"Come out."

Mu Guanqing didn't rush to light the lights in the imperial study, and didn't squint after stepping through the door, as if he was extremely familiar with the overall structure here. She directly bypassed the table and sat on the cedar chair on the side, quietly waiting for Qin Huai to appear by herself.

Hiding is not a way, at this time, Mu Guanqing appears, but it is more beneficial to Qin Huai than anyone else.

Pulling Gu Baixiu's sleeve, Qin Huai lowered his head and poked his head out from behind the bookshelf, like a child who had made a mistake and was waiting to be punished.

"Why are you here?"

In the first sentence at the beginning, Mu Guanqing had a questioning tone.

Taking advantage of the night when the bright moon entered the water, Mu Guanqing's hand touched the silver toad round lamp beside her, and the lamp turned on, and Qin Huai didn't see how she lit it clearly.

"Jiang Hu sent me a letter saying that there is the truth about the death of my mother in the imperial study."

Qin Huai told the truth, and the original problem in his heart had to be suppressed first, and he hesitated whether to tell Mu Guanqing about seeing Ah Si just now, or whether to confide in the doubts in his heart.

In fact, Mu Guanqing is a person that Qin Huai can completely trust, but once the matter is related to the inside story of Tianyu's royal family, it is not easy to handle.

"I remember I told you before that Jiang Hu has a problem, and her words are not credible."

Mu Guanqing reminded Qin Huai more than once, and Qin Huai really tried hard to ignore this person, but Jiang Hu is still ghostly, there is always a way to make Qin Huai shake, especially her indifferent attitude, as if others don't ask for verification It doesn't have any effect on her?

Besides, this time she didn't lie to herself, the imperial study really hid an incredible secret.

"But...... I know wrong. ”

I wanted to argue that Jiang Hu didn't lie, but I wanted to know the fate of going against Mu Guanqing, and the desire to survive made Qin Huai swallow what he was going to say.

Mu Guanqing shook his head, glanced at the furnishings in the imperial study, and then asked.

"Do you know that the news of your disappearance has reached the ears of Your Majesty, and Your Majesty was originally going to come over, but Concubine An happened to have abdominal pain at this time, and led Your Majesty over, so I came forward."

As soon as the conversation turned, it turned to Concubine An's head, Qin Huai was still in a state of semi-confusion, and he didn't understand the connection between the two.

"This ...... What does it have to do with Jiang Hu? ”

"Have you ever thought about why Jiang Hu can sneak into the palace so easily, why she can instruct Concubine An to help you drag Your Majesty, and why she is so eager to send you a message and let you enter here. If there is no profit that drives her to do this, have you not suspected that she has other purposes? ”

Mu Wanqing's words fell directly on her chest, like a needle, piercing the iron wall she had just built.

It was indeed Qin Huai's miscalculation, Jiang Hu's words were full of loopholes, but she wanted to know what happened twenty years ago too much, so she ignored all possible problems and rose to the occasion.

"So what did you find here?"

This question still appeared, making Qin Huai lose his sense of proportion for a while, and looked at Gu Baixiu, who had an indifferent face beside him.

But the problem is that Gu Baixiu never lies, and the best help he can help Qin Huai is to remain silent.

"No, nothing was found."

She said no, her gaze downward, looking resolute but already showing her feet.

And Mu Guanqing, who was accustomed to her state, would not buy it, and did not hesitate to demolish her.

"Qin Huai, you seem to have forgotten, I am Dali Siqing, and you can't escape my eyes when you lie."

Predicting the result, Qin Huai is not afraid, as long as he doesn't admit it, can Mu Guanqing still bend into a move?

"At this time tonight, you should appear in the west of the city, on the courtship garden that Pu Chenming planned for you, why are you here."

Obviously, Pu Chen had already arranged it tomorrow, just waiting for her to appear, and Qin Huai also found this opportunity to enter the palace because Pu Chenming's courtship attracted the attention of most people in Xunyang.

If Mu Guanqing didn't go, wouldn't all of them be in vain?

"The result is the same whether you go or not, and you don't have to waste time."

It's a decision, as always.

In the past, there was always speculation that the female official was cold-blooded and ruthless, iron-faced and selfless, whether she was also a ruthless person, but now it seems that this is indeed the case.

The richest man in the world is already in front of her, as long as she takes a step forward, even if there are thousands of steps left, even if it is to climb the ladder, Pu Chenming will come to finish.

But she was not willing to give even a single step.

"Why, if you don't like Pu Chenming, how can you help him establish such a relationship with Tianyu, if you don't like Pu Chenming, how can you let him be so publicized?"

Looking back on the time between the two of them before, she is no longer the same as Pu Chenming is to others.

For Mu Guanqing, the slightest change can explain the traces of his heart.

Other than that...... Qin Huai has an incomparable reason for them to be together.

Remembering what Gu Baixiu said last night, if Mu Guanqing didn't agree at this time, the upcoming storm was likely to cause extremely serious damage to her. Reputation? Status? Power? and even ...... Life.

"I am the female official of Tianyu, naturally everything must be considered for Tianyu, and we will be harmless in cooperation with the Pu family firm, which is beyond the reach of the two countries of Jinchu and the twelve tribes."

Listen, when he said this, Mu Guanqing looked like a loyal minister. High-sounding, without a trace of mistakes.

Tianyu really needs such a talent, but what Qin Huai wants is just a more real friend.

"Yes, you are Tianyu's courtier, and everything naturally has to be considered for Tianyu first, so what about me?"

This sentence seemed to move Mu Guanqing, making her dumbfounded for a while, and she didn't know where to start.

"In fact, there is no difference between the way of business and the way of being an official, Pu Chenming should understand this truth, he made such a decision, is there no selfishness? You don't think he really likes me. ”

Is this convincing Qin Huai, or is it convincing herself?

Originally, Qin Huai thought that she was the only one who didn't understand love, but it turned out that Mu Guanqing was also like this.

Gu Gu was speechless, they hadn't been at such a stage for too long, Mu Guanqing had been very busy these days, and Qin Huai was also busy growing.

"Do you remember a game we used to play?"

Mu Guanqing suddenly put forward a proposal that Qin Huai had never thought of at this moment.

"What?"

Make no mistake, playing games in this situation?

"You and I have a question, and neither of us is allowed to lie. ”

Mu Guanqing pursed her lips and smiled, under the background of the silver toad round lamp, her side face had a slight orange light, and this gray-red official uniform was also shrouded in the light, which was more vivid and intoxicating.

"Okay."

I'm afraid that Mu Guanqing has already seen through her own thoughts and knows that she has too many questions to ask, so she gave both parties an equal chance.

"What did you see tonight?"

Qin Huai didn't seize the opportunity, and as soon as he agreed, Mu Guanqing threw out the most critical question, which was the question she had asked just now.

Sure enough, being an official and being a businessman are the same, they have to seize the opportunity, Qin Huai can't play Pu Chenming, let alone Mu Guanqing.

"A stone room, in fact, is a dungeon, and there are people in it."

Qin Huai is not stupid, and uses the simplest way to reveal the least information in exchange for more opportunities.

Without waiting for Mu Guanqing to show any expression, her question also began, "Are you in trouble?" ”

"The first female official of Tianyu, the most important thing to lack is trouble." Mu Guanqing was noncommittal.

Obviously, this woman is well versed in the strategy of treating others the way they want to be treated.

"Who's that guy?"

"The real Four Princes of Tianyu."

Finally said it, Qin Huai was more free and easy than he thought.

Seeing that Mu Guanqing's expression changed slightly, it turned out that she didn't know about it.

The rest was the question that Qin Huai should ask, she was hesitant for a moment now, whether to ask her what was in trouble, or to ask her the purpose of coming here today to intercept herself.

If it weren't for her father's instructions, she wouldn't have appeared with such an expression and attitude, and she would have asked so much about the feng shui treasure of the imperial study.

"What's the trouble?"

This is also what Qin Huai wants to know the most, only when she knows what is about to happen, can she help, right?

Mu Guanqing looked at Gu Baixiu beside her, and also understood why Qin Huai knew her situation so early.

However, when it came to her troubles, Mu Guanqing's face was not very exciting, she was as always, very indifferent.

"There are too many enemies who have been officials for many years, not to mention the comrades of the death row prisoners in the dungeon of Dali Temple, the twelve tribes, the Shura Gate, and the swordsmen and swordsmen on the rivers and lakes...... Someone wants me to die, and naturally someone rises up. They look down on women who are officials, and they don't want such women to control their life and death. ”

What kind of reason is this, just because I can't get used to it? Just because they want revenge, so what about their plans?

Is this something she doesn't want to say, or is it something she doesn't know either......

"How much do you know about the secrets of twenty years ago?"

Qin Huai shook his head, in fact, the biggest thing today is that he knows the existence of Ah Si, but the cause of her mother's death has not been ascertained.

The father obviously knew all this, and also acquiesced to all this, according to the father's favor for the mother, he would never harm the mother......

"I'm not Princess Tianyu, but I'm just a substitute who doesn't know where it came from, and my father really spent a lot of money to hide this secret. Actually, I'm pretty much the same, and the real prince in the dungeon, both poor people. ”

That's all, this is already all Qin Huai knows, maybe more, he can only ask his father in person.

"You are not pitiful, you have everything that no one usually has, for twenty years, Your Majesty has never owed you, he has given you more than anyone else, and he has indulged you so that he does not look like a great monarch at all."

As a spectator, a person outside the story, Mu Guanqing has his own opinion on this matter.

At the beginning, Qin Xuanlang was sent to unite with Wuxiang Pavilion, in order to put Qin Huai in a predicament, and it was best to make her disappear forever.

At that time, Qin Xuanlang covered the sky with one hand, even if she had the mental strength, she could only help half, and the best way was to let Qin Huai leave the cage of Xunyang to avoid the limelight temporarily.

And this is also what His Majesty meant.

She knew from that moment that Qin Huai was not the real princess of Tianyu, but His Majesty gave her a new task to protect Qin Huai.

For twenty years, Qin Huai has been growing up under the protection of His Majesty, and His Majesty is always afraid that he will have no one to take care of Qin Huai after a hundred years, so he has taken advantage of this opportunity to let her learn to grow up by herself without the aura of the princess.

Yunzhou is the best environment, the prosperity of Xunyang in the courtyard, and the real relatives of Qinhuai.

Where there are many eyeliners, Qin Huai's every move every day will be sorted out into a document and sent to her hand, and then her hand will cut it again and hand it to His Majesty.

Several times Mu Guanqing thought about making a move, but he still held back according to His Majesty's wishes. Until...... That day, Qin Huai had a big game, and it seemed that there was no way to end it, so she had to show up and give Qin Huai some encouragement.

His Majesty repented halfway, and he really couldn't stand the pain of missing his daughter, so he asked to take Qin Huai back three months later.

However, the rumors of Xunyang have not completely passed, and he pretended not to care about Qin Huai, which is the best protection for her.

Mu Guanqing, as the hub between father and daughter, witnessed everything, and couldn't ask or say.

Fate is so fond of jokes.

"Why are you here tonight?"

Qin Huai looked at the change in Mu Wanqing's eyes, but he didn't know what this woman was thinking at the moment.

She had always been like an enigma, and no one could easily read her secret unless she wanted to be understood.

Now that she already knows about Ah Si's existence, how will she end up as the person assigned by her father to deal with this matter.

Then she only agreed to Ah Si's words underground, in the end, can she still have a chance to do it?

"For Tianyu, and for you."