patiently.

In the six days she stayed in Cining Palace, Mu Ningxuan saw many people who came to ask the Queen Mother for peace, whether it was a concubine, a princess, a queen or even an emperor, the Queen Mother did not let Mu Ningxuan come out to meet or avoid it in private, only let her copy the Buddhist scriptures in the tent with peace of mind, and ignore these rituals.

Mu Ningxuan really can't figure it out, the queen mother has always been not very satisfied with the queen's daughter-in-law, the prince is the queen's sister-in-law, so the relationship with the queen mother is not very close, and the imperial grandmother is very alienated.

But why did the queen mother attach so much importance to the death of the crown prince this time, not only asking her to copy the Lotus Sutra every day, but also sending someone to secretly investigate the cause of the prince's death.

And all this, the Queen Mother did not shy away from Mu Ningxuan.

Originally, Mu Ningxuan was still racking her brains thinking about how to make the Queen Mother treat her as her own and give her the opportunity to know the content of the secret book. Right now, in this scene, she seems to have become an insider.

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Finish breakfast.

Aunt Su said: "Queen Mother, Gonggong Song is back, and he has brought someone with him." (Gonggong Song was the person sent by the Queen Mother to investigate the cause of the prince's death.) ）

The Queen Mother said loudly: "Let's pass it in together." ”

The Queen Mother didn't let her avoid such secret matters, and Mu Ningxuan didn't know if the Queen Mother really regarded her as her own person, or if there were other reasons. Although the Queen Mother has been very good to her over the years, Mu Ningxuan knew that she was an outsider after all, and she was really a little uneasy in her heart.

After a while, Aunt Su led Gonggong Song and a middle-aged man dressed in ordinary clothes to walk in.

The middle-aged man hung his head, looking dejected and unrefreshed.

Gonggong Song knelt down, and the middle-aged man also knelt down when he saw this.

"Queen Mother, this person is the suspect who killed the prince caught in Dali Temple."

Mu Ningxuan instantly gasped, how dare Gonggong Song bring the suspect directly to the Queen Mother, isn't he afraid that the suspect will be unfavorable to the Queen Mother? Mu Ningxuan secretly looked at the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother had no expression on her face, and said coldly: "Dali Temple caught such a one?" ”

"No, Dali Temple is searching for suspects throughout the city, as long as it is someone who saw the prince that day, they have all been arrested." Gonggong Song said truthfully.

The Queen Mother frowned and said mockingly: "Dali Temple is really getting better and better at doing things. ”

Gonggong Song pointed to the middle-aged man and said: "Empress Dowager Qiyu, this person's name is Chen Song, the owner of Songhe Restaurant, the prince ate wine in this restaurant before returning home, because this Chen Song has alibi evidence, so Dali Temple let him go." ”

"In that case, why did you bring this man with you?" The Queen Mother's eyes fell on the middle-aged man and she wondered.

"Last night, the slave happened to meet this guy sneakily coming out of the back door of Songhe Restaurant, and the slave kept an eye on him, followed him, and went all the way to the Jin Palace."

"Jin Wangfu? The third child's mansion? ”

"Yes, Queen Mother. The guy went in and waited for an hour before coming out. On his way back, the minions took advantage of the fact that no one had arrested him, interrogated him, and immediately brought him over. ”