Seeing Xiao He kneeling on the cobblestone road, the Queen Mother sat on top of the phoenix with cold eyes, staring at him for a long time, but deliberately did not ask him to get up.

"You, as a courtier, why don't you persuade the emperor to say a few words, and let him drink wildly? You need to know that drinking hurts your body, can you be guilty? ”

Xiao He knelt upright and answered in a proper manner, "The Queen Mother taught her a lesson, and Weichen was indeed negligent." Your Majesty thought that he had encountered some troublesome things, so he drank sullen wine, although he did not drink much, but he was very easily intoxicated. ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and asked coldly, "You said that the emperor is upset?" ”

"Weichen just saw that His Majesty was unhappy and melancholy, so he guessed a thing or two." Xiao He said, looked up at the Queen Mother, and already decided that she was one of the black hands who framed Xue Liangan, and his resentment towards her increased a little bit in his heart, "Weichen heard that the Queen Mother is sick, although the scenery of this imperial garden is good, but the lake is windy, and patients should not stay for a long time." I also hope that the Queen Mother will take care of the phoenix body. ”

"Humph! Would you be so kind and care about the mourning family's body? You don't need to use your flattery to deal with the mourning family, you don't know the way to be a minister, you don't fulfill the responsibility of a minister, tired of the emperor getting drunk and hurting yourself, the mourning family punished you to kneel here for four hours, until the sun sets and the moon rises! ”

The Queen Mother saw his thin body kneeling in front of her sedan chair, and she was very satisfied with this punishment.

Xiao He listened to this punishment, his brows did not wrinkle, and he said loudly: "Obey the decree of the Queen Mother." ”

"Aren't you pretty sharp on weekdays? Why are you so obedient today, but okay, you should understand who is your master in this purple gold city, and your eyes will brighten up in the future. Don't think that the emperor spoils you, so he doesn't take the mourning family in his eyes! After saying that, she waved her hand and called back to the palace.

The eunuch carrying the sedan chair turned around.

Leng Qingchen was afraid that Xiao He would be lazy and not kneel after she left, so he deliberately left a palace maid to look at him.

When the queen mother's phoenix drove away and couldn't even look at the shadow, the palace maid whispered timidly to Xiao He: "Lord Xiao, if you are tired, you can change to a comfortable position, or change to another place." Slaves and maidservants won't tell anyone. ”

This palace maid is clever at first glance, she knows the direction of the wind in this palace, and naturally knows that Xiao He is the celebrity in front of Mu Churan. There are often ups and downs in this palace, if she is an uninformed, she will definitely just follow the master's orders stupidly, but it just so happens that she has a delicate heart, at this time, of course, she has to sell favors to Xiao He, it is not difficult for him, and it is not difficult for herself.

Xiao He smiled lightly, "Thank you, girl, what is your name, this official will remember how good you are today." ”

The palace maid was overjoyed, but she couldn't hold back her expression and replied softly: "Lord Xiao is serious, the slave maid Qiushuang is just a cheap name, and it is not enough for adults to care." ”

What she said was that she didn't let Xiao He worry, but she still reported her name. The desire to reciprocate is self-evident. Xiao He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if she hadn't been a little blue-eyed by Mu Churan, I am afraid that even an ordinary palace maid and eunuch in this palace would not look at herself.

However, Xiao He is kneeling on the most uncomfortable cobblestone road at this time, but his body and skin are trapped, and the pain is on himself, if Mu Churan knows that it is the Queen Mother who punishes him to kneel here, I don't know what he will think.

The Queen Mother was proud that Xiao He didn't dare to argue with herself, this stupid woman thought that Xiao He was really afraid of her.

It's just that Xiao He can now be sure that he has a lot of weight in Mu Churan's heart, so she has to punish herself.

She has received this punishment, but she will definitely return it to her inch by inch in the future, including her many dissatisfaction with herself, and all kinds of trapping methods, all of which will be recorded in the account without omission.

Xiao He is a person who holds grudges, especially if someone dares to hurt the person she values, more than herself.

No matter whether the other party is the king of heaven, she will do her best to tear him off the clouds, vowing to plunge him into the mire, so that the lofty and invincible pride can also taste the filth of this world.

At first, it seemed that ants were gnawing at her knees, gradually sore, gradually cold and biting, and the more she got to the back, the lighter she felt, and her legs gradually became numb, and she didn't feel anything.

Time ticked like a drop of water, and she calculated that the effect of Mu Churan's drug was about two hours, and the medicine given by Murong was said to be only one hour. It stands to reason that when Mu Churan is sober, he shouldn't find anything.

It's a pity that when she asked about the whereabouts of the key, she was interrupted by an uninvited guest and failed to get a result. However, when she recalled, it seemed that Mu Churan said the word "royal", maybe it was the imperial study, or the imperial garden, but it could also be the word "jade", and there was no shortage of palaces with jade characters starting in this harem.

Without more information, just one syllable is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

She thought that if she asked Murong for another bottle of the truth-telling medicine the next time they met, he would be crazy, and she felt funny thinking about it.

The pain in my knees still comes from time to time to remind me of my situation.

In order to distract her body, she turned her thoughts and kept thinking about things in her head, so that she could not remember the pain.

In the previous thought, she remembered Murong, and carefully recalled his person, why he always wore a mask, and the eyes under the mask looked so bright. It was because he was born too ugly and afraid of scaring people that he had to cover his face, or was he too handsome and afraid of attracting people's attention, so he covered it up.

Speaking of handsome appearance, the first person that came to Xiao He's mind was Mu Churan.

The men of the Mu family are indeed very outstanding, compared to the kind of handsomeness that Mu Yunjing has not grown, more beautiful than women, Mu Churan is a little more resolute, and the heroism between his eyebrows and his royal power complement each other.

When she remembers him, she remembers the past, the scenes between him and herself, so that she can't be light or heavy, and she doesn't know where to put him.

I should hate him, but I am always bound by his words, or the faint sadness in his eyebrows and eyes, and I can't extricate myself. But Xiao He knew that he couldn't move forward anymore, and he should stop there. Even if his love is as deep as the sea, she should only use him and nothing else, everything is just revenge.

Alas, why do I remember him again?

Just as Xiao He finished sighing and began to count the time, he heard a rush of footsteps coming from behind him, as if many people were rushing towards him with broken steps. The footsteps are not sinking, and the road is windy, like a woman's skirt flying.

She wasn't in a hurry to look, guessing who it would be, but she heard the palace maid Qiushuang next to her muttering, "Princess? She stood on the side, facing each other, and she could see it at a glance. Xiao He looked back at this time, and sure enough, it was Mu Qingwan who came over with his personal maid, and it seemed that the news that he was punished by the Queen Mother here had been spread to the palace.

Previously, Mu Qingwan was punished for the assassin at the palace banquet, although Mingli was punished, but then he was gone. Mu Churan didn't really want to punish her, and she knew that this matter was just someone using her to tempt. Now that things have changed, it doesn't matter who the real culprit is.

As long as Mu Churan's attitude is there, Mu Qingwan is still the most noble princess, even if someone really stabbed the King of Chishui in her name that day, no one will really do anything to her. At most, a few reprimands from the officials.

Mu Qingwan approached, looking at his sweetheart being punished and kneeling here, twisting his handkerchief, with a worried expression.

"Lord Xiao, how could you ...... Why did the Queen Mother punish you? She seemed to be running all the way, her breath was still unsettled, she was panting a little, her cheeks were flushed, and she didn't know if she was shy, or if she was walking a little hot.

Xiao He raised his head and smiled indifferently, "It was the lower officials who failed to fulfill their responsibilities as ministers and did not persuade His Majesty not to be greedy for the things in the cup, which made the Queen Mother annoyed and complained about others." ”

"I heard that you have been kneeling here for more than an hour, it's almost enough, the queen mother has already returned to the palace, you don't have to kneel, no one will talk nonsense." She said and raised her eyes to stare at Autumn Frost.

Although Qiushuang was the big palace maid of Chaolu Palace, she didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Mu Qingjuan, lowered her head, and responded softly: "The slave maid hasn't seen anything, and she won't say anything." ”

Mu Qingwan snorted, "You know each other." She almost couldn't help but help Xiao He get up in person. Thinking of what happened in the Jixian Hall before, and Mu Churan's angry gaze at that time, she hurriedly retracted her hand, hurriedly retreated to the side, and motioned to Ah Bi to help Xiao He.

Xiao He heard that Mu Qingwan said that it had only been more than an hour, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly, she knelt here by herself and didn't notice it, and thought that at least three or four hours had passed. Ah Bi stretched out his hand to help her, Xiao He hurriedly turned sideways to dodge, "Miss Ah Bi, I can't help it." ”

When Abi heard this, she thought that Xiao He was referring to the great defense of men and women, her face was embarrassed, and she glanced back at Mu Qingjuan.

Mu Qingwan was also stunned, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Xiao Hecai explained: "It is a well-known thing that the Queen Mother punished the officials, and now the time has not yet come, if I get up, it will not be a violation of the yang and the yin, and I will be more honest, and I am afraid that it will affect the princess." It's just a kneeling for an hour, and the lower officials can stand it. Please be relieved by the princess. ”

Mu Qingwan saw that Xiao He not only didn't care about his past suspicions, but also thought about his reputation at this time, he couldn't help but be moved, and admired him a little more in his heart, and his tone softened, "Then, then I'm here to accompany you too." ”

Xiao He couldn't cry or laugh, "It's windy here, the temperature difference between day and night is big recently, and for more than two hours, the night is as cold as water, if the princess suffers from the wind chill here, Xiao He is a sinner, the princess treats Xiao He's mind, and she should keep it in mind, and ask the princess to go back to the palace quickly." It is inevitable that there will be a lot of people here, and if they are seen, they don't know what it will become. ”

Although Mu Qingwan was not worried about the gossip in the palace at all, she wished that everyone knew that she liked Xiao He, but now that her sweetheart has opened her mouth, she is worried about her body and thinks about her everywhere. Naturally, she couldn't be willful anymore and put him in a dilemma, so she had to take Abi and leave in two steps.

Xiao He sighed in his heart, what kind of crime did he suffer, what kind of enmity and resentment he had with their Mu family, what kind of grievances, all of them were unjust debts.