The emperor did not expect that his words would reach the ears of the empress, and the empress already knew that the crown prince had done this.

After all, the crown prince also has the queen's people by his side, and she hurriedly summoned the prince back to the palace, wanting her reckless son to discuss how to deal with the aftermath of this matter.

It's just that he didn't expect the prince to excuse himself this time, saying that he was unwell, and he would return to the palace to see the queen later, and he was originally dissatisfied, and the queen became more and more angry now.

"This kid doesn't listen to Bengong anymore, how can this thing be done! If the emperor knows about it, not only him, but also the palace will be affected, and he will never be able to turn over! ”

"If this plague spreads in the capital, does he think he can take advantage of the chaos to get the throne?"

"In the end, I am young and vigorous, I blame him for pampering him too much before, and I didn't ask him to sharpen his temperament, and now he has developed this stupid appearance!"

Hearing this, the palace maid beside her was startled, knowing that her master was in a bad mood, and she was more careful in doing things.

After thinking about it, the queen still sent her cronies to the prince's mansion and brought her words to the prince's ears.

"What Niangniang means is that if Your Highness is obsessed, and something happens at that time, you don't have to ask to be in front of the queen."

The big palace maid in front of her is the queen's most powerful assistant, and she naturally has a bit of momentum when she speaks and acts, so even the prince is not afraid.

Hearing this, the crown prince, who was already a little afraid of the queen, was uneasy, and even wanted to retreat and go to the palace to see his mother.

The guards beside him muttered a few words in the prince's ear.

"Your Highness, didn't you make up your mind to say that you must make some achievements this time to show the queen mother, so that she will not dare to look down on you again? Your Highness, now that you are married, and the emperor has already made great achievements on the battlefield at your age, are you willing to continue like this, Your Highness? ”

These words successfully made the prince change his expression a few times, deliberately made an angry and corrupt look, and drove the queen's palace maid out.

"It's said that the prince is unwell, is it possible that the queen mother will force me to enter the palace? When the prince is well, he will naturally visit the queen mother, and ask the queen mother not to worry about it, so that she can take care of herself! ”

This was said with a bit of annoyance.

The crown prince and the queen had a quarrel, and this kind of thing was naturally not very good, and even Mu Qing and Bai Lichen also received the news.

The two of them naturally knew what this was for, presumably the queen had heard the rumors, and she didn't know who leaked the news, so she actually asked the queen to know.

Mu Qing looked at Bailichen's study not far away, Bailichen has been going out frequently in the past few days, and he is almost not at home, and Mu Qing can rarely see him.

"Niangniang is worried about His Royal Highness, these days the slave maid has watched His Highness return to the house late at night, and I don't know what is going on."

Xin'er carefully said in Mu Qing's ear.

Although she knew that Bai Lichen went out for the purpose of investigating the case, she thought that although the relationship between her mother and Her Royal Highness was easing, the two of them had never had sex together.

If His Royal Highness brings back a beautiful concubine or side concubine from outside, how should the identity and status of the mother be handled......

Mu Qing naturally knew what his maid was thinking, and there was some helpless smile in his heart.

"You don't have to think about it, the relationship between me and His Highness is one of mutual use, and if he has someone he likes, I don't have any opinion."

Although Mu Qing said this on her lips, in fact, she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Why?

It's clear that she doesn't like Bai Lichen, but thinking that Bai Lichen may bring the person she likes back to be a side concubine in the future, and thinking that there may be other women in this palace, it is difficult for her heart to calm down.

"Niangniang, what's wrong with you, are you still worried about Your Highness?"

Xin'er couldn't feel his master's thoughts, thinking that the master was still worried about His Royal Highness the Third Prince, so he asked in a low voice, which made his mother come back to her senses.

"It's okay, let's go to bed early today, you watch for me, if His Highness comes back, you can wake me up."

When Xin'er heard Mu Qing's words, she was actually a little reluctant in her heart, her own young lady's body has always been bad, and every time she doesn't sleep well, she will get a little sick.

Now I actually want to wake her up in the middle of the night, but looking at Mu Qing's expression, it seems that he has made up his mind to go to Bailichen tonight, and his heart has no choice but to respond.

Just like what he saw when Xin'er was keeping vigil before, Bai Lichen returned to the house in the middle of the night and went to his study.

Xin'er carefully returned to the bedroom and woke up the sleeping Mu Qing.

"Niangniang, the Third Highness has returned, and is now in the study."

Hearing this, Mu Qing, who was still sleepy, suddenly came to his senses, hurriedly got up, and asked Xin'er to dress himself.

Xin'er was worried that it would be very cold outside in the middle of the night, so she put a cloak on Mu Qing again, and then Shi Shiran went to Bailichen's study.

Danqing was still dozing off outside the study, and the candlelight in the study was still on, apparently someone was inside.

Seeing Mu Qing coming, Danqing was obviously a little puzzled, it was already late at night, and the third imperial concubine had already fallen asleep according to reason, how could she come to her master's study.

"Mother, you are ......"

"I have something important to find your Highness, you can go in and report it."

Mu Qing lowered her voice, a gust of cold wind blew, her body shrank a little, it was really cold in the middle of the night, thanks to Xin'er's cloak.

Although Bai Lichen returned to his mansion every day, he and Mu Qing hadn't seen each other for several days.

Mu Qing's body is not good, he sleeps well at night, and his heart is also very careful, and he does not disturb his young lady's sleep.

Now I wake up at night, and after yawning, there are still some tears in the corners of my eyes, and I look very weak.

"Why are you here, it's windy outside today, and you're wearing such thin clothes, do you want to get the cold?"

Bai Lichen's eyes sank slightly, and he poured a cup of hot tea for Mu Qing, telling her to dispel a little chill.

"I just thought that I hadn't seen you for the past few days, and His Highness didn't come back only at night, so I came over to take a look and ask what was going on."

The candlelight shone on Mu Qing's face, and even Bai Lichen's heart warmed a little.

Although Mu Qing still took a very fancy to this case in his words, it was not that he did not have a relationship with Bai Lichen, which made his heart feel a little warm.

"There hasn't been much progress in the town's affairs, those people are very cunning, and they are hiding very deeply, they seem to have noticed that my secret guards have investigated their location before, so now they have changed places, and I haven't found out where those people are hiding by the county order for the time being, and I don't dare to act rashly."

Bai Lichen put down the scroll in his hand.

Now there is no one in the capital who looks like he has the plague, so Bai Lichen's heart does not have such a sense of oppression, once someone falls ill in the capital, then the consequences are unimaginable.

He was actually taking a risk, and secretly ordered the people he had planted in the army to strengthen the inspection of entering the capital to ensure that no suspicious people would be allowed to come in.

"I think it would be better to tell the emperor directly about this matter, I see, the emperor is not an unreasonable king, and he will definitely handle this matter properly."

What if someone is really infected and it suddenly breaks out in the capital?

Bailichen didn't think about this, but now Bailichen has to admit that this matter is no longer under his control, and if it continues to delay, there will be no good results.

According to what Mu Qing said, it may be best to send things to the emperor.

Although he had the intention of taking the heir and taking advantage of this matter to bring down the prince, Bai Lichen was unwilling to take the lives of the innocent people in the entire capital as a stepping stone for his superiority, and finally nodded.

"A capable person like you, there are many opportunities to replace the prince, you don't have to worry too much about this incident, and I always feel that good and evil will be rewarded in the end, the prince cares for the lives of the people in vain, such wanton behavior, even if the emperor finds out, he will not make him feel better."

Bai Lichen smiled, Mu Qing was always sharp when he saw him, and it was rare to praise himself like this.

He felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction in his heart, even when he was appreciated by his father, he never felt this way.

"You're here tonight to talk to me about this?"

Just as Mu Qing was about to leave, Bai Lichen suddenly asked again.

What does that mean.

Mu Qing clutched his cloak tightly, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

She naturally knew that in addition to being curious about the progress of things, she also cared a little about Bailichen, but she was really embarrassed to say that she was ...... Bailichen

"It's nothing, our family is worried every day that you bring back a beautiful concubine, and then drive me out of the Three Princes' Mansion, I will come once, and she will feel a little more at ease."

This excuse is far away, but Bai Lichen can't see through it.

Just slightly hooked the corners of his lips.

"So, I was able to get the Third Imperial Concubine to come and visit once, all thanks to the little maid beside you?"

"Whatever you want, it's getting dark, I'm going back to sleep."

Mu Qing could almost be said to have fled, hurriedly wrapped his cloak, and ran out of the house as soon as he slipped through the smoke.

The heart at the door was startled by the young lady who suddenly ran out, and hurriedly chased after her, leaving Danqing alone shivering in the cold wind.

He couldn't figure out the matter of His Royal Highness and the Third Imperial Concubine Niangniang more and more......

Forget it, who called him just a subordinate.

Looking at the long night, Danqing sighed helplessly.